This week in BSG Pubs, we have Anne Décobert on development brokers in Kayin state; Tony Waters et al editors of a volume on mobility in Myanmar, and a book by François Robinne on looking beyond ethnicity. See here for full citations: https://burmastudiesgroup.wordpress.com/recent-publications-2/, and please dm / email me for PDFs if you are paywalled.  

An enormous number of non-native Burmese speaking members of the BSG learned ဗမာစကား from the late, great John Okell. His family – Sue, Lucy & Cathy, Tom & Helen – have put together this tribute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT2i_IXDs9c

This new paper prize is designed for grad students but also post-docs writing on Burma Studies topics, and it is offered in years when the Sarah Bekker Prize (earmarked for graduate students) is not given.

The call for submissions for the inaugural Okell paper prize will be around the March 2022 Association of Asian Studies conference. Please start preparing your submission now! See the Announcements and Calendar page to keep up on the opportunities and events such as this that are coming up.

The Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship has released its 3rd issue (Vol 1, 2021) on Rohingya and religious minority issues in Myanmar. See our Recent Publications page for full citations. It just so happens that its release falls on Rohingya National Day!

For this week’s publications we have Nivedita Sudheer and Debanjan Banerjee with a study of Rohingya refugees’ cultural idioms of distress; Nick Cheesman’s reflections on the current revolution; and Bérénice Guyot-Réchard on “Burma and India’s Unfinished Separation.” As always, see here for full citations: https://burmastudiesgroup.wordpress.com/recent-publications-2/

For this week’s publications we have Iselin Frydenlund on “Love Jihad” discourse in Burma; Su Mon Thant on the youth role in the current revolution; and Faheem Hussain and Yenn Lee describe challenges for Rohingya in accessing digital services in Bangladesh refugee camps. See here for full citations: https://burmastudiesgroup.wordpress.com/recent-publications-2/

Wondering how you can contribute to the anti-coup uprising? The Virtual Federal University is seeking content input from Burma Studies scholars. See our Collaborations and Resources page for more information:

Book Launch and Panel Discussion. Friday 17 Dec 2021, 130 PM Thailand Time. Zoom ID: 932 1980 5165 . See here for more details.

Coming up tomorrow, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung will give a talk “Myanmar Ten Months After the Coup,” at ISEAS (Dec 17, 2021 09:00 AM Singapore Time). For details, see the calendar of events in Burma Studies: https://burmastudiesgroup.wordpress.com/announcements/.  

For this week’s publications we have Adam Simpson and Ashley South on climate change governance in Myanmar; Magdalena Kozłowska and Michał Lubina on a collaboration between Nu’s government and Israel during the late 1950s that focused on the building of cooperative settlements; and Kristian Stokke et al look at “illiberal peacebuilding in a hybrid regime.”

On reader recommendation, we have redesigned the Publications page, with “books,” “articles,” and “reports,” sections helping you parse your new Burma studies knowledge. See here for the new design, and for full citations to the article above: https://burmastudiesgroup.wordpress.com/recent-publications-2/