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DOUGLAS KAMMEN<\/div>
Associate Professor (on Sabbatical Leave until January 2027)<\/div>
6516 6865<\/div>
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FAIZAH ZAKARIA<\/div>
Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment with Dept. of Malay Studies)<\/div>
66011968<\/div>
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HAMZAH MUZAINI<\/div>
Associate Professor <\/div>
6516 8470<\/div>
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IRVING C JOHNSON<\/div>
Deputy Head, Associate Professor<\/div>
6516 3171<\/div>
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JAN MR\u00c1ZEK<\/div>
Associate Professor <\/div>
6516 4912<\/div>
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JUDE KURNIAWAN<\/div>
Adjunct Lecturer<\/div>
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LIN HONGXUAN<\/div>
Assistant Professor<\/div>
6601 1640<\/div>
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MAITRII AUNG – THWIN<\/div>
Associate Professor (Joint Appointment with Department of History)<\/div>
6516 6053<\/div>
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MARIA MONICA WIHARDJA<\/div>
Adjunct Assistant Professor<\/div>
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MICHAEL DUNFORD<\/div>
Visiting Fellow <\/div>
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MOHAMED EFFENDY ABDUL HAMID<\/div>
Senior Lecturer<\/div>
6516 6588<\/div>
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SARALN NG UDOMKICHDECHA<\/div>
Teaching Assistant (CHS)<\/div>
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SERINA RAHMAN<\/div>
Lecturer<\/div>
6516 5272<\/div>
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SU MON THAZIN AUNG<\/div>
Adjunct Assistant Professor <\/div>
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TEOFILO DAQUILA<\/div>
Honorary Fellow<\/div>
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VATTHANA PHOLSENA<\/div>
Head of Department, Associate Professor<\/div>
6516 6798<\/div>
<\/i> Email<\/a><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Specialisations: EthnicityMemory studiesWars and revolutionsBorderland studies Vatthana Pholsena graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Institute of Political Studies, also known as ‘Sciences Po’) in Grenoble, France in 1997, before moving to the U.K. to pursue her Ph.D. at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hull. 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