Tim Soutphommasane
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| Occupation(s) | Race Discrimination Commissioner Professor |
Thinethavone "Tim" Soutphommasane (
Early life
Soutphommasane[4] was born in Montpellier, France in 1982 to Chinese and Lao parents who had fled Laos as refugees in 1975.[2]
His family was resettled by the Family Reunion Program of the Australian Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs to Sydney's south-western suburbs in 1985,[5] where he was raised. He was educated at Hurlstone Agricultural High School.[5]
Academia
Soutphommasane graduated from the University of Sydney with a
From 2010 to 2012 he was a Lecturer in Australian Studies and a Research Fellow at the National Centre for Australian Studies of
In 2019, he was appointed Professor of Practice in Sociology and Political Theory at the University of Sydney to teach human rights related theory.[7]
Journalism
Soutphommasane was a regular writer for
Writing
Soutphommasane's first book
His The Virtuous Citizen: Patriotism in a Multicultural Society[9] was published in 2012 and Don't Go Back To Where You Came From: Why Multiculturalism Works, published the next year, won the NSW Premier's Literary Award in the 'Community Relations Commission Award' section.[10]
He was also co-editor (with Nick Dyrenfurth) of All That's Left: What Labor Should Stand For (New South Books, 2010).
Other roles
Soutphommasane was appointed to the
Political activity
Soutphommasane joined the Australian Labor Party in 1998, aged 15.[5] He later worked on the speechwriting staff of then New South Wales Premier Bob Carr,[5] and in late 2007 he returned from Oxford to work as a research officer in the office of Kevin Rudd during that year's federal election campaign.[5]
Books
- Reclaiming Patriotism: Nation-Building for Australian Progressives (Port Melb: Cambridge University Press, 2009) Paperback, ISBN 978-0-521-13472-9
- Don't Go Back To Where You Came From: Why Multiculturalism Works (New South Books, 2012)
- The Virtuous Citizen: Patriotism in a Multicultural Society (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
- I'm Not Racist but... (NewSouth Publishing, 2015)
- On Hate (Melbourne University Press, 2019)
References
- ^ a b c "Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane". Australian Human Rights Commission (Humanrights.gov.au). 20 August 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ a b "The NS Profile: Tim Soutphommasane". New Statesman. newstatesman.com. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Council members: Australian Multicultural Council". Amc.gov.au. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Anzac Day at Home and Abroad: A Centenary History of Australia's National Day: Team". Arts Research Showcase. Monash University-Faculty of Arts. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ The University of Sydney(Usyd.edu.au). 1 December 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Dr Tim Soutphommasane-Biography". Monash University. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Tim Soutphommasane returns to the University of Sydney". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-521-13472-9
- ISBN 9781107025141.
- ^ "Winners announced for 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards" (PDF) (Press release). State Library of New South Wales. 19 May 2013. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Speech to the Australian Multicultural Council Launch, Canberra". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). 22 August 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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