2018Dr. Alexandra Green (British Museum) was at NIU on November 20th to discuss her research on images of the Buddha in late Burmese artwork. Vanishing Art from Myanmar: The Buddhist Reverse Glass Painting Traditions Exhibit Opening Reception November 15, 5:00-7:00 PM NIU Art Museum, Altgeld Hall Looking Through the Glass: Asian Reverse Glass Painting Traditions International Symposium November 16th, 9:00 AM- 4:30 PM 3rd Floor, Altgeld Hall The Center was featured in an article on NIU Today's webpage.The article discusses Director, Dr. Catherine Raymond and her graduate students and their different trips to Southeast Asia this summer. |
2017Friday, November 6th at 5 PM
Sponsored by the Burma Interest Group of NIU and the Center for Burma Studies. Thursday, April 20th at 4 pm
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2016Friday, February 19, 12 PM, Campus Life Building Room 100 Rescuing Vanishing Art: Reverse Glass Painting in Mainland Southeast Asia
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL International Burma Studies Conference 2016 |
2015EXHIBITION: DRESSING DIFFERENCE Denison Museum Granville, Ohio February 11 through May 16, 2015 EXHIBITION: BUDDHIST ART OF MYANMAR Asia Society New York, New York February 10 through May 10, 2015 |
2014Imaging the Others: The Art of Ethnography in Modern Burma Symposium September 19, 2014 9 AM - 5 PM Altgeld 315 Northern Illinois University |
2013NIU Myanmar (Burma) Initiative Update April 26, 2013 12:00 p.m. Campus Life Building, Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University Anniversary Film Series "The Lady" (Burma, 2011) March 6, 2013 6:00 p.m. Cole Hall Auditorium Northern Illinois University Hosted by: NIU Southeast Asia Club and co-sponsored by the Burma Interest Group (BIG-NIU) International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP) between NIU and Myanmar February 24 - March 1, 2013 Yangon, Myanmar Catherine Raymond, Director, Center for Burma Studies and Associate Professor, School of Art Northern Illinois University Christopher McCord, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Northern Illinois University View Link "Burma Today: The Challenges of Democracy" February 8, 2013 2:00 p.m. Catherine Raymond, Director, Center for Burma Studies and Associate Professor, School of Art, Northern Illinois University Tharaphi Than, Professor, Foreign Language and Literature, Northern Illinois University Thomas Rhoden, Ph.D. candidate, Northern Illinois University Nicole Loring, M.A/Ph.D. candidate, Northern Illinois University Lewis University, Romeoville, IL View Flyer "What Can We Learn About Burma From Varieties of Democracy Data" February 7, 2013 5:00-6:30 p.m. Dr. Michael Coppedge, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, Principal Investigator, Varieties of Democracy Project, Kellogg Institute Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center Northern Illinois University View Flyer |
2012"The Last Amateur: Reflecting on 50 Years of Engagement with Asia" November 16, 2012 12:00-2:00 p.m. David Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies, Georgetown University Sky Room, Holmes Student Center Northern Illinois University View Flyer or pdf of paper "Wat Pathumwanaram: A Lao Cultural Transplant in Bangkok's Siam Square" October 19, 2012 12:00-1:00 p.m. Catherine Raymond, Director, Center for Burma Studies, Associate Professor, School of Art John Hartmann, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Foreign Language and Literature Alan Potkin, Research Professor, Northern Illinois University Campus Life Building Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University "Civil Society and Human Security in Burma/Myanmar" April 27, 2012 12:00-1:00 p.m. Christina Fink, Professor, International Affairs, George Washington University Campus Life Building Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University View Flyer "Mekong-Serengeti: Hydropower Endgame for the Great Migratory Fisheries?" March 23, 2012 12:00-1:00 p.m. Alan Potkin, Team Leader, Digital Conservation Facility, Laos Adjunct, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University Campus Life Building Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University "Human Rights as a Form of Violence: The Burmese Case" March 9, 2012 12:00-1:00 p.m. Dr. Lisa Brooten, Associate Professor, Dept. of Radio-Television Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Campus Life Building Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University Sponsored by: Center for Burma Studies, Burma Interest Group (BIG-NIU), and Center for Southeast Asia