Nick Knight (professor)
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Nicholas Knight was, from 1981 to 2008, Professor of Asian Studies at Griffith University
, Brisbane, Australia. Knight obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Queensland (1974), and a Master of Science (in Chinese Politics) (1977) and Doctor of Philosophy (1983), both from the School of Oriental and African Studies
, at the University of London
. http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/gbs/ibas/staff/nick_knight_publications.pdf
Professor Knight has published widely on ideology in China, particularly the thought of Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Revolution. He has also published on the way in which globalisation is perceived and debated in contemporary China.
Professor Knight has also published on problems of postgraduate education and supervision.
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
, Brisbane, Australia. Knight obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Queensland (1974), and a Master of Science (in Chinese Politics) (1977) and Doctor of Philosophy (1983), both from the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
, at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/gbs/ibas/staff/nick_knight_publications.pdf
Professor Knight has published widely on ideology in China, particularly the thought of Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Revolution. He has also published on the way in which globalisation is perceived and debated in contemporary China.
Professor Knight has also published on problems of postgraduate education and supervision.
Selected bibliography
- Nick Knight, Understanding Australia’s Neighbours: An Introduction to East and Southeast Asia (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
- Nick Knight, Marxist Philosophy in China: From Qu Qiubai to Mao Zedong, 1923-1945 (Dordrecht: Springer, 2005).
- Nick Knight, Rethinking Mao: Explorations in Mao Zedong’s Thought (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007).
- Michael Heazle and Nick Knight (eds), China-Japan Relations in the Twenty-first Century: Towards a Future Past? (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007).
- Nick Knight, Imagining Globalisation in China: Debates on Ideology, Politics and Culture (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008).