The Lake of the Returned Sword in
central Hanoi, circa 1900.
PUBLICATIONS AND ACADEMIC
PRESENTATIONS:
Book
1. Culture, Ritual and Revolution in
Vietnam
.
London
: RoutledgeCurzon Press. 2002.
Articles
(* indicates peer-reviewed)
1. “The
Limits of ‘State Functionalism’
and the Reconstruction of Funerary Ritual in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” American Ethnologist
23(3):540-60. 1996.*
2. “The
Emerging Cult of Ho Chi Minh? A Report on Religious Innovation in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” Asian Cultural Studies
22:121-31.1996.
3.
“Culture, Virtue, and Political Transformation in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” The Journal of Asian Studies
56(4):899-920. 1997.*
4. “
Viet Nam
's Perspective on Peace and Reconstruction in
Cambodia
: Issues and Concerns.” The Journal of
Social Science 36:89-91. 1997.
5.
“Nagai Takashi and the Meaning of Suffering.” The
Journal of Social Science 35:57-76. 1997.
6. “The
Consequences of the Revolutionary Reform of Marriage and the Wedding Ceremony in
Northern
Vietnamese
Village
Life.” Asian Cultural Studies 24:127-42. 1998.
7. “北ベトナム村落における婚姻の社会主義改革の結果”
(The Consequences of Socialist Marriage Reforms in Northern Vietnamese Village
Life). 東洋文化78
(March) 111-32. (Also translated above.). 1998.
8.
“State Stigma, Family Prestige, and the Development of Commerce in the Red
River Delta of
Vietnam
.” In Robert W. Hefner, ed., Market
Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms, pp. 268-89.
Boulder
: Westview Press. 1998.*
9.
“Buddhist Practices in Rural
Northern Viet Nam
.” In Phillip Papin and John Kleinen, eds. Liber
Amicorum: Melanges offerts au professeur Phan Huy Le, pp. 183-200.
Hanoi
: Thanh Nien, Casa, IIAS et EFEO. 1999.
10.
“Notes on the History and Consequences of Herbicide Usage in
Vietnam
.” Asian Cultural Studies, Special Issue No. 10:215-21. 2001.
11.
“Observations on the 1997 Thai Binh Uprising in
Northern Vietnam
.” Asian Cultural Studies, Special
Issue No. 10:137-48. 2001.
12.
“‘The Fatherland Remembers Your Sacrifice’: Commemorating War Dead in
North Vietnam
.” In Hue-Tam Ho-Tai, ed., Country of
Memory: Remaking the Past in Late Socialist
Vietnam
, pp. 46-76.
Berkeley
:
University
of
California
Press. 2001.*
13.
“Vai Trò Của Phụ Nữ Trong Việc Khôi Phục Các
Tục Lễ Tín Ngưỡng ở Các Làng ở Ngoại
Ô Hà Nội” (The Role of Women in the Reconstruction of Rituals in
Hanoi
’s Outskirts). In Việt
Nam
Học: Kỷ Yếu Hội Thảo Quốc Tế,
Tập IV, pp. 125-32.
Hanoi
: Nhà Xuất Bản Thế Giới. Co-authored with Lê Văn
Sinh. 2001.
14. “
Vietnam
.” In Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, eds., Countries
and their Cultures, pp. 2415-31.
London
: Macmillan Reference. 2001.
15.
“The Realities and Consequences of War in a Northern Vietnamese Commune.” In
Marilyn Young and Robert Buzzanco, eds., A
Companion to the Vietnam War, pp. 65-78.
Malden
,
Massachusetts
: Blackwell. 2002.*
16.
“Weddings and Funerals in Contemporary
Vietnam
.” In Nguyen Van Huy and Laurel Kendall, eds.,
Vietnam
: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit,
pp. 173-95.
Berkeley
:
University
of
California
Press. 2003.
17.
“Return to the Past? The Dynamics of Contemporary Religious and Ritual
Tranformation.” In Hy Van Luong, ed., Postwar
Vietnam
: Dynamics of a Transforming Society, pp. 225-56.
