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.

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The Vietnamese Amerasian Experience

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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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Narrating the Vietnamese American Experience*

Cultural and Intellectual History of Vietnamese Americans

Making Cultural Statements

Conclusion

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* 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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Assessing the Anti-Communist Identity

Contextualizing the anti-communist identity

The social action of the anti-communist identity

Conclusion

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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.
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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.
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Vietnamese Katrina Experiences: Windows to the Past and Present*

The Role of Historical Narratives and Memories

The “Other” Vietnamese Katrina Experiences

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* A version of this article was published by the BBC-Vietnamese.
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Vietnamese Americans: Place Making in the American Mosaic.
This PowerPoint presentation was given at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi on May 20, 2008.   The PowerPoint presentation can be found by clicking 
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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

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For American observers of the Vietnam War, many are quite drawn to the question of how […]

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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

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Before French expansion, “disasters that come flying on the wind” have been the common denominator among […]

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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

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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

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The Nan Yueh Period (207-111 B.C.)
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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? 
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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

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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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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

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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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