1. Student's full name: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Huyen 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: May 26, 1996
4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Decision on student admission No. 4420/2019/QD-XHNV-DT dated November 26, 2019, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process:
7. Thesis title: Statues of Queens in Hanoi during the 17th-18th centuries
8. Major: Archaeology; Code: 8229010.01
9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dang Hong Son, Department of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU Hanoi).
10. Summary of the thesis results:
This thesis is a comprehensive work synthesizing research findings on stelae and statues from the late 17th-18th centuries in Hanoi, along with related historical and social issues.
The research findings of this thesis will contribute to the body of information on the system of ceremonial steles in general and the Hau steles in particular in Hanoi, thereby contributing to an understanding of contemporary artistic and sculptural styles, as well as the custom of electing Hau steles and its influence on the model of Northern Vietnamese villages in the 17th-18th centuries.
11. Practical Applications: This thesis can serve as a direct reference for researchers studying meritorious inscriptions, art history, and traditional sculpture. Furthermore, it contributes to clarifying the structural characteristics, dimensions, proportions, artistic style, and sculptural style of the steles and statues of the Late period, as well as social issues related to village structure and the giving and receiving rituals within villages.
The research findings of this thesis can serve as a scientific basis for directly planning the conservation, restoration, and enhancement of the value of the inscriptions within the historical site's grounds.
Some of the research findings of this thesis can serve as a scientific basis for designing and reconstructing costumes, hairstyles, and some daily customs of Vietnamese social classes in the 17th and 18th centuries, contributing to projects for preserving, introducing, and promoting history to the public.
12. Further research directions: Research on the system of stelae and statues of Queen Mothers in the provinces of the Red River Delta.
13. Published works related to the thesis:
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: NGUYỄN THỊ NGỌC HUYỀN 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: May 26, 1996 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Admission decision number: 4420/2019/QD-XHNV-ĐT Dated November 26, 2019
6. Changes in academic process:
7. Official thesis title: Donors' (Late) Statue-Steles in the 17th – 18th Centuries in the Hanoi Area
8. Major: Archeology 9. Code: 8229010.01
10. Supervisor: Associate Professor Dang Hong Son, Ph.D., Faculty of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
The thesis is a synthesis of research results on Donors' (Late) statue-steles in the 17th – 18th centuries in the Hanoi area and surrounding historical-social issues.
The research results of this thesis will contribute to the current research literature on donation steles in general, and Hau steles in particular, in Hanoi capital region, and therefore contribute to the understanding of historical sculptural art styles of said period, as well as the Post nomination custom and the influences this custom made on North Vietnamese village model from 17th to 18th centuries.
12. Practical applicability:
The thesis could be utilized as reference work for researchers on donation steles, traditional sculptural art history. The thesis also contributes to further understanding of forms, sizes and proportion, artistic styles, form styles in Hau statue-steles during this period, as well as social lives relating to village structure and village offering-appreciation activities.
The research results of the thesis hope to be able to from part of the scientific basis for conservation planning, restoration and promotion of steles' values at monument and relic sites. Part of thesis research results could serve as the basis where recreation and restoration of clothing, hairstyles, and everyday customs of different social classes in 17th-18th century Vietnam could be based on, further contribute to projects of conservation and historical education to the public.
13. Further research directions:
Research on Donors (Late) statue-steles in Red River Delta provinces.
14. Thesis-related publications: