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Dr. Nguyen Vu Hoang

Position Deputy Head of Department
Unit Department of Anthropology and Religious Studies

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Dr. Nguyen Vu Hoang
I. General information
  • Year of birth: 1981.
  • E-mail:hoang.nguyen@vnu.edu.vn |hv.nguyen.ussh@gmail.com
  • Work unit: Faculty of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi
  • Academic title: Year of promotion:
  • Degree: PhD. Year received: 2017.
  • Training process:
2004: Bachelor of Law, Hanoi Law University.
2007: Master of Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017: PhD in Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada.
  • Main research direction:Urban anthropology, transnational anthropology, globalization, ethnic politics, anthropology of heritage.
II. Scientific works
1. Books:
  1. Vietnam's seas and islands from an anthropological perspective, (co-authored), Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi, Nguyen Duy Thieu (Editor-in-Chief), 2022. ISBN: 978-604-364-115-8.
  2. Southeast Asian Cultures, Catalogue of the Southeast Asian Exhibition at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, (in charge of Southeast Asian Religions section), Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi, 2010.
2.Book Chapter
  1. Nguyen Van Huy & Nguyen Vu Hoang “Soviet-style Apartment Blocks in Hanoi: Architecture and Intellectual Exchange” in Jacob Copeman, Lam Minh Chau, Joanna Cook, Nicholas J. Long, and Magnus Marsden (Eds.),An Anthropology of Intellectual Exchange: Interactions, Transactions and Ethics in Asiaand Beyond, 2023, chapter 3, Berghahn Books, Oxford, ISBN: 978-1-80539-070-1.
  2. “Trapped within the White Frame: Vietnamese Americans in Post-Katrina New Orleans,” in Linda Ho Peche, Alex-Thai Vo and Tuong Vu (Eds.),Toward a Framework for Vietnamese American Studies: History, Community, and Memory, 2023, chapter 9, pp.178-198, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, ISBN: 1439922896.
  3. Nguyen Vu Hoang, “Constructing Civil Society on a Demolition Site in Hanoi”, in Hue-Tam Ho Tai and Mark Sidel (Co-editors),State, Society and the Market in Contemporary Vietnam: Property, Power and Values, Routledge Publishing House, New York, pages 87-102, 2013, ISBN: 0415626250.
  4. “Anthropology of Globalization”, printed in Nguyen Van Suu (Editor),Anthropology: The science of humans, 2020, pp.169-179, Hanoi National University Publishing House, Hanoi.
  5. “Transnational Anthropology: Theoretical Approaches to Anthropology of Vietnamese People in the United States”, in Luong Van Hy, Ngo Van Le, Nguyen Van Tiep, Phan Thi Yen Tuyet (Co-editors),Modernity and the Dynamics of Tradition in Vietnam: Anthropological Approaches, Volume 3: Globalization, 2019, pp. 01-22, Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi.
  6. “Environmental Changes” in Luu Hung (Editor)Highway No. 9: Opportunities and Challenges, Hanoi: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, 2009. pp. 161-195.
3. Magazine article
  1. “Vietnamese Catholic Parishes in New Orleans and Vietnamese Identity in America”,Religious Studies, No. 3(231), 2023, pp. 46-60.
  2. “ 'Passage Rites'in the transnational experiences of Vietnamese international students”, co-author,Vietnam Social Sciences, No. 3, 2023, pp. 112-120.
  3. “Impulsions for the Invention of Tradition in Vietnam: the Case of Nem Thuong Village Festival, Bac Ninh Province”, co-authored with Nguyen Van Huy,Vietnam Social Sciences Review, No.3 (209), 2022, pp.75-92.
  4. “Politics based on skin color? The Case of US Congressman Joseph Anh Cao (2009-2011)”,Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities(JOSSH), 8(2), 2022, pp.176-191.
  5. “Community in old apartment buildings in Hanoi”,Culture and Arts, No. 482, 2021, pp.42-45.
