About the Burma Studies Group
The Burma Studies Group (BSG) is a Sub-Committee of the Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies. Its primary mission is to encourage and support scholarship in all academic fields of study with a specific focus on Burma, including its periphery and diaspora communities. The Burma Studies Group, through its close partnership with the Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University and the Burma Studies Foundation, participates in a variety of activities to support its primary mission: