Jemma Purdey joined the IRIP Board in September 2007. She is author of From Vienna to Yogyakarta: The life of Herb Feith. Until his sudden death in 2001, Herb was one of Inside Indonesia’s earliest and long-time supporters. Jemma’s interest in Indonesia came via her passion for human rights causes beginning in the early 1990s and an interest in knowing more about our near neighbours. Jemma has spent extended periods of time travelling, studying and researching in Indonesia. She wrote a PhD on anti-Chinese violence in Indonesia during the last years of the New Order and after reformasi. She now works as a researcher in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University .