SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Sadan, Mandy (2013) Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships Monographs)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Sadan, Mandy, ed. (2016) War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire 1994-2011. Copenhagen: NIAS Press. (NIAS studies in Asian topics ; no. 56)

Sadan, Mandy and Robinne, Francois, eds. (2007) Social Dynamics in the Highlands of South East Asia: Reconsidering 'Political Systems of Highland Burma' by E. R. Leach. Leiden: Brill. (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3 Southeast Asia; 18)

Book Chapters

Meehan, Patrick and Sadan, Mandy (2017) 'Borderlands.' In: Simpson, Adam, Farrelly, Nicholas and Holliday, Ian, (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 83-91.

Sadan, Mandy (2017) 'Production of Borderland Knowledge: the British East India Company and the Public Imaginary of the Patkai Borderlands, 1824-57.' In: Lee, Sang Kook and Horstmann, Alexander, (eds.), Social Formations of South East Asian Frontiers. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. (Forthcoming)

Meehan, Patrick (2016) 'The continuation of war by other means: An anatomy of the Palaung ceasefire in northern Shan State.' In: Sadan, Mandy, (ed.), War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994–2011. Copenhagen: NIAS Press.

Sadan, Mandy (2016) 'Historical Perspectives on War and Peace in Kachin Space Part 1: Longer Cycles of Violence and Social Change.' In: Sadan, Mandy, (ed.), War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011. Copenhagen: NIAS Press. (NIAS studies in Asian topics ; no. 56)

Anderson, Robert and Sadan, Mandy (2016) 'Historical perspectives on war and peace in Kachin space, part 2: The First Kachin Ceasefire, 1944-1961.' In: Sadan, Mandy, (ed.), War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp. 29-54. (NIAS studies in Asian topics ; no. 56)

Pachuau, Joy L.K. and Sadan, Mandy (2016) 'The Social Memory of the Mizo Buai : Some Comparisons with the Kachin Conflict.' In: Sadan, Mandy, (ed.), War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp. 434-457. (NIAS studies in Asian topics ; no. 56)

Sadan, Mandy (2016) 'Women and Conflict in Burma’s Borderlands.' In: Ardener, Shirley, Armitage-Woodward, Fiona and Sciama, Lidia, (eds.), War and Women Across Continents: Autobiographical and Biographical Experiences. New York, Oxford: Berghahn.

Han, Enze (2016) 'Borderland Ethnic Politics and Changing Sino-Myanmar Relations.' In: Sadan, Mandy, (ed.), War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefile, 1994-2011. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp. 149-168. (NIAS Studies in Asian Topics; 56)

Sadan, Mandy (2015) 'Myanmar: Ongoing conflict in Kachin State.' In: Singh, Daljit, (ed.), Southeast Asian Affairs 2015. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 246-259.

Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'Religion, identity and separatism - the case of the Kachin.' In: Gravers, Mikael and Ytzen, Flemming, (eds.), Burma/Myanmar: Where Now? Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp. 262-278.

Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'Remembering Fieldwork Histories.' In: Chaudhuri, Sarit K. and Chaudhuri, Sucheta Sen, (eds.), Memories and Moments of Fieldwork: South Asian Experience. New Delhi: Sage Publications Pvt Ltd.

Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'The Extra-ordinariness of Ordinary Lives.' In: Tagliacozzo, Eric and Chang, Wen-chin, (eds.), Burmese Lives. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 25-52.

Sadan, Mandy (2013) 'The Urban Dumsa.' In: Lindquist, Johan, Harms, Eric and Barker, Joshua, (eds.), Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, pp. 218-220.

Sadan, Mandy (2012) 'Cords and Connections: The Ritual Integration of Space in the Jinghpaw Cultural Zone.' In: Blackburn, Stuart H. and Huber, T., (eds.), Origins and Migrations in the Extended Eastern Himalayas. Leiden: Brill, pp. 253-274. (Tribal Cultures in the Eastern Himalayas)

Sadan, Mandy (2009) 'Ethnic Minorities and Political Governance: The Myanmar Situation.' In: Ghosh, Lipi, (ed.), Minorities, Community Rights and Political Governance: South and S.E Asian Scenario. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 151-179.

Sadan, Mandy (2008) 'Kachin Textiles in the Denison University Collections: Documenting Social Change.' In: Green, Alexandra, (ed.), Eclectic Collecting: Art from Burma in the Denison Museum. Singapore: Singapore University Press, pp. 75-96.

Sadan, Mandy (2007) 'Decolonizing Kachin: Ethnic Diversity and the Making of an Ethnic Category.' In: Gravers, Mikael, (ed.), Exploring Ethnic Diversity in Burma. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp. 34-76.

Sadan, Mandy and Robinne, Francois (2007) 'Reconsidering the dynamics of ethnicity through Foucault’s concept of ‘Spaces of Dispersion'.' In: Sadan, Mandy and Robinne, Francois, (eds.), Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia: Reconsidering Political Systems of Highland Burma by E. R. Leach. Leiden: Brill, pp. 299-308.

Sadan, Mandy (2007) 'Translating Gumlao: History, the ‘Kachin’ and Edmund Leach.' In: Sadan, Mandy and Robinne, Francois, (eds.), Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia: Reconsidering Political Systems of Highland Burma by E. R. Leach. Leiden: Brill, pp. 67-87.

Sadan, Mandy (2005) 'Respected Grandfather Bless this Nissan: Benevolent and Politically Neutral Bo Bo Gyi.' In: Skidmore, Monique, (ed.), Burma at the turn of the 21st Century. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, pp. 90-111.

