Journal of the Burma Research Society

The Journal of the Burma Research Society (

Rangoon University Estate^[3] in both English and Burmese.^[4]

Until its closure in 1980, the journal was the country's principal scholarly publication.

Burmese history topics and published ethnographic studies, translations and reviews of Burmese literature, folklore, music and theology, fauna, geography and archaeology reports, historical essays, and annotated texts and essays of historical significance, translated from Burmese, Pali, Mon, and other languages.^[7]

The journal came under government regulation after 1962. In 1980, it was closed, alongside its publishing body, the Burma Research Society, by the Burma Socialist Programme Party government.^[4]

The journal remains a major source in Burma studies publications to date.^{[note 1]}

Legacy

In 2011, Burmese and Western scholars convened at Yale University with the goal of re-establishing the JBRS for scholars.^[8] Its successor, named the Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship (IJBS), published its first issue in August 2016.^[8]^[9]

Notes

^ For example, see (Harvey 1925: 381) and (Htin Aung 1967: 345–350) for an index of citations throughout the books. See more recent works (Liberman 2003) and Aung-Thwin (2005) where several JBRS articles are cited throughout the books.

References

S2CID 145479175
.

^ "Journal of the Burma Research Society (JBRS)". IG Publishing. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

ISBN 9789400962712
.

^ ^a ^b Taylor, Robert H. (2004). Keat Gin Ooi (ed.). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 295.

ISBN 9780810864863
.

ISBN 9789042027831
.

ISSN 0014-8512. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
)

^ ^a ^b "About အကြောင်း". Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

^ "Professor's mission to launch scholarly journal in Burma now a reality". YaleNews. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

Bibliography

Aung-Thwin, Michael (2005). The mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma (illustrated ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
ISBN 9780824828868
.

ISBN 978-0-521-80496-7
.

Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.

Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press.

External links

Journal of the Burma Research Society at IG Publishing

Authority control databases
International

VIAF

National

United States

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Journal_of_the_Burma_Research_Society&oldid=1191245296"

[8] For example, see (Harvey 1925: 381) and (Htin Aung 1967: 345–350) for an index of citations throughout the books. See more recent works (Liberman 2003) and Aung-Thwin (2005) where several JBRS articles are cited throughout the books.

[selth-1] S2CID 145479175
.

[igp-2] "Journal of the Burma Research Society (JBRS)". IG Publishing. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[3] ISBN 9789400962712
.

[taylor-4] Taylor, Robert H. (2004). Keat Gin Ooi (ed.). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 295.

[seekins-5] ISBN 9780810864863
.

[wp-6] ISBN 9789042027831
.

[griffin-7] ISSN 0014-8512. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
)

[:0-9] "About အကြောင်း". Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[10] "Professor's mission to launch scholarly journal in Burma now a reality". YaleNews. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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