Myanmar Oral History Project - life stories
A podcast by Peter Church
Categories:
52 Episodes
-
Sithu Lt Col Raymond Campagnac's life story through the words of his daughter, Sandra Campagnac-Carney
Published: 23/12/2022 -
A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 5 - Early 2000s to 2017 when the 6th edition was published
Published: 25/08/2022 -
A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 4 - 1970s to early 2000s
Published: 24/08/2022 -
A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 3 - Japanese occupation during WW2 and the early days of independence to the late 1960s
Published: 16/08/2022 -
A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 2 - the colonial period
Published: 16/08/2022 -
A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 1
Published: 15/08/2022 -
"Trials in Burma" by Maurice Collis - extracts dealing with the Peasants' Rebellion of 1930
Published: 03/08/2022 -
Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess- Chapter 16 of My Vanished World -The End of A Dynasty dealing with the disastrous long term consequences for the Shan people fo
Published: 21/07/2022 -
U Win Htein born 1941 - a current and former prisoner of conscience - being an extract from pages 187 to 193 of his autobiography dealing with Martyrs' Day and is read by his youngest child, his daugh
Published: 18/07/2022 -
Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess -excerpts from her book, My Vanished World from Chapter 12 - The Panglong Agreement episode 7
Published: 27/06/2022 -
Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess -excerpts from her book, My Vanished World from Chapter 10 - The Escape (from the Japanese) episode 5
Published: 18/06/2022 -
Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess -excerpts from her book, My Vanished World from Chapter 10 - The Escape (from the Japanese) episode 4
Published: 18/06/2022 -
U Win Htein born 1941 - a current and former prisoner of conscience - Episode 7 being an extract from Chapter 4 (pages 233 to 237) of his autobiography and is read by his youngest child, his daughter
Published: 18/06/2022 -
U Win Htein born 1941 - a current and former prisoner of conscience - Episode 5 being an extract from Chapter 4 entitled "Jailbird" (pages 206 to 213) of his autobiography and is read by his youngest
Published: 17/06/2022 -
U Win Htein born 1941 - a current and former prisoner of conscience - Episode 6 being an extract from Chapter 4 (pages 213 to 220) of his autobiography and is read by his youngest child, his daughter
Published: 17/06/2022 -
Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess -excerpts from her book, My Vanished World - episode 3 -boarding school days
Published: 20/04/2022 -
Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess - episode 2 -my parents and grandparents
Published: 13/04/2022 -
U Hpone Thant (commonly known as Harry) born 1945 talks about what it was like to own a car in the 60s and 70s in Myanmar
Published: 12/04/2022 -
U Win Htein born 1941 - a current and former prisoner of conscience, elder politician of the National League for Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's right hand man, former parliamentarian, army captain
Published: 06/04/2022 -
U Win Htein born 1941 - a current and former prisoner of conscience, elder politician of the National League for Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's right hand man, former parliamentarian, army captain
Published: 05/04/2022
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.
