Speakers: Cecile Medail; Saw Chit Htet Tun

Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023

Time zone: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM +08

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This week’s New Pubs features Deng on the historical circulation of marble Buddhas from Burma to China; Onslow on British consuls in upper Burma in the early Cold War era; and Kaloyanides on the Christian missionaries in Burma during Thibaw’s time.

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This week’s New Pubs features Ba on ASEAN and its Myanmar predicament; Law-Yone’s new biography of Su Kyi; and Habib and Chowdhury on the relationship between Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi host community.

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Speakers: Hilary Faxon and Jenny Hedström 

Date: 30 May 2023

Time zone: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM +08

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Speakers: Anthony Ware; Costas Laoutides; Sophia Htwe

Date: 29 May 2023 (Monday)

Time zone: 06:00 – 07:00 PM AEST Time (14:30-15:30 Myanmar/Yangon Time)  Duration: 1 hour

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This week’s New Pubs features Moore on what life was like outside of Bagan in the Bagan era; Kironska on Taiwan’s relationship with Myanmar; and Oh on types of geoeconomic power and competition over Myanmar before and during the reform era.

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This week’s New Pubs features Coyle with an account of Rohingya camp life in Bangladesh during the Covid-19 epidemic; Kyaw Hsan Hlaing’s report on the Arakan Army; and Gaborit on the historical legacies impacting Myanmar prisons today.

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Speakers: Elizabeth Rhoads and Aung Ko Ko

Date: Tuesday 16 May 2023

Time zone: 5-6pm (AEST) (UTC+10), 1.30- 2.30pm MMT (UTC+6.30)

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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.

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Editors Olivius and Hedström call for contributions to the sequel to Waves of Upheaval in Myanmar, see the attachment below.