Dr Kim Huynh
Areas of expertise
- International Relations 160607
- Political Theory And Political Philosophy 160609
- Literary Studies Not Elsewhere Classified 200599
- Australian Government And Politics 160601
Research interests
Political theory, political literature, migration and borders, radio and podcasting, Vietnamese culture and society.
Biography
Kim helps people to tell stories and ask questions with a view to advancing diversity, democracy, and understanding.
His forthcoming book reviews Australia's Refugee Politics in the 21st Century (Routledge 2023) and develops ways to enhance national security and social cohesion. He's also published a collection of stories about contemporary Vietnam entitled Vietnam as if ... (ANU Press). Kim's biography of his parents Where the Sea Takes Us (HarperCollins) attracted academic and literary acclaim. He co-authored Children and Global Conflict (Cambridge University Press) and co-edited The Culture Wars (Palgrave-McMillan).
Kim is a well-regarded teacher, convening courses on refugee politics and political philosophy in the ANU School of Politics and International Relations. He's received the ANU Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and is regularly challenged and enriched by his students.
Being committed to public life, Kim often facilitates discussions on culture and ideas, and writes essays on a wide range of topics for news outlets. He ran as independent candidate in the 2016 ACT election and in the 2022 federal election. Kim is also a presenter and reporter for ABC Radio Canberra.
Researcher's projects
A chapter in What We Brought with Us, a book about the meaning and value of objects that people take into and retrieve from exile.
"The Big Word" podcast explores concepts and terms that probably you've never heard of but will rock your world.
A radio documentary on intergenerational trauma and care.
A series of essays on the most unsettling ideas in Australia.
Toolkits assisting academics and Vietnamese-Australians to i) counter racism against First Nations people and ii) craft meaningful Acknowledgements of Country.
Publications
- Huynh, K & Neyland, S 2020, 'Australian Whiteness and Refugee Politics', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 111-129.
- Huynh, K & Do, T 2017, 'Vietnamese perceptions of the power transition', in David Walton and Emilian Kavalski (ed.), Power Transition in Asia, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York, pp. 192-206pp.
- Huynh, K 2015. Vietnam as if.... Tales of youth, love and destiny, ANU Press (download free ebook from http://press.anu.edu.au/titles/vietnam-as-if/)
- Huynh, Kim, D'Costa, Bina and Lee-Koo, Katrina, 2015. Children and Global Conflict. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kim's contributions include chapters on 'Children and Agency', 'Child Soldiers', 'Children in an Age of Forced Migration' and 'Conclusion: The Cradle it Rocks'.
- Huynh, Kim 2015. 'Democracy and Vietnam: Visceral Perspectives', Democratic Theory, vol. 2, no. 3, 71-8.
- Huynh, Kim. 2014. 'Australian Refugee Politics', The Far East & Australasia, Routledge. Updated annually. Coauthored with Siobhan Neyland in 2016.
- Huynh, Kim. 2014. 'The Professional' , Anthropology and Humanism, volume 39, issue 1, pp. 55-66. [Winner of the 2013 Society for Humanistic Anthropology fiction award].
- Huynh, K 2010, 'Refugeeness: What's good and not so good about being persecuted and displaced?', Local Global, vol. 8, no. November 2010, pp. 52-74. http://mams.rmit.edu.au/k2gnu0t4iwu1.pdf
- Huynh, K 2009, 'One Women's Everyday Resistance: An Empowering Yet Cautionary Tale from Vietnam', in Bina D'Costa and Katrina Lee-Koo (ed.), Gender and Global Politics in the Asia-Pacific, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, United States, pp. 129-141.
- Huynh, K 2009, 'Us and them: national identity and the question of 'belonging'', in Jim George and Kim Huynh (ed.), The Culture Wars: Australian and American Politics in the 21st Century, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Australia, pp. 75-91.
- Huynh, K 2009, 'The Struggle for God', in Jim George and Kim Huynh (ed.), The Culture Wars: Australian and American Politics in the 21st Century, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Australia, pp. 92-109.
- Huynh, K 2009, ''If there is hope, it lies with the Bogans'', in Jim George and Kim Huynh (ed.), The Culture Wars: Australian and American Politics in the 21st Century, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Australia, pp. 127-141.
- Huynh, K 2007, Where the Sea Takes Us: A Vietnamese-Australian Story, HarperCollins, Sydney Australia.
- Huynh, K 2004, 'Modernity and My Mum', Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 1-26.
- Huynh, K 2003, 'Fathers, Flags and Modern-Day Fanaticism: A Short Story About Cold War Grand Theories and Ordinary Vietnamese Australia People', Alternatives: Global, Local and Political, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 517-544.
