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Academic Staff

Doron, Dr Assa

assa.doron@anu.edu.au
BA (Hebrew University), PhD(La Trobe)
Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, ARC Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-2012.
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Interests: The anthropology of contemporary India, and South Asia and Southeast Asia more generally; development studies and contemporary health practices; urbanization; modernity, and identity politics; religion; tourism studies; postcolonial studies, ethnographic practice, Diaspora studies.

Kipnis, Dr Andrew

andrew.kipnis@anu.edu.au
MA, PhD (North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Fellow, Contemporary China Centre, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Postsocialism and postsocialist societies; anthropology of education; processes of subjectification; kinship and gender; language and culture; China; East Asia; USA.

Lorenzen, Dr Stephan

stephan.lorenzen@anu.edu.au
MA (University of Zurich), PhD (ANU)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: The anthropology of contemporary Indonesia and Southeast Asia; environmental management; irrigated agriculture; rural development; development studies.

McWilliam, Dr Andrew

andrew.mcwilliam@anu.edu.au
BA, BLitt, PhD (ANU)
Fellow, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Timor ethnography, minorities and the state in Indonesia and East Timor, customary land and resource tenures, indigenous religion, applied anthropology in economic development, Australian Aboriginal customary land interests and cultural heritage.

Mosko, Professor Mark

mark.mosko@anu.edu.au
BA (Calif), MA, PhD (Minnesota)
Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Social anthropology; symbolism; social organisation; cultural change; leadership; personhood; agency; gift exchange; religion; Christianity; chaos theory; Melanesia/Pacific.

Robinson, Professor Kathryn

kathryn.robinson@anu.edu.au
BA (Hons) (Sydney), PhD (ANU)
Professor, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Indonesia and Southeast Asia; development; gender; traditional architecture; medical anthropology.

Rumsey, Dr Alan

alan.rumsey@anu.edu.au
BA, MA, PhD (Chicago)
Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Melanesia; Aboriginal Australia; discourse; social identity; linguistic anthropology; indigenes and the state.

Shepherd, Dr Chris

chris.shepherd@anu.edu.au
BA (combined Hons), PhD (Melbourne)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology
Interests: Timor Leste, Anthropology of development; Critical Perspectives on development practice and cultural knowledge

Tapp, Professor Nicholas

nicholas.tapp@anu.edu.au
BA (Hons) (Cantab), MA, PhD (London)
Professor, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Hmong; minorities and the state; Southeast Asia and China; religion and development; history, locality, transnationals.

Taylor, Dr Philip

philip.taylor@anu.edu.au
BA (Sydney) PhD (ANU)
Fellow, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: The anthropology of contemporary Vietnam, the Mekong sub-region and Southeast Asia; economic and social development; urbanisation; modernity, ethnicity and identity politics; pilgrimage and popular religion; music; gender relationsin East and Southeast Asia; cultural constructions of the body;political transformations in Communist systems; contemporary ethnographic practice; innovations in fieldwork methodology.

Winn, Dr Phillip

Dip Teach (QUT), BA Hons (UQ), PhD (ANU)
Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Political anthropology; the anthropology of Muslim societies; sovereignty, governmentality and political culture; theorizing violence; morality, ethics and subjectivity; religion, modernity and secularism; place, emplacement, mobility & displacement; community and identity; cultural tourism; Maluku & eastern Indonesia; small island studies.
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General and Research Staff

Buller, Ms Ann

ann.buller@anu.edu.au
Administrator
Division of Society and Environment (DSE)

Castles, Mrs Fay

fay.castles@anu.edu.au
Departmental Administrator

Judd, Ms Penelope

penelope.judd@anu.edu.au
Administrative Assistant

Kildea, Mr Gary

gary.kildea@anu.edu.au

Malhi, Ms Amrita

amrita.malhi@anu.edu.au
Research Assistant

Meatheringham, Dr Stephen

Stephen.Meatheringham@anu.edu.au
Departmental IT Advisor

Parsons, Ms Helen

helen.parsons@anu.edu.au
Editorial Assistant, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (TAPJA); PLEC Project
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PhD Scholars

Alimi, Mr Yasir

yasir.alimi@anu.edu.au
Interests: Decentralisation, Syari'ah and the remaking of Bugis identity: Contestation between Nationalism, Islam and cultural identity in contemporary Eastern Indonesia.

