Vannessa Hearman

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Vannessa Hearman is Associate Professor of History at Curtin University in Australia. Her research focuses on the history of Southeast Asia, political violence and social movements. She is the author of 'Unmarked Graves: Death and Survival in the Anti-Communist Violence in East Java, Indonesia' (Singapore: NUS Press, 2018). Hearman's forthcoming book on East Timorese asylum seekers in Australia is being published by Melbourne University Press.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Associate professor, Curtin University
  • 2021–2025
    Senior lecturer, Curtin University
  • 2019–2021
    Senior lecturer in Indonesian Studies, Charles Darwin University
  • 2016–2018
    Lecturer in Indonesian Studies, Charles Darwin University
  • 2013–2016
    Lecturer in Indonesian Studies, The University of Sydney

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Melbourne , PhD Arts (History)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    Remembering East Timorese migration: History, memory and identity
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Asian Studies Association of Australia
  • Australian Historical Association
  • Association of Asian Studies (US)

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