Monday (17 June 2024)

09:30-10:00 Welcome note by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl

10:00-11:00 Brantly Womack: “Regionalism: Southeast Asia, Indo-Pacific, Pacific Asia”  

11:15-12:15 Brantly Womack:  “The Dynamics of China’s role in Southeast Asia” 

13:00-14:00 Paul O'Shea: “Japan’s role and policies in the Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asia (Part 1)” 

14:15-15:15 Paul O'Shea: “Japan’s role and policies in the Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asia (Part 2)” 

15:30-16:30 Brantly Womack: “Global tensions, regional realities in a multinodal era” 

16:30-16:45 Daily wrap-up by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl

17:00-18:00 Olomouc city tour

Tuesday (18 June 2024)

10:00-11:00 Brantly Womack: “Europe’s prospects in Southeast Asia, Indo-Pacific, and Pacific Asia” 

11:15-12:15 Elizabeth Rhoads: “Burma/Myanmar: from independence to a failed transition experiment”

13:00-14:00 Matej Šimalčík: “Using research to advocate for policy change (Part 1)

14:15-15:15 Matej Šimalčík: “Using research to advocate for policy change (Part 1)

15:30-16:30 Tuija Korhonen: “Introduction to research data management”

16:30-16:45 Daily wrap-up by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl

Wednesday (19 June 2024)

10:00-11:00 Michal Lubina: “The coup of all coups: the political consequences of the 2021 coup”

11:15-12:15 Michal Lubina: “Myanmar's foreign policy”

13:00-14:00 Elizabeth Rhoads: “Religious minorities and Rohingya post-coup”

14:15-15:15 Elizabeth Rhoads: “The role of law in Myanmar’s military regimes”

15:30-16:30 Federica Cidale: “Blog post writing” 

16:30-16:45 Daily wrap-up by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl

16:45-18:00 Movie screening: The Ice Cream Sellers (2021) 

Thursday (20 June 2024)

10:00-11:00 Michal Lubina: “Praetorianism forever alive? Tatmadaw before and after the 2021 coup” 

11:15-12:15 Michal Lubina: “Aung San Suu Kyi: a political profile”

13:00-14:00 Catherine Renshaw: “Southeast Asia and Genocide”

14:15-15:15 Catherine Renshaw: “Southeast Asia and Self-determination”

15:30-16:30 Catherine Renshaw: “A Comparative Analysis of Southeast Asian Governments' Approach to Basic Needs”

16:30-16:45 Daily wrap-up by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl

Friday (21 June 2024)

10:00-11:00 Michael Lidauer: “Elections in Southeast Asia”

11:10-12:00 Michael Lidauer: “Elections in Myanmar”

12:00-12.45    Lunch

13:30-13:45    Opening Remarks

13:45-14:30 Catherine Renshaw: “Burma/Myanmar and the United Nations: Hope, Hypocrisy and Betrayal”

14:30-15:30 Roundtable on Myanmar's Possible Future Scenarios

15.30-15:45    Coffee Break

15:45-17:30 PANEL 1: “Crossroads: A Birth of a New Nation, Multiple Ethnic Autonomies, or  

Fragmented State under the Military?” 

17:30-19:30 Myanmar-style snacks