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MARIAM BEEVI
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"Surfin' Vietnam: Trauma, Historical Memory, and Cultural Politics in
20th Century Literature and Film ("Lu+o+'t So'ng (So+ phing) Viet Nam:
Cha^'n Thu+o+ng, Ky' U+'c Li.ch Su+? va` Chi'nh Tri. Va(n Ho'a Trong Va(n
Ho.c
va` Phim A?nh The^' Ky? 20.)
- Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature with Emphases
in Women's Studies and
Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine.
- Founding Member and Scholarship Committee Chairperson of Praxis-UCI, Asian
Alumni Chapter, UC Irvine.
- Scholarships and Awards:
* School of Humanitites Research Travel Fellowship to Vietnam, UCI - Winter
2001
* UCI Humanities Center Dissertation Research Fellowship Award - Spring 2001
* President's Diversity Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCI - 2001
* etc.
PUBLISHED WORKS
ARTICLES, MOMOGRAPHS:
- "Reaping and Sowing Vietnam Cinema." Kyoto Journal. Co-written
article with guest
Writer/editor Duane Phan.(Forthcoming, 2002).
- "The Gender of Community in Documentary Film and Video." Invited
essay contribution to the forthcoming Summer 2002 issue of Amerasia
Journal. Guest editor, Linda. T. Vo. Editor, Russell Leong. UCLA
Asian American Studies Center.
- "Vietnamese Americans: Lessons in American History, Second Edition.
Co-edited book
(pedagogical textbook) with James C. Lam and Michael Matsuda.
Garden Grove, CA:
Joint Publication of the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander
Community Alliance
(OCAPICA) and the Orange County Human Relations Council, 2001.
- "The Passing of Literary Traditions: The Figure of the Woman from Vietnamese
Nationalism to Vietnamese American Transnationalism." Amerasia
Journal (Fall 1997/
23:2), UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
LECTURE AND PRESENTATIONS:
- "Lessons in American History," Paper presented
at the 2002 Asian Issues Conference
entitled "The Fruits of Our Labor: Asian-Pacific Americans."
Los Angeles, CA.
- "The Vietnamese American Curricular Guide." Trained 40 junior
high and high school
teachers in the Anaheim Union High School District in implementing
curriculum.
Cypress High School, Anaheim, CA.
- "We Want YOU!: Transnational Feminist Criticism and Contemporary Cultural
Theory." Paper presented on panel titled "Cultural Colonialism
in Revision" at the 36th
Annual Comparative Literature Conference addressing the theme
"Dislocation of Culture: Postcolonial Literature and Cultural
Theory. California State University, Long Beach, CA.
- "The 1999 Little Saigon Protest in Documentary Film." Paper presented
at the Annual
Conference of the Association of Asian American Studies. Scottsdale,
AZ.
- "Nguyen Huy Thiep: Writing Beyond Genre." Paper presented on panel
welcoming
Vietnamese Writer to the U.S. UC Berkeley.
- "The Romantic Tradition in Vietnamese Literature." Guest lecture.
- etc.
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"On-going efforts by Overseas Communities to Advocate Religious Freedoms
Back In
Vietnam. (Special attention to Cao Dai and Hoa Hao.)"
("Nhung No Luc Thuc Day Tu Do Ton Giao Tai Viet Nam Hien
Nay cua Cong Dong Hai
Ngoai" - Dac Biet Voi Dao Cao Dai va Hoa Hao)
- Freelance journalist, InterPress Service, South China Morning Post, BBC
World
Service (Vietnamese), Asia Times On-Line.
- Ph.D. in History and Religion (Russian Academy of Science, 1991). Dissertation
is
on the Cao Dai of Vietnam. Dr. Blagov made a number of reporting
and researching
tours in Viet Nam in 1983-4, 1987-88, 1991, 1993-97 and in Laos
in 1990.
- Reporter, ITAR-TASS news agency (1985-1997)
- College of Oriental Studies at Moscow University (1979-85)
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. WORKS:
- Honest Mistakes: The Life and Death of Trinh Minh The (1922-1955).
Nova Science Inc., New York, 2001.
- A Book on Caodaism in Vietnam (Forth coming, Nova, 2002)
B. ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS:
- "Missile Ambushes: Soviet Air Defense Aid." Vietnam (Primedia
Publication),
August 2001, pp. 26-32.
- "Warmth in Siberia. Hashimoto and Yeltsin hope to thaw relations."
Far Eastern
Economic Review, October 30, 1997.
- "Red Tape around Red Square." Accountancy International, July
1998, pp. 24-27.
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"Dien Trinh Tai Tao, Gin Giu va Hoi Nhap cua Nen Van Hoa Viet Nam Qua
Cac Truyen Thong Tam Linh va Tin Nguong Trong Cong Dong Nguoi Viet
Luu Vong o Nga" ("The Reconstruction, Preservation, and Integration
of Vietnamese Culture, esp. Through the Religious and Spiritual traditions,
in the Vietnamese
Community in Russia")
- Graduate of the Moscow University, Department of International Trade (1993)
- Publisher/Editor in chief, a newspaper daily ("For You") for the
Vietnamese
community (1994-1995)
- Reporter, VOA, on Vietnamese community in Russia (1993 - Present)
- Reporter, Little Saigon Radio (1994 - Present)
- Reporter, SBS (Australia) (1995 - Present)
- Reporter, RFI (France) (1998 - Present)
- Translator/Editor/Announcer - Free Vietnam Radio from Moscow (1992 - 1995)
- Contributor - Thoi Luan, Dian Gian Phu Nu, Me Viet Nam, The Ky 21, Viet
Tide, Viet Mercury, Dan Chim Viet, Tia Sang, Viet Giac, Dan Chu
Cho Viet
Nam, etc.
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. WORKS:
- Nuoc Nga Duoi Mat Nguoi Viet (Russia In Vietnamese Eyes), Tan Van,
Tokyo, 2000
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Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"Truyen Thong va Cach Tan Trong Van Hoc Nghe Thuat cua Nguoi Viet Hai
Ngoai
(Dac Biet Chu Trong ve Lanh Vuc Nghe Thuat)"
("Tradition and Renovation in Overseas Literature and Arts. With Special
Attention
to The Arts")
- Graduate of Hanoi University
- Contributors - Hop Luu, Van Hoc, Viet, Tap Chi Tho, etc
Most recently, one of the principal participators in the transnational
internet discussion
forum "Dien Dan Tri Thuc" hosted by Do Quyen.
- Awards and Fellowships:
* Second prize in Music in Hanoi, 1976
* First prize in Poetry in 1989
* National Honor Awards for 8 of his films
PUBLISHED WORKS
Poetry:
- My Mother The Worrier, 1989 (First Prize, Van Nghe Journal Contest, 1989-1990.
- The Prophetic Petals, Hoi Nha Van publishing house, 1992
- Awaken, Van Hoc publishing house,, 1992
- The Paper Bird, Phu Nu publishing hiuse, 1993
- Love Poems, Thanh Nien publishing house, 1993.
Literary Criticism:
- Nguyen Du's lyrical arts in The Tale of Kieu, Van Hoa publishing house,
1994
- The Day Literature Ascends the Throne, Van Hoc publishing house, 1996
Film scripts:
- The Lamp of Deam, 1987 (Silver medal, Eight National Film Celebration; Award
by the Association of Movies, 1988; Participated in the Film Festivals
in Cannes,
Belfort (France), Montreal (Canada), Fukuoka (Japan), Third World
(Switzerland),
Tasken (Uzbeckistan); Shown at UNESCO Paris, 1989.
- The Laughing Plague, 1988 (Commendation Award in Teheran Film Festival;
Participated in Film Festivals in Nantes (France), Istanbul (Turkey);
Shown at
UNESCO Paris, 1989.
- Others: The Woman who plays with the sand (1990), Flower of Heaven (1995),
Greeting the Customer (1996)
- TV films: The Cuoi (1990), Golden kids (1991), Vote for the Village Guardian
(1993), Early Tet (1994), Teach the Husband (2000), The village
envoy (2000), ...
- etc.
