{"id":6610,"date":"2026-08-19T19:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2026-08-23T19:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:54:26","slug":"the-5th-international-conference-on-burma-myanmar-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/?p=6610","title":{"rendered":"the 5th International Conference on Burma\/Myanmar Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Myanmar\u2013Thailand Team participated in the 5th International Conference on Burma\/Myanmar Studies, held at Chiang Mai University in Thailand from 14\u201316 August 2026. As part of the conference, the team convened a panel session, \u201cThe Confined Lives of Displacement: Agency and Displacement Across the Myanmar\u2013Thailand Border,\u201d featuring three papers examining different dimensions of displacement and confinement across the Myanmar\u2013Thailand border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cYou Should Never Make a Noise\u201d: Patriarchal Confinement of Displaced Women from Myanmar in Thailand\u2019s Refugee\u2013Migrant Labour Regime, by Samantha Jeffries and Htu Sam (Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cStatus Confinement: Older Shan Migrant Workers in Chiang Mai\u2019s Construction Camps,\u201d by Sai Hkur.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPolitical Activism in Exile: Homeland Activism of Exile Myanmar Youth Activists,\u201d by Bencharat Sae Chua and May Thidar Aung (University of York)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6614\" src=\"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6305-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6305-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6305-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6305-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6305-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6305-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6613\" src=\"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6312-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6312-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6312-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6312-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6312-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6312-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6612\" src=\"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d04af4d8-947d-4310-a32f-512a7954bca0-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d04af4d8-947d-4310-a32f-512a7954bca0-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d04af4d8-947d-4310-a32f-512a7954bca0-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d04af4d8-947d-4310-a32f-512a7954bca0-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d04af4d8-947d-4310-a32f-512a7954bca0-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d04af4d8-947d-4310-a32f-512a7954bca0-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" data-id=\"6611\" src=\"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fab52db0-0f8d-47f6-925b-e1d900811df5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fab52db0-0f8d-47f6-925b-e1d900811df5-1.jpg 333w, https:\/\/confined-erc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fab52db0-0f8d-47f6-925b-e1d900811df5-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Myanmar\u2013Thailand Team participated in the 5th International Conference on Burma\/Myanmar Studies, held at Chiang Mai University in Thailand from 14\u201316 August 2026. 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