Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 19 February 2020 for the following two presentations:“Development, Change and Modernization in Kampong Ayer over the Last Fifty Years” by Dr. Haji Tassim bin Abu Bakar;“Origins, Rank, Ethnic Homogeneity and Historiography: An Evaluation of Donald Brown’s Historical-Anthropological Work on Brunei” by Stephen C. Druce.For more information, please see the flyer below.

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 February 2020 for a talk by Dr. Victor T. King, Professor of Borneo Studies at IAS, on “Professor Donald E. Brown's Study of Brunei and His Contribution to Anthropology: An Evaluation.”For more information, please see the flyer below.

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to announce a seminar by Professor Wan Zawawi Ibrahim entitled “On the Making of Transnational Scholarship in the Periphery: Reflections of an Anthropologist.”This seminar is jointly sponsored by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at UBD.For more information, please see the flyer below.

Please join us at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, 4 November 2019, for a talk by Dr. Michael Leigh, on “Sarawak: The Making of Malaysia, and Dynamics of Politics” that is being jointly sponsored by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.For more information, please see the flyer below.

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 October 2019, for a talk by Dr. Lian Kwen Fee, on “The Political Construction of Race and Ethnic Identity in Malaysia/Singapore: Career of a Concept.”For more information, please see the flyer below.

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 October 2019, for a talk by Dr. Paul Carnegie, on “Rethinking Human Security in Southeast Asia.”For more information, please see the flyer below.

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 16 October 2019, for a talk by Dr. Stephen C. Druce of the Academy of Brunei Studies on “Collapsing the Mandala: Empirical Data from South Sulawesi versus Theoretical Models.”For more information, please see the flyer below.

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 09 October 2019, for a talk by Dr. Johannes L. Kurz on “2,000 Years of Brunei-China Relations: Reviewing Chinese Publications Since 1984.”For more information, please see the flyer below.

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 02 October 2019, for a talk by Professor Victor T. King on “Revisiting Social Organization and Ethnic Identities in Borneo.”For more information, please see the flyer below.

Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 25 September 2019, for a talk by Dr. Bruno Jetin, the Director of IAS, on “Rebalancing China’s Growth: The Role of Demand Regime.”For more information, please see the flyer below.