Amrullah, Ms Eva

eva.nisa@anu.edu.au
Interests: Women and Islamist Movement: A Study of Muslim Women Wearing Face-Veil in Contemporary Indonesia.

Asche, Ms Wendy

wendy.asche@anu.edu.au
Interests: Regional Autonomy and Tradition in Bikomi (West Timor)

Bexley, Ms Angie

angie.bexley@anu.edu.au
Interests: Mediating the Geracao Foun: Belonging and Subjectivities among young East Timorese

Chareonsonthichai, Ms Thararat

thararat.chareonsonthichai@anu.edu.au
Interests: The fragrance of the frangipani: Sensing the symbols in Luang Prabang

Chen, Mr Liang

liang.chen@anu.edu.au
Interests: Social changes and politics in China urbanization

Coates, Mr Jamie

jamie.coates@anu.edu.au
Interests: East Asia (China, Japan), Anthropology of the body, practice theory, transnationalism and post-socialism.

Dalgetty, Ms Gillian

gillian.dalgetty@anu.edu.au
Interests: Acupuncture in Vietnam, the blind in medical education, movement and assemblage of medical knowledge.

Dierikx, Mr Benjamin

benjamin.dierikx@anu.edu.au

Doxey, Ms Monika

monika.doxey@anu.edu.au
Interests: Negotiating Well-Being: Indonesian Australian Cross-Cultural Families and Their Everyday Lived Experiences of Citizenship and National Belonging.

Fachruddin, Mr Faried

farid.fachruddin@anu.edu.au
Interests: Interdisciplinary studies on religion, Islamic theology, SEA & Indonesian Islam, Bugis & Makassar

Godfrey, Mr Gary

gary.godfrey@anu.edu.au
Interests: Ethnography of Alor (Eastern Indonesia), contemporary practice of traditional religions, the individual in traditional communities, Alorese diaspora, The Ramayana in Indonesia, Minangkabau adat, Muslim accommodation to indigenous cultures and modernity.

Hamdani, Mr Deny

deny.hamdani@anu.edu.au
Interests: Popular Practice of Indonesian Islam: Development and Discourse of Women’s Islamic Clothing.

Haughton, Mr James

james.haughton@anu.edu.au
Interests: Cooperatives and community development in SE Asia

Hoenigman, Ms Darja

darja.hoenigman@anu.edu.au
Interests: Language variation and social identity in Kanjimei, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Hutagalung, Ms Stella

stella.hutagalung@anu.edu.au
Interests: Gender, peace building, inter-religious discourses, poverty, islam in contemporary Eastern Indonesia.

Khin, Ms Mar

Mar.Khin@anu.edu.au
Interests: Burmese Women: Gender, Identity and Politics

Knapp, Ms Regina

regina.knapp@anu.edu.au
Interests: The role of time conceptions in the process of intercultural communication with people of the Unggai-Bena, Papua New Guinea

Kosaka, Mr Yoshinori

yoshinori.kosaka@anu.edu.au
Interests: The modernization of traditional currency by the Tolai in the East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

Lau, Ms Sin Wen

sinwen.lau@anu.edu.au
Interests: Returning migrants to Shanghai.

Lim, Ms Adelyn

adelyn.lim@anu.edu.au
Interests: Between Compliance and Resistance: Women and the State in Hong Kong and Singapore

Macdonald, Mr Fraser

fraser.macdonald@anu.edu.au
Interests: Ritual and religion; indigenous Christianity; social change; symbolism; performance.

Machrusah, Ms Safira

safira.machrusah@anu.edu.au

Munro, Ms Jenny

jenny.munro@anu.edu.au
Interests: The legacy of 'development' in the social and political lives of Papuan school migrants in Manado, Sulawesi.

Nguyen, Ms Binh

binh.nguyen@anu.edu.au
Interests: The Role of the Rural Elite in Vietnamese Society.

Rangkla, Mr Prasert

prasert.rangkla@anu.edu.au
Interests: Contested Identity and Tactics of Negotiation of Cross-border Karen in Thailand-Myanmar Border Town.

Seo, Ms Bo Kyeong

bo.seo@anu.edu.au
Interests: Pain and suffering, state and border, politics of body, Thailand.

Seran, Mr Yoseph

yoseph.seran@anu.edu.au
Interests: Tetun of Timor: the guardian peoples of Wehali

Shedden, Mr Rikardo

rikardo.shedden@anu.edu.au
Interests: Spirit mediumship, religious healing, indigenised Christianity, and ways in which various religious forms influence and are influenced by diverse secular spheres in a highland Kalinga community, northern Philippines

Tran, Ms Minh Hang

hang.tran@anu.edu.au
Interests: Reproductive health and new reproductive technologies in Vietnam

Ward, Mr Nathaniel

nathaniel.ward@anu.edu.au
Interests: Memory and change amongst the Molima: Understanding, remembering, forgetting, and innovation in an island context.

Wright, Ms Josephine

josephine.wright@anu.edu.au
Interests: Wind, stone and hardworking women: modernity and identity transformation in Jeje-Do, South Korea
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Masters Students

Pancaningtyas, Ms Nugraheni

Nugraheni.Pancaningtyas@anu.edu.au
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Visitors

Visitors
The Anthropology Department has a long-established programme of hosting Visiting Fellows, Visiting Scholars and others who wish to take advantage of the considerable resources of the Department, RSPAS and the ANU for both shorter and longer stays.

Visitor information

Alesich, Dr Simone

simone.alesich@anu.edu.au

Alexander, Dr Jennifer

Jennifer.alexander@anu.edu.au
BA (Hons), PhD (Sydney)
Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology
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Dragojlovic, Dr Ana

ana.dragojlovic@anu.edu.au
Interests: Gender, Migration and Citizenship, Masculinity studies, Queer studies and Feminist Theory, Critical Race and Postcolonial Theory, Visual and Performing Arts, Transnational Aesthetics, Neoliberalism and Globalization; Displacement, Exile and Trauma; Transnational religion. Fieldwork experience: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the Netherlands.

Groves, Professor Murray

murrayg@webone.com.au

Hide, Dr Robin

robin.hide@anu.edu.au
BA (Camb), PhD (Columbia)
Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology
Visiting Fellow, Resource Management in Asia Pacific Program
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Interests: Human ecology of rural society in Melanesia, with special emphasis on smallholder agriculture; ethnoscience, subsistence, nutrition and ethnography in Papua New Guinea.

James, Dr Helen

helen.james@anu.edu.au
BA (ANU), PhD, MA, (University of Pittsburgh)
Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology

Interests: History, politics, and anthropology of Southeast Asia, especially Myanmar and Thailand, with particular attention to the politics of religion, civil society, human security and human rights, governance and sustainable development, and the politics of development, international aid and health.

MacKnight, Emeritus Professor Campbell

campbell.macknight@anu.edu.au
Interests: Prehistory and early history of Indonesia, especially South Sulawesi; Bugis philology; early history of Australia, especially maritime discovery.

Price, Dr Susanna

susanna.price@anu.edu.au

Scott, Dr Amanda

mandy.scott@anu.edu.au
BSc (Hons), BA, Grad Dip TESOL, MA, PhD
Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Language teaching and learning; written language; ethnolinguistics.

Wilson, Ms Judith

j.wilson@anu.edu.au

Young, Dr Michael

michael.young@anu.edu.au
BA (Hons), MA, PhD
Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology
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Interests: Anthropology of Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu; history of anthropology, biography of Malinowski.
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PLEC Project


[http://www.unu.edu/env/plec/]

Brookfield, Emeritus Professor Harold

harold.brookfield@anu.edu.au
Scientific Consultant, People, Land Management and Ecosystem Conservation (PLEC)

Brookfield, Ms Muriel

muriel.brookfield@anu.edu.au

Parsons, Ms Helen

helen.parsons@anu.edu.au
Editorial Assistant, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (TAPJA); PLEC Project
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