A post from the archives
1918
Karen lady at Ellis Island
The photograph shows "Miss Say Paw", a young Karen woman at Ellis Island c. 1918. She was briefly detained by immigration officials at Ellis Island (New York) before traveling on to Detroit, Michigan, where she attended high school for four years, before returning to teach in Burma.
Explore Myanmar History through a Timeline
About this project
The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.