Geoffrey Levey

Associate Dean (Research)

Geoffrey Brahm Levey is an Associate Professor in Political Science and Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW

Geoff's current research is in contemporary political theory, with special reference to multiculturalism, ethnicity, religion, nationalism, and citizenship. He was the foundation director of the UNSW Program in Jewish Studies.

From 2012-2616, Geoff was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. His fellowship project, 'An Australian Dilemma: Liberal Democracy, Cultural Diversity and the Quest for National Identity', investigatated what a national identity could mean where there is a culturally diverse citizenry and a commitment to liberal democratic values and institutions. 

He has held visiting fellowships at the Institute of Advanced Study of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium, Brussels; Centre for the Study of Social Justice, University of Oxford; Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol, Uk; Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne; and Political Theory Program, Australian National University. Prior to his UNSW appointment, he held the Anna Biegun Warburg Junior Research Fellowship in Human and Social Sciences at the University of Oxford, Gold Meir Fellowship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Dean's Fellowship at Brown University. In Spring 2015, Geoff was a Robert Schuman Distinguished Scholar in the Global Governance Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute in Florence. In 2016-17, he held the Richard Hodder-Williams Visiting Fellowship, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, UK.   

Research Areas
Contemporary political theory, multiculturalism, ethnicity, religion, nationalism, and citizenship 

Current Research Projects

An Australian Dilemma: Liberal Democracy, Cultural Diversity and the Quest for National Identity
Following from the ARC Future Fellowship project

In Defence of Liberal Nationalism
A new monograph project  

    PUBLICATIONS
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    Book Chapters
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    Levey GB, 2019, 'Australia’s ‘Liberal Nationalist’ Multiculturalism', in Ashcroft RT; Bevir M (ed.), Multiculturalism in the British Commonwealt: Comparative Perspectives on Theory and Practice, edn. 1, University of California Press, Berkeley USA, pp. 83 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/luminos.73
    2019
    Levey G; Crowder G, 2019, 'Multiculturalism', in Kusch M (ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Relativism, Routledge, London, pp. 237 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351052306
    2019
    Levey GB, 2018, 'Religion, Culture and Liberal Democracy: The Issue of Majority Cultural Precedence', in Foblets M-C; Alidadi K (ed.), Public Commissions on Cultural and Religious Diversity: National Narratives, Multiple Identities and Minorities, Routledge, London, https://www.routledge.com/Public-Commissions-on-Cultural-and-Religious-Diversity-National-Narratives/Alidadi-Foblets/p/book/9781472471758
    2018
    Levey GB, 2017, 'Confronting Autonomy in Liberal Practice', in Foblets M-C; Renteln AD; Graziadei M (ed.), Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies: A Principle and its Paradoxes, edn. 1st, Routledge, UK, pp. 38 - 50, https://www.routledge.com/Personal-Autonomy-in-Plural-Societies-A-Principle-and-its-Paradoxes/Foblets-Graziadei-Renteln/p/book/9781138220218
    2017
    Levey GB, 2017, 'Secularism as Proto-Multiculturalism: The Case of Australia', in Triandafyllidou A; Modood T (ed.), The Problem of Religious Diversity: European Challenges, Asian Approaches, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 228 - 249, https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-problem-of-religious-diversity.html
    2017
    Levey GB, 2017, 'Multiculturalism on the Move. An Australian Perspective', in Triandafyllidou A (ed.), Multicultural Governance in a Mobile World, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 162 - 182, https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-multicultural-governance-in-a-mobile-world.html
    2017
    Levey GB, 2017, 'Intercultural Dialogue Under a Multiculturalism Regime: Pitfalls and Possibilities in Australia', in Mansouri F (ed.), Interculturalism at the Crossroads: Comparative Perspectives on Concepts, Policies and Practices, UNESCO, Paris, pp. 107 - 127, http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002480/248066E.pdf
    2017
    Levey GB; Modood T, 2017, 'The Muhammad Cartoons and Multicultural Democracies', in Meer N (ed.), Islam and Modernity, edn. Critical Concepts in Sociology, Routledge, London, https://www.routledge.com/Islam-and-Modernity/Meer/p/book/9781138930827
    2017
    Levey GB, 2016, 'Diversity, Duality and Time', in Meer N; Modood T; Zapata-Barrero R (ed.), Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: Debating the Dividing Lines, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 201 - 224
