1. Full name of PhD student: Tran Truc Ly 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: February 4, 1980 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 30, 2013 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities
6. Changes in the training process:
7. Thesis topic: The issue of women's liberation in the New Culture movement in China (Survey on publications in the early 20th century)
8. Major: Chinese Studies 9. Code: 62 31 06 02
10. Scientific advisors: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Hong, Dr. Nguyen Tho Duc
11. Summary ofnew resultsof the thesis:
- The thesis is the first study in Vietnam to survey all journalistic works in two magazines.New youthandNew movementalong with a number of journalistic works published in other magazines to clarify the content of the New Culture movement's viewpoints and practices on women's liberation.
- The thesis is the first study to conduct a comparative study of two sets of laws.Qing Dynasty LawandRepublic of Chinato clarify the influence of the New Culture movement in the formulation of laws related to women in legal documents.
- The thesis is the first study to examine the influence of the New Culture movement's views and practices on women's liberation in Vietnam. Through the case study of Phan Khoi (1887-1959), the thesis has discovered some signs showing the influence of the New Culture movement in Vietnam related to the issue of women's liberation.
12. Practical application:
The thesis will be a reference for students majoring in Chinese Studies, Oriental Studies, Chinese Literature, and for those interested in the history of Chinese thought or women's issues in China.
13. Further research directions (if any): Research the impact of women's liberation issues in the New Culture movement in Vietnam on a wider range of documents.
14. Published works related to the thesis:
[1]Tran Truc Ly, Nguyen Anh Tuan (2015),“Changes in the Marriage and Property Rights of Women in Modern China from a Legal Perspective (through the “Qing Code” and the “Republic of China Law”)”,Proceedings of the Scientific Conference for young cadres and postgraduate students in the 2014-2015 academic year “Interdisciplinary research in Social Sciences and Humanities: approaches from theoretical and practical perspectives”, National University Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 176-192, (ISBN: 978-604-62-4251-2).
[2] Tran Truc Ly (2017):“The May Fourth New Culture Movement (1915-1923) and the issue of women's liberation”,Journal of Chinese Studies(01), pp. 55-65, (ISSN Index: 0868-3670).
[3] Tran Truc Ly (2018):“Women in the Confucian concept of traditional China”,Journal of Indian and Asian Studies(07), pp. 37-42, (ISSN Index: 0866-7314 ).
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Tran Truc Ly 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: February 4, 1980 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Admission decision number:2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 30th, 2013 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process:
7. Official thesis title: Women's Liberation in China's New Culture Movement: A Survey of Early Twentieth Century Publications
8. Major: Chinese Studies 9. Code: 62 31 06 02
10. Supervisors:Assoc.Prof. Nguyen Van Hong,Dr. Nguyen Tho Duc
11. Summary of thenew findingsof the thesis:
-This thesis is the first study in Vietnam to review every article from the two magazinesNew Youth (La Jeunesse)andThe Renaissance, together with selected articles from other journals to examine views and practices of women's liberation in the New Culture Movement. In the context that research on the New Cultural Movement in Vietnam is still incomplete and incomprehensive, this thesis is the first intensive and systematic in-depth study in Vietnam about women's liberation in the New Culture Movement.
-From synthesizing and analyzing different sources of reference materials, this thesis generalizes achievements and limitations of the Movement in terms of culture, ideology, education, and society. This study is also the first to conduct a comparative analysis of the two laws: theGreat Qing Codeand theRepublic of China's Civil Law, in order to examine the New Cultural Movement's influence on shaping regulations related to women in Chinese law.
-More importantly, this thesis is the first study to explore the women's liberation effect of the New Culture Movement in Vietnam. By comparing and contrasting Phan Khoi (1887-1959)'s writing in 21 articles and one novel with the women's liberation idea of the New Cultural Movement, this thesis uncovers a number of reliable indications the effect of women's liberation from the New Cultural Movement in Vietnam, thus opening up a new research direction that is valuable and promising.
12. Practical applicability:
Thisthesis will be a reference for students majoring in Chinese Studies, Oriental Studies, Chinese Literature and for those interested inthe history of Chinese ideology and women's issues in China.
13. Future research directions:
Studying the effect of women's liberation from the New Culture Movement in Vietnam surveying a broader literature.
14. Thesis-related publications:
Tran, TL, & Nguyen, AT (2015). Changes in Chinese women's marriage and property rights in modern times from a legal perspective (through theGreat Qing CodeandRepublic of China's Civil Law).Proceedings of Scientific Conference for young officers and graduate students 2014-2015 “Interdisciplinary research in Social Sciences and Humanities: theoretical and practical approaches”(pp. 176-192). Vietnam National University Publishing House.
Tran, TL (2017). The May Fourth New Culture Movement (1915-1923) and women's liberation.Journal of Chinese Studies(1), pp. 55-56.
Tran, TL (2018). Traditional Confucian Chinese view of women. Journal of Indian and Asian Studies(7), pp. 37-42.
