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James J. Fox Distinguished Professor/ Professor Emeritus Research Curriculum Vitae: James J. Fox Distinguished Professor/ Professor Emeritus Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University Academic Qualifications: 1962 : A.B. (Summa Cum Laude) Harvard University 1963 : Diploma (Distinction) Oxford University (Social Anthropology) 1965 : B.Litt. Oxford University (Social Anthropology) 1968 : D.Phil. Oxford University (Social Anthropology) Previous Academic Positions: 1968-69 Duke University: Visiting Assistant Professor 1969 Cornell University: Visiting Summer Lecturer 1969-75 Harvard University: Assistant/Associate Professor 1971-72 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford 1972-73 Nusa Cendana University, Kupang: Honorary Visiting Lecturer 1975 -- Professorial Fellow/Professor, The Australian National University 1977-78 Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar 1981 University of Bielefeld: Visiting Professor 1986 École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales: Directeur d'Études Associé 1986-87 University of Chicago: Visiting Professor 1988 Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden: Hoogleraar Wisselleerstoel Indonesische Studien 1993 Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 1996 Senior Visiting Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden 1998-2006 Director, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU 2001 Distinguished Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore 2006-07 Visiting Professor, Australian Chair, Harvard University 2007 Jensen Memorial Lecturer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt 2011-12 Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales CV James J Fox 1 Academic Awards and Distinctions: 1958-62 Harvard/Harvard National Scholar 1961-62 Harvard Phi Beta Kappa: Undergraduate President 1962-64 Rhodes Scholar, University College, Oxford University 1966-67 2010 Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Contribution to the University - 2010 Membership of Learned Societies: 1988- Foreign Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) 1992- Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Other Membership/Appointments: 1963- Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1963- Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 1967- Association of Social Anthropologists 1979-10 Chair, Menzies Scholarship Committee, Harvard Club and ANU 1986-96 Member, Editorial Board, Asian Studies Association of Australia 1990-93 Member, Australian Research Council Panel for the Social Sciences and Humanities 1992-99 Member, International Advisory Council Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV) 1992-94 Vice President, Australian Anthropological Society 1993 Chair, Australian Research Council Humanities Subpanel 1996- Member, Editorial Board, Anthropological Forum 1997-98 President, Australian Anthropological Society 1997- 02 Member, Editorial Board, Sojourn 1997 Member, Editorial Board, Ethnos 1998- Member, Editorial Board, Paideuma 2000-06 Member, National Library of Australia Collecting Advisory Committee 2002-06 Foreign Affairs Council of Australia 2002-07 Member, Arafura Timor Research Facility Board 2004- Chair, Rhodes Territories Scholarship Selection Committee 2 CV James J Fox National/International Consultancies: 1980 AIDAB Reconnaissance Mission to West Timor 1981-85 Consultant on behalf of: Australian Consultants International Ltd (ACIL) on: The Indonesian-Australian Timor Livestock Project. 1981-1993 Consultant on behalf of: The Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) to: The Indonesian Ministry of Finance and The Center for Policy and Implementation Studies (CPIS) for: Rural Development involving General Rural Credit, Local Banking, Environmental and Agricultural Policy. 1993-94 Consultant on behalf of: Groome Pöyry for the Asian Development Bank: Indonesian Forestry Sector Evaluation. 1996 Consultant on behalf of: Australian Marine, Science and Technology Ltd (AMSAT) Indonesian Coral Reef Management and Rehabilitation Project. 1998 Consultant on behalf of The World Bank: El Niño Impact Assessment: Focus on Eastern Indonesia. 1998 Consultant on behalf of AusAID: Eastern Indonesia El Niño Impact Monitoring Assessment 1998 Consultant on behalf of AusAID: Review of Australian Agricultural Aid: Growing the Future: AusAID, Poverty and Sustainable Agriculture. 1998-99 Consultant on behalf of Fortech For BAPPENAS/Asian Development Bank: Indonesian Planning for Fire Prevention and Drought Management. 1999 International Observer with the Carter Center Popular Consultation in East Timor (23 August- 5 September). 1999 Consultant on behalf of AusAID UN/World Bank Joint Assessment Mission to East Timor Assessment for Agricultural Reconstruction and Development. 