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SUMMARY:Council Meeting
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URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/council-meeting
LOCATION:ONLINE
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210415T130000
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SUMMARY:An Acquaintance with Burma by Sir Robert Cooper
DESCRIPTION:Robert Cooper’s acquaintance with Burma began when he was sent by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to New York for the UN General Assembly in 1970. There he became friends with Aung San Suu Kyi\, who was working in U Thant’s Secretariat. He has never served in Burma\, but visited it a number of times\, to see ASSK or on official business\, or both. He was involved in policy towards Burma while serving in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office\, in the Cabinet Office – when he worked for Tony Blair – and at the European Union\, where he was Cathy Ashton’s Special Envoy for Burma at the time of the opening up following the 2010 elections. He will talk about his acquaintance with Aung San Suu Kyi and the problems of policy on Burma. \nAmongst his other publications\, Robert Cooper’s book The Breaking of Nations won the Orwell prize for political writing. His latest book\, The Ambassadors was published earlier this year. \nTo join the meeting\, tap on the link below a little before 1.00pm (UK time) on Thursday\, 15th April 2021. \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88483325104?pwd=dTdoaDFBR01VSlJ2OUMrQ0lzOEt2QT09 \nMeeting ID: 884 8332 5104\nPasscode: 938071 \nBBS members have priority and the maximum attendance is 100. Please do NOT share the link more widely\, including on social media. \n 
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/an-acquaintance-with-burma
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210317T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210317T140000
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SUMMARY:Maurice Collis’s Days and Trails in Burma...this is a true story in every detail
DESCRIPTION:When Joseph Woods discovered a flimsy wartime Penguin book about Burma in a second-hand bookshop in Drogheda in the mid-1990s\, he stumbled upon the life of his fellow countryman\, Maurice Collis; Burma’s finest late-colonial writer\, chronicler and advocate.\n\nA few years earlier\, Joe had entered Burma overland from China\, but now\, albeit in characteristic slow burning fashion\, he embarked on a literary sleuthing journeythat would take him back to Burma\, first as visitor and later to live with his family in Rangoon for almost three years in the lead up to the democratic elections of 2015.\n\nHe journeyed through Collis’s many books and locations important to the writer and revealing Collis’s own devotion to and grasp of Burma. Joe travelled to parts of Burma that were only just opening up after decades of isolation –interminable river ferries in the monsoon to the fabled city of Mrauk-U; Collis’s hauntingly abandoned (and indeed haunted) teak mansions in troubled Arakan; magical Mergui on the Andaman Sea where the confluence of culture\, race and religions inspired his predecessor. And\, while Collis’s legacy undergoes a quiet publishing renaissance under Burma’s new dispensation\, elsewhere he’s forgotten and often wrongly consigned to the colonial sin bin.\n\nJoe’s many encounters include meeting a princess of the deposed Burmese royal family in Florence and friendship in Zimbabwe’s ‘Burma Valley’ with descendants of Burmese colonials. He has trawled libraries\, archives and galleries charting Collis’s triumvirate of key European cities –from the family home in Dublin\, to Paris and London –and finally back again to Burma where Maurice Collis remains more relevant than ever.\n\nJoseph Woods is an award-winning poet\, writer and editor and lives in Harare\, Zimbabwe with his family. His most recent book was Monsoon Diaries\, Dedalus Press\, Dublin.\n\nTo join the meeting\, tap on the link below a little before 1.00pm(GMT) on17thMarch 2021.https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84018188329?pwd=ZU1tRG91aEFGbXdyNHEwTTJqU1p5UT09MeetingID:84018188329Passcode:305765BBS members have priority. We expect high demand. To attend and/or share the link with a guest\, please advise Barbara Brown on minnthameebrown@secretary.net in advance.\nPlease do NOT share the link more widely including on social media. You need only a screen and a webcam including a microphone -most laptops and tablets have those already built in.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/maurice-colliss-days-and-trails-in-burma-this-is-a-true-story-in-every-detail
LOCATION:Middlesex
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210218T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210218T140000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20210131T120528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210131T120705Z
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SUMMARY:Travelling in Myanmar`s Remoter Regions - by Bertie Alexander Lawson
