Professor Mina Roces
Professor
BA Hons Sydney University, MA PhD University of Michigan
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Humanities & Languages
A Phd graduate from The University of Michigan, Mina Roces is a Professor of History in the School of Humanities and Languages in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture. She is the author of five books: Women, Power and Kinship Politics in Post-War Philippines (Praeger 1998), Kinship Politics in Post-War Philippines: The Lopez Family, 1946-2000 (de la Salle University Press, 2001), Women’s Movements and the Filipina, 1986-2008 (University of Hawaii Press, 2012), The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change (Cornell University Press, October 2021), and Gender in Southeast Asia (March 17, 2022) published in Cambridge University Press's Elements Series. The book project on women’s movements in the Philippines was supported by an Australian Research Council Grant for 2007-09 and the book project on Filipino migration was supported by an Australian Research Council Grant from 2012-2014.
In addition, she has co-edited several anthologies on the topic of women in Asia. Her research interests lie in twentieth century Philippine history particularly women’s history as well as the history of dress. She is book series editor for the Sussex Library of Asian and Asian American Studies Book Series and leader of the UNSW Research Cluster on Imperial, Colonial and Transnational Histories. In 2016 she was elected fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501760402/the-filipino-migration-experience/
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/gender-in-southeast-asia/0051EF24070443FBF0D6CE7791640CC8
E-mail
Location
359 Morven Brown
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- London Society of Antiquaries Janet Arnold Major Award for "A History of Colonialism, Dress and Luxury, 1850-2020", Sole Chief Investigator for 2021-2023
- ARC Discovery Grant for "Buying Power: A History of Women as Consumers, 1902-2010", Sole Chief Investigator for 2017-2019
- ARC Discovery Grant for "A History of Filipino Migration and Identity, 1906-2010", Sole Chief Investigator for 2012-2014
- United States Studies Centre Grant for "The Filipino American Movement", 2010
- ARC Discovery Grant for "A Recent History of Social Movements in the Philippines", Sole Chief Investigator for 2007-2009
- Funded Fellowship, Center for East and Southeast Asia, University of Lund, Sweden, October-November 2014
- Fully funded Fellowship, Southeast Asia Program, The University of Freiburg, Germany, June-July 2013
- Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, University of Leiden, 2006 and 2010
- Fully Funded Fellow, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2009
- Winner of the NSW Premier's General History Prize in 2022 for The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change, (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021).
- Winner of the Vice Chancellor's Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence, 2013
- Winner of the FASS Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award for 2012
- Winner of the 2019 Grant Goodman Prize for scholarly excellence in Philippine history and historical studies given by the Association for Asian Studies USA (Roces was the first woman awarded in over 20 years)
- Book Series Editor: Sussex Library of Asian Studies Series, Sussex Academic Press, 2006-present
- Publications Officer for the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 2005-2014
- Regional Editor for Southeast Asia, Asian Studies Review, 2009-2014
- Executive Board, Philippines Project, ANU, 2016-2019
- Editorial Board, Pacific Historical Review, 2016-2020
My Teaching
- ARTS1210: Concepts of Asia
- ARTS2212: Southeast Asia
- ARTS904: Dressed to Kill: Dress and Identity in History
- ARTS2909: Gender in South Asia and Southeast Asia
Consultation Times