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Heather Sutherland (historian)

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Heather Sutherland
Born
Heather Amanda Sutherland

1943 (age 80–81)
NationalityAustralian
EducationPh.D. (1973)
Alma materYale University
OccupationProfessor of history
EmployerVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
PartnerMiriam Margolyes (1968–present)

Heather Amanda Sutherland (born 1943) is an Australian historian and former professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She specialised in the history of Indonesia, and also researched that of other Southeast Asian countries.[1] She is the long-term partner of British-Australian actress Miriam Margolyes.

Biography

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Sutherland was born in 1943.[2] She took up Asian studies at the Australian National University in Canberra,[3] obtaining an M.A. in 1967. Her dissertation was on the literary intellectuals of Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies.[4] Her research about the Dutch history and visit to the Netherlands inspired her to work there for most of her later career. In 1970, she started her academic profession as a history teacher at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Learning of her research interest, Lance Castles from the University of Melbourne who had recently enrolled for Ph.D. under the supervision of Harry J. Benda at Yale University asked his supervisor to invite Sutherland to join their team.[5][6] Under Benda, Sutherland earned her doctoral degree in 1973 on the thesis titled "Pangreh Pradja: Java's indigenous administrative corps and its role in the last decades of Dutch colonial rule."[7] She continued teaching at the University of Malaya for one year.[4]

In 1974, Sutherland joined the faculty of the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Non-Western Sociology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as a "lector" (equivalent to associate professor). She was officially inducted into the teaching position on 22 October 1976 as she delivered her inaugural lecture.[4]

Sutherland met Miriam Margolyes in 1967 and they have been partners since then.[8][9] However, they do not live together and spend sporadic periods in London, Tuscany, and Australia.[10] Margolyes described Sutherland as an "introvert"[11] and the secret to their lasting relationship as "not living together."[10]

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Books

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References

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  1. ^ Boomgaard, Peter (2007). A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories. Singapore: NUS Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-9971-69-371-8.
  2. ^ "About the authors". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 150 (4): 857–859. 1994. JSTOR 27864619.
  3. ^ a b Boomgaard, Peter; Kooiman, Dick; Schulte Nordholt, Henk, eds. (2008), "Short biography of Heather Sutherland", Linking Destinies, BRILL, pp. 253–257, doi:10.1163/9789004253995_017, ISBN 978-90-04-25399-5
  4. ^ a b c Boomgaard, Peter; Kooiman, Dick; Schulte Nordholt, Henk, eds. (2008), "Bibliography of Heather Sutherland", Linking Destinies, BRILL, pp. 259–265, doi:10.1163/9789004253995_018, ISBN 978-90-04-25399-5
  5. ^ Reid, Anthony (14 September 2020). "Thoughts for Lance Castles". Inside Indonesia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  6. ^ Kartomi, Margaret (21 September 2020). "Remembering Lance Castles, 5.1.1937 – 27.8.2020". Asian Studies Association of Australia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ^ Sutherland, Heather (1973). Pangreh Pradja: Java's indigenous administrative corps and its role in the last decades of Dutch colonial rule (PDF) (Ph.D. Thesis thesis). Yale University. OCLC 893239539.
  8. ^ Peake, Amber (7 August 2020). "Miriam Margolyes married: Is Miriam Margolyes married?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  9. ^ Paton, Maureen (22 June 2012). "Miriam Margolyes: I had no secrets from my mother". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b Peake, Amber (31 July 2020). "Miriam Margolyes partner: Who is Miriam's partner Heather?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  11. ^ Pa (28 April 2020). "Miriam Margolyes reveals challenge of being away from partner during lockdown". The News. Retrieved 5 November 2021.