Event

Reflections on the Wars: Then and Now

A roundtable discussion with:

Duong Ly, Operations Director of VietLead (Penn‘15)

Howie Tam, Assistant Professor of English at Brandeis University (Penn‘19)

Linda Pheng, Assistant Professor at Penn Graduate School of Education

Hanh Nguyen, Lecturer at Penn Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Hosted by Josephine Nock-Hee Park Associate Dean for Arts and Letters, School of Arts and Sciences President's Distinguished Professor of English and Khoi Nguyen Penn Predoctoral Fellow 2024-2025.

Please join us for a roundtable discussion with Penn alumni and faculty on the history of Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Americans in the greater Philadelphia area over the last 50 years. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the War in Vietnam and other conflicts in Southeast Asia. The Asian American Studies program invites community members to come and share their stories of resilience and achievement to foster understanding, promote reconciliation, and facilitate healing within the community.

 Please RSVP here and join in person or register here and join by Zoom.

This ASAM event is co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the English Department.  

Program

5:00 PM Welcome remarks by Josephine Nock-Hee Park

5:10 PM Opening statement by Khoi Nguyen 

5:15 PM Roundtable discussion with panelists

6:15 PM Q&A

6:30 PM Conclusions