Associate Professor Geoffrey Levey

Associate Professor Geoffrey Levey

Associate Professor

BA Qld, MSocSci Hebrew University of Jerusalem, AM PhD Brown

Arts,Design & Architecture
School of Social Sciences

I received my BA from the University of Queensland, and earned a Masters in Social Science (magna cum laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Masters and PhD in Political Science from Brown University, USA. Prior to returning to Australia, I held the Anna Biegun Warburg Junior Research Fellowship in Human and Social Sciences, St Anne’s College, University of Oxford. My initial appointment at UNSW was to establish and direct a Program in Jewish Studies, which I did for almost a decade. From 2012-2016, I was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, working on cultural diversity and national identity. I was the last Associate Dean Research for the UNSW Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences before it was amalgamated in the wake of COVID.

I research in contemporary political theory, with particular reference to liberal democracy, multiculturalism, ethnicity, religion, nationalism, and citizenship. I have authored over 100 publications in political theory, political sociology, and Jewish studies, appearing in such journals as Political Theory, The Monist, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, British Journal of Political Science, Political Studies, Citizenship Studies, Ethnic & Racial StudiesEthnicities, AJS Review, and Studies in Contemporary Jewry.  I am presently completing a book on cultural diversity and Australian national identity and editing the Research Handbook on Multiculturalism for Edward Elgar Publishing UK.

My visiting appointments include: British Academy Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol; visiting research fellowships at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, the Political Theory Program, Australian National University, the Centre for the Study of Social Justice, University of Oxford, the Institute of Advanced Study of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts, Brussels, Robert Schuman Distinguished Scholar, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, and Richard Hodder-Williams Visiting Fellowship, SPAIS, University of Bristol. I have advised the Australian Government’s Multicultural Advisory Council, the Race Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission, and the Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, among other bodies, and served as an expert consultant to the Global Centre for Pluralism, Ottawa, Canada. 

 

 

