Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Stephen was awarded his Ph.D in 2000. He been involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students at Murdoch University, University of Adelaide and The University of Western Australia since the early 1990s.
Roles and responsibilities
Stephen is currently the Offshore Coordinator for the School of Social Sciences.
He teaches first year units in the Asian Studies Major as well as second year, honours and masters level units.
He teaches first year units in the Asian Studies Major as well as second year, honours and masters level units.
Funding overview
2010 Australian Learning and Teaching Grant (part of a team coordinated by Professor Caroline Baillie from Engineering)
2006 UWA Small Grant
2006 UWA Small Grant
Previous positions
Stephen has taught previously in Asian Studies at Murdoch University and in History at Adelaide University.
Current projects
He is currently working on labour history projects in Singapore's early industrialisation.
Teaching overview
Stephen teaches the following first year and upper level Asian Studies units.
ASIA1001 Asian Societies and Cultures
ASIA1002 Asia From Colonial to Modern
ASIA2001 Culture Society and the State in Asia
*Teaching Award Nominations*
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2017
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2016
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2013
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2010
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2009 (Also Research Supervision category).
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2008
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2007
ASIA1001 Asian Societies and Cultures
ASIA1002 Asia From Colonial to Modern
ASIA2001 Culture Society and the State in Asia
*Teaching Award Nominations*
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2017
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2016
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2013
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2010
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2009 (Also Research Supervision category).
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2008
Excellence in Teaching Nomination 2007
Research
Stephen has a long standing research interest in the social and political history of Southeast Asia with a particular interest in Singapore and Malaysia.
He has written extensively on the history and early development of the Port of Singapore and maintains an ongoing interest in the port’s role in contemporary Southeast Asia and global maritime trade.
He is also researching aspects of environmental history and development relating to the Isthmus of Kra in Thailand during the period of European colonialism in the region.
His interest in environmental issues and history in the Southeast Asian region has involved research relating to issues around water and development along the Mekong River and Timor Leste.
He has written extensively on the history and early development of the Port of Singapore and maintains an ongoing interest in the port’s role in contemporary Southeast Asia and global maritime trade.
He is also researching aspects of environmental history and development relating to the Isthmus of Kra in Thailand during the period of European colonialism in the region.
His interest in environmental issues and history in the Southeast Asian region has involved research relating to issues around water and development along the Mekong River and Timor Leste.
Languages
English
Malay
Malay
Keywords
- Social History
- Singapore And Malaysia
- Colonial History
- Asian studies
- Social history and practice
- Singapore history, politics and society
- Southeast Asian social, political and maritime history
- Environmental and social justice issues in Southeast Asia
- Islam in Southeast Asia
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Research Output 2001 2019
Open or Bordered? Singapore, Industrialisation and Malaysian Workers
Dobbs, S. & Loh, K. S., 3 Apr 2019, In : Asian Studies Review. 43, 2, p. 206-223 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
industrialization
Singapore
worker
work permit
labor
Indians in Singapore, 1819-1945: Diaspora in the Colonial Port City
Dobbs, S., Dec 2017, In : The American Historical Review. 122, 5, p. 1586-1587 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Thailand's Kra Isthmus and Elusive Canal Plans since the 1850s
Dobbs, S. M., 2016, In : TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia. 4, 1, p. 165-186 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Engineers Engaging Community: Water and Energy
Oldham, C., Crebbin, G., Dobbs, S. & Gaynor, A., 2013, USA: Morgan and Claypool.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Memory, Heritage, and the Singapore River: "It Is Like a Dead Snake"
Dobbs, S., 2013, Oral History in Southeast Asia: Memories and Fragments. Loh, K. S., Koh, E. & Dobbs, S. (eds.). USA: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 177-193 (Studies in Oral History).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Projects 2006 2006
- 1 Finished
An Historical Investigation of Proposals to Construct a Shipping Canal Through the Isthmus of Kra
University of Western Australia
1/01/06 → 31/12/06
Project: Research