BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:f84265ded64d097df67727b6f9d5372a
DTSTAMP:20260416T021701Z
SUMMARY:Military Battles and Cultural Wars: Approaching Ethnic Insurgency i
 n Upland Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Contact: kimhean.hok@ace.lu.se\n\nMyanmar has endured one of th
 e longest-running internal conflicts in modern history\, with Cold War geo
 politics mapping onto fractures often conceptualised along ethnic lines. S
 trife continues\, though has been recalibrated since the 2021 coup d’ét
 at. In this presentation\, expanding on her research from her book Reposse
 ssing Shanland: Myanmar\, Thailand\, and a Nation-State Deferred\,&nbsp\;a
 nthropologist Jane M Ferguson will delve into the changing generational sh
 ifts in notions of ethnicity and sovereignty in the uplands of Southeast A
 sia.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Bio:Jane M Ferguson is Associate Professor of Anthropolo
 gy and Southeast Asian History at the Australian National University. She 
 has carried out ethnographic fieldwork in Myanmar\, Thailand and border ar
 eas on issues of ethnic insurgency and historical narratives. She has publ
 ished on a range of topics\, including ethno-nationalism\, Burmese cinema\
 , coffee\, unpopular culture\, and airlines.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;This event is pa
 rt of the Perspective Asia Lecture Series\n\nMore information about the ev
 ent: https://www.ace.lu.se/calendar/military-battles-and-cultural-wars-app
 roaching-ethnic-insurgency-upland-southeast-asia
DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20250908T140000
DTEND;TZID=GMT:20250908T153000
LOCATION:Asia Library\, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies\, Söl
 vegatan 18 B\, Lund
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR