Courses

ANTH205 Contemporary Pacific Cultures
ANTH316 Labour and Society
ANTH416 Anthropology and Development

Projects

Currently my research focuses on anthropology and history in Fiji and New Zealand. I have three active research projects:

• The history of madness and madness management in Fiji
• Fiji Islanders (of all ethnicities) in New Zealand
• Migration and a history of Indian settlers in New Zealand

Selected Publications

Books

Leckie, J. To Labour with the State: The Fiji Public Service Association. Dunedin, University of Otago Press (1997)

(eds) Moore, C., Leckie, J. and D. Munro, Labour in the South Pacific. Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland (1990)

Other

Leckie, J. Modernity and the management of madness in colonial Fiji, Paideuma. Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde. 50 (2003)

Leckie, J. Return to Nukulau: the troubled waters of ethno-nationalism in Fiji. In Politics of Indigeneity in the South Pacific, E. Kolig and H. Muckler (eds), LIT Vrerlag, Hamburg (2002) 119-142.

Leckie, J., “Race Has Nothing to Do with Anything”. Indians in Fiji. In: Nations under Siege: Globalization and Nationalism In Asia, R. Starrs (ed). New York: Macmillan (Palgrave) (2002) 243-268.

Leckie, J., The complexities of women’s agency in Fiji. In Gender Politics in the Asia-Pacific Region. B. Yeoh, P. Teo and S. Huang (eds), London, Routledge (2002) 156-180

Leckie, J., Women in post-coup Fiji: Negotiating work through old and new realities. In Confronting Futures in Fiji, A.H. Akram-Lodhi, ed., Canberra, Asia Pacific Press, The Australian National University, (2000) 178-201.

Leckie, J. Gender and work in Fiji: Constraints and re-negotiation. In Bitter Sweet. Indigenous Women in the Pacific, A. Jones, P. Herda and T. Suaalii, eds, Dunedin, University of Otago Press, (2000) 73-92.

Leckie, J. various entries In The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopaedia B. V. Lal and K. Fortune (eds), Canberra/Honolulu, Asia Pacific Press/University of Hawai'i Press (2000)

Leckie, J. Natali, Jelal Kalayangi, 1899-1993. In New Zealand Dictionary of Biography, Wellington, Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs (2000) vol. 5: 364-5
on-line http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/dnzb/vol5/natali.htm

Leckie, J., Silence at Work: Trade Unions and Gender Diversity in the South Pacific. In Labouring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations Gerry Hunt, ed., Philadelphia, Temple University Press, (1999) 140-156. ISBN 1-56639-717-0

Leckie, J. The Colonial inheritance and labour: Structures, conditions and identity in Fiji. In Lines Across the Sea. Colonial Inheritance in the Post Colonial Pacific. B. Lal and H. Nelson eds. Canberra, Pacific History Association (1995) 185-198.

Leckie, J. South Asians: Old and new migrations. In Immigration and National Identity in New Zealand; One People, Two Peoples, Many Peoples? S. Greif ed. Palmerston North, Dunmore Press, (1995) 133-160.

Leckie, J. Silent immigrants? Gender, immigration and ethnicity in New Zealand. In Immigration and National Identity in New Zealand; One People, Two Peoples, Many Peoples? S. Greif ed. Palmerston North, Dunmore Press (1995) 50-76.

Leckie, J. Nurturers or watchdogs of Labour? New Zealand and trade union internationalism in the South Pacific islands. In Pioneering New Zealand Labour History. P. Walsh ed. Palmerston North, Dunmore Press (1994) 80-101.

Leckie, J. Immigration, ethnicity and women’s organisations in New Zealand. In Women Together. A History of Women’s Organisations in New Zealand. Nga Ropu Wahine o te Motu. A. Else ed. Wellington,
Daphne Brasell and Associates/ Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs (1993) 498-513.

