Join NYSEAN, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, and the Columbia-Harvard China and the World program for a conference featuring Walden Bello, Pongphisoot Busbarat, Thomas Christensen, Sophal Ear, Joseph Chinyong Liow, Derek Mitchell, Ann Marie Murphy, Hong Hai Nguyen, Lien-Hang Nguyen, Elina Noor, Praslhant Parameswaran, Gregory Poling, Yohanes Sulaiman, and Ayumi Teraoka. These leading experts will examine the implications of a second Trump administration for US-Southeast Asian relations at this critical junction in global politics.

Join the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University for a talk by Kim Aris, son of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who will discuss Myanmar’s ongoing crisis. This event is an opportunity to come together, hear firsthand about Kim's mission and explore ways we can take action to support the people of Myanmar together.

Join SUNY/CUNY SEAC and the Southeast Asia Program at Stanford University for a webinar featuring Scot Marciel, Alice Ba, Kyaw Htet Aung, and Su Mon Thazin Aung. Moderated by Meredith Weiss, this panel discussion will discuss the context behind USAID and US foreign aid in Myanmar along with the nature and implications of the abrupt change in US policy.

Join the Asia Society New York in association with NYSEAN for a conversation on the current situation in Myanmar, prospects for positive change from within, and recommendations for the international community. Speakers include Sean Turnell, a long-time economic advisor to Myanmar's democratically elected government and Aung San Suu Kyi; he was imprisoned for nearly 2 years alongside Myanmar's democratic leaders in the aftermath of the coup. Joining him in conversation is Priscilla Clapp, former Chief of Mission to the U.S. Embassy in Myanmar, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, and Asia Society Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Debra Eisenman.

Join the Myanmar Research Centre at Australian National University for a talk by Phyo Win Latt, independent scholar and journalist, who will discuss the evolution of Bamar identity over time and explore its role in the ongoing debate regarding establishing a Bamar state as a necessary solution to Myanmar’s protracted civil war.

Join the York Centre for Asian Research for a talk by Aung Min Thein, Visiting Research Fellow at York University and PhD Candidate at Chiang Mai University, for a talk on the complexity of Karma in performance-based Buddhism, the influence of the multivocality of Buddhist texts and patriarchal interpretations on the formation of women’s identities, and the development of subaltern gendered agency in the discursive Theravada Buddhist narratives.

Join NYSEAN for a book talk by Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, and Director of the ALiGN Media Lab at Carleton University. Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2025) highlights the dual role of social media in both fostering grassroots activism and enabling autocratic practices of algorithmic politics, notably in electoral politics.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University for an engaging talk by Zaw Min Yu, author of A Journey Into Bagan and a trailblazer in Myanmar's photography scene.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Saw Yu May, a professor at the University of Yangon’s Department of Water and Environmental Studies and a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, who will discuss how political conflicts have affected education in Myanmar after the 2021 coup.

Join the Myanmar Studies Programme at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute for a panel on what 2025 may hold for Myanmar in terms of governance and control, prospects and challenges for the economy, continuing humanitarian challenges, the State Administration Council regime’s election plans, and the various capabilities, preparedness and responses of Myanmar’s resistance actors.

Join the Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University for a talk by Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations. Kyaw Moe Tun will discuss the role of Burmese civilians in resisting the dangerous coup of February 2021 and the future of post-coup democracy in Myanmar.

Join the York Centre for Asian Research for a talk by Tun Min Oo, a scholar from Chiang Mai University, who will discuss how migration issues between Myanmar and Thailand are framed by policy actors and will explore the role of emotions within this framing process.

Join the Myanmar Studies Programme at  ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute for a seminar featuring Nicholas Coppel, Dr. Lennon Y.C. Chang, and Dr. Shona Loong. These analysts will discuss international responses to the crisis in Myanmar after the 2021 coup as well as implications for continued responses or new approaches amidst shifting geopolitical and regional trends, the rise in technology, and leadership changes in several countries.

Join the Southeast Asia Program, the Comparative Muslim Societies Program, and the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University for a talk by Al Haj Khalifah U Aye Lwin, founding member of Religions for Peace Myanmar.

