Skip to content

Le Minh Khai's SEAsian History Blog (+ More)

  • Home
  • All Posts
  • About
  • About
  • AI and History
  • Blog Posts
  • Chinese Sources on Southeast Asian History
  • Chinese Sources on Southeast Asian History
  • Engaging With Vietnam
  • Le Minh Khai
  • Sanfoqi – Srivijaya
  • The Great Transformation
  • Tự Đức and the Translation of the Past

    • Post author:Le Minh Khai
    • Post published:June 18, 2011
    • Post category:Nguyễn Dynasty
    • Post comments:2 Comments

    In the nineteenth century, the Nguyễn Dynasty commissioned the compilation of a new official history of the kingdom. Emperor Tự Đức read this history and commented on various episodes. His…

    Continue ReadingTự Đức and the Translation of the Past

    The Siamese Sore in Late Imperial Vietnam

    • Post author:Le Minh Khai
    • Post published:May 12, 2011
    • Post category:Nguyễn Dynasty/Thailand
    • Post comments:4 Comments

    I was reading a manuscript today called Random Accounts from a Mountain Residence (Sơn cư tạp thuật). It is supposed to date from the late 18th century, but I found…

    Continue ReadingThe Siamese Sore in Late Imperial Vietnam

    Getting a Perm in 1930s Siam

    • Post author:Le Minh Khai
    • Post published:April 21, 2011
    • Post category:popular culture/Thailand
    • Post comments:5 Comments

    Continue ReadingGetting a Perm in 1930s Siam
    • Go to the previous page
    • 1
    • …
    • 115
    • 116
    • 117
    • 118

    Archives

    • May 2026
    • April 2026
    • March 2026
    • February 2026
    • January 2026
    • December 2025
    • November 2025
    • September 2025
    • August 2025
    • July 2025
    • June 2025
    • May 2025
    • March 2025
    • February 2025
    • December 2024
    • November 2024
    • February 2024
    • December 2023
    • November 2023
    • October 2023
    • June 2023
    • May 2023
    • March 2023
    • October 2022
    • September 2022
    • August 2022
    • July 2022
    • June 2022
    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • February 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • October 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    • May 2021
    • March 2021
    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020
    • November 2019
    • October 2019
    • September 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • May 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • October 2018
    • September 2018
    • August 2018
    • July 2018
    • June 2018
    • May 2018
    • April 2018
    • March 2018
    • February 2018
    • December 2017
    • November 2017
    • October 2017
    • September 2017
    • August 2017
    • July 2017
    • May 2017
    • April 2017
    • March 2017
    • February 2017
    • January 2017
    • December 2016
    • November 2016
    • October 2016
    • September 2016
    • August 2016
    • July 2016
    • June 2016
    • May 2016
    • April 2016
    • March 2016
    • February 2016
    • January 2016
    • December 2015
    • November 2015
    • October 2015
    • September 2015
    • August 2015
    • July 2015
    • June 2015
    • May 2015
    • April 2015
    • March 2015
    • February 2015
    • January 2015
    • December 2014
    • November 2014
    • October 2014
    • September 2014
    • August 2014
    • June 2014
    • May 2014
    • April 2014
    • March 2014
    • February 2014
    • January 2014
    • December 2013
    • November 2013
    • October 2013
    • September 2013
    • August 2013
    • July 2013
    • June 2013
    • May 2013
    • April 2013
    • March 2013
    • February 2013
    • January 2013
    • December 2012
    • November 2012
    • October 2012
    • September 2012
    • August 2012
    • July 2012
    • May 2012
    • April 2012
    • March 2012
    • February 2012
    • January 2012
    • December 2011
    • November 2011
    • October 2011
    • September 2011
    • August 2011
    • July 2011
    • June 2011
    • May 2011
    • April 2011

