On 28 May 2024, the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) co-organised a conference, “Corruption and Illegality in Asian Investment Arbitration: Book Launch and Symposium” with UBD School of Business and Economics (SBE) and the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) at the Golden Jubilee Hall in the Law and Courts Building in Bandar Seri Begawan.  The IAS-SBE International Symposium on “Academic Perspectives on Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region” on 29 May 2023 has culminated in a conference volume entitled “Corruption and Illegality in Asian Investment Arbitration (Springer, 2024)”. This AGC-IAS-SEB event celebrated…

As part of a research project funded by University Brunei Darussalam (UBD), the Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) and the School of Business and Economics (SBE) at UBD co-hosted an international symposium on “Academic Perspectives on Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region” at ILIA Conference Room on 29 May 2023.The invited speakers analysed and discussed the mechanism of corruption related to foreign direct investment from legal and economic perspectives, using case studies from countries in the Asia Pacific region.The symposium was attended by 80 speakers and guests from Brunei and abroad, including Vice Chancellor Dr Hazri bin…

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to share the programme for the Universiti Brunei Darussalam – Borneo Studies Network (UBD-BSN) Borneo Studies Conference to be held 30 June - 1 July 2021.This conference is virtual, and the conference programme contains Zoom links to the sessions.Please see below for the programme or click here to download a pdf version of the programme.Please scroll to the bottom of each image to access the Zoom links. Opening Session Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocu-opzkoG9P4Lming1ll6r4p1SHbczXV Panel 1 Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/95738754528?pwd=TEdRZ1h4MmNFNWtyaW5wZWcvVitPUT09Panel 2 Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/96737806036?pwd=Z2djS3ArZ0NNbXRJQkMzR28xL0VNdz09 Panel 3 Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93513802814?pwd=Wm1qS3NTeVorTHRiNUx2N05TUTJlUT09Panel…

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to share the call for papers for the Universiti Brunei Darussalam – Borneo Studies Network conference on ″Borneo Within, Borneo Beyond‶ to be held at UBD from 30 June – 1 July 2021. For detailed information about the conference, please see the flyer below, or download a pdf version here.

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) would like to announce the call for proposals for an upcoming multidisciplinary conference on Vietnam and ASEAN.The 12th Engaging With Vietnam (EWV) Conference will be held in conjunction with the 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Conference in Kyoto, Japan from 24-27 August 2021, and IAS is a collaborating partner.The theme for the conference is "Engaging With Vietnam and ASEAN: Mobilities and Identities in an Age of Global Transformation.”Proposals for EWV 12 may involve topics from all disciplines in the Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities that deal…

On 30-31 July 2018 the Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam held a conference on “Changing Research Styles, Methodologies and Perspectives on Southeast Asia.”The conference was co-chaired by Professor Victor T. King (IAS) and Associate Professor Jeremy Jammes (IAS) and featured a keynote presentation by Jonathan Digby Rigg of the National University of Singapore. Papers were presented by Dr. Syed Farid al-Attas (NUS), Dr. Hoon Chang Yau (IAS), Dr. Zawasi Ibrahim (IAS/FASS), Dr. Kathrina Mohd Daud (FASS), Dr. Azmi Mohamad (Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies,…