About Adrian Vickers
Born 1958. Adrian Vickers is an Australian sociologist and historian.
Adrian Vickers (b. 1958 in Tamworth) is an Australian author, historian and emeritus professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Sydney. He writes a blog on Indonesian subjects. He has studied and documented Gambuh dance traditions, Panji (prince) stories, and other Indonesian art and cultural subjects as well as historiography and colonialism. He has a BA and PhD from the University of Sydney, is the Professor of Southeast Asian Studies (Personal Chair) and Director of the Asian Studies Program. Vickers' most recent book, The Pearl Frontier, co-written with Julia MartÃnez, won the University of Southern Queensland History Book Award at the 2016 Queensland Literary Awards. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
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Who is Adrian Vickers?
Australian author, historian, sociologist
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Adrian Vickers was born in 1958.
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Adrian Vickers is a sociologist and historian.
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Adrian Vickers is Australian.
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