February 1-13, 2022

Over 40 Films, plus Speaker Forums

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You’ve seen new pubs in BSG. But why this fetish of the new, eh? So we are also starting a new initiative at BSG tentatively called “Deep Cuts in BSG” – in which we circulate a (perhaps?) forgotten text or article.

This week we give you: Tinzar Lwyn, “Stories of Gender and Ethnicity: Discourses of colonialism and resistance in Burma.” The Australian Journal of Anthropology 5.3 (1994):60-85, whose later pages (pp 73-83) feature testimonials from women in revolution circa 1988, which are haunting for their resonance with today’s struggle.

All the texts will live on this dedicated page here.

Throw your suggestions in the comments below!

“𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝘆𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆: 𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘀.” Friday, 4 Feb 2022, 4:00-5.45 pm [EST]: Register here.

This is your annual reminder to please pay your BSG dues. Here is the link.

As the AAS annual meeting approaches – and with it the BSG meeting (see calendar link here) – we remind you to pay your (very affordable) dues for the year ($20 for full members and $10 for students).

Why pay? The dues scheme pays for:

• helping Burmese students defray travel costs to conferences,
• supplies the prize money for our new John Okell paper prize,
• pays for website hosting costs,
• and also (pending approval at the upcoming meeting) will support prospective Burmese graduate students with their application fees (including TOEFL tests).

All that for only $20!

On 18 February 2022 Nanyang Technological University in Singapore will host historian Dr. Tharaphi Than and photographer Ma Sandar, who will present about the transformation of the anti-coup protest movement in Myanmar into an armed struggle.

“Sensing Myanmar – exploring violence and resistance”

Webinar on the ongoing struggle for recognition, democracy, and justice in Myanmar.

Friday 11 Febuary 2022, 13.00-16.00 (1PM-4PM CET)
DIIS ∙ Danish Institute for International Studies and DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture

see here for more details and to register

The event has been designed so as not to conflict with existing events going on around the world, but rather to nest in between their break time

Register here.

The AAS conference in Hawai’i is quickly approaching. The BSG is pleased to provide travel support to graduate students who are attending, with preference given to scholars from Burma and those who demonstrate financial need. In the past BSG has covered between $250 and $400 for students, so as to reach as many people as possible. Please fill the form here.

* To give people enough time to plan their travel arrangements, the application will close Feb 4, and awardees will be notified by the 7th.*

… a two-part series of testimonials from Burmese living through the coup, entitled Real Stories Not Tales; Sharif Wahab on regulation of Rohingya refugee camps; and Luke Corbin on alcoholic drinks across the golden land. See here for citations.

The Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies provides $50,000 for “Southeast Asian nationals based in Southeast Asia and at Southeast Asian institutions”

Read more on our Announcements page, where you can find announcements about other cool things too.