Dr Adrian H. Hearn

Email:   Adrian.Hearn@usyd.edu.au

Room: Room 166 RC Mills building

Tel: +612 9114 1286

Current Position:
Research Fellow

Research Interests:
Dr. Hearn’s research examines the geopolitical implications of China’s deepening diplomatic and economic relations with Latin America. Adopting an ethnographic approach to international relations has allowed him to explore cultural diplomacy, soft power, industrial collaboration, and technology transfer programs from the ground up. He has conducted research in Cuba (three years), Senegal (one year), China (ten months), and Mexico (ten months), focusing most recently on the role of Chinatowns as political and economic bridges to Mainland China. Adrian maintains an active interest in issues of civil society, religion, and political transformation in Cuba. He welcomes applications from students looking for Masters and Ph.D. supervision on these and related topics.

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

2009

• 2009 - University of Sydney Faculty of Arts Research Support Scheme (FARSS) grant for “A Profile of Latin American Studies in China”, $11,300.

2008

• Florida International University D'az-Ayala Award for, “Cultural Bridges between China and Cuba”, $2,000.
• University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Grant for, “Social Dimensions of China’s Strategic Relations with Latin America”, $10,000.
• University of Technology Sydney funding to organise international symposium: “China and Latin America: The New Face of South-South Cooperation” (December 2008) $10,000.
• University of Technology Sydney funding to organise international symposium: “Performing Arts and the Academy” (June 2008) $30,000.

2007

• University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Research Fellowship for, “The Impact of China on Development and Security in Latin America”, $4,500.
• Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage-International Award for “China and Latin America: New Challenges for Australia” (with Dr. Yingjie Guo), $14,000.

2005-2008

• University of Technology Sydney Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for “Civil Society and Economic Reform: Cuba and China”, $205,000.

2000-2004

• La Trobe University: Doctoral Research Fellowship for “Civil Society and NGOs in Cuba”, $76,000.

1997

• University of Wisconsin-Madison “International Research Grant” for one year of on-site research in Senegal, $8,000.

Publications

Books:

• A. H. Hearn (2008) Cuba: Religion, Social Capital, and Development, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press [ISBN 978-0-8223-4180-2 (cloth), 978-0-8223-4196-3 (paper)]. See http://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Religion-Social-Capital-Development/dp/0822341964
• A. H. Hearn (ed.) (2008) Cultura, Tradición, y Comunidad: Perspectivas sobre la Participación y el Desarrollo en Cuba [Culture, Tradition, and Community: Perspectives on Participation and Development in Cuba], Havana: Imagen Contemporánea and UNESCO International Center for Sustainable Human Development [ISBN 978-959-7078-99-9]
• A.H. Hearn (forthcoming) China and Latin America: The Social Foundations of a Global Alliance, Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Refereed Articles and Chapters in Edited Volumes:

