Read more about the article Working Paper on Beyond Translation: Liu Zhi’s “Five Watches of the Moon” and Islamic Literature in Early Qing China
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Working Paper on Beyond Translation: Liu Zhi’s “Five Watches of the Moon” and Islamic Literature in Early Qing China

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No. 91: Beyond Translation: Liu Zhi’s “Five Watches of the Moon” and Islamic Literature in Early Qing China by Lee Cheuk Yin, Visiting Professor at IAS, UBD. Please see below for details. Download the Working Paper Abstract:In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, a group of Islamic scholars who were proficient in Chinese and had a deep understanding of Confucianism appeared, who wrote in Chinese, translated or extended the original text of the Qur'an in Chinese, and promoted Islamic teachings. Their…

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June 16, 2026
Read more about the article Seminar on The Art of Quiet Activism: Navigating “Civic Subjecthood” in A Southeast Asian Kingdom
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Seminar on The Art of Quiet Activism: Navigating “Civic Subjecthood” in A Southeast Asian Kingdom

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “The Art of Quiet Activism: Navigating “Civic Subjecthood” in A Southeast Asian Kingdom” by Dr. Mu'izz Abdul Khalid, Southeast Asian Studies, Universiti Malaya.

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June 10, 2026
Read more about the article Seminar on The Likely Very Strong 2026/27 EL Nino: Anticipating Hotter, Drier Conditions and Associated Impacts and Risks in Brunei Darussalam and Borneo
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Seminar on The Likely Very Strong 2026/27 EL Nino: Anticipating Hotter, Drier Conditions and Associated Impacts and Risks in Brunei Darussalam and Borneo

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “The Likely Very Strong 2026/27 EL Nino: Anticipating Hotter, Drier Conditions and Associated Impacts and Risks in Brunei Darussalam and Borneo” by Prof. Fredolin Tangang, FASS, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

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May 29, 2026
Read more about the article Seminar on Innovation in Climate Policy in Cities and the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities
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Seminar on Innovation in Climate Policy in Cities and the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) recently held a seminar on “Innovation in Climate Policy in Cities and the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities” by Prof. Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira, FGV EAESP & University of Manchester

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May 29, 2026
Read more about the article Working Paper on Intelligent Blue Frontiers: Digital Technologies and the Re-imagination of Coastal Urbanism in Brunei Darussalam
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Working Paper on Intelligent Blue Frontiers: Digital Technologies and the Re-imagination of Coastal Urbanism in Brunei Darussalam

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No. 92: Intelligent Blue Frontiers: Digital Technologies and the Re-imagination of Coastal Urbanism in Brunei Darussalam by Izni Azrein Noor Azalie. Please see below for details. Download the Working Paper Abstract:Small coastal-or blue-cities face a dual mandate: to decarbonise and diversify while sustaining fragile estuarine ecologies and cultural lifeworlds. Using Brunei Darussalam as a case, this paper conceptualises how frontier digital–intelligent technologies - the Internet of Things (IoT), the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) - can catalyse sustainable urban…

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May 26, 2026
Read more about the article New journal article on environment and planning by IAS researcher
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New journal article on environment and planning by IAS researcher

Assistant Professor Sanjeev Routray recently published a journal article entitled "Articulations: Production and social reproduction in an industrial neighborhood of Delhi" in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space.The paper examines the articulation of capitalist relations with caste, ethnic, gender, and spatial relations in context-specific ways, which not only produce a structure of domination but also “minor liberations” in an industrial neighborhood in Delhi. The articulation of capitalist relations with these relations overdetermines two specific dynamics: (1) skilling, deskilling, and reskilling, and (2) social reproduction. By drawing on Stuart Hall’s framework of articulation, I show how capital leverages social differences…

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April 20, 2026
Read more about the article New journal article on ethnography by IAS researcher
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New journal article on ethnography by IAS researcher

Assistant Professor Sanjeev Routray recently published a journal article entitled "Fieldwork encounters: Navigation of relationships and the conundrums of ethnographic knowledge production" in Ethnography.The paper examines the methodological challenges of conducting ethnographic research in complex research settings underpinned by social inequalities and power relations. It analyses how the quests for validity and mutuality were undermined by recurrent doubts that saturated relationships with my interlocutors—displaced communities and individuals occupying positions of power in Delhi. By examining authorial voices and silences, as well as the prevailing fault lines, it highlights the issues of trust, surveillance, and the need to deploy guerrilla research techniques…

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April 16, 2026