Studies View Flyer "Shadows of Burma: The Politics of Identity on the Thai-Burmese Border" February 3, 2012 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Shahin Aftabizadeh, M.A. candidate, Anthropology Campus Life Building Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University View Flyer "Celebrating Creativity: Asian/Asian American Identities" NIU Foundation awards Venture grant for 2012 Catherine Raymond (Center for Burma Studies, Art History) and CSEAS associates Judy Ledgerwood (anthropology), have received a $13,000 NIU Foundation Venture Grant for their planned international Cambodian Studies Sept. 13–16 and 10th International Burma Studies conferences Oct. 5-7, 2012, cultural performances and art exhibits set for fall 2012 at NIU. The coordinated activities are a collaborative effort of the Department of Anthropology, the Center for Burma Studies, CSEAS and the Cambodia Studies Working Group, and the schools of Music and Art. The Cambodian Studies conference will be the first large international conference on Cambodia in more than a decade; the Burma Studies conference has been held biennially since 1986. Both are expected to draw scholars from around the world. Also participating in the project, entitled Celebrating Creativity: Asian/Asian American Identities, are grant co-applicants Gregory Beyer (School of Music) and Helen Nagata (School of Art), who will lead the music and art cultural programming portion of the project, including the commissioning of two original music pieces and two major art exhibitions at the Jack Olson Gallery and the NIU Art Museum. |
2011"Skin Deep: The Global Art of Tattoos" November 18, 2011 11:45-1:30 p.m. Catherine Raymond, Director, Center for Burma Studies Associate Professor, Art History Holmes Student Center Skyroom Northern Illinois University View Flyer Fall Symposium - "Mainland and Southeast Asia: Museums and Heritage Sites" October 29, 2011 8:30-4:30 p.m. Heritage Room Northern Illinois University A symposium on global tourism, the desire for economic development, and ethnic or political conflicts—all are putting pressure on cultural heritage sites in mainland Southeast Asia. How are art historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, and museum curators addressing these competing interests? A selected panel of experts at this one-day symposium hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University, and co-sponsored by the Collaborative for Cultural Heritage and Museum Practices (CHAMP) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. View Program "Politics, Gender, and Celebrity in the U.S. Campaign for Burma's 'Burma: It Can't Wait' Campaign" March 11, 2011 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lisa Brooten, Associate Professor, Dept. of Radio-Television, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Campus Life Building, Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University This talk will explore the “Burma: It Can’t Wait” campaign, spearheaded by the US Campaign for Burma (USCB), which combined online and offline organizing with the draw of high profile celebrities to increase attention to the troubled Southeast Asian nation. While the USCB successfully mainstreamed their message using youth and popular culture outlets in creative new ways to promote a kind of direct action politics, by necessity, its emergence into the mainstream meant that their message echoed and reinforced the hegemonic characteristics of mainstream media. By identifying the campaign’s primary messages, we analyze how the USCB came to be recognized, according to its website, “as the most successful and effective boycott effort since the anti-apartheid struggle to end white-only rule in South Africa during the 1980s.” We will explore the gendered implications of the campaign and lessons to be learned for social movements worldwide. View Flyer "The Curious Case of Mr. Sherlock Hare: Race, Class, and Mental Health in British Burma" March 4, 2011 12:00-1:00 p.m.. Trude Jacobsen, Asst. Professor, Dept. of History, Northern IL University Campus Life Building, Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University In 1891, Sherlock Hare was classified a “criminal lunatic” and removed from British Burma. His crime involved the lease of the Cocos-Keeling Islands. Exactly how Sherlock Hare deceived the British government is never made explicit in the records; yet he was apparently so convincing in his sane moments that the captain of the Elson allowed him to disembark before reaching the Albert Dock, where asylum officials were waiting to take him into custody. The resulting