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)
Richard Tran, Asian and North African Studies, Ca’Foscari University of Venice (Treasurer, Term ends 2025)
Sean Fear, International History, University of Leeds (Term ends 2025)
Christian Lentz, Geography, University of North Carolina (Term ends 2025)
Allison Truitt, Anthropology, Tulane University (Term ends 2026)
Benedict Kerkvliet, Political Science, Australia National University (Term ends 2026)
Vũ Minh Hoàng, History, Fulbright University Vietnam (Term ends 2026)
Dat Nguyen, Anthropology, the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Term ends 2027)
Sara Swenson, Religion, Dartmouth College (Terms ends 2027)
Graduate Student Representatives
Khanh Tran, Computing and Information Systems, Queen Mary University of London (Term ends 2025)
Ann Ngoc Tran, American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California (Term ends 2025)
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 It has been replaced by this web resource and the Vietnam Studies Group email listserve.
