5th & 6th August 1999

Common Room, University House

The Australian National University

The Burma Update is the result of a growing interest at the Australian

National University in Burma studies, and an attempt to bring together

members of academic and non-academic communities that are interested in a

substantive examination of the contemporary issues facing Burma. The

conference is modelled on the annual Indonesia Update and Vietnam Update

held at ANU, and is focused on current developments and future prospects in

Burmese politics. All are welcome.

THURSDAY 5TH AUGUST

Opening Address

Session One

Mary P. Callahan - Cracks in the Edifice? Military Changes since 1988

Andrew Selth - The Future of the Burmese Armed Forces

Session Two

David I. Steinberg - The State, Power and Civil Society in Burma/Myanmar:

The Status and Prospects for Pluralism

Craig Reynolds - The Ethics of Academic Engagement

Conference Dinner

Dinner Speaker: Garry Woodard - The Unfinished Narrative

FRIDAY 6TH AUGUST

Session Three

Mya Than - Recent Economic Development in Myanmar: Impacts and Implications

of ASEAN membership and Asian Crisis

Bertil Lintner - Drugs and Economic Growth in Burma Today

Session Four

Morten B. Pedersen - Isolation, Constructive Engagement, or Just

Engagement?: Assessing the Claims

Mohan Malik - Burma's Role in Regional Security

Registration Details:

Cost: $40 (or $25 per day)

Students $20 ($15 per day)

Please register as soon as possible.

Information and Registration Forms:

Beverly Fraser

Department of Political and Social Change

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies

Canberra ACT 0200

Phone +61 2 6249 5915