This week’s New Pubs features Nishikawa’s book on international norms and local politics in Myanmar; Auethavornpipat on hate speech against Rohingya refugees in Malaysia; and Paluch’s book on Olive Yang’s involvement in the opium trade in the 1950s.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
Editors Olivius and Hedström call for contributions to the sequel to Waves of Upheaval in Myanmar, see the attachment below.
(Although this came out in March, we are running a bit behind here at the BSG website)
March 2023. Special Issue on “Journalism: The Inside Scoop After the Coup” [vol 2, 2023] with contributors: Thant Sin, Myo Thawdar, Lisa Brooten and Jane Madlyn McElhone, Kyaw Swar, Hsu Htet, Kay Mastenbroek, Shwe Yee Oo, Danny Fenster
This webinar is an opportunity for student researchers from Myanmar to share their findings from their research projects about the social contract of citizenship after the 2021 coup in Myanmar. It will also launch the webpage that showcases their work. The project was designed to shift traditional power dynamics and recognise the researchers as the experts with local knowledge best placed to influence the trajectory of developments in their communities. International participants will also be able to engage directly with researchers working in fragile and conflict affected settings in Myanmar and refugee areas. For the wider security and rule of law community, the webinar will provide space to learn, via a concrete example, how conflict affected youth can articulate their changing relationship with the state.
This week’s New Pubs features Fiskesjö comparing genocides in China and Myanmar; Tran on how bystanders in Burma provide protection to protesters during crackdowns; and Habib on the “right to ecology” for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
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.
Burma Studies Group 