Power and Knowledge in Southeast Asia
My colleague, historian Rommel Curaming of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), has recently published a new book entitled Power and Knowledge in…
Asia in European Visual Culture Mosque Architecture in Brunei
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Rui Oliveira Lopes, an art historian in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) about two recent…
Brunei in Chinese Historical Sources
Chinese sources have been important for the writing of Southeast Asian history. In the colonial period, for instance, several scholars turned to Chinese historical materials in an effort to try…
A Conversation about the Mandala and Islam in South Sulawesi
One of the many things that I like about my work is that there are several historians who I can learn from, and I get the pleasure of making video…
Agrarian Transformation in Thailand, and Rural-Urban Interactions
One of the great joys of my work is making videos of conversations with scholars who research about Southeast Asia. It was my great pleasure and honor to recently make…
Encountering a Globalizing Regional University in Southeast Asia
One of my responsibilities in my current position is to make videos of discussions with scholars. The latest video is of a discussion that I had with Phan Lê Hà,…
Ooi Keat Gin, An Historical Encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, & the State of Southeast Asian Studies
In this video, Professor Victor T. King of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam continues his discussion with Professor Ooi Keat Gin, an historian in the School…
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Southeast Asia
I recently had a talk about China's Belt and Road Initiative with Bruno Jetin, an economist and the director of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. We…
Introducing Historian Ooi Keat Gin
Ooi Keat Gin is an historian who has written extensively on World War II and its aftermath on Borneo. Among his many works are Rising Sun over Borneo: The Japanese Occupation of Sarawak, 1941-1945 (Springer, 1999), The Japanese Occupation of Borneo, 1941-45 (Routledge, 2010) and Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950: Nationalism, Empire and State Building (Routledge, 2013).
I recently made this video of a conversation that anthropologist Victor T. King had with Ooi Keat Gin about his career and work, and I share it here with anyone who is interested in learning about this historian and his many writings.
A Conversation about Researching Gender and Sexuality with Dr. Khuất Thu Hồng, ISDS (Phần 1)
Last summer, in preparation for the 10th Engaging With Vietnam conference, we had a conversation with Dr. Khuất Thu Hồng, founder and director of the Institute for Social Development Studies…