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SUMMARY: The Architects of Dignity with Kevin D. Pham
DESCRIPTION: Join Kevin D. Pham for a book talk exploring the intergenerati
 onal debates of six influential Vietnamese figures in response to French co
 lonialism.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>The Centre for Southeast Asian Research\, 
 with the co-sponsorship of the Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought Rese
 arch Excellence Cluster and the UBC Myanmar Initiative\, warmly invites mem
 bers of the UBC community and public to our first event in the series<stron
 g> Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southeast Asia </strong>This serie
 s aims to bring various Southeast Asian genealogies of anti-colonial though
 t into conversation and spotlight them for the broader UBC community and pu
 blic. It will include two more talks in March and April 2025 respectively: 
 <a href="https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/epistemologies-and-emplacements/
 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Epistemologies and Emplacements
  with Theara Thun and Kisho Tsuchiya</a> and  <a href="https://sppga.ubc.ca
 /events/event/third-worldism-and-its-discontents/" target="_blank" rel="noo
 pener noreferrer">Third Worldism and its Discontents with Cindy Ewing</a>.<
 /p><p> </p><p><img class="alignnone wp-image-52179 size-medium_large" src="
 https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/Architects
 -of-Dignity_FEB-27-CSEAR-768x432.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="349" /><br
  /><strong>About the talk</strong></p><p>Kevin Pham (University of Amsterda
 m<strong>)</strong> will discuss his new book which explores the intergener
 ational debates of six influential Vietnamese figures in colonial Vietnam: 
 Phan Bội Châu\, Phan Chu Trinh\, Nguyễn An Ninh\, Phạm Quỳnh\, Hồ Chí Minh\
 , and Nguyễn Mạnh Tường. These visionaries debated responses to French colo
 nialism\, the role of tradition amidst Western influence\, and how to trans
 form national shame into dignity. Kevin will also share his personal motiva
 tions as a Vietnamese American for writing this book\, addressing gaps in t
 he representation of Vietnamese political thought and challenging Western-c
 entric perspectives in political theory.</p><p><strong>About the speaker</s
 trong></p><p><strong>Dr. Kevin D. Pham</strong> is an Assistant Professor o
 f Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at the University
  of Amsterdam. His work explores the history of nineteenth and twentieth-ce
 ntury political thought. He is especially interested in how ideas of democr
 acy\, freedom\, and revolution travel across cultures and are adapted by th
 inkers engaged in political struggle\, both in and outside "the West." In a
 ddition to his recently published book The Architects of Dignity: Vietnames
 e Visions of Decolonization (Oxford\, 2024)\, his research has appeared in 
 journals such as Philosophy and Global Affairs\, European Journal of Politi
 cal Theory\, The Review of Politics\, Polity\, New Political Science\, The 
 European Legacy\, and Montaigne Studies. Some of these articles were the fi
 rst to introduce Vietnamese political thought to the field of political the
 ory.</p><p><strong>About the series</strong></p><p>In recognition of the 70
 th anniversary of the Bandung Afro-Asian Conference\, the 50th anniversary 
 of the end of the Second Indochinese War and the 25th anniversary of the Ti
 morese independence referendum\, the series <strong>Histories of Anti-Colon
 ial Thought in Southeast Asia</strong> aims to bring various Southeast Asia
 n genealogies of anti-colonial thought into conversation and spotlight them
  for the broader UBC community and public. The series will provoke conversa
 tion about underexplored lineages of anti-colonialism and democracy within 
 the academy and popular discourse in anticipation of the <strong>Anticoloni
 al Ideas of the Global Symposium</strong> held by the Global History of Ant
 i-Colonial Thought Research Excellence Cluster in April 2025.</p>
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