<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear Colleagues, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am very sad to hear those news. Dr James Scambary has been under those people and scholars who makes one understand that it's worthwhile to keep doing your best. I will always admire him for his great contributions and for his humble and kind personality. I am very glad I had the chance to meet him in person, he will remain as very special in my memories. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am sending my deepest condolences to his friends and family. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Nadine Lobner </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 03:57 Michael Leach <<a href="mailto:mleach@swin.edu.au" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mleach@swin.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">TIMOR LESTE STUDIES ASSOCIATION MAILING LIST
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">It is with great sadness that we have learned of the
passing of our colleague and friend Dr James Scambary. He died peacefully last night in hospital with close family around him.<u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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rose to prominence with his groundbreaking studies on <a href="http://www.etan.org/etanpdf/2006/Report_Youth_Gangs_in_Dili.pdf" title="http://www.etan.org/etanpdf/2006/Report_Youth_Gangs_in_Dili.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Timorese
youth groups and martial arts gangs</span></a>. He became a well-known commentator on security and political issues in Timor-Leste, including his widely cited <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14678800902925184" title="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14678800902925184" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">analyses </span></a>of
the 2006-2007 political-military crisis, and a host of other <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q9TttCUAAAAJ&hl=en" title="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q9TttCUAAAAJ&hl=en" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">publications</span></a>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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is perhaps less well-known that James had worked in Community Radio in Lospalos in the early 2000s. James was also centrally involved in the establishment of Timor-Leste Studies Association, as one of the main organisers of first two TLSA research conferences
in Dili, in 2009 and 2011. James went on to complete his PhD at ANU, and secured a research fellowship at Deakin University in Melbourne. James was most recently a Lecturer at RMIT University.<br>
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importantly, James was a wonderful colleague and a great friend to many in Australia, Timor-Leste, Portugal, Brasil and elsewhere. His amiable demeanour was always combined with an entertaining wit, an insightful quick mind and a deep sense of justice. He
will be sorely missed by all his colleagues and the TLSA sends its deepest condolences to his family.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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