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 […]
Wednesday 26 July from 9 am - noon you are invited to join a press conference and film screening from Justice Movement For Community -Innlay for a short documentary film screening and press conference on the situation on the ground today in Myanmar's Innlay region. The event will be held in the 4th floor meeting […]
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 […]
Please join us at the 4th floor meeting room of the Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University on 16 Dec from 10 am to noon for the book launch with author Jenny Hedstrom and a Kachin panel discussion. In Reproducing Revolution, Jenny Hedström explores the Kachin revolution in Myanmar from the perspective […]
RCSD is pleased to host a public book launch and author's talk for Roger Casas' new book, "Worldly Engagements: Buddhist Monasticism and Masculinity among the Tai Lue of Southwest China" on Tuesday, 23 December from 10 am to noon at the Subaltern Meeting Room. The Tai Lue of Sipsong Panna, located in China’s southern Yunnan […]
RCSD invites all to join a public seminar, "Fishing for Knowledges: Insights for Environmental Governance from Karen Communities’ Riverine Livelihoods in Northern Thailand" presented by Peter Duker, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Guelph, Canada on Monday, 2 February from 2 to 3:30 pm at the Subaltern Room, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University. […]
RCSD invites all to join a book launch of "Young Tigers: Chao Tzang Yawnghwe and the Shan Rebellion in Myanmar," along with discussion with author Bertil Lintner, on 24 February from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at the Subaltern meeting room, RCSD, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University. Young Tigers traces Myanmar’s turbulent post-independence history […]