Professor James Fox
AB, BLitt, DPhil
Professor, State, Society and Goverance, College of Asia and the Pacific
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
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0407-948949
Areas of expertise
- Studies Of Asian Society 169903
- Studies Of Pacific Peoples' Societies 169905
- Islamic Studies 220403
- Environmental Impact Assessment 050204
- Asian History 210302
- Natural Resource Management 050209
- Social And Cultural Anthropology 160104
- Fisheries Sciences 0704
- Anthropology 1601
Research interests
History and anthropology of Indonesia and East Timor; rural development and resource management; study of social organisation and symbolic systems; linguistic anthropology; comparative Austronesian ethnology.
Biography
Professor James J. Fox was educated at Harvard (AB '62) and Oxford (B Litt. '65, DPhil. '68) where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has taught at various American Universities: Harvard, Cornell, Duke and Chicago and at various European Universities: Leiden, Bielefeld and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He is a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Professor Fox's area of primary interest is Indonesia, with special focus on Java and eastern Indonesia. He has carried out considerable research in Timor, most recently in East Timor. More generally, his interests are in comparative issues affecting the whole of the Asia Pacific region.
Career highlights
- Professorial Fellow/Professor, Australian National University (1975-present)
- Jensen Memorial Lecturer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt (2007)
- Visiting Professor, Australian Chair, Harvard University (2006-07)
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore (2001)
- Director, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU (1998-2006)
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore (2001)
- Senior Visiting Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden (1996)
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (1993)
- Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar (1977-78)
- Fellow, Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford (1971-72)
- École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (1986); Chicago (1986-87); Leiden (1988)
- Visiting Professor, Nusa Cendana, Kupang (1972-73); Duke (1968-69); Cornell (1969); Bielefeld (1981)
- Assistant/Associate Professor, Harvard University (1969-75)
Publications
- Fox, J 2014, Explorations in Semantic Parallelism, ANU Press, Canberra.
- Fox, J 2013, 'A Genealogy of Southeast Asian Studies in Australia: Scholars and their Works', in Park Seung Woo and Victor T. King (ed.), The Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies: Korea and Beyond, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 349-398.
- Fox, J 2011, 'Assertion and silence: evidence and entertainment from the past in rotenese oral dynastic narratives', in Hans Hagerdal (ed.), Tradition, identity, and history-making in Eastern Indonesia, Linnaeus University Press, Vaxjo, Kalmar, pp. 11-25.
- Fox, J 2011, 'The articulation of tradition in Timor-Leste', in Andrew McWilliam and Elizabeth G. Traube (ed.), Land and life in Timor-Leste: ethnographic essays, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 241-257.
- Fox, J 2010, 'Exploring Oral Formulaic Language: A Five Poet Analysis', in John Bowden, Nikolaus P Himmelmann & Malcolm Ross (ed.), A journey through Austronesian and Papuan linguistic and cultural space: Papers in honour of Andrew Pawley, Pacific Linguistics, Canberra, ACT, pp. 573 - 587.
- Fox, J 2010, 'A Complementarity of Methods: Ethnography and Comparative Analysis', Jurnal Etika, no. 2, pp. 235 - 249.
- Fox, J 2010, 'Foreword to Arif Zamhari's Islamic Spirituality', in (ed.), Rituals of Islamic Spirituality: A Study of Majlis Dhikr groups in East Java, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. xiii-xiv.
- Fox, J 2013, 'The Anger of the Father: Kid's Talk and the Mockery of Animals', in Ivo Strecker and Markus Verne (ed.), Astonishment And Evocation: The Spell of Culture in Art and Anthropology, Berghahn, New York, p. 1.
- Fox, J 2009, 'The Discourse and Practice of Precedence', in Michael P Vischer (ed.), Precedence: Social differentiation in the Austronesian World, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 91-110.
- Fox, J 2009, 'Introduction:Precedence in Perspective', in Michael P Vischer (ed.), Precedence: Social differentiation in the Austronesian World, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-11.
