Upcoming events relevant to the Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar Initiative are listed below.
These events may be directly related to the K4DM initiative or have attendance from one or more of the K4DM partners.
May
Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Festival 2023
Strengthening the regional digital rights movement through creativity, conversation, and celebration
22-26 May 2023 – Chiang Mai, Thailand
https://engagemedia.org/projects/asia-pacific-digital-rights-festival/
K4DM Involvement: Partner SecDev will be attending
June
RightsCon
RightsCon is the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.
5-8 June 2023 – San José, Costa Rica and online
https://www.rightscon.org/
15th International Burma Studies Conference 2023
The Burma Studies Group, the Myanmar-Institut and the University of Zurich cordially invite you to participate in the next Burma Studies Conference Envisioning Myanmar: Crisis, Change, Continuity!
9-11 June 2023 – Zurich, Switzerland
- Early-bird registration for the Burma Studies Conference closes on 7 April
- Funds for Myanmar researchers Application deadline is on 7 April 2023 11pm!
https://www.myanmar.uzh.ch/en/2023/burmastudiesconference2023.html
25th AASSREC Biennial Conference
Social Science in Asia: Past, Present and Future
Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils Annual Meeting
14-16 June 2023 – Seoul, Korea
https://aassrec.org/
K4DM Involvement: Partners from GDN and Chiang Mai University attending
Pre-conference symposium prior to AAS (June 21-22)
21 – 22 June 2023 – Daegu, Korea
Association for Asian Studies – in Asia, 2023
Asia in Motion: Memory, Preservation and Documentation
24-27 June 2023 – Daegu, Korea
https://aasinasia.org/welcome
July
Myanmar studies since the 2021 coup
Workshop for graduate research students and early career researchers
20 July 2023 – Australia National University, Canberra, Australia
https://myanmar.anu.edu.au/events/news/414/call-applications-workshop-graduate-research-students-and-early-career-researchers
Sponsored by the K4DM initiative
Myanmar Update 2023 – From Coup to Revolution
The Myanmar Update is a series of regular conferences that focus on recent economic, political and social conditions in Myanmar.
21-22 July 2023 – Australia National University, Canberra, Australia
https://myanmar.anu.edu.au/myanmar-update
Call for Papers (Now closed)
Sponsored by the K4DM initiative
Aye Lei Tun, a McMaster University doctoral candidate and K4DM-University of British Columbia Myanmar Initiative Fellow will be presenting her research “Women’s agency in armed struggles in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution”
October
Canadian Council on Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) 2023 Conference
12 – 14 October 2023
Université Laval, Québec, Canada
K4DM initiative grantee from University of British Columbia involvement
December
KNOWLEDGE MARKETPLACE – Chiang Mai 2023
The K4DM Annual Meeting
1-3 December 2023
Northern Science Park, Chang Mai, Thailand
The Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar (K4DM) initiative of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in partnership with Global Affairs Canada (GAC), is pleased to invite you to the KNOWLEDGE MARKETPLACE – Chiang Mai 2023: Exchanging Ideas for a Democratic Myanmar, which will be held on Friday, December 1st – Sunday, December 3rd, 2023, at Northern Science Park, Chiang Mai. There will also be events in Bangkok.