embarrassment for the British government led to an inquiry into the entire procedure for European persons deemed criminally insane in the colonies. The story of Sherlock Hare – his arrest, evaluation, incarceration, and subsequent removal to England – reveals not only a great deal about Victorian perspectives toward mental health, but also the relevance of race and class in the treatment of afflicted persons in the colonies. View Flyer NIU's Lifetime Learning Institute to hold Burma/Myanmar Study Group this Spring Every Wednesday in March 16 - May 4, 2011 1 - 3 p.m. Northern Illinois University The Institute is offering a Wednesday study group beginning March 16 to learn about the history, culture, geography, politics, international relations, and everyday life in Burma/Myanmar from faculty associates of NIU’s centers for Burma Studies and Southeast Asian Studies. “This promises to be a visually rich study group as NIU’s Southeast Asian studies faculty share their photographs, from slides taken in the 1970s to digital pictures taken as recently as December 2010,” said former CSEAS associate Arlene Neher, who is convening the group with Catherine Raymond, director of the Center for Burma Studies, professor Kenton Clymer (history), and emeritus faculty Richard Cooler, Clark Neher, and George Spencer plus several international students from Burma. group For details, contact the institute at 815-753-5200 or [email protected] "Reforming State Abuse in Burma: Governmental Change and Grassroots Projects" February 16, 2011 12:00-1:00 p.m. Shahin Aftabizadeh, M.A. Candidate in Anthropology Campus Life Building, Rm. 100 Northern Illinois University Sponsored by: Roger W. Smith Genocide and Human Rights Institute View Flyer "New and Renew" January 27, 2011 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Dr. Catherine Raymond, Director, Center for Burma Studies and Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Art History Olson Gallery, Jack Arends Hall Northern Illinois University View Flyer |
2010NIU Burma Art Collection Showcases 1/10 to 5/10 School of Art, Jack Arends Hall Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Exhibits over Fall semester highlighting the NIU Burma Art Collection • The Emergence of Tourist Art in Colonial Burma: Style, Form and Usage • Colonial Woodcarving • Ivory Carving Collectibles • Silver Souvenirs. These exhibits together highlight the use of the Burma Art Collection at NIU as a teaching tool for teaching Asian art, culture, and civilizations. International Burma Studies Conference 7/6/10 to 7/10/10 Marseille-Provence University Marseille, France http://www.burma.niu.edu/burma/conferences/2010/index.asp "Burmese Influence in the Depictions of Buddhist Cosmology in Thailand, Lanna, and Lan Xang" 7/6/10 International Burma Studies Conference Marseille, France Catherine Raymond, presenter "Paintings of Europeans in Lao and Isan Buddhist Temple Murals" 7/14-16/09 Third International Conference on Lao Studies Kon Khaen University Thailand Catherine Raymond, presenter "Legacy in Lacquer: A Living Art from Burma" 8/24/10 to 11/3/10 Art Museum, North Gallery Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL "The Sacred Sites in Burma" 9/8-10/10 Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Donald Stadtner, presenter Co-sponsored by the School of Art, the Allen Lecture Speaker series of the Art History Division (College of V&PA), the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (College of LA&S) and the Center for Burma Studies (Graduate School). "Narratives in Burmese Lacquer" 9/18/10 Art Museum, Altgeld Hall Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL "Are Depictions of Stories from the Ramayana Still Popular Today in Buddhist Mainland Southeast Asia?" 9/19/10 Third International Ramayana Conference Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL "The Kengtung Wars: Kig Mongkut’s Military Misadventures in the Shan States of Northern Burma" 10/29/10 Brown Bag Lecture Series Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Ratanaporn Sethakhul, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, presenter Co-sponsored the Center for Southeast Asia Studies and the Center for Burma Studies. "Hanoi Eclipse, the Music of Dai Lam Linh" 11/8/10 University of London Barley Norton, presenter Co-sponsored by the School of the Art Institute Chicago, the College of V&PA, the Center for Southeast Asia Studies and the Center for Burma Studies. |
