David Brophy (historian)

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"What we need is a position not beholden to the paranoid vision of the security agencies or to the priorities of trade, but one that lives up to its profession of universal values." [12]

Brophy argues that this is a societal problem, not just a governmental one. An example is the predicament that Australian universities face:

"What this highlights, I think, is the need for a perspective that’s independent of both the government and the corporate university, one that’s able to make the necessary criticisms of universities as institutions and international actors, without falling into uncritical subservience to the government’s foreign-policy objectives. This is not the first time that universities have had to face this challenge. During the first cold war, through both enticements and pressure, western universities were encouraged to align their work with the state’s diplomatic and military interests. The conditions then were not conducive to free, critical inquiry, and they’re not likely to be a second time around either." [13]

References

  1. "A new way of navigating our relationship with China". ABC Radio National. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. Cave, Damien (1 December 2020). "The World in a Vise: Sounding the Alarm on China, Then Running for Shelter". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. Napier-Raman, Kishor (11 June 2021). "David Brophy's China Panic offers up an alternative pathway to the Middle Kingdom". Crikey. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. Bonyhady, Nick (10 April 2021). "Former Turnbull security adviser auditing universities' foreign interference risks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. "Tending to unite? : the origins of Uyghur nationalism". hollis.harvard.edu. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  6. China Panic by David Brophy. 5 February 2020.
  7. Brophy, David (4 April 2016). Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-66037-3.
  8. "China panic: What can be done about anti-Chinese racism?". The Monthly. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  9. Garnaut, John (6 July 2009). "Vicious circle of rape claims, bashings and riots". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  10. "Freedom threat". The Times . 7 July 2023. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  11. "Australia Is Making a Bid for Power in the Pacific". jacobin.com. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  12. David Brophy, The Conversation, 29 June 2021, https://theconversation.com/australias-china-policy-cant-be-based-on-paranoia-or-corporate-interests-there-is-a-better-way-163494
  13. Brophy, Guardian Australia, 10 July 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/10/china-is-far-from-alone-in-taking-advantage-of-australian-universities-self-inflicted-wounds
David Brophy
AwardsARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellowship
Academic background
Alma mater Harvard University
Thesis 'Tending to unite?: The origins of Uyghur nationalism' (2011)
Doctoral advisor Mark Elliott