Kent State Conference on Vietnam War Scholarship

New Directions in Scholarship on the Vietnam War

Kent State University

(links to video below)

Free and Open to the Public

Sponsored by: KSU History Department and University Research Council

Saturday, February 29, 2020

9:00 am - 11:00 am: Panel: Re-assessing the Legacy of American Intervention in Vietnam

 The Vietnam War and the re-introduction of Mormonism into Southeast Asia.
 Shane Strate, Kent State University

 Uncanny Vietnam: What We Have Forgotten (or Never Knew) about the War.
 Meredith Lair, George Mason University

 This is a True War Story.
 Robert Brigham, Vassar College

 Daniel Ellsberg’s Mutiny: The Power of Dissent in the Age of Vietnam,
 Watergate, and Nuclear Terror
 Christian Appy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst


11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Lunch break

1:00 pm -3:00 pm: Panel: People, Power, and Politics: Revolution and the State in Vietnam

 South Vietnam and the Global Sixties.
 Heather Stur, University of Southern Mississippi

 Rethinking War and Revolution in Vietnam.
 Tuong Vu, University of Oregon

 Between War and the State: Civil Society in South Vietnam.
 Van Nguyen-Marshall, Trent University

 The Trouble with South Vietnam: Local vs. Central Power.
 Jessica Chapman, Williams College

3:00 pm -4:00 pm: Light refreshments

 (Books by presenters will be available for purchase in
 the Lobby of the KIVA.)


4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Plenary Speech: The Ohio National Guard at Kent State
 Thomas Grace, Erie Community College

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Re-assessing the Legacy of American Intervention in Vietnam
https://video.kent.edu/media/1_kwgbenlw

  The Vietnam War and the re-introduction of Mormonism into Southeast Asia; Shane Strate, Kent State University

 Uncanny Vietnam: What We Have Forgotten (or Never Knew) about the War; Meredith Lair, George Mason University

 This is a True War Story; Robert Brigham, Vassar College (If you know Bob, a must see!!)
 Daniel Ellsberg’s Mutiny: The Power of Dissent in the Age of Vietnam,
 Watergate, and Nuclear Terror; Christian Appy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst


 People, Power, and Politics: Revolution and the State in Vietnam
https://video.kent.edu/media/1_d02nt3jn

 South Vietnam and the Global Sixties.
 Heather Stur, University of Southern Mississippi

 Rethinking War and Revolution in Vietnam.
 Tuong Vu, University of Oregon

 Between War and the State: Civil Society in South Vietnam.
 Van Nguyen-Marshall, Trent University

 The Trouble with South Vietnam: Local vs. Central Power.
 Jessica Chapman, Williams College


Plenary Speaker
https://video.kent.edu/media/1_7duoucru

The Ohio National Guard at Kent State; Thomas Grace, Erie Community College

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