Join New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams and fellow Council Members for a vibrant celebration of Songkran (Thai New Year) and Thingyan (Burmese New Year). These joyous holidays, traditionally observed in mid-April, are renowned for their water festivals symbolizing renewal and fresh beginnings.

Please RSVP by Friday, April 25, 2025.

Join the Stimson Center for a talk by insurgency expert Zachary Abuza and Indo-Pacific security scholar Nyein Nyein Thant Aung to discuss their recent issue brief examining Chinese military aid to the Myanmar junta.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Micah Morton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, who will discuss his book on the Indigenous Akha community’s work to decolonize and reclaim their collective ancestral identity.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies ath the University of Michigan for a talk by Lwin Moe, PhD Candidate in Computer Science at York University Lassonde School of Engineering, who will discuss the creation of datasets and tools for fact checking in Burmese and other low resource languages to combat misinformation online.

Join the Center for Intercultural Engagement and Support, the Center for Ethics and Public Engagement, and the History Department at Luther College for a talk by Jeffrey Wassertorm, who will discuss how youth activism in Asia has evolved, transnationalizing their common struggles and aspirations, and forging solidarity from the late 2010s to the present.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Karla Findley, Independent Researcher for the Karen Refugee Project, who will discuss Karen refugees’ experiences in the greater Chicago area.

Join the NYU MA Program in International Relations for lunch and two presentations. Zin Wai Yan will present “Shifting Views on Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution,” and MAIR Professor Frances O'Morchoe will lecture on “The Art of Pretending to Govern: Sovereignty, Resistance and the State in Burma.” A Q&A session will follow the talks.

Join the Council on Southeast Asia Studies and the South Asian Studies Council at Yale University for a panel on South Asian and Southeast Asian archival research. Presenters include Aurélie Vialette, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese; Brent Bianchi, Librarian for South & Southeast Asian Studies; and Aniruddh Sharan, graduate student at the School of Architecture.

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.