Phone
+61 (2) 9385 1376
Location
137 Morven Brown
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Levey GB, 2024, 'Multiculturalism and the Political Left in Australia: An Exceptional Case?', in Tremblay A; May P (ed.), Multiculturalism on the Mend? The Return of the Political Left and the Future of the Politics of Diversity, Palgrave Macmillan, London
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Levey GB, 2022, 'Autonomy and Multiculturalism', in Colburn B (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Autonomy, Routledge, London
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Levey GB, 2022, 'Chapter 1 Multicultural Political Thought in Australian Perspective', in Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism, Berghahn Books, pp. 1 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780857450296-003
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Levey GB, 2022, 'Chapter 15 Multiculturalism and Australian National Identity', in Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism, Berghahn Books, pp. 254 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780857450296-017
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Levey GB, 2022, 'CHAPTER 9 Liberal Autonomy and Minority Accommodation: A New Approach', in Social Bonds as Freedom, Berghahn Books, pp. 215 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781782386940-011
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Brahm Levey G, 2019, '5. Australia’s “Liberal Nationalist” Multiculturalism', in Multiculturalism in the British Commonwealth, University of California Press, pp. 83 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780520971103-006
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Levey GB; 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
    Book Chapters | 2019
    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
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Levey GB, 2018, 'Religion, Culture and Liberal Democracy: The Issue of Majority Cultural Precedence', in Alidadi K; Foblets M-C (ed.), Public Commissions on Cultural and Religious Diversity: National Narratives, Multiple Identities and Minorities, Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 251 - 265, https://www.routledge.com/Public-Commissions-on-Cultural-and-Religious-Diversity-National-Narratives/Alidadi-Foblets/p/book/9781472471758
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Brahm Levey G, 2017, '7. Multiculturalism on the Move: An Australian Perspective', in Multicultural Governance in a Mobile World, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 162 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781474428255-009
    Book Chapters | 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, pp. 427 - 447, https://www.routledge.com/Islam-and-Modernity/Meer/p/book/9781138930827
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Levey GB, 2017, '10 Secularism as Proto-Multiculturalism: The Case of Australia', in The Problem of Religious Diversity, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 228 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781474419109-012
    Book Chapters | 2017
    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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Levey GB, 2016, '9. Diversity, Duality and Time', in Multiculturalism and Interculturalism, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 201 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781474407106-011
    Book Chapters | 2016
    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
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Levey GB, 2016, 'Liberal Multiculturalism', in The Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism, pp. 19 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315613314-3
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Levey GB, 2015, 'Authenticity and the Multiculturalism Debates', in Levey GB (ed.), Authenticity, Autonomy and Multiculturalism, Routledge, New York, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315726083
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Levey GB, 2015, 'CHAPTER 9 Liberal Autonomy and Minority Accommodation: A New Approach', in Dumouchel P; Gotoh R (ed.), Social Bonds as Freedom, edn. 1st, De Gruyter, New York, pp. 215 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781782386940-011
    Book Chapters | 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/
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2014
    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, Routledge, London, pp. 119 - 124, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415735445/
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2013
    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
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Levey GB, 2013, 'Multiculturalism and Citizenship — The Australian Experience', in Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 132 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137298386_9
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2012
    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
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Levey GB, 2011, 'Multicultural Integration in Political Theory', in Jupp J; Clyne M (ed.), Multiculturalism & Integration: A Harmonious Combination, ANU E-Press, Canberra, pp. 73 - 87, http://epress.anu.edu.au/multiculturalism_citation.html
    Book Chapters | 2011
    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/
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2010
    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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2009
    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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2008
    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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2007
    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/
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Levey GB, 2006, 'Identity and Rational Revisability', in Primoratz I; Pavkovic A (ed.), Identity, Self-Determination and Secession, Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 43 - 58
    Book Chapters | 2006
    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
    Book Chapters | 2005
    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
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Levey GB; Mendes P, 2004, 'Jews and Australian Politics', in Jews and Australian Politics, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, UK, pp. 1 - 8
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'Jews and Australian Multiculturalism', in Jews and Australian Politics, edn. 1, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, UK, pp. 179 - 197
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Levey GB, 2003, 'Jewish Defense League', 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
    Book Chapters | 2003
    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
    Book Chapters | 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
    Book Chapters | 1994
    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
  • Edited Books | 2024
    Levey GB, (ed.), 2024, Research Handbook on Multiculturalism, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, UK
    Edited Books | 2015
    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/
    Edited Books | 2014
    Levey GB, (ed.), 2014, Autonomy, Authenticity and Multiculturalism, Routledge, London, UK, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138845213/
    Edited Books | 2012
    Levey GB, (ed.), 2012, Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism, Berghahn Books, New York, http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=LeveyPolitical
    Edited Books | 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
    Edited Books | 2008
    Levey GB, (ed.), 2008, Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism, Berghahn Books, New York, http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=LeveyPolitical
    Edited Books | 2004
    Levey GB; Mendes P, (ed.), 2004, Jews and Australian Politics, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, UK
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Chin C; Levey GB, 2023, 'Theorizing acknowledgement: sourcing, grounding and politicizing recognition', Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46, pp. 512 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2146453
    Journal articles | 2023
    Levey GB; Chin C, 2023, 'Recognition as Acknowledgement: Symbolic Politics in Multicultural Democracies', Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46, pp. 451 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2075233
    Journal articles | 2022
    Levey GB, 2022, 'Multiculturalism and controversial minority and Majority Practices', Philosophia, 50, pp. 2333 - 2346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00518-8
    Journal articles | 2021
    Levey GB, 2021, 'How not to think about the state and religious recognition', Ethnicities, 21, pp. 221 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796821989742
    Journal articles | 2019
    Levey GB, 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
    Journal articles | 2019
    Levey GB, 2019, 'Differentiating multiculturalisms: A rejoinder', Ethnicities, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796819858804
    Journal articles | 2019
    Levey GB, 2019, 'The Turnbull government’s ‘Post-multiculturalism’ multicultural policy', Australian Journal of Political Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2019.1634675
    Journal articles | 2018
    Levey GB, 2018, 'Does Multiculturalism Inhibit Intercultural Dialogue? Evidence from the Antipodes', Journal of Citizenship and Globalisation Studies, 2, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jcgs-2018-0002
    Journal articles | 2018
    Levey GB, 2018, 'National identity and diversity: Back to first principles', Griffith Review, 61, https://griffithreview.com/articles/national-identity-diversity-australia/
    Journal articles | 2018
    Levey GB, 2018, 'The Bristol school of multiculturalism', Ethnicities, pp. 1 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796818787413
    Journal articles | 2016
    Levey GB, 2016, 'Multicultural immunisation: Liberalism and Esposito [Long book review]', Contemporary Political Theory, 15, pp. E7 - E10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/cpt.2016.21
    Journal articles | 2014
    Levey GB; Shachar A, 2014, 'Preface', Citizenship Studies, 18, pp. 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2014.886379
    Journal articles | 2014
