The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “From the Sociology of the "Social" to the Sociology of the "Cultural": East-West Parallels and the Southeast Asian Context” by Distinguished Professor Victor King (IAS).For more information, please see the flyer below.
Senior Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies Koh Sin Yee participated in the 8th Network of ASEAN-China Academic Institutes (NACAI) International Symposium on 14th November 2024 in Shanghai. The symposium was hosted by the Center for China’s Relations with Neighbouring Countries, Fudan University.
Senior Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies Koh Sin Yee recently published a journal article entitled Post-2020 Mainland Chinese Student Mobility to Malaysia: Trends and Drivers in Asian Population Studies. The article is co-authored with Professor Brenda Yeoh (National University of Singapore). The article provides a brief report on the recent trend characterised by a substantial increase in application and enrolment numbers from Chinese students to Malaysia for tertiary education. It argues that this trend must be viewed through the lens of historical and contemporary interactions between Malaysia and China, alongside Malaysia’s evolving higher education landscape and internationalisation efforts.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held seminars on “Digital and Green Translations: Opportunities and Challenges for Europe and China” by Professor Roberta Rabellotti (University of Pavia (Italy)) and "Census-Taking and the Colonial Project: Sarawak and Brunei" by Professor Lian Kwen Fee (IAS@UBD).For more information, please see the flyers below.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Greenfield Smart Cities in Myanmar: Politics and Technicalities of Pipe Dreams” by Assistant Professor Dr Angela Tritto (IAS).For more information, please see the flyer below.
Assistant Professor of the Institute of Asian Studies Dr Nobumichi Teramura recently published an open access book chapter on JICA’s Legal Technical Assistance Projects in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Since the 1990s in Liam C Kelly and Gerard Sasges (eds), Vietnam Over the Long Twentieth Century (Springer 2024). Dr Teramura also co-authored an open-access journal article entitled Lawyers and Non-Lawyers in International Arbitration: Discovering Diminishing Diversity in Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review. The abstracts of the two publications can be found below: - Nobumichi Teramura, ‘JICA’s Legal Technical Assistance Projects in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos since…
Senior Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies Koh Sin Yee recently published an open access journal article on The Trends and Patterns of Informal Housing Practices in Australia in Urban Policy and Research. The article is co-authored with researchers from Monash University, Australia: Fuad Yasin Huda, Liton Kamruzzaman, Sanaz Nikfalazar, Dharmalingam Arunachalam, and Dickson Lukose. The article reports on a study documenting informal housing practices in Australian cities using 2021–2022 data gathered through web scraping. The findings reveal a significant weekly gap between demand and supply, seasonal demand spikes, and spatial mismatches. These insights highlight the need for targeted population-, place-, and time-based…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 81: Wisdom of the East:Zheng He and his Maritime Expeditions by Senior Professor Lee Cheuk Yin (IAS).Please see below for details. Download the Working Paper Abstract: About 600 years ago, a huge fleet with more than 27,000 men set sail from the Liujia harbour in Nanjing to begin China’s first-ever large-scale oceanic journey, marking a brilliant chapter in the maritime history of mankind. The Zheng He expeditions were the largest naval expedition during that period as it comprised of as…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Facilitating Mainland Chinese Student Mobilities to Malaysia: Student Agents, Social Media, and Brokerage Tactics” by Senior Assistant Professor Dr Sin Yee Koh (IAS).For more information, please see the flyer below.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Can Money But Happyness? Income and Multidimensional Life Satisfaction in Brunei Darussalam” by Senior Assistant Professor Dr. Ly Slesman @ Sulaiman bin Mohd Aliis (CARe).For more information, please see the flyer below.