• A.H. Hearn (2009) “Cuba and China: Governance and Industrial Collaboration”, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research (JILAR) 15(2): page numbers TBA.
• A.H. Hearn (2009) “Cuba and China: Lessons and Opportunities for the United States”, CubaInfo Report Series, Florida International University, Cuban Research Institute, http://cubainfo.fiu.edu/Documents/Hearn-CubaInfo_article.pdf
• A.H. Hearn (2009) “China’s Relations with Mexico and Cuba: A Study of Contrasts”, Pacific Rim Report Series, The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim. http://www.pacificrim.usfca.edu/research/pacrimreport/pacrimreport52.html
• A.H. Hearn (2009) “Mexico and China: Threats, Opportunities, and the Impact of Culture”, in Valentina Prudnikov and Armando Rodr'guez Luna (eds) The Asia-Pacific Rim: A Strategic Alternative for Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexico: Editorial Universidad del Mar.
• A.H. Hearn (2008) “Cultura y Sociedad Civil en Cuba”, in Adrian H. Hearn (ed.) Cultura, Tradición, y Comunidad: Perspectivas sobre la Participación y el Desarrollo en Cuba, Havana: Imagen Contemporánea and UNESCO Center for Sustainable Human Development, pp. 42-67.
• A.H. Hearn (2006) “Economic reform in Cuba and China” in Mauricio Font and Scott Larson (eds.) Cuba in Transition? Pathways to Renewal, Long-Term Development, and Global Reintegration, New York: CUNY Graduate Center, pp. 143-158.
• A. H. Hearn (2005) “Political Dimensions of International NGO Collaboration with Cuba”, in Mauricio Font (ed.), Cuba Today: Continuity and Change Since the ‘Special Period’, New York: CUNY Graduate Center, pp. 209-227. Available at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/bildn/CubaProject/seminars/cubaToday/CubaTodayBookP4.pdf
• A. H. Hearn (with B. Pritchard) (2005) “Introduction” in Regulating Foreign Direct Investment: Southeast Asia at the Crossroads, Sydney: The Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (RIAP) in association with the Ministry of Finance of Japan, pp. 1-23.
• A. H. Hearn (2005) “International Tourism and Transculturation in Contemporary Cuba”, in Moritz Neumüller (ed.), El Otro Lado del Alma (“The Other Side of the Soul”), Bern: Otro Lado del Alma.
• A. H. Hearn (2004) “Afro-Cuban Religions and Social Welfare: Consequences of Commercial Development in Havana” Human Organization 63(1):78-87. Abstract available at: http://www.sfaa.net/ho/2004/spring2004.html
• A. H. Hearn (2004) “Guardians of Culture: The Controversial Heritage of Senegalese Griots”, The Australian Journal of Anthropology 15(2):129-142. Abstract available at: http://www.aas.asn.au/TAJA/Contents_15_2.htm
• A. H. Hearn (2003) “Transformation, Transcendence, or Transculturation? The Many Faces of Cuban Santer'a”, Humanities Research [Canberra] 10(1):56-62. Available at: http://www.anu.edu.au/HRC/publications/hr/issue1_2003/pdf/9_Hearn.pdf
• A. H. Hearn (2002) “Viven Los Cabildos: El Caso de la Carabal' Isuama”, in ACTAS: Cultura Africana y Afroamericana. Santiago de Cuba: Centro Cultural Africano Fernando Ortiz, pp. 107-111.

Works in progress:

• [Book] A. H. Hearn and José Luis León Manr'quez (eds) The Trans-Pacific
  Exchange: China Engages Latin America (submitted and under review)

Minor Publications:

• A. H. Hearn (2009) [opinion piece] “Hey Hey, We’re Just Ignorant”, The Australian, 10th October, p.14,
  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/hey-hey-were-just-ignorant/story-e6frg6q6-1225785180447
• Adrian H. Hearn (2009) [encyclopedia/reference entry] “Chinatown Havana”, in Robert Benewick and Stephanie Donald, The State of China Atlas, 3rd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press.
• A.H. Hearn (2009) [Book Review] “Review of Anil Hira (2007) An East Asian Model for Latin American Success”, for Development in Practice 19(2): 257-277
• A.H. Hearn (2009) [Book Review] “Review of Riorden Roett and Guadalupe Paz (2008) China’s Expansion into the Western Hemisphere”, for Asian Studies Review 33(3):369–371.
• A. H. Hearn (2007) [Proceeding] “Cultura y Sociedad Civil en Cuba”, Proceedings of the XVII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Montreal, September 2007.
• A. H. Hearn (2007) [Book Review] “Review of Christine Ayorinde (2004) Afro-Cuban Religiosity, Revolution, and National Identity”, for Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe 18(2):140-142, available at: http://www1.tau.ac.il/eial/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=203&Itemid=158
• A. H. Hearn (2006) [Proceeding] “Civil Society and Economic Reform: Cuba and China”, Proceedings of the inaugural Conference of CELAO (Consejo De Estudios Latinoamericanos de Asia y de Ocean'a [Latin American Studies Council of Asia and Oceania]), Melbourne, July 2005.
• A. H. Hearn (2003) [Book Review] “Review of Patrick Taylor (ed.) (2001), Nation Dance: Religion, Identity, and Cultural Difference in the Caribbean”, for Journal of Intercultural Studies 24(3): 312-314.
• A. H. Hearn (2001) [Translation] Coyula, Mario, Miguel Coyula and Rosa Oliveras, Towards a New Community in Havana: Workshops for Integrated Neighborhood Transformation, Havana: GDIC.
• A. H. Hearn (1999) [Research Report] “The Persistence of the Griot Class in Urban Senegal”, in International Reflections, Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of International Studies, pp. 20-26.

