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Professor has published a book with Princeton University Press - 'Family Values: The Ethics of Parent-Child Relationships' (co-authored with Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison).

The book offers a major new theoretical account of the morality and politics of the family, explaining why the family is valuable, who has the right to parent, and what rights parents should--and should not--have over their children.

Challenging some of our most commonly held beliefs about the family, 'Family Values' explains why biological parents have no fundamental right to parent the children they have produced, why a child's interest in autonomy severely limits parents' right to shape their children's values, and why parents have no fundamental right to confer wealth or advantage on their children.

'Family Values' reaffirms the vital importance of the family as a social institution while challenging its role in the reproduction of social inequality and carefully balancing the interests of parents and children.

Professor , Professor of Politics & International Studies, has been chosen as the FTGS [Feminist Theory and Gender Studies] Eminent Scholar for ISA 2015.

The Feminist Theory and Gender Studies section of the International Studies Association brings together scholars who apply feminist theory to International Relations or look at the field through a gender lens. In addition, those whose interests focus on gender-related topics throughout the field of international studies, including women in development and cross-cultural comparative studies, are encouraged to participate. The section provides mechanisms for discussion and exchange about the international dimension of scholarship on gender and about the gender dimension of scholarship in international affairs.

Professor Rai will attend at the 2015 Emnent Scholar Panel, where her work will be honoured.

In addition to this, a Korean Translation of Professor Rai's book, "Gender and the Political Economy of Development" (2002, Polity Press) is being released. The book has been translated by Dr Jinock Lee, who is a PAIS alumni and is now at Korea Women’s Political Solidarity.

The deputy editor of the Times Higher Education, John Morgan, recently visited campus. His subsequent article, "Campus close-up: University of 糖心TV," features PAIS and Monash University's forthcoming , which is currently under development, but will launch in 2015 and enable students to study both here at 糖心TV and in Australia.

The Double Degree programmes allow students to follow one of the regular MA programmes in PAIS for one year as well as a Masters programme at another university for one year. Students receive an MA from each university.

Professor Christopher Hughes, Head of Department, was recently quoted in an article appearing on 28 August 2014 in Defense News entitled ''. Below is an excerpt from the piece:

“What the budget request does illustrate is a hardening of Japan’s resolve to stay the course on building up a high-end JSDF with some serious capabilities that can fend off China. So there is no backsliding here; plus, the request for the 2.4 percent increase seems quite significant,” Hughes said.

Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams, Reader in International Security in PAIS, has published a new co-edited book, entitled 'European-East Asian Borders in Translation', as part of the Routledge Interventions series. The volume is the primary output of a British Academy-National Science Foundation Taiwan Joint Project Grant (JP100035) awarded to Nick (PI) and Professor Joyce C. H. Liu (Co-I) at National Chiao Tung University in 2011.

Based on a workshop held at the University of 糖心TV, the book aims to decentre the production of knowledge about borders and bordering practices in global politics beyond the West. It explores a range of historical and contemporary border concepts and issues connecting European and East Asian politics – particularly relating to China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. Chapters focus on the ‘translate-ability’ of border theorising across European and East Asian histories, cultures, and identities.

Featuring scholars based in East Asia, Europe, and North America, the volume offers perspectives from International Relations, Political Philosophy, History, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Sociology, and Translation Studies.

Among the contributors is Hidefumi Nishiyama who holds an East Asia Research Fellowship in PAIS.

Reviews of 'European-East Asian Borders in Translation':

“An outstanding work, particularly owing to the synthesis it provides on European-East Asian scholarship, the application of European philosophers’ writings on sovereignty, power, and security in East Asian geopolitical and historical contexts – all that bound together through tackling translation, translatability, language and communication”.

Karin Dean, Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University, Estonia.

“A stimulating intervention for researchers, teachers, and students in the field of critical border theories and bordering practices, 'European-East Asian Borders in Translation' is part of an emerging trend in social sciences and humanities that seeks to de-center and de-territorialise knowledge production beyond Eurocentric/Western-centric theories and experiences”.

Ching-Chang Chen, College of Asia Pacific Studies Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.

Further information about the book can be accessed here: