Dr Julian Lee

Julian CH Lee completed his PhD in Anthropology in 2007. His research in Malaysia has resulted in a number of books and edited volumes including The Malaysian Way of Life (2010), Punks Monk and Politics: Authenticity in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia (2016), and Malaysia’s New Ethnoscapes and Ways of Belonging (2015).

Julian’s more recent work has examined the subjective experience of globalisation, which is explored in his 2016 edited volume Narratives of Globalisation: Reflections on the Global Condition (2016). His interest in subjective and creative ways of exploring social and political issues is extended in his innovative co-authored book, Monsters of Modernity: Global Icons for Our Critical Condition (2019), which is published open-access with the UK academic publisher Kismet Press.

He is on the Academic Advisory Board for the open-access academic publisher Kismet Press, and to the Editorial Board of the journal Anthropological Forum. In 2014, he received the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies ‘Research Excellence Award’, and in 2019 he received a Ralph McIntosh Commendation from RMIT.  

Current teaching responsibilities

• SOCU1011 – Global Processes
• SOCU1031 – Global Careers
• HUSO2389 – Statistical and Numerical Literacy for Global Citizens
• HUSO2365 – Global Social Movement Strategies and Impacts

Julian is a ‘Category 1’ PhD supervisor.

• PhD (Anthropology), The University of Melbourne
• BA (Hons), The University of Melbourne
• BSc, The University of Melbourne
• Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning, RMIT University

Julian has significant experience as a writer for various media outlets in Australia and Malaysia. His work has featured in The Conversation as well as magazines in Malaysia. Many of his articles have been republished in his book Second Thoughts: On Globalisation, Malaysia, Society and Self (2015).

He has also carried research projects and non-research project with or for various organisations. In 2019 he conducted research into Australia’s humanitarian dispositions with Australian Red Cross.