Media Interviews and Professional Activities:

• Event organiser and speaker, “China and World Development in the 21st Century”, Co-hosted by the University of Sydney and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 13th November, 2009.
• Event chair, “Mary-Alice Waters in conversation with Dr. Adrian Hearn”, The University of Sydney, 28th July, 2009.
• SBS Radio National (Australia) “World News” (in Spanish): Interview on the detention of Rio Tinto staff in China, 15th July 2009. Audio recording available at: http://www.radio.sbs.com.au/language.php?news=news&language=Spanish
• SBS National Television News, interview on ethnic violence in Xinjiang, China, 7th July 2009. Video recording available.
• Elected to the Executive Council of the “Latin America and the Pacific Rim” Section of LASA (Latin American Studies Association) for the term 2009-2011.
• Quoted in Francois Bougon (AFP) “China keeps Chavez close, but not too close”, 11th April 2009, available at: www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hg5SVWYSvmHPGiWVmINnJopw9iVQ
• Quoted in Antonio Castillo (The Diplomat magazine) “China in Latin America”, May 2009, available at: http://www.the-diplomat.com/001f1281_r.aspx?artid=131
• Organizer and speaker, International Symposium for China Research Centre (UTS), entitled, “China and Latin America: The New Face of South-South Cooperation”, 3rd December, 2008.
• SBS Radio National “News” (in Spanish): Interview on China’s deepening relations with Latin America, 2nd December 2008. Audio recording available.
• Organizer and speaker, colloquium for the Consulate of the People’s Republic of China in Mexico and the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California entitled, “Mexico’s Economic Integration with the Asia Pacific Region”, 4th November, 2008.
• Radio Tijuana (Mexico) “En Pocas Palabras” Program, interview on Mexico-China economic relations, 25th September, 2008.
• Organiser of UTS International Symposium entitled, “Performing Arts and the Academy”, 16th-17th June, 2008. Details available at: http://www.iis.uts.edu.au/research/Regimes_Senses_Symposium2008.html
• ABC Classic FM (Australia) “Morning Show with Margaret Throsby”, featured guest, 4th March, 2008. Audio recording available.
• Triple J Radio (Australia) “Hack: Current Affairs” Program, interview on the future of Cuba following Fidel Castro’s resignation, 20th February, 2008. Audio recording available.
• Invited speaker, “Religion, Society, and Social Justice in Contemporary Cuba”, policy workshop sponsored by the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University, Miami, 25th January 2008. Audio recording available.
• Invited speaker, “Experts Brief: Afro-Cubans and Economic Development; What Role for Strategic Policy and Civil Society?”, policy brief for The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL), sponsored by the Centre for Developing Area Studies (CDAS), McGill University, Montreal, 6th September 2007. Audio recording available.
• Radio Beijing (China) “A Tale of Two Cities” Program, interview on research activities in Beijing and Sino-Latin American relations, 3rd July 2007.
• Radio Ind'gena (México) “Politics Forum” Program: Interview on China’s relations with Mexico and Cuba, 29th August 2007.
• Keynote Speaker for the Australian launch of the book, “Our History is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution” by Pathfinder Press, University of Technology Sydney, 11th March 2007.
• Eastside Radio Sydney (Australia) “Cuban'simo” Program, interview on religion, music, and politics in Cuba, 21st December 2006. Audio recording available.
• SBS Radio National (Australia) “World News” (in Spanish): Interview on the current state of political leadership in Cuba, 7th September 2006. Audio recording available.
• Successful negotiation with the University of Havana to establish an MoU with UTS to facilitate academic exchange, 9th August 2006.
• ABC Radio Sydney (Australia), “The Breakfast Show with Adam Spencer”: Interview on political challenges of conducting research in Cuba, 21st April 2006. Audio recording available.
• 3CR Radio Melbourne (Australia): “Focus on Latin America” Program, interview on Religion and Development in Cuba, 16th January 2003. Audio recording available.

