| When | Saturday, May 30, 2015, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
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| Campus location | Student Union Building (HUB) |
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| Campus room | 334 |
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| Event Types | Conferences, Lectures/Seminars, Special Events |
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| Event sponsors | University Libraries
Southeast Asian Studies Center of the Jackson School of International Studies |
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| | | Description | 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Panel 1: Public Imaginaries and the Shan State - Andrew Weaver and Libby Hopfauf, Odds and Sods: The Hidden Music of the Adrian Cowell Films and Research Collection
- Jane Ferguson, Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Sydney
- Patricia Zimmerman, Prof., Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, Ithaca College
- Respondent: Alfred McCoy, Prof., Department of History, University of Wisconsin Madison
Panel 2: Opium and Conflict in Burma and Afghanistan
- John Buchanan, PhC., UW Dept of Political Science
- David Mathieson, Human Rights Watch, Senior Researcher on Burma
- James Bradford, Lecturer, Babson College
- Jane Ferguson, Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Sydney
- Patricia Zimmerman, Prof., Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, Ithaca College
2.00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Keynote Panel: the importance of Cowell's films to studies of Burma and U.S. drug policy.
- Alfred McCoy, Prof., Department of History, University of Wisconsin Madison
- Bertil Lintner, Journalist and author writing on Burma
- Patricia Zimmerman, Prof., Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, Ithaca College
- Discussion
The Libraries Special Collections received the Cowell Southeast Asia film and research archives in 2013 along with a digitized version of journalist Bertil Lintner’s personal Burma archival collection. Linter is one of the most prolific journalists and writers to cover the political situation in Burma. His archives contain the materials for his books and articles. |
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| Link | guides.lib.washington.edu… |
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