    2016
    Levey GB, 2015, 'Authenticity and the multiculturalism debates', in Authenticity, Autonomy and Multiculturalism, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315726083
    2015
    Levey GB, 2015, 'Liberal Nationalism and the Australian Citizenship Tests', in Levey GB; Shachar A (ed.), The Politics of Citizenship in Immigrant Democracies: The Experience of the United States, Canada and Australia, edn. 1st, Routledge, London, pp. 62 - 76, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138886247/
    2015
    Levey GB, 2015, 'Liberal Autonomy and Minority Accommodation: A New Approach', in Dumouchel P; Gotoh R (ed.), Social Bonds as Freedom: Revisiting the Dichotomy of the Universal and the Particular, edn. 1st, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 215 - 238, https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=DumouchelSocial
    2015
    Levey GB, 2014, 'Thinking about Infant Male Circumcision after the Cologne Court Decision', in Johnson M; O'Branski M (ed.), Circumcision, Public Health, Genital Autonomy and Cultural Rights, edn. 1st, Routledge, London, pp. 119 - 124, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415735445/
    2014
    Levey GB, 2014, 'On Raimond Gaita's "Assimilationist Multiculturalism"', in Taylor C; Graefe M (ed.), A Sense for Humanity: The Ethical Thought of Raimond Gaita, edn. 1st, Monash University Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 99 - 112, http://www.publishing.monash.edu.au/books/sh-9781922235459.html
    2014
    Levey GB, 2013, 'Multiculturalism and Citizenship - The Australian Experience', in Tazreiter C; Tham S (ed.), Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific: The Australian and Malaysian Experiences, Palgrave Macmillan, USA, pp. 132 - 146
    2013
    Levey GB, 2013, 'The Australian Multiculturalism Debate Today', in Tavan G (ed.), State of the Nation: Essays for Robert Manne, Black Inc., Melbourne, pp. 176 - 188, http://www.blackincbooks.com/books/state-nation
    2013
    Levey GB, 2013, 'Inclusion: A Missing Principle in Australian Multiculturalism', in Balint P; Guérard de Latour S (ed.), Liberal Multiculturalism and the Fair Terms of Integration, Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, pp. 109 - 125, http://www.palgravemacmillan.com.au/palgrave/onix/isbn/9781137320391
    2013
    Levey GB, 2012, 'Australian Multiculturalism Rides Again', in Levey GB (ed.), Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism, edn. 2012, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. xii - xviii, http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=LeveyPolitical
    2012
    Levey GB, 2011, 'Multiculturalism and Terror', in Gaita R (ed.), Essays on Muslims and Multiculturalism, edn. 1, Text Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 19 - 45, http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/book/essays-on-muslims-multiculturalism/
    2011
    Levey GB, 2011, 'Multicultural Integration in Political Theory', in Clyne M; Jupp J (ed.), MULTICULTURALISM AND INTEGRATION: A HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP, AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV, pp. 73 - 87, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000296260100005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    2011
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Liberal Multiculturalism', in Ivison D (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Farnham, Surry, England, pp. 19 - 37, http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754671367
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Gaza and Catastrophe Theory', in Gaita R (ed.), Gaza: Morality, Law and Politics, edn. 1st, UWA Press, Crawley, W.A., pp. 53 - 76, http://www.uwap.uwa.edu.au/books/current-affairs?9781742580968
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Religious Inclusion, Core Values, and the 'Muslim Question' in Multicultural Democracies', in Yasmeen S (ed.), Muslims in Australia: The Dynamics of Exclusion and Inclusion, edn. 1st, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 30 - 55
    2010
    Levey GB, 2009, 'Cultural Diversity and its Recognition in Public Universities: Fairness, Utility, and Inclusion', in Zajda J; Daun H (ed.), Global Values Education: Teaching Democracy and Peace, edn. Globalisation Comparative Education and Policy Research, springer, new York, pp. 143 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2510-4_10
    2009
    Levey GB; Moses AD, 2009, 'The Muslims are our Misfortune', in Noble G (ed.), Lines in the Sand: The Cronulla Riots, Multiculturalism and National Belonging, edn. 1st, Institute of Criminology Press, sydney, pp. 95 - 110, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9780975196786
    2009
