The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “The Myth of Homogeneity: Asian Values and the Cultural Limits of the “Global South”” by Prof. Chang-Yau Hoon, Visiting Professor at IAS, Universiti Brunei Darussalam; Professor and Director of the International Office at Singapore University of Social Sciences.
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Chang-Yau HOON
Visiting Professor
PhD (The University of Western Australia)
Email: cyhoon@suss.edu.sg
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About
Chang-Yau Hoon is Professor and Director of the International Office at Singapore University of Social Sciences. He was formerly Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Asian Studies, and Director of the Centre for Advanced Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He is also Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Professor Hoon specializes in Chinese diaspora, identity politics, multiculturalism, and religious and cultural diversity in contemporary Southeast Asia. His latest books include Christianity and the Chinese in Indonesia: Ethnicity, Education and Enterprise (Liverpool University Press, 2023); Southeast Asia in China: Historical Entanglements and Contemporary Engagements (with Ying-kit Chan, Lexington Press, 2023); and Stability, Growth and Sustainability: Catalysts for Socio-economic Development in Brunei Darussalam (co-edited, ISEAS Publishing, 2023). His article published in Asia Pacific Viewpoint was awarded Wiley Top Cited Article 2022-2023 and his Asian Ethnicity article in 2006 was ranked the most cited article of all time.
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Research Interests
- Chinese diaspora
- Identity politics
- Multiculturalism
- Cultural diversity
- China-ASEAN Relations
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Monographs
2026 – Navigating the Chinese Experience in Brunei Darussalam: Heritage and Horizons, Palgrave (Contracted on 16 February 2025)
2024 – China’s Cultural Diplomacy in Indonesia, Trends in Southeast Asia, Issue 4. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, with Ardhitya Eduard Yeremia.
2023 – Christianity and the Chinese in Indonesia: Ethnicity, Education and Enterprise, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
2023 – Southeast Asia in China: Historical Entanglements and Contemporary Engagements, with Ying-kit Chan, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.
2012 – 當代印尼華人的認同, 群学出版有限公司, 台北。
2012 – Identitas Tionghoa Pasca Suharto: Budaya, Politik dan Media, Jakarta: Yayasan Nabil dan LP3ES.
2008 – Chinese Identity in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Culture, Politics and Media, Brighton: Sussex Academic Press.
Edited Books
2026 – Negotiating Belonging in Borneo: Narratives of Ambivalence, Springer (Contracted on 5 March 2025).
2026 – Social Welfare Over the Life Course in Brunei Darussalam, edited with Aris Ananta, Siti Mazidah and Mahani Hamdan, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing. (Forthcoming)
2023 – Stability, Growth and Sustainability: Catalysts for Socio-economic Development in Brunei Darussalam, edited with Aris Ananta and Mahani Hamdan, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing.
2021 – Contesting Chineseness: Nation, Ethnicity and Identity in China and Southeast Asia, edited with Ying-kit Chan, Singapore: Springer.
2014 – Catalysts of Change: Chinese Business in Asia, edited with Thomas Menkhoff, Chay Yue Wah and Hans-Dieter Evers, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.
2013 – Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging, edited with Sai Siew Min, London and New York: Routledge.