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Ms. Do Thi Minh Thao

E-mail dominhthao508@gmail.com
Position Lecturer
Units Department of Anthropology and Religious Studies

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Ms. Do Thi Minh Thao, M.Sc.
I. General Information
  • Year of birth: 1970
  • Email: dtmthao@vnu.edu.vn
  • Affiliation: Department of Anthropology and Religious Studies
  • Academic rank: Year of appointment:
  • Academic degree: Master's. Year received: 2002.
  • Training process:
- 1988 - 1992: Bachelor's degree in Literary Theory from the Faculty of Literature, Hanoi University.
- 1992 - 1995: Bachelor of English, Department of English, Hanoi Open University.
- 1996 - 1999: Bachelor of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
- 1997 – 1999: Completed two years of postgraduate studies in Literary Theory, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- 1999 – 2002: Master of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
- 2023 – present: PhD candidate specializing in Religious Studies, Faculty of Anthropology and Religious Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
  • Foreign language proficiency:
Bachelor of English.
Russian (equivalent to level C in the undergraduate program of the Faculty of Linguistics, Hanoi University, 1988-1992)
  • Main research areas: Buddhism, religious symbolism, philosophy, religious studies, belief studies, ethics, ethics and aesthetics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of art, art studies, art anthropology, religious art studies, religious anthropology, symbolic anthropology, Buddhist scriptures, religious journalism and media, gender in religious studies, the Church and education.
II. Scientific works
1. Books
  1. General Aesthetics, a textbook edited by Associate Professor, Doctor of Science Do Van Khang, Education Publishing House, 1997, revised and supplemented in 2002 and 2008. Vietnam National University Publishing House, pp. 106-120 (co-authored).
  2. Art Studies, a textbook edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Van Khang, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, 2008, pp. 152–172 (co-authored)
  3. History of Aesthetics, a textbook edited by Prof. Dr. Do Van Khang, Vietnam Education Publishing House, 2010, pp. 228-234 (co-authored)
  4. Folk beliefs in Hanoi in contemporary urban cultural life, edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Thi Minh Thuy, Culture and Information Publishing House and Institute of Culture, 2010, pp. 161-168 (co-authored)
  5. Some important arguments on building Vietnamese culture in the context of integration, edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Thi Minh Thuy, Culture and Information Publishing House and Institute of Culture, 2010, pp. 96-155 (co-authored)
  6. Basic Aesthetics, a textbook edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Van Khang, Vietnam Education Publishing House, 2011, pp. 160-177 (co-authored)
  7. Religion in Public Life, Center for Contemporary Religious Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Religious Publishing House, 2015, pp. 143-153 (co-authored).
  8. Contemporary Philosophical Research in Vietnam - Theoretical Issues. National Political Publishing House – Truth, 2016, pp. 420–439 (co-authored)
  9. Contemporary Philosophical Research in Vietnam - Practical Issues. National Political Publishing House - Truth, 2017, pp. 68-86 (co-authored)
  10. Religious Studies Training in Vietnam: Formation and Development, Religious Publishing House, 2017, pp. 363-384 (co-authored)
  11. Open Interaction in Contemporary Vietnamese Aesthetics, a monograph – interdisciplinary, Information and Communication Publishing House, 2017, 468 pages (author)
  12. Religion – a cultural and social resource: the approach of some countries and lessons for Vietnam. Center for Contemporary Religion Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Religious Publishing House, December 2021, pp. 404-415.
2. Chapter
  1. Some fundamental aspects of the relationship between philosophy and art, book: Philosophical foundations of Vietnamese culture and art, edited by Prof. Dr. Do Huy, Institute of Culture & Culture and Information Publishing House, 2002, pp. 60-208 (Co-authored)
  2. Modern painting schools of the early 20th century, textbook: Art Studies (New Edition) edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Van Khang, Publishing House of Information & Communication, 2011, pp. 143-163 (Author)
3. Article
  1. The origins of aesthetic consciousness and the awakening of human artistic creative abilities, Philosophy Journal, No. 3, 2002, pp. 49-53.
  2. The role of figurative language in primitive culture and the characteristics of figurative language development in ancient Vietnamese people, Vietnam Journal of Social Sciences, No. 12, 2012, pp. 51-61.
  3. C. Marx's method in discovering the essence of beauty, Journal of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2014, pp. 43-54.
  4. Buddhist art education - some points to discuss, Journal of Indian and Asian Studies, No. 11(60)/2017, pp. 55-61.
  5. The driving force behind aesthetic and artistic creativity, Journal of Ethnic Groups and Times, No. 196, September-October 2017, pp. 57-66.
  6. The relationship between bodily culture and material and intangible culture in the urgency of contemporary Vietnamese socio-cultural life, Journal of Ethnic Groups and Times, Vietnam Association of Ethnology and Anthropology, ISSN 1859 – 204X Year XX, No. 192, January + February 2017, pp. 12-21.
