Seminars on “Digital and Green Transitions” and “Census-Taking”

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.

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Seminar on Greenfield Smart Cities in Myanmar

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.

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New Open-Access Publications on Asian Law and Arbitration by IAS Staff

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 the…

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New Journal Article on Informal Housing Practices by IAS Staff

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…

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Working Paper on Zheng He

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…

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Seminar on Chinese Student Mobilities to Malaysia

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.

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Seminar on Money and Happiness

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.

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IAS April 2024 Newsletter

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to share its latest newsletter.Please click here to read about the activities of the Institute and the staff at IAS.

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IAS Researcher participates in the Belt and Road Initiative and Student-Mobilities in China-Southeast Asia (BRISM) Workshop Meeting

Senior Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies Koh Sin Yee participated in the Belt and Road Initiative and Student-Mobilities in China-Southeast Asia (BRISM) Workshop Meeting held on 22-23 August 2024 at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.Dr Koh is the Country Researcher for Malaysia in this two-year project funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 2. The project aims to document the ways China is shaping tertiary education spaces and new circuits of mobility among youths in Southeast Asia. The study employs a cross-disciplinary conceptual and methodological approach to study regional student mobility…

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Seminar on Construction Workers in India

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Who is a Construction Worker? Bureaucratic Arbitrariness, Entrepreneurial Unions, and Performances of Eligibility in Delhi” by Assistant Professor Dr. Sanjeev Routray (IAS).For more information, please see the flyer below.

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