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 | Biography |  |
Professor Robert Elson’s research interests include the modern and contemporary history of Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. His current research project is entitled “the idea of Indonesia: a history”.
Professor Elson's other research interests include Indonesian political thinking, leadership in Indonesia; changing identity in Indonesia; the social and economic history of Southeast Asia; social and economic change in nineteenth and twentieth century Java; colonialism and its impact in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia; the economic history of peasant production in Southeast Asia, 1800-1990.
He is involved in the following activities:
• Member, Editorial Board, Asian Studies Review.
• Member, Editorial Board, Southeast Asia Publications Series, Asian Studies Association of Australia.
• Acting Director Of Research, School of HPRC.
• Acting Postgraduate Advisor, History discipline, School of HPRC.
• Chair, Asian Studies Electoral Section, Australian Academy of the Humanities.
• Member, Academic Commission (Wetenschapscommissie), Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
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