The Japan Association for Language Teaching
Osaka Chapter
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008 from 2PM to 4PM
Ethnic Disunity and
Conflict in Burma
Speaker: Richard Humphries
The world generally focuses on the political struggles in
Myanmar, especially with the 2007 crackdown upon the
monk-led demonstrations. However, the flip side of the
same coin is Burma's ethnic issue, an immense source
of suffering in that tragic land. Ethnicity impacts directly
upon profound disagreements over the very nature of
the State.
Richard Humphries is employed as an Associate
Professor teaching ESL at Kansai Gaidai University in
Hirakata. He has been interested in Burma issues
since 1992 and for four months (from October 1993)
taught English for communication and medical
purposes to refugee medics at Mae Tao Clinic, in the
Thai border town of Mae Sot. The clinic founded by the
well-known humanitarian Dr Cynthia Maung. Richard
has visited the region frequently since, and has, for
example, given seminars on skills such as writing, on
communication, and on conflict resolution, and has
written numerous pieces about Burma for the Japanese
English-language press. His first book, "Frontier
Mosaic: Voices of Burma from the Lands in Between"
was recently published and all author royalties are
being donated to that same clinic where he taught
English fifteen years before
This event is co-sponsored by SIETAR Kansai. The
meeting will be on the fifth floor of the Sogo Shimin
Koryu Center very near JR Takatsuki station.
http://www.city.takatsuki.osaka.jp/db/kurasu/db4-koryu.
html
Fee (JALT & SIETAR members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen
Ethnic Disunity and
Conflict in Burma
Speaker: Richard Humphries
The world generally focuses on the political struggles in
Myanmar, especially with the 2007 crackdown upon the
monk-led demonstrations. However, the flip side of the
same coin is Burma's ethnic issue, an immense source
of suffering in that tragic land. Ethnicity impacts directly
upon profound disagreements over the very nature of
the State.
Richard Humphries is employed as an Associate
Professor teaching ESL at Kansai Gaidai University in
Hirakata. He has been interested in Burma issues
since 1992 and for four months (from October 1993)
taught English for communication and medical
purposes to refugee medics at Mae Tao Clinic, in the
Thai border town of Mae Sot. The clinic founded by the
well-known humanitarian Dr Cynthia Maung. Richard
has visited the region frequently since, and has, for
example, given seminars on skills such as writing, on
communication, and on conflict resolution, and has
written numerous pieces about Burma for the Japanese
English-language press. His first book, "Frontier
Mosaic: Voices of Burma from the Lands in Between"
was recently published and all author royalties are
being donated to that same clinic where he taught
English fifteen years before
This event is co-sponsored by SIETAR Kansai. The
meeting will be on the fifth floor of the Sogo Shimin
Koryu Center very near JR Takatsuki station.
http://www.city.takatsuki.osaka.jp/db/kurasu/db4-koryu.
html
Fee (JALT & SIETAR members): 500 yen
Fee (One-Day members): 1000 yen
July 5th and 6th, 2008
CUE 2008 Conference at
Kinki University
More details at:
http://jaltcue-sig.org/node/43
CUE 2008 Conference at
Kinki University
More details at:
http://jaltcue-sig.org/node/43
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Tech Day at Hannan Univ.
Supported by Nara JALT
Want to present? Go here.
Tech Day at Hannan Univ.
Supported by Nara JALT
Want to present? Go here.