SEAMEO Regional Centre for History and Tradition, Myanmar (Burma), On Going Projects

Myanmar Historical Commission Golden Jubilee International Conference New! (12-14 January 2005)

The Myanmar Historical held its Golden Jubilee International Conference at Diamond Jubilee Hall, Yangon on 12-14 January 2005. Sixty-seven persons including 50 from 14 foerign nations read papers at the Conference.

''A Journey through the Myeik Archipelago" in cooperation with CNRS (France)

To provide scholars, students and the informed public with a convenient reference work on Southeast Asian culture and its traditions.

The Encyclopedia will be in book form and have 1,500-1,600 pages of text and illustration.

Preliminary meetings have decided on the format and the entries of the Encyclopedia. Authors are being identified.

Further funding is being sought for the project.

SEAMEO Regional Centre for History and Tradition Pyay Road,
Yangon 11041, Myanmar
Tel: (+95-1) 515180, 536081 Fax: (+95-1) 515175
Email: info@seameochat.org Internet: www.seameochat.org