Prof Andrew Markus - Researcher Profile

Andrew Markus

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School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies
Faculty of Arts, Clayton

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 35009

Email: Andrew.Markus@monash.edu


Biography

Surveys track Australian attitudes to immigration

In an Australian first, Professor Andrew Markus is tracking changes in Australian attitudes towards immigrants and asylum seekers through a series of national surveys.
His research is part of the Scanlon Foundation’s Mapping Social Cohesion project.
The results show “nuanced” views, rather than a one-dimensional response to immigration. They are also providing the basis for evidence-based discussion of an issue that has emerged as a major political issue.

The social cohesion and immigration research is based on three national surveys conducted in 2007, 2009 and 2010. These were conducted for the Scanlon Foundation through the Monash University Institute for the Study of Global Movements.

Andrew says the latest survey shows that attitudes towards unauthorised boat arrivals are increasingly negative. However, there is a highly positive response towards Australian humanitarian immigration program.

“For the first time we have three large surveys using similar methodology. This enables us to track precisely how views are developing,” Andrew says. The Scanlon Foundation has published reports on all three surveys.

Complementing the national surveys are two local surveys conducted in Melbourne and Sydney regions where high numbers of immigrants have settled. Andrew says these are providing important information on challenges of life in ethnically diverse communities.

For example, the surveys showed increased concerns about personal safety in these communities. However, these concerns appeared to link more strongly to the low socio-economic status of the communities rather than to the presence of immigrants. “In areas of high immigrant concentration there is generally a positive attitude to immigration,” he says.

Andrew says that while the research is academic it is also about communicating with people in the field to achieve results for the community. “This is socially useful research,” he says.

Andrew has a very personal connection to his research; he came to Australia as an eight-year-old refugee from Hungary in the late 1950s.

In addition to his work with the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Andrew is a research professor in the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation. He is leading a project documenting the history of Yiddish Melbourne. It examines in-depth Jewish immigrants who came to Melbourne before and after the Holocaust.

It looks at the world the Yiddish-speaking immigrants sought to recreate in Melbourne and to what extent their values were transmitted to their children and grandchildren. While there has been significant language loss, the research indicates the strong transmission of cultural values through the generations.

The Yiddish Melbourne website, located at http://arts.monash.edu.au/yiddish-melbourne/, is a major outcome of the research, which has been funded through an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant. The website provides an important community resource, Andrew says.

Overlapping with this research is an ARC-Linkage project looking at the contemporary Jewish community in unprecedented depth. More than 6000 respondents completed a questionnaire, which has provided a detailed picture of modern Jewish life.

The findings provide a rich resource for policymakers and people serving the Jewish community. The data allow for accurate projections to enable adequate service provision in areas such as education and aged care.  It will also help address the challenges of the modern world, such as how the communication revolution will affect Jewish life.

“For most issues under consideration for planning purposes our survey provides interesting and systematic data,” Andrew says. “We are able to provide organisations with data on topics of interest – and it is provided free of cost.”

This engagement is enhanced by the centre’s location at the university’s Caulfield campus, which lies in the heart of Melbourne’s Jewish population. The centre hosts seminars on contemporary Jewish life and is ideally located for meetings. “It facilitates our mission to actively engage with the community,” he says.

Keywords

social cohesion in Australia, race relations in Australia, the Australian Jewish community, various aspects of Australian history, contemporary Australia

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: La Trobe University
Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Markus, A.B., Jupp, J., McDonald, P., 2009, Australia's Immigration Revolution, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.

Attwood, B.M., Markus, A.B., 2007, The 1967 Referendum, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, Australia.

Attwood, B.M., Markus, A.B., 2004, Thinking Black: William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines' League, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra ACT Australia.

Markus, A.B. (ed), 2001, Building a New Community: Immigration and the Victorian Community, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW Australia.

Markus, A., 2001, Race: John Howard and the Remaking of Australia, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW Australia.

Attwood, B., Markus, A., 1999, The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights, Allen and Unwin, Sydney NSW Australia.

