Knowledge grows stronger when it is shared. With this maxim in mind, the Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar initiative, supported by IDRC and Global Affairs Canada, will bring together experts and other stakeholders for a three-day exchange of ideas for a more democratic future in Myanmar.
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KNOWLEDGE MARKETPLACE – Chiang Mai 2025
The K4DM Annual Meeting – The K4DM 2025 Knowledge Marketplace will this year be held in conjunction with other events happening in Chiang Mai and Bangkok between July 2nd and July 19th.
Future Democratic Myanmar and Human Rights is a United Nations Human Rights Office report launch and panel discussion on human rights in Myanmar.
အနာဂတ် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေး
Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand
Monday, July 7th 2025. 5:30 to 7:30 pm
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.
Event posts
Exploring Activism In Myanmar
We are excited to invite you to a special seminar jointly organized by the UBC Myanmar Initiative, the Center for...
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Challenges in Researching Local Administrative Structures in Post-coup Myanmar
We are excited to announce our next event in the 2023 Seminar Series, titled "𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬...
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NGOs Mediating Peace – Book Launch at the Knowledge Marketplace 2023
NGOs Mediating Peace: Promoting Inclusion in Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Negotiations. This book is being launched as part pf the K4DM Knowledge...
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Gender Analysis Research Skills Training – Opening and Orientation session
Orientation session for the Gender Analysis Research Skills Training course be held every Tuesday for the next 10 weeks. Topic: Gender...
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Myanmar Emerging Scholars and Young Leaders Workshop – Call for Participation
Myanmar Emerging Scholars and Young Leaders Workshop Call for Participation The University of British Columbia, in partnership with the Canadian...
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Capacity Assessment Findings of Feminist Movement in Myanmar
GenderLab Talk Series: Capacity Assessment Findings of Feminist Movement in Myanmar Greeting from our GenderLab Talk program again! We would...
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Revisiting the Polity: Making and Remaking of the Rohingya Identity in Myanmar
One of the schools of Spring University Myanmar, the Institute of Human Rights and Democratic Governance (IHRDG), is hosting a...
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Myanmar Higher Education Update: Interim Education Providers
Webinar: Myanmar Higher Education Update: Interim Education ProvidersDate: 6 July 2023Time: 8:00 PM-10:00 PM Myanmar Time (9.30pm Singapore, 9.30am US...
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Education Disrupted? Legacies and Prospective Transformations in Myanmar’s Education Landscape
Webinar: Education Disrupted? Legacies and Prospective Transformations in Myanmar’s Education LandscapeDate: 10 July 2023Time: 10 AM -11.30 AM Singapore Time...
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Past Events
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
Ang Kaew Villa, Chiang Mai University, 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 Ang Kaew Villa, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai. Satellite events will be held in Bangkok on 28th and 29th November.