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The Myanmar Studies Center (MSC@UP) was launched at the Palacky University in Olomouc in the Czech Republic on 15 May, according to a press release.
The center is one of its kind in the Czech Republic as well as in Central Europe, where generally little scholarly attention is given to this region in Southeast Asia.
Driven by a commitment to fill this academic void, MSC@UP is dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary research and education centred on Myanmar.
The Center will be led by Dr. Kristina Kironska, who lived in Myanmar from 2015 to 2016. Since then, she has remained dedicated to research of various Myanmar-related topics (see for example the Myanmar Coup Tracker).
Upcoming events by the newly established centre include the Myanmar-themed summer school in June 2024 (“Navigating Geostrategic Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific: Focus on Southeast Asia and Myanmar”) as well as the Interdisciplinary Myanmar Conference 2024.
Palacký University Olomouc is the oldest university in Moravia and the second-oldest in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1573 as a public university led by the Jesuit order in Olomouc, which was at that time the capital of Moravia and the seat of the episcopacy. At first it taught only theology, but soon the fields of philosophy, law and medicine were added.
