Dr Peter Carey

Affiliation Trinity College, Oxford
Bio Dr Peter Carey is Laithwaite Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford (in post, 1979 to present), specialising in the history and politics of Southeast Asia with a particular focus on Indonesia, East Timor and Burma. He has served as Executive Director of the Asian Studies Centre at St. Antony's College (1985-88). His publications include works on the history and contemporary politics of Indonesia, East Timor and Burma, including The British in Java, 1811-16. A Javanese Account (Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1992), East Timor at the Crossroads. The Forging of a Nation (Cassell, 1995), and Burma. The Challenge of Change in a Divided Society (Macmillan, 1997).

Lectures to The Society

Title Type Date
Indonesia faces the Future Lecture Feb 2007
Indonesia in the 1980s: A Time of Transition Lecture Oct 1984

Articles in the Journal

Indonesia in Transition
  Dr Peter Carey
  Asian Affairs, Volume 33 Number 3 November 2002
Indonesia in the 1980s: a Time of Transition
  Dr Peter Carey
  Asian Affairs, Volume 16 Number 2 July 1985

Images of Asia

Forthcoming Events

Wed 29 May Iraq - Ten Years On at Society of Chemical Industry
Fri 7 Jun Introduction to Indian Cinema at The RSAA Library
Wed 12 Jun Annual General Meeting at Society of Chemical Industry
Wed 12 Jun The Emerging Role of Qatar in Middle East Diplomacy at Society of Chemical Industry
Wed 26 Jun The Return of a King: the Battle for Afghanistan at Society of Chemical Industry

News

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles A book on Alfred Russel Wallace by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski more…

The Court Historian: The International Journal of Court Studies Courts and Capitals, 1815 - 1914 (iv) more…

Islam, Trade and Politics Across the Indian Ocean A travelling photographic exhibition: 30 May 2012 through to May 2013 more…

Recent Recordings

Success & Failure in Economic Development across Nine Major East Asian Economies

Afghanistan and the new Jihad

The Forgotten Coast of Malabar

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