Tessa Morris-Suzuki is an Emeritus Professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, and a past President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia. Her main research fields are modern East Asian history, focusing particularly on Japan and its region and addressing subjects including migration, frontiers, minority communities and grassroots social movements. From 2013-2018 she held an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellowship. Her recent publications include On the Frontiers of History: Rethinking East Asian Borders (ANU Press, 2020) and Japan’s Living Politics: Grassroots Action and the Crises of Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki was selected as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (FAIIA) 2020 for her distinguished contribution to understanding of East Asian transnational history, politics, and society.