    Levey GB; Shachar A, 2014, 'Special Issue: Citizenship in a Globalized World: The Experience of Immigrant Democracies', Citizenship Studies, 18, pp. 113 - 242, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccst20/current#.U1HsLaGgmGo
    Journal articles | 2014
    Levey GB, 2014, 'Liberal Nationalism and the Australian Citizenship Tests', Citizenship Studies, 18, pp. 175 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2014.886394
    Journal articles | 2014
    Levey GB, 2014, 'Theories of Multiculturalism: An Introduction [Book review]', Australian Journal of Politics and History, 60, pp. 500 - 501
    Journal articles | 2013
    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, 3, pp. 326 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2013.804765
    Journal articles | 2012
    Levey GB, 2012, 'Interculturalism vs Multiculturalism: A Distinction without a Difference?', Journal of Intercultural Studies, 33, pp. 217 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2012.649529
    Journal articles | 2012
    Levey GB, 2012, 'Liberal Autonomy as a Pluralistic Value', The Monist, 95, pp. 103 - 126, http://www.themonist.com/
    Journal articles | 2010
    Levey GB, 2010, 'Review of R. Adcock, M. Bevir and C. Stimson (eds), Modern Political Science: Anglo-American Exchanges (Princeton University Press, 2007)', The European Legacy, 15, pp. 511 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10848770.2010.489324
    Journal articles | 2009
    Levey GB; Modood T, 2009, 'The Muhammad cartoons and multicultural democracies', Ethnicities, 9, pp. 427 - 447
    Journal articles | 2009
    Levey GB, 2009, 'What is living and what is dead in multiculturalism', Ethnicities, 9, pp. 75 - 93
    Journal articles | 2007
    Levey GB, 2007, 'Beyond Durkheim: A Comment on Steven Lukes`s `Liberal Democratic Torture`', British Journal of Political Science, 37, pp. 567 - 570
    Journal articles | 2007
    Levey GB, 2007, 'Cultural Diversity and its Recognition in Public Universities', Political Crossroads, 14, pp. 51 - 65
    Journal articles | 2007
    Levey GB, 2007, 'Cultural Diversity and its Recognition in Public Universities: Fairness, Utility and Inclusion', Political Crossroads, 14, pp. 51 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.7459/pc/14.1.05
    Journal articles | 2007
    Levey GB, 2007, 'The Antidote of Multiculturalism', Griffith Review: a quarterly review of writing & ideas, 15, pp. 197 - 208
    Journal articles | 2006
    Levey GB, 2006, 'An introduction to contemporary political theory Contemporary political theory: a reader [Book review]', Australian Journal of Political Science, 41, pp. 126 - 127
    Journal articles | 2006
    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, 283, pp. 20 - 20
    Journal articles | 2006
    Levey GB, 2006, 'Symbolic recognition, multicultural citizens, and acknowledgement: Negotiating the Christmas wars', Australian Journal of Political Science, 41, pp. 355 - 370
    Journal articles | 2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'Australian Multiculturalism and Political Theory: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities in a Diverse Society [Workshop report]', Dialogue, 23, pp. 56 - 60, https://socialsciences.org.au/publications/2004-dialogue-volume-23-number-3/
    Journal articles | 2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism [Long book review]', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 82, pp. 361 - 363
    Journal articles | 2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'Review of Brian Barry, Culture and Equality (Polity Press, 2001)', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 82, pp. 361 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713659823
    Journal articles | 2004
    Levey GB, 2004, 'The Liberal Archipelago: a Theory of Diversity and Freedom [Long book review]', Perspectives on Politics, 2, pp. 573 - 574
    Journal articles | 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, 23, pp. 180 - 182
    Journal articles | 2003
    Levey GB, 2003, 'Multicultural jurisdictions: Cultural differences and women's rights [Long book review]', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 81, pp. 144 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713659576
    Journal articles | 2003
    Journal articles | 2002
    Levey GB, 2002, 'Jon Stratton, Coming Out Jewish: Constructing Ambivalent Identities (Routledge, 2000) [Long book review]', Studies in Contemporary Jewry, pp. 291 - 293
    Journal articles | 2002
    Levey GB, 2002, 'Multicultural jurisdictions: Cultural differences and women's rights [Book review]', Political Studies, 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
    Journal articles | 2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'Liberal Nationalism and Cultural Rights', Political Studies, pp. 670 - 691
    Journal articles | 2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'Surviving diversity: religion and democratic citizenship [Book review]', Political Studies, 49, pp. 143 - 143
    Journal articles | 2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'The Political Theories of Australian Multiculturalism', University of New South Wales Law Journal, pp. 869 - 882
    Journal articles | 2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'The multiculturalism of fear [Book review]', Political Studies, 49, pp. 570 - 570
    Journal articles | 2001
    Levey GB, 2001, 'When Did the Liberalism of American Jews Emerge?', Jewish Culture and History, pp. 1 - 29
    Journal articles | 1997
    Levey GB, 1997, '`Equality, Autonomy and Cultural Rights`', Political Theory, pp. 215 - 248
    Journal articles | 1996
    Levey GB, 1996, 'Review article: The liberalism of American Jews - Has it been explained?', British Journal of Political Science, 26, pp. 369 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000712340000750x
    Journal articles | 1996
    Levey GB, 1996, 'Theory choice and the comparison of rival theoretical perspectives in political sociology', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 26, pp. 26 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004839319602600102
    Journal articles | 1995
    Levey GB, 1995, 'Towards a theory of disproportionate American Jewish liberalism', Studies in Contemporary Jewry, 11, pp. 64 - 85
    Journal articles | 1992
    Levey GB, 1992, 'Welcome to the Ivy League', Political Theory Newsletter, 4, pp. 205 - 205
    Journal articles | 1987
    Levey GB, 1987, 'Judaism and the Obligation to Die for the State', AJS Review, 12, pp. 175 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0364009400002002
    Journal articles | 1986
    Levey G, 1986, 'W.D. Rubinstein, The Left, the Right and the Jews (Croom Helm, 1982) [Long book review]', Studies in Contemporary Jewry, 2, pp. 382 - 386
    Journal articles | 1986
    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, 32, pp. 346 - 347
  • Working Papers | 2015
    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
  • Other | 2024
    Baubock R (ed.), 2024, Bringing naturalisation back in: Why oaths should mark the transition to a new citizenship, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, , https://globalcit.eu/swearing-loyalty-should-new-citizens-pledge-allegiance-in-a-naturalisation-oath/12/
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Levey GB, 2021, 'A Comment on Elizabeth Shakman Hurd’s Keynote Lecture: ''At the Limit of "Civil Religion”: The Antinomian Sacred and US Support for Israel’', presented at Constitutionalism and Civil Religion, Deakin University, Melbourne, 08 December 2021 - 09 December 2021, https://deakin.zoom.us/rec/share/8os2Twc2ZKo1kqmx5zNv2pCAWLRB1lk77p5pzIPRbm5NrlrT7wSeLv8pA-fIhhmt.Algn4YZ17-MK8D1f
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Levey GB, 2020, 'On Putting Civic Nationalism in Its Place', presented at Civic Nationalism and Diversities webinar series, Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 14 July 2020 - 14 July 2020, https://www.rsis.edu.sg/event/cens-webinar-series-on-age-of-rages-civic-nationalism-and-diversities/#.YEIxtV0zb0o
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    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
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Levey GB, 2018, 'The Bristol School of Multiculturalism', presented at Network for Interdisciplinary Studies in Law Seminar, UNSW Sydney, 26 July 2018
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    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/
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Levey GB, 2016, 'Temporary Migration and Australian Multiculturalism', presented at Australian Political Studies Association Conference, UNSW Sydney, 26 September 2016 - 28 September 2016
    Conference Presentations | 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/
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Papers | 2015
    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
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    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
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Levey GB, 2014, 'Confronting Autonomy in Liberal Practice', presented at (Not) Outside My Culture: The Paradoxes of Personal Autonomy in a Plural Society, Halle/Saale Germany, 26 May 2014 - 28 May 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Levey GB, 2014, 'Diversity, Duality and Time', pp. 201 - 224, presented at Interrogating Interculturalism as a New Paradigm: Assessing Foundations and Policies, Barcelona, Spain, 29 May 2014 - 30 May 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    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
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Papers | 2010
    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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Presentations | 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
    Conference Papers | 2009
    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/
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Levey GB, 2009, 'Multicultural Integration in Political Theory', presented at Integration and Multiculturalism ARC–ASSA Linkage workshop, University of Melbourne, 01 May 2009
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Levey GB, 2009, 'The web of Autonomy', presented at Australian Political Studies Annual Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, 27 September 2009 - 30 September 2009
    Reports | 2009
    Levey GB, 2009, Developing a New Australian Cultural Diversity Policy
    Preprints |
    Brahm Levey G, Secularism as Proto-Multiculturalism: The Case of Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2634428

