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Biography
Anthony Reid was a member of ANU's former Department of Pacific & Asian History from 1970 1999, after an initial position teaching Southeast Asian History at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (1965-70). In 1999 he became founding Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA, Los Angeles, and in 2001 founding Director of the Asia Research Institute of NUS in Singapore. He retired to Canberra in 2009, though accepting visiting positions at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University (2009-10), and at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2012-13).He was honoured with the Fukuoka Prize for Asian Culture (Academic) in 2002 and the Life Achievement Award of the Association of Asian Studies in 2011. He has been a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities since 1987 and the British Academy since 2008.
Research interests
History of Southeast Asia, with particular interests in Indonesia and Malaysia, early modern history, nationalism, minorities, social, economic and religious history, and Sumatra. Having recently completed a new history of Southeast Asia, he is exploring the interface between history and geology in Indonesia's natural disaster record.
Researcher's projects
History, Environment and Natural Disasters in the Indian Ocean Region
Aceh History
'Going Native': Adventurers in 19th Century Asia
History of gender relations in Southeast Asia
Qualifications
Expertise Areas
- Asian History
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Projects
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Hazards, Tipping Points, Adaptation and Collapse in the Indo-Pacific World - externally led by Murdoch University
Li, T., Warren, J., Bankoff, G., Campbell, G., Gealogo, F., Gotangco, C. K., Hara, S., Lavigne, F., Reid, A., Schrikker, A. & Switzer, A. D.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
26/05/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Southeast Asia's Global Economy, Climate and the Impact of Natural Hazards from the 10th to 21st Centuries
Reid, A., Warren, J., Campbell, G., Li, T., Paterson, A. & Van Der Kraan, A.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
2/06/11 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Gungwu and I in Three Countries
Reid, A., 2021, Wang Gungwu and Malaysia. Danny Wong Tze Ken, Lee Kam Hing (ed.). First ed. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, p. 47-66Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Slavery and Forced Labour in Asia: Status Quaestionis
Reid, A., 2021, Slavery and Bonded Labor in Asia. Jeff Fynn-Paul & Richard Allen (ed.). Leiden/Boston: Brill, p. 33-48Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Indian Dimension of Aceh and Sumatra History
Reid, A., 2020, In: Journal of Maritime Studies and National Integration. 4, 2, p. 64-72Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The Southeast Asian-ness of a China scholar
Reid, A., 2020, Chineseness and Modernity in a Changing China. Yongnian Zheng & Litao Zhao (ed.). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, p. 29-39Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Voyages of Fr Pecot in the Peninsula, 1821-23
Reid, A. & Reid, H., 2020Research output: Other contribution