SOAS Research Online

Book Chapters

Charney, Michael (2021) 'Animals and Warfare in Precolonial South East Asia.' In: Roy, Kaushik and Showalter, Dennis, (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Warfare in Asia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Forthcoming)

Charney, Michael (2021) 'Politicized Ethnicity in Pre-Colonial Southeast Asia.' In: Roshwald, Aviel, D'Auria, Matthew and Carmichael, Cathie, (eds.), Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Forthcoming)

Charney, Michael (2020) 'Military Reform in Siam in the Imperial Age.' In: Motadel, David and Chehabi, Houchang, (eds.), Struggles for Sovereignty: Non-European Powers in the Age of Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Forthcoming)

Charney, Michael (2020) 'Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge.' In: Barbier, Mary Kathryn, Showalter, Dennis and Roy, Kaushik, (eds.), A Cultural History of War. London: Bloomsbury Academic. (The Cultural Histories Series) (Forthcoming)

Charney, Michael W. (2017) 'Armed Rural Folk: Elements of Pre-colonial Warfare in the Artistic Representations and Written Accounts of the Pacification Campaign (1886-1889) in Burma.' In: Charney, Michael and Wellen, Kathryn, (eds.), Warring Societies of Pre-colonial Southeast Asia: Local Cultures of Conflict Within a Regional Context. Copenhagen: NIAS, pp. 155-181.

Charney, Michael and Wellen, Kathryn (2017) 'Introduction.' In: Charney, Michael and Wellen, Kathryn, (eds.), Warring Societies of Pre-Colonial Southeast Asia: Local Cultures of Conflict Within a Regional Context. Copenhagen: NIAS, pp. 1-19. (NIAS Studies in Asian Topics, vol. 62)

Journal Article

Charney, Michael (2021) 'Decolonizing History in “Myanmar”: Bringing Rohingya Back into their own History.' Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship, 1 (3). (Forthcoming)

Conference or Workshop Items

Charney, Michael (2021) A Historian Considers the Current Military Takeover in Myanmar. In: Myanmar Dialogues, February 11, 2021, Naresuan University, Thailand. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2021) Colonial and Post-Colonial State-think and the Problem with University Education in Southeast Asian Countries. In: Suppression of Academic Freedoms by ASEAN universities” Webinar, 8 January 2021, FORSEA Youtube Page. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2020) Black American and West African soldiers in Burma in World War Two. In: Black History Month Lectures, 2 November 2020, Eton College History Society. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2020) Comments on Everyday Justice in Myanmar. In: Everyday Justice in Myanmar, 9 October 2019, LSE South Asia Centre. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2020) Myanmar and the Rohingya. In: SAIS & SOAS Faculty Panel: Conflict and Migration in Times of COVID-19, 25 May 2020, Bologna, Italy & London, UK (international virtual webinar). (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2020) One Belt, One Road and Rewriting History in Asia. In: Aberystwyth University History Seminar, 2020 February 10, Aberystwyth. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2019) From Saving Buddhism from (Corrupt) Buddhists to Preserving Buddhism from Islam: the Relationship Between Religion and 'National' Identity in Precolonial and Postcolonial Myanmar. In: Religion & State Ideology in the Middle East and Asia, 11 November 2019, Oriental Institute, Prague, Czech Republic. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2019) Engineering Calamity: the Consequences of Railway Building and Irrigation in Colonial Burma. In: Rain, River, and Rice in Modern Burma, 1-2 November 2019, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2019) What we did not know about the Defence of Burma in 1942 - The Burma Railways under Fire. In: George Blair Memorial Lecture, 20 September 2019, The Friends of Millbank. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2019) Buddhism, the Royal Imaginary, and Limits in Warfare: The Moderating Influence of Precolonial Myanmar Royal Campaigns on Everyday Warriors. In: International Conference on Reducing Suffering During Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law, 3-6 September 2019, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. (Unpublished)

Charney, Michael (2017) The Short and Long Term Roots of the Rohingya Crisis: The Eradication of a Myanmar Ethnic Group. In: Cornell University Seminar and Roundtable on the Rohingya, 2017 November 7, Ithaca, New York, Cornell University. (Unpublished)

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Charney, Michael (2021) Aung San Suu Kyi in court: 'All these charges have been trumped up'. France 24 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael (2021) How Racist is your Engagement with Burma Studies? FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael (2021) Myanmar Coup: How the Military Has Held Onto Power for 60 Years. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael (2021) Are We as Area Studies Scholars Guilty of Negligence in Allowing Genocides to Happen in the Regions we Study? Forces for Renewal in Southeast Asia Opinion [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Audios

Charney, Michael (2021) In-Depth News Analysis on Myanmar Crisis. KBS World Radio Korea 24. [Audio]

Charney, Michael (2021) Myanmar's detained Aung Suu Kyi faces delays in detention as military enforce tougher order on protesters. ABC Radio National. [Audio]

Videos

Charney, Michael, Win, Kyaw and Smith, Matthew (2021) Myanmar's military coup: Pro-democracy protests continue despite bloody crackdown. France24. Available from https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20....

Charney, Michael, Zarni, Maung and Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (2021) China's Impact on the peoples of Cambodia, Myanmar and Hong Kong. CISD-SOAS. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAvzpEWyyQk.

Charney, Michael and Zarni, Maung (2021) Understanding Myanmar Civil Disobedience Movement. FORSEA. Available from https://www.facebook.com/maung.zarni.9/videos/1021....

Charney, Michael (2021) Myanmar coup: Internet shutdown as crowds protest against military. France24 News. Available from https://www.france24.com/en/video/20210206-myanmar....

Charney, Michael, Than, Tharaphi, Donowitz, Paul and Vinnell, Kim (2021) How can the international community restore democracy in Myanmar? Inside Story. Aljazeera Inside Story. Available from https://youtu.be/S8XtPweTBe8.

Charney, Michael (2021) Situation in Myanmar. LBC Leading Britain's Conversation. Available from https://twitter.com/i/status/1356333933915484164.

Zarni, Maung and Charney, Michael (2021) မြန်မာအာဏာသိမ်းမှုသည်ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်လက်အောက်ဒီမိုကရေစီအသွင်ကူးပြောင်းရေး၏ lie ကိုဖြိုခွဲခဲ့သည် [Myanmar’s Coup Crushed the BIG LIE of Democratic Transition under Aung San Suu Kyi]. FORSEA. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap4L_g4VzzM.

Charney, Michael, Zarni, Maung, Guillermo, Ramon, Vartavarian, Mesrob, Wieringa, Saskia and Chachavalpongpun, Pavin (2021) How ASEAN States Make Their Peoples Unable to Think. FORSEA. Available from https://youtu.be/CYrR_FfAcvY.

Charney, Michael, Ibrahim, Azeem and Ahmed, Tarek Ali (2020) Western pressure is needed to stop Rohingya genocide say experts. Arab News. Available from https://arab.news/nnwzj.

Charney, Michael, Kyed, Helene, Steinmuller, Hans, Sarkar, Nilanjan, Aguirre, Daniel and Sorn, Thang (2020) Everyday Justice in Myanmar. LSE South Asia Centre. Available from https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=34464287352....

Charney, Michael, Southwick, Katherine, Zarni, Maung, Thein Twan, Aung, Shakirah, Sharifa, Abrar, CR and San Lwin, Nay (2020) The Future of Crisis-Torn Rakhine State in Myanmar. FORSEA. Available from https://forsea.co/forsea-co-hosted-special-on-line....