    Levey GB, 2008, 'Multicultural Political Thought in Australian Perspective', in Levey GB (ed.), Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalsim, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 1 - 26
    2008
    Levey GB, 2008, 'Multiculturalism and Australian National Identity', in Levey GB (ed.), Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalsim, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 254 - 276
    2008
    Levey GB, 2008, 'Cultural Rights', in Wright J (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Macmillan Reference, Detroit, Michigan, pp. 197 - 198, https://www.elsevier.com/books/international-encyclopedia-of-the-social-and-behavioral-sciences/wright/978-0-08-097086-8
    2008
    Levey GB, 2008, 'Secularism and Religion in a Multicultrual Age', in Levey GB; Modood T (ed.), Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1 - 24, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000306853500002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    2008
    Levey GB; Modood T, 2008, 'Liberal Democracy, multicultural citizenship and the Danish Cartoon Affair', in Levey GB; Modood T (ed.), Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 216 - 242, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000306853500011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    2008
    Levey GB, 2007, 'Jewish Involvement in Liberal Politics in Modern North America to 1945', in Yovel Y (ed.), New Jewish Time – Jewish Culture in a Secular Age – An Encyclopedic View, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem, pp. 4 - 6, http://www.posenfoundation.co.il/en/book/new-jewish-time-jewish-culture-in-a-secular-age-an-encyclopedic-view/
    2007
    Levey GB, 2007, 'Judaism', in Galligan B; Roberts W (ed.), Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 299 - 300
    2007
    Levey GB, 2006, 'Judaism and the Obligation to Die for the State', in Walzer M (ed.), Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism, Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA, pp. 182 - 208
    2006
    Levey GB, 2006, 'Identity and Rational Revisability', in Primoratz I; Pavkovic A (ed.), Identity, Self-Determination and Secession, edn. 1st, Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 43 - 58
    2006
    Levey GB, 2005, 'National cultural autonomy and liberal nationalism', in Nimni E (ed.), National Cultural Autonomy and its Contemporary Critics, Routledge Press, London and New York, pp. 150 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203506486
    2005
    Levey GB; Mendes P, 2004, 'Jews and Australian Politics', in Jews and Australian Politics, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, UK, pp. 1 - 8
    2004
    Levey GB; Mendes P, 2004, 'The Hanan Ashrawi Affair: Australian Jewish Politics on Display', in Jews and Australian Politics, edn. 1, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, UK, pp. 215 - 230
    2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'Jews and Australian Multiculturalism', in Jews and Australian Politics, edn. 1, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, UK, pp. 179 - 197
    2004
    Levey GB, 2003, 'Jewish Liberalism', in Djupe PA; Olson LR (ed.), Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics, Facts on File, New York, pp. 230 - 231
    2003
    Levey GB, 2003, 'B’nai B’rith International', in Djupe PA; Olson LR (ed.), Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics, Facts on File, New York, pp. 50 - 51, https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-American-Religion-Politics-Library/dp/0816045828
    2003
    Levey GB, 2003, 'Jewish Defense Leagu', in Djupe PA; Olson LR (ed.), Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics, ed. Paul A. Djupe and Laura R. Olson (New York: Facts on File, 2003), p. 230, Facts on File, New York, pp. 230 - 230
    2003
    Levey GB, 2003, 'Insider/Outsider: American Jews and Multiculturalism [Long book review]', in Mendelsohn E (ed.), Jews and the State: Dangerous Alliances and the Perils of Privilege, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 268 - 270
    2003
    Levey GB, 2003, 'Jewish Radicalism', in Djupe PA; Olson LR (ed.), Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics, Facts on File, New Yo\rk, pp. 231 - 232
    2003
    Levey GB, 1994, 'Judaism and the Obligation to Die for the State', in Essential Papers on the Talmud, edn. 1st, New York University Press, New York CIty, pp. 359 - 387
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    Conference Papers
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    Levey GB, 2015, 'Why the Campaign to Reform the Racial Discrimination Act Failed', in Perspectives on the Racial Discrimination Act: Papers from the 40 Years of The Racial Discrimination Act (1975) Conference, Australian Human Rights Commission, Sydney, pp. 97 - 103, presented at 40 Years of the Racial Discrimination Act, 19 - 20 February 2015, Sydney, 19 February 2015 - 20 February 2015, https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/Conference%20Papers_Publication%20layout%20Final_0.pdf
