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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Discussion: Tai Magic with Susan Conway
DESCRIPTION: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 talismans associated with the supernatural. Within the context of Tai cosmology and numerology\, Theravada Buddhism and spirit religion\, the book examines how good and bad spirits are represented in figurative illustrations and how mystical diagrams and spells are formulated to bring good luck and protection or cause bad luck. Extensive field work studies over a period of four years were conducted in the Shan States and in northern Thailand. Using her field notes and photographs Susan Conway provides a colourful picture of the people who create magic and explains how mystical remedies are prescribed and the rituals involved. The author includes comparative material from museum collections in the USA\, UK and Thailand. \nAbout the Author\nSusan Conway is an author specializing in the arts and culture of Southeast Asia\, particularly Thailand\, and Burma (Myanmar). Susan studied fine art as an undergraduate\, and her Ph.D. was a study of the history and culture of Lanna (northern Thailand). More recently\, she became fascinated with healing practices and the magico-religious power of chants\, spells\, and rituals. She is an artist whose work is based on Thailand’s landscapes and murals paintings.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-launch-and-discussion-tai-magic-with-susan-conway/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20260223T103000
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SUMMARY:Online Seminar: Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION: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 the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)\, under the Research Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia program. \nRegister online here \nSeminar speakers and agenda: \n10:30-10:45 \nWelcome Remark: Dr. Sirada Khemanitthathai\nResearch Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia; Lecturer\, Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration\, Chiang Mai University \n10:45-12:00 \nPanel on ‘Researching Forced Displacement Issues in Southeast Asia’ \nYee Mon Oo Kyaw\, Chiang Mai University\nTitle: Leaving to Resist: How Myanmar’s Students Reclaimed Agency Through Displacement \nSyifa Salsabila Nasution\, Asian Institute of Technology\nTitle: The ‘New Bali’ Disputing: The Politics of Displacement\, Resistance\, and Intersectional Inequality in Mandalika’s\, Lombok Tourism Infrastructure \nAndi Subhan Husain\, Chulalongkorn University\nTitle: A Multidimensional Approach to Refugee Protection in Indonesia: Integrating Siyar\, Humanitarian Ethics\, and Policy Innovation \nModerated by Dr. Andrew Wai Phyo Kyaw\, Research Associate\, Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia\, the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development\, Chiang Mai University
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/online-seminar-forced-development-in-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai
CATEGORIES:Mobility and Border,Resource Governance
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Discussion: Young Tigers - Chao Tzang Yawnghwe and the Shan Rebellion in Myanmar
DESCRIPTION: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. \nYoung Tigers traces Myanmar’s turbulent post-independence history through the life of Chao Tzang Yawnghwe\, son of the country’s first president and last Saohpa of Yawnghwe. Born into aristocratic privilege\, he was thrust into political upheaval after the 1962 military coup\, which led to his father’s disappearance and his brother’s death. Forced into exile and armed struggle\, he joined the Shan resistance\, navigating the complex world of ethnic insurgency\, shifting alliances\, and the political economy of the opium trade. \nDrawing on extensive research\, the book examines the collapse of the federal promise envisioned in the 1947 Panglong Agreement\, the consolidation of military rule\, and the enduring struggles of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities. At its core\, it presents a contest between authoritarian centralism and the vision of a genuinely federal political order. \nThe book is written by Bertil Lintner and Hseng Noung Lintner. Bertil is a veteran journalist and the author of twenty books on Asian politics and history\, including several published by Silkworm Books. His notable works include Outrage: Burma’s Struggle for Democracy; Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency Since 1948\, Bloodbrothers: Crime\, Business and Politics in Asia\, Great Leader\, Dear Leader: Demystifying North Korea Under the Kim Clan\, Merchants of Madness: The Methamphetamine Explosion in the Golden Triangle\, Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s Struggle for Democracy\, and The Wa of Myanmar and China’s Quest for Global Dominance. He resides in Chiang Mai\, Thailand. For more information about his work\, please visit his website.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-launch-and-discussion-young-tigers-chao-tzang-yawnghwe-and-the-shan-rebellion-in-myanmar/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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SUMMARY:Special Lecture: Gender\, Education and Conflict - Rethinking Connections
