The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “The Long and Winding Road to Borneo’s Economic Integration” by Associate Professor Bruno Jetin (IAS).For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.
Senior Assistant Professor Sin Yee Koh delivered a webinar entitled “Crisis Infrastructuring: Malaysia My Second Home” hosted by the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC) on 5 February 2024. The webinar was co-hosted with the Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia (MASSA). Dr Koh’s talk was based on her recent publication, “Crisis Infrastructuring: The Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) Programme, 2018–2022.” The Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) visa program was introduced in 2002 and by the 2010s had become one the world’s most popular retirement and lifestyle migration programs. In recent years it has experienced a series of disruptions that dovetailed…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a joint seminar with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) on “Exploring Community-Based Humanitarian Action during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Urban Areas of the Philippines” by Assistant Professor Dr. Maria Carinnes Alejandria (FASS).For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.
Assistant Professor Angela Tritto together with Dr. Punto Wijayanto from Trisakti University in Jakarta have recently published a chapter titled “The Maritime Silk Road: Tourism, Heritage, Symbols and the People-to-People Dimension of China’s Heritage Diplomacy in Indonesia” in the book Heritage Conservation and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Routledge).The chapter examines the nexus of economic, cultural, and diplomatic activities that constitute China’s heritage diplomacy in Indonesia and is set in the context of the rising importance of Chinese tourists and investments in Indonesia’s tourism, which became a prominent part of the diplomatic talks in BRI forums to direct Chinese investments…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Mundane to Meaningful: Toward a Sociology of the Everyday in Contemporary Brunei” by Associate Professor Paul J. Carnegie.In this seminar, Dr. Carnegie discussed the sociology of the everyday approach, and introduced a recently published book in the IAS / Springer “Asia in Transition” book series that he co-edited with Professor Lian Kwen Fee and Dk Dr. Noor Hasharina Pg Hj Hassan (IAS) that employs this approach - (Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam: A Sociology of the Everyday.For more about the seminar, please see the flyer…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 77: Precarity Matters: Conceptual Travails in Southeast Asia by Paul J. Carnegie.Please see below for details. Download the Working Paper Abstract: Marginality, vulnerability and disadvantage are key concerns of the social sciences. Nevertheless, state-business-investment agendas, policies, and practices in Southeast Asia regularly downplay these issues.This paper examines the applicability of a precarity framework for deciphering the forces, processes, and interests shaping contemporary forms of jeopardy in the region. Using a selection of illustrative examples, it demonstrates that conceptualising precarity enhances…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is now accepting applications for the August 2024 intake to its MA and PhD in Asian Studies by research programs.For more information about these programs and for links to the application and scholarship information, please visit the IAS Graduate Studies web page.The deadline for submission is 29 February 2024.
Senior Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies Koh Sin Yee has recently published a co-authored editorial on “Way-finding agendas through Transactions” in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.The piece is the first in a series of occasional editorials where readers are guided through groups of papers recently published in the journal that the editorial board considers as being ‘way-finding’ contributions to geographical debates. In spotlighting these groups of curated papers, the editorial invites readers to use the papers to navigate and engage with ongoing conversations and discussions in the field.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “The Rise of China and Chinese Language Education in Brunei Darussalam” by Assistant Professor Dr. Hannah Ho Ming Yit of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at UBD.For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.
Senior Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies Koh Sin Yee co-organised a two-day workshop entitled “Decolonising Migration Studies?” with Professor Francis Collins (Waipapa Taumata Rau – University of Auckland) and Professor Brenda Yeoh (National University of Singapore).The workshop was held on 20-21 November 2023 at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. It included an open panel session where Dr Koh presented a paper.The workshop explored the relationship between colonialism and migration studies and addressed the future of the field in a time of intellectual decolonisation.