Read more about the article Seminar on Transnational Scholarship in the Periphery
Seminar Series

Seminar on Transnational Scholarship in the Periphery

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.

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January 27, 2020
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New Volume in Honour of Victor T. King

Professor Victor T. King of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam has been honored with a book that has been published in recognition of his contributions to the field of Southeast Asian Studies.The book is entitled Borneo and Sulawesi: Indigenous Peoples, Empires and Area Studies (Routledge, 2019) and is edited by Ooi Keat Gin.The description of the book states that,“This book presents a great deal of new research findings on the history of Borneo, the history of Sulawesi and the interrelationship between the two islands.  Some specific chapters focus on empires and colonizers, including the activities of…

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January 18, 2020
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Kelley on Vietnamese “Fringe History”

Associate Professor Liam C. Kelley of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam has just published an article on “The Centrality of ‘Fringe History’: Diaspora, The Internet and a New Version of Vietnamese Prehistory” in the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies.The abstract of the article is as follows:Until recently, virtually all information about the past in Vietnam was produced by scholars working for the state, mainly university professors, and published in print media. In recent years, however, private individuals have begun to make use of the Internet to offer new perspectives on the Vietnamese past, and in…

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January 16, 2020
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IAS Working Paper on Anthropologists at War in the Rainforest

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 52: ‘Wild Borneo’: Anthropologists at War in the Rainforest by Victor T. King. Please see below for details. Abstract: Dispute, disagreement, and debate are the very stuff of academic activity. The problem arises when the language of the debate takes on a personal dimension and the authority that is claimed in arguing in favour of a particular position, approach, or perspective becomes so entrenched that other voices are assigned to the margins. This paper reviews the origins and development of…

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January 6, 2020
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IAS Working Paper on Labour Cazualization in Developing States

The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 51: Rethinking the Limits of Public Service Labour Casualization in Developing States by Cordelia Belezaire. Please see below for details. Abstract: In the last three decades, labour casualization has become synonymous with Public Service reform in many developing countries. Reforms were meant to restructure and streamline public service delivery by establishing a more flexible workforce. Yet, labour casualization brings with it significant uncertainties such as diminished security of tenure, minimal employment protections, and no guarantee of long-term employment prospects. The…

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January 5, 2020
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Kurz on Brunei in Chinese Historical Sources, the Southern Tang Dynasty and Srivijaya

Dr. Johannes L. Kurz of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) sat down for a conversation at the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) about two recent talks that he gave: one on Chinese writings on the history of Brunei-China relations, and one on Chinese writings on the South China Sea.In the process, Dr. Kurz also talked about his research on the Southern Tang Dynasty and on Srivijaya.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoO67TBB06w&feature=youtu.be

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December 11, 2019
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Jammes Publishes Volume on Muslim Piety as Economy

Associate Professor Jeremy Jammes of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam has just published a co-edited volume with Associate Professor Johan Fischer of Roskilde University entitled Muslim Piety as Economy: Markets, Meaning and Morality in Southeast Asia (Routledge).The description of the book is as follows:“The first volume to explore Muslim piety as a form of economy, this book examines specific forms of production, trade, regulation, consumption, entrepreneurship and science that condition – and are themselves conditioned by – Islamic values, logics and politics. With a focus on Southeast Asia as a site of significant and diverse integration…

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December 9, 2019
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King Named Editor-in-Chief of Suvannabhumi

Victor T. King, Professor of Borneo Studies at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam has been appointed Editor-in-chief of the journal, Suvannabhumi: Multi-disciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. King was formerly the Co-editor.Suvannabhumi is the journal of the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies at Busan University of Foreign Studies and is devoted to the publication of scholarship on Southeast Asian Studies. Now in its eleventh year, the journal has recently been recognized by the Korean Citation Index.

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November 7, 2019
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Seminar on Sarawak and the Making of Malaysia

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.

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November 2, 2019