Public Scholarship

  • Yangon's New City 仰光的“新城市

    The question of when is an urgent one for residents of Southwest Yangon who must navigate the void that stretches between a project’s proposal and its implementation.

  • Can Myanmar’s Protesters Succeed?

    Led by student activists, the new civil disobedience movement draws on the experience of older generations—but its methods and demands are a radical break with the past.

  • On Myanmar’s Periphery, Alternative Perspectives of the Political Transition

    Arriving in Shan State on a night bus from Yangon, after hours hurtling along the highway, our bus turns east.

  • Crisis upon Crisis

    COVID-19 has receded into the background since Feb. 1, with the more immediate threat of state-sanctioned violence overshadowing the protracted damage of a global pandemic.

  • Taking the Long View of Burma's Conflicts

    To say that the edited collection War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar arrives at a critical time in Myanmar’s political history is perhaps an understatement.

  • Military Rule in Myanmar: Parsing the Propaganda

    Critics of the Myanmar military should not be too quick in dismissing its propaganda. A closer examination reveals the junta’s priorities and strategy.

  • Anti-Imperialist Filmmaking: An Interview with Saeed Taji Farouky (English)

    Courtney Wittekind interviews filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky about his film, “A Thousand Fires,” set in Magway.

  • ကိုလိုနီနယ်ချဲ့ ဆန့်ကျင်ရေး ရုပ်ရှင်ရိုက်ကူးခြင်း (Burmese)

    Courtney Wittekind မှ ရုပ်ရှင်ရိုက်ကူးသူ Saeed Taji Farouky အားသူ၏ရုပ်ရှင် အကြောင်းမေးမြန်းထားပါသည်။