  • Australian Research Council Future Fellowship, “An Australian Dilemma: Liberal Democracy, Cultural Diversity, and the Quest for National Identity,” 2012-2016
  • UNSW Goldstar Award, “The Hyphen in The Melting-Pot,” 2012
  • UNSW Faculty Research Grant,“The Hyphen in The Melting-Pot,” 2011
  • Harvard University Committee on Australian Studies conference grant (2009) for “Citizenship in a Globalized World: Perspectives from the Immigrant Democracies,” UNSW, Sydney, July 2010
  • Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship grant (2009) for “Citizenship in a Globalized World: Perspectives from the Immigrant Democracies,” UNSW, Sydney, July 2010
  • Australian Research Council—Academy of the Social Sciences Linkage Special Projects grant, “Integration and Multiculturalism – A Harmonious Combination”: member, national research team (M. Clyne, J. Jupp, RT Appleyard; GJ Hugo; CB Inglis; S-E Khoo; K Kirsher; G.B. Levey, and A. Markus), 2008-09
  • Australian Research Council ‘Discovery’ Grant, “Autonomy, Liberalism, and the Right to Culture”, Sole Chief Investigator, 2007-2009
  • UNSW Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Major Conference grant (2003) for “Religion and Multicultural Citizenship” conference, UNSW, Sydney, July 2005
  • The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Workshop Grant (2003) for "Australian Multiculturalism and Political Theory: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities" workshop, UNSW, July 2004
  • Australian Government Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs grant (2003) for "Australian Multiculturalism and Political Theory: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities" workshop, UNSW, July 2004

