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The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre invites you to a special hybrid seminar exploring the history of the Karen, or Kayin (ကရင်), people of Myanmar and Thailand. Join us on Friday 21 August 2026, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm, zoom link. Professor Angelene Naw will share insights from her book, The History of the Karen People of Burma, tracing the…
This week’s New Pubs features Tin Maung Htwe on youth emotional resistance and identity formation in post-coup Myanmar’s revolutionary landscape; Lubina on an anti-communist’s trip to Cold War-era Burma; and Htee Thaw Thaw et al on Myanmar migration to Thailand post-2021 coup. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and…
This week’s New Pubs features Zhang and Zhang on the many different ways that Rohingya are labeled, based on multi-sited field research; Burma Coup Resistance Notes provides a foreigner’s guide to Burma’s opposition organizations; and a book by Mon Mon Myat on Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s authoritarian legacy. See our Recent Publications page for all…
This week’s New Pubs features Hassanien et al comparing oppression, liberation and humanitarianism in Palestine, Myanmar, and Sudan; Lee on language education for Rohingya children; and Kakati on Naga violence-workers in the India-Myanmar borderlands after WWII. 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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