Theater:
- The Only Child, Live by the Phone, Live & Die according the Fads, Borrow
the Teeth
Music:
- Second Prize, the Hanoi City Song Contest, 1976
Paintings:
- Individual exhibitions in Hanoi (1993), in Paris (1994)
- Do Minh Tuan Paintings, My Thuat publishing house, 1994
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"History, Memory & the Next Generation" (Li.ch Su+?, Ky' U+'c
& The^' He^. Ke^' Tu.c)
- Ph.D. candidate, Cultural Anthropology, Defense expected Winter 2002,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Doctoral dissertation:
"Landscapes of Memory: Vietnamese Reeducation and the Search for Cold
War Refuge"
- Scholarships and Awards:
* Rackham Dissertation Grant, 1999
* Woodrow Wilson Dissertstion Grant in Women's Studies, 1998
* Social Science Research Council Southeast Asian Diasporas Workshop
Award, 1996
* Andrew mellon/Dean's Candidacy Dissertation Research Fellowship, 1996
* Vietnamese Advanced Study Institute Fellowship, 1996
* Dean's Recognition of Outstanding Teaching, 1994, 1995
* etc.
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS:
- "Passage on the Road to Freedom: Cold War Migrations and the Specter
Of Colonialism," in Sonia Ryang and Kate Jellema (eds) Cold
War
And Diaspora: National Division and International Dispersion of
Koreans
And Vietnamese (Forthcoming).
- "Collapse of Communism," in James Ciment [ed] Encyclopedia of
American
Migration.
B. ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS, PRESENTATIONS:
- "An Economy of Stories", The Politics of Scholarship on South
and Southeast
Asia Workshop, University of California, Berkeley, 3/2001.
- "Shall We Go Global ?: Conflicting Interpretations of Place, Memory
and
Belonging in Seattle," Going Global ? Urban Ethnography Panel,
American
Association Annual Conference, 11/2001.
- "Neither Cambodian Nor Chinese: Vietnamizing the History of Saigon,"
Minority Perspectives: Rewriting Vietnamese History Panel, Association
for Asian Studies Conference, 3/2000.
- "The Politics of Exile: Vietnamese Emigrants Encounter the INS,"
Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference, 7/1998
- "Vietnamese and U.S. Ethnographers: Bridging the Cold War Divide,"
Ethnography in Vietnam Today Panel, American Anthropological
Associations
Annual Conference, 11/1997.
- Forming Socialist Spaces: Moscow, Hanoi and Saigon," Socialism and
Empire Panel, American Anthropological Association Annual
Conference,11/1996.
- etc.
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"Nhung Nha Van Goc Quan Doi Trong Cong Dong Hai Ngoai" ("Veteran
Writers In the Vietnamese Overseas Communities")
- Editor, the Literature and Arts Section, Nguoi Viet Newspaper
- Contributors to many overseas journals, including Van Hoc, Van, Hop Luu,
The Ky 21, etc.
- Graduate of the Thu Duc Military Academy (15th class)
- Captain, ARVN
- Publisher/Editor in chief, Van Hoc journal (1989-1991)
- Editorial Board (Ban Chu Truong): Van Hoc (1985), The Ky 21 (1989), Hop
Luu (1991).
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. WORKS:
Over 15 works of poetry and prose:
- Mat Troi Len (The Sun Rises), poems, 1967
- Phuc Hoi Quyen Chuc Lam Nguoi (Restore the Privilege To Be Human), Poems,
1967
- Trong Hoan Canh Khac (in Other Circumstances), Short Stories, 1972
- Tuyen Tap Thi Ca 1975-77 (Anthology of Poetry 1975-77), CA.1977
- Ngang Mat Nhin Trang Sang (Raise The Head To Look at the Bright Moon),
Short stories, 1977
- Ngay N+... (Day N+...), Memoir, 1978
- Thu Khong Nguoi Nhan (Letter With No One To Receive), Short Stories, 1988
- Cay Tung Truoc Bao (The Pine Tree Facing the Storm), Portrait Narrative,
1990, 1991
- Nguoi Tram Nam Cu (Beings of A Hundred Years Ago), long novel, Vol I (1994,
2001), Vol II (2002).
- Nhung Con Chuot Thoi Tho Au (Mice of Childhood), Short stories, 1996
- Viet Len Troi Xanh (Write Into The Blue Sky), novel, 1996
Excerpted in anthologies:
- The Other Side of Heavens, Curbstone Press, 1995
- Tram Hoa Van No Tren Que Huong (A Hundred Flowers Still Bloom In Our Land),
1991
- Hai Muoi Nam Van Hoc Viet Nam Hai Ngoai (Twenty Years of Overseas Vietnamese
Literature), 1995
- Tuyen Tap Tho Van Hai Ngoai Nam 2000 (Anthology of Overseas Literature 2000),
2000
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NGUYEN Y DUC
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"Nguoi Cao Nien Viet Nam Tai Hoa Ky" ("The Vietnamese Elders
in the United States")
- Doctor of Medicine, Family Practice & Gerontology, Department of Health,
Lousiana State, 1977-2002
- Founder and President of the Vietnamese American Community of Baton Rouge
and Vicinity (for almost two decades)
- Founder and President of the Asian American Association of South Lousiana
- Secretary General of Hoi Quoc te Y Si VN Tu Do (Vietnamese Medical Association
of the Free World).
