Trần Trọng Dương on History and Sacrificing for the Nation
In this video Trần Trọng Dương talks about the ways in which the past has been used to promote the image of people who have sacrificed for the nation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBAB6BIz5OI
Trần Trọng Dương on Lý Ông Trọng
In this video Trần Trọng Dương talks about a (mythical) figure known as Lý Ông Trọng. This person was supposedly from the Red River Plain and was recruited at the…
Trần Trọng Dương on Fieldwork
In this video Trần Trọng Dương talks a little bit about himself and about doing field work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YIIiGY3BN8
Artists and Historians: A Conversation with Nguyễn Phương Linh (Part 2)
This is the second part of a conversation that I had in the summer of 2015 with artist Nguyễn Phương Linh about art and history, and artists and historians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZTwueDkZaM…
Trần Trọng Dương on the Utility of the Hùng Kings
The video below is a continuation of our conversation with TS Trần Trọng Dương after the Engaging With Vietnam conference last summer about the utility of history (tính hữu dụng…
Kim Định and History that “Is”
The topic of the importance (or non-importance) of South Vietnamese philosopher Lương Kim Định has come up again and this has forced me to think more about this issue. I…
Lý Văn Phức’s Barbarian Guesthouse Slam
In 1831 the Nguyễn Dynasty official, Lý Văn Phức, escorted some stranded Chinese sailors back to Fujian province.
When he arrived there, the guesthouse where he was supposed to stay had a sign over it which indicated that it was for “Barbarians.”
Good, Bold and Bad Historical Scholarship
I guess this is self-promotion. . . but there is an interview with Le Minh Khai that the journal Da Màu has published which covers several issues that this blog…
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