Thread by @CorrieTan, A thread on how established academics and institutions can support Myanmar students [...]

A thread on how established academics and institutions can support Myanmar students and scholars. 1/

Offer free and accredited online courses for Myanmar students, such as what @ParamiUni is doing. They will be running a range of 8-week summer school modules for Myanmar folks throug June & July, such as Human Rights, Ethnicity and Belonging in Myanmar, and Social Psychology. 2/

There are about 1 million Myanmar students in institutes of higher education across the country whose education has been severely disrupted, not to mention millions more graduating high school students who were hoping to take their uni matriculation examinations this year. 3/

Consider offering more substantial scholarships for Myanmar students enrolling into overseas universities, or setting aside visiting fellowship or short-term research programmes for Myanmar scholars who may need to leave the country on short notice. 4/

Some models include:
• Cara (the Council for At-Risk Academics) https://www.cara.ngo/what-we-do/
• Open Society University Network's Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative https://opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org/education/threatened-scholars-initiative/
• The Orange Knowledge Programme (Netherlands) https://www.studyinholland.nl/sites/default/files/2020-06/okp-information-for-applicants.pdf 5/

• The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is inviting applications for a Doctoral Researcher on the project POPAGANDA: Pop Culture, Art & Ideas of Legitimacy in Struggles over Democratization & Peace (specific to Myanmar and Thailand) https://www.prio.org/About/Careers/Doctoral-Researcher-POPAGANDA/ 6/

Arts organisations and centres should consider prioritizing applicants from Myanmar and other threatened communities for in-person residencies, and supporting them with their visa process. 7/

COVID-19 has been holding many Myanmar folks hostage as they try to navigate a difficult, complex, and constantly shifting set of bureaucratic hurdles that may require documents they do not have access to. Some in-person residencies include... 8/

• Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency at the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Singapore), deadline May 31 https://www.esplanade.com/get-involved/contemporary-performing-arts-research-residency
• 2021 Odyssée artist-in-residency programme (France), deadline May 29 https://www.accr-europe.org/en/residencies/call-for-applications-2021-odyssee-artist-in-residency-programm 9/

Call for applications : 2021 Odyssée artist-in-residency programme - Residencies - ACCR - Heritage...

With the support of the French Ministry of culture, the ACCR has been coordinating the Odyssée artist-in-residency program. The program is aiming at artists, researchers and culture professionals...

https://www.esplanade.com/get-involved/contemporary-performing-arts-research-residency

• Ateljé Stundars residency programme 2022 (Finland), deadline May 31 https://www.kulturosterbotten.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21
• Frans Masereel Centrum residencies 2022 (Belgium), deadline May 19 https://fransmasereelcentrum.be/en/residencies/ 10/

• ARCUS Project 2021 Ibaraki Artist-in-Residence Program (Japan), deadline May 12 http://www.arcus-project.com/en/residence/
For more upcoming residencies, you can visit @culture360_asef for a more comprehensive list: https://culture360.asef.org/opportunities/residencies/ 11/

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