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SUMMARY:Stitches of Strength: A Quilt Exhibition
DESCRIPTION: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 reflect on the social boundaries that shape perceptions of “self” and “other.” \nThe exhibition will take place from 11 to 19 December 2025 at the Entrance Hall of Chiang Mai University Library. Guided tours will be conducted in English\, Thai\, and Burmese on the following dates: \n\n11 December 2025 at 13:30\n17 December 2025 at 13:30\n\nLight refreshments will be provided. \nThe event is open to the public
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/stitches-of-strength-a-quilt-exhibition/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai
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SUMMARY:Online Seminar: Researching Forced Displacement Issues In Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Researching Forced Displacement Issues in Southeast Asia \nDecember 15\, 2025\, 10 AM – 12 PM (Thailand Time) \nRegister online here \nThis 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. \nSpeakers: \n10:00-10:15 Welcoming remarks from Dr. Sirada Khemanitthathai \nResearch Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia; Lecturer\, Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration\, Chiang Mai University \n10:15-12:00 Panel on ‘Researching Forced Displacement Issues in Southeast Asia’  \n\n“The Permanent in the Temporary: Reflecting on the Pedagogy of the Displaced in the Context of Marawi\, Lanao del Sur\, Philippines” with Kristine Mari T. Miranda\nResearcher-Writer (Initiatives for International Dialogue); Research\, Documentation\, and Learning Consultant (Humanity & Inclusion Philippines)\n “Out-of-Camp Refugees in Southeast Asia: History\, Legal Frameworks\, and the Case of Tonlé Sap” with Nguyen Dang Dao\nNational University of Singapore]\n “Between Protection and Security: The Securitization of Refugees in Malaysia” with Afifi Nordin\nSchool of Business and Social Sciences\, Albukhary International University\, Alor Setar\, Malaysia\n“Paradox of Sesan 2 Dam: Analyzing Its Impact on Indigenous Communities’ Future Resources in Cambodia” with Chea Sameng\nUniversity of Delhi in India\n\nModerated by Dr. Andrew Wai Phyo Kyaw \nResearch Associate\, Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia\, the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development\, Chiang Mai University \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/online-seminar-researching-forced-displacement-issues-in-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:online\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Mobility and Border
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Reproducing Revolution with Jenny Hedström
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn Reproducing Revolution\, Jenny Hedström explores the Kachin revolution in Myanmar from the perspective of female soldiers\, female activists\, and women displaced by the violence in northern Myanmar. Hedström argues that the household is an inherently gendered\, militarized\, and political space that impacts\, and is in turn impacted by\, the external conflict with which it coexists. In this context\, women’s everyday labor—the gendered work of childcare\, farming\, fighting\, and forging connections both across households and between the household and the army and the nation—is key to revolutionary survival. Hedström calls this labor militarized social reproduction\, and in Reproducing Revolution she demonstrates that such labor is critical to the military effort\, and that warfare itself is shaped through everyday domestic action. \nWe ask that interested participants please register online here so we can ensure we have enough space for the event
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-launch-and-panel-discussion-reproducing-revolution-with-jenny-hedstrom/
LOCATION:4th floor meeting room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20251223T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20251223T120000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: "Worldly Engagements" with Roger Casas
DESCRIPTION: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\nSouthwest China” on Tuesday\, 23 December from 10 am to noon at the Subaltern Meeting Room. \nThe Tai Lue of Sipsong Panna\, located in China’s southern Yunnan province\, is the largest community of Theravada Buddhists in a country where the Mahayana tradition is dominant. In recent decades\, and in light of ever-increasing global connectivity and visibility online\, the public participation of Tai Lue novices and monks in practices such as eating in the afternoon\, drinking alcohol\, having girlfriends\, and competing in sports—all considered unfitting\, even unacceptable\, behavior for Buddhist monastics in China and Southeast Asia—has been evidenced as proof of the backwardness of this minority religious community. \nWorldly Engagements places such alleged misconduct at the center of its enquiry to demonstrate that\, far from characterizing a corrupt form of practice\, it represents an essential part of the monasticism traditionally prevalent in the region\, an all-encompassing and amphibious technology of self-mastery inextricably embedded in the mundane and the non-religious—that is\, a vernacular discipline concerned mainly with making boys into men. It is a rich portrayal of the temple experience as a site for Lue youths to negotiate demands from families\, religious superiors\, and peers\, as well as navigate the challenges presented by national models of masculinity and the powerful influence of Thai Buddhism. \nRoger Casas has lived and conducted research among the Tai Lue in Sipsong Panna since 2004. He has held researcher and lecturer posts in academic institutions in Austria\, China\, Thailand\, and Japan.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-launch-worldly-engagements-with-roger-casas/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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