Vietnam in Asia:
Interdisciplinary Conference on
Vietnamese Culture, History and Language

The Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University
April 17 - 18, 1998

Thursday, April 16
Afternoon Conference participants arrive at Lubbock International Airport. Met by the Vietnam Center Staff
7:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception at the Rotunda, Southwest Collection/ Special Collections Library
8:00 p.m. Tour of The Vietnam Archive
Friday, April 17
7:30 a.m. Coffee, International Cultural Center
8:00 a.m. Micheline Lessard, Carthage College "Revolutionary Associations in Vietnam, China, and Japan"
9:00a.m. Qiang Zhai, Department of History, Auburn University "The Maoist Model and Vietnam"
10:00 a.m. Coffee
10:15 a.m. Pierre Asselin, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu "The Diplomacy of the Democratic Republic, 1945-1975"
11:15 a.m. Steve Maxner, Texas Tech University "North and South: The Chinese in Vietnam"
12:15 p.m. Lunch at the International Cultural Center
1:45 p.m. Le Van Quang, National University, Ho Chi Minh City "Vietnam and ASEAN"
2:45 p.m. Stephen Rady, Naval Postgraduate School "Vietnam, China and the Spratley Islands"
4:00 p.m. Buses to La Quinta
6:30 p.m. Buses to the International Cultural Center
7:00 p.m. Reception and Banquet
9:30 p.m. Buses to La Quinta
Saturday, April 18
7:30 a.m.  Coffee, International Cultural Center
8:00 a.m. Tran Ba Chi, National University of Hanoi "The Tradition of Family Education in Vietnam"
9:00 a.m. Keng-Fong Pang, University of California at Berkeley "From Literacy to Orality: The Cham Colony of Hainan Island"
10:00 a.m. Coffee, International Cultural Center
10:15 a.m. Keith Taylor, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University "The Rise of Saigon"
11:15 a.m. Nguyen Quang Ngoc, National University, Hanoi "The Restoration of Tradition in Villages of the Northern Plains
12:15 p.m. Lunch at the International Cultural Center
1:45 p.m. Panel: Renovations and Restorations in Contemporary Vietnam

Tran Thi Thanh Thanh, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City "Vietnamese Renovation in Historical Perspective"

Grace Cheng, Hawaii Pacific University "Culture and economy in contemporary Vietnam"

Chieu Ngu Vu, Independent Scholar, Houston, TX "Anti-Vietnamese Activities in PostwarCambodia"

4:00 p.m. Buses to La Quinta
7:45 p.m. West Texas Barbecue Dinner, County Line Restaurant
10:00 p.m. Buses to La Quinta

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