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Southeast Asia

Indonesia Banda Aceh’s Grand Mosque

The Department specializes in seventeenth through twentieth century Southeast Asian history. The faculty writes on Islam, orientalism, nationalism, Indonesia, and Dutch colonialism.

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Michael Francis Laffan
Imperial History
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Publications

Inventing the Third World In Search of Freedom for the Postwar Global South Jeremy Adelman (Anthology Editor), Gyan Prakash (Anthology Editor)
Inventing the Third World: In Search of Freedom for the Postwar Global South
Under Empire: Muslim Lives and Loyalties Across the Indian Ocean World, 1775-1945 by Michael Francis Laffan
Under Empire: Muslim Lives and Loyalties Across the Indian Ocean World, 1775-1945
The Postcolonial Moment in South and Southeast Asia Edited by Gyan Prakash, Nikhil Menon, and Michael Laffan
The Postcolonial Moment in South and Southeast Asia
Belonging Across the Bay of Bengal: Religious Rites, Colonial Migrations, National Rights. Edited by Michael Laffan
Belonging Across the Bay of Bengal: Religious Rites, Colonial Migrations, National Rights
The Makings of Indonesian Islam: Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past by Michael Laffan
The Makings of Indonesian Islam: Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past
Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesia: The Umma Below the Winds by Michael Laffan
Islamic Nationhood and Colonial Indonesia: The Umma Below the Winds

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Michael Laffan with his book Under Epire
Michael Laffan's "Under Empire" Wins General History Prize in 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards

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