Journal of Vietnamese Studies
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The Journal of Vietnamese Studies publishes original social science and humanities research on Vietnamese history, politics, culture, and society. A @ucpress.bsky.social journal.
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![The cover of JVS 20(2). A stylized image of a seated man in fatigues watching four helicopters ascending or descending at close range.
Linocut by Lể Trọng, published in the Republic of Vietnam on September 20, 1970. Image inspired by the sheet music for “Lá thư đô thị” [A Letter from the City], composed by Tuấn Lê (Lê Văn Tuấn, 1952–1988). Courtesy of Jason Gibbs.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g54wvlehlsca5ritqkb5matw/bafkreicolorkww7ekcp4j5qpgv6f3gpj4irirdje4zoi5woei75mpxe2ni@jpeg)
Introducing JVS 20(2), “Rupture and Reunion: New Translations About the End of the War in Vietnam.” The issue—commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of April 30, 1975—is guest-edited by historian Nu-Anh Tran and comparative literature scholar Trinh M. Luu.
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JVS mourns the premature passing of Gerard Sasges, a brilliant scholar of Vietnam and an Associate Professor in the Dept of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.
A Canadian national with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, Gerard made a significant mark...
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A Canadian national with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, Gerard made a significant mark...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
JVS mourns the premature passing of Gerard Sasges, a brilliant scholar of Vietnam and an Associate Professor in the Dept of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.
A Canadian national with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, Gerard made a significant mark...
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A Canadian national with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, Gerard made a significant mark...
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JVS Editor-in-Chief Van Nguyen-Marshall’s book “Between War and the State: Civil Society in South Vietnam, 1954-1975” is the subject of a new Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum at H-Diplo.
The forum is introduced by Peter Zinoman—another JVS EIC.
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The forum is introduced by Peter Zinoman—another JVS EIC.
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H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable 16-38 on Nguyen-Marshall, Between War and the State
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum 12 May 2025| PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt16-38 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editors: Thomas…
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May 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
JVS Editor-in-Chief Van Nguyen-Marshall’s book “Between War and the State: Civil Society in South Vietnam, 1954-1975” is the subject of a new Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum at H-Diplo.
The forum is introduced by Peter Zinoman—another JVS EIC.
issforum.org/roundtables/...
The forum is introduced by Peter Zinoman—another JVS EIC.
issforum.org/roundtables/...
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies announces a new special issue to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, guest-edited by historian Nu-Anh Tran and comparative literature scholar Trinh M. Luu.
![Linocut by Lể Trọng, published in the Republic of Vietnam on September 20, 1970. Image inspired by the sheet music for “Lá thư đô thị” [A Letter from the City], composed by Tuấn Lê (Lê Văn Tuấn, 1952–1988). Courtesy of Jason Gibbs.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g54wvlehlsca5ritqkb5matw/bafkreicyvhwyxamrulc6nfvhsihhn6aivudsgjfwhphbmubqnqewcflr6e@jpeg)
April 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies announces a new special issue to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, guest-edited by historian Nu-Anh Tran and comparative literature scholar Trinh M. Luu.
Introducing JVS 20(2), “Rupture and Reunion: New Translations About the End of the War in Vietnam.” The issue—commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of April 30, 1975—is guest-edited by historian Nu-Anh Tran and comparative literature scholar Trinh M. Luu.
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April 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Introducing JVS 20(2), “Rupture and Reunion: New Translations About the End of the War in Vietnam.” The issue—commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of April 30, 1975—is guest-edited by historian Nu-Anh Tran and comparative literature scholar Trinh M. Luu.
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JVS is linked in the NYT’s report today on the sentencing of Vietnamese journalist and author Huy Đức.
February 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
JVS is linked in the NYT’s report today on the sentencing of Vietnamese journalist and author Huy Đức.
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"The university operates on a wellness program when the reality is that many of us have become unwell because of it. So begins the first entry of your monograph, 'dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss.'" dvan.org/2025/02/book...
Book Review: dear elia - DVAN
The university operates on a wellness program when the reality is that many of us have become unwell because of it. So begins the first entry of your monograph, dear elia.
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February 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"The university operates on a wellness program when the reality is that many of us have become unwell because of it. So begins the first entry of your monograph, 'dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss.'" dvan.org/2025/02/book...
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In Washington, D.C., a collective of artists are honoring the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and looking forward to the next 50 years of what it means to be Vietnamese Americans. www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...
A new art exhibit examines 50 years since the Vietnam War and looks forward with hope
April 2025 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. In Washington, D.C., a new art exhibit offers counter-narratives of what it means to be Vietnamese American.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In Washington, D.C., a collective of artists are honoring the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and looking forward to the next 50 years of what it means to be Vietnamese Americans. www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...
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Tomorrow's new Vietnam Weekly covers the recent summit between leaders of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in Ho Chi Minh City, plus concerns over potential transfer pricing after more than half of FDI companies operating in the country reported losses in 2024. thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe
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A newsletter on the latest in Vietnam, from essential news to under-the-radar stories, delivered from Ho Chi Minh City every Wednesday and Friday. Click to read Vietnam Weekly, by Michael Tatarski, a ...
