Welcome to The Burma Studies Group

The Burma Studies Group is a scholarly, nonpolitical, and nonprofit professional association of all persons interested in Burma studies. For more information in both English and Burmese, see the About Us page.

Latest from BSG

Recent Pubs, 9 Feb 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Simpson et al on understanding Myanmar environmental activism through assemblage thinking; Steinmüller on the lack of egalitarianism in the Wa hills; and Egreteau on hunger strikes in late colonial Burma. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and if anyone wants a PDF but is…

Recent Pubs, 2 Feb 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Aung Naing’s edited volume Assemblages of Myanmar; Loong on foreign aid, civil society, and post-colonial state-building; and (only because our queue is empty and we only had two texts this week!) Prasse-Freeman on how laborer debility can spur dispossession in peri-urban Yangon. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations…

Event: Crouch’s book launch: The Palimpsest Constitution (3 Feb)

register here for online access Time: Feb 3 from 1pm to 2pm GMT+8 Description UNSW Law & Justice invite you to the launch of The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar by Melissa Crouch. This hybrid launch will take place online and in-person at the UNSW Law & Justice Building (Level 2 Adrian Cameron…

Recent Pubs, 26 Jan 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Passeri on Myanmar’s post-coup foreign policy; Loong on the ethics and benefits of volunteering while researching (in Burma); Rahman and Sameen on how refugee camp education is reshaping Rohingya gender norms. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and if anyone wants a PDF but…

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