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAttention to gender and education in times of conflict has often focused on girls’ vulnerabilities to violence in accessing schooling. Access to school and increased risks of violence are significant concerns that deserve attention\, however alone they cannot account for the gendered nature of educational experiences in times of conflict. In this talk Dr Liz Maber will rethink these connections\, drawing on her work over the last 15 years in Myanmar and Bangladesh\, to examine the varied and multi-directional ways in which gender intersects with education and conflict. Exploring the education work that happens beyond the state in times of crisis\, through community groups and social movements\, offers an entry point for reassessing priorities in learning and fundamental questions of who education is intended to serve and for what purpose. \nDr Liz Maber is Associate Professor in Sociology of Education at the Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge\, where her work focuses on gender and education in conflict and displacement\, resistance to authoritarianism and militarization\, and social transformation.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/special-lecture-gender-education-and-conflict-rethinking-connections/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Socializing Land - Plantations\, Disposession\, and Resistance in Laos
DESCRIPTION:RCSD invites all to attend a book talk on Thursday\, 9 April from 1-3 pm\nat the Subaltern Room\, RCSD\, Faculty of Social Science\, Chiang Mai University. \nIn “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 and Vietnamese pulpwood and rubber plantations in southern Laos. Moving beyond a view of land as a mere commodity or “thing\,” Kenney-Lazar argues that land is fundamentally a set of social relationships. By examining the experiences of the ethnic minority Brou people in Savannakhet\, the book reveals how the coercive expropriation of territory by state-investor partnerships is met with persistent friction and contestation. \nThe author highlights the contradictory role of the Lao state\, which simultaneously pursues investment-driven growth while pledging to protect limited peasant land rights. Crucially\, the research demonstrates that despite the disastrous effects of dispossession\, these struggles can ironically strengthen peasant social ties to the land through organized resistance\, perhaps ultimately limiting attempts at alienation. \nThis upcoming talk offers a deeper look and chance to engage with the author on the political relationships between government officials\, plantation managers\, and village authorities that shape the contemporary agrarian landscape in Southeast Asia. All interested students\, faculty\, and members of the public are welcome to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto: Nicholas Bosoni www.nicholasbosoni.com
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-talk-socializing-land-plantations-disposession-and-resistance-in-laos/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Resource Governance
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SUMMARY:ICBMS5
DESCRIPTION: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. \nMyanmar 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 to build alternative futures. Local organizations\, resistance groups\, and civil society actors across the country are creating new forms of governance\, social movements\, and civic practice that challenge dominant narratives of nation-building. At the same time\, Myanmar’s trajectory is shaped by shifting geopolitical forces across Asia and beyond\, as regional and global powers influence its political economy\, resource frontiers\, and conflict landscape. \nICBMS 5 seeks to foster scholarship and dialogue that advances understanding of these dynamics. The conference will create space for examining how political imagination emerges and takes hold\, how solidarity forms across ethnic\, social\, and cultural divisions\, and how diverse communities articulate shared\, common aspirations while maintaining their distinct voices. We welcome work that engages with both the constraints of the present moment and the possibilities that continue to emerge from below. \nWe invite scholars\, researchers\, activists\, and practitioners working on Myanmar-related issues to join us in Chiang Mai. Guidelines for the submission of abstracts\, panel proposals\, and roundtable proposals will be announced in the coming days. \nConference Themes:\nGeopolitics and Transnational Investment\nVisions of Social Revolution\nElectoral Politics and Political Consequences\nHuman Rights\, Justice\, and Equity\nHealth and Humanitarian Politics\nRefugees\, Migration\, Labour\, and Forced Displacement\nEnvironmental Justice: Transboundary Pollution and Climate Change\nAgrarian Transition and Food Sovereignty\nIllicit Economies and the Scam Industry\nGender\, Class\, and Intersectionality\nArts\, Media\, and Popular Culture\nSocial Reproduction and Care\nEducation and Social Change\nKnowledge Production in Burma/Myanmar Studies \nFurther updates and key dates will be announced soon! \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/icbms5/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai
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