- Fox, J 2009, 'Legal and Illegal Indonesian Fishing in Australian Waters', in Robert Cribb and Michele Ford (ed.), Indonesia Beyond the Water's Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 195-220.
- Fox, J 2009, 'Blutrote Hirse. Eine lokale Usrprungserzahlung von der Insel Roti, Ostindonesien', in Volker Gottowik, Holger Jebens, Editha Platte (ed.), Zwischen Aneignung und Verfremdung: Ethnologische Gratwanderungen, Campus Verlag, Frankfurt, pp. 401-410.
- Fox, J, Adhuri, D, Therik, t et al. 2009, 'Searching for a livelihood: the dilemma of small-boat fishermen in Eastern Indonesia', in Budy R Resosudarmo and Frank Jotzo (ed.), Working with Nature against Poverty: Development, Resources and the Environment in Eastern Indonesia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 201-225.
- Fox, J 2008, 'Foreward to Workshop for Morality: The Islamic Creativity of Pesantren Daarut Tauwid in Bandung', in (ed.), The workshop for morality: the islamic creativity of Pesantren Daarat Tauhid in Bandung, Java, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. ix-x.
- Fox, J 2008, 'Sun, Moon and the Tides: Cosmological Foundations for the Ideas of Order and Perfection among the Rotinese of Eastern Indonesia', in Clifford Sather and Timo Kaartinen (ed.), Beyond the Horizon: Essays on Myth, History, Travel and Society, Finnish Literature Society, Helsinki, pp. 145-154.
- Fox, J 2008, 'Foreward to Remaining Karen', in Ananda Rajah (ed.), Remaining Karen: A STUDY OF CULTURAL REPRODUCTION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF IDENTITY, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. vii-viii.
- Fox, J 2008, 'Repaying the Debt to Mau Kiak: Reflections on Timor's Cultural Traditions and the Obligations of Citizenship in an Independent East Timor', in David Mearns with S Farram (ed.), Democratic Governance in Timor-Leste: Reconciling the local and the national, Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, pp. 119-128.
- Fox, J 2008, 'Installing the 'outsider' inside: the exploration of an epistemic Austronesian cultural theme and its social significance', Indonesia and the Malay World, vol. 36, no. 105, pp. 201-218.
- Fox, J 2008, 'Rodney Needham (1923-2006)', American Anthropologist, vol. 1/9/08.
- Fox, J 2008, From fuel to food subsidies in Indonesia, Canberra Times (in Capturing the Year 2008, ANU College of Asia & The Pacific).
- Fox, J 2007, 'Foreword [Boats to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone]', in Natasha Stacey (ed.), Boats to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. xi-xiii.
- Fox, J 2007, 'Reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta Village', in Hyung-Jun Kim (ed.), Reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta Village (revised ed), ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. xii-xiv.
- Fox, J 2007, 'Traditional Justice and the 'Court System' of the Island of Roti', The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 59-73.
- Fox, J 2006, 'Ceremonies of reconciliation as prelude to violence in Suai, East Timor', in Charles A Coppel (ed.), Violent Conflicts in Indonesia: Analysis, representation, resolution, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon, pp. 174-179.
- Fox, J 2006, 'Foreword: Struggling for the Umma', in Endang Turmudi (ed.), Struggling for the Umma: Changing leadership roles of Kiai in Jombang, East Java, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. ix-x.
- Fox, J 2006, 'Contending for ritual control of land and polity: Comparisons from the Timor area of Eastern Indonesia', in Thomas Reuter (ed.), Sharing the earth, dividing the land: Land and territory in the Austronesian world, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 237-251.
- Fox, J 2006, 'Postscript - Spatial categories in social context: Tracing a comparitive understanding of Austronesian ideas of ritual location', in Thomas Reuter (ed.), Sharing the earth, dividing the land: Land and territory in the Austronesian world, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 365-377.
- Fox, J 2006, 'Current Developments in Austronesian Studies', in Nyoman Kutha Ratna, Made Dhanawaty, Ketut Dharma Laksana &Ida Bagus Putra Yadnya (ed.), Bahasa, Sastra, dan Budaya Austronesia di Tengah Era Global dan Dinamika Multikultural, Universitas Udayana, Den Pasar, pp. 1-24.
