Natasha Pairaudeau is a research associate of the Centre for History and Economics at the University of Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. She conducted field research in Vietnam’s uplands in conjunction with social development programmes from the mid-1990s, and later undertook a PhD in history at SOAS. Anthropological training and field work methods continue to inform her historical research, which addresses Asian migrations from the late 19th century and their role in shaping societies across Southeast Asia, particularly those of Vietnam and Burma.