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

After more than three years of gestation, the bookThe Influence of the Soviet School in Anthropology in VietnamThe book was introduced to readers at the beginning of the spring of the year of the Rat, making an important contribution to clarifying the history of Ethnology and Archaeology in Vietnam during a vibrant and heroic period of the nation's history. In June 2017, after half a year of preparation, the authors of the book, together with a number of colleagues, presented and discussed the influence and imprint of the Soviet school in Anthropology in Vietnam in the second half of the 20th century. After the seminar, the reports of the seminar were carefully selected, edited and supplemented with new articles to systematize them into this book.

The aim of the book is to clarify the influence and imprint of the Soviet Ethnological School and partly Soviet Archaeology in Anthropology in Vietnam in the second half of the 20th century.

Note: Prof. Phan Huu Dat¹– Former Rector of Hanoi University of Science and Associate Professor, Dr. EP Buxughin²– Soviet Ethnologist at an International Conference in the Soviet Union

1. Left photo: Prof. Dr. Phan Huu Dat – One of the first Vietnamese to study for a PhD in Ethnology in the Soviet Union

2. Associate Professor, Dr. EP Buxuygin is a Soviet Ethnology expert who was sent to teach and support Ethnology training at the Faculty of History, Hanoi University of Science in 1960.

The entire content of the book shows the formation of the Soviet school in Ethnology and Archaeology in the Soviet Union, the spread of the Soviet school in Vietnam, the influences and imprints of the Soviet school in Anthropology in Vietnam in key aspects, such as research, teaching, organizational structure,... at both the macro level of the industry, unit and individual, expressed through the voices of those who were trained in the Soviet school, and those who research and are interested in this issue.

Articles in the book:

• Nguyen Van Suu

From Soviet School to Anthropology in Vietnam

• Nguyen Van Tiep

Soviet School and Ethnology in Vietnam

• Lee Hang Son

The Soviet School in Ethnological Research in Vietnam

• Ngo Van Le

The Soviet School in Training Cadres and Building Vietnamese Ethnology Training Program in the Second Half of the 20th Century

• Nguyen Van Manh

The Link Between Soviet Ethnology and Vietnamese Ethnology

• Vuong Xuan Tinh, Vuong Ngoc Thi

The Soviet School and the Work of Determining Ethnic Composition in Vietnam

• Tran Van Ha, Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh

Institute of Ethnology and Soviet School

• Cao The Trinh

Soviet School in Research and Teaching of Ethnology at Dalat University

• Nguyen Truong Giang

The Soviet School in Visual Anthropology in Vietnam

• Lam My Dung

Soviet School in Vietnamese Archaeology

• Chu Xuan Giao

Problemnational self-determinationand the transformation in the study of the Tay Nung people by La Van Lo

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

Vietnamese Ethnologists and the Soviet School

• Dinh Thi Thanh Huyen

The life story of the person who sowed the seeds of the Soviet school in Vietnamese Ethnology

• Mac Duong

Soviet Ethnology and Me

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