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, 21 September 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Breen and Soe Htet’s edited volume on federal design in Myanmar; Ma Cheria on labor violations in house-based garment factories in Mae Sot; and Saruya on learning Burmese to learn Buddhims. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and if anyone wants a PDF but…

Recent Pubs, 14 September 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Ei Thin Zar and Otting on the teaching of civil disobedience through letters from Burma’s Gen Z; Deng on women’s religious labor vis-a-vis marble Buddha image polishing; and Sánchez Molano on ethno-religious boundaries in Myanmar and how people cross them. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for…

Recent Pubs, 7 September 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Medail et al eds of Myanmar Rises: the Spring Revolution; Neil and Saw Day Chit Htoo on reconsidering territoriality in rebel governance; and Ish and Bilay on Pyusawhti militias in central Myanmar. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and if anyone wants a PDF…

Recent Pubs, 31 August 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Buchanan on the challenges of moving opium through Shan State; Liljeblad on the prospects for federalism in Myanmar’s current conflict; and McCarthy and Nyana on the role of roadblocks in post-coup Myanmar. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and if anyone wants a PDF…

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