- Secretary General and then President of the Vietnamese Physician Association
of Lousiana
- General Secretary, Lousiana Chapter, Vietnam PEN Club
- Senior Advisor, International Program, Lousiana State University
- Member & Senior Advisor, Luther Martin King Foundation, Baton Rouge
- Member, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
- Member, American Association of Retired People.
- Formerly served in the Army of South Vietnam
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. WORKS:
- "An Huong Tuoi Vang" (Enjoy The Golden Years), 2000
- "Thuoc My Chua Benh Ta" (American Drugs For Vietnamese Illnesses),
1977
- "Suc Khoe va Doi Song" (Health and Life) (Forthcoming)
- " Dinh Duong va An Toan Thuc Pham" (Nutrition and Food Safety)
(Forthcoming)
- etc.
B. ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS, PRESENTATIONS:
- Numerous articles and essays on the issues of health, nutrition, and social
adaptation.
Rockefeller Project Proposal: To complete an
on-going book project:
"So Thao ve cac Giai Doan Hinh Thanh va Phat Trien cua Giong Van Xuoi
o
Hai Ngoai tu Nam 1975 Den 2000" ("A Preliminary Study of the Formation
and Development of the Overseas Prose from 1975 to 2000")
- Editor in chief, Van Hoc journal (1985-Present)
- Graduate of Hue University, College of Teaching, 1963.
- Instructor at Dong Khanh High school (Hue), Cuong De High school (Qui Nhon)
- Freelance writer, Orange County, Cal., 1983-87
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. WORKS:
Five works published in Saigon before 1975:
- Noi Ban Khoan cua Kim Dung (Kim Dung's Worries) (essays)
- Tieng Chim Vuon Cu (Bird Songs of the Old Garden), novel
- Bao Rot (Straying Storm), short stories
- Qua cau Gio Bay (Crossing the Bridge, Blown By the Wind), novel
- Duong Mot Chieu (A One-Way Street), novel
Works published in the U.S.:
- Ngua Nan Chan Bon (Horse with Tired FeetXXX???), short stories
- Xuoi Dong (Going With the Current), short stories
- Mua Bien Dong (Season of Rough Sea), long novel
- Song Con Mua Lu (The Con River in the Flood Season), long novel
B. ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS, PRESENTATIONS:
- Numerous literary essays on the works of Nguyen Ngoc Ngan, Thanh Nam, Vo
Phien, Pham Duy, Doan Quoc Sy, Hoang Khoi Phong, Nguyen Y Thuan,
Nguyen Thi Hoang Bac, Ngo Nguyen Dung, Kiet Tan, Truogn Anh Thuy,
Phung Nguyen, Song Thao, Hoai My, Tam Thanh, Truc Chi, Pham Hai
Anh, Le Minh Ha, Tho Tho, etc.
- Other articles:
* Nghi Ve Mot So Nha Van Nu Hai Ngoai Hien Nay (On A Number of Overseas Women
Writers Today), Van Hoc, No. 2, 3/1986
* Van Hoc Hai Ngoai Muoi Tam Nam Qua (Overseas Literature During the Last
Eighteen Years), Van Xa, No. 1, 1993
* Van Hoc Luu Vong Hay Van Hoc Di Dan (An Exile or An Emigrant Literature
?), Van Hoc, No. 99, 7/1994
* G ioi Thieu Tac Gia va Tac Pham cua Hai Muoi Nam Van Hoc Hai Ngoai (An Introduction
to the Authors and Works of the Last Twenty Years of Overseas Literature),
Van Hoc, No. 110 to No. 128 (6/1995 to 12/1996)
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NGUYEN MANH HUNG
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"Nguoi Viet Tre Trong Van Hoc Viet Nam Hai Ngoai Tai Bac My: Ton Tai,
Hoi Nhap va Tuong Lai." ("Young Vietnamese-American Writers in North
America: Survival, Integration, and Prospect")
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Toronto, Canada
- Professor in Economics, University of Laval, Canada
- Visiting professors/Researchers at Harvard, Sorbonne, Toulouse, Montpellier,
Paris 10, CEPREMAP, National Australian University, University of New Southwales,
etc.
