Lian Kwen Fee

Professor
PhD (Victoria University of Wellington)

Room: FASS 2.26

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About

Lian Kwen Fee is Professor of Sociology. He has previously held positions in Victoria University of Wellington and at the National University of Singapore where he was Head of Sociology. His research background is in political and historical sociology. He is currently working on two book projects, “International Migration in the Middle East and Asia: Politics of Exclusion” and “Landscapes of Brunei”.

CV of Dr. Lian Kwen Fee

Research Interests

     • Race and State
     • Ethnic Identity and Citizenship
     • Multiculturalism
     • Migration

Select Publications

Lian Kwen Fee, Paul J. Carnegie, and Noor Hasharina Hassan, (2022). (Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam: A Sociology of the Everyday. IAS/Springer Asia in Transition Series. Singapore: Springer.

Carnegie, P.J. and Lian Kwen Fee (2022) Deciphering Contemporary Brunei: Notes on a Sociology of the Everyday. Brunei Museum Journal 2022, pp. 73-93.

“Tamil Migrants in Colonial Malaya 1930s – 1950s”, South Asian Diaspora (2017)

(co-authored) “Race, Reintegration and Social Capital in Singapore”, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (2016)

(contributing editor) (2016) International Migration in Southeast Asia: Continuities and Discontinuities, Singapore: IAS and Springer.

(contributing editor) (2016) Multiculturalism, Migration, and the Politics of Identity in Singapore, Singapore: IAS and Springer.

(co-author) (1995) The Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singapore, London: Routledge.

News

IAS Working Paper on Methodological Approaches to the Study of Ethnic Identity

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 75: Identity Matters: Methodological Travails from Malaysia to Indonesia by Lian Kwen Fee. It is fitting that this landmark 75th working paper is written by Prof. Lian, as he has contributed extensively to the Institute […]

Seminar on the Dusun in Brunei

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Who are the Dusun in Brunei? Representation and Deconstruction of an Ethnic Identity” by Professor Lian Kwen Fee of IAS. For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.

New IAS/Springer Volume on Brunei Darussalam

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in the IAS/Springer “Asia in Transition” Series, (Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam: A Sociology of the Everyday edited by Lian Kwen Fee, Paul J. Carnegie and Noor Hasharina Hassan (IAS). This book has been made open […]

Seminar on Cultural Boundaries Among the Dusun of Brunei and the Patani Malays of Mecca

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) together with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at UBD held a joint seminar on “Why Do Cultural Boundaries Matter: Reflections on the Dusun of Brunei and the Patani Malays of Mecca” by Professor Lian Kwen Fee (IAS) and Dr. Muhammad […]

Joint FASS-IAS Research Project: Who are the Dusun in Brunei?

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is carrying out a research project on the Dusun in Brunei together with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at UBD. Funded by FASS, this B$23,000 research project is entitled “Making Sense of ‘Dusunness’: Representing and Deconstructing Ethnic Identity.” The project […]

Working Paper on the Dusun in Brunei

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 67: Who are the Dusun in Brunei? Representation and Deconstruction of an Ethnic Identity by Lian Kwen Fee, Yabit Alas, Tong Chee Kiong, and Faizul Ibrahim. Please see below for details. Download the Working Paper […]

IAS Working Paper on the Iban of Melilas, Ulu Belait

Working Paper No 56: The Iban of Melilas, Ulu Belait: From Migrants to Citizens by Mahirah Nazatul Hazimah and Lian Kwen Fee. Please see below for details. Abstract: There are an estimated 14,000 to 20,000 Iban living in Brunei, most of them in the Ulu Belait and Temburong districts. They migrated to Brunei from Sarawak […]

IAS Working Paper on Race and Ethnic Identity in Malaysia and Singapore

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 53: Retracing the Political Construction of Race and Ethnic Identity in Malaysia and Singapore: Career of a Concept by Lian Kwen Fee. Please see below for details. Abstract: In this paper, I trace the development […]

Seminar on the Political Construction of Race and Ethnic Identity in Malaysia/Singapore

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 October 2019, for a talk by Dr. Lian Kwen Fee, on “The Political Construction of Race and Ethnic Identity in Malaysia/Singapore: Career of a Concept.” For more information, please see the flyer below.

New Asia in Transition Volume on International Labour Migration in the Middle East and Asia

The Insitute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in the IAS/Springer – Asia in Transition Series: International Labour Migration in the Middle East and Asia: Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion, edited by Lian Kwen Fee, Hosoda Naomi and Ishii Masako. Abstract: […]