Location
The highly anticipated International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies will be held in Chiang Mai over the period 24-25 July 2015. It will be co-hosted by the Centre for ASEAN Studies (CAS), Chiang Mai University, the Regional Centre for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD): Myanmar Studies Centre, the University of Mandalay and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden, The Netherlands. The unique conference will bring together numerous scholars, researchers, journalists, NGO workers and observers from Burma/Myanmar, as well as those from other parts of the world. With scholarship on and within Burma/Myanmar still to be fully developed, the conference will enable and empower discussion on relevant topics and provide holistic updates.
The objectives of the conference are:
- to bring together leading scholars and intellectuals on Burma/Myanmar in order to develop a deeper understanding of the enormous political, social, environmental, and economical transformations occurring in Burma/Myanmar.
- to assist in putting scholarship on Burma/Myanmar at the forefront of conversation and strengthen in within academia.
- to examine the connectivity and nexus Burma/Myanmar has with other ASEAN members, larger regional powers and in a global context.
- to provide a thought-provoking platform for the exchange of academic and practical ideas and to facilitate dialogue amongst scholars from Burma/Myanmar and throughout the world.
- to enable young and mid-level scholars and researchers to participate in an international academic forum and have interaction with leading scholars within the field.
Members:
Resources
Displaying 1 - 5 of 22Migration as a Challenge for Myanmar’s Socio-economic Development: Case Studies of Hpa-an and Mrauk-U townships in Myanmar
Abstract: "Migration
is
the
act
or
process
of
moving
from
one
place
to
another
with
the
intent
of
staying
at
the
destination
permanently
or
for
a
relatively
long
period
of
time
(1992,
Longman).
It
can
also
be
assumed
that
people
Micro Level Study on Socio-economic Situation of Sinlan Village, Pyin Oo Lwin Township: A Geographic Perspectives
Abstract: "Socio‐economic
situation
means
an
individual's
or
a
group's
position
within
a
hierarchical
social
structure.
Socio-economic
status
depends
on
a
combination
of
variables,
including
occupation,
education,
income,
Environmental Damage and Poverty Migration among Myanmar and its Neighbors
In recent years migration studies have theorized that 21st-century migration is following patterns that both incorporate and diverge from academic and policymaking explanations of late 20th-century migration. The case of Myanmar, whose out-migration is well-known and well-enumerated, nevertheless shows both a less-known pattern of in-migration in rural areas as well as environmental (and not only economic) factors in both in- and out- migration.
Breastfeeding Promotion and Protection for Maternal, Infant and Childhood Health and Nutrition in Myanmar
The
Government
of
Myanmar
has
demonstrated
their
interest
and
commitment
to
promoting
and
protecting
breast
feeding
and
to
improve
Maternal,
Infant
and
Child
Health
and
Nutrition
with
the
launching
of
Scaling
Up
Nutrition(SUN)
Movement
in
2013
The Bride Price Negotiation Among Chin Women in Myanmar
In
2012,
amidst
the
communal
violence
between
Royingha
and
Rakhine,
a
Chin
bride
father
at
Paletwa
in
southern
part
of
Chin
state
in
Myanmar
asked
twenty
lakhs
in
kyat
(approximately