Thursday, November 26th, 2015 Myanmar Post-Election Conference: Prospects For Peace

DateTimeLocation
Thursday, November 26, 20152:00PM - 4:00PMSeminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place
M5S 3K7

Description

On November 8, 2015, Burmese citizens will be voting for their new parliament in what is expected to be the first free general election since the beginning of democratization in 2011. Our speakers will focus on the implications of the election for Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, the regional migration and refugee crisis, Myanmar’s relations with its Asia-Pacific neighbours, and the future of the country’s nascent democracy.

Website

http://utcassu.com/2367-2/

Contact

Rachel Ostep (asian.institute@utoronto.ca)
416-946-8996

Speakers

Victor C. Falkenheim
Speaker
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and East Asian Studies, University of Toronto

Stephen Campbell
Speaker
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Trent University

Arne Kislenko
Speaker
Associate History Professor at Ryerson University and Instructor in the International Relations program at the Munk School

Jacques Bertrand
Speaker
Professor of Political Science and core faculty member at the Asian Institute

Emile Dirks
Moderator
PhD student in Political Science, University of Toronto

Sponsors

Asian Institute

Borderless

Contemporary Asian Studies Students Union (CASSU)

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