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Dr Zai Marshallsay

Position: Lecturer Dr Zai Marshallsay
Division/Portfolio: Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences
School/Unit: School of Communication, International Studies and Languages
Campus: Magill Campus
Office: B1-08
Telephone: +61 8 830 24791
Fax: +61 8 830 24396
Email: Zaniah_dot_Marshallsay_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Zaniah.Marshallsay


Welcome to the home page of Zai Marshallsay


I teach the following courses

POLI 2022Islam and World Politics
POLI 2018Contemporary Southeast Asia
POLI 5007Islam, Politics and International Relations
POLI 1014Global Societies
POLI 3008Honours Preparation


Qualifications

PhD, Flinders University 1992

Master of Education, Flinders University, 1982

Diploma of Education, University of Malaya, 1977

Bachelor of Arts, University of Malaya, 1970


Research interests

  • Gender and Development
  • Malaysian Studies
  • Education and Development
  • Islam in contemporary Muslim societies
  • Intercultural/Cross-Cultural Communication

Research publications

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2009) "The State and Islam in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan: managing religion in a secular environment"". Refereed paper delivered at the Australian Political Studies Association Conference, 26-30 September, Macquarie University, Sydney,Australia.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2008) "National security, state-society relations and Muslim minorities in Singapore and Thailand post-September 11". Refereed paper delivered at the Australian Political Studies Association Conference, 6-9 July, Hilton Hotel, Brisbane, Australia.

Bradley, Helen and Marshallsay, Zaniah (2008) “Education and Health in Developing Countries. Which Comes First?” Journal of the World Universities Forum. Melbourne: Common Grounds Publishing Pty Ltd, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 63-68.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2008) “From Camels to Cronulla – Muslims in Australia”. Paper presented to the symposium Islamic Spectrum, organised by Hawke Centre and Nexus Multicultural Australia, Adelaide 1 May.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2007) “Overcoming minority standpoint – articulating multiple identities among Muslim youth in transnational contexts”. Refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association, Monash University, Melbourne, 24-26 September. URL: http://arts.monash.edu.au/psi/news-and-events/apsa/refereed-papers/international-relations/marshallsay.pdf

Lundberg, David & Marshallsay, Zaniah (2007) Older Workers Perspectives on Training and Retraining of Older Workers”, NCVER.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2006) “Islam, Islamism and global terrorism: Contesting the fundamentalism” in Fethi Mansouri and Shahram Akbarzadeh (eds.) Political Islam and Human Security. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press.ISBN 1-84718-038-8.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2006) "“Representations and Perceptions of the “Other”: Muslim women and the negotiation(s) of identity in transnational context”. Paper presented at the Oceania Conference on International Studies, Melbourne, 2-7 July 2006.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2004) "Islamic Fundamentalism: Myth & Reality Confronted?" Refereed Paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Adelaide, 29 September – 1 October, 2004. URL: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/apsa/docs_papers/Others/Marshallsay.pdf

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2004) Women and Peacemaking. Keynote address at the International Women’s Day Luncheon, 11 April Adelaide Convention Centre.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (2001) Women and Work in the Informal Sector in the Philippines. Paper presented at the 5th International Congress on Work Injuries Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Australia, organised by Workcover Corporation, Adelaide 18-21 March 2001.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (ed) (1997) Educational Challenges in Malaysia: Advances and Prospects. Proceedings of the Conference organised by the Centre of Malaysian Studies, April 1996, Monash Conference Centre, Melbourne. Monash Asia Institute. ISBN 0 7326 1154 7.

Marshallsay, Zaniah (ed) (1996) New Roads Ahead: Australia Malaysia Relations. Proceedings of the first international conference organised by the Centre of Malaysian Studies, April 1995, Monash Conference Centre, Melbourne. Monash Asia Institute, 1996. ISBN 0 7326 0895 3.


Research Degree Supervisor

I provide supervision in the following areas:
* Gender and Development
* Southeast Asian Studies/Malaysian Studies
* Educationa nd Development
* Islam in contemporary world affairs
* Cross-cultural understanding





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