Politics of Religion and the Myanmar Democracy Movement
by Guest Speaker David Moe
Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 6:30 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium (Whitlock Building)
Join us for a fascinating lecture on the Myanmar military coup, which overturned the November 2020 election and detained Aung San Suu Kyi (national icon of democracy and Nobel Peace Prize Winner), and the rising democratic movement courageously being led by young people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds.
David Moe is a Ph.D candidate at Asbury Theological Seminary, USA (originally from Mindat, Chin State of Myanmar currently under martial law). His research focuses on the politics of religious nationalism, ethnic identity conflict, public theology of religions, liberation, and reconciliation in Southeast Asia.
Co-Sponsored by the EKU Center for Inclusive Excellence and Global Engagement, the Department of Government, and the Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies.