'Dr Luise Anna Hercus AM FAHA, and longtime member of AIATSIS, passed away in Canberra on Sunday 15 April. A former Reader in Sanskrit and Deputy Dean of Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Luise was a longtime Visiting Fellow in Linguistics in the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. She was an active member of the board of Aboriginal History and served for many years as the journal’s reviews editor.' (Introduction)