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CelebSalon: The Mess in Myanmar

When:
Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM
Where:
Virtual
Additional Info:
Event Contact(s):
Ann V Talty
(202) 436-5252 (p)
Category:
Celeb Salon
Registration is required before Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 12:01 AM
Payment In Full In Advance Only
Capacity:
55
Available Slots:
4
No Fee
No Fee
No Fee
Burma/Myanmar has received a lot of news coverage recently because of the military coup on February 1 that stopped the government elected last November from taking office. Popular protests against the coup have been massive, exceeding in scope and intensity the uprising in 1988, from which Aung San Suu Kyi emerged as the country's preeminent pro-democracy leader, and the monk-led "Saffron Revolt" in 2007.

Lex Rieffel will speak about the main political, social, and cultural context for this country, which has been in a state of civil war since independence in 1948. He will be joined by Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun (PhD in organic chemistry from Yale University) who arrived in the USA at the beginning of May after fleeing from Myanmar to avoid imminent arrest. Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun has been working to establish Myanmar's first private nonprofit liberal arts college and will offer a first-hand perspective on the struggle between the military and the young men and women who are leading the movement to end military rule in Myanmar.

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