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.
Gerard will be remembered as an inspirational teacher, a wonderful scholar and a true friend to many people in Vietnamese Studies and beyond.
Photo: Christopher Goscha (Université du Québec à Montréal), Charles Keith (Michigan State U), and Gerard Sasges.
Photo: Christopher Goscha (Université du Québec à Montréal), Charles Keith (Michigan State U), and Gerard Sasges.
August 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Gerard will be remembered as an inspirational teacher, a wonderful scholar and a true friend to many people in Vietnamese Studies and beyond.
Photo: Christopher Goscha (Université du Québec à Montréal), Charles Keith (Michigan State U), and Gerard Sasges.
Photo: Christopher Goscha (Université du Québec à Montréal), Charles Keith (Michigan State U), and Gerard Sasges.
Gerard also completed a series of innovative shorter studies on modern Vietnamese economic history, a hugely important but long-neglected subtopic (e.g. “Scaling the Commanding Heights: The Colonial Conglomerates and the Changing Political Economy of French Indochina,” Modern Asian Studies 45.5).
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August 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Gerard also completed a series of innovative shorter studies on modern Vietnamese economic history, a hugely important but long-neglected subtopic (e.g. “Scaling the Commanding Heights: The Colonial Conglomerates and the Changing Political Economy of French Indochina,” Modern Asian Studies 45.5).
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He also supervised and edited a groundbreaking collection of oral histories about the nature of work in Vietnam: It’s a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today (NUS Press: 2013).
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August 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
He also supervised and edited a groundbreaking collection of oral histories about the nature of work in Vietnam: It’s a Living: Work and Life in Vietnam Today (NUS Press: 2013).
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...on the field of Vietnamese history through his superb first monograph: Imperial Intoxication: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina (University of Hawaii Press: 2017).
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August 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
...on the field of Vietnamese history through his superb first monograph: Imperial Intoxication: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina (University of Hawaii Press: 2017).
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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 has also published pioneering research on the conflict in our pages over the past two decades.
In 2009, JVS published a special issue on the Vietnam War (vol. 4, no. 3).
In 2009, JVS published a special issue on the Vietnam War (vol. 4, no. 3).
April 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
JVS has also published pioneering research on the conflict in our pages over the past two decades.
In 2009, JVS published a special issue on the Vietnam War (vol. 4, no. 3).
In 2009, JVS published a special issue on the Vietnam War (vol. 4, no. 3).
The issue includes thirteen new translations of works by Vietnamese authors of all political backgrounds responding to the war and its end. It also includes a photo essay by photographer Stephen Black and his images taken from multiple regions of Vietnam in 1978.
April 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The issue includes thirteen new translations of works by Vietnamese authors of all political backgrounds responding to the war and its end. It also includes a photo essay by photographer Stephen Black and his images taken from multiple regions of Vietnam in 1978.
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.
In the Multimedia Reviews section, a photo essay by educator and photographer Stephen Black provides a glimpse into everyday life in postwar Vietnam circa 1978. Seen through the lens of a Western visitor, the images provide unique insight into an understudied period.
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April 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In the Multimedia Reviews section, a photo essay by educator and photographer Stephen Black provides a glimpse into everyday life in postwar Vietnam circa 1978. Seen through the lens of a Western visitor, the images provide unique insight into an understudied period.
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This special issue collects thirteen original translations of works on the Vietnam War’s end and its aftermath. Songs, poems, memoirs, and fiction give voice to Vietnamese on all sides – winners and losers; soldiers and civilians; those who stayed and those who left.
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April 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This special issue collects thirteen original translations of works on the Vietnam War’s end and its aftermath. Songs, poems, memoirs, and fiction give voice to Vietnamese on all sides – winners and losers; soldiers and civilians; those who stayed and those who left.
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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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![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)
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.
Last fall, the editors-in-chief of JVS published a long and previously unpublished interview with Huy Đức from 2013.
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February 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Last fall, the editors-in-chief of JVS published a long and previously unpublished interview with Huy Đức from 2013.
online.ucpress.edu/jvs/article/...
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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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A virtual launch event for the Special Issue on Queerness in Contemporary Vietnam will be held on Friday, February 14th at 16:30. All interested are free to join at this link:
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February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A virtual launch event for the Special Issue on Queerness in Contemporary Vietnam will be held on Friday, February 14th at 16:30. All interested are free to join at this link:
us06web.zoom.us/j/8527744676...
us06web.zoom.us/j/8527744676...