Attwood, B., Markus, A., 1997, The 1967 Referendum, or when Aborigines didn't get the vote, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra ACT Australia.

Book Chapters

Markus, A.B., 2012, Australia, in International Migration in Uncertain Times, eds John Nieuwenhuysen, Howard Duncan and Stine Neerup, McGill-Queen's University Press, Kingston, ON, Canada, pp. 51-67.

Markus, A.B., 2012, Immigration and public opinion, in A Greater Australia: Population, Policies and Governance, eds Jonathan Pincus and Graeme Hugo, Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Melbourne, pp. 114-132.

Markus, A., 2011, Attitudes to multiculturalism and cultural diversity, in Multiculturalism & Integration: AHarmonious Relationship, eds James Jupp and Michael Clyne, ANU ePress, ACT, Australia, pp. 89-100.

Markus, A., 2011, Racism and international students in Australia, in A Home away from Home? International Students in Australian and South African Education, eds Ilana Snyder and John Nieuwenhuysen, Monash University Publishing, Australia, pp. 77-91.

Markus, A., 2011, Social cohesion / social inclusion in Australia, in Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations: Looking Through the Lens of Social Inclusion, eds Fethi Mansouri and Michele Lobo, Ashgate, Surrey, United Kingdom, pp. 143-158.

Markus, A., Raijman, R., 2010, Immigration and public opinion, in Immigration and nation building Australia and Israel compared, eds Andrew Markus and Moshe Semyonov, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham Gios, UK, pp. 115-140.

Markus, A., Semyonov, M., 2010, Introduction, in Immigration and nation building Australia and Israel compared, eds Andrew Markus and Moshe Semyonov, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham GIOS, UK, pp. 1-14.

Markus, A.B., Kirpitchenko, L., 2007, Conceptualising social cohesion, in Social Cohesion in Australia, eds James Jupp, John Nieuwenhuysen and Emma Dawson, Cambridge University Press, Australia, pp. 21-32.

Markus, A.B., 2006, Multiculturalism and the Jews, in New under the sun: Jewish Australians on religion, politics and culture, eds Michael Fagenblat Melanie Landau and Nathan Wolski, Black Inc, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 93-107.

Markus, A.B., 2004, Anti-Semitism and Australian Jewry, in Jews and Australian Politics, eds Geoffrey Brahm Levy and Philip Mendes, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton UK, pp. 109-126.

Markus, A.B., 2003, Of continuities and discontinuities: reflections on a century of Australian immigration control, in Legacies of White Australia: race, culture and nation, eds Laksiri Jayasuriya David Walker and Jan Gothard, University of Western Australia Press, Crawley WA Australia, pp. 175-189.

Markus, A.B., 2003, The politics of race, in The fuss that never ended. The life and work of Geoffrey Blainey, eds Deborah Gare, Geoffrey Bolton, Stuart Macintyre and Tom Stannage, Melbourne University Press, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 102-113.

Markus, A.B., 2001, Attitudes towards immigration and multiculturalism, in Building a new community, eds Andrew Markus, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW Australia, pp. 79-88.

Markus, A.B., 2001, Investing in people, in Building a new community, eds Andrew Markus, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW Australia, pp. 90-206.

Attwood, B., Markus, A., 1999, The fight for Aboriginal Rights, in The Australian Century: Political Sturggle in the Building of a Nation, Text, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 264-292.

Markus, A., 1998, Aborigines in Labour History, in Australian Labour and Regional Change, Halstead Press in assoc. with University of Wollog, Rushcutters Bay NSW, pp. 41-56.

Attwood, B., Markus, A., 1998, Representation Matters: The 1967 Referendum and Citizenship, in Citizenship and Indigenous Australians: Changing Conceptions and Possibilities, Cambridge University Press, Oakleigh Vic Australia, pp. 118-140.

Markus, A., 1997, John Howard and the re-naturalisation of bigotry, in The Resurgence of Racism: Howard, Hanson and the Race Debate, Monash Publications in History, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 79-86.

