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, 6 April 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Tin Maung Htwe on how exiled youth in Mae Sot forge political space and challenge the junta; van Schendel on the ‘free hills’ between India and Burma during the British colonial period; and Rippa on China’s borderlands with Burma (and Laos). See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and…

Recent Pubs, 30 March 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Rhoads on statutory weakening and bureaucracy hinder the implementation of legal pluralism in Burma; Heiduk on Myanmar’s sham elections and the role of international cooperation; and Collignon on hierarchy as legitimacy in Burmese statecraft and civil war. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and…

Event: Alam on the “Roots of Arakan”

Roots of Arakan Murshid Alam’s presentation will focus on the The Roots of Arakan project. This initiative brings together a team of young people from both Bangladesh and Myanmar, and includes young people of Rakhine, Bangladeshi, and Rohingya origin. They are united by a shared vision and work together to support their communities. The focus…

Recent Pubs, 23 March 2026

This week’s New Pubs features Cole’s book on conservation and sovereignty in southeast Myanmar; Davies and Htoon Oung on the ULA/AA’s “decentralization by force” policies in Western Myanmar; and Sullivan on the role of intermediaries in southeast Myanmar’s humanitarian response. See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and if anyone…

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