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The Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS) is a year-long event organised by the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. It involves public lectures for the academia and the wider public. In the upcoming session PhD candidate Nickey Diamond will give a lecture on "Popular resistance strategies in post-coup Myanmar" in room HG 07A32 , De Boelelaan 1105 (Main building Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). You can also follow the lecture via the Teams link below.Abstract
After a decade of hope for democratic transition from military rule to (semi)democracy, Myanmar has recently seen multiple forms of violence and human rights violations. The military committed genocidal acts against the Rohingya population, and staged a coup on 1 February 2021. It detained elected government officials, cracked down severely on peaceful protestors, and intensified its warfare on minority populations in the border areas. As violence continued, international attention quickly waned, and the people of Myanmar were left to fend for themselves. Popular reactions started peacefully but have evolved into a myriad of strategies, including armed resistance and the formation of a shadow government that competes for legitimacy with the military. This lecture investigates the multiple forms of resistance in Myanmar since the latest military coup. It discusses new forms of solidarity and recurrent debates regarding competing legitimacies, different resistance strategies, and the role of activists inside and outside the country.
Bio
Nickey Diamond is a Ph.D. candidate at the Working Group “Social and Political Anthropology” of Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer at the University of Konstanz, where he is the first fellow in the “Students at Risk” Hilde-Domin programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). His Ph.D. research is devoted to studying Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar. He was a Myanmar Human Rights Specialist with Fortify Rights from 2015-2021 and is still affiliated with this organisation. He is currently involved in preparing various international initiatives to seek prosecution for human rights violations committed by the military in Myanmar.
Location: Room HG 07A32 , De Boelelaan 1105 (Main building Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Microsoft Teams-meeting:
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105,Amsterdam, Netherlands