15 March 2022 – 1.30 to 3:30PM Venue: RCSD Meeting Room (In person and online) In Myanmar people’s access to justice has been severely hampered by decades of authoritarian military rule, identity politics and ongoing conflicts. The violent reimposition of military rule in February 2021 has drastically undermined people’s fragile sense of security and hope […]
Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Science, Chiang Mai University is pleased to invite you to participate in a thesis proposal examination: “Luk Khrueng-Hafu : Stories of Mixed Thai-Japanese Individuals and their Social Belonging” Presenter: Noah Kijun Tanigawa (Halzapfel), (Master of Arts in Social Science, Specialization in Development Studies) […]
Please join us for a public seminar: "A Pocketful of Seeds: The Circulation of Plants as a Tool of Resilience among the Hmong Global Diaspora" presented by Alex Greene, PhD Student, French Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), University of French Guiana on Friday, October 7th, 2022 from 1.30 - 3.30 pm at the Subaltern Meeting […]
The Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Science, Chiang Mai University is pleased to invite you to participate in a thesis proposal examination: “Ethnic Formation: The Role of Wunpawng Christian Church among Diasporic Kachin in Urban Chiang Mai” Presenter: Stephen Zau Zin Myat, (Master of Arts in Social Science, […]
Join us on Monday, 28 November for the book launch of “Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar” (Cornell University Press) co-authored by Jacques Bertrand, Alexandre Pelletier, and Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung. The book launch and discussion will be held in the Subaltern Room with author Jacques Bertrand attending in-person along […]
On 27 Jan 2023 at 13.30 pm join RCSD for "'My life is linked with the river': The Yuam River water diversion project as contested hydrosocial territory" a presentation of research conducted by Antonia Mohr on the impacts and situation of an indigenous community in Mae Hong Son as it faces the approach of a […]
All are invited to a public lecture "Building a Human Border: The Thai Border Patrol Police Project in the Post-Cold War Era" on Wed 24 July from 2-4 pm at the Subaltern room, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University. Dr. Sinae Hyun is a research professor at the Institute for East Asian Studies at […]
Join us on Wednesday, April 30 as Klemens Karlsson of Uppsala University and affiliated researcher at RCSD presents his book "A Sense of Place and Belonging – The Chiang Tung Borderland of Northern Southeast Asia," published by Northern Illinois University/Cornell University Press. This book is an interdisciplinary study of Chiang Tung (Keng Tung), a marginalized […]
Public lecture (and coffee tasting) with Po-Tao Chang, Phd student in the Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison. This presentation is designed for people who are interested in topics related to sustainable agriculture, indigenous peoples, coffee commodity chains, and industry in Thailand. Po-Tao Chang will present his latest research findings about the transformation of highland […]
For people in Myanmar (Burma), the Rohingya community’s history has been, at best, questioned, and at worst —and in reality—rejected outright. Much of the Rohingya’s visual history has been lost, confiscated or destroyed during waves of violence, forced displacement and genocide over the past 60 years. This destruction continues today. This has severely undermined ways […]
RCSD invites all to attend a public seminar: Rethinking Ethnic Studies in Southeast Asia, from July 20-22, 2025 at the Faculty of Social Sciences First Floor Meeting Room (4107), Chiang Mai University, This seminar is jointly organized by the School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University (YNU), and the Regional Center for Social Science and […]
Organized by: TheHILLS Myanmar (THM) & Chin State Academic Research Network (CSARN), with support from Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) Friday, 14 November 2025, 3:00 – 5:00 PM Subaltern Room, Chiang Mai University This report launch event presents the first study to examine how conflict, gender, and cultural expectations intersect to shape mental health in […]