Qualifications

PhD (RMIT).

Thesis topic: 'The blind puppeteer: the communications relationship between Australia and Indonesia.'

Teaching/Work responsibilities

Associate Professor: Media and Cultural Studies

Associate Dean (Research and Innovation): Design and Social Context Portfolio

Senior Research Fellow: Globalism Institute

Research supervision

Research Interests

Media and political violence, cultural theory; transculturalism; new communicationstechnology; textual studies; globalization studies; cultural democracy and the media, cultural politics and community recovery, te Australia-Indonesia communications relationship.

Jeff Lewis is a senior researcher in the Globalism Institute and a member of the international Sources of Insecurity network. www.sourcesofinsecurity.org

Selected Publications

Books

Lewis, J.Language Wars: The Role of Media and Culture in Global Terror and Political Violence,Pluto Books, London, 2005, 320pp.

Lewis, J. Cultural Studies, London, Sage, 2002, 492pp.

Other Books

Lewis, J.Extremity of the skies Foinders Publishing, Melbourne [Short stories]

Lewis, J.The Writer's ManualFlinders Publishing.

Edited Editions

The Largest Island[Australian Short Stories]

The Second Largest Island [Australian Short Stories]

Recent Chapters

Lewis, J. and Lewis, B. ‘At the Edge of the Big Wave: Tsunami and Community Recovery in East Sri Lanka’ in K. Cooper and K. Gilbert, eds, Problematising Marginalisation: Physical, Mental and Social Health, Pearson Education, Sydney, 2006.

Lewis, J.'Better than Sex?’ in K. Gilbert, ed. Seminal Fluid: The Underbelly of Youth Culture, Meyer and Meyer, Oxford, 2005.

Lewis, B. and Lewis, J. ‘After the Glow: Challenges and Opportunities for Community Sustainability in the context of the Bali bombings’, Conference proceedings, Sources of Insecurity, Melbourne, November, 2004, www.informit.com.au/library/defaultasp?t=coverpage&r=L_SIC

Lewis, J. and Lewis, B. ‘The Crisis of Contiguity: Communities and Contention in the Wake of the Bali Bombings’, Conference proceedings, Sources of Insecurity, Melbourne, November, 2004, www.informit.com.au/library/defaultasp?t=coverpage&r=L_SIC

Lewis, J.‘Logical Sense: Territory, Terror and Masculinity' in K. Gilbert, ed., Some Like it Hot, Meyer and Meyer, Oxford, 2003.

Lewis, J. and Best, K.'After Y2K: Time, Andre the Giant and other Democratic Avatars', Published proceedings, International Conference on Cultural Attitudes to Technology and Communication, Suny Press, Montreal, Ca., 2002.

Recent Journal Articles

Lewis, J. and Lewis, B. ‘Trial by Ordeal: Abu Ghraib in the
Global Mediasphere’, Topia: The Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. Accepted for publication 1/2/06.

*Lewis J. and DeMasi, S. ‘Unholy Wars: Media Reporting of the Bali Bombings’, Media Internaitonal Australia. Accepted for publication 5/2/06.

Lewis, J. ‘Paradise defiled: The Bali Bombings and the terror of national identity’, European Journal of Cultural Studies. Accepted for publication 1/9/05. Forthcoming2006.

Lewis, J. and Best, K. ‘Pure Filth: Apocalyptic Hedonism and the Postmodern Surfer’, Scope, June, 2, 2005.

Lewis, J. and Lewis, B. ‘After Infinite Justice: Australia, the Media and Global Terror’, International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, Vol. 4, 2005.

Lewis, J. and Lewis, B. 'Expressive Condition: Mediating Public Health', International Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 4, 2005.

Lewis, J.'The Electronic Polis: Media Democracy and the Invasion of Iraq', Reconstruction, 3, 3, Summer, State University of Bowling Green, Ohio, USA, http://www.reconstruction.ws/ , 2003.

Lewis, J.'Nomads in Time: Telecommunications in the Oldest Land', Receiver, London, 2003.

Lewis, J.'Propagating Terror: 9/11 and the Mediation of War', Media International Australia, 104, August,2002.

Lewis, J.'From Culturalism to Transculturalism’, Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol 1, No. 1,(USA), 2002.

Lewis, J.‘Shot in the Dark: Australia’s Industrial Culture’, Cultural Studies, (USA), Vol.11, No. 3, October, 1997.

Lewis, J.‘Digitopians: Transculturalism, Computers and the Politics of Hope’, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol.1, No.3, December, 1998.

Lewis, J.‘Manufacturing Dissent: New Democracy in the Era of Digital Communication,’ International Journal of Cultural Studies, No.1, January 2000.