Boulder
: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. 2003.*
18.
“Mandarin among
China
’s Minority Groups: Comments on the Papers of Jin Binggao, Mette Hansen, and
Shoji Hiroshi.” In Hiroko Yokoyama, ed., The
Dynamics of Cultures and Societies among Ethnic Minorities in
East Asia
, pp. 151-4.
Osaka
:
National
Museum
of Ethnology. 2004.
19. “Văn
Miếu Hà Nội và Bệnh Dịch Hạch Năm 1903”
(Hanoi’s Temple of Literature and the 1903 Plague Epidemic). Xưa
và Nay 215 (7): 28-31. 2004.
20.
“Health and Structural Violence in Colonial
Indochina
.” The Journal of Social Science 61
(March): 27-56. 2006.
21.
“Bệnh Tật, Sức Khỏe và Y Học ở Việt
Nam từ 1919 đến 1930” (Disease, Health and Medicine in Viet
Nam from 1919 to 1930). Nghiên Cứu
Lịch Sử 1 (369):
29-41. 2007.
22.
“Festivals and the Dynamics of the Exceptional Dead in
Northern Vietnam
.” Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
38 (3): 515-40. 2007.*
Contributing
Author for a Textbook
1. Lịch Sử Việt
Nam
, Tập VIII, 1919 – 1930 (History of
Viet Nam
, Vol. 8, 1919-1930). Tạ Thị Thúy, ed.,
Hanoi
: Nhà Xuất Bản Khoa Học Xã Hội. 2007.
Professional
Reviews:
1. Hy V.
Luong, Revolution in the Village:
Tradition and Transformation in
North Vietnam
. In American Ethnologist 23(4):914-915. 1997.
2. Philip
Taylor, Goddess on the Rise: Pilgrimage
and Popular Religion in
Vietnam
. In The Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Society 11(4): 891. 2005.
Academic
Presentations:
1. “The
Development of Hat Cai Luong (Vietnamese Reform Theater): 1917-1954.”
Presented at the Center for South and South East Asian Studies, the
University
of
Michigan
. December. 1988.
2.
“Vietnamese Theater.” In “Seminar on Asian Theater,”
Wayne
State
University
.
Detroit
,
Michigan
. February. 1989.
3.
“Funerals and Community in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” Presented at the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies,
University
of
Michigan
. February. 1993.
4.
“Funerals and Community in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” Presented on panel Discourse,
Rituals, and Authority in Modern
Vietnam
. Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting.
San Francisco
, CA. March. 1993.
5.
“Buddhist Practices in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” Paper presented at the Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum,
Harvard
University
. November. 1993.
6.
“Confucianism, Marxism and Local Political Leadership in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” Presented at the
John
King
Fairbank
Center
for East Asian Research,
Harvard
University
. December. 1993.
7.
“Creating Equality: The Reform of Marriage, the Wedding Ceremony, and its
Consequences in
Contemporary
Village
Life.” Presented on the panel, Modern
Vietnam
: Culture, History, and Political Economy in Anthropological Perspective.
Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting.
Boston
,
MA
. March. 1994.
8.
“State Stigma, Family Prestige, and the Development of Entrepreneurship in the
Red River
Delta.” Presented at the Social Science Research Council and American Council
of Learned Societies Conference Market Cultures: Entrepreneurial Precedents and Ethical Dilemmas in East
and
Southeast Asia
.
Boston
,
MA
. October. 1994.
9.
“Interpreting the Resurgence of Ritual in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” Presented at the Department of Anthropology,
Harvard
University
. November. 1994.
10.
“Reconstructing the Public Domain: Changing Women's Roles and the Resurgence
of Public Ritual in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” Presented on the panel Female
Religious Practice and Social Change in Contemporary East Asia. American
Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.Atlanta, GA. November. 1994.
11.
