Publications and presentations – Downloads

Weir, J. & Thomas, J. (2008) ‘Walking on the WILD side: lessons from university women and a university wide leadership program’ in J. Hutchinson (Ed.)
Engendering Leadership Through Research and Practice,
Conference Proceedings, Perth, July 1-24, 2008, Perth: University of Western Australia, pp. 505-515.
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Weir, J. (2008) ‘Challenging heroic masculinity: Leadership myths of nineteenth century King Shaka Zulu’ in J. Hutchinson (Ed.)
Engendering Leadership Through Research and Practice,
Conference Proceedings, Perth, July 1-24, 2008, Perth: University of Western Australia, pp. 496-504.
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Publications and presentations – Links

Chapters in Books

Weir, J. and Etherington, N. (2008). Shepstone in love, in P. Limb (ed) Orb and Sceptre: Studies in
British Imperialism and its
Legacies, Melbourne: Monash University ePress/Sydney
University Press. [See http://www.epress.monash.edu/os/about.html ]

Weir, J. (2008). King Shaka, the diviners and colonialism, in P. Limb (ed) Orb and Sceptre: Studies in British Imperialism and its
Legacies, Melbourne: Monash University ePress. /Sydney
University Press. [See http://www.epress.monash.edu/os/about.html]

Weir, J. (2006). Chiefly women and women’s leadership in pre-colonial southern Africa, in Nomboniso Gasa (ed). Women in
South African History: Basus’iimbokodo,
Bawel’imilambo/They move boulders and cross rivers. Cape Town: HSRC Press.[See:
http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2186 ]

Refereed journal publications

Weir, J. (2005). Whose Unkulunkulu?, Africa. 75, 2, pp. 203−219.
[See
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3556819]

Weir, J.(2000).I shall need to use her to rule: The power of ‘royal’ Zulu women in pre-colonial
Zululand, South African Historical
Journal, 43, 1, pp. 3−23 [Abstract available online at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02582470008671905 ]

Weir, J., Radloff, A. and Hudson, H. (2000). Collaborative staff development for quality teaching
and learning in the Free State,
South African Journal of Higher Education, 14, 2, pp. 161−168.

Encyclopedia entries

Weir, J. (2008) ‘Mmanthatisi’ in Bonnie G. Smith (ed). Encyclopedia of Women in World History Vol 3, Oxford University
Press, pp. 253−254. Invited contributor. [See:
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryOther/HistoryofWomen/?view=usa&ci=9780195148909 ]

Weir, J. (2007).‘Nandi’, in J. Middleton, J. Calder and J. Miller, (ed) New Enclyclopedia of Africa 2nd edition, Thomson Gale,
MI, USA. Invited contributor. {See:
http://www.chegg.com/textbooks/new-encyclopedia-of-africa-2nd-edition-9780684314549-0684314541 ]

Weir, J. (2004). ‘Shaka ka Senzangakhona’ In Jestice, P. (ed). Holy People of the World, Vol 3, ABC-Clio,Santa Barbara, CA,
USA. pp. 784−785. [See:
http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9781576073551]

Weir, J. (2004). ‘Mnkabayi ka Jama’, In Jestice, P. (ed). Holy People of the World, Vol 2 ABC-Clio, CA, USA. pp. 593−594.
[See: http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9781576073551 ]

Weir, J. (2004). ‘Shaka Zulu’. In George R. Goethals, Georgia Sorenson, and James MacGregor Burns (eds). Encyclopedia of
Leadership Vol 4,Thousand Oaks, Berkshire Publishing Group
Sage Reference pp. 1414−1418. [See: http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book220818]

Book Review

Weir, J. (2009) Approaches ot Learning: A guide for Teachers, by A. Jordan, O. Charlie and A.
Stack Book Review, in Higher Education Reacherch and Development Journal 28,(3).p
349[see :
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360902839990 ]

Selection of Conference Presentations

Weir, J. & Thomas, J. (2008) ‘Walking on the WILD side: lessons from university women and auniversity wide leadership program’ in J. Hutchinson (Ed.) Engendering Leadership Through Research
and Practice, Conference Proceedings, Perth, July 1-24, 2008, Perth: University of Western Australia, pp. 505-515.

Weir, J. (2008) ‘Challenging heroic masculinity: Leadership myths of nineteenth century King Shaka Zulu’ in J. Hutchinson (Ed.) Engendering Leadership Through Research and Practice,
Conference Proceedings, Perth, July 1-24, 2008, Perth: University of Western Australia, pp. 496-504.

Rymeister, C. and Weir, J. (2007). Integrating quality, mission and development goals: The role of the academic board, paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Chairs of Academic
Boards Perth, 22 October, Graduate School of Business, Curtin University of Technology.

Tilbook, R. and Weir, J. (2006). Engaging academics in developing the use of technology, paper presented at the BbWorld Asia Pacific Conference, 10−12 September, Melbourne.

Weir, J., Kulski, T. and Wright, F. (2005). Challenges for quality assurance in transnational
education, Paper presented at the South African Association for Research and Development
in Higher Education (SAARDHE) conference, 27–29 June, University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Durban, South Africa.

Weir, J., Wright, F. Kulski, T. and Oliver, B. (2005). Responding to the challenges for quality assurance in transnational partnerships, Paper presented at the Transnational Education
Provision and the Future of Higher Education in Africa Conference. Association of African
Universities, 21−25 February 2005, Cape Town, South Africa.

Brown, J., Roberts, P. and Weir, J. (2013). Building a simulation community of practice: A nursing perspective, paper presented to the Hawaii International Conference on Education, January.