Vietnam at the Vanguard

This transdisciplinary edited book explores new developments and perspectives on global Vietnam, touching on aspects of history, identity, transnational mobilities, heritage, belonging, civil society, linguistics, education, ethnicity, and worship practices. Derived from the Engaging With Vietnam: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue conference series, this cutting-edge collection presents new scholarship and also represents new ways of knowing global Vietnam. Over the past 10 years, knowledge production about Vietnam has diversified in various ways as globalization, the internationalization of higher education, and the digital revolution have transformed the world, as well as Vietnam. Whereas as late as a decade ago, knowledge about Vietnam was still largely the preserve of scholars in Vietnam and a coterie of related experts outside of the country at a select few universities, today we find scholars working on Vietnam in myriad contexts. This transformation has introduced new voices and new perspectives, which this book champions. A critical text engaging a range of historical and contemporary debates about Vietnam, this book is an indispensable volume for the Southeast Asian Studies student and scholar in the humanities and social sciences.

1 Introduction.- 2 Transnational Life Trajectories and the Notion of Return: German-born Việt kiều (Overseas Vietnamese) Travelling to their Ancestral Homeland.- 3 Conflicted Citizenship in Vietnam between Grassroots Mobilization and State Repression.- 4 Sharing Harmony and Solidarity Values across Generations in Australian Vietnamese Refugee Families.- 5 Social Capital for Local Governance beyond the State-Civil Society Dichotomy and Insights from Vietnam through the Case Study of a Community-based Upgrading Project.- 6 Lạc Việt: From Ethnonym to Symbolic Ethnicity.- 7 Ethics, Place, and Cosmopolitan Strands in Early Twentieth Century Korean and Vietnamese Literati-Intellectuals’ Writings .- 8 Support of the Polish People’s Republic for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.- 9 Kite Flying as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Vietnam: Community Embodiment or Appropriating Culture?.- 10 From Dichotomy to Multipolarity: A Case Study of the Four Ladyship Saints Worshipping Practices in Vietnam.- 11 Divinatory Arts and Tử Vi.- 12 Developing a Research Culture in Vietnam: A Leadership Conceptual Framework.- 13 Higher Education in Vietnam and a New Vision for Internationalization at Home post COVID-19.- Afterword.- Index.