Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, contributed to the September 26, 2017 TIME article "7 Things People Get Wrong About American History." The article featured a collection of short essays by renowned scholars who dispelled myths about the U.S. and its foreign relations. In Professor … [Read more...]
“Repressing Revisionism in Vietnam, 1956-1960”
Lecture "Repressing Revisionism in Vietnam, 1956-1960" Peter Zinoman, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley Moderated by Lien-Hang Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia, Columbia University 12:00 PM -1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No Registration Required. Drawing on his … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen writes New York Times Article “North Vietnam Had an Antiwar Movement Too”
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, published an August 25, 2017 article in The New York Times' Vietnam '67 series titled "North Vietnam Had an Antiwar Movement Too" about the lesser known history of the antiwar efforts within North Vietnamese society. "The antiwar movements in the … [Read more...]
Watch WEAI’s Video about the Growth of Southeast Asian Studies at Columbia
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a short video introducing viewers to new faculty members who are expanding the study of Southeast Asia at Columbia University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umARvzQur2o Introduced by Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History, the video features … [Read more...]
“Global Development at War: The United States and South Vietnam’s Struggle for Survival, 1968-1975”
INTERACT Lecture "Global Development at War: The United States and South Vietnam’s Struggle for Survival, 1968-1975" Simon Toner, Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Southeast Asian Studies at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Moderated by Lien-Hang Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia, Columbia … [Read more...]
