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SUMMARY:Book Talk: The Palimpsest Constitution with Melissa Crouch
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, 4 August 2026 for a book talk with author Mellisa Crouch for her new work “The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar.” The talk will be held 10 am to noon in RCSD study room 02-001\, 2F\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University\, moderated by Gustaaf Houtman\, editor of Anthropology Today. \nSince the mid-20th century\, many postcolonial states have engaged in multiple constitution-making exercises\, with the turnover in written constitutions often due to coups or internal conflict. Conversely\, people have resisted authoritarian rule through alternative constitution-making. The reality that most countries have had numerous official and unofficial constitutional texts begs the question: How do past constitutions matter in the present? This volume explores the social life of constitutional legacies\, or how past constitutions matter. \nUsing the case of Myanmar\, Professor Crouch demonstrates that constitutions are a palimpsest of past texts\, ideas\, and practices\, an accumulation of contested legacies. Through constitutional ethnography\, it traces Burma/Myanmar’s modern constitutional history from the late colonial era through its postcolonial\, socialist\, and military regimes. The Palimpsest Constitution captures the idea that contemporary debates about constitutional reform are informed by the contested legacies of the past. In Myanmar\, the military insists on the endurance of its 2008 Constitution while pro-civilian actors resist military rule through alternative constitution-making endeavours. Offering a sociological view of constitutional endurance\, the book demonstrates how the social life of constitutions is central to the struggle for constitutional democracy and civilian rule in Myanmar. \n  \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-talk-the-palimpsest-constitution-with-melissa-crouch/
LOCATION:RCSD Classroom 02-001\, 2nd floor\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Science\, Chiang Mai University\, A. Muang\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
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SUMMARY:ICBMS5: Between Crisis & Possibility
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 \nFor full information\, including online registration for observers and participants\, please follow this link. \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/icbms5/
LOCATION:Uniserv\, 239 Nimmanahaeminda Road\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
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