Dr Rebecca Gidley
Areas of expertise
- Government And Politics Of Asia And The Pacific 160606
- Law And Society 180119
- Asian History 210302
Research interests
Rebecca Gidley's research interests include transitional justice, mass atrocities, Cambodian history and politics, Bokor National Park, historians as expert witnesses, human rights and the rule of law.
Biography
Rebecca Gidley is a Research Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change, working on the Southeast Asia Rules Based Order project. She completed her PhD in history from the ANU in July 2017. Her first book, Illiberal Transitional Justice and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, was published in early 2019. She has taught a range of courses in history, international relations, political science and security studies.
Publications
- Gidley, R 2019, Illiberal Transitional Justice and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Palgrave Macmillan, Switerland.
- Gidley, R 2019, 'Book Review: Flowers in the Wall: Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and Melanesia', Journal of Pacific History.
- Gidley, R & Turner, M 2018, 'Judicializing History: Mass Crimes Trials and the Historian as Expert Witness in West Germany, Cambodia, and Bangladesh', Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 52-67pp.
- Gidley, R 2018, 'Trading a Theatre for Military Headquarters: Locating the Khmer Rouge Tribunal', Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 279-300.
- Gidley, R 2017, 'The Political Construction of Narrative and Collective Memory in Cambodia', Situations, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 99-118.
- Gidley, R 2016, 'Betrayal and Hypocrisy: The United Nations, Cambodia, and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal', in Deborah Mayersen (ed.), The United Nations and Genocide, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, pp. 54-76.