[Book] The Influence of the Soviet School on Anthropology in Vietnam

After more than three years in the making, the bookThe Influence of the Soviet School on Anthropology in VietnamReleased to readers at the beginning of the Lunar New Year of the Rat, this book makes a significant contribution to clarifying the history of Ethnology and Archaeology in Vietnam during a vibrant and glorious period of the nation's history. In June 2017, after six months of preparation, the authors of the book, along with several colleagues, presented and discussed the influence and imprint of the Soviet school on Anthropology in Vietnam during the latter half of the 20th century. Following the symposium, the reports were carefully selected, edited, and supplemented with new articles to systematize them into this book.

The aim of this book is to clarify the influence and imprint of the Soviet School of Ethnology, and to some extent Soviet Archaeology, on Anthropology in Vietnam during the latter half of the 20th century.

Note: Professor Phan Huu Dat¹– Former Rector of Hanoi University and Associate Professor, Dr. EP Buxughin²– A Soviet ethnologist at an international conference in the Soviet Union.

1. Left imageProfessor Phan Huu Dat – One of the first Vietnamese people to earn a PhD in Ethnology in the Soviet Union.

2. Associate Professor Dr. EP Busygin was a Soviet ethnologist who was sent to teach and assist in ethnology training at the Department of History, Hanoi University in 1960.

The entire content of the book reveals the formation of the Soviet school in Ethnology and Archaeology in the Soviet Union, the dissemination of the Soviet school in Vietnam, and the influences and imprints of the Soviet school on Anthropology in Vietnam in key aspects such as research, teaching, organizational structure, etc., at both the macro level of the discipline, units, and individuals. This is expressed through the voices of those who were trained in the Soviet school and those who research and are interested in this issue.

The articles in the book:

• Nguyen Van Suu

From the Soviet School to Anthropology in Vietnam

• Nguyen Van Tiep

The Soviet School and Ethnology in Vietnam

• Ly Hanh Son

The Soviet School in Ethnographic Studies in Vietnam

• Ngo Van Le

The Soviet School in Cadre Training and Curriculum Development in Vietnamese Ethnology in the Second Half of the 20th Century

• Nguyen Van Manh

The bridge between Soviet ethnology and Vietnamese ethnology.

• Vuong Xuan Tinh, Vuong Ngoc Thi

The Soviet School and the Determination of Ethnic Groups in Vietnam

• Tran Van Ha, Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh

Institute of Ethnology and the Soviet School

• Cao The Trinh

The Soviet School in Ethnology Research and Teaching at Da Lat University

• Nguyen Truong Giang

The Soviet School of Visual Anthropology in Vietnam

• Lam My Dung

The Soviet School in Vietnamese Archaeology

• Chu Xuan Giao

Problemnational self-determinationand the shift in research on the Tay and Nung people by La Van Lo

• Tran Bich Hanh, Nguyen Thanh Hoa, Nguyen Thi Hien, Hoang Thi Liem, Hoang Kim Phuong

Vietnamese ethnographers and the Soviet school of thought

• Dinh Thi Thanh Huyen

The life story of the man who sowed the seeds of the Soviet school in Vietnamese ethnology.

• Mac Duong

The Soviet School of Ethnology and Me

Nguyen Van Suu (Editor) 2019.The Influence of the Soviet School on Anthropology in Vietnam. National University of Hanoi Publishing House.