The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), in partnership with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), presents an exhibition that brings forward narratives of resilience, memory, and hope articulated by Rohingya women. Through visual and material expressions, the exhibition seeks to illuminate lived experiences of displacement and survival, while encouraging visitors to critically […]
Researching Forced Displacement Issues in Southeast Asia December 15, 2025, 10 AM - 12 PM (Thailand Time) Register online here This seminar series explores displacement issues in Southeast Asia, investigating various forms of displacement, enhancing understanding of the legal frameworks that govern displacement, and examining community responses to displacement. This seminar series is hosted by […]
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. […]
How do violent conflict and climate change shape each other on the ground? This seminar presents new research on the politics and lived experiences of climate change in Myanmar’s post-coup rupture. It offers rare insights into how conflict-affected communities experience and interpret extreme weather and environmental disruption. The seminar also explores how climate and environmental […]
RCSD invites all to join author Susan Conway on Friday, 13 February from 1:30 to 3:30 pm in the Subaltern Meeting Room at RCSD, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University for the launch of the newly revised edition of her book, Tai Magic. This is a superbly illustrated book that introduces manuscripts, textiles and […]
This seminar series explores displacement issues in Southeast Asia, investigating various forms of displacement, enhancing understanding of the legal frameworks that govern displacement, and examining community responses to displacement. This seminar series is hosted by the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, with support from […]
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 […]
RCSD invites all to join a special lecture "Gender, Education and Conflict - Rethinking Connections" with Liz Maber on Tuesday, 24 March 2026 from 10 am to noon at the Subaltern Meeting Room, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University. Attention to gender and education in times of conflict has often focused on girls' vulnerabilities […]
RCSD invites all to attend a book talk on Thursday, 9 April from 1-3 pm at the Subaltern Room, RCSD, Faculty of Social Science, Chiang Mai University. In "Socializing Land: Plantations, Dispossession, and Resistance in Laos," author Miles Kenney-Lazar provides a sophisticated ethnographic critique of the global land rush, focusing on the proliferation of Chinese […]
The Committee of the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies is pleased to announce that ICBMS 5 will be held at Chiang Mai University from 14 to 16 August 2026. Myanmar stands at a critical juncture. The country faces protracted political stalemate, armed conflict, economic decline, and humanitarian crisis. Yet amid fragmentation and violence, communities continue […]