Stalemate reveals the history and contemporary politics of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), Asia’s strongest insurgent army on Myanmar’s border with China. This ethnographic tale recounts how a highland group, often dismissed as rebels or narcotraffickers, maintains a relational autonomy between two powerful lowland states. The Wa polity engages rather than evades these surrounding states, yet struggles to fit into their registers of sovereignty and statehood.
expected out in June 2023
Please see the following opportunity for a fluent Burmese speaker/writer to join the Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship: https://forms.gle/LAyUbxMkF7LJENuS7.
အလုပ်ခေါ်စာ – လက်ထောက်အယ်ဒီတာ၊ IJBS
သက်တမ်းကုန်ဆုံးရက် – ၃၀ ရက်နေ့ မတ်လ ၂၀၂၃ ခုနှစ်။
သိစပ်မြင်နှံ့လွတ်လပ်သော မြန်မာ့သုတေသနဂျာနယ် (https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fijbs.online&umid=00f14dbe-bba3-4b1c-8820-722946638be5&auth=8d3ccd473d52f326e51c0f75cb32c9541898e5d5-641572c8691aabd9a0455c8c8096a66abe22e29e) သည် ဂျာနယ်နှင့် ၎င်း၏အရေးကြီးသော လုပ်ငန်းတာဝန်များကို ထောက်ပံ့ပေးရန် အယ်ဒီတာချုပ်နှင့် အတူတကွ အလုပ်တွဲလုပ်နိုင်မည့် လက်ထောက်အယ်ဒီတာတစ်ဦးကို ရှာဖွေနေပါသည်။ လျှောက်ထားသူသည် အဆင့်မြင့်ပညာရေး၊ သုတေသနနှင့် ထုတ်ဝေဖြန့်ချိရေးတို့တွင် စိတ်အားထက်သန်မှုရှိရန် လိုအပ်ပြီး မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှင့် နိုင်ငံသူနိုင်ငံသားများရင်ဆိုင်ရမည့် စိန်ခေါ်မှုများနှင့် အခွင့်အရေးများကို ရှေးရှုမျှော်မြင်နိုင်ရပါမည်။
ယခုခေါ်ယူထားသော အလုပ်နေရာသည် ပျော့ပြောင်းမှုရှိပြီး၊ အဝေးမှဆောင်ရွက်နိုင်ကာ လျှောက်ထားသူ၏ နေထိုင်ရာနိုင်ငံပေါ်မူတည်ပြီး လူချင်းတွေ့ဆုံဆောင်ရွက်နိုင်မည့် အခွင့်အလမ်းများလည်း ရှိပါသည်။
This week’s New Pubs features Haosheng and Liu, who argue ASEAN has gone beyond non-interference after the coup; Fox et al on a decade of media sector reform and then collapse; and Lall with an overview of education in Myanmar.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
source: Robin Hood
This week’s New Pubs features Kathu Than Aung on Myanmar’s Taingyintha literature and writing systems [Burmese]; Rahman and Dutta on how the UN Card affects Rohingya health access in Malaysia; and Stokke on civil society and contentious politics in Myanmar.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Myanmar Studies at the University of British Columbia
The Institute of Asian Research in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia (UBC) welcomes applicants for a postdoctoral fellowship in Myanmar Studies. The fellowship is enabled by a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar initiative. The successful candidate will show promise as an emerging scholar of contemporary Myanmar, and have an active research agenda that engages contemporary social, political, or economic issues related to democratization and peace.
The duration of the fellowship is between 16 and 24 months, subject to agreement with the committee. The start date is flexible, but should not be after September 1, 2023. The successful candidate must have completed a PhD within the last 5 years, or expect to complete one shortly, in a relevant discipline (e.g. anthropology, economics, political science, sociology, history, or any other social science or humanities discipline). The postdoctoral fellow is expected to conduct research on contemporary Burma/Myanmar, as well as support the UBC Myanmar initiative and its activities, including mentoring Burmese students at the UBC, and engaging with the Burma Studies communities in Canada, Asia, and globally. Candidates from or connected to Myanmar are especially encouraged to apply.
