CANH THÂN
Notes on Vietnamese history and culture
March 14, 2026
About 15 years ago, I decided to take a job at an international women’s university in Bangladesh and taught there for an academic year. It was a year of many firsts for me. It was my first job as...
March 6, 2026
Chúc mừng năm mới! Happy New Year!
In the first part of this two-part post, I described the practice of making an offering to the Kitchen God a week before Lunar New Year and how I learned the ritual from...
February 17, 2026
Happy New Year! Chúc mừng năm mới!
A week ago, I made an offering to the Kitchen God on my stove top. The ritual is typically performed on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, a week before new year’s...
January 30, 2026
As I mentioned earlier, I worked on a series of teaching videos about the Vietnam War for the Choices Program a few years ago. Sadly, Brown University shut down the Choices Program and scrubbed the website...
January 16, 2026
As I mentioned earlier, I worked on a series of teaching videos about the Vietnam War for the Choices Program a few years ago. Sadly, Brown University shut down the Choices Program and scrubbed the website...
January 2, 2026
As I mentioned earlier, I worked on a series of teaching videos about the Vietnam War for the Choices Program a few years ago. Sadly, Brown University shut down the Choices Program and scrubbed the website...
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