Title: 2023 Myanmar Update: From Coup to Revolution
Date: Friday 21 July and Saturday 22 July 2023
Time: Friday: 9am-5pm AEST, 5.30am-1.30pm MMT
Saturday: 9am-4pm AEST, 5.30am-12.30pm MMT
Venue: hybrid
ONLINE: Zoom registration here
This week’s New Pubs features Connelly and Loong on the international response to conflict in Myanmar; Matsuzawa on transnational NGO advocacy regarding the Thilawa SEZ; and Roy et al on the growing crisis in Myanmar workers’ wellbeing.
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.
We also direct you to our BSG Publications archive, which now holds all the texts from our weekly blasts from 2021 until mid-2023: https://wordpress.com/page/burmastudiesgroup.com/496
This week’s New Pubs features Salem-Gervais on whether curricular reform can address Burmanization; Sarma et al on Chinese plantation expansion in Kachin; and Sai Latt’s assessment of whether what is occurring is rebellion or revolution [Burmese].
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 by Hkun Li (2018)
This week’s New Pubs features Lambrecht et al on women and youth in Myanmar agriculture [Burmese]; Olivius and Hedstrom on relational peace and local experiences of the state in Myanmar; and Duran et al on the shrinking physical, social, and psychological spaces for Rohingya refugees across Southeast Asia.
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 courtesy of IFPRI
(sorry that this was announced late, the BSG stenographer got computer stolen and was playing catch up)
Speakers: Megan Ryan, Mai Van Tran, and Swan Ye Htut
Date: Tuesday 27 June 2023
Time zone: 5-6pm (AEST) (UTC+10), 1.30- 2.30pm MMT (UTC+6.30)
Venue: Hybrid Event
with San, Htet Yamone Aung (Mary), and Harrison Moe
host: Australia Myanmar Institute
Date: June 26, 2023 (Monday)
Duration: 1 hour
Time: 06:00 – 07:00 PM AEST Time (14:30-15:30 Myanmar/Yangon Time)
Meeting ID: 5506154368
Passcode: 12345
This week’s New Pubs features Mark’s book on land struggles in Myanmar’s “transition” period; Medail et al on the escalation of conflict in Myanmar in 2022; and Nyi Linn Maung et al on the three different kinds of informal settlements (“slums”) in Yangon.
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.
Matelski, Maaike. Contested Civil Society in Myanmar: Local Change and Global Recognition. Bristol University Press, out November 2023.
This book centres on various contestations in Myanmar society and illustrates the ways in which these are reflected in civil society. The book offers a concise overview of recent political developments in the country, from the short-lived attempts at democratisation to the 2021 military coup, and analyses the involvement of various civil society actors, as well as their international supporters. It incorporates multiple identities and fault lines in Myanmar society and explains how these influence diverse perceptions, framing and agenda setting as political developments unfold. The book provides an up-to-date overview of the main identities and contestations within Myanmar’s civil society and, by extension, within Myanmar society as a whole.
50% discount on all pre-orders until the end of this month!
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