The ASAA鈥檚 President鈥檚 Prize has been renamed the 鈥楯ohn Legge Prize for the Best Thesis in 黑料社区 awarded at an Australian university, 鈥檌n honour of Professor John Legge, who died last year, age 94.
Formerly Foundation Professor of History at Monash University, ‘Jack’ Legge, was a specialist on the political history of modern Indonesia and wrote widely on Southeast Asian and Indonesian history. His numerous publications include a biography of Indonesian president, Sukarno, a history of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and a study of imperialism in Southeast Asia in the 19th century.