Associate Professor Paul D'Arcy
BA (Hons) Otago, MA (Otago), PhD (ANU)
Associate Professor, School of Culture, History & Language
College of Asia & the Pacific
Areas of expertise
- Asian History 210302
- Pacific History (Excl. New Zealand And Maori) 210313
Research interests
The history of conflict and conflict resolution in the Asia Pacific region; Pacific maritime & naval history; environmental history; indigenous history; interdisciplinary methodology; comparative, regional history in the Asia Pacific region.
Biography
After graduating in Pacific and African history from Otago University, I studied at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and worked as an archaeologist and for Television New Zealand, before completing my MA at Otago and PhD at ANU. I teach courses in Pacific, environmental, and Asia Pacific history, and taught at Otago, Victoria University of Wellington and James Cook University in Queensland before joining ANU. My current research focuses on the problems and benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration, Asia Pacific visions of history and development issues, and the history of conflict and conflict resolution in the Asia Pacific region, especially conflicts over natural resources with particular reference to the Pacific Ocean.
Publications
- D'Arcy, P 2018, Transforming Hawai'i: Balancing Coercion and Consent in Eighteenth-Century Kanaka Maoli Statecraft, ANU Press, Canberra Australia.
- D'Arcy, P 2018, 'The Philippines as a Pacific Nation: A Brief History of Interaction between Filipinos and Pacific Islanders [IN PRESS]', The Journal of Pacific History, vol. online.
- D'Arcy, P 2017, 'The Pacific [El Paci�fico]', in Pedro Iacobelli D, Robert Cribb, Juan Luis Perello E (ed.), Asia y el Pacifico durante la Guerra Fria (Asia and the Pacific during the Cold War), Fondo de Cultura Economica, Chile, pp. 253-265.
- Pawson, S, D'Arcy, P & Richardson, S 2017, 'The value of community-based tourism in Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia', Tourism Geographies, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 378-397.
- D'Arcy, P 2015, 'Taiwan's Pacific Aid: past patterns and future requirements', Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 11-52pp.
- D'Arcy, P 2015, 'China and the Sea: Potential for Pacific Partnerships', 2015 China and the Pacific Conference, ed. Michael Powles, Victoria University Press, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 248-255.
- D'Arcy, P, ed., 2015, The Chinese Pacific: A brief historical introduction, Victoria University Press, Wellington, New Zealand.
- D'Arcy, P 2015, 'The Atlantic and Pacific Worlds', in D Coffman, A Leonard and William O'Reilly (ed.), The Atlantic World, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, pp. 207-226.
- D'Arcy, P & Bambridge , T 2014, 'Large-scale Marine Protected Areas in the Pacific: Cultural and Social Perspectives', in F Feral and B Salvat (ed.), Gouvernance, enjeux et mondialisation des grandes aires marines protegees: recherche sur les politiques environnementales de zonage maritime, le challenge maritime de la France de Mediterranee et d'Outre-mer, Editions l'Harmattan, Paris France, pp. 113-132.
- D'Arcy, P 2014, 'The Chinese pacifics: A brief historical review', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 396-420.
- Nuttall, P, D'Arcy, P & Philip, C 2014, 'Waqa Tabu-sacred ships: the Fijian drua', International Journal of Maritime History, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 427-450.
- D'Arcy, P 2014, 'The Lawless Sea? Policy Options for Voluntary Compliance Regimes in Offshore Resource Zones in the Pacific', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 297-311.
- D'Arcy, P, Matbob, P & Crowl, L, eds, 2014, Pacific-Asia Partnerships in Resource Development, DWU Press, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
- D'Arcy, P, Matbob, P & Crowl, L 2014, 'Introduction: The rise of the Pacific Islands-Asian engagement', in Paul Darcy, Linda Crowl, Patrick Matbob (ed.), Pacific-Asia Partnerships in Resource Development, DWU Press, Madang, Papua New Guinea, pp. 9-20.
