The Traffic in Hierarchy: Masculinity and Its Others in Buddhist Burma by Ward Keeler, Honolulu, University of Hawaii’ Press, 2017. 331 pages.
6 Minutes To ReadKhin Mar Mar Kyi reviews Ward Keeler’s book on gender and Burmese Buddhist practices in Myanmar.
What role has social media played in facilitating the spread of hardline nationalist sentiment in Myanmar?
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.
“Rowdy monks” or a crisis of monastic authority?
7 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton looks at Ma Ba Tha’s persistence in the light of criticisms.
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.
Putting Myanmar’s “Buddhist Extremism” in an International Context
6 Minutes To ReadAye Thein argues that the international influences on “Buddhist extremism” have been overlooked.
Call for Submissions: Tea Circle’s Forum on the 10th anniversary of the “Saffron Revolution”
2 Minutes To ReadSeptember 2017 will mark the 10th anniversary of the so-called “Saffron Revolution.”
Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging edited by Melissa Crouch, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2016, Pages 345.
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Melissa Crouch’s edited volume on Muslims in Myanmar.
Buddhism, Politics, and Political Thought in Myanmar by Matthew J. Walton, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 2017. 226 pages.
6 Minutes To ReadCourtney Wittekind reviews a new book on Buddhism and political thought by Matthew J. Walton.
Film Academy Awards, Myanmar Idol, and the Peace Process in Myanmar
11 Minutes To ReadSai Latt challenges conventional wisdom on Myanmar’s political divides.
Daughters of the Sakyamuni: Reflections on Struggles to Legally Exist as Female Buddhist Practitioners in Thailand and Myanmar
11 Minutes To ReadPhacharaphorn Phanomvan reflects on the role of female Buddhist practitioners in Buddhist societies.