Justine Chambers

Check out our podcast discussing our project and how ‘natural’ disasters and climate change are being weaponised by the military junta in Myanmar.

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3-5 PM ET, May 6, 2025

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Powerful piece from J Hlaing articulating the harrowing mixture of fear and distress for members of the Burmese diaspora, as the earthquake unfolded in Myanmar

Myanmar civil society groups warn of weaponisation of aid as earthquake response intensifies The groups say the regime must not be allowed to exploit overseas assistance or deny access to resistance-held areas hit by last Friday’s massive quake

“The junta’s callous contempt for human life, even in the face of widespread earthquake devastation, underscores its unsuitability to oversee aid—and more importantly, its willingness to manipulate any humanitarian response,” the civil society groups stated.

myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...

As #Myanmar reels from a 7.7 earthquake, the junta continues airstrikes while calling for intl aid.

With its long history of weaponizing aid, agencies must ensure relief is not exploited by the junta & is channeled thru local responders. 🚨

Art by Lun Ye

progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/03/30/p...

Donate to Help Survivors of Earthquake in Mandalay, organised by Ye Myint WIN Hello, I am Nickey Diamond, originally from Mandalay, Myanmar, but now based in … Ye Myint WIN needs your support for Help Survivors of Earthquake in Mandalay

If you want to help victims of the earthquake in Myanmar, I recommend donating to smaller initiatives:
1. Better Burma (www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...)
2. Advance Myanmar (www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...)
3. My PhD student from Mandalay is collecting funds www.gofundme.com/f/donation-t...

Devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has claimed 1,000+ lives, with Mandalay among the hardest hit regions due to its closeness to the epicenter. USGS estimates the toll could be as high as 10,000. The quake-stricken areas have also suffered from the Myanmar military's aerial assaults.

The Disaster Loop | Transnational Institute The massive earthquake of 7.7 magnitude which hit Myanmar yesterday is just the latest humanitarian disaster on top of humanitarian disaster to hit the country and its long-suffering peoples under one...

Disaster follows disaster amidst conflict and military rule in Myanmar. Misinformed international aid may try to bail out the SAC regime. If so, the 'disaster loop' will continue, with the people having to survive on their own through suffering, resistance and repression: www.tni.org/en/article/t...

Yesterday @drjchambers.bsky.social talked at #UniMelb about her book on ethnic Karen Theravāda Buddhists pursuing moral lives in Hpa-an, touching (just a tad) on the complexities of drink. Rice beer and spirits are popular in Karen communities. Highly recommended! nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/pur...

Julie Bishop’s credibility as U.N. special envoy to Myanmar is increasingly being undermined

Book Party - Pursuing Morality | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs Book Party - Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and everyday ethics in Southeastern Myanmar

Delighted to be visiting ANU
in March to celebrate the release of my book, Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and everyday ethics in Southeastern Myanmar (NUS Press, 2024). For anyone in Canberra on 28 March, please do join me for this celebration.

bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/book-p...

Returning home: Resistance, resilience and reflections of Kawthoolei Hsi reflects on Kawthoolei, her home that marks a deep cultural significance for her people, but is also ravaged by violence and loss.

"Resistance is... planting seeds and nurturing life in spaces that have been repeatedly devastated, because why else would you continue to grow life in a place if you had truly lost all hope?"

stanforddaily.com/2025/01/31/r...

Call for applications: 2025 #Myanmar Emerging Scholars and Young Leaders Workshop held at York University forms.gle/T7HGV54dv68d...

New open access article out exploring the role of Buddhist religious leaders in southeast Myanmar, reinforcing state processes of state territorialisation into lands owned by ethnic minority populations

doi.org/10.22439/cja...