NIU Center for Burma Studies

We are excited to welcome Dr. Alexandra Green back to NIU for a special guest lecture.

Dr. Green is joining us from the British Museum in London, where she serves as the Curator for Southeast Asia.

Whether you’re interested in Art History, museum work, or Southeast Asian studies, this is a great chance to hear from a from a curator with deep experience in the field. This talk is also a perfect companion if you’ve already visited or plan to visit the ongoing "Legacies on Display" exhibition currently at the NIU Art Museum.

• When: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
• Time: Noon – 1:00 p.m.
• Where: Altgeld Hall, Room 125
• Virtual Zoom Link: go.niu.edu/4ycgan

This event is free and open to everyone. Hope to see you there!

🐥 Ready for a spring adventure?

Starting tomorrow - Visit both the NIU Art Museum and The Pick Museum of Anthropology at NIU to play our Quack-lection game!

Here’s how it works:
➡️ Stop by each museum during open hours (7 minutes walking distance from each other)
➡️ Pick up a mystery duckie blind bag at both locations
➡️ See which tiny collectible ducks you get – every bag is a surprise!

Each blind bag includes two mystery mini ducks – no peeking until you open it!

Free and open to the public. Available while supplies last – so don’t wait!

Make a day of it, explore both museums, and start your duckie collection

Sponsored by the Center for Burma Studies

We have an exciting opportunity for NIU undergraduate students to apply for one of our research scholarships.

Work hands-on with real museum objects from the Burma Art Collection as you research, interpret, and help create public displays.

How to apply:

Students can use this link: niu.edu/career-services/jobs-and-internships
💻Log in to Huskies Get Hired (first time users must make an account)
Search for: Burma Art Collection

Choose from the 2 scholarship types to apply:
Undergraduate researcher ($1200 per year) or
Undergraduate researcher peer mentor. ($2400 per year)

Students will join the research team from Fall 2026 to Spring 2027.

Looking for a free, easy outing with your kids during their spring break?

Stop by the NIU Art Museum—open to the public and kid-friendly.

On exhibit now:
🖼 Prints made by faculty and students at NIU in the last 60 years
🐘 Burma Art Collection artifacts, including carved elephant tusks

Hours:
Wed 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thurs–Fri Noon – 6 p.m.
Sat Noon – 3 p.m.
(Group tours by appointment)

📍 Altgeld Hall (the Castle building) | 🚗 Pay-to-park right outside or in most parking zones on campus (free parking after 5pm)

Legacies on Display: The Forbidden and Venerated Arts of Burma is currently on view at the NIU Art Museum in Altgeld Hall, and we’re open through May 9th. Admission is free for all, and visitors of all ages are welcome.

Visitors will see intricate Burmese ivory carvings, silverwork, textiles, and paintings about protest. Some of the objects on display have never been on public display before.

Gallery Hours (Altgeld Hall 116):
Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday & Friday: Noon – 6 p.m.
Saturday: Noon – 3 p.m.
Group tours available by appointment
Closed during university holidays.

These chilly spring days are the perfect time to step inside, slow down, and immerse yourself in art and history.

The Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University stands with the people of Myanmar as they work to recover from the devastation after the earthquake that occurred on March 28, 2025. We offer our deepest condolences for the loss of life and infrastructure in this difficult time.

အတူတကွရှိကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်ချက်
အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု၊ မြောက်အီလီနွိုင်းတက္ကသိုလ်ရှိ မြန်မာ့ရေးရာလေ့လာရေးစင်တာသည် မတ်လ၊ ၂၈ ရက်နေ့တွင် ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သော ငလျင်ဒဏ်ကြောင့် ပျက်စီးဆုံးရှုံးမှုများမှ ပြန်လည်ထူထောင်ရန် ကြိုးပမ်းလျက်ရှိကြသော မြန်မာပြည်သူများနှင့်အတူ ရပ်တည်လျက် ရှိပါသည်။ ဤအခက်အခဲကာလအတွင်း အသက်ဆုံးရှုံးမှုများနှင့် လမ်းပန်းဆက်သွယ်ရေး ပျက်စီးဆုံးရှုံးမှုများအတွက်လည်း မိမိတို့သည် အားလုံးနှင့်ထပ်တူ ဝမ်းနည်းစိတ်မကောင်းဖြစ်ရပါသည်။

There are only 5 days left to submit your paper or panel to the 2025 International Burma Studies Conference.

Call for Papers 2025 Call for Papers is now open! စာတမ်းများ ဖိတ်ခေါ်ခြင်း Extended deadline: 1 March 2025 စာတမ်းတင်သွင်းရန်...

The deadline to submit to the 2025 IBSC has been extended to March 1st! Submit here: https://www.centerforburmastudies.com/call-for-papers-2025.html

14 days left to send your paper, panel, or other format submission for consideration to the 16th IBSC!

Send us an e-mail if you have any questions: [email protected]

Take a look at the Inya Institute's 2024 language course series!

The Sarah M. Bekker Burma Essay Prize is now open.

Please see the link for details:

The Sarah M. Bekker Prize | Center for Burma Studies | Northern Illinois University The Burma Studies Foundation announces the Sarah M. Bekker Burma Essay Prize for 2023. The prize of US$500 is awarded for the best academic essay of no more than 10,000 words on a subject dealing with Burma/Myanmar. The prize is open to graduate students in any academic field who are currently regis...