This upcoming event at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) has been brought to my attention. If any New Mandala readers attend and would like to provide a report of the discussion please get in contact.
Roundtable Discussion on Recent Events in Myanmar (Burma)
Friday, September 28, 2007, 4:00-5:00 pm
1636 SSWB/International Institute, 1080 S. University, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
The University of Michigan Center for Southeast Asian Studies presents a public discussion on the evolving political situation in Myanmar (Burma) in which large public demonstrations by Buddhist monks joined by lay Burmese have clashed with Burmese military and paramilitary groups. Soldiers have also arrested monks, including senior monks, pulling them from their monasteries at night, an unprecedented move on the part of the Burmese military.
Subjects for discussion will include the legacies of student uprisings in 1988, the role of the Burmese military, the business connections between China and Myanmar, and the news from Burmese sources in the past few days.
Moderators: Linda Lim, Professor of Strategy and Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Allen Hicken, Assistant Professor of Political Science
For more information, please contact Charley Sullivan (by e-mail), Program Coordinator, Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
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1 Kevin Hewison // Sep 29, 2007 at 3:31 am
Similar events at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
1) SE Asia Interest Association Announcement
Many of you have been following the news recently about the monk protests in Burma. In light of these recent demonstrations, SEAIA will host events next week to raise awareness about the current situation in Burma and help answer any questions surrounding these
political developments. We hope that you will join us:
*Screening of Do-Ayay: Our Cause
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND
PHILLIPS 328, 6-8PM
Do-Ayay: Our Cause is a documentary by the Freedom Campaign on the efforts toward peaceful reform and democratization in the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia. Listen to testimony from courageous native activists as well as world leaders on the necessity for change as well as paths to action in the face of the ruling military junta. Hear the uplifting words of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, as she reflects the desires and aspirations of the Burmese people for a future of solidarity and peace. A student-led discussion facilitated by former SEAIA International Outreach co-chairs will follow the screening of this film.
2) A Public Talk
Dr. Susanne Prager Nyein
Dr. Tun Kyaw Nyein
Burma’s Political Crisis
Over the past few weeks, Burma’s military regime of more than four decades has faced a level of opposition that has not been seen since 1988. With Buddhist monks at the forefront of recent demonstrations, the protesters are now calling for democracy and political reform. Is this a turning point or will the military crackdown on the democracy activists? The speakers will assess the current situation and the likely outcomes.
Dr. Susanne Prager Nyein received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Heidelberg. Her dissertation was a study on the prevalent ideas and concepts in Burma’s nationalist movement, explored through the prism of its leader Aung San. Dr Prager Nyein’s research interests include the relationship between politics and millenarian Buddhism and concepts of state and power in Burma. She is a Visiting Scholar with the Carolina Asia Center.
Dr. Tun Kyaw Nyein is Interim Dean, University College, North Carolina Central University. As a leader of the 1974 pro-democracy uprising in Burma, he was imprisoned for nearly 5 years, and left Burma in 1983. He received his medical degree from Rangoon Medical College and his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Wednesday, October 3, 2005, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
FedEx Global Education Center 1005
Carolina Asia Center Seminar Series/Co-sponsored with the Southeast Asia Interest Association
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