Senior Lecturer

Ph.D (USP)

Divion of History

In 2006 he is teaching

HP105 Pacific History I Prehistory (Semester 1) with Professor Ian Campbell

HP206 Pacific History II Colonial history (Semester 1) with Professor Ian Campbell

HP209 Pre-colonial Indigenous History (Semester 2)

HP313 Indigenous Power Struggles (Semester 2)

HP405 Pacific Islands Migration and  Resettlement (Semester 1)

Contact

Office           S003

Telephone    (679) 321-2616

Mobile           9323283

Fax              (679) 330-1487

Research interests

• Indigenous politics and chiefly title disputes in Western  Polynesia, Pacific migration and resettlement.

Publications

Tuimaleali’ifano, M. A. (2005). ‘Aiga Samoa ma Latou Tama: Anatomy of Ancient  Hierarchy and Roots of Political Corruption, Preface, 12  chapters, appendices, bibliography and index, Institute  of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific in association with the National University of Samoa. (250  pp), (forthcoming).

(1990). Samoans in Fiji: Migration, Identity and  Communication. Institute of Pacific Studies, Fiji, Tonga  and Western Samoa Extension Centres of the University  of the South Pacific.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Tuimaleali’ifano, M. A. (2001). 'An MP for Falelatai and Samatau in Samoa’s 2001 Elections: Human Rights versus Village lineage'. The  Journal of Pacific History. Vol. 36, No. 3. OUP,  Melbourne. Pp. 317-325.

(2000). Veiqati Vakaviti and Fiji Islands 1999 General Elections,  The Journal of Pacific History, Vol. 35, No. 3, OUP,  Melbourne, pp. 253-267.

(1998). `Titular disputes and national  leadership in Samoa', The Journal of  Pacific History. Vol. 33, No. 1, OUP,  Melbourne, pp. 96-103.