Date: Friday March 21, 2025 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM PT Location: Buchanan Tower 1112 The Empires in Asia Cluster is delighted to welcome Pin-Hua Chou (UCLA) to speak about her ongoing research on museums, anthropology and knowledge production in Vietnam. There is no associated reading for this event, and a light lunch will […]
Despite its 3,000 kilometre coastline, few people see Vietnam as a maritime country. In A Maritime Vietnam, Li Tana presents a powerful new argument about Vietnamese history: that key political changes resulted from the impact, economic and otherwise, of the sea. This is a finely layered account covering the two millennia before colonisation that radically […]
Museums, Anthropology, and the Politics of Knowledge Production in Vietnam, 1940-1954 
A Maritime Vietnam with Li Tana