Oct
2
A Vietnamese Afro-Amerasian Testimony: In Search of the “Place” in Displacement
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A Vietnamese Afro-Amerasian Testimony: In Search of the “Place” in Displacement
*This documentary was produced/directed by Rojelio Vo, Long S. Le, and Aaron Hedge. The documentary is based on the lived-experience of a Vietnamese Afro-Amerasian, Khanh Le.
Documentary Featured on Visions – Channel 13/ABC
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The Vietnamese Amerasian Experience
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Aug
4
Historicizing Vietnamese America
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Historicizing Vietnamese America.
This powerpoint was given at the UNAVSA’s 6th Conference in Atlanta, Georia on July 31, 2009. Please click on the picture below to download the presentation
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May
10
Narrating the Vietnamese American Experience
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Narrating the Vietnamese American Experience*
Cultural and Intellectual History of Vietnamese Americans
Making Cultural Statements
Conclusion
Online Reading and Questions
Reference
* A version of this article will appear in the Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore (Greenwood Publication)
The starting point of Vietnamese American experience is often linked to the mass refugee exodus following the Fall of Saigon on April 30th, […]
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Mar
18
Assessing the Anti-Communist Identity
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Assessing the Anti-Communist Identity
Contextualizing the anti-communist identity
The social action of the anti-communist identity
Conclusion
Online Reading and Questions
As a professor of Vietnamese Studies courses, one of the toughest topics to articulate to my students is the anti-communist ideology and identity in the Vietnamese American community.
That is, much of what is associated with the anti-communist identity are the […]
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Nov
24
Political History of Vietnam and Cambodia
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Political History of Vietnam and Cambodia
Immigration is as old as Southeast Asia’s history
Southeast Asia from prehistory to history
Political history of Vietnam
Political history of Cambodia
Contemporary Cambodia politics
Contemporary Vietnam politics
* The following was a presentation given on November 8, 2008 for the World Affairs Council of Houston’s Global Issues in Depth - Portrait of Southeast Asia.
Immigration […]
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Oct
14
Vietnamese Katrina Experiences: Windows to the Past and Present*
The Role of Historical Narratives and Memories
The “Other” Vietnamese Katrina Experiences
Online Reading and Questions
* A version of this article was published by the BBC-Vietnamese.
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There has been a growing interest among social science scholars to study Vietnamese Katrina evacuees, who were initially and […]
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Jun
17
Vietnamese Americans: Place Making in the American Mosaic.
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Apr
17
The Making of the Western Version of Being Vietnamese
Westernization in Vietnam
French Mission Civilisatrice: Creating Irreconcilable Vietnamese Political Communities
Bao Dai’s National Solutions: Breaking Away from Monarchy and Communism
Going West: Different Version of Being a Good Vietnamese
Further Reading
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For American observers of the Vietnam War, many are quite drawn to the question of how […]
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Mar
24
French Colonial Diaspora (1862-1954)
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French Colonial Diaspora (1862-1954)
The Fragile Unity under the Early Nguyen Emperors (1800-1859)
Vietnamese Approaches to Salvation: The Heritage of The Tale of Kieu
Nationalist Assessment of Local Responses to French Conquest
The Road to Socialist Revolution and Back
Further Reading
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Before French expansion, “disasters that come flying on the wind” have been the common denominator among […]
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Feb
22
Vietnam’s External Expansion and Colonial Diasporas (1471 -1859)
The External Expansion of Dai Viet
The Nguyen’s Colonial Diaspora
Different Versions of Being Vietnamese: A Southern, Nationalist/Anti-Communist Perspective
Further Reading
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In Vietnamese history, a theme that transcends across time and space is the advance or the march to the south (“nam tien”). The southern advancement, as noted by […]
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Feb
8
Chinese Colonial Diasporas (207 B.C.-939 A.D.)
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The Colonial Diasporas and their Effects on Vietnamese Displacement (207 B.C.-939 A.D.)
The Nan Yueh Period (207-111 B.C.)
Early Han Period (111 B.C. – 43 A.D.)
Displacement Effects under Chinese Direct Rule (After 43 A.D.)
A Prolonged Re-independence Process (44-939 A.D.)
Retaining the Cultural Core and Making Local Cultural Statements
Further Reading
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The Nan Yueh Period (207-111 B.C.)
In […]
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Jan
30
The Colonial Diasporas and their Displacing Effects on the Traditional Vietnamese Society
Austroasiatic Colonial Diasporas (3000-1000 B.C.)
Ou Yueh (Au Viet) Colonial Diaspora (257-207 B.C.)
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What is the essence of the Vietnamese cultural history?
In National Geographic Traveler: Vietnam (2006) by James Sullivan, the motif used for the non-experts to understand Vietnamese history and culture […]
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Jan
24
Theorizing and Conceptualizing Displacement
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2.1 Theorizing and Conceptualizing Displacement in the Vietnamese Context
Defining Displacement and its Relations with Diasporas
Types of Colonial Rule and their Effects on Displacement
Outlining the Colonial Diasporas in Vietnamese History
Further Reading
As noted in the Introduction, we will utilize the motif of displacement to theorize and conceptualize how the current Vietnamese diaspora relates to and/or transcends Vietnam’s […]
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Jan
13
Introduction
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Introduction
The Global Vietnamese Diaspora Blog
This blog is designed to study the Vietnamese diaspora(s) around the globe, theorizing and conceptualizing the dimensions, the characterizations, and the trajectories of the diasporic Vietnamese community.
To effectively and efficiently theorize and conceptualize the lived experiences of diasporic Vietnamese, the thematic motifs of “displacement” and “memory” are employed.
First, the motif of […]
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Jan
2
Reading the Legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co
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Reading the Legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co
Myth: Remembering and Elaborating the Past
The Displacement in Lac Long Quan’s Legend
Rediscovering the “Place” in Displacement
Online Reading and Questions
As noted by Indigo Williams Willing, Vietnamese history and culture are deeply entrenched with stories of forced migration and kinship separation associated with numerous global diasporas, from legendary […]
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