- Matbob, P, D'Arcy, P & Crowl, L 2014, 'Conclusion: Pacific futures', in Paul Darcy, Linda Crowl, Patrick Matbob (ed.), Pacific-Asia Partnerships in Resource Development, DWU Press, Madang, Papua New Guinea, pp. 212-218.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Sea Worlds: Pacific and Southeast Asian history centered on the Philippines', in Rila Mukherjee (ed.), Oceans Connect: Reflections on Water Worlds Across Time and Space, Primus Books, Dehli, India, pp. 23-38.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'The nourishing sea: Partnered guardianship of fishery and seabed mineral resources for the economic viability of small Pacific Island Nations', Sustainability, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 3346-3367.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'L' exploitation des fonds marins en Oceanie', in Corinne Berger and Jean-Luc Roques (ed.), L'eau dans le pacifique sud: Entre mythe et realites, l'Harmattan, Paris, pp. 59-81.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Seabed Mining and Oceania: Imminent Resource Bonanza or Resource Curse Writ Large?', in Corinne Berger and Jean-Luc Roques (ed.), L'eau dans le pacifique sud: Entre mythe et realites, l'Harmattan, Paris, pp. 205-219.
- D'Arcy, P & Smith, G, eds, 2013, Global Perspectives on Chinese Investment: Special issue of Pacific Affairs.
- D'Arcy, P & Smith, G 2013, 'Global Perspectives on Chinese Investment INTRODUCTION', Pacific Affairs, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 217-232.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'China's Rising Influence in the South Pacific', in Ming-Hsien Wong (ed.), Managing Regional Security Agenda, Tamkang University Press, Taipei, pp. 131-158.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Pacific Islander Culture of War, Including Maori', in Daniel Coetzee and Lee W. Eysturlid (ed.), Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers Volume 1: The Ancient to Premodern World, 3000 BCE-1815 CE, Praeger Publishers, USA, pp. 376-379.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Chinese Naval Theorists (549 BCE-1895 CE)', in Daniel Coetzee and Lee W. Eysturlid (ed.), Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers Volume 1: The Ancient to Premodern World, 3000 BCE-1815 CE, Praeger Publishers, USA, pp. 338-344.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Southeast Asian Naval Warfare', in Daniel Coetzee and Lee W. Eysturlid (ed.), Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers Volume 1: The Ancient to Premodern World, 3000 BCE-1815 CE, Praeger Publishers, USA, pp. 379-381.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Tran Hung Dao (1228?-1300)', in Daniel Coetzee and Lee W. Eysturlid (ed.), Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers Volume 1: The Ancient to Premodern World, 3000 BCE-1815 CE, Praeger Publishers, USA, pp. 186-187.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Thai Military Culture (Ramathibodi II) (1491-1529)', in Daniel Coetzee and Lee W. Eysturlid (ed.), Philosophers of War: The Evolution of History's Greatest Military Thinkers Volume 1: The Ancient to Premodern World, 3000 BCE-1815 CE, Praeger Publishers, USA, pp. 389-390.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Savoir-faire Maritime et Navigation dan les Iles Carolines (Maritime and Navigation know-how in the Caroline Islands)', in (ed.), Vivre la mer: Expressions oceaniennes de l'insularite, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes, pp. 53-68.
- D'Arcy, P 2013, 'Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas: Cause or symptom of national insecurity?', in Edward Aspinall, Robin Jeffrey and Anthony J Regan (ed.), Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Why some subside and others don't, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon and New York, pp. 203-217.
- D'Arcy, P 2012, Pacific Connections: Communities of Common Interest from Taiwan to Rapanui (Easter Island), pp. online.
- D'Arcy, P 2012, 'Oceania: The Environmental History of One-Third of the Globe', in J.R. McNeill and E.S. Mauldin (ed.), A Companion to Global Environmental History, Wiley-Blackwell, UK, pp. 196-221pp.
- Greig, A, D'Arcy, P & Turner, M 2011, 'The Fragility of Success: Repositioning Mauritian Development in the Twenty-First Century', Island Studies Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 157-178.
- D'Arcy, P 2011, 'The Teaching of Pacific History Introduction Diverse Approaches for Diverse Audiences', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 197-206.
- D'Arcy, P 2009, 'Variable rights and diminishing Control: The evolution of indigenous maritime sovereignty in Oceania', in Devleena Ghosh, Heather Goodall & Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (ed.), Water, Sovereignty and Borders in Asia and Oceania, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon, pp. 20-38.
- D'Arcy, P 2008, 'Fluid Partnerships: marine resources and community development in Kanaky/New Caledonia and Aotearoa/New Zealand', in Frederic Angleviel and Stephen Levine (ed.), New Zealand - New Caledonia: Neighbours, Friends, Partners, Victoria University Press, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 238-254.
