Dr Carolyn Brewer

BA Hons (Murd), PhD (Murd)

Carolyn is a co-editor, and the webmanager, of Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context, a refereed electronic journal conceived as an interactive forum for new research and teaching in the area of Gender Studies in the Asian region. Her areas of research interest are: gender, sexuality and religion in the Philippines; the history of the Catholicisation of the Philippines; construction of gender in Asian societies; and the impact of religion on women's lives. Her book, Holy Confrontation: Religion, Gender and Sexuality in the Philippines, 1521-1685, was published in 2001.

Gender Relations Centre, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, ACT 0200 Australia. Email: carolyn.brewer@anu.edu.au