    2015
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Liberal Autonomy and the Accommodation of Minority Cultural Practices', in Conference of the Australian Political Studies Association, APSA, http://apsa2010.com.au/full-papers.php, presented at Australian Political Studies Association 2008, Melbourne, 27 September 2010 - 29 September 2010, http://apsa2010.com.au/full-papers/pdf/APSA2010_0086.pdf
    2010
    Levey GB, 2009, 'Australian Multiculturalism in a Globalizing World', in Proceedings of the 18th Biennial General Conference of the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils [AASSREC] - Multiculturalism in a Globalizing World: Views from the Asia-Pacific, National Research Council of Thailand, Bangkok, pp. 165 - 172, presented at 8th Biennial General Conference of the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils [AASSREC] - Multiculturalism in a Globalizing World: Views from the Asia-Pacific,, Bangkok Thailand, 26 August 2009 - 29 August 2009, http://www.aassrec.org/
    2009
    Conference Presentations
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    Levey GB, 2018, 'The Bristol School of Multiculturalism', presented at IPSA 25th World Congress of Political Science, South Bank, Brisbane, 21 July 2018 - 26 July 2018
    2018
    Levey GB, 2018, 'The Bristol School of Multiculturalism', presented at Network for Interdisciplinary Studies in Law Seminar, UNSW Sydney, 26 July 2018
    2018
    Levey GB, 2018, 'The Turnbull Government’s Multicultural Policy: Retreat or Mainstreaming?', presented at 2nd Australian Political Theory/Philosophy Conference, University of Sydney, 16 February 2018 - 17 February 2018
    2018
    Levey GB, 2017, 'Multiculturalism and National Identity: A Plea for Liberal Modesty', presented at Symposium on National Identity and Diversity, King's College London, 24 March 2017 - 24 March 2017
    2017
    Levey GB, 2017, 'The Status of Foundational Cultures in Multicultural Political Thought', presented at Ethnicity and Citizenship seminar, University of Bristol, Uk, 30 March 2017 - 30 March 2017
    2017
    Levey GB, 2017, 'On the Legitimacy of Majority Cultural Precedence', presented at Inaugural Australian Political Theory/Philosophy Conference, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, 17 February 2017 - 18 February 2017
    2017
    Levey GB, 2017, 'Confronting autonomy in liberal practice', pp. 38 - 50, presented at Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies: A Principle and its Paradoxes, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315413617
    2017
    Levey GB, 2016, 'Multiculturalism on the Move: An Australian Perspective', presented at The Multicultural Question in a Mobile World, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 07 April 2016 - 08 April 2016, http://globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/research-areas/cultural-pluralism/the-multicultural-question-in-a-mobile-world/
    2016
    Levey GB, 2016, 'Temporary Migration and Australian Multiculturalism', presented at Australian Political Studies Association Conference, UNSW Sydney, 26 September 2016 - 28 September 2016
    2016
    Levey GB, 2016, 'Diversity, duality and time', pp. 201 - 224, presented at Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: Debating the Dividing Lines
    2016
    Levey GB, 2015, 'Why the Proposed RDA Reforms Were Lost', presented at 40 Years of the Racial Discrimination Act, 19 February 2015 - 20 February 2015
    2015
    Levey GB, 2015, 'Religion, Culture and Liberal Democracy: The Issue of Majority Cultural Precedence', presented at Religious and Cultural Diversity in Four National Contexts, Max Planck Institute, Halle, Germany, 26 June 2015 - 27 July 2015, http://www.eth.mpg.de/3820845/2015-06-26_Religious-and-Cultural-Diversity_programme_FINAL.pdf
    2015
    Levey GB, 2015, 'Governing Religious Diversity through Principled Pragmatism: The Case of Australia', presented at Governance of Religious Diversity: More or Less Secularism?, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 10 June 2015 - 12 July 2015, http://globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/the-governance-of-religious-diversity-more-or-less-secularism/
    2015
    Levey GB, 2013, 'Framing the Australian Multiculturalism Debate', presented at Thinking for Yourself’: A Conference in Honour of Professor Robert Manne, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 28 February 2013 - 01 March 2013
    2013
    Levey GB, 2013, 'The Web of Autonomy', presented at Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, 11 April 2013 - 14 April 2013
    2013
    Levey GB, 2013, 'The Hyphen in The Melting-Pot', presented at Thinker, Teacher, Scholar, Friend: Celebrating Steve Whitfield Conference, Brandeis University, Boston, 06 April 2013 - 07 April 2013
    2013