  7. The symbolic beauty of Vietnamese Buddhist sculpture and architecture (Through some temples in the Northern Delta region), Journal of Religious Affairs. No. 10 (134)/ 2017, pp.15-18,24.
  8. Specific methods in aesthetic research, Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 3, No. 6 (December 2017), pp. 691-706.
  9. Buddhist art education - some points to discuss, Journal of Indian and Asian Studies, No. 11(60)/2017, pp. 55-61.
  10. The driving force behind aesthetic and artistic creativity, Ethnic Groups and Times magazine, issue 196, September-October 2017, pp. 57-66.
  11. The Value of the Middle Way in Cultural Life (through a Comparison between Theravada Buddhism and Vietnamese Buddhism), Journal of Religious Affairs, vol. 13, no. 9, 2017, pp. 13-17
  12. Cultural integration of Buddhist symbolism in the Northern Delta, Journal of Indian and Asian Studies, November 2021 issue.
  13. Cultural integration of Buddhist symbolism in the Northern Delta, Journal of Indian and Asian Studies, vol. 109, no. 12/2021, pp. 68-75.
4. Workshop paper
  1. Seeking concrete solutions to innovate and improve the quality of postgraduate training in philosophy, workshop on postgraduate training in philosophy of the Faculty of Philosophy, December 5, 2003.
  2. An aesthetic reference through a comparison of two methods of constructing theories on origins between Professor Tran Duc Thao and S. Freud (through two works: "Searching for the Origins of Language and Consciousness" by Professor Tran Duc Thao and "The Origins of Culture and Religion (Totem and Taboo)" by S. Freud). Scientific seminar on: "Tran Duc Thao's philosophical thought", Faculty of Philosophy, 2014, pp. 31-48.
  3. Complex theories on the symbolic origins of culture and religion through the work Totem and Taboo, International Scientific Symposium, Center for Contemporary Religious Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, December 2014, pp. 129–135.
  4. The term aesthetics in relation to the paradigmatic research method (through a specific case study of GWF Hegel's aesthetic paradigm statement). Scientific Conference "Philosophical Research in Vietnam Today - Theoretical Issues", Faculty of Philosophy, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2015, pp. 171-181.
  5. Critique of Practical Reason - A Moral and Ethical Hybrid Concept or a High-Level Analytical Capacity, International Scientific Conference in Vietnam: Research and Teaching of German Thought in Universities. Center for Contemporary Religious Studies & Faculty of Philosophy, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2015, pp. 388–395.
  6. The Value of the Middle Way Thought in Theravada Buddhism and Vietnamese Buddhism, International Scientific Conference in Vietnam: Religion and Ethics in Modern Society, Center for Contemporary Religion Studies – Faculty of Philosophy, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, December 2016, pp. 71-85.
  7. A discussion on bodily thinking in culture or bodily culture in the context of the urgency of contemporary socio-cultural life, scientific conference: “Philosophical Research in Vietnam Today - Practical Issues” - Faculty of Philosophy, July 2016, pp. 68-86.
  8. Regarding the theories of origin, International Scientific Conference: Tran Duc Thao and Philosophy in Vietnam in the Second Half of the 20th Century: Some Comparative Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, June 2017, p. 90.
  9. Comparing Cultural Thinking Patterns Between East and West, International Scientific Conference: Christian Thinkers in Vietnam and the Region: Some Comparative Studies. Center for Contemporary Religion Studies & Faculty of Philosophy, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, December 8, 2017, p. 42 (total 19 pages)
  10. Buddhist art education – some points to discuss, Kien Giang scientific conference: Promoting the role of Buddhism in social work and charity, June 2017, pp. 313-320.
  11. Five years – a journey of development in the scientific theory of methods and the science of religious symbolism, scientific conference: Some issues on research and training in Religious Studies at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, in Vietnam and in the world today, December 23, 2021.
  12. The theoretical framework of religious symbolism research in Vietnam and around the world, International Scientific Conference: Religion – Cultural and Social Resources: Behaviors of Some Countries and Lessons for Vietnam. Center for Contemporary Religious Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, December 2021, pp. 404-415.
  13. The layers of belief in the dragon symbol in Vietnamese culture in the Northern Delta, Do Thi Minh Thao, Luu Hong Thuy, Nguyen Do Hong Anh. International Scientific Conference: “Religion and Folk Beliefs in Vietnam and the Region: A Comparative Approach”, Center for Contemporary Religious Studies (CECRS) & Faculty of Philosophy, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 2022.
  14. The integration of Buddhism with the ancestor worship beliefs of the Vietnamese people in the Red River Delta, Seminar of the Department of Religious Studies: Beliefs and Practices in Vietnam Today, December 29, 2022.
