Vietnam Studies Summer School
January 31 - February 4 2005
McDonald Room of the Menzies Library, ANU
The ANU Vietnam Studies Summer School (VSSS) is a week-long program of intensive research activities designed to bring together scholars working on Vietnam throughout Australia and New Zealand to exchange knowledge and experience and to access the scholarly resources pf Australia's pre-eminent center for scholarship on Vietnam.
The broad goalsor the week are to provide a forum for building of networks among postgraduate scholars through the exchange of knowledge and experiences surrounding the study of Vietnam. The program also aims to provide students around Australia and New Zealand with the opportunity to use the rich and diverse resources on Vietnam held at the ANU and the Australian National Library. The VSSS coincides with ANU's Asia-Pacific week during which a range of evening social and cultural activities will be held.
Hosts for the program will comprise experienced Vietnam researchers and scholars drawn from among the ANU's staff. ANU has the biggest number of Vietnam specialists across a diverse range of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences in Australia on its academic staff.
VSSS Overview in pdf format
Workshops leaders will include:
- Dr. Ashley Carruthers (Urban Anthropology)
- Dr. Nola Cooke (17th – 19th century history, trade, religion)
- Professor Amareswar Galla (Cultural heritage, culture and development)
- Professor Ben Kerkvliet (Political science, state/society relations, comparative politics)
- Dr. Tom Kompas (Economics)
- Dr. Suiwah Leung (Economics)
- Dr. Nhat Le (Economics)
- Professor David G. Marr (History, intellectuals, 20th century revolution and warfare, political culture)
- Dr. Paul Sidwell (Comparative Linguistics, Mon-Khmer and ethnic languages)
- Dr. Li Tana (17th and 18th century Vietnamese and Southeast Asian history)
- Dr. Philip Taylor (Anthropology, cultural history, ethnic studies)
- Dr. Bao Duy Thai (Linguistics, Vietnamese Language)
- Renata Osborne and Thanh Nguyen (ANU library) will also lead sessions.
Participation in the Vietnam Studies Summer School will enable students to:
- Meet and exchange ideas with their peers around working on similar topics in universities around Australia and New Zealand
- Establish links with key ANU scholars as informal on-going mentors
- Gain feedback on proposed and current research projects from ANU-based Vietnam studies specialists
- Strengthen insights into key theoretical challenges for Vietnam Studies today
- Make use of the Vietnamese language resources of the ANU and the National Library of Australia
Out-of-town participants in Asia-Pacific Week, including those in the VSSS, will be housed at Bruce Hall on ANU's campus. A continental breakfast is provided as part of the accommodation package.
The venue will be the McDonald Room of the Menzies Library,(Bldg No. 2) ANU [map].
ANU Asia Pacific Week
The 2005 ANU-VSSS is to be held in conjunction with summer schools in China Studies, Thai Studies, Indonesian Studies, Korea Studies, Pacific Island Studies and Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Studies. The Asia-Pacific week will feature special events such as keynote speeches, films, performances and exhibitions. Participants at the VSSS will interact with participants from other summer schools in combined social functions.
For further information:
Dr Bao Thai, Southeast Asia Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU, ACT 0200
Email: bao.thai@anu.edu.au or rob@coombs.anu.edu.au
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