Dr Stephen Charless Druce

Teaching History / Modules Taught [Since joining UBD]

• PB-1302 Brunei History and Sultanate
• PB-3402 The History of Brunei Darussalam in Regional & Global Context
• PB-1502 Introduction to Brunei Darussalam
• PB-4308 Academic Exercise
• AB 2104 Kesultanan Melayu
• AF-5202 History of Southeast Asia
• AH-5301 Major Themes in the Pre-modern History of Southeast Asia
• PB-5000 MA by Research in Brunei Studies
• PB-6000 PhD in Brunei Studies

• Pre-modern Southeast Asian history and archaeology
• Transmission and transformation of Southeast Asian oral and written historical traditions
• Development of complex society in Island Southeast Asia (Sulawesi and Borneo)
• Ethnohistory (Sulawesi and Borneo)
• Local Indonesian politics from a historical and cultural perspective
• Mainland Southeast Asian and Chinese trade ceramics

Books / Monograph (Authored)

• Druce, Stephen C, Sebuah sejarah Sulawesi Selatan dan tradisi lisan dan tulisn, abad Ke-13 hingga Ke-17, KITLV Press Jakarta and Penerbit Ombak, Yogyakarta (in press).
• Druce, Stephen C, The Lands West of the Lakes’ A history of the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South Sulawesi 1200 to 1600 CE, KITLV Press, 2009.

Journal Articles

• Druce, Stephen C, ‘Founders, fertility and rice: The pre-Islamic landscape of a Bugis agricultural ritual’ Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (volume and date to be arranged).
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘A re-evaluation of three mid-sixteenth century Portuguese sources for the west coast of South Sulawesi in the light of recent archaeological evidence’, Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs (accepted for publication by and will appear in a future Sulawesi focused edition).
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘Review of Couderc, P. and K. Sillander (eds) Ancestors in Borneo Societies; Death, Transformation, and Social Immortality’, International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 10, 2014.
• Druce, Stephen C, 2013. ‘The dating of Thai and Vietnamese trade ceramics based on recent shipwreck data and a note on the use of ceramic data for Brunei history’, Janang 13.
• Druce, Stephen C, David Bulbeck and Irfan Mahmud, ‘A transitional Islamic Bugis cremation in Bulubangi, South Sulawesi: Its historical and archaeological Context’,  Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs 39, 2006.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘Review of W. Cummings, Making blood white: Historical transformations in early modern Makassar’, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 34, 2003.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘Exploring early political and economic ties between West Soppeng and Suppaq from about the late thirteenth century until the mid-fifteenth century: Myth, marriage and trade’, Walennae 4, 2001

Editorial Work (Journals)

• Druce, Stephen C (guest editor) International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies special issue on Orality, writing and history: The literature of the Bugis and Makasar of South Sulawesi, 2015 (scheduled date of publication).
• 11.4 Chapters in Books
• Druce, Stephen C ‘An Indonesian hero and villain: Qahhar Mudzakkar and his legacy’, in Danny Wong (ed.), Exalted heroes, demonized villains, and losers: Altering perceptions and memories of leaders and leadership in Southeast Asia, c. 1800- c. 2000, Routledge (in press).
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘The origins, dating and functions of the tributary and domain lists of South Sulawesi’, in Ampuan Dr Hj Brahim bin Ampuan Hj Tengah (ed.), Festschrift for Professor Teuku Iskander (in press).
• Druce, Stephen C and Irfan Mahmud, Tradisi penguburan tempayan pra-Islam Bugis di Sidrap’, in: E.L. Poelinggomang and Anwar Thosibo (eds), Spektrum kebudayaan di Sulawesi Selatan, Makassar: Balai Arkeologi Makassar, 2008.

Conference Papers

• Druce, Stephen C, ‘A South Sulawesi hero and villain: Qahhar Mudzakkar and his legacy, 3rd Nicholas Tarling Conference on Southeast Asia Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,  Exalted heroes, demonized villains, and losers: Altering perceptions and memories of leaders and leadership in Southeast Asia, c. 1800- c. 2000, 12-13 November 2013.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘Autonomous histories, indigenous voices: South Sulawesi history between 1200 to 1600 and its oral and written traditions’, Institute of Asian Studies, UBD, IAS Seminar Series, 18 September 2013.
• Druce, Stephen C and Haji Mohd Rafee bin Hj Shahif, ‘Locating the Kedayan of Brunei’.  Seminar Antarabangs Penyelidikan Mengenai Melayu/Current Research on the Malay World (organized by the Academy of Brunei Studies, FASS and SOASIC of  Universiti Brunei Darussalam and the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Frakfurt), Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 29-31 March 2013.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘South Sulawesi 1200 to 1600 CE and its oral and written traditions’, School of Oriental and African Studies, CSEAS Seminar Programme, 21 April 2009.
• Druce, Stephen C and Ian Caldwell, ‘Tributary and domain lists as a category in Bugis historiography’. Annual ASEASUK conference, Liverpool John Moores University, 21-22 June 2008.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘Apakah ada perbedaan antara tradisi lisan dan tradisi tulis mengenai masa lalu di Sulawesi Selatan? (Is there a difference between South Sulawesi oral and written traditions about the past?)’. Paper presented at Hasanuddin University, Makassar, 4 October 2007.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘Was Suppaq an early Sulawesi urban centre?’ The International Institute of Asian Studies Masterclass on Southeast Asia: A centre of ancient urbanism?, Leiden University, 22-26 February 2005.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘The relationship between oral traditions and written historical texts in South Sulawesi, Indonesia’. Annual ASEASUK conference, University of Leeds, October 2003.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘The importance of geography in understanding the history of Ajattappareng: Initial report on PhD fieldwork in Indonesia’. Paper presented to the Centre for South-East Asian Studies, University of Hull, March 2002.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘The political structure of the kingdom of Sidénréng.’ Workshop on the early history of South Sulawesi, Australian National University, Canberra, 18-19 August 2000.

Reports

• Caldwell, Ian and Stephen C Druce, ‘The tributary and domain lists of Luwu, Binamu and Bangkala’. Final report to the South-East Asia Committee of the British Academy, 1998.
• Druce, Stephen C, ‘Research report on the Vassal List of Soppéng’. Report to the South-East Asia Committee of the British Academy, 1997.

Others

• Online Articles
• Druce, Stephen C, 2013, ‘South Sulawesi before 1900 CE’, OXIS: http://www.oxis.org/resources/languages-and-peoples-of.html
• Druce, Stephen C, Languages and people of South Sulawesi http://melayuonline.com/eng/article/read/303/languages-and-peoples-of-south-sulawesi