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Project Staff
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Joseph M. Fernando
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In-Country Co-Coordinator Malaysia
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Telephone
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+603-79675568
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Fax
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+603-79675463
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E-mail
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jmfernando@um.edu.my
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Joseph M. Fernando is In-Country Co-Coordinator (ICC) responsible for the Malaysian component of Tracking Development. He is an associate professor with the Department of History in the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur which he joined in 2000. He obtained his PhD in History from Royal Holloway College, University of London, in 1995. He previously worked as a journalist for two newspapers in Malaysia: The Star (1982-1988) and The Sun (1996-2000). His main research areas are Malaysian political and constitutional history. He also has a broader research interest in Malaysian economic and social issues. His other research interests include nationalism, colonialism in Southeast Asia, the modern history of Southeast Asia, ASEAN, Southeast Asian regional security and the media in Malaysia.
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Selected publications
- Federal Constitutions; A Comparative Study of Malaysia and the United States. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2007.
- 'The Position of Islam in the Constitution of Malaysia', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 37 (2006):249-66.
- 'British Attitude Towards Malayan Independence', in: Mohammad Redzuan Othman, Shakila Yacob, Mardiana Nordin and Joseph M.Fernando (eds): Sejarah Pembinaan Negara Bangsa [History of the Making of the Nation-state] (Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2006):213-37.
- 'Malayan Decolonisation and Imperial Policy: Negotiating the Terrain', in: Danny Wong Tze-Ken, Joseph M. Fernando, Mardiana Nordin and S. Sivachandralingam (eds): Sejarah: Sumber dan Pendekatan [History: Sources and Approaches] (Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2006):155-69.
- 'Sir Ivor Jennings and the Malayan Constitution', Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 34 (2006):577-97.
- 'The Formation of Malaysia; Shared History; Varied Images.', Malaysia in History 29 (2005):85-95, 2005.
- 'The ASEAN Regional Forum and the Challenges of Managing Asia-Pacific Security', Dialogue (New Delhi) 5 (2003):182-194.
- 'Media Ethics in Malaysia and Southeast Asia', in: Kai Hafez (ed): Media Ethics in Malaysia and Southeast Asia (Deutsches Orient-Institut: Hamburg, 2003):134-44.
- 'Globalisation and the Local Media Response: The Case of the Print Media', in: Khairulmaini Osman Salleh and N. Kanthasamy (eds): Malaysia and Globalisation; Issues and Challenges in the 21st Century (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 2003):157-75.
- The Making of the Malayan Constitution. Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2002.
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