This book talk panel will engage new directions in Vietnamese and Vietnamese American Studies. It will discuss two recent edited volumes: Building a Republican Nation in Vietnam, 1920-1963 (University of Hawaii Press, 2022) and Toward a Framework for Vietnamese American Studies: History, Community, and Memory (Temple University Press, 2023). 

Panelists:

• Nguyễn Thị Minh (UCLA)
• Thuy Vo Dang (UCLA)
• Tuong Vu (University of Oregon)
• Cindy Nguyen (UCSD)
• Hoàng Phong Tuấn
• Alex-Thai Vo (Texas Tech University)
• Elwing Suong Gonzalez

Moderated by Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi (UCLA)

Sponsor(s): Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Asian American Studies Center, Asian American Studies Department