The Progress of Khmer Women in Nagaravatta
Nagaravatta was a very important paper that was published in Cambodia in the late 1930s and early 1940s. It is a great source for gaining an understanding of the ideas…
The Origins of Patriotic Education in Vietnam
Following the ideas of the previous two blog entries below, one of the main elements of the dominant paradigm of Vietnamese history is that Vietnamese have always felt patriotic towards…
Patriotism and History in Malaysia and Hong Kong
There have been a couple of related news events recently that are quite interesting. A few days ago media in Malaysia reported that a new history curriculum is being developed…
Paradigm Shifts in Vietnamese History
The term “paradigm shift” is often used by academics. It is a term that was created by Thomas Kuhn in his 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. While the…
The Problem of the Term “Việt” In a National History
Many people today write histories of nations. They create a narrative about the origins of a nation and then follow its development through time. That is one way to write…
Chen Fu’s Visit to Đại Việt in 1293
I mentioned in the post below about the various Lý Công Uẩn films that there is an account that a Chinese envoy who visited Đại Việt in 1293 CE wrote.…
Lý Công Uẩn in Film and TV
There were several films and TV series made recently about Lý Công Uẩn. They were meant to coincide with the 1,000-year anniversary of Thăng Long/Hà Nội, but some were not…
Hồ Chí Minh and Wikipedia
Following on the entry below, I came across a reference to a kind of search engine called WolframAlpha. Actually, the folks behind this project say that WolframAlpha is not a…
Hồ Chí Minh Said What???
There are many books in English about Vietnam that claim that in 1946 Hồ Chí Minh stated that “I prefer to sniff French shit for five years than eat Chinese…