- Fox, J 2006, 'Turn Right at the Buddha', in Brij Lal, Allison Ley (ed.), The Coombs: A House of Memories, Australian National University, Canberra Australia, pp. 61-66.
- Fox, J 2006, 'Correnti teologico-politiche islamiche nell'Indonesia contemporanea', in Salzani, Stefano (ed.), Teologie politiche islamiche, Marietti, Genova- Milano, pp. 61-90.
- Fox, J 2005, 'A Comparative Analysis of the Relationship Terminologies of Northern Luzon', in Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (ed.), Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology, Linguistic Society of the Philippines, Manila, pp. 227-247.
- Fox, J, Adhuri, D & Resosudarmo, B 2005, 'Unfinished Edifice or Pandoras Box? Decentralisation and Resource Management in Indonesia', in Budy Resosudarmo (ed.), The Politics and economics of Indonesia's Natural resources, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 92-108.
- Fox, J 2005, 'In a single generation: A lament for the forest and seas of Indonesia', in Peter Boomgaard, David Henley and Manon Osseweijer (ed.), Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia, KITLV Press, Leiden, pp. 43-60.
- Fox, J 2005, 'Ritual Languages, Special Registers and Speech Decorum in Austronesian Languages', in Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (ed.), The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Oxford & New York, pp. 87-109.
- Bellwood, P, Fox, J & Tryon, D 2004, 'The Austronesians in History: Common Origins and Diverse Transformations', in Peter Bellwood (ed.), The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, ANU ePress, Australia, pp. 1-16.
- Fox, J 2004, 'Austronesian Societies and Their Transformations', in Peter Bellwood (ed.), The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, ANU ePress, Australia, pp. 229-244.
- Bellwood, P, Fox, J & Tryon, D, eds, 2004, The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, ANU ePress, Australia.
- Fox, J 2004, 'Savu (Sabu)', in Ooi Keat Gin (ed.), Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, ABC-Clio Inc, Santa Barbara, pp. 1181-1182.
- Fox, J 2004, 'Abangan', in Ooi Keat Gin (ed.), Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, ABC-Clio Inc, Santa Barbara, pp. 112-113.
- Fox, J 2004, 'Wali Songo', in Ooi Keat Gin (ed.), Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, ABC-Clio Inc, Santa Barbara, pp. 1415-1416.
- Fox, J 2004, 'Roti (Rote)', in Ooi Keat Gin (ed.), Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, ABC-Clio Inc, Santa Barbara, pp. 1151-1152.
- Fox, J 2004, 'East Indonesian Ethnic Groups', in Ooi Keat Gin (ed.), Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, ABC-Clio Inc, Santa Barbara, pp. 447-449.
- Fox, J 2004, 'Efforts and Events in a Long Collaboration: Working with Tim Asch on Ethnographic Films on Roti in Eastern Indonesia', in E. D Lewis (ed.), Tim Asch and Ethnographic Film: The Emergence of an Anthropological Genre, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, pp. 83-96.
- Fox, J 2004, 'FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionaria do Timor-Leste Independente)', in Ooi Keat Gin (ed.), Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, ABC-Clio Inc, Santa Barbara, pp. 522-524.
- Fox, J 2004, 'Notes on Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia', in Kamanto Sunarto, Russell Hiang-Khng Heng, Achmad Fedyani Saifuddin (ed.), Multicultural education in Indonesia and southeast Asia: Stepping into the unfamiliar, Jurnal Antropologi Indonesia, Depok, West Java, Indonesia, pp. 11-20.
- Fox, J 2003, 'Perpetuating Ancestral Foundations: Some Transformations of Austronesian Houses', in Reimar Schefold, Gaudenz Domenig and Peter Nas (ed.), Indonesian houses: Tradition and transformation in vernacular architecture, KITLV Press, Leiden, pp. 369-388.
