This week’s New Pubs features Kakati on the development of “blank spaces” in Asian borderlands after WWII; Samet et al on how Facebook did *not* cause genocide in Myanmar; and Boutry et al on seeing SEA through a sea-nomadic lens.

As ever, 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.

This week’s New Pubs features Wells and Pyae Phyo Maung on the role of international aid during the revolution; Fiskesjö on Wa; and … actually, that’s all. We only have two pubs this week, for the first time in 3 years. So do send yours on / tweet @TheNotoriusBSG [yes, it’s spelled incorrectly]

As ever, 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.

photo: AFP

We are seeking nominations for co-chair and treasurer!

Due date: April 8.

Requirements: To apply, please fill out this form. You are requested to include a 200-word narrative that we will send out to constituents, who will vote by electronic ballot by April 22.

Duties:

Chair

• The Chair/Co-Chair will plan and conduct the meetings. The Chair(s) shall be the chief executive officer of BSG, shall preside at all meetings of the members and of the BSG Board; she/he shall have general active management of BSG and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Executive Committee are carried into effect. The Chair(s) shall issue notices of all meetings of the membership and of the BSG EC and shall provide forms for voting when they are required. The Chair(s) shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the BSG executive committee.
  
• The Chair shall execute all bonds, mortgages and other contracts.
  
• The Chair shall be ex-officio a member of all standing committees and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of Chair. The Chair will be the BSG annual representative at the SEAC board meeting.

Treasurer

• The treasurer shall maintain and manage financial records of the BSG, including soliciting up-to-date budgets from the AAS financial department, allocating travel and award funding, and processing BSG dues. 

This week’s New Pubs features Hedström on the intimate and insurgent politics of marriage in Kachin; Shohel et al on the relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char (island); and Matelski on activism in Myanmar three years on from the coup.

As ever, 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.

This week’s New Pubs features Kyed on legal pluralism in Myanmar; McCormick on English in Myanmar; and Thawnghmung and Naw Moo Moo Paw on the post-coup role of local state administrators.

As ever, 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.

 Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW) is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow, for three years. The successful candidate is expected to make outstanding contributions to research in CEVAW, especially, the ANU node on migration, displacement, and trafficking.

Salary package: $110,162 – $124,903 per annum plus 17% superannuation
Term: Full-time, Fixed Term (up to three years)

app due: 24 March

“Our ideal candidate will hold a PhD in International Relations or a related discipline. They will have a developing record of outstanding scholarly publications in the fields of International Relations and/or Global Politics, Human Rights, International Law, alongside a proven track-record of research in sexual and gender-based violence. We are particularly interested in someone with specialism in humanitarian emergencies, violence against women and girls in displacement and trafficking contexts, and who has a familiarity with global/local nuances of humanitarian protection work with civil society actors. We are looking for someone with the capacity to work collaboratively with colleagues – both academic and professional and partner organisations in Australia and in the Indo-Pacific region.”

https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/arc-cevaw-research-fellow-canberra-act-act-australia

6th March from 12.00pm to 1.15pm [British time]

The panel will explore Burma/Myanmar’s history and its place in Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean narratives. This seminar revisits critical questions about Burma/Myanmar’s political past and future, inspired by Edmund Leach’s seminal work.

Speakers: Prof. John Sidel, Dr. Avinash Paliwal, Prof. Michael Charney, and Dr. Anja Karlsson Franck

Register here: https://bit.ly/SEACEvent6Mar

This week’s New Pubs features Wittekind on speculation in peri-urban land markets; Brenner on misunderstanding Myanmar through the lens of democracy; and Verma on Rohingya access to education in India.

As ever, 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.

some online events, it seems.