Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 14th October 2024

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: University of Gloucestershire, Park Campus, Cheltenham GL5 2RH and online via Zoom

Description: From influential superpower to repressive regime, Myanmar – also known as Burma – has seen dramatic fluctuations in fortune over the past 1,500 years. Experiencing decades of civil war and now ruled again by a military dictatorship, Myanmar is an isolated figure on the world stage today, and its story is relatively little known in the West. Picking up the thread around AD 450, this talk explores how Myanmar’s various peoples interacted with each other and the world around them, leading to new ideas and art forms. The extraordinary artistic output of its peoples, over more than a millennium and a half of cultural and political change, attests to its pivotal role at the crossroads of Asia.

Price: Free for members and students, £4 for guests

Tel: 01242574889

Email: histassocglos@gmail.com

Organiser: Andrea Robertson

Lecturer: Dr Alexandra Green, Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia, British Museum

Comments: Zoom link will be published before the event

Region: West Midlands

Branch: Gloucestershire