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Registration: March 1, 2019 This multidisciplinary summer institute, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will offer four weeks of context-rich exploration of the multiple ways in which Southeast Asian societies responded to colonial presences and how the legacies of these experiences have shaped subsequent efforts to forge national identities, envision independent political futures, and imagine new relationships between the state and its citizens. Moving chronologically from the late-19th century to the post-independence period, the institute program will engage key…

Registration: February 28, 2019 The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University in collaboration with IARU International Alliance of Research Universities is organizing a summer course “Borderland: Critical Approaches to Field Research in the Global South” during 24 June – 19 July 2019 in Chiang Mai. The course is jointly designed by UC Berkeley, the Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen and Chiang Mai University. Themes addressed in the course include:…

Registration: 31 March 2019 Want to work in Development? Looking for a career as a sustainability professional, social researcher, development specialist, humanitarian worker or policy maker? Interested in Land Issues? Start the journey down your career path with a Master of Arts in Social Science (Development Studies) from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University. Since 2017, a specialization in land issues has connected students with academic institutions, NGOs and researchers from around the Mekong Region. Chiang Mai University…

Registration: 31 March 2019 Want to work in Development? Looking for a career as a sustainability professional, social researcher, development specialist, humanitarian worker or policy maker? Interested in Land Issues? Start the journey down your career path with a Master of Arts in Social Science (Development Studies) from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University. Since 2017, a specialization in land issues has connected students with academic institutions, NGOs and researchers from around the Mekong Region. Chiang Mai University…

Young Muslim leaders (aged 23-40) from Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines are invited to apply for the first Australia-ASEAN Muslim Exchange Program (AAMEP) at bit.ly/aseanmep19 The AAMEP is a people-to-people community-based exchange program for emerging Muslim leaders in Australia and ASEAN, designed to foster friendship, understanding and cooperation between the people of Australia and ASEAN, with a particular focus on the Muslim communities of our region. The AAMEP is supported by the Australia-ASEAN Council of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Successful…

Special call for applications – Myanmar applicants only (Some loose restrictions apply).   1 seat with 1 full scholarship (Tuition & fees, living & travel allowance).   20 April, 2019 deadline. (Online interview, possibly writing test, for shortlisted candidates.)   Selection criteria: (1) potential for future human rights work in Myanmar, (2) academic preparedness, (3) English language skills, (4) expected contribution to the community of learners and researchers at the IHRP, (5) professional experience. – Personal statement plays a key…

BANGKOK (19 April 2019) _ Send your application now to the UN Human Rights Office in Bangkok to attend our Human Rights Defenders School Programme, ten days of intensive training designed to enhance the capacity of mid-level human rights professionals in the country. Since 2014, the Human Rights Defenders School has trained over 80 Thai human rights defenders, most of them women, and the number is growing. The programme is staged over two five-day periods at Mahidol University Salaya Campus…