  15. Philosophy of Identity from the Perspective of Religious Symbolism, Do Thi Minh Thao and Nguyen Do Hong Anh, International Conference of the Center for Contemporary Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, March 2024
  16. The Philosophy of Identity and the Cultural Dynamics of Religion in Sustainable Development in Vietnam, Do Thi Minh Thao and Nguyen Do Hong Anh. The Third International Conference on the Issues of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, December 16, 2024.
  17. Fundamental theories in the study of beliefs and symbols, Do Thi Minh Thao and Nguyen Do Hong Anh. Scientific seminar: Theories and approaches in the research and teaching of Religious Studies today, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. November 28, 2024.
  18. Gender Approach from the Perspective of Religious and Belief Symbols (The Case of Androgynous Symbolism in Religious Symbolic Culture), Do Thi Minh Thao and Nguyen Do Hong Anh. International Scientific Conference: Gender Issues in Philosophy and Culture: Approaches and Comparative Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, October 2024.
5. Science and Technology Projects at all levels
  1. The Role of Aesthetic Ideals in Character Education for Young People Today, National University-level Scientific Research Project, Code: QX-98.05, completed in 2002. (co-authored)
  2. Regarding the motivation for human aesthetic creativity, T2003-17, school-level project, approved in 2004. (Project leader)
  3. Changes in Hanoi's folk beliefs within contemporary urban cultural life. Ministry-level research project (Ministry of Culture and Information), completion date 2005 (co-authored).
  4. "Vietnamese Aesthetic Thinking from the Early Period to the Beginning of the 10th Century", QX 06-28, National University Level – 2005. Approved in 2009 (Project Leader).
  5. Researching some key points of the Central Committee Resolution No. 5, 8th Congress, in the context of integration. Ministry-level research project (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), completed in 2010. (co-authored)
  6. Translation of reference materials (translation organizer): An Outline of the History of Chinese Aesthetics by Ye Lang, Shanghai People's Publishing House - 2001, Contract No. 184/XHNV-DT, dated April 28, 2008. Approved in 2012, published as a book in 2014, World Publishing House (Principal Editor).
  7. Translation of reference material (translation organizer): Life's Picture History of Western Men, Vol. 2 (Vol. 1 edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Van Khang), authors Lincoln Barnett, Crane Brinton, William T. Carnahan, etc., Time Publishing House, New York, 1951. Approved in 2006 (Project Leader).
  8. Topic: Symbols of Beauty in Buddhist Sculpture in the Northern Delta Region, PhD in Religious Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, defended at the institutional level.
6. Awards
  1. The theoretical foundations of literature, a monograph that won third prize from the Central Council for Literary and Artistic Theory and Criticism - 2015, edited by Meritorious Teacher, Associate Professor, Doctor of Science Do Van Khang, Information & Communication Publishing House, 2013 (co-authored).
7. Website
  1. On two characteristics of religious journalism – normativity and conceptuality. Published on the Website of the Department of Religious Studies, April 20, 2021, 6:09 PM.
  2. University autonomy with a dual governance model in the Department of Religious Studies. Published on the Department of Religious Studies website, April 20, 2021, 09:14:00 AM.
  3. Two fundamental principles in the philosophy of art by GWF Hegel. Published on the website of the Department of Religious Studies, June 4, 2021, 7:17 AM.
  4. How valuable is the Party's cultural leadership in our time? (Entry for the VNU Trade Union's essay contest: Protecting the Party's Ideological Foundation, 4th edition, 2024, in accordance with Official Letter No. 20/CĐXHNV and VNU Trade Union. Published on the Religious Studies Department website, June 10, 2024, 09:07 AM.)
8. Lecture notes and courses taught from 1994 to present.
  1. Art of Learning, excellent grade, printed as a textbook, 1994 (co-authored)
  2. General Aesthetics, textbook edition, 1995 (co-authored)
  3. History of Aesthetics, published in textbooks, 2002 (co-authored)
  4. Marxist methodology in aesthetic research, approved 2002
  5. Some aesthetic works by I. Kant and GWF Hegel, 2002
  6. Philosophy of Art, completed in 2012 (Chairperson)
  7. Concepts of Beauty and Goodness in Vietnamese Buddhist Art and Literature, 2016
  8. History of Religious Art, 2016
  9. Religious symbols – cultural foundations, received excellent evaluation, 2016 (Chairperson)
  10. Religious Studies, 2018
  11. Religious iconography, excellent evaluation, 2019 (chairperson)
  12. The Art of Religious Studies, 2019
  13. Religious journalism and media, 2022
  14. Anthropology of Religious Art (Currently part of the course Religious Art Studies), 2023
9. Works with copyright registration certificates
  1. Philosophy of Art (General Principles and Applications), completed in 2012.
  2. Religious iconography, received an excellent rating in 2016.
  3. Open Interaction in Contemporary Vietnamese Aesthetics, interdisciplinary monograph, 2017
  4. Structural Symbolism, 2020
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