Seminar on Smart City Development in Southeast Asia

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Urban Utopia or Pipe Dream: Examining Chinese Invested Smart City Development in Southeast Asia” by Assistant Professor Angela Tritto of IAS.For more information about the seminar, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on the State of Asian Studies

The Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) recently held a joint FASS-IAS seminar on “State of Asian Studies: Trajectories and Recent Tendencies” by Professor David Ludden of New York University.Professor Ludden visited UBD to present a keynote at, and participate in, a FASS conference on “Fluvial Phenomena: Re-engaging Rivers in the Anthropocene.”For more information about the joint FASS-IAS seminar, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Remittances and Development

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Rethinking the Remittances-Development Nexus: The Case of Sambas District, Indonesia” by Associate Professor Dr Fariastuti Djafar of Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia.For more information, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Pioneers and Critical Thinkers in Southeast Asian Studies

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a joint seminar with the Academy of Brunei Studies (APB) at UBD on “Southeast Asian Studies: Pioneers and Critical Thinkers” by Distinguished Professor Victor T. King (IAS) and Professor Ooi Kit Gin (APB).This was the first part of a two-part series of seminars on this topic.For more information, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Southeast Asian History

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Reconceptualizing Southeast Asian History: The Under-recognized Role of the Malay Peninsula, 600-1400” by Associate Professor Liam C. Kelley.For more information, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Migration Mobilities in Asia

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Migration Mobilities in Asia – Dialogue #1 Lifestyle Migration.” Facilitated by Senior Professor Koh Sin Yee (IAS), the seminar engaged with the work on mobility in Asia of Dr. Sirijit Sunanta (Mahidol University), Dr. Mayumi Ono (Notre Dame Seishin University), and Dr. Anindita Majumdar (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad).For more information, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Exporting Japanese Legal Ideas to the Mekong Subregion of ASEAN

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) held a seminar on “Exporting Japanese Legal Ideas to the Mekong Subregion of ASEAN” by Assistant Professor Nobumichi Teramura (IAS).For more information, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Cultural Boundaries Among the Dusun of Brunei and the Patani Malays of Mecca

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) together with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at UBD held a joint seminar on “Why Do Cultural Boundaries Matter: Reflections on the Dusun of Brunei and the Patani Malays of Mecca” by Professor Lian Kwen Fee (IAS) and Dr. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad (FASS, UBD).For more information, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Healthy Eating Habits in Children

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam will host a seminar by Dr. Noreena Liu Chin of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Universiti Brunei Darussalam entitled “Identifying Serious Games for Developing Healthy Eating Habits in Children.” The seminar will be held at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 23 March 2022.For more information, please see the flyer below.

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Seminar on Research in South Sulawesi

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam will host a seminar by Dr. Stephen C. Druce of the Academy of Brunei Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam entitled “Autonomous Histories, Indigenous Voices: Reflections on Research in South Sulawesi.” The seminar will be held at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 16 March 2022.For more information, please see the flyer below.

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