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The Journal of Vietnamese Studies publishes original social science and humanities research on Vietnamese history, politics, culture, and society. A @ucpress.bsky.social journal.

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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social is seeking applications for the position of Editor(s) in Chief of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies, for appointment/s beginning in Summer 2026. The usual tenure for EICs is three years.  1/
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
JVS mourns the premature passing of Gerard Sasges, a brilliant scholar of Vietnam and an Associate Professor in the Dept of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. A Canadian national with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, Gerard made a significant mark... 1/
Associate Professor Gerard Sasges in a profile photo under bright light. Prof. Sasges is smiling and wearing a light blue collared shirt.
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
JVS Editor-in-Chief Van Nguyen-Marshall’s book “Between War and the State: Civil Society in South Vietnam, 1954-1975” is the subject of a new Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum at H-Diplo. The forum is introduced by Peter Zinoman—another JVS EIC. issforum.org/roundtables/...
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H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable 16-38 on Nguyen-Marshall, Between War and the State
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum 12 May 2025| PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt16-38 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editors: Thomas…
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies announces a new special issue to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, guest-edited by historian Nu-Anh Tran and comparative literature scholar Trinh M. Luu.
Linocut by Lể Trọng, published in the Republic of Vietnam on September 20, 1970. Image inspired by the sheet music for “Lá thư đô thị” [A Letter from the City], composed by Tuấn Lê (Lê Văn Tuấn, 1952–1988). Courtesy of Jason Gibbs.
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Introducing JVS 20(2), “Rupture and Reunion: New Translations About the End of the War in Vietnam.” The issue—commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of April 30, 1975—is guest-edited by historian Nu-Anh Tran and comparative literature scholar Trinh M. Luu. 1/
The cover of JVS 20(2). A stylized image of a seated man in fatigues watching four helicopters ascending or descending at close range.

Linocut by Lể Trọng, published in the Republic of Vietnam on September 20, 1970. Image inspired by the sheet music for “Lá thư đô thị” [A Letter from the City], composed by Tuấn Lê (Lê Văn Tuấn, 1952–1988). Courtesy of Jason Gibbs.
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
JVS is linked in the NYT’s report today on the sentencing of Vietnamese journalist and author Huy Đức.
NYT headline: Vietnamese Journalist Gets 2½ Years in Prison for Facebook Posts
The sentence for Truong Huy San, an influential reporter, was the latest crackdown on speech by Vietnam, a rising regional power.

Image of Huy Duc, with caption: Truong Huy San in 2021. He was convicted over 13 Facebook posts to his personal account between 2015 and 2024.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.

By Damien Cave / Reporting from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Feb. 28, 2025
Updated 9:04 a.m. ET
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Mike Tatarski @miketatarski.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Tomorrow's new Vietnam Weekly covers the recent summit between leaders of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in Ho Chi Minh City, plus concerns over potential transfer pricing after more than half of FDI companies operating in the country reported losses in 2024. thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
JVS condemns the sentencing on February 27 of the journalist and historian Huy Duc (Huy Đức, given name Trương Huy San) to thirty months in prison following a trial in Hanoi. 1/
AlJazeera: Vietnam court jails journalist Huy Duc for 30 months over Facebook posts

Huy Duc worked for influential state-run newspapers before authoring a popular blog critical of country’s leaders.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/27/vietnam-court-jails-journalist-huy-duc-for-30-months-over-facebook-posts
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Consular Affairs Center @consularaffairs.org · 15/02/2025
Rediscover this 2023 journal article on 1954-55 America’s diplomatic and consular presence in North Vietnam. The piece is authored by Lori Maguire via @ucpress.bsky.social and @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social edited by @heavyredaction.bsky.social, @pzinoman.bsky.social, and Van Nguyen-Marshall.
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To Stay or Not to Stay: The United States Consulate in Hà Nội, 1954–1955
The United States established a consular presence in Hà Nội before World War II. Washington sought to maintain it after the creation of the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV, or North Viet...
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies is pleased to announce our first issue of 2025—a special issue on “Queer Vietnam,” guest edited by Stephen Christopher and Helle Rydstrom. 1/
Cover Image: Untitled, from the series Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness, 1998, by Dinh Q. Lê. Cut and woven c-prints and linen tape, 160 × 112 cm. Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. Acquired through the George and Mary Rockwell Fund; 2014.001. Image courtesy of the Johnson Museum. 

The image depicts two men facing the camera in a heavily pixilated black white image. The image is a modification of a photograph of detainees at Tuol Sleng, a notorious Khmer Rouge prison.
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Nguyen Thu Huong’s JVS essay “The Case of Dạ Thảo Phương and Sexual Violence in Vietnam over the Last Two Decades” is cited in this report via The Diplomat, “Vietnam: No Country for #MeToo.” thediplomat.com/2025/01/viet...
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Vietnam: No Country for #MeToo
Government connections protect those implicated in sexual violence.
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Mekong Review @mekongreview.com · 01/01/2025
A very Happy New Year to all our readers and subscribers! Thank you for being with Mekong Review at the start of another year. What are you looking forward to reading most about in 2025?
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Kevin Pham @kdpham.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I did a New Books Network podcast interview about my new book, The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization (Oxford UP, 2024). player.megaphone.fm/NBNK8546233975
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Kevin D. Pham, "The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization" (Oxford UP, 2024) by New Books in Political Science
An interview with Kevin D. Pham
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
In June 2024, the Vietnamese journalist Trương Huy San (best known by his pen name Huy Đức) was arrested and detained. In a new @ucpress.bsky.social blog post, Peter Zinoman introduces an interview with Huy Đức—now published in the most recent issue of JVS. www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/i...
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Interview with Vietnamese Dissident Journalist and Author Huy Đức
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Announcing JVS 19(3-4), a double issue and the last JVS of 2024. 1/
I Am Not A Virus (Pandemic Time), 2021, 40˝ H x 30˝ W, acrylic with used objects, by Ann Phong. 
Artist’s caption: The events of 2020, particularly the pandemic and the rise in Anti-Asian hate incidents, have prompted me to reconsider America’s multicultural identity, revealing underlying inequalities and injustices in our society. https://annphongart.com.
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Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 17/11/2024
The November 2024–January 2025 issue of @mekongreview.bsky.social is out, so here I am to share some of what you'll find in the magazine. We're a small literary magazine focused on Asia and Asian perspectives; keep us going by getting a subscription or making a donation: mekongreview.com/subscribe/
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Panarat A @panarat.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
this isn’t a new photo - I took it a few years ago - but wanted to share it regardless
Photo of a heron sitting by a lake with Autumnal trees reflected in the water
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Journal of Vietnamese Studies @jvietnamstudies.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies, a journal of @ucpress.bsky.social, is pleased to be posting on Bluesky!
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