Revolution of order? Buddhist responses to the 2021 (failed) Military Coup in Myanmar
Speakers: Iselin Frydenlund and Phyo Wai
Date: 2 May 2023
Time: 5-6pm (AEST) (UTC+10), 1.30- 2.30pm MMT (UTC+6.30)
Hybrid formal
27.1, June 2023 Special Issue: Gender and Social Change in Myanmar
With articles by Aye Lei Tun; Marlar, Justine Chambers and Elena; MK Long; Carolin Hirsch; Rosalie Metro; and an article length intro by Jane Ferguson
Phd Fellowship in Social Anthropology, University of Bergen
The Fredrik Barth – University of Bergen Fellowship in Social Anthropology
Applicants must have achieved a Master’s degree in social or cultural anthropology by the closing date for applications. The fellowship is open to citizens of countries outside the USA, Canada, Japan, the European Community, Australia and New Zealand.
^ photo of Fredrik Barth
This week’s New Pubs features Beyer on the vexed question of community in Myanmar, as seen through Muslim and Hindu minorities in Yangon; Azis on how the Indonesian border wields violence against the Rohingya; and Shona Loong on Gen Z and its role in the revolution.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
Deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 19 May 2023.
This week’s New Pubs features Missbach on “dimensions of stuckedness” faced by Rohingya; Lyman on how the Burmese fought off the Japanese in 1944-45; and an edited volume with Ma Thida, Khine Win, Khin Mai Aung, Mon Mon Myat, Seekins, Lee and McCarthy, Khen Suan Khai, Dan Seng Lawn, Lubina, Renshaw, Takeda, and Yamahata, edited by the latter two.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
Baptizing Burma explores the history of how the American Baptist mission to Burma failed to convert the country yet succeeded in transforming its religious landscape. Alexandra Kaloyanides examines how the Burmese majority positioned Buddhism to counter Christianity, how marginalized groups took on Baptist identities, and how Protestantism was reimagined as a Southeast Asian religion. She considers a series of holy objects to reveal the mechanics of religious practice in a period of entangled empires—British, Burmese, and American. By telling stories of four key things—the sacred book, the school house, the pagoda, and the portrait—this book illuminates the histories of Burma’s last kingdom and the unexpected consequences of America’s first overseas mission.
This week’s New Pubs features Amporn on Myanmar’s CDM teachers; Anwary on the relationship between extractive capital and the Rohingya; and Ma Cheria on labour struggles in Myanmar after the coup.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
Photo from Amporn (2023)
University of Vienna has the upcoming event packed with talks from Myanmar people.
link to register: https://symposium-revolution-myanmar.univie.ac.at/
This week’s New Pubs features Campell’s review essay making sense of the “transition” and how it was problematic before it was foreclosed; Priamarizki on the development of the sit-tat; and Hedström and Herder on insights into women’s sexual and reproductive health gleaned from Myanmar.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
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