Papers.

Details of previously published papers by Susan Conway.

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Shan Culture and Tribute Systems.

Susan Conway produced a paper on 'Shan Culture and Tribute Systems' for the Shan Buddhism and Culture Conference. SOAS Centre for Buddhist Studies and the Shan Cultural Association, London. SOAS Printing Office, London, 2007.

Dress, Textiles and Trade in Southeast Asia.

Conference of The Textile Society of America, Smith College, 2003.

Power Dressing: Female Court Dress and Marital Alliances in Lan Na, the Shan

States and Siam.

Orientations Vol. 32, No. 4, April 2001 pp. 42-49.

Lan Na Court Dress in the 19th Century.

James W. Thompson Textile Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand 1999.

Bihar Quilting and Northeast Thai Weaving: a Comparative Study of Status.

Textile History, Vol. 30(1), 1999.

Textiles, Communication and Empowerment:

A Women's Development Project ETN Conference and Textile Celebration.

Manchester Metropolitan University, 1996.

Textiles, Traditions and the Marketplace Text Vol. 24, 1996.

Textiles, women and citizenship in rural Bihar.

India Quilters Review, No. 22, 1996.

Textile Research: An Integrated Approach Text Vol. 21, 1994.

Textiles and Supernatural Power: A Tai Belief System

Journal of Burma Studies, Northern Illinois University Centre for Burma Studies, Volume 22 No 2, December 2017.

Dealing with Legacies in Burma

Susan Conway (Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Sussex University, UK and Shan State Buddhist University (SSBU), Myanmar) presented a paper at the Northern Illinois University Burma Studies Conference in October 2025. The paper was based on a translation of an early nineteenth century Shan Manuscript in the collections of the Horniman Museum in London. The manuscript provides an insight into how diseases of the mind and body were treated in the nineteenth century in what is described as a magico-religious belief system. Remedies were administered with Buddhist chants, magic spells and healing rituals that could include controlling evil spirit, ghosts and witches. The paper drew comparisons with healing practices today at a time when migration and war have increased the number of people seeking help.