Tessa Morris-Suzuki is Professor Emerita in the School of History, Culture and Language at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Professor Morris-Suzuki researches the modern history of East Asia, with a particular focus on Japan, Korea and Far Eastern Russia (especially Sakhalin).

Her work focuses on migration, borders, ethnic minorities, cross-border history debates and grassroots social movements. She also has an interest in the role of art in history, including the work of Australian artists in Japan, and the life and work of British orientalist illustrator E. J. Detmold.