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  2. Mapping the world - one digitisation at a time

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    Thumbnail for Mapping the world - one digitisation at a time 20 Jan 2021: Cambridge Digital Library (CUDL) has been sharing a significant but small selection of maps for some time including three maps of parts of Burma (now Myanmar) that were presented to Cambridge ... Map of the Maingnyaung region, located between the
  3. The historian gathering fragments of the past to understand how…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/this-cambridge-life/the-historian-gathering-fragments-of-the-past-to-understand-how-humans-tick
    Thumbnail for The historian gathering fragments of the past to understand how humans tick 7 Sep 2021: I travelled around the Indian and Pacific oceans doing research in archives and meeting people, from Mauritius, South Africa, Tonga, Burma/Myanmar and many places between. ... Rather than being unsure of myself or seeing myself as someone born of conflict
  4. Another India exhibition gives voice to India’s most marginalised…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/another-india-exhibition-gives-voice-to-indias-most-marginalised-communities
    Thumbnail for Another India exhibition gives voice to India’s most marginalised communities | University of Cambridge 8 Mar 2017: The workshops took place from Gujarat in the west to Nagaland, right on the border with Myanmar (Burma) in the North east. ... Tribes were identified as groups of people who were separated geographically, socially or both from ‘mainstream’ caste
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  6. Latest notices

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    22 Jun 2024: Currently (as of June 21, 2024), Palestine, Sudan, Haiti, Myanmar, eastern Chad, and Ukraine.</li> <li>Students with Refugee, Asylum Seeker, or Humanitarian Protection status.</li> <li>UG, PGT and PGR ... DRC, Haiti, plus Myanmar, eastern Chad, Ethiopia,
  7. Exhibition at Kettle's Yard highlights threatened birds |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/exhibition-at-kettles-yard-highlights-threatened-birds
    28 Sep 2007: Gurney's Pitta survives in very small numbers in southern Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Thailand.
  8. Remembering those who died and those who survived | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/news/remembering-those-who-died-and-those-who-survived
    Thumbnail for Remembering those who died and those who survived | University of Cambridge 5 Aug 2015: prison labourers for the Imperial Japanese Army, building the Thailand-Burma ‘Death Railway.’. ... Many died in horrific, sordid circumstances, during forced slave labour on the Death Railway, locked in holds of transport ships that sank, or as
  9. The Elephant Man | University of Cambridge

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    Thumbnail for The Elephant Man | University of Cambridge 8 Nov 2010: Born in 1889, Gyles Mackrell was 53 when, in January 1942, the Japanese invaded British-held Burma. ... The initial Japanese advance was devastating. Burma's capital, Rangoon, was evacuated in March and by April the army was in full retreat.
  10. Economic benefits of protecting nature now outweigh those of…

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    Thumbnail for Economic benefits of protecting nature now outweigh those of exploiting it 8 Mar 2021: A male Asian Golden Weaver bird photographed in Myanmar's Moeyungyi Wetland, one of the sites for which researchers produced an economic valuation. ... Fifth inset: Asian Golden Weaver - Male (Ploceus hypoxanthus) - taken at the Moeyungyi Wetland
  11. Applications open for University’s Humanitarian Response Fund to…

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    4 Jun 2024: Last updated: 21 Jun 2024. The University has pledged £100,000 to aid students facing financial difficulties due to conflicts or crises in their home countries. ... Currently (as of June 21, 2024), Palestine, Sudan, Haiti, Myanmar, eastern Chad, and
  12. India lecture series now available online | University of Cambridge

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    11 Nov 2010: The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust was founded in 1964 by The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, in memory of his friend the late Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. ... Admission is free, but registration is required by email to
  13. Research Horizons Issue 14

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_14_research_horizons.pdf
    17 Mar 2011: time – so-called chapbooks or pliegossueltos – of which an extensive archive existsin Cambridge University Library. ... Theothers either continued, sometimes overdecades (Burma), or were eventuallyterminated by way of decisive victory for thecentral
  14. 1 Divestment: Advantages and Disadvantages for the University of ...

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cam.ac.uk/files/sm6_divestment_report.pdf
    16 Sep 2020: carefully selected third-party managers rather than investing directly in companies or through. ... costs and/or must do so in order to retain supporters and beneficiaries.
  15. Hidden treasures of Cambridge Digital Library

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    Thumbnail for Hidden treasures of Cambridge Digital Library 8 Jul 2020: Map of the Shan region, showing border dispute between Burma and China, painted circa 1889. ... Image copyright Cambridge University Library. Map of the Shan region, showing border dispute between Burma and China, painted circa 1889.
  16. UN Secretary-General honoured by the University | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/un-secretary-general-honoured-by-the-university
    Thumbnail for UN Secretary-General honoured by the University | University of Cambridge 3 Feb 2016: responsibility to protect," the new UN norm aimed at preventing or halting genocide and other grave crimes. ... He has also worked to strengthen humanitarian response in the aftermath of disasters in Myanmar (2008), Haiti (2010) and Pakistan (2010), and
  17. Research on the front line | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/research-on-the-front-line
    Thumbnail for Research on the front line | University of Cambridge 11 Mar 2011: Some 40 other internal conflicts remained active or re-ignited during this period. ... The others either continued, sometimes over decades (Burma), or were eventually terminated by way of decisive victory for the central government (Biafra).
  18. University announces Humanitarian Response Fund to support students…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/university-announces-humanitarian-response-fund-to-support-students-affected-by-conflict
    31 May 2024: Grants will be available to help to meet an unexpected shortfall in living costs, as well as exceptional caring responsibilities associated with conflict or crisis. ... whose homes are in conflict zones and humanitarian crises as defined by the UNICEF
  19. China's forgotten heroes

