March 2026

Jarrah Sastrawan: ASAA Oral History Project

Jarrah’s Indonesian / Australian background and early childhood years growing up in Bali were formative of his interest in the history of Indonesia. During his PhD studies, under the guidance of Professor Adrian Vickers, he began studying the historical texts of Indonesia; the traditional chronicles and genealogies of Bali, Java and the Malay world. Jarrah […]

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Vale, Anne E. McLaren, 23 July 1952 – 6 March 2026

Anne Elizabeth McLaren was born on 23 July 1952 in Sydney, the first of seven children born to Dr Keith and Betty McLaren. Her childhood combined an eclectic range of influences. Her parents were devout Catholics, and she was raised strictly in that tradition, but she came of age in a period of global cultural

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Yamini Narayanan: ASAA Oral History Project

Yamini discusses her expertise as a combination of Animal Studies, Development Studies, and Geography, especially in a South Asian context. Asia – and specifically South Asia/India – has always been central to her work, including what Yamini considers to be her best work (the monograph Mother Cow, Mother India) as well as her forthcoming project

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