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From: David A Biggs <david.biggs@ucr.edu>
Date: Mar 28, 2006 9:03 AM
Subject: [Vsg] re-education as historical topic
Dear VSG Members-
A student from deep in the heart of the OC (Huyen Cam) expressed an
interest in writing a history of re-education in postwar Vietnam. What
makes this proposal interesting is that the student wishes to study it from
the perspective of internees as well as interners, working with military
history museums in Vietnam and getting in touch with former guards. The
topic is certainly interesting from a number of angles, perhaps extending
histories of imprisonment in Vietnam, but its also extremely sensitive.
What do you think? Especially those VSG members in Vietnam who may have
contact with military history museums. Is this topic too sensitive or is
it potentially doable and what would be the requirements?
Just Curious-
David
From: Nora Taylor <nthanoi04@yahoo.com>
Date: Mar 28, 2006 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Vsg] re-education as historical topic
Dear David,
A PhD student in English Literature at the University
of Oklahoma wrote a very interesting PhD thesis on
oral narratives of former internees. She collected the
data through transcripts of recollections and life
stories of former camp internees living in Oklahoma.
She retranscribed the stories as they were told to her
in Vietnamese and then translated them. Her thesis has
a bried intro and conclusion about the history of
re-education camps but because she had very little
historical material she rellied mostly on the
narratives. She did not want to conduct research in
Vietnam partly out of fear, but also because she is
not a historian. You could get in touch with her or
get a copy of her thesis if it might help the student
get started. If you, or anybody on the list, is
interested, send me a personal email:
nthanoi04@yahoo.com and I will give the dissertation
title etc...
Nora
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