CSEAS Spring Lecture Series: Jane Ferguson

Department of Anthropology

Australian National University

Title: “Repossessing Shanland: Rock & Roll, Nostalgia and Hope in the Thai-Burma Borderlands”

Hybrid event: In-person Campus Life 100.

Virtual format registration required at https://niu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldu6qqTgvG9fnc4QHEf_HQm_US9tBuaMg  (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.)

Jane M. Ferguson is a lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language at the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. Her new book, 'Repossessing Shanland: Myanmar, Thailand, and a Nation-State Deferred', has been called "An outstanding, unique contribution. Vividly recounts the lives of former Shan soldiers, who have managed to survive, preserve, and reconstruct their cultural identities within and along the perimeters set by two neighboring nation-states. Comparative, yet nuanced; informative, yet lively and fun."

This talk is sponsored by the Thai Teaching and Research Fund at NIU and the Center for Burma Studies.

All lectures free and open to the public.