“Culture and Commerce in
Northern Vietnam
.” Presented at the
Harvard
Academy
for International and Area Studies,
Harvard
University
. March. 1995.
12.
“Local Value and Official Ideology: Defining Virtue in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam
.” Presented on the panel Situating the
Moment in
Southeast Asia
: Four Case Studies on Cultural Politics and Contemporary Social History.
Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting.
Washington
,
D.C.
March. 1995.
13.
“The Female Appropriation of Male Communal House Rituals in Contemporary
Northern Viet Nam and its Implications for the Study of Religion in
Southeast Asia
.” Presented to the Asian Studies Program,
University
of
Hawaii
. April. 1995.
14.
“Funerals and Community in Contemporary
Northern Vietnam
.” Presented to the Vietnam Studies Group,
Tokyo
University
.
Tokyo
. November. 1995.
15. “Ho
Chi Minh and Contemporary Vietnamese Religion.” Presented at the Institute for
Asian Cultural Studies,
International
Christian
University
.
Tokyo
. November. 1995.
16.
“‘The Motherland Remembers Your Sacrifice’: Commemorating the War Dead of
the People's Army of
Viet Nam
.” Presented on the panel Memory and
Commemoration of War in Viet Nam. Association for Asian Studies Annual
Meeting.
Honolulu
,
HI
. April. 1996.
17. “
Viet Nam
's Perspective on Peace and Reconstruction in
Cambodia
: Issues and Concerns.” Presented at the conference Peace Process and Reconstruction in Cambodia.
International
Christian
University
.
Tokyo
. September. 1996.
18.
“The Role of Women in the Reconstruction of Communal House Rites in the
Outskirts of
Hanoi
.” Presented with Le Van Sinh at the conference Vietnamese
Studies and the Enhancement of International Cooperation.
Viet Nam
National
University
,
Hanoi
and National Centre for Social and Human Sciences.
Hanoi
,
Viet Nam
. July. 1998.
19.
“Immoral Present, Moral Future: Morality and Motivation in 20th Century
Vietnamese Political Movements.” Presented at the symposium Understanding
South Asia and Southeast Asia Today: Radical Ethical Individualism and
Grassroots Movements.
Institute
of
Asian
Cultural Studies,
International
Christian
University
.
Tokyo
. November. 1999.
20.
“Local Responses to Agent Orange in
Vietnam
.” Presented at the symposium Grassroots
Activism and the Environment in Asia.
Institute
of
Asian
Cultural Studies,
International
Christian
University
.
Tokyo
, November. 2000.
21. “Do
Spirits of the Dead Exist? Divergent Ontologies of the Dead in Contemporary
Northern Vietnam
.” Presented on the Panel Competing Realities in Contemporary
Indochina
. Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago. March, 2001.
22.
“Hunters and Animals in Colonial
Indochina
.” Presented to the World Wildlife Fund,
Hanoi
,
Vietnam
. June, 2002.
23.
“Science, Ritual and Religion in Vietnamese Life.” Presented in the lecture
series The Diversity and Unity of Asia,
International
Christian
University
.
Tokyo
,
Japan
. October, 2002.
24.
“The Moral Worlds of Pigs and Humans in
Northern Vietnam
.” Presented to the Seminar on
Anthropological Theory,
London
School
of Economics and Political Science.
London
,
England
. October, 2002.
25.
“Scientific Knowledge, Hygiene, and the Transcendence of ‘Backwardness’ in
Revolutionary
Vietnam
.” Presented on the Panel The Social
Dynamics and Political Ramifications of "Scientific" Knowledge in
India
,
Japan
,
Taiwan
and
Vietnam
. Asian Studies Conference
Japan
.
Tokyo
,
Japan
. June 2006.
26.
“Living with War Dead in
Vietnam
.” Presented at the seminar Collective Memory and Grieving the War Dead:
Yasukuni
,
Vietnam
War, and 9.11.
Tokyo
University
of Foreign Studies.
Tokyo
,
Japan
. November 2007.
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