Seattle Art Museum: Saturday University—Myanmar and Its Many Peoples

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Saturday University—Myanmar and Its Many Peoples People of Myanmar in the Pacific Northwest: Strength, Struggle and Spirit October 6, 2012 9:30–11 am Stimson Auditorium

This week's lecture is a panel discussion moderated by Paula Bock of Partners Asia.
A panel of diverse speakers tell their stories as refugees from Myanmar in our region: Tee Meh, weaver (Karenni) and her daughter Bu Meh (11th grade); Nuam Ngaih Lian Nu (Chin), and her daughter Vung Itnu (11th grade); Rah Nay Kaw Htoo, artist (Karen, 11th grade); Gay Htoo Thaw (Karen, community outreach coordinator at Harborview Medical Center); Simon Khin, Northwest Communities of Burma coordinator.

Other lectures in this series:

Sept 22 : Myanmar in 2012
Sept 29: Imagining Myanmar: Conquest, Collapse, and the Struggle for Community
Oct 6: People of Myanmar in the Pacific Northwest: Strength, Struggle and Spirit
Oct 13 : Buddhist Art and Architecture of Myanmar
Oct 20: Performing Ethnicity in Myanmar
Oct 27: Buddhist Activism in Myanmar
Nov 3: The Upland Peoples of Southeast Asia: Evading States for More Than Two Millennia
Nov 10: Journalism in Myanmar
Nov 17: From the Field: Conversations with Partners Asia
Dec 1: TBA

Members: $5.00
Adults: $10.00

SAM member series: $43
Nonmember series: $86

Presented in partnership with the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies, Partners Asia, and the Elliott Bay Book Company.

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