6 Minutes To ReadMichael Edwards asks how to navigate Yangon using a transit map of Seoul.
Tags: buddhism, Christianity, modernity, religion, South Korea, Yangon
April 21, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton looks at Ma Ba Tha’s persistence in the light of criticisms.
Tags: buddhism, governance, MaBaTha, nationalism, religion
March 7, 2018
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Melissa Crouch’s edited volume on Muslims in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, buddhism, Islam, religion
July 3, 2017
10 Minutes To Read
Htay Htay Win tracks down memories of her jockey grandfather, Thein Pe of the Rangoon Turf Club.
Tags: colonialism, history, memory, religion
April 24, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadThe Myanmar Media and Society team previews its current oral history project.
Tags: history, Islam, peace, religion, religious conflict
April 21, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadReshmi Bannerjee reflects on some of Myanmar’s famous waterways.
February 16, 2017
11 Minutes To ReadPhacharaphorn Phanomvan reflects on the role of female Buddhist practitioners in Buddhist societies.
Tags: buddhism, gender, religion, Thailand, women
February 10, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadThe Myanmar Media and Society Project team explores actions that have de-escalated conflict.
Tags: media, peace, religion, religious conflict, violence
January 13, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadKlara Christensen recounts a cathartic inter-faith freestyle rap session in conflict-torn Meikhtila.
Tags: Meikhtila, music, religion
December 19, 2016
12 Minutes To ReadEi Thindar Myint reflects on gender politics in Myanmar.
September 8, 2016
9 Minutes To ReadAung Tun and Matthew Walton comment on a recent statement by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee.
Tags: buddhism, democracy, ethnic politics, MaBaTha, religion
July 29, 2016
6 Minutes To ReadKlara Christensen explores the music scene in Myanmar.
July 28, 2016