Michael Barr (Australian historian)
- Michael Barr (Australian historian)
Dr. Michael D. Barr is an Australian historian specialising in the modern political history of Singapore and Malaysia. Most well-known for his work on Lee Kuan Yew ("Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind The Man"), Barr has also written on the Asian Values debate of the 1990s.
Barr's work focuses on ethnicity in Southeast Asia, however he also teaches classes on genocide.
He has recently been appointed as a faculty member of Flinders University to teach international relations, [http://underhill.auth.flinders.edu.au:7778/pls/portal/MIS_APPS.DYN_FLIND_Q.show?p_arg_names=ouid&p_arg_values=1912&p_arg_names=staffid&p_arg_values=189767] having previously taught at the University of Queensland.
Publications
*Barr, Michael D. 2000. "Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind The Man". Georgetown University Press.
*Barr, Michael D. 2002. "Cultural Politics and Asian Values: The Tepid War". RoutledgeCurzon.
External links
* [http://www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/barrmd.html?uv_category=bio Barr's page at the University of Queensland]
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