Colonial Burma, history and phillumeny
Tuesday
24th May
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Andrew Selth discusses how matchbox labels provide a glimpse into the culture of colonial Burma. In…
Category Archive: Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Colonial Burma, as seen through collectible cards
Thursday
12th May
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Over the centuries, popular perceptions of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have been remarkably consistent. The…
Duterte – The Filipino Trump gets elected
Tuesday
10th May
2016
He’s been called The Punisher, the Maverick Mayor, Firebrand, a Donald Trump, and the outgoing President compared him to Adolf…
Assessing the Jokowi presidency
Friday
6th May
2016
Indonesian President Joko Widodo swept to power on a wave of optimism for the country, but has he lived up…
Burma after forty years
Thursday
28th April
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Burma’s recent history, of turmoil and change (including the 1989 renaming to Myanmar), makes it a…
Kipling’s Burma and Myanmar’s Kipling
Tuesday
26th April
2016
ANDREW SELTH | He knew little about the country, but colonised the West’s imagination about it. The Indian Institute…
The forgiveness dilemma: Emotions and justice at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Wednesday
13th April
2016
RENÉE JEFFERY | In post-conflict politics, the practice of forgiveness is marked by a serious dilemma. For its proponents,…
Perspectives:Asia seminar – ‘Insights Indonesia’
Sunday
10th April
2016
A video recording of the Perspectives:Asia seminar ‘Insights Indonesia’ seminar is now available on our Perspectives:Asia event website. George Roberts, Journalist,…
Democracy in Myanmar: Who can claim victory?
Thursday
31st March
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Paraphrasing the Roman historian Tacitus, US President John F Kennedy said in 1961 that ‘victory has…
Andrew Selth: The lady and authoritarianism in Myanmar
Thursday
31st March
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Over the past few years, there has been a significant shift in public perceptions of Myanmar…