DESCRIPTION:Myanmar rewards those travellers who are there for longer than a fleeting visit and keen to look deeper into the postcard-perfect landscape.\n\nFor those travellers who want to get off the beaten track\, those who have already witnessed the wonder of the Shwedagon Pagoda and sunset at Bagan\, those who want to visit places where only a smattering of foreigners go each year … for those travellers there is so much more to explore.\n\nIn this online session\, the CEO of Yangon-based tour-operator Sampan Travel\, Bertie Alexander Lawson\, will take you to some of his favourite off-piste destinations in Myanmar. Bertie will also touch upon how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect Myanmar tourism in the short to midterm\, his hopes in the longer term and the rise of sustainable travel in Myanmar.\nAfter graduating with a degree in English Literature from the University of Liverpool\, Bertie spent two years in Berlin working for an online marketing agency. He joined Sampan in June 2015 and became Managing Director a couple of years later.\n\nTo join the meeting\, members (and their guests) should register in advance\, by clicking on the link below.  You will then receive an email confirmation of your registration and a link to the meeting. \nhttps://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5611831894424963341 \nYou only need a screen and a webcam including a microphone – most laptops and tablets have these already built in. Here is a guide to using GoToWebinar: https://support.goto.com/webinar/how-to-join-attendees. We recommend that you check that your computer is ready to use GoToWebinar here: https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee-av
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/travelling-in-myanmars-remoter-regions-by-bertie-alexander-lawson
LOCATION:Middlesex
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210121T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210121T140000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20201230T085746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210131T121512Z
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SUMMARY:Prospect Burma - An Educational Journey
DESCRIPTION:Hannah Marcazzo has been Executive Director of Prospect Burma since 2014 during a time of transition in education and the country. Phyu Pannu Khin is a Prospect Burma scholar\, currently studying for a PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Vermont\, with a special focus on health services in resource-limited communities. And Martin Smith is a Prospect Burma trustee who has travelled and written widely on the country for over three decades. \nIn their presentation\, they will highlight the evolution of Prospect Burma from its 1989 foundation as an emergency organisation seeking to help students continue their education to a charity supporting opportunity and access for all. Change in the community and higher education scholarships are key project areas\, and the presentation will illustrate how educational challenges and programmes have developed as new generations have grown. \nAs in all countries\, 2020 has been a difficult year for local communities\, and the presentation will share how Prospect Burma has adapted to the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic. \nTo join the meeting\, members (and their guests) should register in advance\, by tapping on the link below. You will then receive an email confirmation of your registration and a link to the meeting. Please register as soon as possible but no later than 30 minutes before the start of the meeting. \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qYbi_uzpRsKcjUQ8ctiOtA \nYou need only a screen and a webcam including a microphone – most laptops and tablets have those already built in.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/prospect-burma-an-educational-journey
LOCATION:Middlesex
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201215T140000
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SUMMARY:Memories\, Remembrance and The Chindit Operations of Burma
DESCRIPTION:For our last meeting of 2020 and to mark the 75th anniversary year of the end of WWII\n\nPiers Storie-Pugh trained at Mons Officer School\, served with the 10th Parachute Battalion and later did a Short Service Commission with 1st Battalion Queen’s Regiment. After leaving the Army he joined Major and Mrs Holt’s Battlefield Tours\, pioneers in the battlefield touring business. Piers first visited Burma in 1985 and for the next 20 years took groups all over the country. He led the first British groups to reach Kohima and Imphal in NE India; and Arakan\, Sittang\, Thanbyuzayat and the Chindit area of operations in Burma. He specialised in some of the more remote areas so that families could visit where their relatives had died as well as where they are now buried. His story of the people he met will lead him into the main body of today’s talk about the Chindits\, the brainchild of the controversial and unorthodox Orde Wingate.\n\nOrdered to look at the feasibility of long-range penetration into enemy held country\, Wingate mounted his first expedition Operation Longcloth in February 1943\, with the 77th Infantry Brigade. Although expensive in lives many valuable lessons were learned about moving through jungle\, resupply by air\, friendly tribes\, what was good to eat and what was not. The media loved the daring of this secret operation behind Japanese lines; and so did Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Wingate was ordered to attend the Quadrant Conference with Churchill where he had the American Chiefs of Staff spell-bound with his vision of a much larger operation in 1944 – provided he could be sure of American support! Whereas Longcloth involved one brigade\, Operation Thursday in 1944 involved five brigades\, flown in by the Americans\, all resupplied by air. The story is one of panache\, courage\, sacrifice and endurance. One Brigade would win a staggering four Victoria Crosses. The Chindits did more than anyone else to keep the huge American Chinese Army committed to the front\, frustrated the Japanese efforts to reach Kohima\, cut the Japanese main supply lines and destroyed their quinine dumps\, causing malaria to run rife.