Pamela Corey’s essay commemorates the life and work of Dinh Q. Lê, who passed away unexpectedly in 2024. Lê’s mixed media creations engage with memory, violence, and trauma. Lê is also remembered for his outreach and community work.
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February 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Pamela Corey’s essay commemorates the life and work of Dinh Q. Lê, who passed away unexpectedly in 2024. Lê’s mixed media creations engage with memory, violence, and trauma. Lê is also remembered for his outreach and community work.
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In the Multimedia Review section, Thi Gammon reviews Phạm Thiên Ân’s “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell [Bên trong vỏ kén vàng]” (2023), an experimental, introspective ‘slow cinema’ project that contemplates questions of faith.
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February 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In the Multimedia Review section, Thi Gammon reviews Phạm Thiên Ân’s “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell [Bên trong vỏ kén vàng]” (2023), an experimental, introspective ‘slow cinema’ project that contemplates questions of faith.
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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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The next issue of JVS, coming in Spring 2025, is a special issue titled “Queer Vietnam,” guest-edited by anthropologists Stephen Christopher and Helle Rydstrom.
Preview the cover image—“Untitled,” from the “Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness” series by the late artist Dinh Q. Lê.
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Preview the cover image—“Untitled,” from the “Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness” series by the late artist Dinh Q. Lê.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:37 PM
The next issue of JVS, coming in Spring 2025, is a special issue titled “Queer Vietnam,” guest-edited by anthropologists Stephen Christopher and Helle Rydstrom.
Preview the cover image—“Untitled,” from the “Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness” series by the late artist Dinh Q. Lê.
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Preview the cover image—“Untitled,” from the “Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness” series by the late artist Dinh Q. Lê.
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Allen L. Tran’s recently published “A Life of Worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam’s Age of Anxiety” (@ucpress.bsky.social) is reviewed by Jack Sidnell.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Allen L. Tran’s recently published “A Life of Worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam’s Age of Anxiety” (@ucpress.bsky.social) is reviewed by Jack Sidnell.
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Elizabeth Heath reviews Yan Slobodkin’s, “The Starving Empire: A History of Famine in France’s Colonies.”
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November 30, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Elizabeth Heath reviews Yan Slobodkin’s, “The Starving Empire: A History of Famine in France’s Colonies.”
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Jacinda Tran provides an engaging review of ”Toward a Framework for Vietnamese American Studies: History, Community, and Memory,” a collection edited by Linda Ho Peché, Alex-Thái Đình Võ, and Tuong Vu.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Jacinda Tran provides an engaging review of ”Toward a Framework for Vietnamese American Studies: History, Community, and Memory,” a collection edited by Linda Ho Peché, Alex-Thái Đình Võ, and Tuong Vu.
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Pierre Asselin’s review of Brian Cuddy and Fredrik Logeval’s edited volume ”The Vietnam War in the Pacific World” praises the contributing chapters for broadening the perspectives of the Vietnam War while taking issue with the editors’ framing of the collection.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Pierre Asselin’s review of Brian Cuddy and Fredrik Logeval’s edited volume ”The Vietnam War in the Pacific World” praises the contributing chapters for broadening the perspectives of the Vietnam War while taking issue with the editors’ framing of the collection.
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The Book Review editors at JVS were pleased to convene contributors including Tuong Vu, Harriet M. Phinney, @billhayton.bsky.social, and Ivan V. Small for a roundtable review of the recently published Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam, edited by Jonathan London.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:29 PM
The Book Review editors at JVS were pleased to convene contributors including Tuong Vu, Harriet M. Phinney, @billhayton.bsky.social, and Ivan V. Small for a roundtable review of the recently published Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam, edited by Jonathan London.
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In “Between Two Pasts,” Vinh Phu Pham reviews photographer An-My Lê’s MoMA exhibit ‘Between Two Rivers / Giữa hai giòng song / Entre deux rivières.’”
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November 30, 2024 at 9:26 PM
In “Between Two Pasts,” Vinh Phu Pham reviews photographer An-My Lê’s MoMA exhibit ‘Between Two Rivers / Giữa hai giòng song / Entre deux rivières.’”
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