2009"Exploring Buddhist Art and Technique from Burma and Thailand" 1/09 to 5/09 School of Art, Jack Arends Hall Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Three Buddha heads from Mainland Southeast Asia. This exhibit explores the art and technique as well as the cultural context in which three masterpiece examples of Buddha images from Burma and Thailand were created: respectively, in bronze, stone and dry lacquer. These complex techniques are still commonly practiced in Burma/Myanmar and in Thailand, within a Buddhist context of gaining merit. "Nothing Lasts Forever, Nobody Lives For Ever" 6/8/09 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA Catherine Raymond, guest lecturer NIU Burma Art Collection Showcases 9/09 to 5/10 School of Art, Jack Arends Hall Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Exhibits over Fall semester highlighting the NIU Burma Art Collection • The Emergence of Tourist Art in Colonial Burma: style, form and usage. • Colonial Woodcarving • Ivory Carving Collectibles • Silver Souvenirs. These exhibits together highlight the use of the Burma Art Collection at NIU as a teaching tool for teaching Asian art, culture, and civilizations. “Running the Earth: Jun Nguyen Hatsushiba’s “Breathing is Free Project, and the Condition of the Global Artist” 10/16/09 Brown Bag Lecture Series Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Nora Taylor, Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago Supported and sponsored by: Center for Burma Studies and Center for Southeast Asia Studies “Aung San Suu Kyi, a Mediatic Image in Burma” 10/22/09 Brown Bag Lecture Series Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Lisa Brooten, lecturer, Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Supported and sponsored by: Center for Burma Studies and Center for Southeast Asia Studies "Adorned Buddha Images in Burma: Images, Ritual and Function" 10/30-31/09 University of California at Berkeley Berkeley CA Catherine Raymond, guest lecturer "Treasures of the Burma Collection at NIU" 11/5/09 School of Art, Jack Arends Hall Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Catherine Raymond, presenter Sponsored by the Friends of Antiquity “Tying Burmese and Asian Scarves” 11/16/09 International Education Week Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Catherine Raymond, presenter Presentation of the NIU Burma Art Collections 12/7/09 For visiting teachers from Singapore under Young Leadership Project for State Department. Singapore Catherine Raymond, presenter |
2008NIU Burma Art Collection Showcases 2/08 to 5/08 Northern Illinois University School of Art, Jack Arends Building DeKalb IL Exhibits over the spring semester highlighting the use of the Burma Art Collection as a teaching tool. • Applying Gold Leaf • The Gold Beaters of Mandalay • Avian Tradition in the Art of Burma "Hidden Treasures of Burmese Cultures" 2/22/08 Ohio State University Columbus, OH Catherine Raymond, lecturer, Northern Illinois University "Karen Refugees in Illinois" 04/10/2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series at Campus Life Building Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Angelene Naw, presenter, Judson University Sponsored and Supported by Center for Burma Studies,Center for Southeast Asian Studies, NIU "Karen Bronze Drums: Research and Rubbing" 4/18/08 School of Art ARTH 601 class Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Gerald P. Dyck, ethnomusicologist Supported by: The NIU Center for Burma Studies and NIU School of Art "Shoes and Shikhos: Buddhism, Rituals and Boundaries of Religion" 04/24/2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series at Campus Life Building Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Alicia Turner, presenter, University of Chicago, Ph.D. Candidate Sponsored and Supported by Center for Burma Studies,Center for Southeast Asian Studies, NIU "Constrained Art" 9/30/08 School of Art Olson Gallery Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Htein Lin, presenter Sponsored and Supported by Center for Burma Studies, School of Art, NIU "Belief Made Tangible" 9/18/08 to 12/15/08 5:00pm, Rm 110 Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Altgeld Hall DeKalb IL This exhibition highlights the treasures of the Burma Art Collection at NIU as well as offering an initiation to the complexity of Burmese Buddhism through religious art. Formally opened in September 18, 2008 in conjunction of the International Burma Studies Conference (October, 2008) and the Council on Thai Studies (COTS) conference. Five hundred people came for these special events, openings and regular hour visits, including the Thai Ambassador and the local Illinois state representative. "Chin Textiles: New Acquisitions to the NIU Burma Art Collection" 