This week’s New Pubs features a two-part article by Kiik on the village-based dimensions of the Myitsone anti-dam movement; Sheikh and Morris on Rohingya narratives on their heritage rather than their victimhood; and Zahed with testimonials on why Rohingya have fled violent displacement.

See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and if anyone wants a PDF but is excluded by pay wall, please email us and we will help if we can.

Kiik, Laur. “Rural resistance under a golden dictatorship” International Journal of Asian Studies (2025): part 1, the Myitsone villages and part 2, the suspended villages.

Sheikh, Saqib and Carolyn Morris. “Rohingya Narratives Beyond Victimhood: Responses to Reporting on Heritage Destruction,” in Bijan Rouhani, Bill Finlayson and Timothy Clack, eds. Reporting Heritage Destruction, Archaeopress, 2025, pp 89-97. 

Zahed, IU Md. “Why did the Rohingya Flee? Experiences of Violent Displacement” Asian Affairs (2025).

from Kiik, part 1