A Conversation (in Vnese) with Nguyễn Sử about the History of Vietnamese Calligraphy
This video is of a conversation that we had in the summer of 2017 with Nguyễn Sử, the author of a recent book on the history of Vietnamese calligraphy (Lịch…
Vin(group) University, Melbourne U. and the Future of the Humanities (and Asian Studies)
[I posted this piece on the Content Asian Studies site. Given that it covers topics (the future of Humanities/area studies education in and outside of Southeast Asia) that overlap with…
Reading “Ming China and Vietnam” (LMK Vlog #02)
I recently had the pleasure of reading and writing a review of Kathlene Baldanza’s Ming China and Vietnam: Negotiating Borders in Early Modern Asia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016). Published…
Reading Phan Bội Châu (LMK Vlog #01)
I think it's time to start Vlogging. Here is my first Vlog, on Phan Bội Châu's 1908 "Examination of Vietnamese History" (Việt Nam quốc sử kháo 越南國史考) and its Vietnamese translation.…
The Trans-Contemporary Approach to Heritage at The Myst Dong Khoi
There is a new hotel in the heart of Saigon that is unique. It is called “The Myst Dong Khoi,” and what makes it unique is that it demonstrates that I would call a “trans-contemporary approach to heritage.”
Let me explain what I mean by that.
A New Year, A New Blog: “Content Asian Studies”
Seven years after starting "Le Minh Khai's Southeast Asian History blog," I feel like all of the world has changed dramatically except for one part. . . the academic world.…