Leckie, J. Pacific Islands women’s organisations. In Women Together. A History of Women’s Organisations in New Zealand. Nga Ropu Wahine o te Motu A. Else ed. Wellington, Daphne Brasell and Associates/ Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs (1993) 521-530.

Leckie, J. Mahila Samaj. In Women Together. A History of Women’s Organisations in New Zealand. Nga Ropu Wahine o te Motu A. Else ed. Wellington, Daphne Brasell and Associates/ Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs (1993) 536-539.

Leckie, J. The long, slow haul: Issues in 20th Century Pacific labour history. In Pacific Islands History. Journeys and Transformations. B. Lal ed. Canberra, Research School of Pacific Studies (1992) 149-166.

Leckie, J. The 'Sensibly Led' Union: Public Service Unions During the Colonial Years. In Fiji In Essays on Industrial Relations in the South Pacific. Michael C. Howard ed. Townsville, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland.(1992) 43-60.

Leckie, J. Pre-amble. In Labour in the South Pacific . C. Moore, J. Leckie and D. Munro eds. Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland (1990) xiii-xv.i

Leckie, J. Pre-capitalist labour in the South Pacific. In Labour in the South Pacific . C. Moore, J. Leckie and
D. Munro eds. Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland (1990) xvii-xxvi.

Leckie, J. An overview of the Pacific labour reserve. In Labour in the South Pacific. C. Moore, J. Leckie and
D. Munro eds. Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland (1990) xxvii-xxxii.

Leckie, J. Workers in colonial Fiji. In Labour in the South Pacific. C. Moore, J. Leckie and D. Munro eds. Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland (1990) 47-66.

Leckie, J. From localisation to politicisation. The Fiji Public Service Association. In Labour in the South Pacific.
C. Moore, J. Leckie and D. Munro eds. Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland (1990)
238-243.

Leckie, J. The development of class analysis in the South Pacific (With V. Naidu). In Labour in the South Pacific.
C. Moore, J. Leckie and D. Munro eds. Townsville, James Cook University of North Queensland (1990) 244-255.

Leckie, J. Development for the workers? The reaction of civil service unions to state policies in Fiji. In The
Struggle for Development. Essays in Honour of Ernst Utrecht . M.C. Howard and T. Wheelwright eds. Vancouver, Centre for International Studies/Simon Fraser University (1990) 85-104.

Leckie, J. From race aliens to an ethnic group - Indians in New Zealand. In Ethnicity and Nation Building in the South Pacific. M.C. Howard ed. Tokyo, United Nations University (1989) 169-197.

Leckie, J. ‘Gender and work in Fiji: constraints to re-negotiation’, Women's Studies Journal 13(2):127-53 (1997)

Leckie, J. Trade union rights, legitimacy and politics under Fiji's post-coup interim administration. Pacific Studies 16(3):87-113 (1993)

Leckie, J. Symposium. Industrial relations and trade unions in the South Pacific: Introduction. New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations. 17:1-4 (1992)

Leckie, J. Industrial relations in post-coup Fiji: a taste of the 1990s. New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations 17:5-21 (1992)

Leckie, J. State coercion and public sector unionism in post-coup Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations 16:1-24 (1991)

Leckie, J. Confrontation with the state: Industrial conflict and the Fiji Public Service Association during the 1970s and its aftermath in the 1980s. South Pacific Forum 4(2):137-179 (1988)

Leckie, J. Introduction. Women and work in the South Pacific. The Journal of Pacific Studies 13:1-9 (1987)

Leckie, J. The functioning of public service unions during the colonial era in Fiji. South Pacific Forum 2(2):11-36. (1986)

Leckie, J. In defence of race and empire; the White New Zealand League at Pukekohe. New Zealand Journal of History 19(2):103-129 (1985) (translated into Gujarati for Arthat, Centre for Social Studies, Surat, India).

Leckie, J. Towards a review of history in the South Pacific. The Journal of Pacific Studies 9:9-70 (1983)