9/18/08 to 12/15/08 Northern Illinois University Art Museum Hallway exhibit, Altgeld Hall DeKalb IL Exhibit of an exquisite collection of antique textiles in silk and cotton from Chin State in Burma/Myanmar which we expect to be useful not only to students and scholars from all disciplines across NIU campus, but to researchers world wide. "Modern Burmese Paintings" 9/18/08 to 12/15/08 Northern Illinois University Holmes Student Center Gallery DeKalb IL The exhibit was of 15 modern paintings which had never before been formally exhibited in a major gallery. This was done in conjunction with the International Burma Studies Conference and was curated by Ms. Brikena Boci, a graduate student who was registered with me for an independent studies class. The research was done largely based on Burmese sources. Supported by: The NIU Center for Burma Studies "September" 10/1/08 School of Art Olson Gallery Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Htein Lin, presenter Performance on Burmese Contemporary Art in the Olson Gallery. Artist invited as part of an exhibit on contemporary Asian art entitled, "Crossings: What are the political, economic, and spiritual forces that drive a person to take up their life and move far away, to a place so utterly unlike home?" Co-sponsored by the School of Art, the Art History Division, the Center for Burma Studies and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Organized by Associate. Prof. Karen Brown, Guest Curator, Olson Gallery. 9th International Burma Studies Conference 10/3/08 to 10/5/08 Center for Burma Studies Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL "Nineteenth Century Buddhist Cloth Painting from Burma" 10/4/08 Center for Burma Studies Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Catherine Raymond, presenter, gave in conjunction with the 9th International Burma Studies Conference, NIU "Burma and the Art of Lacquer" 10/7/08 School of Art, ARTH 378/598C Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Ralph Isaacs, guest speaker, University of London Sponsored and Supported by Center for Burma Studies, School of Art, NIU "Together as One? Lay-Monastic Interactions in Burma of the 17th and 19th Centuries" 10/10/2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series at Campus Life Building Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Alexey Kirichenko, presenter Moscow State University, Russia Sponsored and Supported by Center for Burma Studies,Center for Southeast Asian Studies, NIU |
2007NIU Burma Art Collection Showcases 1/07 to 5/07 Northern Illinois University School of Art, Arends Building DeKalb IL This is a hallway exhibition in the School of Art. In this exhibition we included art objects for the NIU Burma Art Collection. We had three different exhibits over two semesters. These included "Buddhist Narratives in Burmese Lacquerware," "Modern Burmese Paintings" and "Bamboo." Supported by: The NIU Center for Burma Studies |
2006-2003
2005"The Splendor of Burmese Textiles"
10/25/05
5:00pm, Rm 110
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
Sylvia Fraser-Lu,
independent scholar and author
Supported by:
Division of Art History, School of Art
2004Burma Studies Conference
10/22/04 to 10/24/04
Center for Burma Studies
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL
Burma Cultural Night
10/23/04
Southeast Asia Club
Center for Burma Studies
Northern Illinois University
Altgeld Auditorium, Altgeld Hall
DeKalb IL
Co-sponsored by
Burma Interest Group (BIG-NIU)
"Inventing a Myanma Music"
03/19/2004
12:00 to 1:00pm
Brown Bag at Campus Life Building
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL
Chris Miller, presenter
A special issue for the JBS will be in honour of U Pe Maung Tin.
"Burmese Art Collection at Denison"
02/05/04
5:00 to 6:30 pm, Rm 103
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
Dr. Alexandra Green, Curator
Denison University
"Tiny Fists: Interviews with Four Forcibly Conscripted Boy Soldiers of the Burmese Army"
02/06/2004
12:00 to 1:00pm
Brown Bag at Campus Life Building
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL
Hamilton Walters
2003"Nat Festival in Central Burma"
04/14/03
12:00-1:00pm, AB 111
School of Art, Arends Building
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL
Video and Lecture by Dr. Benedicte Brac de la perriere
"Reclining Buddha Images in Asia" lecture
04/12/03
2:00-5:00pm
Buddhism & Art Symposium
NIU Chicago Art Gallery
Chicago IL
Catherine Raymond, lecturer
Director, Center for Burma Studies
In conjunction with the exhibition: Paranirvana (self-portrait) by Lewis Desoto at NIU Art Museum Chicago gallery.