\nPiers has visited the area of Chindit operations and for many years knew one of the great commanders\, Brigadier Mike Calvert DSO. It is on this basis that he shares his story with us.\n\nSee also Piers Storie-Pugh’s website: www.wartalks.co\n\nTo join the meeting\, tap on the link below a little before 1.00pm (GMT) on Tuesday\, 15th December 2020.\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qYbi_uzpRsKcjUQ8ctiOtA\n\nBBS members have priority. We expect high demand.\nTo attend and/or share the link with a guest\, please advise Barbara Brown on minnthameebrown@secretary.net in advance.\n\nPlease do NOT share the link more widely including on social media.\nYou need only a screen and a webcam including a microphone – most laptops and tablets have those already built in.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/memories-remembrance-and-the-chindit-operations-of-burma
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201104T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201104T203000
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SUMMARY:MYANMAR IN THE WORLD TRADE: Trade\, Faith\, Empire\, Art
DESCRIPTION:This talk by Alexandra Green\, Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia at the British Museum\, presents the concepts behind the British Museum’s forthcoming exhibition on Myanmar\, now planned for 2023. This exhibition explores Myanmar’s history\, cultures\, and methods of interacting cross-culturally\, as it opens to the world after half a century of relative isolation\, in order to be able to engage with it substantively now and in the future.\n\n\nThe show locates the country within a global narrative of interactions from the Bagan period through to the present day\, exploring international engagements in art and culture and arguing that the international nature of Myanmar’s interactions forms a significant aspect of the country’s artistic and cultural expressions. By drawing substantially on collections of Myanmar art in the British Isles\, it also acts as a case study for understanding the role of objects in the construction and experience of empire.\n\n\n\nTo join the meeting\, tap on the link  below a little before 7.30pm (GMT) on 4th November 2020.\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85844079987?pwd=MCt0Z2p0SExsY1R5eW1HREVybDFRdz09\nMeeting ID: 858 4407 9987\nPasscode: 755595 \n\n\nBBS members have priority. We expect high demand.\n\n\nTo attend and/or share the link with a guest\, please advise Barbara Brown on barbaraannebrown@hotmail.co.uk in advance. Please do NOT share the link more widely including on social media.\n\nYou need only a screen and a webcam including a microphone – most laptops and tablets have those already built in.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/myanmar-in-the-world-trade-trade-faith-empire-art
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201015T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201015T163000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20201015T114051Z
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SUMMARY:Kalaw - Past and Present by Vicky Bowman and Kyel Sin Lin
DESCRIPTION:Vicky Bowman is a former British Ambassador to Myanmar (2002-2006) and currently Director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. Together with her stepdaughter\, Kyel Sin Lin\, a recently graduated architect working for Article 25\, a UK NGO advising on the masterplan to refurbish the 1909 Yangon General Hospital\, she will give a presentation on Kalaw\, a hill station in Southern Shan State.  \nTheir presentation will highlight events and personalities in the history of Kalaw and the surrounding region\, and showcase its colonial era architecture and discuss its conservation. The talk will also cover the local economy\, and highlight how Kalaw is seeking to build its brand as a heritage and ecotourism destination. \nThe audience are also invited to share their own memories\, photos and knowledge of Kalaw. \nTo join the meeting\, tap on the link below a little before 3.30pm (British Summer Time) on 15th October 2020.  \nhttps://global.gotomeeting.com/join/470246325 \nThis talk is limited to 150 logged in participants. BBS members have priority. We expect high demand. To attend and/or share the link with a guest\, please advise Barbara Brown on minnthameebrown@secretary.net in advance. Please do NOT share the link more widely including on social media. \nYou need only a screen and a webcam including a microphone – most laptops and tablets have those already built in. \n 
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/kalaw-past-and-present-by-vicky-bowman-and-kyel-sin-lin
LOCATION:ONLINE
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200929T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20190924T000744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T025642Z
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture – October Reception 2020
DESCRIPTION:Meeting agenda & details to be confirmed. \nADMISSION £20.00 (£10.00 for students on production of their Student Union card) \nPlease pay by bank transfer (NatWest Bank Account No: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03) OR by cheque to Keith Win\, Honorary Treasurer – click here to contact Keith. Bank transfer preferred. \nWine and a selection of Burmese delicacies from 7.00pm onwards. 
