The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) is pleased to share its latest newsletter. Please click here to read about the activities of the Institute and the staff at IAS.
Distinguished Professor Victor T. King of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) presented the inaugural lecture in the Academy of Brunei Studies Distinguished Lecture Series.Entitled “Making the Malay World: Region-Formation in Interdisciplinary Perspective,” the talk was a reflection on Borneo and Borneo Studies in the Malay World.For more information, please see the flyer below.
Assistant Professor Sanjeev Routray of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) has recently published an article on aspects of the informal economy in Delhi, India.Entitled “Timepass’ and ‘Setting’: The Meanings, Relationships, and Politics of Urban Informal Work in Delhi” and published in Urban Studies, the abstract of the article is as follows:The engagement of people in extremely low-wage work in major cities of the Global South and their withdrawal from labour-organising activities arise from several factors. Among these is the hegemonic meaning construction of work as ‘timepass’ or leisure and as an opportunity for…
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.
Assistant Professor Sanjeev Routray of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (IAS @ UBD) has recently published a book with Stanford University Press entitled The Right to be Counted: The Urban Poor and The Politics of Resettlement in Delhi.The official description of the book is as follows:In the last 30 years, Delhi, the capital of India, has displaced over 1.5 million poor people. Resettlement and welfare services are available—but exclusively so, as the city deems much of the population ineligible for civic benefits. The Right to Be Counted examines how Delhi’s urban poor, in an effort to…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No 71: Reflections on a Livelihood Study of Sesan Riverine Communities in Cambodia and the Challenges of Transdisciplinary Research in the Global South by Ta-Wei Chu and Paul J. Carnegie. Please see below for details. Download the Working Paper Abstract: This paper contends that a state’s political-economic dynamics can have a key influence over the primary aims and rationale of conducting transdisciplinary projects in the Global South (TPGS). By reflecting on fieldwork experiences in the study of dam-induced problems in northeast…
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.
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.
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.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Brunei.Edited by Ooi Keat Gin (Professor, Academy of Brunei Studies, UBD and Honorary Professor, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia) and Victor T. King (Distinguished Professor of Borneo Studies, Institute of Asian Studies), this volume presents an overview of significant themes, issues, and challenges pertinent to Brunei Darussalam in the twenty-first century.Multidisciplinary in coverage, the contributions cover topics relating to philology, history, religion, language and literature, geography, international relations, economics, politics and sociocultural traditions. The back-cover description of the…