Conference Papers and Seminars:

• “Harnessing the Dragon: Governing ethnicity in Havana’s Chinatown”, paper presented at the annual conference of the Australian Anthropological Society, Macquarie University, 11th December, 2009.
• “Methodology in International Studies: Examples from the Field”, invited lecture at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 16th November, 2009.
• “The Impact of China on ‘21st Century Socialism’ in Latin America” paper
  delivered at the XXVIII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association
  [LASA], Rio de Janiero, 14th June 2009.
• “Salsa China: The Music of Chinese Immigration to Cuba”, anthropology seminar series, The Australian National University, 1st April 2009.
• “Cultural Bridges between Cuba and China”, D'az-Ayala Lecture at Florida International University, Miami, 11th August 2008.
• “Cuba-China Commercial and Investment Relations”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, University of Miami, 5th-7th August 2008.
• “Cuba’s Engagement with China: Domestic and Regional Implications”, invited seminar at the International Institute for the Study of Cuba, London Metropolitan University, 30th July 2008. Details available at: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/cuba/past-events/adrian-hearn.cfm
• “The ‘New Left’ in Latin America: Perceptions from Beijing”, invited seminar sponsored by the Department of International Relations, the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus, Mexico, 17th January 2008.
• “Ethnicity and Development in Cuba: Implications for the Formation of Civil Society”, paper delivered at the XXVII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association [LASA] in the panel “Ethnicity and Democracy in Cuba” (organized and chaired by Adrian H. Hearn), Montreal, 8th September 2007.
• “China y Latinoamérica: Econom'a y Seguridad”, 2007-2008 Inaugural Lecture, The University of Guadalajara, 28th August 2007.
• “China and Latin America: The Foundations of Economic and Political Alliance”, Sydney University, invited lecture for the Discipline of International Business, 28th February 2007.
• “China’s Engagement with Latin America: Economic and Political Implications”, The University of California-Berkeley, invited lecture co-sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies and Center for Latin American Studies, February 2007. Analysis of lecture available at: http://clas.berkeley.edu/Events/spring2007/02-07-07-hearn/index.html
• “El Acercamiento de Cuba y China: Implicaciones Domésticas y Regionales”, UTS conference series at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus, January 2007.
• “Cuba’s Engagement with China: Domestic and Regional Implications”, Monash University, Australia, Conference: “Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Cuba”, November 2006.
• “Economic reform in Cuba and China”, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Conference: “China and Latin America: Relations with the New Global Power”, August 2006.
• “Local Autonomy and International Engagement: Cuba and China”, Brown University, USA, the Watson Center for International Studies, March 2006. Video recording available.
• “Comparative Aspects of Political Decentralization in Cuba and China”, The University of Calgary, Social Science Seminar Series, September 2005. Abstract available at: http://larc.ucalgary.ca/past-events-2004-2005
• “Civil Society and Economic Reform: Cuba and China”, Inaugural Conference of CELAO (Consejo De Estudios Latinoamericanos de Asia y de Ocean'a [L.American Studies Council of Asia and Oceania]. Melbourne, July 2005.
• “Foreign Direct Investment in Southeast Asia and Implications for China”, The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), sponsored in collaboration with the University of Sydney Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (RIAP). Shanghai, March 2005.
• “Decentralized Development and the Rhythm of Community Religion in Cuba”, University of California-Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies, co-presented with Michael Spiro. Berkeley, April 2004. Video recording available. Seminar details available at:
  http://clas.berkeley.edu/Events/spring2004/index.html
• “The Transculturation of Tourism and Sacred Music in Cuba”, Second Universitat de Barcelona-La Trobe Conference. Melbourne, July 2003.