Gerhard Hoffstaedter
@anthropolitics.bsky.social
University of Queensland Academic, Political anthropology, Islam, refugees Southeast Asia
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Western cuts and China’s expansion are shifting area studies eastward, reshaping global knowledge production, writes Gerhard Hoffstaedter.
The great rebalancing of area studies
Western cuts and China’s expansion are shifting area studies eastward, reshaping global knowledge production, writes Gerhard Hoffstaedter.
eastasiaforum.org
October 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Western cuts and China’s expansion are shifting area studies eastward, reshaping global knowledge production, writes Gerhard Hoffstaedter.
Our latest intervention:
Can Islamophobia be addressed without dismantling the legal architecture that targets Muslims? - ABC Religion & Ethics www.abc.net.au/religion/spe...
Can Islamophobia be addressed without dismantling the legal architecture that targets Muslims? - ABC Religion & Ethics www.abc.net.au/religion/spe...
www.abc.net.au
September 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Our latest intervention:
Can Islamophobia be addressed without dismantling the legal architecture that targets Muslims? - ABC Religion & Ethics www.abc.net.au/religion/spe...
Can Islamophobia be addressed without dismantling the legal architecture that targets Muslims? - ABC Religion & Ethics www.abc.net.au/religion/spe...
Trump’s travel ban weakens US position in Asia eastasiaforum.org/2025/08/20/t...
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Trump’s travel ban weakens US position in Asia
The Trump administration’s sweeping travel restrictions and refugee cuts signal a retreat from regional leadership when Asia needs US engagement most.
eastasiaforum.org
August 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Trump’s travel ban weakens US position in Asia eastasiaforum.org/2025/08/20/t...
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@eastasiaforum.bsky.social
Book chapter just out:
Survival and Deferred Place-Making at Sea: Onboard Socialities of Vietnamese and Rohingya Boatpeople
Open access
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.15...
Survival and Deferred Place-Making at Sea: Onboard Socialities of Vietnamese and Rohingya Boatpeople
Open access
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.15...
CHAPTER 7 Survival and Deferred Place-Making at Sea: Onboard Socialities of Vietnamese and Rohingya Boatpeople Onboard Socialities of Vietnamese and Rohingya Boatpeople from (Un)Settling Place: D...
Antje Missbach, Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Survival and Deferred Place-Making at Sea:, (Un)Settling Place, pp. 154-174
www.jstor.org
December 15, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Book chapter just out:
Survival and Deferred Place-Making at Sea: Onboard Socialities of Vietnamese and Rohingya Boatpeople
Open access
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.15...
Survival and Deferred Place-Making at Sea: Onboard Socialities of Vietnamese and Rohingya Boatpeople
Open access
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.15...
"Refugee Registration Schemes in Malaysia: Governing Refugees by Maintaining the Status Quo and Reinforcing Borders" by Aslam Abd Jalil and Gerhard Hoffstaedter, from the latest Open Access issue of Migration and Society: bit.ly/40rAXvI
Refugee Registration Schemes in Malaysia
Abstract Despite hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees, Malaysia does not legally recognize them. Instead, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) conducts the refugee status det...
bit.ly
December 14, 2024 at 8:14 AM
"Refugee Registration Schemes in Malaysia: Governing Refugees by Maintaining the Status Quo and Reinforcing Borders" by Aslam Abd Jalil and Gerhard Hoffstaedter, from the latest Open Access issue of Migration and Society: bit.ly/40rAXvI
Hot off the press
Chapter on The (Un)Official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward? with @AJaslam open access, please share
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Chapter on The (Un)Official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward? with @AJaslam open access, please share
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
6. The (Un)Official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward?
6. The (Un)Official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward? was published in Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia on page 159.
www.degruyter.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Hot off the press
Chapter on The (Un)Official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward? with @AJaslam open access, please share
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Chapter on The (Un)Official Refugee Protection Regimes in Malaysia: What Is the Way Forward? with @AJaslam open access, please share
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Antje missbach and I have a chapter on Refugee protection in non-signatory states: activism for and by refugees in Malaysia and Indonesia in this excellent handbook
New, brilliant, and engaging Handbook on Border Criminology, edited by @mfbosworth.bsky.social, Katja Franko, Maggy Lee, and Rimple Mehta, investigating the nature and impact of intersections between border control and criminal justice.
Handbook on Border Criminology
‘An excellent, interdisciplinary Handbook produced “in the shadow” of Ukraine and Gaza, this volume places before us the challenges of building critical decolonial knowledge in the field of border cri...
www.e-elgar.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Antje missbach and I have a chapter on Refugee protection in non-signatory states: activism for and by refugees in Malaysia and Indonesia in this excellent handbook