Virginia Hooker

Professor Virginia Hooker

Research

 * Islam in Southeast Asia
 * Contemporary Indonesian political culture
 * Islam and social change in Indonesia
 * Islam and the process of regional autonomy in Indonesia

Present Appointments

 * Professor of Indonesian and Malay, Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
 * Fellow Australian Academy of the Humanities
 * 2002-2007 Member, Board, Australia Indonesia Institute
 * Interim Chair of the Board of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam, The University of Melbourne

Publications

 * Tuhfat al-Nafis Kuala Lumpur (1982, reprinted 1998)
 * The Precious Gift Tuhfat al-Nafis (with Barbara Watson Andaya), Oxford, Kuala Lumpur (1982)
 * Tuhfat al-Nafis Sejarah Melayu Islam (1991, reprinted as Karya Agung in 1997), Yayasan Karyawan, Kuala Lumpur (1997)
 * Culture and Society in New Order Indonesia, editor and contributor, Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur (1993, reprinted in paperback 1995)
 * Writing a New Society: Social Change through the Novel in Malay, Allen and Unwin/University of Hawaii Press (2000) ['Outstanding Academic Title' award from Choice, American Library Association]
 * A Short History of Malaysia: Linking East and West, Allen & Unwin (2003)
 * Malaysia: Islam, Society and Politics, editor (with Norani Othman) and contributor, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (2003)
 * Islamic Perceptions on the New Millennium, editor (with Amin Saikal) and contributor, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (2004)
 * Voices of Islam in Southeast Asia: A Contemporary Sourcebook, edited and compiled with Greg Fealy, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (2006)