    Levey GB, 2012, 'Inclusion: A Missing Step in Australian Multiculturalism', presented at Multiculturalism in Australia: From Theorising to Policy-Making, Deakin University, Melbourne, 06 July 2012 - 06 July 2012
    2012
    Levey GB, 2011, 'Aborigines, Immigrants, and Anglos: Australia’s Problem with Difference', presented at A Sense for Humanity: The Ethical Thought of Raimond Gaita conference, Flinders University Institute for Research in the Humanities, Adelaide, 18 August 2011 - 19 August 2011
    2011
    Levey GB, 2011, 'The Web of Autonomy', presented at Philosophy & Public Affairs Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, 18 January 2011 - 18 January 2011
    2011
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Autonomy as the Basis for Cultural Rights', presented at Research Seminar, Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol, UK, 21 May 2010 - 21 May 2010
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Discussant of keynote lecture 'Religion in the Liberal State' by Professor The Lord (Raymond) Plant of Highfield (Philosophy, UCL)', presented at Religion in the Liberal State, inaugural Zutshi-Smith Memorial symposium, University of Bristol, UK, 19 December 2010 - 20 December 2010
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Liberal Autonomy and the Accommodation of Cultural Minorities', presented at Political Theory Research Seminar, University of Oxford, 06 May 2010 - 06 May 2010
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Autonomy as a Pluralistic Value', presented at Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Justitia Amplificata: Rethinking Justice – Applied and Global, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, 09 June 2010 - 09 June 2010
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Autonomy as a Pluralistic Value', presented at Ethics Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, 21 April 2010 - 21 April 2010
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'The Web of Autonomy', pp. 1 - 22, presented at Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 04 July 2010 - 09 July 2010, http://www.aap-conferences.org.au/index.php?mact=FormBrowser,m2,user_browse_resp,1&m2response_id=1957&m2form_id=13&m2browser_id=8&m2fbrp_page=1&m2fbrp_sort_field=Name&m2fbrp_sort_dir=a&m2returnid=21&p
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Autonomy as a Pluralistic Value', presented at Bonds and Boundaries: New Perspectives on Justice and Culture conference, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 18 March 2010 - 20 March 2010
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Cultural Nationalism, Liberal Nationalism, and the Australian Citizenship Test', presented at Harvard-UNSW international conference on Citizenship in a Globalised World: Perspectives from the Immigrant Democracies, UNSW CBD Campus, Sydney, 14 July 2010 - 15 July 2010
    2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'The Web of Autonomy', presented at Centre for the Study of Social Justice Seminar, University of Oxford, 07 June 2010 - 07 June 2010
    2010
    Levey GB, 2009, 'The web of Autonomy', presented at Australian Political Studies Annual Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, 27 September 2009 - 30 September 2009
    2009
    Levey GB, 2009, 'Multicultural Integration in Political Theory', presented at Integration and Multiculturalism ARC–ASSA Linkage workshop, University of Melbourne, 01 May 2009
    2009
    Edited Books
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    Levey GB; Shachar A, (ed.), 2015, The Politics of Citizenship in Immigrant Democracies: The Experience of the United States, Canada and Australia, Routledge, London, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138886247/
    2015
    Levey GB, (ed.), 2014, Autonomy, Authenticity and Multiculturalism, Routledge, London, UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315726083
    2014
    Levey GB, (ed.), 2012, Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism, Berghahn Books, New York, http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=LeveyPolitical
    2012
    Levey GB, (ed.), 2008, Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism, Berghahn Books, New York, http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=LeveyPolitical
    2008
    Levey GB; Modood T, (ed.), 2008, Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/sociology/sociology-religion/secularism-religion-and-multicultural-citizenship
    2008
    Levey GB, (ed.), 2004, Jews and Australian Politics, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, UK
    2004
    Journal articles
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    Levey G, 2019, 'The Turnbull government’s ‘Post-multiculturalism’ multicultural policy', Australian Journal of Political Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2019.1634675
    2019
