Michael Aung-Thwin
Michael Aung-Thwin (1946 – August 14, 2021) was a Burmese American historian and emeritus professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, specializing in early Southeast Asian and Burmese history. Early life and education
Aung-Thwin was born in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar) in 1946. Aung-Thwin's mother, Margaret Hope Aung-Thwin, of mixed Anglo-Burmese, Karen, and Arakanese descent, was a Fulbright scholar and lecturer. He attended Kodaikanal International School in South India, where his mother taught. He earned a bachelor of arts degree at Doane College in 1969, followed by a master of arts degree at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1971, and a PhD at the University of Michigan. Academic career
Aung-Thwin held academic posts at Elmira College, Kyoto University, Northern Illinois University, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He served as the Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University. In 2018, he was awarded the George E. Bogaars endowed professorship at NUS. Death
Aung-Thwin died at his home in Hawaii on August 14, 2021, after a long illness. Publications
Pagan: The Origins of Modern Burma (1985)
The Mists of Ramanna: The Legend that was Lower Burma (2005)
A History of Myanmar Since Ancient Times: Traditions and Transformations (2013)
Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century: A Tale of Two Kingdoms (2017)

Personal life
Aung-Thwin was married to Maria, and had two children, Maitrii and Amita. Maitrii Aung-Thwin is a Burmese American historian and professor at NUS. References

1946 births
2021 deaths
20th-century Burmese historians
21st-century Burmese historians
Burmese writers
Burmese emigrants to the United States
University of Michigan alumni
Doane University alumni
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty
People from Yangon
Historians of Southeast Asia
Burmese studies scholars
University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni