“Gia Long” Does NOT Mean “Gia Định + Thăng Long”
I keep coming across references to this idea that in 1802, Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, the founder of the Nguyễn Dynasty, to quote Wikipedia: “crowned himself emperor, under the reign name…
University Rankings, Publishing, and the Future of Knowledge Production and Academic Employment
The world of academic knowledge production today is very different from what it was just 5-10 years ago and it will continue to change rapidly in the years ahead.I will…
Việt Origins (Nguồn gốc người Việt) – 2021 Version
The topic of Việt origins is one that many people find interesting. However, it is a topic that requires that one constantly update one’s knowledge.Over the past 10 years, a…
The Internet, Wokeism, and Vietnamese Confucian Scholars in the 1920s
For the past two decades, I have been working in higher education and observing how the Internet, and the digital revolution more generally, has transformed my profession (History).While there have…
Honoring the Emperor in the (Original) Gia Định Báo
“Gia Định báo” is the name of what many people consider to be the first Vietnamese newspaper. It was first published in 1865 in Vietnamese using the Latin script.“Gia Định”…
Le Minh Khai Exposed!!!
Well, no, that’s not what this post is actually about.Instead, it’s just that I recently published a new article in which I “expose” some of what I think about academia,…
Nhị Độ Mai, or why we know so little about Late Imperial Vietnamese Popular Culture
Over the past couple of months, I have spent some time exploring Vietnamese materials that the National Library of France has digitized. As I have done so, I have asked…
Local Spirits and “Nguyễn Dynasty Religion”
Several months ago, or maybe longer, I downloaded a new article that I wanted to read, but I’ve only now had time to do so.The article is by Trần Thị…
The Lạc Việt – The Ancestors of BOTH the Việt AND the Zhuang?
I recently co-wrote an article with my colleague, anthropologist Đinh Hồng Hải, on the “Lạc Việt” (Chn., Luoyue).This is a name that appears in ancient Chinese texts where it refers…
Why We Know So Little About Premodern Vietnamese Popular Religion
In the previous post I praised a recent article by Cuong Mai on premodern Vietnamese popular religion. What I particularly liked about it is the way that Cuong identified and…
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