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„When freedom is in danger”

The online magazine of the University of Konstanz “campus.kn” reported about Nickey Diamond. After the military coup in Myanmar in February the life of the human rights activist and his family was in constant danger. After the situation worsened, his family flew. With the Hilde Domin Programme “Students at Risk” he received a stipend and now is a PhD-candidate at the working group of Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer. He will do his doctorate on “Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar”.

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MA-Bewerbungszeitraum endet am 15. Juli

Am 15. Juli 2021 endet der Bewerbungszeitraum für den Masterstudiengang Ethnologie und Soziologie an der Uni Konstanz für das Wintersemester 2021/2022.

Podcast 9B: coup in Myanmar

The doctoral candidates Carolin Hirsch and Benedict Mette-Starke talked about the repercussions, the coup on February, 01 2021 has on the societal and political situation in Myanmar in the podcast “9B” that is produced by the KIM [Communication, Information, Media Centre] at the University of Konstanz. The Myanmar experts spoke about how the coup affects the further implementation of their PhD-projects and the everyday lives of their research partners.

Carolin Hirsch publishes in „zwfu“

Carolin Hirsch published the paper “Religious Gift-Giving Turned Upside Down. On Monks and Punks in Myanmar”. In it, she explores and analyses the practice of gift-giving in the Buddhist characterized country Myanmar and how the practice is taken up and newly contextualised as socio-political protest by punks in the “Food not Bombs”-movement.

Nickey Diamond new PhD student

Ye Myint Win (Nickey Diamond) will start his PhD project entitled "Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar" as a fellow of the "Students at Risk Hilde-Domin Programme" of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). He will be supervised by Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer.

Interview with Carolin Hirsch: „Punks not Coups!”

In an interview on Asia Art Tours, Carolin Hirsch talks about punk in Myanmar, her field research in Yangon and activist becomings of members of the “Rebel Community”, whom she thematises in her PhD-project. She furthermore reported on the social commitment of the punk band “Rebel Riot” and how it changed and evolved as reaction to the coronavirus pandemic and the military coup in February 2021.

Interview with Carolin Hirsch on MEGAHEX.FM

Carolin Hirsch was interviewed on a special info feature on the radio station MHX. She contextualised the take-over of power by the military to the political history of the country and illustrated the everyday life and protest styles of the population of Myanmar nowadays.

„Female fighters for freedom and democracy”

In a piece at “high potential” PhD candidate Carolin Hirsch addresses the intensifying role, activist women play in non-democratic regimes. She discusses the position of women in Myanmar in a political and societal dimension and portrays two Burmese women’s activism and their protest practices against the military junta.

Current news

„When freedom is in danger”

The online magazine of the University of Konstanz “campus.kn” reported about Nickey Diamond. After the military coup in Myanmar in February the life of the human rights activist and his family was in constant danger. After the situation worsened, his family flew. With the Hilde Domin Programme “Students at Risk” he received a stipend and now is a PhD-candidate at the working group of Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer. He will do his doctorate on “Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar”.

Read more

 

 

MA-Bewerbungszeitraum endet am 15. Juli

Am 15. Juli 2021 endet der Bewerbungszeitraum für den Masterstudiengang Ethnologie und Soziologie an der Uni Konstanz für das Wintersemester 2021/2022.

Podcast 9B: coup in Myanmar

The doctoral candidates Carolin Hirsch and Benedict Mette-Starke talked about the repercussions, the coup on February, 01 2021 has on the societal and political situation in Myanmar in the podcast “9B” that is produced by the KIM [Communication, Information, Media Centre] at the University of Konstanz. The Myanmar experts spoke about how the coup affects the further implementation of their PhD-projects and the everyday lives of their research partners.

Carolin Hirsch publishes in „zwfu“

Carolin Hirsch published the paper “Religious Gift-Giving Turned Upside Down. On Monks and Punks in Myanmar”. In it, she explores and analyses the practice of gift-giving in the Buddhist characterized country Myanmar and how the practice is taken up and newly contextualised as socio-political protest by punks in the “Food not Bombs”-movement.

Nickey Diamond new PhD student

Ye Myint Win (Nickey Diamond) will start his PhD project entitled "Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar" as a fellow of the "Students at Risk Hilde-Domin Programme" of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). He will be supervised by Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer.

Interview with Carolin Hirsch: „Punks not Coups!”

In an interview on Asia Art Tours, Carolin Hirsch talks about punk in Myanmar, her field research in Yangon and activist becomings of members of the “Rebel Community”, whom she thematises in her PhD-project. She furthermore reported on the social commitment of the punk band “Rebel Riot” and how it changed and evolved as reaction to the coronavirus pandemic and the military coup in February 2021.

Interview with Carolin Hirsch on MEGAHEX.FM

Carolin Hirsch was interviewed on a special info feature on the radio station MHX. She contextualised the take-over of power by the military to the political history of the country and illustrated the everyday life and protest styles of the population of Myanmar nowadays.

„Female fighters for freedom and democracy”

In a piece at “high potential” PhD candidate Carolin Hirsch addresses the intensifying role, activist women play in non-democratic regimes. She discusses the position of women in Myanmar in a political and societal dimension and portrays two Burmese women’s activism and their protest practices against the military junta.