As of 2013, although there are many professional History training and research units in Vietnam, there is no scientific center with a department or specialized training direction for Urban History. Meanwhile, Urban History has always been one of the strong training departments and majors at many historical training and research units in the world, from North America (The Urban History Association) to Northern Europe (The Danish Centre for Urban History; Institute of Urban History, Stockholm...), Western Europe (Centre for Urban History at Leicester - University of Leicester; Institut für Europäische Urbanistik (IfEU), Uni Weimar; Institut für Städtebau und Wohnungswesen, München, European Assiciation for Urban History (European Union), the United States (Urban History from the University of Chicago); East Asia (The Center for Urban History, Tokyo)... Besides, Urban History has also become an important research field of historical science with a series of prestigious scientific journals published at many universities and research centers around the world.
In general, the research and training direction of Urban History has been popular in the world and the region, but is still very new in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the research field on rural - agricultural - peasant in Vietnamese history has affirmed the professional prestige of the Faculty of History. Along with the development of the times, the trend of expansion of Vietnamese urban areas (and to some extent the trend of "urbanization") has been and is taking place strongly. Therefore, studying the process of Urban History in Vietnam in the context of the region and the world will contribute to supplementing and perfecting current historical issues in our country.
Teachers and students majoring in Urban History
Based on that scientific awareness, in the past two decades, research programs on Urban History have been systematically implemented by generations of teachers and students of the Faculty of History. In addition to training and guiding student courses from 2015 to present, the Urban History major of the Faculty of History has also organized many workshops, seminars and published scientific publications on related topics such as:
1. International Conference: Cities in Asia and Europe: Comparative Studies, (21-22/11/2016).
2. Scientific seminar - History of Hanoi. From the Imperial to the Socialist City - Prof. Detlef Briesen, Giessen University, Germany (September 30, 2016)
3. International Conference: Interdisciplinary Approach in Urban History Research [Vietnam Urban Development in Vietnamese History: An Interdisciplinary Perspective] (September 29-30, 2015), Hanoi.
4. Workshop: Urban research and training in the context of current urbanization in Vietnam (January 28, 2021), Hanoi.
5. Urbanism Course - Summer Course with the theme: “Urbanism, Space and People in Hanoi” (September 18-29, 2023) “Urbanism, Space and People in Hanoi” - in collaboration with the University of Cologne, Germany and the Department of Urban History, Faculty of History.
6. Publishing monograph: History of Vietnamese Urban Areas: Documents and Research, Hanoi National University Publishing House, H.2016.
Summer Course: “Urbanism, Space and People in Hanoi” (September 18-29, 2023) - “Urbanism, Space and People in Hanoi”
More importantly, in the context of the current strong urbanization process in Vietnam, the establishment of the Urban History research training major since 2015 has contributed to preparing a professional foundation to meet the social needs of urban history research and the urbanization process. From there, the Faculty of History in particular and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi in general have made practical contributions to research and policy advice for the overall development of modern Vietnamese urban areas.
Some learning and practical activities of teachers and students majoring in Urban History
Career opportunities for graduates majoring in Urban History are diverse and rich:
- The system of universities and colleges nationwide: students can participate in teaching issues of urban studies and history in general, urban history in particular.
- System of national research institutes and centers: oriented towards independent research, working in groups at national research institutes and centers that are in or close to the training major (Institute of Urban Planning, Institute of Architecture, Urban and Rural Planning, Institute of Tropical Architecture, Institute of Monument Conservation Research, Institute of History, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies...).
- Departments, branches, sectors, research centers, relic restoration in localities... Besides, related departments and sectors such as Department of Culture, Museum, Provincial History Writing Committee... are all suitable professional addresses for students graduating from the Urban History major.
- Other units: Ministries, Departments, Bureaus where there is a need to recruit History majors in general; information and communication units (newspapers, radio); Emulation and Reward Committees, Tourism agencies; representative offices...
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