- Fox, J, Applegate, G, Smith, R et al. 2003, 'Kebakaran Hutan di Indonesia: Dampak dan Pemecahannya', in Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo and Carol J Pierce Colfer (ed.), Ke Mana Harus Melangkah? Masyarakat, Hutan, dan Perumusan Kebijakan di Indonesia, Yayasan Obor Indonesia, Jakarta, pp. 358-377.
- Fox, J 2003, 'A District Analysis of the East Timor Elections 2001 - 2002', in Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares, Michael Maley, James J Fox and Anthrony J Regan (ed.), Elections and constitution making in East Timor, Pandanus Books, Canberra, pp. 15-23.
- Fox, J 2003, 'Admonitions of the Ancestors: Giving Voice to the Deceased in Rotinese Morturary Rituals', in Peter Nas, Gerard Persoon and Rivke Jaffe (ed.), Framing Indonesian Realities: Essays in symbolic anthropology in honour of Reimar Schefold, KITLV Press, The Netherlands, pp. 15-26.
- Fox, J 2003, 'Drawing from the Past to Prepare for the Future: Responding to the Challenges of Food Security in East Timor', in Helder da Costa, Colin Piggin, Cesar J. da Cruz and James J. Fox (ed.), Agriculture: New Directions for a New Nation, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, pp. 101-110.
- Fox, J 2002, 'Beyond Jakarta: Contemplating Indonesias Possible Futures', in Minako Sakai (ed.), Beyond Jakarta: Regional Autonomy and Local Society in Indonesia, Crawford House Publishing, Belair, SA, pp. 293-302.
- Fox, J 2002, 'Tracing Genealogies: Toward an International Multicultural Anthropology', Antropologi Indonesia, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 106-117.
- Fox, J, Applegate, G, Smith, R et al 2002, 'Forest Fires in Indonesia: Impacts and Solutions', in Carol J Pierce Colfer and Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo (ed.), Which way forward? People, forests, and policymaking in Indonesia, Resources for the Future Press, Washington D C, pp. 293-308.
- Fox, J 2002, 'Interpreting the historical significance of tombs and chronicles in contemporary Java', in Henri Chambert-Loir and A J S Reid (ed.), The Potent Dead: ancestors, saints and heroes in Contemporary Indonesia, Allen & Unwin, Sydney and University of Hawai�i Press, Hololulu, pp. 103-116.
- Fox, J 2002, 'Assessing UNTAETs Role in Building Local Capacities for the Future', in Hadi Soesastro, Landry Haryo Subianto (ed.), Peace Building and State Building in East Timor, Jakarta and Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Jakarta, pp. 39-58.
- Fox, J 2001, 'Diversity and Differential Development in East Timor: Potential Problems and Future Possibilities', in Hal Hill & Joao M. Saldanha (ed.), East Timor: Development Challenges for the World�s Newest Nation, Asia Pacific Press, Singapore, pp. 155-173.
- Fox, J 2000, 'The UN popular consultation and its aftermath in East Timor: An Account by One International Observer', Update 1999, ed. Manning, C.; van Diermen, P., ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, London, pp. 109-118.
- Fox, J 2000, 'The Impact of the 1997-98 El Nino on Indonesia', in Grove, R H; Chappell, J (ed.), El Nino, history and crisis: Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region, The White Horse Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 171-190.
- Fox, J 2000, 'Maritime communities in the Timor and Arafura region: Some historical and anthropological perspectives', in O?Connor, S.; Veth, P. (ed.), East of Wallace�s Line: Studies of past and present maritime cultures of the Indo-Pacific region, A A Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 337-356.
- Fox, J 2000, 'Tracing the path, recounting the past: historical perspectives on Timor', in Fox, J.; Soares, D. (ed.), Out of the Ashes: Destruction and Reconstruction of East Timor, Crawford House Publishing, South Australia, pp. 1-29.
- Smith, G, Wetselaar, R, Fox, J et al. 1999, 'The origin and distribution of nitrate in groundwater from village wells in Kotagede, Yogyakarta, Indonesia', Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 7, pp. 576-589.