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    Thumbnail for China's forgotten heroes 4 Nov 2021: to be labelled political enemies or “counter-revolutionaries” (fangemin fenzi) by the then ruling CCP. ... Fewer than half of CEF troops who fought in Burma and India survived the ordeal.
  20. University of Cambridge Research Horizons

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    8 May 2012: Tip of the iceberg’Although melioidosis was first described in1911 in Burma, the disease has been littlestudied over the past century. ... These ethical tensions are not exhaustive or mutually exclusive but provide aframework for debate,” explained
  21. Melioidosis: exposing the ‘Great Mimicker’ | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/melioidosis-exposing-the-great-mimicker
    Thumbnail for Melioidosis: exposing the ‘Great Mimicker’ | University of Cambridge 1 May 2012: Although melioidosis was first described in 1911 in Burma, the disease has been little studied over the past century. ... food, or inhalation of aerosols – and using genotyping to define the bacterial strains present in the patients and environment.
  22. Changing the world, one café at a time

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    Thumbnail for Changing the world, one café at a time 1 May 2019: While customers sip a freshly brewed latte or tuck into a mouth-watering chicken lok lak, upstairs ‘digital nomads’ take advantage of its enterprise hub. ... The location of the third café is still to be decided, but Georgina is looking at countries
  23. Secretary-General of the United Nations to receive Honorary Degree |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/secretary-general-of-the-united-nations-to-receive-honorary-degree
    Thumbnail for Secretary-General of the United Nations to receive Honorary Degree | University of Cambridge 13 Jan 2016: responsibility to protect," the new UN norm aimed at preventing or halting genocide and other grave crimes. ... He has also worked to strengthen humanitarian response in the aftermath of disasters in Myanmar (2008), Haiti (2010) and Pakistan (2010), and
  24. New ideas and inspiration feature at Cambridge Festival 2022

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-2022-launch
    Thumbnail for New ideas and inspiration feature at Cambridge Festival 2022 30 Mar 2022: of urbanising populations in Myanmar and increased demand for meat which is intensifying livestock farming. ... Contact Mandy Garner on 07789 106435 or email mandy.garner@admin.cam.ac.uk for more information.
  25. Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/climate-change-may-have-driven-the-emergence-of-sars-cov-2
    Thumbnail for Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 | University of Cambridge 5 Feb 2021: The study has revealed large-scale changes in the type of vegetation in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, and adjacent regions in Myanmar and Laos, over the last century. ... This not only altered the regions where viruses are present, but most
  26. University of Cambridge Research Horizons Issue 13

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_13_research_horizons.pdf
    10 Nov 2010: For more information, please contact professor Charles melville(cpm1000@cam.ac.uk) or visit http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/. ... the number and type oforganisms, or biotic index, provides a usefulindication of the state of the water they livein.
  27. Vice-Chancellor’s awards showcase Cambridge researchers' public…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellors-awards-showcase-cambridge-researchers-public-engagement-and-societal-impact
    Thumbnail for Vice-Chancellor’s awards showcase Cambridge researchers' public engagement and societal impact | University of Cambridge 9 Jul 2018: The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Awards were established to recognise and reward those whose research has led to excellent impact beyond academia, whether on the economy, society, culture, public policy or ... The work has had immediate impact on on-going,
  28. #CamFest Speaker Spotlight

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-spotlights/alina-utrata
    Thumbnail for #CamFest Speaker Spotlight 28 Mar 2023: The state can protect or uphold your rights, but it can also repress you. ... I think it depends. Of course, any state can block a site like Facebook from operating in their jurisdiction — we saw that in Myanmar during the coup d’etat or with
  29. Tracing the history of modern globalisation in China | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tracing-the-history-of-modern-globalisation-in-china
    Thumbnail for Tracing the history of modern globalisation in China | University of Cambridge 1 May 2008: A cosmopolitan mix of French, British, Russian, German and Japanese staff worked together in the Customs, even as their countries went to war elsewhere or their armies invaded China. ... Because of this role, Custom Houses appeared in some rather odd
  30. University of Cambridge Research Horizons Issue 6

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_6_research_horizons_1.pdf
    2 Jun 2008: For more information, please contact Professor MaryJacobus (mlj25@cam.ac.uk) or Dr François Penz(fp12@cam.ac.uk). ... Because of this role, Custom Housesappeared in some rather odd places,including along the mountainous borderwith Burma and the arid
  31. Satellite images reveal dramatic loss of global wetlands over past…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/satellite-images-reveal-dramatic-loss-of-global-wetlands-over-past-two-decades
    Thumbnail for Satellite images reveal dramatic loss of global wetlands over past two decades | University of Cambridge 13 May 2022: About three-quarters of the net global tidal wetland decrease happened in Asia, with almost 70 per cent of that total concentrated in Indonesia, China and Myanmar. ... He added: “This data can help identify coastal areas most impacted - and therefore

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