Faculty Member, School of Communications and Arts
Lecturer of History
Thesis Title: Curse on the Land: A History of the Mozambican Civil War
About
I am an early-career academic with a research speciality in Modern African History. I completed my PhD on the History of the Mozambican Civil War in 2006 and have lectured for the past 4 years at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia, teaching courses on Global History, Human Rights and Genocide. My current research topics include: the political economy of Chinese influence in Africa; multi-polarity in the global system; and Post-Cold War rock music and the anti-capitalist movement.
Publications:
"Chinese wind of change for Australian society", On Line Opinion: Australia's e-Journal of Social and Political Debate, 20 March 2012.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13392
"Chinese engagement with Africa: The case of Mozambique", Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, No 6, Spring/Summer 2012, pp3-15.
http://www.ipris.org/php/download.php?fid=699
Encyclopaedia Entries – “Eritrea/Ethiopian War 1998-2000” and “Polisario Proxy War Algeria/Morocco”, in Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, SAGE Reference, 2012.
http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book234665
"Sudan's Criminal Regime Continues Genocidal Violence", On Line Opinion: Australia's e-Journal of Social and Political Debate, 9 January 2012.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13093
"Drug Trafficking and Human Security in Guinea-Bissau", Atilim Social Sciences Journal, Vol 1, No 1, 2011, pp97-116.
http://acikarsiv.atilim.edu.tr/eng/browse/434/
"Mozambican President Brings the Odour of Corruption to CHOGM 2011", On Line Opinion: Australia's e-Journal of Social and Political Debate, 30 September 2011.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=12678
"India’s Rise as a Great Power, Part Two: The Pakistan-China-India Dynamic", Associate Paper, Future Directions International, Perth WA, 14 July 2011.
http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publications/associate-papers/145-i
"India’s Rise as a Great Power, Part One: Regional and Global Implications", Associate Paper, Future Directions International, Perth WA, 7 July 2011.
http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publications/associate-papers/137-i
"Critical Security Studies and the Deconstruction of Realist Hegemony", Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences (2010) Vol 2, No 2, 846-853.
http://www.japss.org/JAPSSDec2010.html
“India’s Rise as a Great Power: Global Influences and Regional Impacts”, Journal of International Relations (Dhaka), Vol 8, No 2, 2010, pp39-54.
Book Review - “Axel Klein. Drugs and the World”, Politikon, Vol 16, No 1, October 2010, pp75-76.
http://iapss.org/images/documents/politikon/politikon_16_1.pdf
“The Commonwealth Games and the Indian Reality”, On Line Opinion: Australia's e-Journal of Social and Political Debate, 1 October 2010.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11044
"Why the West Should Discourage Japanese Military Expansion", Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Vol 1, No 2, May 2010.
http://www.japss.org/japsMAY2010.html
"Nelson Mandela: A Man on a Mission", Newcastle Herald, 20 March 2010, pA9.
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/Resources/Schools/Humanities%20and%20Socia
"Hearts, Minds, and Wallets: Lessons from China’s Growing Relationship with Africa", Eurasia Review, 4 March 2010.
http://www.eurasiareview.com/2010/03/32191-hearts-minds-and-wallets-le
"Chinese Expansion and Western Influence in 21st Century Africa”, American Diplomacy, February 2010. http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2010/0103/comm/robinson_21afric
Book Review - "Catherine Gautier: Oil, Water and Climate: An Introduction”, InSpire: Journal of Law, Politics and Societies, Vol 4, No 3 Winter 2009.
http://www.in-spire.org/reviews/Vol.%204%20No.%202/Robinson42.pdf
"'Lawless since 1991' - Somalia and the Brennan Kidnapping", On Line Opinion: Australia's e-Journal of Social and Political Debate, 14 December 2009.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9818
"Hearts, Minds, and Wallets: Lessons from China’s Growing Relationship with Africa", Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, Vol 1, No 3, December 2009.
http://japss.org/JAPSSDec2009.html
"Renamo, Malawi and the struggle to succeed Banda: Assessing theories of Malawian intervention in the Mozambican Civil War", ERAS, Vol 11, December 2009.
http://arts.monash.edu.au/publications/eras/edition-11/articles/drobin
Encyclopaedia Entries - "FRELIMO", "RENAMO", "Frontline States", and "Anti-Colonial Wars", in Prem Poddar, Rajeev Patke and Lars Jensen (eds), A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures in Continental Europe and Its Empires, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2009. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Historical-Companion-Postcolonial-Literatures-
"A Case of Assassination? President Samora Machel and the Plane Crash at Mbuzini", Postamble, Vol 2, No 2, 2006.
http://www.africanstudies.uct.ac.za/postamble/vol2-2/assassination.pdf
Book Review - "Michel Cahen. Os Outros: Um Historiador em Moçambique, 1994", Australasian Review of African Studies. Vol 27, No 1, June 2005, pp92-95. http://www.afsaap.org.au/ARAS/VOLXXVII-1.htm
Book Review - "Robert Dixon. Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation and Colonial Governance", Limina: a Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies. Vol 10, 2004, pp169-171. http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/previous/volumes_610/volume_10?f=745
Book Review - "Douglas R. G. Sellick (ed). Antarctica: First Impressions 1773-1930", Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, Vol 10, 2004, pp171-173. http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/previous/volumes_610/volume_10?f=745
"Socialism in Mozambique? The 'Mozambican Revolution' in Critical Perspective", Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, Vol 9, 2003, pp131-151. http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/previous/volumes_610/volume_9?f=7386
Book Review - "Tariq Ali, Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads, and Modernity", Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, Vol 9, 2003, pp168-172. http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/previous/volumes_610/volume_9?f=7386
"Unfinished Business: A Historical Perspective on the Underdevelopment of Mozambique", in Janis Haswell & Diana MacCallum (eds). Liveable Communities. Black Swan Press, Perth, 2003. (Chapter)
Media:
"China in Africa Podcast: Winning Hearts, Minds and Wallets" - China Talking Points website.
Listen online to my interview with Eric Olander of 'China Talking Points' on the expansion of Chinese influence in Africa: http://www.chinatalkingpoints.com/audio-china-in-africa-podcast-winnin
2008-2010 - Africa Focus - RTRFM 92.1FM, Perth, Western Australia.
Listen online to back-recordings of Africa Focus, my weekly Monday radio segment (2008-2010) - one hour into the Morning Magazine show:
http://www.rtrfm.com.au/shows/morningmag
Contact Information
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| Address: | Rm ML17.106, Edith Cowan University, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley, WA, Australia, 6050. |
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+61 8 9370 6681 |