Journal Articles

Markus, A.B., 2011, Israel Connectedness: Australian, United States and English Survey Findings Compared, Australian Journal of Jewish Studies [P], vol 25, Australian Association of Jewish Studies, Australia, pp. 201-221.

Markus, A.B., Arunachalam, D., 2007, Attitudinal divergence in a Melbourne region of high immigrant concentration: A case study, People and Place, vol 15, issue 4, Monash University, Australia, pp. 38-48.

Markus, A.B., Taylor, J., 2006, No work, no income, no medicare - the bridging visa E regime, People and Place, vol 14, issue 1, Centre for Population and Urban Research, Monash University, Bayswater Vic Australia, pp. 43-52.

Markus, A., 2002, Genocide in Australia, Aboriginal History, vol 25, Aboriginal History Inc., Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 57-69.

Markus, A., 1999, Attitudes towards immigration and national identity: a re-awakening of xenophobia, People and Place, vol 7, 3, Centre for Population & Urban Res.Monash Uni, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 39-51.

Attwood, B., Markus, A., 1998, (The) 1967 (Referendum) and All That: Narrative and Myth, Aborigines and Australia, Australian Historical Studies, vol 29 no 11, Australian Historical Studies, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 267-288.

Conference Proceedings

Markus, A., 2011, Immigration and public opinion, A 'Sustainable ' Population? - Key Policy Issues, 21/03/2011 - 22/03/2011, The Productivity Commission, Victoria, Australia, pp. 193-210.

Markus, A.B., 2004, Reflections on the administration of the 'White Australia' immigration policy, After the Rush: Regulation, Participation and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1940, July 2000, Otherland Literary Journal, Kingsbury Vic Australia, pp. 51-58.

Other

Markus, A.B., 2012, Mapping Social Cohesion: National Report 2012, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC), Monash University, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-58.

Markus, A.B., 2012, Mapping Social Cohesion: Neighbourhoods Report: Areas of Immigrant Concentration, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC), Monash University, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia.

Markus, A.B., Munz, M., 2012, Poverty and Emergency Relief, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-38.

Markus, A.B., 2012, What does the Australian public really think about asylum seekers?, The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group, http://theconversation.edu.au/what-does-the-australian-public-really-think-about-asylum-seekers-8522.

Markus, A.B., Arunachalam, D., 2008, Mapping Social Cohesion: The Scanlon Foundation Surveys, Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Clayton, Victoria, pp. vi-139.

Markus, A.B., 2005, 'Racial and Ethnic Tensions', Encyclopedia of Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 585-586.

Markus, A.B., 2001, 'Racial discrimination', The Australian People, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge England UK, pp. 826-829.

Markus, A., 1998, Aboriginal Resistance, Oxford Companion to Australian History, vol encyclopaedia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 11-12.