- Writer of novels, short stories, plays, poems and literary essays (pen name
Nam
Dao). His recent novel "Gio Lua" (Wind of Fires) has
created a great deal
of discussion.
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. LITERARY WORKS:
- Khoang Choi Voi (Swept Along), Stories and Personal narrarives, 2001
- Trong Buot Pha Le (Crystal Clear), Short stories, 2001
- Ba Vo Kich (Three Plays), 2000
- Tieng Cong (The Sound of the Gong), 2000
- Gio Lua (Wind of Fire), historical novel, 1999
- Dat Troi (Earth and Sky), novel (forthcoming)
- Tho Nam Dao (The Poems of Nam Dao) (forthcoming)
- Dich Lai Tho Duong (Retranslate Tang Poems) (forthcoming)
B. PLAYS, ARTICLES, PERSONAL NARRATIVES:
- Four plays published in Hop Luu (12/2000) and Van Hoc (4/1999, 4/2000, 11/2000)
- Twenty short stories published in Van, Hop Luu, Van Hoc, Chu De, The Ky
21 And Dat Viet.
- Seven personal naaratives on Van Cao, Nguyen Tuan, Trinh Cong Son, Bui
Xuan Phai, Nguyen Hong, etc. published in Van Hoc, Hop Luu, and
Dat Viet.
- Numerous poems appeared in Tap Chi Tho, Chu De, Hop Luu, Dat Viet, etc.
- etc.
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"Co^.ng Ddo^`ng Ngu+o+`i Vie^.t o+? Ngoa`i Nu+o+'c Qua C'ac Cuo^.c
Va^.n Ddo^.ng Chi'nh Tri." ("The Vietnamese Overseas Communities
Through Political Movements")
- Librarian, Quebec Ministry of Transportation
- MA in Western Philosophy, Saigon University, 1975
- MA in Library Science, University of Montreal, 1978
- Currently on the Editorial Staff of Dinh Huong (France), Nhan Van (web -http://www.nhanvan.com),
bimonthly journal Ngay Nay (Houston, TX)
- Member of the Executive Board, Vietnamese Catholic Community of Montreal
City (since 1/2001).
- Contributor, Van, Hop Luu, Van Hoc, Di Toi, Dan Chu Moi, Phuong Dong, Quoc
Gia, Que Huong (MI), Thong Nhat (TX), Ngay Nay (TX), Dinh Huong,
Van Tuyen, Song Van, Van Hoc Nghe Thuat (web), Hon Que (web),
Saigon Times, Van Hoa Viet Nam, Vietnamologica, Van Phong, Kinh
Doanh, Chu De, Pho Van, Quang Da, v.v.
- Founding Member and Secretary General the Vietnamese Studies Center and
the Vietnamologica Journal (Montreal, 1994-97)
- Secretary General, World Federation of Vietnamese Associations Overseas
(1991-93)
- Secretary General, Vietnamese Catholic Community of Montreal City (1989-91)
- Secretary General, Vietnamese Catholic Community of Quebec City (1985-86).
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. WORKS:
- "Khung Cua" (The Window), poems, Saigon, 1972
- "Ngo Dinh Diem va No Luc Hoa Binh Dang Do" (Ngo Dinh Diem and
His Unfinished
Peace Efforts (?)), Transl, 1989
- "Lo Tan va Truyen Xua Viet Lai" (Lo Tan and Old Stories Rewritten),
1997
- "Bon Muoi Nam Van Hoc Chien Tranh 1957-1997" (Forty Years
of War Literature
1957-1997, 1997
- "Van Hoc va Thoi Gian" (Literature and Time), 2000
- "Van Hoc Viet Nam The Ky 20: Hien Tuong va The Loai" (Vietnamese
20th Century
Literature: Phenomona and Forms), 2002
- "Viet o Ngoai Nuoc" (Writing from Outside The Country), Forthcoming
in 2002
B. ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS, PRESENTATIONS:
- "The Che Tuong Lai: Mot So Dinh Huong" (Future Institutions: Some
Guiding
Principles) and "Ban Ve Vai Tro Chinh Tri Cua Cac To Chuc
Cong Dong va
Tong Lien Hoi Nguoi Viet Hai Ngoai" (On the Political Role
of Vietnamese
Community Organizations and the World Federation of Vietnamese
Associations
Overseas), in "Di Tim Mot Dong Thuan Dau Tranh Chinh Tri
Xay Dung Mot
VN Tu Do Dan Chu va Da Nguyen" (In Search of a Political
Consensus On
How To Build A Free, Democratic, and MultiParty Vietnam), Montreal,
1991,
pp. 110-113 and pp. 229-232.