Sadan, Mandy (2002) 'The Kachin Manau and Manau Shadung: The Development of an Ethno-cultural Symbol.' In: Blurton, Richard and Green, Alexandra, (eds.), Burma: Art and Archaeology. London: British Museum Press, pp. 119-131.

Sadan, Mandy (2002) 'Textile Contexts in Kachin State.' In: Dell, E. and Dudley, S., (eds.), Textiles from Burma. London: Philip Wilson Publishers, pp. 169-177.

Sadan, Mandy (2000) 'The Kachin Photographs in the J.H. Green Collection: a contemporary context.' In: Dell, E., (ed.), Burma Frontier Photographs: 1918-1935. London: Merrell Publishers, pp. 51-65.

Sadan, Mandy (2000) 'The Kachin Photographs: a documentary record of contact.' In: Dell, E., (ed.), Burma Frontier Photographs: 1918-1935. London: Merrell Publishers, pp. 67-93.

Journal Article

Meehan, Patrick, Sadan, Mandy, Aung Hla, Sai, Kham Phu, Sai and Muai Oo, Nang (2022) 'Young people’s everyday pathways into drug harms in Shan State, Myanmar.' Third World Quarterly, 43 (11). pp. 2712-2730.

Dan, Seng Lawn, Maran, Ja Htoi Pan, Sadan, Mandy, Meehan, Patrick and Goodhand, Jonathan (2021) 'The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar. Part one: Origins and reactions.' International Journal of Drug Policy, 89 (103181).

Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'Reflections on building an inclusive higher education system in Myanmar.' British Academy Review, Summer (24). pp. 68-71.

Farrelly, Nicholas, Maran, La Raw and Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'Sojourn Symposium Review of 'Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma' by Mandy Sadan (OUP 2013).' Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 29 (2). pp. 467-482.

Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'The Historical Visual Economy of Photography in Burma.' Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 170 (2-3). pp. 281-312.

Sadan, Mandy (2013) 'Ethnic armies and ethnic conflict in Burma – Reconsidering the history of colonial militarization in the Kachin region of Burma during the Second World War.' South East Asia Research, 21 (4). pp. 601-626.

Sadan, Mandy (2010) 'Syphilis and the Kachin Regeneration Campaign, 1937 – 1938.' Journal of Burma Studies, 14. pp. 115-149.

Sadan, Mandy (2007) 'Historical Photography in Kachin State: An Update on the James Green Collection of Photographs.' South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 30 (3). pp. 457-477.

Conference or Workshop Items

Sadan, Mandy (2008) Jinghpaw Models of Origins and Migrations and Contemporary Ethnic Discourse in Burma. In: International Conference on the Origins and Migrations of Tibeto-Burman Speakers of the Extended Eastern Himalaya, May 2008, Humboldt University Institute for Asian and African Studies, Berlin. (Unpublished)

Sadan, Mandy (2007) Decolonizing Identities in Burma. In: Special Lecture, University of Aarhus, Denmark. (Unpublished)

Sadan, Mandy (2004) Burma Donors’ Forum Seminar on Ethnic Dimensions of Conflict in Burma, Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway: ‘Historical and Societal Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict in Burma’ 2000. In: Burma Donors' Forum Seminar on Ethnic Dimensions of Conflict in Burma, Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway. (Unpublished)

Sadan, Mandy (2002) The Environmental Imagination and the Construction of ‘Kachin’ in Early British Colonial Archives, 1824-47. In: Burma Studies Conference 2002, Gothenburg University, Sweden. (Unpublished)

Sadan, Mandy (2002) Leach and the integration of historical and anthropological data. Is Chapter VIII "at best a complete waste of time"? In: EUROSEAS 2002, Sorbonne II Paris. (Unpublished)

Monographs and Working Papers

Sadan, Mandy (2008) A Guide to Colonial Sources on Burma. Ethnic and Minority Histories of Burma in the India Office Records, British Library. Bangkok: Orchid Press.

Sadan, Mandy (2008) Learning to Listen: a Manual for Oral History Projects. Chiang Mai: Wanida Press.

Book Reviews

Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'Review of 'Local Traditions, Global Modernities: Dress, Identity and the Creation of Public Self-Images in Contemporary Urban Myanmar' by Georg Noack.' South East Asia Research, 22 (3). pp. 450-453.

Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'Review of Red Stamps and Gold Stars: Fieldwork Dilemmas in Upland Socialist Asia edited by Sarah Turner. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2013. pp.308.' ASEASUK News, 55 . pp. 19-20.

Sadan, Mandy (2010) 'Review of Challenging the Limits: Indigenous Peoples of the Mekong Region edited by Prasit Leepreecha, Don McCaskill and Kwanchewan Buadaeng (Chiang Mai: Mekong Press, 2008).' Mountain Research and Development, 30 (3). pp. 314-315.

Sadan, Mandy (2010) 'Review of The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia by James C. Scott (New haven: Yale University Press, 2008).' Reviews in History (903).

Datasets

Sadan, Mandy, Meehan, Patrick and Goodhand, Jonathan (2022) Drugs and (dis)order key informant interview translations in Kachin state, Myanmar, 2018-2019. [Datasets] (Unpublished)

Other

Sadan, Mandy (2013) 'Website for Being and Becoming Kachin.' http://mandysadan.weebly.com/:

Edwards, Elizabeth, Harris, Clare E., Blurton, Richard, Sadan, Mandy, Shakya, Tsering, Cech, Krystyna, Harris, David, Hanganu, Gabriel and Wilkinson, Toby (2007) 'The Tibet Album – British Photography in Central Tibet 1920-50.' Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. (Unpublished)