Outputs (98)

From Congested Identities to Contested Identifications: The Shifting China-Burma Relations and Categorizations of Chinese Migrants in Burma, 1740-1940 (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2001, July). From Congested Identities to Contested Identifications: The Shifting China-Burma Relations and Categorizations of Chinese Migrants in Burma, 1740-1940. Paper presented at International Symposium on “China and Southeast Asia: Historical Interactions, University of Hong Kong

Islamization and Buddhicization in Precolonial and Colonial Bengal and Southeast Asia (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2001, March). Islamization and Buddhicization in Precolonial and Colonial Bengal and Southeast Asia. Paper presented at Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago

Recent work on Islamization in Bengal (Eaton 1993) and Buddhicization in Burma (Charney 1999) suggests that these seemingly very different developments have much in common. By looking comparatively at these developments during two phases of changing... Read More about Islamization and Buddhicization in Precolonial and Colonial Bengal and Southeast Asia.

The Chinese Diaspora in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Straits and Burma (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2001, January). The Chinese Diaspora in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Straits and Burma. Presented at NUS Southeast Asia Programme Seminar Series, Singapore

Burmese on the Move in the Asian Domestic Economy: Change and Continuity in Cart and Wagon Transportation Technologies in Colonial Burma (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2000, October). Burmese on the Move in the Asian Domestic Economy: Change and Continuity in Cart and Wagon Transportation Technologies in Colonial Burma. Paper presented at Burma Studies Conference, DeKalb, Illinois

The External and Internal Sides of Chinese-ness: Colonial Historiography and the "Overseas Chinese" in Burma (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2000, September). The External and Internal Sides of Chinese-ness: Colonial Historiography and the "Overseas Chinese" in Burma. Presented at East Asian Institute and Centre for Advanced Studies Joint Seminar, Singapore: East Asia Institute/National University of Singapore

The Chinese of Burma and the Straits have been portrayed in two different ways in colonial historiography and the prevailing literature. On the one hand, Teo-chiu, Guangdong, Hokkien, Hakka, and "Baba" identifiers are often viewed in the historical l... Read More about The External and Internal Sides of Chinese-ness: Colonial Historiography and the "Overseas Chinese" in Burma.

Localising Learning or Learning to be Local? Religious Education and the Emergence of Chinese-Burmese Buddhist Communities in Singapore and Penang (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2000, August). Localising Learning or Learning to be Local? Religious Education and the Emergence of Chinese-Burmese Buddhist Communities in Singapore and Penang. Paper presented at International Conference on Immigrant Societies and Modern Education, Singapore

Transnational Religious Interaction and the Diasporic Encounter: Chinese and Burmese in Singapore’s ‘Burmese’ Buddhist Temple (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2000, August). Transnational Religious Interaction and the Diasporic Encounter: Chinese and Burmese in Singapore’s ‘Burmese’ Buddhist Temple. Paper presented at International Conference on Transnational Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region: Comparative Perspectives, National University of Singapore

Chinese Markets, Western Steam Technologies, and Burmese Labour Migration: New Perspectives on the Emergence of Lower Burma’s Rice Trade (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2000, July). Chinese Markets, Western Steam Technologies, and Burmese Labour Migration: New Perspectives on the Emergence of Lower Burma’s Rice Trade. Paper presented at 16th Conference of the International Association of Historians of Asia, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Surviving the Global(izing) City: Burmese Transnational Migrants and Community Formation in Bangkok and Singapore (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2000, July). Surviving the Global(izing) City: Burmese Transnational Migrants and Community Formation in Bangkok and Singapore. Paper presented at Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference, Melbourne, Australia

From Colonial Elites to Postcolonial Transnational Migrants: the Politics of Travel-Writing and European Expatriate Identity in the Colonial-Postcolonial Transition (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2000, May). From Colonial Elites to Postcolonial Transnational Migrants: the Politics of Travel-Writing and European Expatriate Identity in the Colonial-Postcolonial Transition. Paper presented at Art, Literature and Travel Conference, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

This paper was written for the Art, Literature and Travel Conference, 27-8 May 2000, at National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, but ultimately the author was unable to present.