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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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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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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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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
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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190627T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190627T213000
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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190521T213000
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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
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190326T213000
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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
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190219T213000
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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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