Victor T. King was appointed as the first Professor of Borneo Studies at the Institute of Asian Studies (IAS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) in 2017. He has devoted over 40 years of his academic career to teaching, researching and publishing on the Sociology and Anthropology of Borneo.
Upon his retirement in February 2022, he was appointed Distinguished Professor of Borneo Studies at the IAS.
In recognition of his contribution to scholarship on Borneo, IAS has named a student research prize after him called the Professor Victor T. King Prize in Borneo Studies.
The prize will endeavour to promote the study of Borneo and encourage undergraduate students to develop research interests in the region.
The prize will be awarded each semester to a UBD undergraduate student with the best final year project (original thesis) in the Social Science and Humanities fields. The final year project is to be produced in English though the Prize Committee will accept projects produced in Malay, provided that they be translated into English before submission.
