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In what some former students have dubbed a short-sighted move, London’s prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has announced it is terminating the post of Professor of Burmese, just when post-coup Myanmar is in the midst of crisis.
A cross-cultural past The first stop on Ivan’s itinerary is a stroll through downtown Yangon—an orchestra of colour, colonial relics and cross-cultural references anchored by the glistening Sule Pagoda. You’ll find bustling mazes of vibrant Burmese shophouses side by side with colonial British architecture. Structures like The Secretariat and the Balthazar Building have an imposing presence, but while some have been or are being restored—Peninsula Hotels are currently developing the former headquarters of the Myanmar Railway Company, which will open as The Peninsula Yangon in 2021—m...