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-october-reception-2020
LOCATION:Middlesex
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200922T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200922T183000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20201015T113648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210131T122040Z
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SUMMARY:Return to Burma by Derek Brooke-Wavell
DESCRIPTION:………….. when we hope you will give your support to an experiment with a new type of lecture meeting – using your own computer or tablet via Zoom technology.  \nFor this first meeting\, Derek Brooke-Wavell will give us a full photo-presentation and commentary on his visit to Mon and Karen States in January this year – an area of Myanmar where few foreigners ventured in the past\, because of fighting in progress there. He was seeing Myanmar anew after ten years’ absence. \nDerek is an old lover of Myanmar and former Hon Secretary of this society\, so he knows us well. He is a serious photographer who has mounted several photographic exhibitions in London\, and he loves nothing better than a really irresistible photographic image. Presentations are best on the big Medical Society screen\, but home has its advantages too\, especially if you can use your biggest viewing area. (It might even be worth plugging into a TV screen\, using an HDMI cable). \nMon and Karen States have some truly remarkable experiences to offer – the karst limestone country soars up into sheer heights which we will climb in the footsteps of Shwe Yoe\, and plunges down into ancient caves\, filled with the art of the Mon civilization\, some of which predates Bagan. \nThe show will last a little under 20 minutes with Q&A at the end. If Derek cannot answer any detailed questions\, we certainly have other experts who can – and the Zoom meeting will allow everyone to be heard clearly. \n\nTo join the meeting\, tap on the link below a little before 5.30pm on 22nd September. If you do not already have the Zoom app\, you will be given instructions how to download and install it – quite a fast process.\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83029977095?pwd=Z2tRU0hFZ1hhNVk4Nzc5MkVZSUxBZz09 \nMeeting ID: 830 2997 7095 \nPasscode: 385997
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/return-to-burma-by-derek-brooke-wavell
LOCATION:ONLINE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200630T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20190924T000728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T093712Z
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture – June 2020
DESCRIPTION:Meeting agenda & details to be confirmed. \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students on production of their Student Union card) \nPlease pay by bank transfer (NatWest Bank Account No: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03) OR by cheque to Keith Win\, Honorary Treasurer – click here to contact Keith. Bank transfer preferred. \nWine and a selection of Burmese delicacies from 7.00pm onwards. 
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-june-2020
LOCATION:Middlesex
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200507T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200507T213000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20190924T000942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T182037Z
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture – May 2020
DESCRIPTION:Derek Brooke-Wavell would speak on Thursday 7th May about his recent visit to the Mon and Karen States.  More details to follow…. \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students on production of their Student Union card) \nPlease pay by bank transfer (NatWest Bank Account No: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03) OR by cheque to Keith Win\, Honorary Treasurer – click here to contact Keith. Bank transfer preferred. \nRefreshments (samosas\, biscuits\, tea\, coffee\, Juice) from 7.00pm onwards.  \nIf you wish to attend this event please RSVP to Barbara Brown: minnthameebrown@secretary.net confirming method of method.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-may-2020
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200401T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200401T210000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20190924T000716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T182455Z
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture – April 2020
DESCRIPTION:Martin Smith\, Trustee\, and Simon Williams\, Development Manager of Prospect Burma will talk about the present and past work\, and future plans of the organisation. \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students on production of their Student Union card) \nPlease pay by bank transfer (NatWest Bank Account No: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03) OR by cheque to Keith Win\, Honorary Treasurer – click here to contact Keith. Bank transfer preferred. \nRefreshments (samosas\, biscuits\, tea\, coffee\, juice) from 7.00pm onwards.  \nIf you wish to attend this event please RSVP to Barbara Brown: minnthameebrown@secretary.net confirming method of method.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-april-2020
