#NewBook: Dr Justine Chambers's "Pursuing Morality" is a fascinating study of ordinary life in Myanmar through a unique focus on Buddhist Plong (Pwo) Karen, and the first ethnographic study of #Myanmar to add to the “moral turn” body of anthropology. Get a copy: buff.ly/3AaqhXm

One can’t miss the fact two of India’s eastern neighbours are witnessing historic people’s revolutions against their own tyrannical regimes, mostly led by young people. One can’t also miss the fact that in both cases, New Delhi remains shy of acknowledging a new ground reality.

What's happening in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 is truly incredible. A county with a population the size of Russia, has forced out it's sitting autocrat and prevented itself from turning into a full dictatorship, despite brutal state repression which resulted in hundreds of casualties.

It’s crucial to understand that Min Aung Hlaing has systematically purged all reformist and moderate elements from the Myanmar military over the years. Even if the coup rumors are true, only the hard-line ultranationalists will take charge. This will undoubtedly accelerate

Delighted to share this podcast conversation w/ Patrick Jory from the New Books Network 📚 discussing my new book, Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and Everyday Ethics in Southeastern Myanmar. For anyone interested in the lives of Karen Buddhists in SE Myanmar see newbooksnetwork.com/pursuing-moral…

Great opportunity for PhD students focusing on SEA who are close to finalising their thesis

Thanks for the shout out UK-South Asia Network ☺️

Even if/where direct international collaboration with highly militarised EROs is not possible or wise... International donors should work with community-based and CDM networks, who usually make up a governance complex in areas udner the authority of armed revolutionaries.

Women in #Myanmar's Revolution continue to challenge gender norms as they increasingly take on roles and responsibilities that bring them to the frontlines. Thousands have joined the #CDM and are resisting the junta and all forms of patriarchy ✊ irrawaddy.com/in-person/prof…

Great piece from Lorcan exploring the complexities of revolutionary governance and the challenges for ordinary people in southern Tanintharyi.

Super pleased that our special issue w/ the Journal of Contemporary Asia, on ‘Revolution and Solidarity in Myanmar,’ is now online: tandfonline.com/toc/rjoc20/54/5 Five of the ten articles, including the introduction, are open access. Contact the authors for copies of the other papers☺️

I will be holding a book launch for Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and Everyday Ethics in Southeastern Myanmar in Copenhagen at DIIS Denmark on 26 September. The event will be livestreamed w/ Ardeth Thawnghmung and Mikael Gravers joining as discussants 😊 diis.dk/en/event/pursu…

Interested in Myanmar? Do not miss out on this book launch 26 sept DIIS Denmark with Dr Justine Chambers: Pursuing morality in a violent militarised state: the case of Myanmar. Sign up: diis.dk/en/event/pursu…

Recent Pubs, 9 Sept 2024 burmastudiesgroup.com/2024/09/08/rec… features Dr Justine Chambers's book on everyday ethics in Karen state; Mitra and Şahin-Mencütek on Rohingya refugees' in/visibility in India; and Jefferson et al on the gendered dimensions of imprisonment in Myanmar.

‘Revolution and solidarity in Myanmar’ - some thoughts from Nick Cheesman and I on the importance of studying revolution ‘eventfully’, by attending to the significance of the revolutionary situation instead of causes or outcomes newmandala.org/revolution-and…

“Myanmar has arguably experienced a “revolutionary situation” for all of its post-colonial history.” “This calls for a research practice of leaving revolution open to scrutiny, whether through participant observation, the recording of ethnographic narratives or other methods”

Devastating floods are affecting people across large parts of Myanmar, including in IDP communities. For people fleeing violence and war, the affects of climate change are an ever present reality which they have to negotiate amidst multiple and intersecting forms of violence