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, 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, 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

  • An Australian Dilemma: Liberal Democracy, Cultural Diversity and the Quest for National Identity - book project
  • Editor, The Elgar Handbook on Multiculturalism (Edward Elgar, UK, in progress)
  • A Defence of Liberal Nationalism - book project

  • Editorial Board, Ethnicities [SAGE], 2021
  • Consultant to the Global Centre for Pluralism, Ottawa, Canada, 2020-2022
  • Member, Democracy DNA Advisory Group, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra 2020-2021
  • International Advisory Board, Ethnicities [SAGE], 2012-2020
  • My research featured in Research Outreach: Connecting Science with Society, Issue 112 (2020), 46-49.
  • Academic Advisory Board, PLURISPACE: Public Spaces: Culture and Integration in Europe, A Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) Joint Research Programme project, 2019-2022
  • Contributor, Go8 Universities Submission to the Australian Senate (Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee) Inquiry into Nationhood, National Identity and Democracy, 2019

My Research Supervision

  • Fahima Durrat, 'Contentious Politics and Political Change in Bangladesh'
  • Maryam Hashimi, ‘Islamophobia in New South Wales: Are Civil Anti-vilification Laws the Answer to the Problem?’ (Faculty of Law & Justice, with Prof. Luke McNamara)
  • Angelica Jacobs, 'The Representation of Diverse Jewish Constituencies within the Australian Jewish Community'
  • Dovber Seldowitz, ‘Emancipatory Inclinations of a Religious Elite: Toward a New Sociology of the Sermon Through the Hasidic Works of Joseph I. Schneerson and Menaḥem M. Schneerson’ (with A/Prof Melanie White)

 

 

 

My Teaching

 Current:

  • ARTS2820 Justice
  • ARTS3821 The Politics of Identity in the 21st Century
  • ARTS38222 The Art of Political Science

 

Previously:

  • ARTS2845 Sex, Justice and Human Rights
  • ARTS4268 Methodologies in the Social Sciences: Paradoxes and Puzzles
  • ARTS3841 Politics: Theory and Practice
  • ARTS1844 Politics and Principles: An Introduction to Modern Political Theory
  • ARTS2846 Multiculturalism in Law and Politics
  • POLS4000 Australian National Identity
  • POLS2033 Jews in Modern Society
  • POLS2034 Jews, States, and Citizenship