- "Les Nons des Vietnamiens" (The Names of the Vietnamese) in "Vietnam
et Culture," Montreal, 1999, pp. 35-42.
- "Nguyen Sa, Nha Tho, Nha Bao" (Nguyen Sa, the Poet, the Journalist),
in "Nguyen Sa, Tac Gia va Tac Pham" (Nguyen Sa, Life
& Works), Westminster CA, 1998, PP. 129-153.
- Poems, in "Gom Lai Nhung Dong Trang," (Gather Together the Moon
Streams), Garland TX, 1999.
- Numerous articles and essays on various literary, social, and political
issues published in overseas journals.
Rockefeller Project Proposal: "Van Tre Hai Ngoai" ("The Young Writers Overseas")
- Researcher, Department of Literary Review, Institute
of Literature, Hanoi
- Graduate of Hanoi University, Department of Linguistics and Literature,
1983
- Awards and Fellowships:
* Spent three months in Paris, France (Sept - Dec 2002) under the invitation of
the French Government.
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. LITERARY ESSAYS:
- Nghi Tiep Ve Nam Cao (Rethinking Nam Cao), co-author, Hanoi, 1997
- Nguyen Huy Tuong, Mot Su Nghiep Chua Ket Thuc (Nguyen Huy Tuong, An Unfinished
Vocation), co-author, Hanoi, 1992
- De Hinh Dung Mot Nen Van Hoc Viet Nam Day Du (To Imagine A Complete
Vietnamese Literature), Hop Luu, No, 22, 4-5/1995.
- Di Tim Nguyen Huy Thiep (In Search Of Nguyen Huy Thiep), compile, Hanoi,
2000
- Hemingway, Nhung Phuong Troi Nghe Thuat (Hemingway, Horizons of the Arts),
Co-author, Hanoi, 2001
B.TRANSLATIONS:
- Cuoc Phieu Luu Ky La Cua Tho Loc (The Strange Adventures of Loc Rabbit),
Westafrican tales, Hanoi, 1986
- Cac Khoa Hoc Van Hoc (The Sciences of Literature), co-author, Hanoi, 1987
- Khoang Thoi Gian Khoƒng Ngu (A Time of No Sleep), Poems of American
Veterans, co-author, Hanoi, 1995
- Ba Tieu Thuyet Milan Kundera (Three Novels of Milan Kundera - Immortality,
Slowness, Identity), Hanoi, 1999
- Nghe Thuat Nhu La Thu Phap - Ly Thuyet Chu Nghia Hinh Thuc Nga (The art
As
Method, A Theory of Russian Formalism, co-author, Hanoi, 2001
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PHAN HUY DUONG
Rockefeller Project Proposal: "Tim Hieu
Than Phan Lam Nguoi Da Qua cua Nguoi Viet Di Tan De Xay Dung Mot Phong Cach
Lam Nguoi Noi Que Nguoi Hom Nay"
("Studying the Past Human Condition of the Vietnamese Diaspora In Order
To Construct A Mode of Being Human In A New Land")
- Director of the Collection of Vietnamese Literature, Philippe Picquier publishing
house.
- Awards:
* Award of the National Agency for the Valorization of Research by creating
Case Tools ACK-BEST, 1989
* Mention of ACK-BEST in Strategic Technologies Survey, French Industry Ministry,
1989.
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. WORKS
I. In Vietnamese:
- "Vay Goi Nhau Lam Nguoi" (Becoming Human Together), 1996 (8 essays,
12 book reviews, 13 comments on events, 2 dialogues, 1 short story)
II. In French:
- Un armour meteque (A Hybrid Love), short stories, l' Harmanttan, paris,
1994
- Penser Librement (Thinking Freely), philosophy, Editions Chronique sociale,
Lyon, 2000.
