THE INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (IKMAS)\u00a0UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA\u00a0cordially\u00a0invites you to:<\/p>\n
IKMAS\u00a0SEMINAR\u00a0SERIES\u00a0NO.8\/2016<\/p>\n
Title \u00a0: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Seminar on the 2016 Sarawak State Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n Date : \u00a0 \u00a0 6th June\u00a02016 (Mon<\/strong>day)<\/strong><\/p>\n Time : \u00a0 \u00a0 10.00 am – 12.30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Venue : \u00a0\u00a0IKMAS Seminar Room, IKMAS UKM<\/strong><\/p>\n Abstract<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n The Sarawak Barisan Nasional, the incumbent governing coalition under the leadership of Chief Minister Adenan Satem, won 72 out of 82 seats \u2013 almost a clean sweep, surpassing Adenan Satem\u2019s own expectation. Why did Sarawakians voted overwhelmingly for the Barisan Nasional? Conversely, why did the opposition parties fared badly? These two intriguing questions will be the focus of this seminar. Apart from that, this seminar will also discuss the 2016 election at the micro level by looking at the local dynamics in several urban and rural seats in Sibu, Kuching and Sri Aman. Among the local dynamics that will be analyzed are the campaign strategies of the contesting parties and candidates; the campaign issues; vote-buying; the role of local strongmen; the power play between local component parties and the dynamics of national and local leaders. In addition to discussing the salient features of the election, this seminar will also look at the meaning of the 2016 election to Sarawak domestic politics and Sarawak\u2019s relations with the federal government in Putrajaya.<\/p>\n The Speakers:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Associate Prof. Dr Faisal S. Hazis<\/strong>\u00a0is the Head of Centre for Asian Studies and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His research interests include electoral politics, state-society relations, democracy and civil movements. Faisal has studied Sarawak politics for over 18 years and published numerous books and articles on the subject. Among the notable ones are \u2018Domination and Contestation: the Muslim Bumiputera Politics in Sarawak\u2019 (ISEAS Press), \u2018The Politics of Development in Sarawak\u2019 (UKM Press) and \u2018Patronage, Power and Prowess: Barisan Nasional\u2019s Dominance in East Malaysia\u2019 (USM Press).<\/p>\n Associate Prof. Dr Richard Mason<\/strong>\u00a0is Senior Fellow at the \u00a0Institute of Malaysian and International Studies. His main research interest is in the area of American studies, with particular reference to American foreign relations in Asia during the Cold War era. He is also interested in modern and contemporary Malaysian history and politics, with particular reference to Sarawak; and has written on Sarawak state\u2019s elections during the late 1980s and early 1990s, focusing electioneering among the Dayak.<\/p>\n Associate Prof. Dr Helen Ting Mu Hung<\/strong>\u00a0is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her research interests include, among others, interethnic and interreligious relations, the politics of national identity and national history, as well as democratization. This is her first foray into electoral politics. Her publications include \u2018Institutional Reforms and Bi-party Political System: Beyond Expedient Multiculturalism\u2019, \u2018The Politics of National Identity in West Malaysia: Continued Mutation or Critical Transition?\u2019 and \u2018Gender Discourse in Malay Politics: Old Wine in New Bottle?\u2019<\/p>\n Haris Zuan<\/strong>\u00a0is Junior Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His research interests include state-society relation, identities, and social movements. Among his election-related publications are \u2018PRU13: Pengalaman Pulau Pinang\u2019 (UUM 2016) and \u2018PRU13: Perubahan Budaya Politik Malaysia Dan Krisis Legitimasi Moral Barisan Nasional\u2019 (Jurnal Kajian Malaysia 2014).<\/p>\n We look forward to your\u00a0participation\u00a0in this\u00a0seminar. Confirmation of your attendance is greatly appreciated.\u00a0\u00a0For further information please call\u00a08<\/strong>921- 5839 or 8921-3782.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (IKMAS)\u00a0UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA\u00a0cordially\u00a0invites you to: IKMAS\u00a0SEMINAR\u00a0SERIES\u00a0NO.8\/2016 Title \u00a0: \u00a0\u00a0Seminar on the 2016 Sarawak State Elections Date : \u00a0 …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1295","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1295\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1295"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/ikmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}