This week’s New Pubs features Wickaksana et al on Asean, Covid-19, and Myanmar’s crisis; Charney on Myanmar 75 years after independence; and Verma on India’s treatment of Rohingya amidst Covid-19.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
LSE, 26th January 2023 3pm GMT; register here
A special lecture to mark 75 years of Myanmar’s independence & the complex history of its anti-colonial struggle, focusing on Aung San.
SPEAKER – Angelene Naw is Professor Emerita in History at Judson University (@JudsonU), Illinois. She is author of ‘Aung San and the Struggle for Burmese Independence’ (2001), an academic biography of Aung San, and very recently, of ‘The History of the Karen People of Burma’ (ed. J. Cain; 2023).
DISCUSSANT – Michael W. Charney is Professor in the Department of History & the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS(@SOAS), University of London, and a specialist in the history of Southeast Asia. He is author of ‘A History of Modern Burma’ (2009), and more recently, ‘Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia: Burma, 1941-1942’ (2019).
CHAIR – Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre (@SAsiaLSE).
This week’s New Pubs features Frydenlund on Buddhist Constitutionalism through a comparative legal perspective; Joseph and Balakrishnan on the 1942 Burmese refugee exodus to India; and McKay and Frydenlund on the role of women in Myanmar’s right-wing Buddhist movement.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
with Thiri; Ko Ko Thett; Simon; Eh Nay Thaw; Akari Win:
hosted by Better Burma and One Light Global
time: Friday, January 13th, 7.30 am (Yangon)
This week’s New Pubs features McAuliffe on the relationship between gender and statelessness in Burma and Egreteau’s book assessing parliament during the transition.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks. And, you may note that this is the first time in more than a year where we haven’t had three publications to feature – please do send yours on to soceep@nus.edu.sg if you want yours circulated.
Proposals are due by 9 January 2023 via this form
with the conference to take place at The Australian National University on Fri 21 – Sat 22 July 2023.
(Photo credit: Phoe Thar)
This week’s New Pubs features Coffey on the influence of India and Ireland on the drafting of Burma’s 1947 constitution; Richard et al on the the impact of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative on Myanmar; and Gabusi and Neironi with an edited volume on Myanmar after the coup.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
This week’s New Pubs features Lau on alcohol consumption amongst the Lisu; Aung Kaung Myat et al on two concepts of federalism after the coup; and Dall’Aglio et al on how different forms of child labor impact education.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
Lisu child, courtesy of Wikipedia
This week’s New Pubs features Bächtold on the role of digital technologies such as smartphones in the current revolution; Marston on variations in US-Myanmar policy since 1988; and Rhoads’ legal history of racialized citizenship (and its denial) in Myanmar.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
As many of you know, Insight Myanmar is a podcast that after the coup transformed its programming, which had been on Burmese Buddhist spiritual issues, “to fill the gaping holes in most mainstream media coverage, and give Burmese voices a direct outlet to the world.” They have released nearly 150 podcasts! We have recently added the Insight Myanmar podcast to our RSS feed (at the bottom of our main page), which means every one of the groups podcasts can be accessed there.
Insight Myanmar is also hosting an event, Myanmar’s Voices for Freedom, on 15 Dec (7:30 am Yangon time) with Linn Thant; Thiri; Bart Was Not Here; Ma Thida; and Pyae Phyo Kyaw:
see here for details of the event; and here to register.
Their website: https://insightmyanmar.org/
Their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insightsmyanmar
Burma Studies Group 