Patrick Jory

Biography

Patrick Jory completed his PhD in Southeast Asian history at the Australian National University. From 1995-2001 he lectured in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia. From 2001-2009 he was co-founder and Coordinator of the Southeast Asian Studies program at Walailak University, southern Thailand. Currently he is Associate Professor in History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland. From 2017-22 he was inaugural president of the Association of Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars (AMSEAS).

His research interests are in modern Southeast Asian history, with a focus on Thai history. He is winner of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Mid-Career Book Prize in 2022 for A History of Manners and Civility in Thailand (Cambridge University Press, 2021), and a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles Award for Thailand’s Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man (State University of New York Press, 2016). Much of hIs work has been published in Thai translation. He is cohost of the New Books in Southeast Asian Studies podcast channel, part of the New Books Network.