Khuensai Jaiyen, President and Founder of Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) is leaving for London for a special talk on the ongoing peace process in Burma.

The presentation is to be held on 10 September 2014, 17:00-19:00 at the Khalili Lecture Theater, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. It is organized by the Center for South East Asian Studies.

“There can be no winners and losers in peace, but only winners,” the e-poster that has been released quotes him saying, echoing the Dhammapada (Path of Truth) maxim:  

The conqueror begets enmity

The defeated lie down in distress

Only those who give up both victory and defeat rest in happiness

The talk will be followed by a three day ASEASUK 2014 Conference, 12-14 September at Falmer Campus, University of Brighton, Room TBC, where 9 papers are to be read:

09:00-10:30 Panel 7. Shan Studies: Manuscripts, Beliefs and Current Affairs (3 papers)

11:00-13:00 Panel 7. Shan Studies: Manuscripts, Beliefs and Current Affairs (2 papers)

14:00-15:30 Panel 8. Constitutional politics of Burma (4 papers)

16:00-17:30 Panel 21. Burma Panel

Khuensai says he should be back by the end of next week.

He is also the managing director of the Pyidaungsu Institute (PI) for Peace and Dialogue, an independent research center based in Chiangmai, with a branch office in Rangoon.