    Levey G, 2019, 'Anitsemitism review: Deborah Lipstadt offers a guide for the perplexed [ Long book review]', The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/antisemitism-review-deborah-lipstadt-offers-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-20190221-h1bj2c.html
    2019
    Levey G, 2019, 'Differentiating multiculturalisms: A rejoinder', Ethnicities, vol. 19, pp. 999 - 1014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796819858804
    2019
    Levey GB, 2018, 'Does Multiculturalism Inhibit Intercultural Dialogue? Evidence from the Antipodes', Journal of Citizenship and Globalisation Studies, vol. 2, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jcgs-2018-0002
    2018
    Levey G, 2018, 'National identity and diversity: Back to first principles', Griffith Review, vol. 61, https://griffithreview.com/articles/national-identity-diversity-australia/
    2018
    Levey GB, 2018, 'The Bristol school of multiculturalism', Ethnicities, pp. 1 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796818787413
    2018
    Levey GB, 2016, 'Multicultural immunisation: Liberalism and Esposito [Long book review]', Contemporary Political Theory, vol. 15, pp. E7 - E10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/cpt.2016.21
    2016
    Levey GB; Shachar A, 2014, 'Preface', Citizenship Studies, vol. 18, pp. 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2014.886379
    2014
    Levey GB, 2014, 'Liberal Nationalism and the Australian Citizenship Tests', Citizenship Studies, vol. 18, pp. 175 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2014.886394
    2014
    Levey GB, 2014, 'Theories of Multiculturalism: An Introduction [Book review]', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 60, pp. 500 - 501
    2014
    Levey GB, 2013, 'Thinking about Infant Male Circumcision after the Cologne Court Decision', Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, vol. 3, pp. 326 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2013.804765
    2013
    Levey GB, 2012, 'Liberal Autonomy as a Pluralistic Value', The Monist, vol. 95, pp. 103 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/monist20129518
    2012
    Levey GB, 2012, 'Interculturalism vs Multiculturalism: A Distinction without a Difference?', Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol. 33, pp. 217 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2012.649529
    2012
    Levey GB, 2011, 'Toward a Theory of Disproportionate American Jewish Liberalism', Studies in Contemporary Jewry XI Values, Interests, and Identity: Jews and Politics in a Changing World, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195103311.003.0005
    2011
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Modern Political Science: Anglo-American Exchanges since 1880 [Book review]', The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms, vol. 15, pp. 511 - 512, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/10848770.html
    2010
    Levey GB; Modood T, 2009, 'The Muhammad cartoons and multicultural democracies', Ethnicities, vol. 9, pp. 427 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796809337427
    2009
    Levey GB, 2009, 'What is living and what is dead in multiculturalism', Ethnicities, vol. 9, pp. 75 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796808099905
    2009
    Levey GB, 2007, 'Cultural Diversity and its Recognition in Public Universities', Political Crossroads, vol. 14, pp. 51 - 65
    2007
    Levey GB, 2007, 'The Antidote of Multiculturalism', Griffith Review: a quarterly review of writing & ideas, vol. 15, pp. 197 - 208
    2007
    Levey GB, 2007, 'Beyond Durkheim: A Comment on Steven Lukes`s `Liberal Democratic Torture`', British Journal of Political Science, vol. 37, pp. 567 - 570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007123407000294
    2007
    Levey GB, 2006, 'Disporan Life - review of David J. Goldberg, The Divided Self: Israel and the Jewish Psyche Today (I.B. Taurus 2006) [Book review]', Australian Book Review, vol. 283, pp. 20 - 20
    2006
    Levey GB, 2006, 'An introduction to contemporary political theory Contemporary political theory: a reader [Book review]', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 41, pp. 126 - 127
    2006
    Levey GB, 2006, 'Symbolic recognition, multicultural citizens, and acknowledgement: Negotiating the Christmas wars', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 41, pp. 355 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361140600848960
    2006
    Levey GB, 2004, 'Australian Multiculturalism and Political Theory: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities in a Diverse Society [Workshop report]', Dialogue, vol. 23, pp. 56 - 60, https://socialsciences.org.au/publications/2004-dialogue-volume-23-number-3/
    2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'What Shall i do with This people? Jews and the Fractious Politics of Judaism [Book review]', Shofar (Ashland): an interdisciplinary journal of Jewish studies, vol. 23, pp. 180 - 182
    2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'The Liberal Archipelago: a Theory of Diversity and Freedom [Long book review]', Perspectives on Politics, vol. 2, pp. 573 - 574
    2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism [Long book review]', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 82, pp. 361 - 363
    2004
    Levey GB, 2003, 'Multiculturalism in a global society [Book review]', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 38, pp. 372 - 373, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000184427300051&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    2003
    Levey GB, 2003, 'Multicultural jurisdictions: Cultural differences and women's rights [Long book review]', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 81, pp. 144 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713659576
    2003
    Levey GB, 2002, 'Jon Stratton, Coming Out Jewish: Constructing Ambivalent Identities (Routledge, 2000) [Long book review]', Studies in Contemporary Jewry, pp. 291 - 293
    2002
    Levey GB, 2002, 'Multicultural jurisdictions: Cultural differences and women's rights [Book review]', Political Studies, vol. 50, pp. 588 - 588, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000177294600011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    2002
    Levey GB, 2001, 'The Political Theories of Australian Multiculturalism', University of New South Wales Law Journal, pp. 869 - 882
    2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'When Did the Liberalism of American Jews Emerge?', Jewish Culture and History, pp. 1 - 29
    2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'The multiculturalism of fear [Book review]', Political Studies, vol. 49, pp. 570 - 570
    2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'Surviving diversity: religion and democratic citizenship [Book review]', Political Studies, vol. 49, pp. 143 - 143
    2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'Liberal Nationalism and Cultural Rights', Political Studies, vol. 49, pp. 670 - 691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00336
    2001
    Levey GB, 1997, '`Equality, Autonomy and Cultural Rights`', Political Theory, vol. 25, pp. 215 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0090591797025002003
    1997
    Levey GB, 1996, 'Review article: The liberalism of American Jews - Has it been explained?', British Journal of Political Science, vol. 26, pp. 369 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000712340000750x
    1996
    Levey GB, 1996, 'Theory choice and the comparison of rival theoretical perspectives in political sociology', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, vol. 26, pp. 26 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004839319602600102
    1996
    Levey GB, 1992, 'Welcome to the Ivy League', Political Theory Newsletter, vol. 4, pp. 205 - 205
    1992
    Levey GB, 1987, 'Judaism and the Obligation to Die for the State', AJS Review, vol. 12, pp. 175 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0364009400002002
    1987
    Levey GB, 1986, 'Richard Rorty, J.B. Schneewind, and Quentin Skinner (eds), Philosophy in History: Essays on the Historiography of Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 1985)', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 32, pp. 346 - 347
    1986
    Levey G, 1986, 'W.D. Rubinstein, The Left, the Right and the Jews (Croom Helm, 1982) [Long book review]', Studies in Contemporary Jewry, vol. 2, pp. 382 - 386
    1986
    Reports
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    Levey GB, 2009, Developing a New Australian Cultural Diversity Policy
    2009
    Working Papers
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    Levey GB, 2015, Secularism as Proto-multiculturalism: The Case of Australia, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, EUI, Florence, Italy, EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2015/56, EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2015/56, http://dx.doi.orghttp://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/36555
    2015

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    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 

    • Richard Hodder-Williams Visiting Fellow, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, March-April, 2017 
    • Distinguished Scholar, Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 1 April - 30 June 2015
    • Australian Research Council Future Fellow, 2012-2016
    • Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels, Belgium, February-April, November-December, 2010
    • Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Social Justice, University of Oxford, UK, Trinity term, 2010
    • Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Prize, 2008, for 'A healthy dose of multiculturalism' (5,000 wds) published in the Australian Financial Review, 27 April 2007.
