CANH THÂN

Notes on Vietnamese history and culture

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I think of teaching at the college level as part curriculum development and part pedagogy. Curriculum is what you teach, and pedagogy is how you teach. For me, curriculum development...

MEMORABLE MUSIC, MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL EDITION: THE JOY OF LANTERNS AND MOONCAKES IN ĐỨC QUỲNH’S “PARADE OF LANTERNS IN THE EIGHTH MONTH”

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Chúc các bạn một mùa Trung Thu vui vẻ! The holiday of Mid-Autumn Festival (Trung Thu, also known as Moon Festival in English) falls on the full moon of the...

9. WHEN HISTORIANS GET MARRIED: SOURCES AND READINGS

I said that my last post was the conclusion to my short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago, but I wanted to share some sources and...

8. WHEN HISTORIANS GET MARRIED: HISTORICALLY-INSPIRED DRESS, HAIRSTYLE, AND JEWELRY ON MY WEDDING DAY

This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In the early posts, I identified a few defining characteristics...

7. WHEN HISTORIANS GET MARRIED: REINTERPRETING AND ADAPTING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE RITUALS FOR MY WEDDING DAY

This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In the early posts, I identified a few defining characteristics...

6. WHEN HISTORIANS GET MARRIED: ROMANTIC VIETNAMESE MESSAGES TO ENGRAVE ON YOUR WEDDING AND/OR ENGAGEMENT RING

This post continues a short series about marriage traditions and my own adaptation of them for my wedding years ago. In the last two posts, I suggested a couple of ways that Vietnamese...