- D'Arcy, P 2008, 'Book review: Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific', International Journal of Maritime History, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 436-38.
- D'Arcy, P, ed., 2008, International Journal of Maritime History.
- D'Arcy, P 2008, 'Forum Introduction: Women and the Sea in the Pacific: A Neglected Dimension of Pacific Maritime History', International Journal of Maritime History, vol. XX, no. 2(2008), pp. 259-264.
- D'Arcy, P 2008, 'The People of the Sea: Author's Response', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 119-124.
- D'Arcy, P, ed., 2008, People's of the Pacific: History of Oceania to 1870 (Vol 3), Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Hampshire.
- D'Arcy, P 2007, 'Introduction: A New Era in Chinese-Pacific Engagement', Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, vol. 1, pp. 1-9.
- D'Arcy, P 2007, 'Select Bibliography of Chinese in the Pacific', Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, vol. 1, pp. 56-63.
- D'Arcy, P 2007, 'Book review: Bougainville before the conflict', Journal of the Polynesian Society, vol. 116, no. 4, pp. 472-73.
- D'Arcy, P 2007, 'A New Era in Chinese-Pacific Engagement?', Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, vol. May, pp. 1-9.
- D'Arcy, P 2006, 'Book Review: The Travelers' World: Europe to the Pacific', International Journal of Maritime History, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 568-570.
- D'Arcy, P 2006, 'The People of the Sea: A Roundtable Response', International Journal of Maritime History, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 417-428.
- D'Arcy, P 2006, 'Significant Spaces: The Role of Marine Ecosystems in Pacific Island Cultures', Transforming Cultures eJournal, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 34-43.
- D'Arcy, P 2006, 'The Role of the Tuna Fishery in the Economy of the Federated States of Micronesia', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 34 - 43.
- D'Arcy, P 2006, The people of the sea: environment, identity and history in Oceania, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu USA.
- D'Arcy, P 2006, 'Review of Longitude and Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World', The Hawaiian Journal of History, vol. tba.
- D'Arcy, P 2004, 'Book Review: Pacific Lives, Pacific Places: Bursting Boundaries in Pacific History', RQF (unknown), vol. unknown, pp. 462-465.
- D'Arcy, P 2003, 'Book Review: Patrons, Clients, and Empire-chieftaincy and over-rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific', RQF (unknown), vol. unknown, pp. 122-123.
- D'Arcy, P 2003, 'Book Review: The Exploited Seas: New Directions in Maritime Environmental History', RQF (unknown), vol. tba, pp. 313-315.
- D'Arcy, P 2003, 'Cultural divisions and island environments since the time of Dumont d'Urville', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 217-236.
- D'Arcy, P 2003, 'Book Review: The New Shape of Old Island Cultures: A Half Century of Social Change in Micronesia by Francis X. Hezel, S.J., & Jack A. Tobin, Stories from the Marshall Islands: Bwebwenato Jan Aelon Kein', RQF (unknown), vol. tba, pp. 144-146.
- D'Arcy, P 2003, 'Warfare and state formation in Hawaii: the limits on violence as a means of political consolidation', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 29-52.
- D'Arcy, P 2003, 'Becoming a Less Distant Stranger: Reflections on Three Pacific Shores', Conversations, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 18-34.
- D'Arcy, P 2002, 'Book Review: Houses far from Home: British Colonial Space in the New Hebrides', RQF (unknown), vol. tba, pp. 440-442.
- D'Arcy, P 2001, 'Connected by the sea: towards a regional history of the Western Caroline Islands', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 163-182.
- D'Arcy, P 2001, 'Torn Apart by Proximity: The Problems and Benefits of Comparative History for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands', World History Bulletin, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 19-27.
- D'Arcy, P 2001, 'Book Review: Nature, Culture, and History: the 'knowing of Oceania' by K Howe', Pacific Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 296-298.
- D'Arcy, P 2000, 'Maori and muskets from a Pan-Polynesian perspective', New Zealand Journal of History, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 117-132.
- D'Arcy, P 2000, 'Book Review: Pacific Empires: Essays in Honour of Glyndwr Williams', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. Dec 2000, pp. 299-301.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- The Impacts of Chinese Aid and Development Projects on Governance in Papua New Guinea (Primary Investigator)
