The Impact of Culture, Ethnicity, Race and Religion in the Vietnam War
23 March - 24 March 2007
Holiday Inn Park Plaza - Lubbock, Texas
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Friday, March 23rd
10:00 AM-11:30 AM Session 2: The Impact of Religion in the US and Vietnam
Moderator: Meredith Lair, PhD, George Mason University
- The Buddhists & Ngo Dinh Diem
Dr. Geoffrey Shaw , American Military University - Sects and Violence in Diem Era Vietnam: Overlooked Lessons for 21st Century Conflict
Carmen Steigman MD , Independent Scholar - Denominations and Vietnam: A Comparison of Foreign Policy Resolutions from Lutheran Denominations, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the United Church of Christ
Dr. David E. Settje , Concordia University
1:45 PM-3:00 PM Session 3: The Impact of Antiwar Activities on American Culture
Moderator: Laura Calkins, PhD, Texas Tech University
- 'Lest We Forget': Reactions to the Jackson State College Shootings of 1970
Jack Lorenzini , University of Memphis - Experiences and Recollections from Oral History Interviews
Dr. Richard B. Verrone , Texas Tech University
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Session 4: Visions of Vietnam: Democracy, Heroes, and the Role of Women in Society
Moderator: Stephen Maxner, PhD, Texas Tech University
- Democracy in action, with American Influence: The 1970 Senatorial Elections in South Vietnam and the Opinions and Behavior of Voters
Ta Van Tai , Harvard Law School - The Role of Myth and Heroism in the Vietnam Wars, 1945-1975
Tien The Nguyen - The Ao Dai vs. the Miniskirt: Images of Vietnamese Women in the American War with Vietnam
Heather Stur
8:00 PM-9:00 PM Banquet: Guest Speaker - Keith Taylor, PhD, Cornell University: Collateral Cultures: Wartime Congruencies, Differences, and Indifferences
Saturday, March 24th
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Session 5: Soldiers' Experiences In-Country
Moderator: Ron Milam, PhD, Texas Tech University
- 'The Addicted Army': Drug Use in Vietnam in Historical Perspective
Dr. Jeremy Kuzmarov , Bucknell University - Armed with Abundance: Soldiering in the Vietnam War Zone
Dr. Meredith H. Lair , George Mason University - Outsourcing a War: What you get for your Mercenary Dollar
Gerald Waite , Ball State University
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Session 6: Race and Class in the American Military
Moderator: Justin Hart, PhD, Texas Tech University
- Overcoming More than Gravity: Reflections of an African American Helicopter Pilot's Vietnam Experience
Eddie Randle , Vietnam Veteran - Skin Color and Blood Color: African Americans in Vietnam Combat Roles
Dr. Ron Miliam , Texas Tech University - Playing the Race Card: Vietnamese Appeals to Non-White Forces of Occupation, 1945-1975
Dr. Marc Jason Gilbert , Hawaii Pacific University
12:45 PM-1:30 PM Lunch: Guest Speaker - Mr. Charles Long: An American Missionary in Vietnam, 1958-1974
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Session 8: Culture as Reflected in the Literature of War and in Postwar Vietnam
Moderator: Marc Jason Gilbert, PhD, Hawaii Pacific University
- Leading the 'Global March' to Communism: The Viet Conf in Tran Van Dinh's Blue Dragon, White Tiger
Quan Manh Ha , Texas Tech University - a review of Vietnam and Other American Fantasies by H. Bruce Franklin
Dr. Samuel B. Hoff , Delaware State University - Post 1975 Vietnamese Culture: The Triumphant South
Dr, Nguyen Ngoc Bich , Independent Scholar
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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