Tuesday, June 11 6pm PST. Join us for the third and final SoCal SEA talk for this academic year. This event is open to the public so please share widely. Register here. A zoom link will be provided closer to the event.

Nguyen Thi Minh, a Fulbright scholar at the Asian American Studies Department, UCLA, is a tenured lecturer in the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature Studies, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education. In addition to translating multiple Vietnamese classics in philosophy, gender, and cultural studies, Minh works in comparative literature and film adaptation based on gender studies and semiotics. She is collaborating with the Vietnam Women Publishing House to build the Women’s Book: Gender and Development series to promote Vietnamese gender studies. Minh is the co-founder of The Ladder, an inclusive community learning space, which is making academic knowledge more accessible for everyone, especially the Vietnamese youth.
Some related sources:

1. Her project on Antigone:

• Translating “Antigone’s Claim” by Judith Butler into Vietnamese: https://www.goethe.de/ins/vn/en/kul/bue/ant/22470867.html
• Organizing a talk on Antigone in Vietnam with Judith Butler, in collaboration with the Vietnam Women’s Publishing House and Goethe Institute: https://fb.watch/daFKXwPdOJ/
• Consulting and supporting the project to bring Antigone to Vietnamese theater: https://www.goethe.de/ins/vn/en/kul/bue/ant/23547410.html

1. Youth and Gender in Vietnam Talk Series:
   https://www.facebook.com/trungtamnghiencuuvietnam/posts/pfbid0KRX1b8EHhPffW41uHr59cmBtaVn572oQAaTA3SyNFKydpruUYDyHTZewaZYDDgJJl
2. Some events at at The Ladder – A Learning Space for Community:

• Saturday Gender Talk Series:
  https://www.facebook.com/theladdervn2020/posts/pfbid0vF2nQrnh7AxikND524Sm1myBtTix7QJMfDJcB2AyUVetzAEFnpnTaA5MkXzsE3A4l
• Intercultural Vietnamese Women Seminar: Phu nu VN xuyen van hoa 1 Opening + Prof Cindy’s lecture (youtube.com)