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Apres the Deluge: more events

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.

Grad student travel $ support applications due tomorrow

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.*

New BSG mini initiative: Deep Cuts in Burma Studies

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!

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BSG dues due: pay before the annual BSG meeting coming up at AAS!

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!