- Article on Vietnamese Literature in "Dictionaire universel de la literature
Contemporaine, PUF, Paris, 1995
B.ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS:
- "Une voix a la reserche d'un visage" (A voice in search of a face),
preface to Pham Thi Hoai's "La Messagere de Cristal"
- "Une douleur sans perspective" (A suffering without future), preface
to Bao Ninh's "La Chagrine de la guerre."
- "Les hommes du neant" (The men of nothingness), Doan Ket journal,
no. 419, Paris, 12/89
- "Le parti des ames mortes" (The Party of Dead Souls), Dien Dan
Forum, no. 426, Paris, 91990 The Vietnam Review, USA.
- "L'honneur de notre literature vietnamienne" (The honor of Vietnamese
Literature), on Duong Thu Huong, La Quinzaine Literaire, No. 528,
Paris, 16-31/07/1991.
- "Tran Duc Thao, une vie" (Tran Duc Thao, a life), Dien Dan Forum,
no. 8, Paris, 7/1993. The Vietnam Review, USA
- etc.
B.TRANSLATIONS:
- Published in English (Transl. By Nina McPherson)
* The Billion Dollar Skeleton: In Story, USA, Autumn 1994; In "The Other
Side of Heaven," Curnstone Press, USA, 1995.
* "A Work of Art," in the Vietnamese Forum no. 14, USA 1994
* "Duong Thu Huong, Beyong Violence," in Prince Clause Awards Book,
Holland, 2001
- Translations into English (With Nina McPherson)
* Paradise of the Blind, Duong Thu Huong, William Morrow, USA, 1993; Penguin
Books, USA, 1994.
* Novel without a Name, Duong Thu Huong, William Morrow, USA, 1995; Heinemann,
United Kingdom; Picador, Australia. Short list for Impac Award,
Dublin, 1997.
* The Dragon Hunt (short stories), Tran Vu, Hyperion, USA, 2000
* Memorie sof a Pure Spring, Duong Thu Huong, Hyperion, USA, 2000
* Beyond Illusions, Duong Thu Huong, Hyperion, USA, 2002
- etc.
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MERIDEL RUBENSTEIN
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"Millennial Forest with Trees at Sea - A Research Project" ("Nghien
Cuu De Hoan Thanh Du An Trien Lam Ve Cong Dong Viet Nam Luu Tan - 'Rung Ngan
Nam Voi Cay O Bien'.")
- Visiting Lecturer, Smith College, Northampton, MA
- M.A. 1974, MFA. 1977, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
MFA Dissertation: "The Cirxles and the Symmetry - The Mutual
Influence
of George O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz" (1973-1977)
- Special Graduate Student in Photography, MIT (1972-1973)
- Awards and Grants:
* Award, New Mexico Women in the Arts, 2001
* Peter S. Reed Foundation, NYC (2000)
* National Millennium Survey (1999-2000)
* Fellow, Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA (1998-99)
* Pollack Krasner Award, New York City, $25,000 (1998)
* Artist in Residence - New Genres, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA (May
1997)
* SITE Santa Fe, $20,000 artist installation commission (1994-95)
* etc.
A. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- Brian Gross Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, also 1998, 1996 at Fuller Gross
(Sept 2001)
- Joan's Arc/Vietnam parts, 2&3, Lew Allen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM,
also 1998, 1996, 1995, 1993, 1992, 1990 (12/2000 & 7/2001)
- Joan's Arc/Vietnam part 1, The Bunting Institute Gallery, Cambridge, MA
(May 1999)
- "The Defining Eye," St. Louis Art Museum, travelling exhibition
and book (1998)
- "b>Critical Mass," collaborative photo, video, installation,
New Mexico Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM, with Ellen Zweig and Steina
And Woody Vasulka. Travelling exhibit to MIT List Center; SE Mus
of Photo, Fl.; Scottsdale Center For the Arts, Arizona; The University
of Wyoming; Catalogue (1993-97).
- The Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO (1995)
- Troyer, Fitzpatrick, Lassman Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1995, 1998)
- etc.
B. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
- ATT; Avon Collection, NYC; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Center for Creative
Photography, Tucscon, AZ; Deloit and Touche, San Francisco, CA; Denver
Museum of Art; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; Fine Arts Museum,
University of New Mexico; Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg,
Germany; National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; New Mexico
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Vesti Corporation, Boston, MA; California
Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside; The Wheelwright
Museum, Santa Fe, NM., etc.
