Where Are the Bodies: The Haunting of Indonesia

Holds a personal chair in Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Sydney, where he has worked since 2007. He has previously worked at the University of Wollongong and the University of New South Wales, and held visiting positions at the University of Indonesia, Udayana University Bali, and Leiden University. He is author of Bali: A Paradise Created (1989) and A History of Modern Indonesia (2005). His forthcoming book Peradaban Pesisir (Coastal Civlisation) will continue to explore themes of Panji texts from his earlier book Journeys of Desire (2005). Professor Vickers has supervised approximately twenty Ph.D. theses to completion, and holds a series of ARC grants looking at Indonesian history and historiography, labor and industry in Southeast Asia, and Balinese art, all areas in which he has published book chapters, journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and articles for general audiences.