Melissa Lovell
melissa.lovell@anu.edu.au
Ph: (+61) 2 6125 9547
Research Interests
Melissa Lovell is a PhD candidate in the political science program. Her research interests include liberal theory, Foucault’s ideas about governmentality, deliberative democracy and the politics of settler societies.
Her research is titled “The Practice of Liberal Government in Settler Societies”. It focuses on the way that liberal politics are related to continuing practices of colonialism and colonial government in settler states. She is particularly interested in the ways that narratives about the incapacity of indigenous people to be self-governing are used to justify authoritarian forms of government.
Refereed Publications
Lovell, Melissa. 2007. ‘Settler Colonialism, Multiculturalism and the Politics of Postcolonial Identity’ Australasian Political Science Association Conference, Monash University 24-26 September.
Conference Papers and Non-Refereed Publications
Lovell, Melissa. 2008. ‘Settler Liberalism and the Strange Case of the Northern Territory Intervention’. Presented to the Australian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Queensland 6-9 July.
Lovell, Melissa. 2008. ‘Settler Sovereignties and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’. Presented to the New Worlds New Sovereignties Conference, University of Melbourne 6-9 June.
Lovell, Melissa. 2006. Can Deliberative Democracy Generate a Postcolonial Society? An Evaluation of Duncan Ivison’s Postcolonial Liberalism [Unpublished Honours Thesis].
Lovell, Melissa. 2005. An Analysis of Debates on the Privatisation of Communally Owned Aboriginal Land: A Philosophical and Historical Context. Report prepared for Hon. Warren Snowdon, MP as part of the assessment criteria for the Australian National Internship Program.
Lovell, Melissa. 2004. Aboriginal Customary Law and Queensland: Media Sources on the Inclusion of Customary Law in Queensland’s Legal System. Report prepared for Ronan Lee, MP as part of the assessment criteria of the Queensland Internship Program.
Warburton, Jeni and Melissa Lovell. 2005. Volunteering and Productive Ageing Report. Prepared for National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre. Summary available at: http://productiveageing.com.au/PDFs/RB%20Vol.1%20No.4.PDF
Employment and Professional Development
Professional Memberships
Australian Political Studies Association
Academic Employment
2008 School of Social Sciences, Australian National University (ANU)
Tutor for Introduction to Politics.
Guest lecturer for Topics in Politics: Ideology in Australian Politics.
2007 School of Business and Government, University of Canberra.
Tutor for Government Business Relations and Introduction to Government.
2005 Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland.
Summer scholar for eight weeks.
2003-2005 Australasian Centre on Ageing, University of Queensland.
Research assistant (part-time) to Dr. Jeni Warburton.
Selected Committee Memberships
Australian Political Studies Association (APSA).
Member of Executive Committee and Representative of the Postgraduate Caucus.
Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA).
Women’s Officer and member of Executive and Equity Committees (2008).
President of the Postgraduate and Research Student’s Association (PARSA), ANU (June 2007 – June 2008).
University Council, ANU (June 2007 – June 2008).
Higher Degree Research Review – Reference Group and Content & Supervision Working Party, ANU (2007).
New Horizons in Political Philosophy Conference Committee (2007).