Now that the rush of coup anniversary events have passed, you might be tempted to relax. But don’t you dare get off zoom, tho, b/c there are a number of other good ones coming up, including Burmese poetry at Harvard, Exploring Violence and Resistance in Denmark, and the Marxist Leftist Review on “Myanmar’s unfinished revolution” in Sydney. There is also an ongoing film festival that goes until the 14th.
See our calendar page to keep up on it all.
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.
* The application will close Feb 4, and awardees will be notified by the 7th.*
BSG Pubs: Appropriately, given the coup anniversary, we have a new volume of revolutionary Burmese poetry, edited by Ko Ko Thett and Brian Haman. We also have Olivius, Hedström, and Zin Mar Phyo interrogating the role of women in the peace process, and Adam Simpson on humanitarianism in the wake of Covid and the coup (open access!); See here for full citations:
February 1-13, 2022
Over 40 Films, plus Speaker Forums
Donate for a Full Access Pass to stream all the programs.
see here.
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:
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.
Burma Studies Group 