The application deadline is March 10, 2023. The review of applications will begin immediately following the deadline.
Applications can be sent to Dr. Kai Ostwald, Director of the Institute of Asian Research, SPPGA, c/o Yoko Nagao (yoko.nagao@ubc.ca). They must include the following:
How to apply?
Applicants should send materials by email, as described above, referencing Myanmar Studies PD Fellow.
Desired start date: Not later than September 01, 2023
Duration: Fixed term / Temporary
Contract Type: Full Time
Insight Myanmar presents its third panel discussion, dealing with the way that Myanmar’s ongoing revolution has been attended to (or not) by those outside the country.
Date: Friday, February 24th
Time: 8.30 pm (Yangon)
To join, please register in advance on this zoom link.
With:
· Michael Haack, Campaign Manager for Campaign for a New Myanmar, and member of the U.S. Advocacy Coalition. Michael has been closely involved in a number of important, Myanmar-related issues, as both a researcher and lobbyist.
· Philipp Annawitt, a governance specialist, political analyst and experienced project management professional who has been advising development partners in their engagement with the NUG and CRPH. Philipp has researched the historic concept and definition of “legitimacy” and argues that the NUG should meet any basic criteria.
· Nandar Min Swe, a Los Angeles-based doctor who became one of the main fundraisers for humanitarian aid, and has also led various NUG fundraising projects.
· Igor Blaževič, a senior adviser at the Prague Civil Society Centre. Between 2011 and 2016 he worked in Myanmar as the head lecturer of the Educational Initiatives Program. Following the coup, Igor has come on as a fulltime advisor and supporter of the Spring Revolution.
· Thiri, a researcher, fixer and documentary producer based in Myanmar. Thiri has worked as a freelance consultant for international Human Rights organizations and media outlets. She reports, documents and advocates about the on-going conflict in Myanmar, as well as on political, social and economic issues.
This week’s New Pubs features Pau on mapping the India-Myanmar borderlands; Lehr on “enraged Buddhism” in Myanmar; and Horsey and Kean on the political economy of Burma’s beer industry.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
This week’s New Pubs features the second issue of Rohingyatographer, a magazine co-published by Rohingya photographers in CXB camps; Roewer and Han Htoo Khant Paing on Myanmar’s legislature; and Ware analyzing a Rohingya/Rakhine everyday peace program.
As ever, see our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks.
SOCIAL/JUSTICE in Southeast Asia
Dissertation Proposal Workshop
7-8 April 2023
UW-Madison
The Justice in Southeast Lab (JSEALab) at UW-Madison will hold a two-day in-person workshop on dissertation proposal development. PhD students working on social justice, broadly-conceived, in Southeast Asia, who are developing their dissertation proposals are eligible to join. Each participant will share their draft proposal (approximately 3000 words) ahead of time and read and comment on proposals by other participants. Complementary events on writing CVs, translation, and writing for a public audience will be part of the workshop. Travel funds may be available for participants coming from outside Madison.
Professor Diana Kim (Georgetown University, author of award-winning Empires of Vice: The Rise of Opium Prohibition across Southeast Asia) will give a keynote address for the workshop.
Deadline to Apply: 13 February 2023
Notification of Results: 20 February 2023
Application for external (non-UW) students:
https://forms.gle/p3xb99oZa4qCvP3n8
Application for internal (UW) students:
https://forms.gle/iCwafHFjePJsF1U97
Questions: jsealab@wisc.edu
“This workshop will bring together early career researchers and PhD scholars of Myanmar to share experiences and lessons learned regarding fieldwork, methods, research, and writing since the February 2021 coup. The workshop will comprise of several panels over the course of one day, immediately prior to the ANU Myanmar Update conference on 21-22 July 2023. The sessions will address fieldwork and data generation, researching at a geographic distance, ethics, policy engagement, and new challenges for those wanting to speak, write and publish about Myanmar. The ANU Myanmar Research Centre will provide ongoing support to participants who are interested in submitting a paper to the working paper series or sharing their research as part of the MRC Dialogue Series.”
Deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 19 May 2023.
Burma Studies Group 