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February 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Tomorrow's new Vietnam Weekly covers the recent summit between leaders of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in Ho Chi Minh City, plus concerns over potential transfer pricing after more than half of FDI companies operating in the country reported losses in 2024. thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe
JVS condemns the sentencing on February 27 of the journalist and historian Huy Duc (Huy Đức, given name Trương Huy San) to thirty months in prison following a trial in Hanoi.
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February 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
JVS condemns the sentencing on February 27 of the journalist and historian Huy Duc (Huy Đức, given name Trương Huy San) to thirty months in prison following a trial in Hanoi.
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Rediscover this 2023 journal article on 1954-55 America’s diplomatic and consular presence in North Vietnam. The piece is authored by Lori Maguire via @ucpress.bsky.social and @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social edited by @heavyredaction.bsky.social, @pzinoman.bsky.social, and Van Nguyen-Marshall.
To Stay or Not to Stay: The United States Consulate in Hà Nội, 1954–1955
The United States established a consular presence in Hà Nội before World War II. Washington sought to maintain it after the creation of the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV, or North Viet...
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February 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Rediscover this 2023 journal article on 1954-55 America’s diplomatic and consular presence in North Vietnam. The piece is authored by Lori Maguire via @ucpress.bsky.social and @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social edited by @heavyredaction.bsky.social, @pzinoman.bsky.social, and Van Nguyen-Marshall.
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies is pleased to announce our first issue of 2025—a special issue on “Queer Vietnam,” guest edited by Stephen Christopher and Helle Rydstrom.
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February 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies is pleased to announce our first issue of 2025—a special issue on “Queer Vietnam,” guest edited by Stephen Christopher and Helle Rydstrom.
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Nguyen Thu Huong’s JVS essay “The Case of Dạ Thảo Phương and Sexual Violence in Vietnam over the Last Two Decades” is cited in this report via The Diplomat, “Vietnam: No Country for #MeToo.”
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Vietnam: No Country for #MeToo
Government connections protect those implicated in sexual violence.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Nguyen Thu Huong’s JVS essay “The Case of Dạ Thảo Phương and Sexual Violence in Vietnam over the Last Two Decades” is cited in this report via The Diplomat, “Vietnam: No Country for #MeToo.”
thediplomat.com/2025/01/viet...
thediplomat.com/2025/01/viet...
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A very Happy New Year to all our readers and subscribers! Thank you for being with Mekong Review at the start of another year.
What are you looking forward to reading most about in 2025?
What are you looking forward to reading most about in 2025?
January 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A very Happy New Year to all our readers and subscribers! Thank you for being with Mekong Review at the start of another year.
What are you looking forward to reading most about in 2025?
What are you looking forward to reading most about in 2025?
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I did a New Books Network podcast interview about my new book, The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization (Oxford UP, 2024). player.megaphone.fm/NBNK8546233975
Kevin D. Pham, "The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization" (Oxford UP, 2024) by New Books in Political Science
An interview with Kevin D. Pham
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January 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I did a New Books Network podcast interview about my new book, The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization (Oxford UP, 2024). player.megaphone.fm/NBNK8546233975
In June 2024, the Vietnamese journalist Trương Huy San (best known by his pen name Huy Đức) was arrested and detained.
In a new @ucpress.bsky.social blog post, Peter Zinoman introduces an interview with Huy Đức—now published in the most recent issue of JVS.
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/i...
In a new @ucpress.bsky.social blog post, Peter Zinoman introduces an interview with Huy Đức—now published in the most recent issue of JVS.
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/i...
December 4, 2024 at 1:51 AM
In June 2024, the Vietnamese journalist Trương Huy San (best known by his pen name Huy Đức) was arrested and detained.
In a new @ucpress.bsky.social blog post, Peter Zinoman introduces an interview with Huy Đức—now published in the most recent issue of JVS.
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/i...
In a new @ucpress.bsky.social blog post, Peter Zinoman introduces an interview with Huy Đức—now published in the most recent issue of JVS.
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/i...
Announcing JVS 19(3-4), a double issue and the last JVS of 2024.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Announcing JVS 19(3-4), a double issue and the last JVS of 2024.
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The November 2024–January 2025 issue of @mekongreview.bsky.social is out, so here I am to share some of what you'll find in the magazine.
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November 17, 2024 at 10:56 PM
The November 2024–January 2025 issue of @mekongreview.bsky.social is out, so here I am to share some of what you'll find in the magazine.
We're a small literary magazine focused on Asia and Asian perspectives; keep us going by getting a subscription or making a donation: mekongreview.com/subscribe/
We're a small literary magazine focused on Asia and Asian perspectives; keep us going by getting a subscription or making a donation: mekongreview.com/subscribe/
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this isn’t a new photo - I took it a few years ago - but wanted to share it regardless
November 17, 2024 at 11:38 AM
this isn’t a new photo - I took it a few years ago - but wanted to share it regardless
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies, a journal of @ucpress.bsky.social, is pleased to be posting on Bluesky!
November 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies, a journal of @ucpress.bsky.social, is pleased to be posting on Bluesky!