• Myanmar Oral History Project - life stories

  • By: Peter Church
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Myanmar Oral History Project - life stories

By: Peter Church
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  • Oral histories of Myanmar - life stories; some starting as far back as the late 1920’s.From my years of involvement in Myanmar I have become aware of the increasing scarcity of the generation of Myanma citizens who were born during the colonial period and have lived through the tumultuous years since that time. For me, these men and women are "national treasures" whose experience, perseverance and wisdom gained during their long lives will be lost unless we capture their stories in some way. To this end I have decided to interview a number of these elderly citizens. My hope is that these interviews will be of interest to historians, sociologists and other researchers in the future as well as for the family and friends of those interviewed.
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Episodes
  • U Than Htay, born 1932, views on colonial and Japanese occupation of Burma, geologist, retired as Deputy Director General of Department of Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration in Ministry of Mines - life story

    U Than Htay, born 1932, views on colonial and Japanese occupation of Burma, geologist, retired as Deputy Director General of Department of Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration in Ministry of Mines - life story
    Aug 27 2024

    This interview was originally made on 8 December 2017. U Than Htay made some interesting comments about the colonial and Japanese occupation of Burma.

    Please feel free to contact me with suggested interviewees at church.peter@gmail.com.

    Thank you for listening .

    Peter Church
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    59 mins
  • Dr Than Oo, born 1928, prominent educator, former DG of Basic Education, the key player in raising the literacy rate in Burma in the 1960's and for the re-establishing of the teaching of English to primary school children after a gap of many years.

    Dr Than Oo, born 1928, prominent educator, former DG of Basic Education, the key player in raising the literacy rate in Burma in the 1960's and for the re-establishing of the teaching of English to primary school children after a gap of many years.
    Aug 24 2024

    Dr Than Oo, born 1928, prominent educator, former DG of Basic Education, the key player in raising the literacy rate in Burma in the 1960's and for the re-establishing of the teaching of English to primary school children after a gap of many years, former Chairman of the Academy of Arts and Science.

    This interview was first published back on 5 March 2018. As many of you only became listeners in recent times and may not have heard this interview, I hope you will find this interview of an extraordinary man inspiring.

    Please feel free to contact me with suggested interviewees at church.peter@gmail.com.

    Thank you for listening .

    Peter Church
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • U Myint Thein, born 1937, former Myanmar Deputy Minister of Mines 1992 to 2006 -life story

    U Myint Thein, born 1937, former Myanmar Deputy Minister of Mines 1992 to 2006 -life story
    Aug 21 2024

    This was the second interview I made for Myanmar Oral History back on 4 December, 2017. Many of you have signed up in recent years and I hope you will find some of these earlier interviews of interest.

    Please feel free to contact me with suggested interviewees at church.peter@gmail.com.

    Thank you for listening .

    Peter Church
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    1 hr and 59 mins
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