Join the York Centre for Asian Research for a talk with Sana Aiyar, a historian of modern South Asia and an Associate Professor of History at MIT. Titled “Riot,” Aiyar’s chapter examines the rise of Hindu and Buddhist nationalism in Burma that resulted in widespread violence against Muslims led by the sangha in 1938.

Join the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University for a talk by Win Myo Thu, a Burmese environmental activist, development practitioner, and policy advocate for climate security and justice. Mr. Win will share his views on how environmental issues and political conflicts in Myanmar are interrelated, why it is essential to address both, and in which way this could be doable by reflecting on his thirty years of experience in environmental politics in Myanmar.

Join NYSEAN and NYU’s Masters Program in International Affairs (MAIR) for a conversation with Matthew J. Walton, an Associate Professor in Comparative Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, on the role of Buddhist Nationalism before and after the 2021 coup in Myanmar. In recent years, Buddhist monks have been at the forefront of anti-Muslim and pro-Buddhist activism in Myanmar, especially through the Organization for the Protection of Race and Religion, known as Ma Ba Tha in Myanmar. Walton will also discuss what has happened since the 2021 coup and the emergence of some revolutionary monks. The talk will be moderated by Frances O’Morchoe, a historian of Burma who teaches at NYU’s MAIR.

Hosted by ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Vicky Bowman, Director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, will share her insights on the state of Myanmar’s private sector, business operation challenges since the 2021 coup, and the broader impact of investor decisions on the Myanmar people.

The New York Center for Global Asia at New York University will host a screening of the award-winning short film, The Ice Cream Sellers, followed by a discussion with director Sohel Rahman. This film follows the everyday lives of two resilient Rohingya children in a turbulent refugee community.

Hosted by the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University, David Ludden, New York University, will discuss the Rohingya survival crisis in the borderlands of Myanmar and Bangladesh, and the broader imposition of national state boundaries on perceived outgroups during the ongoing global process of decolonization.

Hosted by the Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, U Moe Zaw Oo, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the National Unity Government, U Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, and Priscilla Clapp, Senior Advisor to the United States Institute of Peace, will discuss the state of the anti-military movement in Myanmar.

Sponsored by the NYU Wagner School and NYSEAN, Elliott Prasse-Freeman will discuss his ongoing fieldwork from Cox's Bazar refugee camps and the Thai/Burma border, exploring the effects of the ongoing revolution on inter-ethnic relations.

Hosted by the Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University, Htet Thiha Zaw, University of Michigan, will discuss the role of indigenous education providers,  anti-colonial resistance, and state control in the development of education policy in British Burma from 1901 - 1920.

Hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University, MK Long, Cornell University, will discuss the rhetorical force of relationships in biographies of Buddhist nuns in Burma.

Hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at University of Michigan, Antoni Slodkowski, Financial Times and Reuters, will discuss the Pulitzer-prize-winning investigation carried out by Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo during the Myanmar military offensive against Rohingya Muslims in 2017.

Hosted by FCCT--The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, Manny Maung, Human Rights Watch, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Chulalongkorn University, Show Ei Ei Tun, Myanmar Politics Analyst, Anthony Davis, Janes Defense Publishing Group, and Gwen Robinson, former FCCT President, will discuss the options for domestic, regional and international actors in Myanmar.

Hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at University of Hawaii, Amporn Jirattikorn, Chiang Mai University, will discuss how masculinity is redefined among Shan male migrant sex workers from Myanmar who sell sex to gay men clients in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Hosted by The East-West Center in Washington, Dr. Nasir Uddin, University of Chittagong, Ambassador Scot Marciel, Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar, Steve Ross, Richardson Center for Global Engagement, and Dr. Satu P. Limaye, Vice President at East West Center, will discuss the roles that the United States and the international community play in addressing the Rohingya crisis. 

Marion Loddo, Representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Dr. Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Research Coordinator at Landmine Monitor, Michelle Yesudas, Advocacy Advisor at Humanity & Inclusion, and Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur, will discuss struggles to implement the United Nations Mine Ban Treaty in Myanmar. This event is hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand.