The Tony and Yohanni Johns Lecture 2025 will be delivered by Professor Michael Laffan - Director, Fung Global Fellows Program; Director of the Center for Collaborative History; Paula Chow Professor of International and Regional Studies; and Professor of History.
Professor Michael Laffan earned his BA Asian Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra (1995) and his Ph.D. in Southeast Asian History from the University of Sydney (2001). He joined Princeton University in 2005. Prof Laffan’s most recent book, Under Empire (Columbia, 2022), looks at two centuries of interactions between Muslim subjects of empires and nation states. The book won the General History Prize in the 2023 New South Wales Premier's History Awards.
This lecture honours both Tony and Yohanni Johns's enduring legacies on Indonesian teaching in ANU and all across Australia, which started when Tony was made inaugural professor Indonesian languages and literature at ANU in 1963. It is made possible by the generosity of Emeritus Professor Anthony Reid, as well as Tony and Yohanni's friends and family.
Agenda
- Reception 5:30-6:00pm
- Lecture 6:00-7:00pm