Events archive
Southeast Asia Seminar
Patrick McCormick (École française d'Extrême-Orient, Yangon)
11 November 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Deakin Room
The nation has hijacked history in Burma. Prasenjit Duara rescued history from the nation, and much historiography has moved in other directions. Yet the nation and nation-state continue to shape how... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Amie Kirkham (CPCS)
6 November 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Dahrendorf Room
A Report from the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Siem Reap, Cambodia The report elevates community voices from six locations in Myanmar that experienced communal violence to reveal a strong... Read more
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
Dr Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi
19 June 2015 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Talbott Hall, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, OX2 6QA
Join us in celebrating Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday, and also recognizing the academic achievements of Dr Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi, the DASSK Trust's JRF in Gender and Burmese Studies at Lady Margaret... Read more
Burma/Myanmar Events in Oxford
Benedict Rogers, Tun Khin
12 May 2015 - 8:30pm to 10:30pm
Dahrendorf Room, Founder's Building, St Antony's College
The Rohingya people are Muslims who live in northern Rakhine, Myanmar. International media and human rights organizations have described them as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Penny Edwards (Associate Professor, Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley)
8 May 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Deakin Room, Founder's Building, St Antony's College
Burma/Myanmar Events in Oxford
Kirsten McConnachie (Joyce Pearce Research Fellow, Refugee Studies Centre Oxford)
7 May 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Seminar Room D, Manor Road Building
Abstract: This talk considers two intersecting trends in forced migration – urbanisation of refugee populations, and a policy approach of securitization - as they relate to refugees from Myanmar in... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Matt Schissler (Independent Scholar, Myanmar)
29 April 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Deakin Room, Founder's Building, St Antony's College
Professor David Steinberg (School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, and Georgetown University (Emeritus))
28 April 2015 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Mordan Hall, St Hugh's College
Continuing military dominance in Burma/Myanmar is a product of the particular historical development of that country, but is also regarded in the West as antithetical to democratic governance.... Read more
Dr Matthew J Walton (St Antony's College), Mr Matt Schissler (independent scholar), Ms Phyu Phyu Thi (Myanmar ICT for Development Organization)
28 April 2015 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
MGA Lecture Room, St Hugh's College
The Myanmar Media and Society project is housed under the Programme on Modern Burmese Studies at St Antony's College under the leadership of Dr Matthew J Walton, with a research team in Myanmar led... Read more
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
Hervé Lemahieu (Research Associate for Political Economy and Security, IISS)
21 April 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Arundel house, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London, WC2 3DX
Since February, sustained clashes between Kokang rebels (returning from exile in China) and the Myanmar military in northeast Shan State have resulted in the one of the largest refugee crises on... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Su Lin Lewis (Bristol)
4 March 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Deakin Room, Founder's Building, St Antony's College
The social history of colonial Southeast Asia has often been seen through the lens of ‘plural societies’, where diverse ethnic groups rarely mixed. This paper challenges that narrative by examining... Read more
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
Dr Miemie Wynn Byrd (Suu Foundation)
20 February 2015 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
The Queen’s College, High Street, OX1 4AW
The general election of Burma is taking place at the end of 2015, the result of which will greatly influence the country’s path of political transition and its strategies towards ethnic minorities,... Read more
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
22 March 2014 - 12:00pm to 23 March 2014 - 12:00pm
Keble College, University of Oxford
Burma/Myanmar Events in Oxford
Andrew McLeod (Oxford), Benedict Rogers (Christian Solidarity Worldwide), Herve Lemanhieur (Oxford Analytica)
13 March 2014 - 6:30pm
Maplethorpe Building, St. Hugh's College
For further information please visit: http://www.oxfordburmaalliance.org/
Burma/Myanmar Events in Oxford
Khin Mar Mar Kyi (Oxford)
6 March 2014 - 6:30pm
Phoenix Cinema, Walton Street