C. SELECTED REVIEWS:
- "Meridel Rubenstein: Trees at Sea," Susanna Carlisle, THE Magazine,
9/2001, p. 54.
- "Customized," Francine Miller, Artforum, 3/2001, pp. 147-48.
- "Customized," Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, 11/10/2000, pp.
E1-12, reproduction.
- "The Killing Fields," Mokha Laget, The Santa Fe Reporter, 12/27/2000,
p. 25
- Customized, ed. Nora Donnelly, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in association with
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2000, six color reproductions,
bio, and essay.
- Arte Contemporary, vol 1, issue 1, Santa Fe, artist feature, 2 reproductions
and statement, pp. 36-37, Fall 1999.
- "Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College/Cambridge, Meridel Rubenstein:
Joan's
Art, Vietnam 1998-99," Susan Mulski, Art New England, p.
39, 8-9/1999.
- "Hall of Reunification," Dennis Jarrett, Santa Fe Reporter, 9/16,
1998.
- "Poison into Nectar," Dottie, Indyke, Pasatiempo Magazine, Santa
Fe New Mexican, cover and pp. 32-33, review and reproductions,
9/11, 1998.
- "Mixed Media," John Upton and Barbara London, Photography, p.
186 reproduction and text, Addison Wesley, 1998.
- The Defining Eye, The St. Louis Museum of Modern Art, 1998, exhibition catalogue.
- "Meridel Rudenstein at Brian Gross," Alicia Miller, Artweek, San
Francisco, CA, 3/1997.
- etc.
TRAN VAN THUY
Rockefeller Project Proposal: "Nhung Cau Chuyen cua Nguoi Viet"
("The Vietnamese In Conversations")
- Director, Documentary Films
- Graduate, Moscow College` of Cinematography (1972-77)
- Awards and Recognition:
* Eight of Mr. Thuy's twenty-odd films have been shown abroad and
many have received domestic and international awards.
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. Documentary Films
- Nhung Nguoi Dan Que Toi (The People of My Native Village) (1970)
- Ha Noi Trong Mat Ai (Hanoi in Whose Eyes) (1982)
- Chuyen Tu Te (How To Behave) (1985)
- Co Mot Lang Que (There is Such A Village) (1994)
- Mot Coi Tam Linh (A Spirtual Realm) (19950
- Chuyen Tu Mot Goc Cong Vien (Story From a Corner of a Park) (1996)
- Tieng Vi Cam o My Lai (The Piano Notes of My Lai) (1998)
- etc.
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to 2002-2003 Fellows
INDIGO A. WILLIAMS
Rockefeller Project Proposal:
"The Construction of Adopted Vietnamese Identity and Place in the Diaspora"
("Su Hinh Thanh Can Cuoc va Que Huong cua Nhung Nguoi Con Nuoi Viet Nam
Trong Cong Dong Luu Tan Hai Ngoai")
- Assistant Coordinator, The Research Institute for
Asia and the Pacific, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
- M.A., Communications Management, The University of Technology, Sydney, NSW.
Australia
- Participant, the Australia - Asia New Leaders Program, 3-11/2002
- Founder/Director/Editor, Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI)
- Member, The Australian Institute of International Affairs
PUBLISHED WORKS
A. PAPERS, MONOGRAPS, PRESENTATIONS:
- "Diversity and Diaspora: Vietnamese adopted as children by Non-
Asian Families," The Review of Vietnamese Studies,http://site.yahoo.com/vstudies/inwilthuythi.html,
Vol 1, Issue 1, USA, September 2, 2001
- "The Vietnamese War Orphans & Postwar Adoptees," First International
Meeting of Adopted Vietnamese Associations, http://www.darlo.tv/indigo/VVchicago.html-
"Virtually Vietnamese/Australian Adoptees: Cultural Con/fusion/tributions
To Australian Culture," TRANSFORMING CULTURES/SHIFTING BOUNDARIES,
Asian Diasporas and Identities in Australia and Beyond, Presenting
on behalf of Anh Nguyen (MA, Harvard University), The University
of Queensland, Brisbane, 11- 12/2001
- "Introduction to International Vietnamese Communities," Adopted
Vietnamese
Australian Forum, The Firebird center, VIC, Australia, 7/2001
- "Returning to Vietnam - A Round Table Discussion," Returning to
Vietnam, Adopted Vietnamese International and Vietnamese Adoptee
Network, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jan 2001
