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Community Organizations International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies. Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies. Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies. Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges
University or Research Institution

Location

Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Working languages
inglês

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. 

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Resources

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Cultural Heritage Buildings in Mandalay City (Myanmar): A Geographic Approach to the Urban Landscape

Reports & Research
Julho, 2015
Myanmar

Abstract: The
cultural
heritage
buildings
give
a
sense
of
past
and
of
cultural
identity.
Those
buildings

encompassed
the
historical
evidence,
artifacts
and
beliefs.

As
being
a
last
capital
of

Myanmar

Konbaung
Dynasty,

there
were
various
kinds
of
building
which
are
still
left
out
in

Urbanism and Cultural Heritage: How to maintain history and forge into modernity in a fast growing Yangon

Reports & Research
Julho, 2015
Myanmar

Abstract: "This report is about urbanism and historical heritage preservation in Yangon, Myanmar. When we
look at urbanism, we are as well to view from the perspectives of urban development along with
urban planning. The buildings are merely the physical infrastructures for the citizens of Yangon
but also
the cultural landscape and the history of the place. They have been changing throughout
the time along with social and culture values of the local people. To be able to understand fully
about the urban development of a certain area,