    Categories

    • 3D History
    • Advertisements
    • AI & History
    • AI Reading
    • Animals
    • Art
    • art and history
    • Asian history
    • Asian Studies
    • Beyond Han and Viet
    • Bình Ngô đại cáo
    • Bình Ngô đại cáo Series
    • Book Review
    • Borneo
    • British North Borneo
    • Brunei
    • Burma
    • Cambodia
    • Cambodia-Vietnam
    • Champa
    • Colonial Office sources
    • Colonial Vietnam
    • Concepts
    • Content Asian Studies
    • Đào Duy Anh
    • Daoism
    • Deconstructing Vietnamese Scholarship
    • Demolishing the Srivijaya Narrative
    • Digital Southeast Asia
    • Early 20th-Century Writings
    • Early Vietnamese history
    • Engaging With Vietnam
    • Evils of Quốc Ngữ
    • Far From Vietnam
    • Film
    • French Indochina
    • Fringe History
    • Ghosts
    • Going Backwards
    • Great Transformation
    • Higher Education
    • History
    • Indonesia
    • Labuan
    • Laos
    • Linyi
    • LMK Vlog
    • Lương Kim Định
    • Ly and Tran Dynasties
    • Lý Dynasty
    • Malaysia
    • maps
    • Medieval Vietnamese Invented Traditions
    • Minorities
    • Nagaravatta
    • Nationalism
    • Nguyễn Đàng Trong
    • Nguyễn Dynasty
    • North Borneo
    • North Vietnamese Scholarship
    • Philippines
    • Poetry
    • popular culture
    • Popular Music
    • Random
    • Religion
    • Remixing the Past
    • Representations
    • Sanfoqi vs Srivijaya
    • Sarawak
    • Scholarship
    • Scholarship in China
    • Scholarship on Early Southeast Asia
    • Singapore
    • Sino-Vietnamese Historical Issues
    • Sources
    • South Vietnamese Scholarship
    • Southeast Asia
    • Southeast Asian History Course
    • Southeast Asian Studies
    • Srivijaya
    • Thailand
    • The Two Vietnams
    • Those Rocks in the Sea
    • Trần Dynasty
    • Travel
    • Uncategorized
    • Video Interview
    • Viet Origins
    • Vietnam
    • Vietnam and China
    • Vietnam War
    • Vietnamese Early History
    • Vietnamese Historical Scholarship
    • Vietnamese history sources
    • Vietnamese Poetry 4.0
    • Vlog
    • Western Scholarship on Vietnam
    • Wikipedia
    • WWII and after in Southeast Asia
    • YouTube video
    • Zhenla
    • Zhenlifu

    Recent Posts

    • Various Thoughts on Why I’m Fine with LLMs Being Better Than Me
      Various Thoughts on Why I’m Fine with LLMs Being Better Than Me
      May 13, 2026/
      0 Comments
    • I Need to Meditate on the AI Future. . .
      I Need to Meditate on the AI Future. . .
      May 6, 2026/
      5 Comments
    • Editing, Researching, and (Eventually) Writing with AI
      Editing, Researching, and (Eventually) Writing with AI
      May 2, 2026/
      0 Comments
    • Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
      Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
      April 12, 2026/
      11 Comments
    • Srivijaya Sinology – A Field that Should Exist, But Doesn’t
      Srivijaya Sinology – A Field that Should Exist, But Doesn’t
      April 11, 2026/
      0 Comments
    • From Jordaan to Zakharov: The Sailendras and Srivijaya
      From Jordaan to Zakharov: The Sailendras and Srivijaya
      April 9, 2026/
      2 Comments

    Recent Comments

    • Le Minh Khai on I Need to Meditate on the AI Future. . .
    • Chad on I Need to Meditate on the AI Future. . .
    • Le Minh Khai on I Need to Meditate on the AI Future. . .
    • กัตริ on I Need to Meditate on the AI Future. . .
    • Jonathan London on I Need to Meditate on the AI Future. . .
    • Le Minh Khai on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Le Minh Khai on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Johannes on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Crick on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • D. Insor on From Cœdès to Manguin: Srivijaya and the Chinese Sources (Part 5)
    • Le Minh Khai on From Cœdès to Manguin: Srivijaya and the Chinese Sources (Part 5)
    • D. Insor on From Cœdès to Manguin: Srivijaya and the Chinese Sources (Part 5)
    • An Vinh on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Le Minh Khai on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Joss on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Le Minh Khai on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Le Minh Khai on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Lucas on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • D. Insor on Manguin, Malay Port Cities, and the Chinese Sources
    • Le Minh Khai on Southeast Asia in the History of the Song

    Looking for something?

    Copyright - WordPress Theme by OceanWP