Modern VN Seminar Syllabus/Readings

From: Guillemot François via Vsg <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2025 1:27 AM
To: Dutton, George <dutton@humnet.ucla.edu>; Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vsg] Modern VN Seminar Syllabus/Readings

Dear Professor Dutton,

I don't know if this will be of any use to you, but I've posted online my seminar syllabuses about contemporary history of Indochina. There are also some bibliographical and biographical tools related to my teaching in Lyon (France). I'll send you the links hereafter.

Syllabus "Mémoires d'Indochine", 2012-2021:

https://indomemoires.hypotheses.org/36513

Bibliography:

https://indomemoires.hypotheses.org/22968

Biographical sketches:

https://indomemoires.hypotheses.org/19106

All the best

FG

From: Dutton, George via Vsg <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 9:44 AM
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Vsg] Modern VN Seminar Syllabus/Readings

Dear VSGers,

I’m planning to teach my modern VN course this spring (mid-19thC to present) for the first time in about 8 years. I used to teach it as a lecture course, but want to transform it into a more seminar-style format; we’ll meet twice weekly, so am thinking of 2 readings per class section. I’ve reformatted a lot of my classes into this more discussion-based format with great success and want to expand it to this course. I plan to run it chronologically. I would love to see syllabi from those of you who have done something like this or, alternatively, if anyone can share indispensable readings (articles/book chapters) that you’ve assigned that work really well. I’m also planning to us some short fiction as well, so happy to hear about short stories that have worked well in your own classes. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or cautions from those who’ve done something like this in the past. Also, those who have done this, have you also assigned a standard modern history to provide a narrative background, and if so, any recommendations? Thanks and I’m happy to post about my experiences after the course is completed so others can learn from my successes (and failures . . .)

George

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