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From: Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
List Editor: Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Editor's Subject: H-ASIA: Professor Barrie Morrison
Author's Subject: H-ASIA: Professor Barrie Morrison
Date Written: Wed, 1 May 2013 23:09:08 -0700
Date Posted: Fri, 02 May 2013 02:09:08 -0400

H-ASIA
April 30, 2013

Professor Barrie Morrison
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From: Peter Harnetty <pxh@shaw.ca>

I forward sad news--the message below from Harjot Oberoi reports
that Barrie Morrison passed away this past week.

Sincerely,

Peter

Peter Harnetty
UBC
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From: Oberoi, Harjot Singh

Dear Colleagues:

I am saddened to write that Professor Barrie Morrison passed away on
North Pender Island on April 26, 2013.   A memorial service will be
held at 2 pm on May 2, 2013 at the Community Centre on North Pender
Island.  It was a great honour to have Professor Morrison as a
colleague, mentor and teacher.  He was an influential promoter of
Asian Studies across Canada.  Professor Morrison was instrumental in
setting up of the Canadian Association of Asian Studies.  In the
Department for many years he taught a very popular course on Monsoon
Asia.  He was also the first to teach a course on Indian Literature
in Translation.  In his research work, Professor Morrison was deeply
interested in transnational issues, particularly the formation and
functioning of agrarian societies in Asia.  Although formally trained
as a historian of early South Asia, he conducted extensive research
in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and contemporary Kerala.

In case any colleagues/students who had the privilege to work with
Professor Morrison and would like to share their memories of him with
us, please write to me.  We will post these on the Department's web
site.


Harjot Oberoi
Acting Department Head
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Ed. note: I first met Barrie Morrison in December 1961 on my first
visit to the Harper Library.  I was introduced by Maureen Patterson,
the legendary South Asia Bibliographer at Chicago.  I am trying to
pull together some scattered memories of my contacts with Barrie,
especially after I arrived in Seattle and would meet him in our
twice-yearly South Asia Colloquium of the Pacific Northwest meetings
in Seattle and Vancouver.  We hope to have a further obituary notice
published on H-ASIA in the near future.                 FFC
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