  6. Old apartment buildings: A cultural heritage of Hanoi,Culture and Arts, No. 435, 2020, pp. 23-26, co-authored with Nguyen Van Huy.
  7. Ethnic Stereotypes in America: A Case Study of Vietnamese Americans in New Orleans,Vietnamese Social Sciences, No. 11, 2019, pp. 92-102.
  8. “From Fishing to Maritime Trade: The Development of the Ghe Bau in Central Vietnam”,Museums and Anthropology, No. 3&4(27&28), 2019, pp. 53-60.
  9. The Relationship Between Javanese Shadow Puppets and Indonesian Gamelan Orchestras,Southeast Asian Studies, 10(235), 2019, pp. 56-62.
  10. Remittances from the United States: The Hidden Iceberg of Transnational Relations,Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 4(4), 2018, pp. 471-484.
  11. “Shadow puppetry in Java and Bali Indonesia”,Southeast Asian Studies, 3(216), 2018, pp. 45-52.
  12. The process of creating a new image after a natural disaster: Comparing the cases of African Americans and Vietnamese Americans in New Orleans,Ethnology, 5(203), 2017, pp. 12-23.
  13. “Indigenous or Imported: Discussions on the Origins of Javanese Shadow Puppets, Indonesia”,Museums & Anthropology, (3-4), 2017, pp. 123-132.
  14. Introduction to PhD thesisMuseums, Ethnology and the Politics of Culture in Contemporary Vietnamby Margaret Barnhill Bodemer (2010),Museums and Anthropology, 1(9), 2015, pp. 78-85.
  15. “Eric Hobsbawm: Premodern World History and the Creation of Tradition”,Folklore, 5(149), 2013, pp. 76-78.
  16. Life Stories of Artifacts: Javanese Shadow Puppets and Gamelan Orchestra of the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology,Museums and Anthropology, 1(4), 2013, pp. 19-29, co-authored with Luu Hung.
  17. “Disaster Studies: Anthropological Approaches in the 21st Century”,Museums and Anthropology, 1(1), 2013, pp. 59-71.
  18. “Transnational Anthropology: Theoretical Approaches to Anthropology of Vietnamese in the United States”,Ethnology, 4(172), 2011, pp. 60-72.
  19. “Social Capital in the City: An Anthropological Study of Collective Action in Urban Improvement Project in Hanoi”,Vietnamese Anthropology Review, (2), 2009, pp. 51-65.
  20. “Social Capital in the City: An Anthropological Study of Collective Action in an Urban Development Project in Hanoi”,Ethnology, 5(155), 2008, pp. 11-26.
  21. “Urban Anthropology: Some Approaches in Western and Southeast Asian Studies”,Ethnology, 1(151), 2008, pp. 60-70.
III. Science and Technology topics at all levels
  1. Culture, livelihoods and communal compromises in Hanoi's collective housing estates, core research member, scientific secretary, NAFOSTED Project, 2020-2023.
  2. Vietnamese Sea and Island Culture – Approach to Museology, Ministerial-level project at Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, key research member, 2018-2019.
  3. Research and proposal for performance on shadow puppetry in Indonesian culture, Grassroots scientific project at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Director, 2017.
IV. Awards and scholarships
  1. 2022: Third Prize A of the Vietnam Folk Arts Association, monographVietnam's seas and islands from an anthropological perspective, Nguyen Duy Thieu (Editor-in-Chief), Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi, co-author.
  2. 2014: Scientific research paper award for postgraduate students of Vietnam Studies Group, Association for Asian Studies.
  3. 2012: Best research paper of the year award from the Journal of Ethnology, Institute of Ethnology.
  4. 2009-2013: Harvard-Yenching Institute Fellowship, USA.
  5. 2008: Best research paper of the year award from the Journal of Ethnology, Institute of Ethnology.
  6. 2005-2007: Vrije University Fellowship for Master's students, Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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