Upcoming Events

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/

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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

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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

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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

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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.