Myanmar underlines the importance of supporting social sciences: Autocracy starts with the violent repression of students and academics.

Matteo  Fumagalli; Achim Kemmerling; Youngmi Kim; Luicy Pedroza

Myanmar underlines the importance of supporting social sciences: Autocracy starts with the violent repression of students and academics.

Matteo Fumagalli, Achim Kemmerling, Youngmi Kim, Luicy Pedroza

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

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Abstract

Myanmar is a prime example of the importance of universities in general, and the crucial importance of social sciences and humanities in particular, for the flourishing of democracy.

The current options to provide direct help to Burmese students, academics and universities are limited. Nonetheless, the case of Myanmar reminds us of how important it is to support social science and humanities around the world. To safeguard against the rising wave of autocracy we see in so many countries, universities must unite in solidarity and form timely, resolute alliances with those departments and universities under pressure.

These are the true canaries in freedom’s coalmine. Once critical thinking in universities goes down, so goes liberty more generally.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Times Higher Education
Publication status	Published - 12 Mar 2021

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Myanmar
higher education
social sciences
humanities
autocracy
repression
Asia
academic freedom

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Myanmar underlines the importance of supporting social sciences: Autocracy starts with the violent repression of students and academics.

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Bahu. Healing festivals: Performing and imagining equality and inclusion in Myanmar

ACTM: Art and conflict transformation in Myanmar

The political economy of military transitions in South Korea and Myanmar

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