Dr Maree Pardy
Lecturer Gender Studies
Contact
E: mpardy@unimelb.edu.au
T: + 61 3 8344 5132
F: + 61 3 9349 7906
Academic Profile
Maree Pardy holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology from Monash University and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Melbourne. In 2005 she completed her PhD on the transformations of gender and identity among Vietnamese-Australian women. Prior to joining the Gender Studies Program in 2007, she worked for a range of non-governmental organizations in the areas of community planning, housing and development, migrant and refugee community services, and international development education.
Current Research
Completing a monograph based on doctoral and ongoing research with Vietnamese-Australian women, entitled in-between imaginaries: Vietnamese-Australian women and their transformations.
Urban revitalization, public space and intercultural encounters with Prof. Ghassan Hage (Anthropology and Social Theory) and Prof. Ruth Fincher (Geography) – investigating the significant intersections between urban public space and cultural diversity.
Gender, diversity and urban public space – anthropological insights towards a research theory and method.
Teaching
Maree teaches in the areas of gender, identity, sexuality and globalisation. Subjects taught deal with contemporary feminist theory, theories of subjectivity, embodiment, social imaginaries and global politics and cultures. She has recently introduced a subject focusing on current global controversies around women, sexuality, feminism, multiculturalism, religion and secularism.
Full subject descriptions are available on the University of Melbourne Handbook.
Publications
Pardy, M "The Shame of Waiting" in Ghassan Hage (ed) Waiting, Melbourne University Press, 2009 (in press)
Pardy, M and J. Lee 'Buzzwords of Belonging: multiculturalism and social capital" (under review)
Pardy, M "Kant comes to Footscray Mall - thinking about local cosmopolitanism" in C. Long, K. Shaw and C. Merlot (eds) Sub Urban Fantasies, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne 2005
Research Reports
Pardy, M (with John Byrne) It's like a piece of you is missing-Support Needs of Vietnamese Families of Drug Users, Australian Catholic University and Mary of the Cross Centre, June 2008
Pardy, M Only Mountains don't meet: Nuer community in Victoria, City of Greater Dandenong, August 2007
Pardy, M. We're all different - Voices of Vietnamese-Australian Young Women, Vietnamese Community in Australia (VCA/Vic), 2003
Conference Papers
Enjoying Hatred – masculinity and nationalism at Cronulla, Everyday Multiculturalism Conference, Macquarie University, September 2006.
Hard Men and Mushy Multiculturalism - the articulation and clash of masculinity and nationalism under Howard, Australian Women's Studies Association National Conference, Melbourne, July 2006.
Anxious Nationalism and fragile identities – reflections on cultural identity in Australia, Invited paper at "Talk Blak 2: The politics of Australian identity: recent stories" - City of Melbourne, Melbourne Conversations, June 2006.
Vietnamese women and "f" words - freedom, fate, face and family - lifeworlds of Vietnamese-Australian women, Invited paper - "Vietnamese Presence Conference: 30 years of settlement in Australia", University of Melbourne, September, 2005).