Sunway University hosted the 4th Southeast Asian Studies Symposium from 20 to 22 March 2015, the first to be held outside the University of Oxford. The Sultan of Perak, H.R.H Sultan Nazrin Shah, an alumnus of the University of Oxford delivered a royal keynote address at the event. His Royal Highness is also the Royal Patron of the Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia (JCI), the host of the Symposium. The Symposium themed “The Year of ASEAN: Integrating Southeast Asia” was also the first public event held at the New University Building.
