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.
IAS would like to congratulate Dr Chang-Yau Hoon’s promotion to Professor with effect from 03 December 2022. Professor Hoon joined IAS on 26 June 2016 as Associate Professor of Anthropology.Professor Hoon was the Director of Centre for Advanced Research from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2022. He is currently also a Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.Dr. Hoon has held visiting positions at Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copehagen (2008), Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta (2003 & 2010), Fudan University, Shanghai (2017), Guangxi University for Nationalities,…
Professor Chang-Yau Hoon of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam has recently co-edited a book with UBD colleagues Aris Ananta (Visiting Professor at CARe) and Mahani Hamdan (Director of IPS) on Stability, Growth and Sustainability: Catalysts for Socio-economic Development in Brunei Darussalam (Singapore: ISEAS).The book examines the current socio-economic development in the journey toward a diversified social economy, as targeted in Brunei Vision 2035. By examining the unique context of Brunei, this book fills in the gap on studies focusing on socio-economic diversification. It highlights the importance of the environment, digital technology and human capital in the…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to announce the publication of a new open access volume in the IAS/Springer “Asia in Transition” Series entitled Discursive Approaches to Politics in Malaysia: Legitimising Governance edited by Kumaran Rajandran and Charity Lee. This open access book examines Malaysian politics using a linguistic perspective. It explores how language serves to (de)legitimise governance, and its subsequent policies and activities in Malaysia.Grounded in discourse studies, this edited volume presents research on the discourses produced by and on Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional from 2008 to 2020,…
Associate Professor Liam C. Kelley of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) has recently published an article on “Sinology in Vietnam” in the Journal of Chinese History.Sinology is the study of “China,” and although the Vietnamese educated elite read and wrote classical Chinese for centuries, this paper argues that it is only in the twentieth century that a body of knowledge emerged in Vietnam that we can refer to as “Sinology,” as it was only at that time that nationalist concepts took hold and the educated elite came to see the world in terms…
Professor Chang-Yau Hoon of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam has recently co-authored a book together with Ying-kit Chan of the National University of Singapore entitled Southeast Asia in China: Historical Entanglements and Contemporary Engagements (Lexington Books, 2023).This volume examines various interactions and connections between Southeast Asia and China, both historical and contemporary, and it is innovative in that it attempts to do so from a Southeast Asian perspective.Professor David Shambaugh from George Washington University, who is also the author of Where Great Powers Meet: American & China in Southeast Asia commented that: “This unique volume is…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Asia-Pacific Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Professor Luke Nottage of the University of Sydney Law School.Professor Nottage visited UBD from 28 May until 2 June 2023 as an Eminent Visiting Professor by invitation of IAS.While at UBD, Professor Nottage presented a keynote lecture at an international symposium on “Academic Perspectives on Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region” that was co-hosted by IAS and the School of Business and Economics (SBE) at UBD. Professor Nottage also…
Senior Assistant Professor Sin Yee Koh of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) has co-edited a journal special issue entitled “The Urbanising Dynamics of Global China: Speculation, Articulation, and Translation in Global Capitalism” with Professor Hyun Bang Shin (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Dr Yimin Zhao (Renmin University of China).Published in the journal, Urban Geography, the special issue contains four research articles and a commentary by Professor Tim Bunnell (National University of Singapore).Here is the full abstract of the special issue introduction:The assembled papers in this special issue jointly explore the…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently invited Professor Luke Nottage of the University of Sydney Law School to UBD from 28 May until 2 June 2023 as an Eminent Visiting Professor.While at UBD, Professor Nottage presented a keynote lecture at an international symposium on “Academic Perspectives on Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region” that was co-hosted by IAS and the School of Business and Economics (SBE) at UBD. Professor Nottage also gave lectures at the Brunei Darussalam Arbitration Centre (BDAC) and the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC).On 30 May 2023, Professor…
Senior Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Asian Studies Koh Sin Yee was a panellist on the Urban Futures panel at the LSE SEAC-KRI Malaysia Futures Forum, held on 31 May and 1 June in Kuala Lumpur. The 2-day forum was co-organised by the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE SEAC), and the Khazanah Research Institute (KRI).The purpose of the forum was to bring together leading scholars, policymakers and thought leaders to discuss an provide insights into Malaysia’s future.The other panellists on the Urban Futures panel were…