Congratulations to Jordan Evans who has been awarded a three-year scholarship by the Flinders University College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences as part of the Resilient Humanitarianism Project. Jordan will join our team in 2020 when he commences his candidature as a doctoral student in the School of History at Flinders University.
Jordan has studied at Flinders University for the past five years, completing a Bachelor of International Studies, majoring in History and Asian Studies, and an Honours degree in History.
Jordan’s Honours thesis titled, ‘Black, white and red all over: Australian print media depictions of women in politics in the People’s Republic of China, 1980-1995″ focuses on Australian perceptions of China during a time of dynamic reforms. His thesis examines the Australian print media’s representation of women’s participation in Chinese politics, and how this informed Australian views during this period.
In addition to successful completion of his undergraduate degree, Jordan served as Treasurer of the Flinders University History and International Relations Student Association and as President of the Flinders University Government Student Association. In 2017, Jordan travelled to Japan to participate in the International Network of Universities (INU) Student Seminar and Master’s Summer School for Global Citizenship and Peace at Hiroshima University.
During his undergraduate studies, Jordan wrote extensively about the history of decolonisation in Asia and Africa and he brings his knowledge and interest in these regions during the post-colonial era to his doctoral work in our project. His study will focus on the development of the Red Cross and Red Crescent blood transfusion services in newly decolonised Asian and African nations. While Jordan plans to investigate how the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies approached blood as a health issue prior to 1991, he also hopes to explore and consider how the League dealt with the construction of the necessary infrastructure for the transfusion services, and how they organised the training of personnel in newly independent societies. Detailed case studies of at least two countries are planned, which will shed light on the legacies of colonisation.
We welcome Jordan to the Resilient Humanitarianism team and wish him well over the next three years of research.
“I am extremely excited to be part of this project as I am passionate about how the fields of history and humanitarianism can collaborate. I believe that the history of humanitarianism can influence decision making to cater to local, national and global communities, and help to improve outcomes for all people.”
Jordan Evans