James H. Liu
IN MEMORIAM
Professor James Liu died August 11, 2024, three days after delivering an invited keynote speech at the 27th Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, in Bali, Indonesia. Although it was initially reported that he had drowned in a snorkeling accident or from exhaustion, later evidence suggested that he actually died from having food in his respiratory tract while swimming.
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- In Memory of James H. Liu (European Journal of Social Psychology)
- In Memoriam: James H. Liu (International Association of Political Psychology)
- James Liu Memorial Award (Asian Association of Social Psychology)
- Tributes to James H. Liu (ForeverMissed.com)
- Kiwi Professor Dies Snorkelling in Indonesia, Police Investigating (New Zealand Herald)
- Kiwi Psychology Professor Dies While Snorkelling in Bali (1News)
James H. Liu was born in Taiwan, grew up in the United States, and lives as a naturalised citizen in New Zealand. His research interests centre around culture and intergroup relations. He received a Ph.D. in social psychology from UCLA in 1992 and has been teaching at Victoria University since 1994. He is author of more than 100 peer reviewed papers/ chapters/ editted volumes. His research specialization is on shared representations of history, and how they provide resources and constraints for social identity and intergroup relations. He has examined the relationship between identity and history in both national (bicultural-New Zealand) and international contexts (perceptions of world history).
Dr. Liu also engages in action research designed to produce social good, especially with regard to political issues and ethnic diversity. As Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington (NZ), he is at the forefront of diversity issues and capacity building for ethnic minorities in the social sciences in New Zealand.
He is a Fellow of SPSSI, and Editor in Chief of the Asian Journal of Social Psychology since January 2008. He has participated in numerous collaborations with researchers in Asia (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan), Europe, and the United States, most notably the Chiang-Ching Kuo Foundation studies of "Realistic Conflict and Chinese Identity Politics" and the 40 nations wide "World History Survey."
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Political Psychology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
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Keynote address at the 2024 Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (Bali, Indonesia)
Global Consciousness: Moral, Ethical, and Empirical Responses to Globalization
Books:
- Maxwell, G., & Liu, J. H. (Eds.). (2007). Restorative justice and practices in New Zealand: Towards a restorative society. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Policy Studies.
Journal Articles:
- Huang, L. L., Liu, J. H., & Chang, M. L. (2004). "The double identity" of Taiwanese Chinese: A dilemma of politics and culture rooted in history. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 7(2), 149-168.
- Liu, J. H., & Allen, M. W. (1999). The evolution of political complexity in Maori Hawke's Bay: Archaeological history and its challenge to intergroup theory in psychology. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 3, 64-80.
- Liu, J. H., Goldstein-Hawes, R., & Hilton, D. (2005). Social representations of events and people in world history across 12 cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36(2), 171-191.
- Liu, J. H., & Hilton, D. (2005). How the past weighs on the present: Social representations of history and their role in identity politics. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 537-556.
- Liu, J. H., Huang, L. L., & McFedries, C. (2008). Cross-sectional and longitudinal differences in Social Dominance Orientation and Right Wing Authoritarianism as a function of political power and societal change. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 11(2), 116-126.
- Liu, J. H., Ikeda, K., & Wilson, M. (1998). Interpersonal environment effects on political preferences: The "Middle Path" for conceptualizing social structure in New Zealand and Japan. Political Behavior, 20(3), 183-212.
- Liu, J. H., Lawrence, B., Ward, C., et al. (2002). Social representations of history in Malaysia and Singapore: On the relationship between national and ethnic identity. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 5(1), 3-20.
- Liu, J. H., & Ng, S. H. (2007). Connecting Asians in global perspective: Special issue on past contributions, current status, and future prospects of Asian social psychology. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 10(1), 1-7.
- Liu, J. H., Wilson, M. W., McClure, J., & Higgins, T. R. (1999). Social identity and the perception of history: Cultural representations of Aotearoa/New Zealand. European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 1021-1047.
- Sibley, C. G., & Liu, J. H. (2004). Attitudes towards biculturalism in New Zealand: Social dominance and Pakeha attitudes towards the general principles and resource-specific aspects of bicultural policy. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 33(2), 88-99.
- Sibley, C.S., Liu, J.H., Duckitt, J., & Khan, S.S. (2008). Social representations of history and the legitimation of social inequality: The form and function of historical negation. European Journal of Psychology, 38, 542-565.
- Takahashi, C., Yamagishi, T., Liu, J. H., Wang, F. X., Lin, Y. C., & Yu, S. H. (2008). The intercultural trust paradigm: Studying joint cultural interaction and social exchange in real time over the internet. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 32, 215-228.
- Wilson, M. S., & Liu, J. H. (2003). Social dominance orientation and gender: The moderating role of gender identity. British Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 187-198.
Other Publications:
- Hilton, D. J., & Liu, J. H. (2008). Culture and inter-group relations: The role of social representations of history. In R. Sorrentino & S. Yamaguchi (Eds.), The Handbook of Motivation and Cognition: The Cultural Context (pp. 343-368). New York: Guilford.
Courses Taught:
- Cultural and Social Behaviour
- Indigenous Psychology
- Social Psychology
