About the Organization

What is VSG?

The Vietnam Studies Group is a sub-committee of the Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, the primary professional organization for scholars of Asian Studies.  VSG maintains a separate membership from the Association for Asian Studies, although membership in both organizations is encouraged.  Dues-paying members of VSG are able to nominate officers and vote in elections.  Student members are eligible for a Graduate Paper Prize for a paper delivered at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, and for travel funds for the meeting.

Membership dues are $20 for professionals and $10 for students/retired members. AAS membership is not required.  Any additional funds donated will contribute to our Graduate Paper Prize and Travel Funds to the AAS Annual Meeting for students and unfunded junior faculty.

BECOME A VSG VOTING MEMBER, or DONATE TO VSG PRIZE and TRAVEL FUND

Current Executive Committee

• Tuan Hoang, History, Pepperdine University (Chair, Term ends 2027)

• Sara Swenson, Religion, Dartmouth College (Treasurer, Terms ends 2027)

• Dat Nguyen, Anthropology, the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Term ends 2027) 

• Sean Fear, International History, University of Leeds (Term ends 2028)

• Christian Lentz, Geography, University of North Carolina (Term ends 2028)

• An Thuy Nguyen, History, University of Maine (Term ends 2028)

• Đỗ Thị Thanh Thủy (Thuy Do), Gender Studies, Hoa Sen University (Term ends 2029)

• Cuong T. Mai, Philosophy & Religion, Appalachian State University (Term ends 2029)

• Nhung Lu Rots, Environmental Humanities, University of Oslo (Term ends 2029)

Graduate Student Representatives

• Camellia (Linh) Pham, Comparative Literature, Harvard University (Term ends 2027)

• De’Vonte Tinsley-Phùng, History, University of Pennsylvania (Term ends 2027)

Ex Officio

• Ex Officio Chair: Maggie Bodemer, History & Asian Studies, Cal Poly

• Ex Officio as webmaster: Judith Henchy, Library Sciences, University of Washington

VSG Bylaws (Adopted June 1st 2021)

Meeting Minutes and Announcements

Vietnam Paper Abstracts at the AAS Annual Meeting

Vietnam Studies Bulletin

The Viet Nam Studies Bulletin has ceased publication. It has been replaced by this web resource and the Vietnam Studies Group email listserve.