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, children and armed conflict, forced migration, Vietnamese politics and society.
Biography
Kim Huynh's most recent book is a collection of novellas entitled Vietnam as if... (ANU Press). His 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 convenes international relations and political philosophy courses and received the ANU Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
He is dedicated to public life, doing talks and facilitating discussions on culture and ideas along with writing essays for a range of newspapers.
Kim is also a presenter and reporter for ABC Radio Canberra.
Researcher's projects
- An article about whiteness and Australia's refugee politics (with Siobhan Neyland).
- A book about Australian and regional refugee politics since the 1980s.
- A guidebook to the West for perplexed Asians.
- The Vietnamese translation of Vietnam as if... Tales of youth, love and destiny.
Current student projects
Past and Current Student Research Topics: political biography; refugees and migration; political philosophy; children and armed conflict; Vietnam/China relations; terrorism; Asia and the West.
Publications
- 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. and Tran Hoang Tuan 2012. "Ban ve van minh Viet Nam" (Discussing the Civility of Vietnamese) BBC Vietnamese, 24 May http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/2012/05/120524_vietnam_civil_comment.shtml (Vietnamese). http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/city-diary/who-is-more-civilized-vietnamese-or-westerners-1.73447 (English).
- Huynh, K 2011. Phuong Tay nhin nguoi Chau A the nao? (How does the West view Asians?) BBC Vietnamese, 11 November. http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/2011/11/111111_kimhuynh_west_asia.shtml (Vietnamese). http://whyilikelearningvietnamese.wordpress.com (English).
- Huynh, K 2011. Nguoi Viet can biet gi ve Phuong Tay? (What Vietnamese need to know about the West), BBC Vietnamese, 3 November. http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/2011/11/111102_vietnamese_west_kimhuynh.shtml (Vietnamese). http://whyilikelearningvietnamese.wordpress.com (English).
- Huynh, K 2011, 'Tai sao toi thich hoc Tieng Viet (Why I like learning Vietnamese)', BBC Vietnamese, 29 July. http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/culture_social/2011/07/110729_kimhuynh_essay.shtml (Vietnamese). http://whyilikelearningvietnamese.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/vietnamese/ (English)
- 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.
- George, J, Abjorensen, N & Huynh, K 2009, 'Conclusion: the culture wars reconsidered', in Jim George and Kim Huynh (ed.), The Culture Wars: Australian and American Politics in the 21st Century, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Australia, pp. 159-168.
- 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.
