Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, will deliver the Third Annual Judith Ladinsky Lecture at the University of Wisconsin - Madison on Friday, October 20, 2017. Professor Nguyen's lecture is titled "Rethinking the Tet Offensive Fifty Years Later." Although the Tet Offensive … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen Speaks on PRI Public Radio International About the 1968 Tet Offensive
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, spoke on PRI Public Radio International on September 26, 2017 about the Vietnam War's 1968 Tet Offensive. Professor Nguyen spoke on the sixth episode, titled "The Shock of the Tet," of PRI's series on the Vietnam War called "LBJ's War." From the … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen Contributes to TIME Article Debunking American Myths
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...]
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...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen writes New York Times article “Who Called the Shots in Hanoi?”
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, wrote a February 14, 2017 article in The New York Times's Vietnam '67 series titled "Who Called the Shots in Hanoi?" "Even by 1967, America’s military, intelligence and civilian leaders had no real idea who was actually calling the shots in Hanoi," … [Read more...]
