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Barbara Watson Andaya is a Professor in the Asian Studies Program at the University of Hawai’i, where she has taught since 1994. She previously served as Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and President of the American Association of Asian Studies (2005-06). Educated at the University of Sydney (BA, Dip.Ed.), the University of Hawai’i (MA in History, 1969), and Cornell University (Ph.D., 1975), her work bridges Southeast Asian history, gender studies, and religious change.
- Ph.D., Cornell University, 1975
- M.A., University of Hawai’i, 1969
- B.A., University of Sydney, 1962
Her research focuses on women and gender in early modern Southeast Asia, Christian localization processes, and contemporary social issues in the region. She has taught and researched across Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and the Netherlands, emphasizing transnational and maritime perspectives. Recent projects include a history of Christian localization in Southeast Asia (supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant) and editing the Cambridge History of Southeast Asia.
Key publications include the landmark The Flaming Womb: Repositioning Women in Southeast Asian History, 1500–1800 (2006), which won Choice Academic Book of the Year (2007), and works on maritime cosmologies, gendered power dynamics, and globalization. She has also co-authored major texts like A History of Malaysia (Third Edition, 2017) and A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400–1830 (2015).
- Recipient of the Guggenheim Award (2000)
- Choice Academic Book of the Year (2007)
Andaya teaches courses such as ASAN 202 (Introduction to Asian Studies), ASAN 496 (Religions of Island Southeast Asia), and ASAN 630 (Globalization in Southeast Asia). Her NEH-funded research on Christian localization underscores her commitment to exploring cultural and religious syncretism. As general editor of the Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, she continues shaping scholarly narratives on the region.