    • Visiting Fellow, Social and Political Theory Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 2006
    • Visiting Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, 2006
    • British Academy Visiting Fellow, Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol, UK, 2002
    • Anna Biegun Warburg Junior Research Fellow in Human and Social Sciences, St. Anne’s College, Oxford, 1993–1995
    • Golda Meir Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1990/91
    • Dean’s Fellow, Brown University, 1989-90

    AREA OF EXPERTISE
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    Citizenship, democracy, multiculturalism, & national identity issues; Jewish political thought and behaviour

    MEDIA
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    Levey GB; Chin C, 2019, Australian nationhood must embrace its Indigenous, immigrant and Anglo components, ABC, https://www.abc.net.au/religion/australian-nationhood-and-its-indigenous-immigrant-anglo-compon/11670638
    2019
    Levey GB, 2018, Diversity and Us, FECCA, http://fecca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FECCA-Mosaic-50_web.pdf
    2018
    Levey GB, 2017, Dual Citizenship and Elected Office: Where Lies the Problem?, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Sydney, http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2017/08/21/4721804.htm
    2017
    Levey GB, 2015, Why the Campaign to Reform the Racial Discrimination Act Failed, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), ABC Religion & Ethics, http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2015/02/27/4188264.htm
    2015
    Levey GB, 2014, "Nothing Hard about Australian Multiculturalism", Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), sydney, http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2014/02/24/3950661.htm
    2014
    Levey GB, 2014, The burqas are better at Parliament House, ABC, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-08/levey-the-burqas-are-better-at-parliament-house/5799362
    2014
    Levey GB; Pringle H, 2013, “Why the ‘Bolt laws’ should stay”, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Sydney, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-27/levey-pringle-why-the-bolt-laws-should-stay/5118040
    2013
    Levey GB, 2012, “Defending multiculturalism is in all our interests”, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Sydney, http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/09/24/3596657.htm
    2012
    Levey GB, 2007, “A healthy dose of multiculturalism”, Fairfax Media, Melbourne
    2007
    Levey GB, 2007, “Aussie dissent and Democracy”, Australian Jewish News, Sydney
    2007
    Levey GB, 2007, “Multiculturalism is Integration” , 15 (2007), pp. 28-30, Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA)
    2007
    Levey GB, 2006, Islam: A Special Case?, TVS (Channel 31), Sydney
    2006
    Levey GB, 2005, “Multiculturalism in the Age of Terror”, UNSW, Sydney, https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/UNIKENAug05.pdf
    2005
    Levey GB, 2005, "Screams from death camps resonate still”, News Ltd, Brisbane
    2005
    Levey GB, 2005, “Christmas and Cultural Diversity”, UNSW, Sydney, https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/UNIKENdec05.pdf
    2005
    Levey GB; Mendes P, 2005, “Peace prize that sparked an unholy war”, Fairfax Media, Sydney
    2005
    Levey GB, 2005, “Mistaken diagnosis for terror”, News Ltd, Sydney
    2005
    Levey GB; Mendes P, 2005, “After Ashrawi”, Australian Jewish News, Sydney
    2005
    Levey GB, 2004, “Rights and Responsibilities in a Diverse Society”, UNSW, Sydney, https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/UNIKENAug04.pdf
    2004
    Levey GB, 2004, “Of Curthoys and Canards”, Arena, Melbourne
    2004
    Levey GB, 2004, “Honoring Australia for Misguided Policies”, New York CIty
    2004
    Levey GB, 2004, “Howard’s Liberties Medallion is a betrayal of Jewish Liberalism”, The National Forum, Sydney, http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/
    2004
    Levey GB, 2004, Rights and Responsibilities in a Diverse Society
    2004
    Levey GB; Mendes P, 2003, Reports of Jewish labor pains have been exaggerated, Australian Jewish News
    2003
    Levey GB, 2003, Jewish vote is not so easily categorised, Fairfax Media
    2003
    Levey GB, 2003, Why Ghassan Should be Boycotting John Who Should be Spurning Ned, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=200309678;res=IELAPA
    2003
    Levey GB; Moses D, 2001, Cultural criteria in determining suitable immigrants are historically bankrupt, News Limited
    2001
    Levey GB, 2001, Reconciliation and ‘the Banality of Evil’, Fairfax Media
    2001
    Levey GB, 2001, Life is this Beautiful?
    2001
    Levey GB, 2000, Inappropriate honour, inappropriate forum
    2000
    Levey GB, 2000, Why Howard shouldn’t have been honoured
    2000
    Levey GB, 1998, A santa schmanta response: Jews and Christmas, News Limited
    1998
    Pringle HM; Levey GB, 1997, When private needs overrule public interest`, News Corporation, Australia
    1997
    Levey GB, 1997, `Israel: a sorry state of affairs`
    1997
    Levey GB, 1997, `Circumcision or circumscribed?`
    1997
    Levey GB, 1996, The future of the peace process in the Middle East
    1996
    Levey GB, 1994, Jews By Choice
    1994