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The Center for Southeast Asian Studies organizes and sponsors a number of events such as lectures, film screening, workshops, symposia, conferences, exhibits, and performances throughout the year.  Several of these events are in collaboration with other U-M units, and are often free and open to the public. To see what we have planned for this semester, please visit our 2020 Lecture Series page.

CSEAS Lecture. Communal Violence in Myanmar: Roundtable Discussion

Monday, March 27, 2017
12:00-1:30 PM
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building Map
Since 2012, Myanmar has experienced recurrent, sporadic, collective acts of lethal violence, realized through repeated public expressions that Muslims constitute an existential threat to Buddhists. Much of this has been directed at those who identify as Rohingya, but it has not been limited to this category. The panelists discuss the narratives, genealogies and typologies of this violence, drawing on scholarship from South and Southeast Asia.

Panelist:
Nick Cheesman, Fellow, Department of Political & Social Change Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University, 2016-17 Member of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study

Mike McGovern Associate Professor, Anthropology & Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Michigan

Matt Schissler Doctoral Student in Anthropology, University of Michigan

Moderated by Allen Hicken, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies and the Conflict
and Peace Initiative
Building: School of Social Work Building
Event Type: Lecture / Discussion
Tags: Lecture, Religious, Social Justice, Southeast Asia
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Center for Southeast Asian Studies, International Institute, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Asian Languages and Cultures