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.

People

Michael Francis Laffan

Colonialism & Postcolonialism

17th & 18th Centuries

Middle East and North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

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

News

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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