a b Peake, Amber (31 July 2020). "Miriam Margolyes partner: Who is Miriam's partner Heather?". Express.co.uk . Retrieved 5 November 2021. 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] Monsoon Traders: Ships, Skippers and Commodities in Eighteenth-Century Makassar. Brill. 2021. ISBN 978-90-04-48691-1. (with Gerrit Knaap)

Trade provides the integrating framework for local and regional histories that cover more than 300 years, from the late 16th century to the beginning of the 20th, when new technologies and changing markets signaled Western dominance. Southeast Asian specialists can learn from this book, which ignores conventional geographic and temporal boundaries. It will also appeal to those working on wider themes such as global history, state formation, the evolution of markets and anthropology. Reid, Anthony (14 September 2020). "Thoughts for Lance Castles". Inside Indonesia . Retrieved 5 November 2021. 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] Sutherland, Heather (1973). "Notes on Java's Regent Families: Part I". Indonesia. 16 (16): 112–147. doi: 10.2307/3350649. hdl: 1813/53565. JSTOR 3350649. 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] Publications [ edit ] Key research papers [ edit ]

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This is a scholarly tour de force : a brilliant historical exploration of the lively trading world of the islands of the Sulu, Sulawesi and Arafura seas, a region in Southeast Asia that, for centuries, poured forth exotic products to the capitals of the world. It distils a lifetime of research into a revealing account of a vitally important part of our planet." – James Fox , Australian National University Seaways and Gatekeepers: Trade and State in the Eastern Archipelagos of Southeast Asia, c.1600–c.1906, Heather Sutherland (NUS Press, May 2021) Sutherland, Heather (1995). "Believing Is Seeing: Perspectives on Political Power and Economic Activity in the Malay World 1700–1940". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 26 (1): 133–146. doi: 10.1017/S0022463400010535. S2CID 143872540. Sutherland, Heather (2003). "Southeast Asian History and the Mediterranean Analogy" (PDF). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 34 (1): 1–20. doi: 10.1017/S0022463403000018. S2CID 55467229.

About the authors". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 150 (4): 857–859. 1994. JSTOR 27864619. Sutherland, Heather (1975). "The Priyayi". Indonesia. 19 (19): 57–77. doi: 10.2307/3350702. JSTOR 3350702. See epress.nus.edu.sg/seaways for a preview of the book and 250 archival images of the eastern archipelagoes. The Making of a Bureaucratic Elite: The Colonial Transformation of the Javanese Priyayi. Asian Studies Association of Australia. 1979. ISBN 978-0-7081-1814-6. This work, by Geoff Wade, identifies all of 3000+ references to Southeast Asia contained within the Ming Dynasty reign annals, and provides them to readers in English-language translation. The database is indexed for place- and personal names. In addition to the more obvious polities of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, the database also includes references to many Yunnan Tai polities that have since been incorporated within the Chinese state. This unique reference is a project of the Asia Research Institute and The Singapore E-Press, both of National University of Singapore.Kartomi, Margaret (21 September 2020). "Remembering Lance Castles, 5.1.1937 – 27.8.2020". Asian Studies Association of Australia . Retrieved 5 November 2021. Boomgaard, Peter, ed. (2007). "Geography as destiny?: The role of water in Southeast Asian history". A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories. Brill. pp.25–70. doi: 10.1163/9789004254015_003. ISBN 978-90-04-25401-5. Henley, D.; Boomgaard, P., eds. (2009). "5. Money in Makassar: Credit and Debt in an Eighteenth-Century VOC Settlement". Credit and Debt in Indonesia, 860-1930. pp.102–123. doi: 10.1355/9789812308474-007. ISBN 9789812308474.