"A Lacquered History of the Kings of Pagan: According to the Glass Palace Chronicle" and "Burmese Wooden Monasteries: Local Variations to the Class Model"
03/21/03
Sylvia Fraser-Lu, guest lecturer
Independent Researcher/Writer on Asian Art was invited to be a at Northern Illinois University Spring, 2003
"Religious Accommodation and Conflict in Southeast Asia: From An Indenious Belief to Zealotry."
03/01/03
The 2003 NIU student conference on Southeast Asian Affairs. The theme of the papers was "Religious Accommodation and Conflict in Southeast Asia: From An Indenious Belief to Zealotry." Six lectures were given by graduate students. Among them two students presented papers focusing on Burma.
"Performing Masculinity in Mandalay"
02/21/03
Ward Keeler, lecturer
Department of Anthropology
University of Texas Austin
"Burma Travel Dairy: On the Fun, Frolic and Politics of Thingyan"
02/07/03
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Brown Bag Lecture Series
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
Lecture by Cindy Kleinmeyer, Graduate Student, Political Science
"Burma Collection at NIU" for the University Collects Art Exhibit in the School of Art
01/31/03
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
Catherine Raymond, lecturer
Director, Center for Burma Studies
10/25/05
5:00pm, Rm 110
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
Sylvia Fraser-Lu,
independent scholar and author
Supported by:
Division of Art History, School of Art
2004Burma Studies Conference
10/22/04 to 10/24/04
Center for Burma Studies
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL
Burma Cultural Night
10/23/04
Southeast Asia Club
Center for Burma Studies
Northern Illinois University
Altgeld Auditorium, Altgeld Hall
DeKalb IL
Co-sponsored by
Burma Interest Group (BIG-NIU)
"Inventing a Myanma Music"
03/19/2004
12:00 to 1:00pm
Brown Bag at Campus Life Building
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL
Chris Miller, presenter
A special issue for the JBS will be in honour of U Pe Maung Tin.
"Burmese Art Collection at Denison"
02/05/04
5:00 to 6:30 pm, Rm 103
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
Dr. Alexandra Green, Curator
Denison University
"Tiny Fists: Interviews with Four Forcibly Conscripted Boy Soldiers of the Burmese Army"
02/06/2004
12:00 to 1:00pm
Brown Bag at Campus Life Building
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL
Hamilton Walters
2003"Nat Festival in Central Burma"
04/14/03
12:00-1:00pm, AB 111
School of Art, Arends Building
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL
Video and Lecture by Dr. Benedicte Brac de la perriere
"Reclining Buddha Images in Asia" lecture
04/12/03
2:00-5:00pm
Buddhism & Art Symposium
NIU Chicago Art Gallery
Chicago IL
Catherine Raymond, lecturer
Director, Center for Burma Studies
In conjunction with the exhibition: Paranirvana (self-portrait) by Lewis Desoto at NIU Art Museum Chicago gallery.
"A Lacquered History of the Kings of Pagan: According to the Glass Palace Chronicle" and "Burmese Wooden Monasteries: Local Variations to the Class Model"
03/21/03
Sylvia Fraser-Lu, guest lecturer
Independent Researcher/Writer on Asian Art was invited to be a at Northern Illinois University Spring, 2003
"Religious Accommodation and Conflict in Southeast Asia: From An Indenious Belief to Zealotry."
03/01/03
The 2003 NIU student conference on Southeast Asian Affairs. The theme of the papers was "Religious Accommodation and Conflict in Southeast Asia: From An Indenious Belief to Zealotry." Six lectures were given by graduate students. Among them two students presented papers focusing on Burma.
"Performing Masculinity in Mandalay"
02/21/03
Ward Keeler, lecturer
Department of Anthropology
University of Texas Austin
"Burma Travel Dairy: On the Fun, Frolic and Politics of Thingyan"
02/07/03
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Brown Bag Lecture Series
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
Lecture by Cindy Kleinmeyer, Graduate Student, Political Science
"Burma Collection at NIU" for the University Collects Art Exhibit in the School of Art
01/31/03
Northern Illinois University
School of Art, Arends Building
DeKalb IL
Catherine Raymond, lecturer
Director, Center for Burma Studies
