Nguyen Vu Hoang, University of Toronto
From: Vsg [mailto:vsg-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of vanluong@chass.utoronto.ca
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:02 PM
Subject: [Vsg] Successful Doctoral Dissertation Defence in Anthropology and Cultural Studies
Dear list.
It is my great pleasure to inform you that two PhD candidates have successfully defended their dissertations in the past few days in Canada:
1. Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa, "Politics of Memory: (Re)Construction of the Past in Post-socialist Vietnam" PhD dissertation in Cultural Studies, Trent University, successfully defended on 7 October 2016. (focus on the memory and commemoration of DRVN soldiers dying in wars by 1975) (I served as external examiner at Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa's defence)
2. Nguyen Vu Hoang, "Disasters, Settlements and the Homeland: Vietnamese American Experiences of White Supremacy in New Orleans" PhD dissertation in Anthropology, University of Toronto, successfully defended on 13 October 2016.
Congratulations to both Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa and Nguyen Vu Hoang!
Hy V. Luong
Professor of Anthropology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2S2.