Seminar on Borneo’s Economic Integration

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.

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Seminar on Community-Based Humanitarian Action in the Philippines

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.

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Seminar on the Sociology of the Everyday in Contemporary Brunei

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…

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Seminar on Chinese Language Education in Brunei Darussalam

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.

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Seminar on Publishing With Springer

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 “Book Publishing With Springer” by Alex Westcott Campbell, Senior Editor at Springer Nature.IAS publishes with Springer a successful book series called “Asia in Transition.” For more information about this series, please visit the Springer website.For more information about Alex Westcott Campbell’s talk, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Electric Vehicles and Critical Materials Dependency

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Electric Vehicles and Critical Materials Dependency: A Geopolitical Analysis” by Associate Professor Dr. Bruno Jetin.For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development of Kampong Ayer

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Climate Change the Sustainable Development of Kampong Ayer: Its History, People, and Environment” by Director of IAS Senior Assistant Professor Dk Dr. Noor Hasharina binti Pengiran Haji Hassan.For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Growth and Precarity in Southeast Asia

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 “Less Poverty, More Precarity: Squaring the Circle of Southeast Asian Development” by Professor Jonathan Rigg of the University of Bristol.Professor Rigg visited UBD in September 2023 as an Eminent Visiting Professor by invitation of FASS.For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on the Dusun in Brunei

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Who are the Dusun in Brunei? Representation and Deconstruction of an Ethnic Identity” by Professor Lian Kwen Fee of IAS.For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on China’s BRI in Malaysia and Indonesia

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “China’s BRI: Examining State Capitalism and Global Value Chains in Two Southeast Asian Countries” by Assistant Professor Angela Tritto of IAS. For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.

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