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200218T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200218T210000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20190924T000704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T030717Z
UID:310-1582052400-1582059600@www.britainburmasoc.org
SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture – February 2020
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Patrick was British Ambassador to Myanmar from 2013 to 2018. A veteran diplomat he also served in Afghanistan and South Africa. He spent almost five years in the country\, spanning the high point of the 2015 election\, and ending as the crisis in Rakhine was unfolding. While he was in Myanmar he met and married Khin Sanda Win\, a Myanmar businesswoman (no relation to Ne Win).\nHe will talk about his personal experiences as Myanmar opened up\, and his travels to the more remote corners of the country. He will also talk about his encounters with leading Myanmar figures\, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein\, General Min Aung Hlaing\, and international visitors such as Boris Johnson\, Angelina Jolie\, and John Bercow. \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students on production of their Student Union card) \nPlease pay by bank transfer (NatWest Bank Account No: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03) OR by cheque to Keith Win\, Honorary Treasurer – click here to contact Keith. Bank transfer preferred. \nRefreshments (samosas\, biscuits\, tea\, coffee\, juice) from 7.00pm onwards.  \nIf you wish to attend this event please RSVP to Barbara Brown: minnthameebrown@secretary.net confirming method of method.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-february-2020
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191105T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20190924T000637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191023T065902Z
UID:309-1572980400-1572987600@www.britainburmasoc.org
SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture – November 2019
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Rigby is an award-winning British journalist who lived and worked in Yangon\, Myanmar\, in 2015 and 2016. She specialises in women’s rights\, social affairs and people stories\, and during her time in Myanmar travelled extensively around the country meeting its women – and men – and hearing their stories. She became fascinated by the role women were playing in its much-discussed ‘transition’\, a fascination which ultimately turned into a book that was published in 2018\, featuring the stories of 12 women from across the country. The book’s title\, The Other Ladies of Myanmar\, obviously refers to Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorific nickname\, but also brings attention to the fact that we rarely hear from other Burmese women in the rest of the world. \nJennifer will discuss some of the stories she heard from these 12 remarkable women\, as well as her take on what feminism means in Myanmar. She will talk about women from across the spectrum – from the artist who defied the junta to hand out sanitary towels at her exhibition to a leading businesswoman; from the feminist Buddhist nun to the pop star – and examine how their voices tell the story of a changing country. \nRefreshments: samosas\, biscuits\, tea\, coffee and juice from 7.00pm onwards. Lecture begins at 7.30pm. \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students on production of their Student Union card) \nPlease pay by bank transfer (NatWest Bank Account No: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03) OR by cheque made payable to The Britain-Burma Society send to Keith Win\, Honorary Treasurer – click here to contact Keith. Bank transfer preferred.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-november-2019
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191002T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191002T210000
DTSTAMP:20260504T162109
CREATED:20190831T004813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T105333Z
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture – October Reception 2019
DESCRIPTION:Our new season of meetings is about to begin and we start as usual with our traditional October Reception. Our President\, Robert Gordon will be there with Pam to meet and greet old friends and their guests\, and welcome new members. \nThe evening will be a largely social event but will again be the occasion of our Annual General Meeting. \nProfessor Arthur Sun Myint\, Tin Tin Sann and Khin Myint will be displaying their works on the evening. They are avant-garde contemporary artists from Burma and exhibited regularly in the “MOVEMENT” exhibitions in the 60s and 70s in Burma together with celebrated artists like Paw Oo Thet\, Khin Maung Yin and U Nan Way. They are still actively painting and exhibiting in London.\nWe will also be entertained with live guitar music by Justin King (Hla Win Aung). \nThe new Britain-Burma society website will be launched at the reception and there will be a live on-line demonstration of the website. Special thanks to Jorge Ba-oh for the speedy construction of the website. \nWine and a selection of Burmese delicacies of Curry Puffs\, Kyet Thar Kyazan (Chicken with cellophane noodles)\, Sanwin Makin (Semolina cake) by Sophie Alexander\, founder of the Muma Maymyo supper club @muma.maymyo \nADMISSION £20.00 (£10.00 for students on production of their Student Union card) \nPlease pay by: \n\nOnline by Card or PayPal (you must be logged in / a valid member)\nBank Tranfer: (NatWest Bank Account No: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03)\nBy cheque to Keith Win\, Honorary Treasurer – click here to contact Keith.\n\nWine and a selection of Burmese delicacies from 7.00pm onwards. AGM to follow.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-october-2019-lecture
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture: Yangon General Hospital's Masterplan
DESCRIPTION:Yangon General Hospital’s Masterplan\nThe rejuvenation of Yangon’s main public hospital campus by NORA WUTTKE \non Thursday\, 27th June 2019 at 7.00pm onwards\nat the Medical Society of London\,\n11 Chandos Street\, Cavendish Square\, London\, W1G 9EB \nYangon General Hospital sits in a crucial position within the healthcare economy of Yangon and wider Myanmar. The hospital delivers care across 29 specialisms\, employs some 1800 staff\, including 300 doctors and 480 nurses looking after its patients. In its role as the official teaching hospital of the University of Medicine Yangon\, Institute of Nursing Yangon and University of Paramedical Science it is responsible for training approximately one third of the country’s medical workforce. As the biggest and most prestigious hospital in Myanmar\, it is an important landmark in the history\, culture and architecture of the city\, as well as in the minds of the Myanmar people. The distinctive facade of the colonial main building has become well known and a symbol for public healthcare in Myanmar. Built as an exemplar of its time\, a century of use and unplanned growth has left YGH in a state of disrepair\, with ad hoc alterations confusing both the building structures and the clinical practices. The rejuvenation of YGH started in 2014 with the renovation of the historic main building and continued with the development of a holistic masterplan to lead YGH in a sustainable future. \nNORA WUTTKE received her architecture degree at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2009. She went on to complete an MA in Social Anthropology of Development at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)\, London in 2010. Following her studies\, Nora spent seven years in China and Myanmar. She was based for four years in Shanghai (2011-2015)\, where she worked for local and international architecture firms\, including two-and-a-half years as project architect for David Chipperfield Architects. In 2015 Nora moved to Yangon to work for Article 25\, a London- based architectural NGO\, on the Reinvigoration of Yangon General Hospital\, and developed the masterplan for the hospital campus. Since 2017 she has been an independent architect with projects in Myanmar. In 2018 Nora returned to SOAS for her PhD in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. Her main interest is the reciprocal effect of the built environment\, individuals\, society\, and the state. She has experience leading international teams on urban planning\, architectural design and government advisory projects. \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students) \nPlease pay by bank transfer (NatWest Bank Account No.: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03) or by cheque to Keith Win\, Honorary Treasurer (address below). Bank transfer preferred. \nRefreshments: samosas\, biscuits\, tea\, coffee and juice from 7.00pm onwards. \nLecture begins at 7.30pm.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/yangon-general-hospitals-masterplan
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture: Working at the Myanmar Times
DESCRIPTION:WORKING AT THE MYANMAR TIMES by KAYLEIGH LONG\non Tuesday 21st May 2019 at 7.00pm onward \nKayleigh Long is a freelance journalist who writes for a range of international outlets. Kayleigh was based in Myanmar for five years between 2013 and 2018 and in 2015 she was the Rakhine State election correspondent. For several years during her stay in the country she worked at The Myanmar Times and this evening she will be telling us about her experiences there. \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students) \nPlease pay by bank transfer (NatWest Bank Account No.: 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03) or by cheque to Barbara Brown\, Membership Secretary: 202 Croham Valley Road\, S. Croydon\, Surrey\, CR2 7RB \nRefreshments: samosas\, biscuits\, tea\, coffee and juice from 7.00pm onwards.\nLecture begins at 7.30pm.
