Read more about the article Paper on Elections in Fiji & the Soloman Islands
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Paper on Elections in Fiji & the Soloman Islands

Associate Professor Paul J. Carnegie of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) has just published a co-authored an introductory paper for a special issue of the Journal of Pacific Studies on the elections in Fiji (2018) and Solomon Islands (2019). To view this and the other papers in this special issue, please visit the Journal of Pacific Studies website. For more on Dr. Carnegie’s scholarship, please visit his IAS staff web page. Carnegie, P. J., Naidu, V. and Tarte, S. (2020). Elections and the chain of democratic choice. Journal of Pacific Studies, 40(2): 6-14.…

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December 22, 2020
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IAS November 2020 Newsletter

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to share its latest newsletter.Please scroll down to view the newsletter, or click here to download a pdf version with hyperlinks.

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December 14, 2020
Read more about the article Two New Books on Brunei Darussalam
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Two New Books on Brunei Darussalam

Dr. Victor T. King of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam and Dr. Stephen C. Druce of the Academy of Brunei Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam have just published two edited volumes with that cover a variety of issues pertaining to Bruneian society, both past and present.These two volumes have been published in the Routledge “Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia” series.The first volume, entitled Origins, History and Social Structure in Brunei Darussalam, is a wide-ranging book that is the first to re-evaluate the early history and historiography of Brunei Darussalam, the origins of the sultanate, its genealogical…

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December 3, 2020
Read more about the article Seminar on the Kampong in the Singaporean Imaginary
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Seminar on the Kampong in the Singaporean Imaginary

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 11 November 2020 for a talk by Dr. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad, Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at UBD and an Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) Research Associate, on “Beyond Nostalgia: Kampong, Place, Personhood, and Belonging in Contemporary Singapore.” This seminar is jointly sponsored by IAS and FASS. For more details, please see the flyer below

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November 3, 2020
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Victor T. King on Borneo Studies

Dr. Victor T. King, Professor of Borneo Studies at the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, sat down for a conversation about Borneo Studies, covering its past, present and future.Please view the video below to hear what Dr. King had to say.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6hUU8SFUog

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October 27, 2020
Read more about the article Meredian Alam on Youth Environmental Activism in Indonesia
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Meredian Alam on Youth Environmental Activism in Indonesia

Dr. Meredian Alam of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the Facultry of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) sat down for a conversation at the Institute of Asian Studies at UBD about his research on youth environmental activism in Indonesia. Please view the video to learn about this fascinating topic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8qpSm3pdSA

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October 26, 2020
Read more about the article Seminar on the History of Srivijaya and Chinese Sources
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Seminar on the History of Srivijaya and Chinese Sources

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 28 October 2020 for a talk by Dr. Johannes L. Kurz, Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of History and International Relations in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), on “Beyond Shilifoshi and Sanfoqi: Some Critical Remarks on the History of Srivijaya and Chinese Sources.”For more information, please see the flyer below.

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October 24, 2020
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Multidisiplinary Conference on Vietnam + ASEAN – Call for Proposals

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) would like to announce the call for proposals for an upcoming multidisciplinary conference on Vietnam and ASEAN.The 12th Engaging With Vietnam (EWV) Conference will be held in conjunction with the 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Conference in Kyoto, Japan from 24-27 August 2021, and IAS is a collaborating partner.The theme for the conference is "Engaging With Vietnam and ASEAN: Mobilities and Identities in an Age of Global Transformation.”Proposals for EWV 12 may involve topics from all disciplines in the Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities that deal…

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October 22, 2020
Read more about the article Transnational Scholarship in the Periphery: Reflections of an Anthropologist
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Transnational Scholarship in the Periphery: Reflections of an Anthropologist

Professor Wan Zawawi Ibrahim is an anthropologist who has published on a wide range of topics, from early work on the Malay peasantry to more recent writings on identity among the indigenous peoples of Sabah and Sarawak.In early 2020, “Prof Wan,” as he is affectionately known, presented a seminar at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) entitled “On the Making of Transnational Scholarship in the Periphery: Reflections of an Anthropologist.”https://youtu.be/I0qRY9SQ3yY

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October 21, 2020
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Keynote on Countering Militant Extremism in Indonesia

Associate Professor Paul Carnegie of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) gave a virtual keynote address on “Countering Militant Extremism in Indonesia” for the online Islamic Culture Society (ICS) Conference, Universitas Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia, 29-30th September 2020.The theme of the conference was “Countering Radicalism and Terrorism in the Digital Era: Reshaping a Global Peace Community.Dr. Carnegie’s talk discussed Indonesia's experience with militant extremism and the conditioning circumstances associated with its reproduction in discourse and practice. It then went on to consider what lessons we can draw from Indonesia’s previous responses to militant extremism especially…

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October 19, 2020