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Author: matthewjwalton

Matthew J Walton is the Aung San Suu Kyi Senior Research Fellow in Modern Burmese Studies at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. His research focuses on religion and politics in Southeast Asia, particularly Buddhism in Myanmar and Burmese Buddhist political thought. He also writes on ethnicity, conflict, and Burmese politics more generally.
  • Research Report

“Rowdy monks” or a crisis of monastic authority?

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on March 7, 2018March 22, 2018

Matthew J Walton looks at Ma Ba Tha’s persistence in the light of criticisms.

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  • Call for Submission

Call for Submissions: SOAS-Oxford Graduate Student Workshop, “New Directions in Research on Myanmar”

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on February 9, 2018

[Editor’s note: Please feel free to share this call widely, especially among graduate students from…

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  • Note

A New Year at Tea Circle

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on January 1, 2018December 31, 2017

At the start of 2018, we are more than two years into the experiment of…

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  • Essay

Political Communication and Transformative Citizenship in Myanmar (Part II)

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on September 7, 2017September 7, 2017

Matthew J Walton highlights aspects of citizenship that are often ignored.

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  • Essay

Political Communication and Transformative Citizenship in Myanmar (Part I)

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on September 6, 2017September 7, 2017

Matthew J Walton highlights aspects of citizenship that are often ignored.

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  • Opinion

Myanmar’s Myths of Ethnic Unity

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on July 13, 2017August 21, 2017

Matthew J Walton muses on the effects of misleading narratives of the independence era.

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Charles Wallace Burma Trust Visiting Fellowship: Call for Applications

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on March 30, 2017March 30, 2017

 Apologies for the late posting to Tea Circle, but there’s still time to apply!

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  • News Analysis

Has the NLD learned nothing about ethnic concerns?

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on March 29, 2017May 4, 2017

Matthew J Walton looks at the controversy over a bridge in Mon State.

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  • Post

Oxford-Myanmar Policy Brief Series, Volume 1.1 Released

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on October 20, 2016December 19, 2016

The Oxford-Myanmar Policy Brief Series developed from an event held at Oxford in February 2016.

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  • Post

What the State Sangha Committee actually said about Ma Ba Tha

  • by matthewjwalton
  • Posted on July 29, 2016August 21, 2016

Editor’s Note: The following post was written by Tea Circle co-founder Matthew J Walton and…

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