{"id":12682,"date":"2023-01-31T10:02:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/?p=12682"},"modified":"2023-02-06T09:51:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:51:24","slug":"nation-building-in-war-the-experience-of-republican-vietnam-1955-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/nation-building-in-war-the-experience-of-republican-vietnam-1955-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation-Building in War: The Experience of Republican Vietnam, 1955-1975"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nation-Building in War: The Experience of Republican Vietnam, 1955-1975<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 17-18, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Location: 180 Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAY 1, October 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Introductory Panel, 8:30-9:00 am&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Peter Zinoman, University of California, Berkeley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nu-Anh Tran, University of Connecticut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuong Vu, University of Oregon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Panel 1:<\/strong><strong><sup> <\/sup><\/strong><strong>Pluralist Politics, 9:00 am-10:30 am&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chair and moderator: Peter Zinoman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>L\u00e2m L\u1ec5 Trinh, <em>\u201cPresident Ng\u00f4 \u0110\u00ecnh Di\u1ec7m &amp; the First Republic of Vi\u1ec7t Nam (1954-1963)\u201d<\/em> [speaking in Vietnamese via Skype].&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hu\u1ef3nh V\u0103n Lang, \u201c<em>The C\u1ea7n Lao Party<\/em>\u201d [speaking in Vietnamese via Skype]&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ho\u00e0ng \u0110\u1ee9c Nh\u00e3, <em>&#8220;Striving toward a Lasting Peace to Continue Building the Nation<\/em><em>: <\/em><em>The Vietnam Peace Accords and Aftermath&#8221;<\/em> [speaking in English].&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coffee break, 10:30 am-10:45 am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Panel 2: Economy and Development, 10:45 am-12:45 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chair and moderator: Tuong Vu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V\u0169 Qu\u1ed1c Th\u00fac, &#8220;<em>The Birth of Central Banking<\/em>&#8221; [greetings in English via Skype] Paper delivered by Tr\u1ea7n Quang Minh.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cao V\u0103n Th\u00e2n, &#8220;<em>Land Reform, Rural and Agricultural Development<\/em>&#8221; [greetings in English via Skype], Paper delivered by Tr\u1ea7n Quang Minh in English.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ph\u1ea1m Kim Ng\u1ecdc, &#8220;<em>Reform or Collapse<\/em>&#8221; [speaking in English]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nguy\u1ec5n \u0110\u1ee9c C\u01b0\u1eddng, &#8220;<em>Foundation for Self-Sufficiency and Growth&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em> [speaking in English]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lunch break, 12:45 pm-1:45 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Panel 3 (scholarly): Politics and Economy, 1:45 pm-3:45 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chair and moderator: Nu-Anh Tran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kevin Li, <em>&#8220;Patriots or Collaborators: Reappraising the B\u00ecnh Xuy\u00ean during Decolonization&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan Nelson, <em>&#8220;Losing Hearts and Minds: A Look at Four South Vietnamese Non-Combat Related Urban Social Problems, 1965 to 1966&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simon Toner, <em>&#8220;Stumbling Towards the Fall: The RVN&#8217;s Economic Crisis, 1969-1975&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sean Fear, <em>&#8220;Reflections on the State and Civil Society in the Second Republic&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coffee break, 3:45 pm-4 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Panel 4: Education and Media, 4-6:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chair and moderator: Alex-Thai Dinh Vo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V\u00f5 Kim S\u01a1n, <em>\u201cThe Administration of the Public Education System in South Vietnam\u201d<\/em> [speaking in English]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nguy\u1ec5n H\u1eefu Ph\u01b0\u1edbc, <em>\u201cThe Philosophy and the Development of New School Types under the RVN\u201d<\/em> [speaking in English]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ph\u1ea1m Tr\u1ea7n, <em>\u201cLiving and Working as a Journalist in the Republic of Vietnam\u201d<\/em> [speaking in English via Skype]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V\u0169 Thanh Th\u1ee7y, <em>&#8220;The Vietnam War in the Eyes of Vietnamese War Correspondents&#8221;<\/em> [speaking in English]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAY 2, October 18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Panel 5:<\/strong><strong><sup> <\/sup><\/strong><strong>Security and Military, 8:30 am-9:30 am&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chair and moderator: Tuong Vu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tr\u1ea7n Minh C\u00f4ng, <em>\u201cPolicing in a Country At War\u201d <\/em>[speaking in English]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B\u00f9i Quy\u1ec1n, <em>\u201cReflections of a Frontline Soldier\u201d<\/em> [speaking in English]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coffee break, 9:30 am-9:45 am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Panel 6: Society, Culture and the Arts, 9:45 am-11:15 am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chair and moderator: Van Nguyen-Marshall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hu\u1ef3nh V\u0103n Lang, &#8220;<em>Society of the Perennial Self-Exiles&#8221;<\/em> [speaking in VNmese via Skype].