Events

Exhibition: “This is how we feel” Journey towards accountability

Chiang Mai University Food Center Chiang Mai University Food Center, A. Muang, Chiang Mai

Come see the Journey towards accountability: "This is how we feel" exhibition on display from 16-26 February 2024 at the CMU Food Center, Chiang Mai Art for change: Explore powerful artworks expressing the collective desire for accountability and human rights in Myanmar. Hear the voices of regions like Kachin, Karen, and Rakhine, affected by decades […]

Panel Discussion “Draft Order: Political Effects & Implications”

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

All are invited to a public discussion on Wednesday, 28 February for a panel discussion starting 1 pm on the political effect and implications of the new Myanmar military draft decree. Join Aung Zaw from The Irrawaddy, Dr. Sirada Khemanitthathai from the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, and Dr. Surachanee Sriyai, visiting fellow […]

Broken Dreams screening & “From Across the River” exhibition launch

Dhani Bhaholyodin Conference Room Faculty of Social Sciences, A. Muang, Chiang Mai

This Friday, 1 March at 430 pm all are invited to a screening of Broken Dreams with director's talk, along with a violin performance from Joy House and the launch of the "From Across the River" exhibition. The screening and exhibition will be held at the Dhani Phaholyothin conference room, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang […]

Exhibition: Thread Under Threat

Baan Tuek Art Center Chiang Mai

Following the first display in Bangkok titled “Thread Under Threat: Myanmar Women Out of the 3-Year Coup Shadow,” the exhibition in Chiang Mai will be held under the name “Thread Under Threat: Invincible Myanmar Women Who Dare!” from 8 to 27 March 2024 at the Baan Tuek Art Center. The exhibition is organized by the […]

Roundtable Book Discussion: “Outsourcing the Polity: Non-state Welfare, Inequality and Resistance in Myanmar”

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

Please join RCSD for a roundtable discussion on resilience and resistance in Myanmar: 'Outsourcing the Polity: Non-State Welfare, Inequality and Resistance in Myanmar' on Thursday, 16 May in the Sub-Altern Room starting at 1:30 pm. Please register for the event via this online form. 'Outsourcing the Polity' (Cornell, 2023) offers a new account of social […]

Myanmar Interactive Dialogue #7: Enhancing Protection for Myanmar Communities in Thailand: Understanding the Thai Context

4th floor meeting room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

Myanmar Interactive Dialogues: Dialogue # 7: Enhancing Protection for Myanmar Communities in Thailand: Understanding the Thai Context The Myanmar Interactive Dialogue (MID) sessions, initiated by the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), aim to create a platform for academics, students, research fellows, and practitioners to engage in open dialogue about Myanmar's political […]

Mekong River changes during the dry season: from Chiang Rai to Northeastern Cambodia

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

RCSD invites all to join a graduate seminar: "Mekong River changes during the dry season, from Chiang Rai to Northeastern Cambodia" with Ian Baird, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, presenting his preliminary research findings. Join us from 1:30 to 3 pm on Monday, 8 July 2024 at the Subaltern room, RCSD, Faculty of […]

Building a Human Border: The Thai Border Patrol Police Project in the Post-Cold War Era

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

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 […]

Public Lecture: Acoustic Ecology

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

A talk with Csaba Hajnóczy, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest. He will introduce "acoustic ecology,” a concept born about half a century ago, but the observation of sonic phenomena in the context of human and non-human environments is much older. As a multidisciplinary territory it is strongly related to acoustic communication, psychoacoustics, bioacoustics, […]

ICBMS4

The International Conference on Burma /Myanmar Studies (ICBMS) committee would like to invite submissions for ICBMS4, which will be hosted at Chiang Mai University on the 2nd - 4th August 2024, titled: ‘Assemblages of the Future: Rethinking Communities after the State’. Three years after the coup and amid desperate circumstances, the people of Myanmar have […]

Listening Session: Acoustic Ecology

Dhani Bhaholyodin Conference Room Faculty of Social Sciences, A. Muang, Chiang Mai

All are invited to join a public listening session of the results of the Acoustic Ecology sound workshop (currently under way), documenting audioscapes and the sound environment in and around Chiang Mai with Dr. Csaba Hajnoczy from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest Hungary. Please join us from 2-5 pm on Tuesday, 13 August […]

Federalism and Decentralization in Myanmar: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

The Coup by the Myanmar military in February 2021 has resulted in renewed calls for a fundamental reform of the political system, which includes the abolition of special privileges for the Tatmadaw, a focus on democratic governance principles and the introduction of a federal union of equals. This presentation will look at the situation in […]