Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author. The following work does not necessarily represent the views of the Synergy: Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies. On 11 February […]
On February 26, the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies hosted Dr. Diana Kim, Assistant Professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. This was the first public talk since her book, “Empires of […]
Abstract Following the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya people by the state of Myanmar, what international justice mechanisms are global states trying to pursue in order to hold state actors and Burmese military accountable? […]
On February 6th, the Synergy Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies and the Contemporary Asian Studies Students’ Union (CASSU) hosted the panel discussion “Democracy in Myanmar: What to Watch for in 2020”. The conversation featured Dr. […]
Abstract: This paper investigates whether Myanmar’s consecutive authoritarian governments and Buddhist monastic community maintain an unacknowledged alliance against the Rohingya. Scrutinising an unacknowledged alliance between the authoritarian state authority and Buddhist monks is vital because it […]
“Street Food in Bangkok and Hanoi: Conflicts Over the Use of the Urban Space,” an event hosted at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy on October 21, 2019, examined the ideological framing […]
On February 12th, 2019, the Centre for Southeast Asia Studies hosted an academic seminar with Professor Alicia Turner, entitled “Colonial Secularism, Buddhism and the Continuing Violence of Burmese Women’s ‘Freedom’.” The event took place in […]
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author. The following work does not necessarily represent the views of the Synergy: Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies. On the morning […]
On October 8, 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a special UN report, warning that the world is running out of time to halt climate change. At the current rate of greenhouse […]
On November 8, 2018, the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at the Munk House of Global Affairs and Public Policy hosted Professor Nu-Anh Tran for a presentation titled “How Democratic Should Vietnam Be?: Anticommunist Nationalists […]
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