Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture and Society
Temple University
Going with the Past: Vietnamese Traditional Culture in Contemporary Society
October 6 and 7 at Temple University
Friday October 6
Welcoming remarks, Dr. Philip Alperson and Dr. Nguyen Chi Ben
Opening address by Dr. Peter Zinoman, Professor of History at University of California, Berkeley – "Provincial Cosmopolitanism: Vu Trong Phung's Foreign Engagements."
Panel number 1: Traditional cultural ceremonies in contemporary Vietnam
Prof. Nguyen Chi Ben, Institute of Culture and Information, Hanoi – Cultural Heritage: Burden or Asset in Vietnamese Contemporary Society
Dr. Bui Hoai Son- Institute of Culture and Information, Hanoi – Vietnam’s Policies on Traditional Festivals: At War and After the War.
Prof. Hy Van Luong, University of Toronto – Ritual Revitalization in Vietnam: The State, Capital, and Local Sociocultural Dynamics
Panel number 2: Tradition in the Arts and Humanities
Prof. Quang Phu Van, Yale University – Interconnectedness of Philosophy, Literature and Culture: Playfulness and Drunkenness in Nguyen Cong Tru’s Poetry
Dr. Ngo Thanh Nhan , Fellow, Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture and Society – A Glimpse of the Globalization of Chu Nom
Prof. Kim Worthy, Wagner College – Buffalo Boy: Surviving the Flood of Globalization
Film: Mua Len Trau (Buffalo Boy, or literally The Season to Take Up the Buffaloes)
Saturday October 7
Panel number 3 – Tradition in Daily Life
Prof. Tran Dinh Hang, Institute of Culture, Hue – The Vitality of a Village without Farming Land: The Pottery Village of Phuoc Tich
Tuan Hoang, Ph. D. candidate Notre Dame University – Fusing Values East and West: the Hoc Lam Nguoi Books in Modern Vietnamese Culture
Prof. Karen Fjelstad, San Jose State University – Len Dong Spirit Possession and the Views of a Traveling Spirit
Prof. Dang Viet Bich – The Training of Cultural Workers for Intangible Heritage Protection
Prof. Long Le, University of Houston – Traditional Politics and the Post-War Generation
Closing remarks – Professor Hy Van Luong
Professor Nguyen Chi Ben, Professor Philip Alperson
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The Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture & Society is a national center for scholarly research, educational training and mutual understanding, founded in September 2004. The Center also coordinates scholarly exchanges. The Center wishes to thank the College of Liberal Arts and the Henry Luce Foundation for their support of this conference. The Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture and Society is supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
   
Tuan Hoang Ph.D. candidate, Dr. Kim Worthy, Dr. Dang Viet Bich, Dr. Karen Fjelstad
   
Dr. Quang Phu Van, Dr. Ngo Thanh Nhan, Dr. Hy Van Luong, Dr. Nguyen Chi Ben and Bui Hoai Son Ph. D. candidate
   
Dr. Peter Zinoman, Dr. Tran Dinh Hang, Dr. Long Le, and audience |
