Curriculum Vitae Mr. Callistus Fernandez

CALLISTUS FERNANDEZ

Email: callistusfernandez@yahoo.com

Professional experience: with lecturing experience of over 15 years at UKM (1992-1999), NUS (2001), Stamford College (1996-2003), Inti University (2004-2005), currently working as a Research Training Convenor at the University of Nottingham (2009-2012). Besides teaching and training, having worked as a Political Consultant for various component political parties in the National Front in 1999, 2004 and 2008 National Elections.

Achievements: Having a 100 percent track record in winning elections for respective BN clients; the leading researcher on grass root voting patterns and reconstructing political support; the leading poverty researcher in Malaysia.

Education background: Bachelor of Development Science, UKM (1992), MA in Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London (1994)

Academic Awards:

Recipient of the YOUNG  RESEARCHER OF  THE YEAR AWARD IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (1999)awarded by the Royal Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur, RESEARCH SCHOLAR’S AWARD (2000-2003), awarded by the NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE and the  PRESIDENTS’ GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP AWARD (2002), awarded by the NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Research conducted (1991-2012)

1. A Study on the People Development Programme – A People centered approach in rural development, partially funded by Sabah Foundation (1991)
2. The socio-economy and the economic viability of Banggi Island, funded by Institute for Development Studies, Sabah (1993)
3. The impact of illegal immigrants on Kudat, funded by Institute for Development Studies, Sabah (1993)
4. Construction of Malay identity and the role of British Colonialism, MA dissertation, funded by National University of Malaysia (1994)
5. The Rundum Rebellion of 1915, funded by Koisaan Cultural Development Institute (1996)
6. A study on Murut anti-colonial resistance in British North Borneo, funded by University Kebangsaan Malaysia (1997)
7. Kadazan leadership and their political culture, funded by Maxima Consulting (1998)
8. Pluralism in Southeast Asia, funded by Ford Foundation, USA (1999)
9. Reconstructing the Mat Salleh Rebellion of 1894-1900, funded by Royal Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur (1999)
10. Political voting patterns in Penampang, funded by UPKO (1999)
11. Politics of nation making, funded by Millennium Consulting (2001-2005)
12. An assessment of subaltern studies – How subaltern are squatter settlements? funded by Lojingki Holdings Sabah (2002)
13. Local political structures and voting patterns in Moyog, MP Development Fund (2002-2004)
14. Voting patterns and grass root political support in Tuaran, funded by Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing (2007-2008)
15. Poverty study in Penampang, MP Development Fund (2008-2009)
16. Poverty study in Tuaran, MP Development Fund (2009-2010)
17. Health-care provisions for migrant workers, ERGS fund, MOHE, (2011-2012), Research team of A. Santos, H. Ramos and C. Fernandez

Selected Publications

1. C. Fernandez, 1998. The Rundum Rebellion of 1915 Reconsidered, Sarawak Museum Journal Vol. LIII, Number 74: 109-136.
2. C. Fernandez, 1998. Colonial Rationality and the Other: The British in North Borneo, Kajian Malaysia (Journal of Malaysian Studies) Vol. XVI Number 1&2: 89-112.
3. C. Fernandez, 1999. Contesting Colonial Discourse: Rewriting a History of Murut Resistance in British North Borneo from 1881-1915, Akademika (Journal of Social Sciences, UKM) Number 54 (January): 81-103.
4. C. Fernandez, 1999. Reinventing Malay Identity: Changing identity constructs from pre-colonial, colonial era to the present, Sarawak Development Journal (Journal of the Sarawak Development Institute) Vol. 2, Number 1: 31-56.
5. C. Fernandez, 1999. Colonial Knowledge, Invention and Reinvention of Malay Identity in Pre-Independence Malaya: A Retrospect, Akademika (Journal of Social Sciences, UKM) Number 55 (July): 39-60.
6. C. Fernandez, 1999. Projek Usahamaju in the Context of  Development Paradigms: A critical evaluation, Sarawak Development Journal (Journal of the Sarawak Development Institute) Vol. 2, Number 2: 13-26.
7. C. Fernandez, 2001. A Critique of “the Rundum Rebellion: A Legend by Sue Hariss” and a Counter argument on the Rebellion, Kajian Malaysia (Journal of Malaysian Studies) XIX No.2: 61-78.