The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam will host a seminar on Bruneian folklore by Dr Nur Qistin Mohd Harunthmarin (Ministry of Education). The talk is entitled “The Gothic Journey” and will be held at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 26 January 2022.For more information, please see the flyer below.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in the IAS/Springer “Asia in Transition” Series: Fieldwork and the Self: Changing Research Styles in Southeast Asia edited by Jérémy Jammes and Victor T. King. The chapters in this volume were developed from a conference held at UBD in 2018 that was organized by then director of IAS Jérémy Jammes, currently Professor in Anthropology and Asian studies at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Lyon, and Victor T. King, Senior Professor of Borneo Studies at IAS.Fieldwork and the Self…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in the IAS/Springer “Asia in Transition” Series: Vietnam at the Vanguard: New Perspectives Across Time, Space, and Community edited by Jamie Gillen, Liam C. Kelley, and Phan Le Ha. This transdisciplinary edited book explores new developments and perspectives on global Vietnam, touching on aspects of history, identity, transnational mobilities, heritage, belonging, civil society, linguistics, education, ethnicity, and worship practices.The chapters in Vietnam at the Vanguard were first presented at Engaging With Vietnam: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue (EWV), an annual…
Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 10 November 2021 for joint a seminar by Assistant Professor Merlin Franco (IAS) on “Persistence of Nipah Sugar in the Popular Foodways of Brunei Darussalam.”For more information, please see the flyer below.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume in the IAS/Springer “Asia in Transition” Series: Discourses, Agency and Identity in Malaysia: Critical Perspectives edited by Zawawi Ibrahim, Gareth Richards, and Victor T. King. Discourses, Agency and Identity in Malaysia: Critical Perspectives seeks to break new ground, both empirically and conceptually, in examining discourses of identity formation and the agency of critical social practices in Malaysia. Taking an inclusive cultural studies perspective, it questions the ideological narrative of ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’ that dominates explanations of conflicts and…
Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 20 October 2021 for joint IAS-FASS seminar by Associate Professor Dr James McLellan (FASS) on “Borneo and Mindanao: A Comparative Study of Translanguaging Practices, Identity Projection, Negotiation and Concealment.”For more information, please see the flyer below.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to share its latest newsletter.To learn about the work of the Institute and its researchers, please see below.To view previous IAS newsletters, please click here. October 2021 Newsletter (Please refresh the page if the newsletter does not load.)
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Lisa Arensen has recently published a paper entitled “Living with Landmines: Inhabiting a War-Altered Landscape.”Published in Material Culture, this article examines the efforts of the inhabitants of Reakshmei Songha village in western Cambodia to live in an environment that is littered with the material remains of war.To view the article, please visit the Material Culture website.To learn more about Dr. Arensen’s scholarship, please visit her IAS staff web page.Arensen, L. (2021). “Living with Landmines: Inhabiting a War-Altered Landscape.” Material Culture (online first): 1-16. Doi:…
Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 13 October 2021 for a talk by Associate Professor Dr Abdillah Noh (FASS) on “Change Agents in Political Consolidation in Malaysia: Part of a Solution or Part of the Problem.”For more information, please see the flyer below.
Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 06 October 2021 for a talk by Dr. Lisa Arensen (IAS) on “Cooling the Land: Sacred Topographies & Land Use Management on Cambodia’s Kulen Plateau.”For more information, please see the flyer below.