Markus, A., 1998, White Australia, The Oxford Companion to Australian History, vol encyclopedia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 681-683.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
An Evaluation of March of the Living Australia.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Auerbach, K (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Anatomy of South African antisemitism: Afrikaner nationalism and South Africa jewry between the world wars .
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Garrett, L (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Ausraelis - the diasporic identity of Israelis in Australia.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Oz Salzberger, F (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Australian gorvernment policy on the entry and resettlement of jews from the Soviet Union: 1975-1995.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Garrett, L (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Balancing women's rights and religious rights: The issue of bus segregations.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Baker, M (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Maori in Australia: a history of risk and opportunity.
Supervisors:
Attwood, B (Main), Markus, A (Associate).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Military Refusal in Israel: A case study of the Religious Secular Divide.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Baker, M (Associate).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Politics of Kashruth in Melbourne post Second World War.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Fagenblat, M (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Bajer, P.
Program of Study:
Scots in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth XVIth to XVIIIth centuries: the formation and disappearance of an ethnic group. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Garrioch, D (Main), Markus, A (Associate).
Student:
Baker, G.
Program of Study:
WOMEN MISSIONARIES ON METHODIST OVERSEAS MISSIONS, NORTHERN DISTRICT, ARNHEM LAND, 1950 - 1980. (PHD) 2001.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Attwood, B (Associate).
Student:
Buchanan, R.
Program of Study:
VILLAGE OF PEACE, VILLAGE OF WAR: PARIHAKA STORIES 1881-2004. (PHD) 2005.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Joint-Co), Nugent, M (Joint).
Student:
Costa-Pinto, S.
Program of Study:
Narrating contemporary migration: Indian women in Melbourne. (PHD) 2008.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Quartly, M (Associate).
Student:
Dreyfus, F.
Program of Study:
Silences and secrets: the Australian experience of the Weintraub Syncopators. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Joint-Co), Thomson, A (Joint).
Student:
Duras, A.
Program of Study:
"Parade of the Old New": Interaction Between Trade Unions and New Social Movements in Australia 1965-1985. (Masters) 2001.
Supervisors:
Peel, M (Main), Markus, A (Associate).
Student:
Fenwick, J.
Program of Study:
'Dealing with a nation': conceptualising Aboriginal sovereignty, 1950-1990. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Quartly, M (Associate).
Student:
Fleming, C.
Program of Study:
MEMORIES OF HOME - LIFE STORIES OF VIETNAMESE AUSTRALIANS. (Masters) 2000.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Drakard, J (Associate).
Student:
Granek, C.
Program of Study:
Wrapped in Light - An exploration of the influences that shaped the development of Jewish feminism in the Melbourne Jewish community between 1981 and 2005. (Masters) 2011.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Quartly, M (Associate).
Student:
Hein, R.
Program of Study:
HUMANITARIAN REPONSES IN AUSTRALIA TO THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION OF 1956. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main).
Student:
Hodge, F.
Program of Study:
She'erit Hapletah and the Jewish Displaced Persons' Press In the American Zone of Germany 1945-1950. (Masters) 2011.
Supervisors:
Garrett, L (Joint), Markus, A (Joint-Co).
Student:
Hook, J.
Program of Study:
MUSEUMS WITHOUT WALLS:AN ANALYSIS OF MUSEUM WEB SITES ON THE INTERNET. 2000.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main).
Student:
Landau, M.
Program of Study:
The sanctification of subordination: a feminist analysis of Jewish marriage. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Caine, B (Joint), Markus, A (Joint-Co).
Student:
Landes, J.
Program of Study:
History and Memory; a Comparative Study of Holocaust Testimony Archives. (Masters) 2008.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Hau, M (Associate).
Student:
Lothian, K.
Program of Study:
'A Blackward Step is a Forward Step' Australian Aborigines and Black Power, 1969 - 1972. (Masters) 2002.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main).
Student:
Manning, J.
Program of Study:
The influence of inividuals in the shaping of Australian Antarctic policy 1900-1991. (PHD) 2011.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main).
Student:
Munz, M.
Program of Study:
Culture, community and connectedness. (PHD) 2008.
Supervisors:
Loughran, J (Main), Markus, A (Associate).
Student:
Robinson, G.
Program of Study:
HOW LABOUR GOVERNED: SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC POLICY DURING THE NEW SOUTH WALES LANG GOVERNMENT OF NOVEMBER 1930 TO 1932. (PHD) 2001.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Joint-Co), Rickard, J (Joint).
Student:
Slucki, D.
Program of Study:
The Jewish Labor Bund after the Holocaust: a comparative history. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Garrett, L (Main), Markus, A (Associate).
Student:
Stevens, R.
Program of Study:
Debating immigration control in Australia and the United States, 1975-1995. (PHD) 2011.
Supervisors:
Peel, M (Joint-Co), Markus, A (Joint).
Student:
Stewart, E.
Program of Study:
Law and identity: German Jewish identity in pre-war Germany. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
White, N (Main), Markus, A (Associate).
Student:
Taffe, S.
Program of Study:
THE FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ABORIGINES AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS, THE POLITICS OF INTER-RACIAL COALITION IN AUSTRALIA 1958-1973. (PHD) 2001.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Peel, M (Associate).
Student:
Taft, M.
Program of Study:
From victim to survivor: the emergence and development of the Holocaust witness 1941 - 1949. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Markus, A (Main), Caine, B (Associate).