&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nh\u00e3 Ca,<em>\u201cWriters in the<\/em> <em>Republic of Vietnam<\/em>&#8221; [speaking in VNmese]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ki\u1ec1u Chinh, <em>\u201cCinematic Arts in the Republic of Vietnam, 1954-1975\u201d<\/em> [speaking in English]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coffee break, 11:15 am-11:30 am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Panel 7 (scholarly), Civic Life amidst War, 11:30 am-1:00 pm&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chair and moderator: Peter Zinoman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Van Nguyen-Marshall, <em>\u201c<\/em><em>Appeasing the Spirits along the &#8216;Highway of Horror&#8217;: Civic Life in Wartime South Vietnam\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Schafer, <em>\u201cNg\u00f4 Kha\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huong Nguyen, <em>\u201c<\/em><em>Hidden Currents, Roiled Lives: Social Life in the City of Hue in 1963\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special Luncheon Event, 1 pm-2 pm&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction: Nguyen Duc Cuong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book Launch: <em>South Vietnamese Soldiers: Memories of the Vietnam War and After<\/em> (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2016) by Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Concluding Remarks, 2 pm:<\/strong> Peter Zinoman, Tuong Vu, Nu-Anh Tran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Participants and Affiliations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republic of Vietnam Figures (alphabetical list by first name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col. Tr\u1ea7n Minh C\u00f4ng, Commandant of RVN Police Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nguy\u1ec5n \u0110\u1ee9c C\u01b0\u1eddng, Minister of Trade and Industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ki\u1ec1u Chinh, Actress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hu\u1ef3nh V\u0103n Lang, Director of Foreign Exchange Agency and secretary of the Can Lao Party\u2019s Joint North-South branch, founder of <em>B\u00e1ch Khoa<\/em> <em>Review<\/em> and the Association for the Development of Popular Culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph\u1ea1m Kim Ng\u1ecdc, Minister of Economy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ho\u00e0ng \u0110\u1ee9c Nh\u00e3, Presidential Advisor and Minister of Mass Mobilization and Open Arms&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nh\u00e3 Ca, Writer&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Nguy\u1ec5n H\u1eefu Ph\u01b0\u1edbc, National Director of Elementary Teacher Training &amp; In-Service Training, Ministry of Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Col. B\u00f9i Quy\u1ec1n, Deputy Commander, Third Airborne Brigade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. V\u00f5 Kim S\u01a1n, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Saigon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cao V\u0103n Th\u00e2n, Minister of Land Reform and Agricultural Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V\u0169 Qu\u1ed1c Th\u00fac, Central Bank Governor and Minister of Reconstruction and Development&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V\u0169 Thanh Th\u1ee7y, War Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph\u1ea1m Tr\u1ea7n, Journalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u00e2m L\u1ec5 Trinh, Minister of Interior and Ambassador<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academics (alphabetical list by last name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sean Fear, PhD Candidate, Cornell University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Li, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryan Nelson, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huong Nguyen, PhD Candidate, University of Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen, Associate Professor, Monash University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van Nguyen-Marshall, Associate Professor, Trent University, Toronto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Schafer, Professor Emeritus, Humboldt State University, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simon Toner, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nu-Anh Tran, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alex-Thai Dinh Vo, PhD Candidate, Cornell University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuong Vu, Professor, University of Oregon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Zinoman, Professor, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1162\" height=\"654\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1100036-2-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12945 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1100036-2-1-edited.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1100036-2-1-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1100036-2-1-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1100036-2-1-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1100036-2-1-edited-1100x619.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1162px) 100vw, 1162px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCTOBER 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conferences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12682"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12948,"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12682\/revisions\/12948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvietnamcenter.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}