Myra Mentari Abubakar is a PhD scholar at the Department of Gender, Media and Cultural Studies at the School of Culture, History, and Language, under the supervision of Shameem Black, Anthony Reid, Ronit Ricci and Eva Nisa. Her thesis, entitled A Study of Female Heroism in Indonesia, theorises the concept of female heroism in Indonesia and evaluates the evolving significance of this concept from the nineteenth century to the present. She explores the historical processes and cultural and political narratives that have shaped what constitutes a female hero in Indonesia. Myra is presently an Evans Fellow at the University of Cambridge (2023–2024) and a visiting researcher at the National University of Singapore (2024). She also teaches Indonesian language, Indonesia Politic and Culture for ANU, UNSW and DFAT.