Current affairs in Burma/Myanmar

The European Alliance for Asian Studies in collaboration with Clingendael Asia Studies

Date: 24 April 2008
Venue: Instituut Clingendael
Clingendael 7
2597 VH The Hague
 
Registration: 
Clingendael Asia Studies
Desiree Davidse
Tel. 070-3746605
ddavidse@clingendael.nl

Programme

14.00 hrs  Registration 
14.10 hrs

Opening
Prof. Max Sparrreboom (Director IIAS/Secretary European Alliance for Asian Studies)

Chair: Prof. Jan Melissen (Director, Clingendael Asia Studies)
14.20 hrs Myanmar: Challenges of the Present
Dr Saw Myat Sandy, Ethnicity and Myanmar politics (PhD. Westfälische Wilhems University, Münster, Germany)
15.00 hrs Burma/Myanmar at Crossroads. Can Europe Help the Country Choose a Way to Democracy and Peace?
Dr Timo Kivimäki, Conflict studies in Asia, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark
15.40 hrs   Tea break
16.00 hrs  Discussion
Marco Mezzera (Conflict Research Unit, Clingendael) [to be confirmed]
16.15 hrs  Open discussion led by the Chair
17.15 hrs  Drinks

You are kindly requested to park your car outside the Clingendael premises. Parking space is available in the Van Alkemadelaan and the Ruychrocklaan.