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-working-at-the-myanmar-times
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190326T190000
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture: Goodbye Burma
DESCRIPTION:GOODBYE BURMA by DR JEAN ELLIS \non Tuesday 26th March 2019 at 7.00pm onwards\nat the Medical Society of London\, 11 Chandos Street\, Cavendish Square\, London\, W1G 9EB \nIn Goodbye Burma\, Jean Ellis draws on her own family’s written and oral accounts\, as well as on detailed research\, to reconstruct the five months that followed the first WW2 bombing of Rangoon in December 1941. The book blends fact\, memoir and fiction\, tracking the chaos and confusion as the Japanese invaded Burma from the south and pushed British and Burmese forces into Upper Burma. It interleaves three very different individual narratives\, touching the experience of the hundreds of thousands\, mainly Indian\, who were forced to leave their homes and their lives. Those who were fortunate left by sea and air\, and others crowded onto the roads and into refugee camps\, walking into India across treacherous mountain routes\, tens of thousands dying on the way of starvation and disease. \nRunning through Goodbye Burma is the edited diary of Leo C Robertson\, a district and sessions judge and lecturer in metaphysics\, an acute and unforgiving observer of the collapsing colonial administration. In her talk\, Jean Ellis will largely focus on Leo Robertson’s diary\, drawing on his personal experience of\, and reflections on\, the destruction caused by war and the disaster of the civil evacuation — on what he called ‘those aimless circles in which officials move when an administration has broken down.’ Jean will place these perspectives in the context of the wider literature on the exodus from Burma. \nDr Jean Ellis studied history at the LSE and SOAS\, writing her PhD thesis on Madras city politics in the period 1918-1939. She has now retired from a career in the UK non-profit and international development sector. \nRefreshments:\nSamosas\, biscuits\, tea\, coffee and juice from 7.00pm onwards.\nLecture begins at 7.30pm \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students) \nPlease pay by bank transfer: NatWest Bank Account No. 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03\, \nOR by cheque to:Barbara Brown\, Membership Secretary\, 202 Croham Valley Road\, South Croydon\, Surrey\, CR2 7RB. \nRSVP with confirmation of method of payment to: minnthameebrown@secretary.net
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-goodbye-burma
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190219T190000
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SUMMARY:Britain-Burma Society Lecture: Myanmar’s Gemstone Sector
DESCRIPTION:Myanmar’s Gemstone Sector: Key Issues\, Challenges and Opportunities by EMMA ERWIN \non Tuesday 19th February 2019 at 7.00pm onwards\nat the Medical Society of London\, 11 Chandos Street\, Cavendish Square\, London\, W1G 9E \nMyanmar is blessed with an abundance of some of the highest quality and most diverse gemstones on earth. In particular\, its prized ‘pigeon’s blood’ rubies from the Mogok Valley\, and jade from the mountains of Kachin State\, are globally renowned. It is estimated that up to 90% of the world’s rubies and jade come from Myanmar\, and the global demand for these precious stones continues to grow. \nHowever\, there has been a complete lack of transparency about how the gems are mined and make their way from mine to market. Myanmar’s gemstones are associated with smuggling\, corruption\, tax evasion\, fuelling conflict\, and weak governance frameworks and institutions\, as well as environmental and social destruction. The country has received little benefit from its precious natural resources\, yet there is significant potential for the sector to contribute substantially to the Myanmar’s economic and social development. \nThere have been a number of efforts over the past few years\, some of which are still underway\, to address many of the key challenges associated with the sector. However\, the extent to which these reform efforts may have any meaningful impact and lasting benefit remains to be seen. \nIn this talk Emma Irwin will provide an overview of Myanmar’s gemstone sector\, including the current context\, and key issues and challenges from mine to market. She will also outline the main efforts for reform and opportunities for positive change.\nEmma is an international consultant with 20 years’ experience working with clients in over 18 countries on mining and gemstone sector governance\, transparency\, responsibility\, sustainability and social/community impact management. Emma recently moved back to the UK after living in Yangon for 5 years\, where she worked with the government\, private sector and civil society on gemstone sector reforms and transparency\, among other issues. She is also a qualified gemmologist\, and has a BA in Social Anthropology and a Masters in International Studies and Diplomacy\, both from SOAS\, University of London. \nRefreshments: samosas\, biscuits\, tea\, coffee and juice from 7.00pm onwards.\nLecture begins at 7.30pm \nADMISSION £10.00 (£5.00 for students) \nPlease pay by bank transfer: NatWest Bank Account No. 13199226. Sort Code: 56-00-03\, OR by cheque to: Barbara Brown\, Membership Secretary\,\n202 Croham Valley Road\, South Croydon\, Surrey\, CR2 7RB. \nRSVP with confirmation of method of payment to: minnthameebrown@secretary.net
URL:https://www.britainburmasoc.org/event/britain-burma-society-lecture-myanmars-gemstone-sector
LOCATION:The Medical Society of London\, Lettsom House\, 11 Chandos Street\, London\, Middlesex\, W1G9EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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