[TimorLesteStudies] TLSA tribute to Dr James Scambary

[Nadine Lobner]

Dear Colleagues,

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.

I am sending my deepest condolences to his friends and family.

Nadine Lobner


On Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 03:57 Michael Leach <mleach at swin.edu.au> wrote:

> TIMOR LESTE STUDIES ASSOCIATION MAILING LIST
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> 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.
>
>
>
> James rose to prominence with his groundbreaking studies on Timorese
> youth groups and martial arts gangs
> <http://www.etan.org/etanpdf/2006/Report_Youth_Gangs_in_Dili.pdf>. He
> became a well-known commentator on security and political issues in
> Timor-Leste, including his widely cited analyses
> <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14678800902925184>of the
> 2006-2007 political-military crisis, and a host of other publications
> <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q9TttCUAAAAJ&hl=en>.
>
>
>
> It 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.
>
> More 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.
>
>
>
> 4 July 2019 James launching his book with the community in Bairro Pite in
> Dili, where he did fieldwork and lived
>
>
>
>
> Sara Niner and Michael Leach
> Timor-Leste Studies Association
>
>
> <http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/staff-profiles/view.php?who=mleach>
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