1999 Consultant on behalf of The World Bank Forest Use Policies and Strategies in Indonesia. 2000 Consultant on behalf of AusAID World Bank/Bilateral Donor Agricultural Assessment Mission to East Timor. 3 CV James J Fox 2000 Consultant on behalf of King’s College, London Independent Study on Security Options for East Timor. 2001 International Observer with the Carter Center Constituent Assembly Elections in East Timor (19 August-3 September) 2001 Member, Review Committee Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore 2002 International Observer with Carter Center Presidential Elections in East Timor 2002 Consultant to Environment Australia A Study of Socio-Economic Issues Facing Traditional Indonesian Fishers Who Access the MOU Box (with S. Sen) 2002 Consultant to AusAID Review of the East Timor Country Strategy 2003 Chair, Review Committee Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), Leiden University 2004 Consultant to ACIAR/AusAID Design Mission for Seeds of Life 2 in East Timor 2004 International Observer with the Carter Center Presidential Elections (II) in Indonesia 2004-5 Consultant to AFFA: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Report on Illegal Fishermen in Australian Waters: Shark Fishermen from Merauke, Dobo, Saumlaki and Papela 2005 Member, Review Committee University of Helsinki: Social Sciences 2006 Consultant to AFMA: Australian Fisheries Management Authority The Shark Species Targeted and Caught by Indonesian Fishermen in Australian Waters (with Dr Mark Meekan) 2006 Member, Review Committee Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore 2007 Consultant to Woodside/Brunel Report to Woodside: Fishermen at Scott Reef, September 2007 (with Dr Tom Therik) 2007-8 Consultant to Environmental Resources Management (ERM) 4 CV James J Fox Baseline Review of Indonesian Fishers identified at Scott Reef (with Dr Tom Therik, Wawan Koswara and Samantha McCrea) 2011 Contributor to Australian Strategic Policy Institute Special Report: A Reliable Partner: Strengthening Australia – Timor-Leste Relations Current Research Interests: History and Anthropology of Indonesia; Rural Development and Resource Management; Anthropological Theory: Linguistic Anthropology, particularly the study of semantic parallelism; Comparative Austronesian Studies; The Study of Islam. Policy Research relating to Environmental Management in Indonesia and East Timor. 5 CV James J Fox Books: 1977 Harvest of the Palm: Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 1980 The Flow of Life: Essays on Eastern Indonesia. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 1980 Indonesia: The Making of a Culture. (Vol 1 of 3 volumes of Indonesia: Australian Perspectives) Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University. 1980 Indonesia: Australian Perspectives. Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University [3 volumes published as a single volume, with editors: J.J. Fox, R.G. Garnaut, P.T. McCawley, and J.A.C. Mackie.] 1986 Bahasa, Sastra dan Sejarah: Kumpulan Karangan Mengenai Masyarakat Pulau Roti. Jakarta: Penerbit Djambatan. [Language, Literature and History: Collected Essays on Rotinese Society. Six essays in English on Rotinese culture and history with accompanying Indonesian translations.] 1988 To Speak in Pairs: Essays on the Ritual Languages of Eastern Indonesia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1992 The Heritage of Traditional Agriculture Among the Western Austronesians. Canberra: Occasional Paper, Department of Anthropology. 1993 Balanced Development: East Java in the New Order. Singapore: Oxford University Press. [Edited with H. Dick and J. A. C. Mackie.] 1993 Inside Austronesian Houses: Perspectives on Domestic Designs for Living. Canberra: Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies. 1995 The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Canberra: Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. [Edited with P. Bellwood and D. Tryon.] 1996 Origin, Ancestry and Alliance: Explorations in Austronesian Ethnography. Canberra, Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. [Edited with C. Sather.] 1996 Panen Lontar: Perubahan Ekologi dalam Kehidupan Masyarakat Pulau Rote dan Sawu. Pustaka Sinar Harapan. [Indonesian Translation of Harvest of the Palm with new preface.] 6 CV James J Fox 1997 Pembangunan Yang Berimbang: Jawa Timur dalam Era Orde Baru. [Indonesian Translation of Balanced Development: East Java in the New Order.] 1997 The Poetic Power of Place: Comparative Perspectives on Austronesian Ideas of Locality. Canberra, Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. 1998 Religion and Ritual. Indonesian Heritage Encyclopedia, Vol. 9. Singapore:
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