Citizenship in Myanmar: Ways of Being in and from Burma, Edited by Ashley South and Marie Lall, Singapore: ISEAS, 2018, 316 pages
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud reviews a new edited volume on the contentious issues surrounding citizenship in Myanmar.
Lahu stories across borders
5 Minutes To ReadFrances O’Morchoe delves into the stories of banishment, migration and golden ages within Lahu pasts.
Do not be deceived
3 Minutes To ReadLuke Corbin reviews the new film “Deception,” in Yangon theatres now.
Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim “Other” by Francis Wade. Zed Books, 2017, 280 pages
5 Minutes To ReadIshrat Hossain reviews Francis Wade’s timely analysis of anti-Muslim sentiments in Myanmar.
Knowledge, Piracy and Academic Development in Myanmar (Part 2)
11 Minutes To ReadMandy Sadan discusses the piracy of her work and tensions between academic publishing and reaching local audiences.
Knowledge, Piracy and Academic Development in Myanmar (Part 1)
10 Minutes To ReadMandy Sadan discusses the piracy of her work and tensions between academic publishing and reaching local audiences.
Miss Burma. Charmaine Craig. 2017. 355 pp. Grove Press.
5 Minutes To ReadLuke Corbin reviews Charmaine Craig’s new book, “Miss Burma.”
Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar – A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South by Adam Simpson, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, 2017.
4 Minutes To ReadTinzar Htun reviews a new edition of Adam Simpson’s book on energy politics.
Reflecting on the Saffron Revolution, In Poetry and Prose
5 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind talks with poet Khet Mar about her poem, “The Wound.”
Pathways That Changed Myanmar, Matthew Mullen. Zed Books, 2016, 256 pages.
5 Minutes To ReadJames T. Davies reviews Matthew Mullen’s book on understanding change in Myanmar.
