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Professor Tim Harper FBA

Histories of war, revolution and empire in 19th and 20th century Southeast Asia.
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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Sections
Modern History from 1850
Website
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-tim-harper

Current post

University of Cambridge Professor of the History of Southeast Asia

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