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

The 7^th Governing Board M eeting of SEAMEO CHAT The 7^th Governing Board Meeting of SEAMEO CHAT was held on 21-22 October at Myat Taw Win Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw and attended by the Governing Board Members from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Governing Board members for Lao PDR and Malaysia were not able to attend the Meeting. At the Opening Ceremony of the Meeting, HE.Dr. Chan Nyein, Minister for Education, Union of Myanmar delivered an Opening Address which was followed by the Remarks from Dato Dr. Ahamad bin Sipon, Director of the SEAMEO Secretariat. The sessions of the Meeting commenced after the Opening Ceremony at which the Governing Board Members discussed on the Reports and Working Papers presented by the Centre. Dinner was hosted by HE Dr. Chan Nyein, Minister for Education, the 7^th Governing Board Meeting. The Meeting ended on 22^nd October after which the members went sightseeing and left for Nay Pyi Taw airport.
	The 7th SEAMEO CHAT Governing Board Meeting
	Visit of H.E Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Minister of Education, Malaysia and President of SEAMEO Council (14-15 February, 2009)
	The 6 th SEAMEO CHAT Governing Board Meeting
	Visit of SEAMEO Council President & Minister of National Education, Indonesia to SEAMEO CHAT
	SEAMEO CHAT’s Special Training Programme
	Seameo Council President visit to SEAMEO CHAT
	Prize Awarding Ceremony at SEAMEO CHAT
	2005 SEAMEO Center Directors Meeting

Lectures
	The Social History of the Philippines
	Exploring Traditions: Traditions of Kayin Spirit World
	The Cities of Angkor, Past and Present
	Between India and Southeast Asia: Art and Architecture of Rakhine
	Life and Culture of the Moken People
	Modern Indonesian History
	Interpreting Contexts: Pyu and Bronze Age Myanmar
	Salin - Sittotaya - Ngaphe, Old Roads and Ancient Cities
	Lectures and Talk given at SEAMEO CHAT in 2005-2006
Conference
	SEAMEO CHAT and the Universities Historical Research Centre cosponsored an international conference
	Myanmar Historical Commission Golden Jubilee International Conference New! (12-14 January 2005)

*Exhibitions*
	''A Journey through the Myeik Archipelago" in cooperation with CNRS (France)
	"Ceramic Traditions in Myanmar" in cooperation with the Myanmar Ceramic Society.
	Myanmar Tradition of Bamboo

*Work Shops*
	The Workshop History Agenda 21
	Cultural Classics of Southeast Asia

Seminars
	Ceramic Traditions in Myanmar in cooperation with the Myanmar Ceramic Society
	From Fact to Fiction: Image of Bayinnaung in Myanmar- Thai Historical and Cultural Context in cooperation with Institute of Asian Studies and Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
	Comparative Aspects of Myanmar and Lan Na Arts and Crafts