SAM Talks

Saturday University—Myanmar and Its Many Peoples Buddhist Activism in Myanmar, Juliane Schober October 27, 2012 9:30–11 am Stimson Auditorium

Juliane Schober, Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University

‘Saffron Revolution’ protests in Myanmar in 2007 had Buddhist monks in the forefront, and were a grim reminder of 1988, when Buddhist monks joined students in huge and violent protests. Anthropologist Juliane Schober speaks on Buddhist monks’ involvement in Burmese politics in history and during recent times.

Other lectures in this series:
Sept 22 : Myanmar in 2012
Sept 29: Imagining Myanmar: Conquest, Collapse, and the Struggle for Community
Oct 6: People of Myanmar in the Pacific Northwest: Strength, Struggle and Spirit
Oct 13 : Buddhist Art and Architecture of Myanmar
Oct 20: Performing Ethnicity in Myanmar
Oct 27: Buddhist Activism in Myanmar
Nov 3: The Upland Peoples of Southeast Asia: Evading States for More Than Two Millennia
Nov 10: Journalism in Myanmar
Nov 17: From the Field: Conversations with Partners Asia
Dec 1: TBA

Members: $5.00
Adults: $10.00

SAM member series: $43
Nonmember series: $86