Tag: Vietnam
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Is there anything to learn about Watergate? New history says yes
Historian and journalist Garrett Graff ’03 explains why the Watergate break-in wasn’t the true beginning of Watergate.
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In translation, he found his raison d’être
Thomas Piketty translator Arthur Goldhammer talks about his circuitous route to success in a field he never studied.
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Bond rate shift may suggest recession
An inverted bond yield curve often has been a harbinger of recession, though the odds of one are still only 1 in 3 for this year, Harvard analyst says.
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Changing his script to embrace the moments
Obstacles turned into stepping stones before Casey Khang Moore ’18 found new roles to explore at Harvard.
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Harvard in Southeast Asia
Harvard President Drew Faust traveled to Vietnam and Singapore in March to speak about the benefits of higher education.
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A film to ‘unpack’ Vietnam
In visit to Harvard, Ken Burns previews part of his film designed to “unpack” the Vietnam War.
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Kissinger looks back
Henry Kissinger has spent more than half a century thinking about and shaping foreign policy. At Sanders Theatre on Wednesday, the former Secretary of State reflected on the “hobby that became my profession.”
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Aid groups that make a difference
The Harvard Community Gifts Giving Fair brought to campus many local organizations whose missions are helping those in need.
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Passion, Betrayal, and Revolution in Colonial Saigon: The Memoirs of Bao Luong
Kenneth T. Young Professor of Sino-Vietnamese History Hue-Tam Ho Tai tells the story of Vietnam’s first female political prisoner, Bao Luong, who, in 1927, joined Ho Chi Minh’s Revolutionary Youth League and fought both for national independence and for women’s equality.
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Helping veterans to reconnect
Harvard employees help veterans transition from the armed services to the civilian workforce through mentoring, career counseling, and networking.
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Students selected for Ash summer fellowships and internships
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School recently announced the students selected for Summer Fellowships in Innovation, research internships in Vietnam and Indonesia, as well as independent student research projects.
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Sparking a passion
Four years ago, Melissa Tran ’10 didn’t want to leave California. Then she came to Harvard and found out what the world has to offer … and what she has to offer the world.
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‘Jazz’ diplomacy
Richard Holbrooke, a diplomat for nearly 50 years, imparts to a Harvard audience his insights into current international conflicts, particularly in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kashmir.
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Remembering the ‘American War’ of the ’60s
How do nations remember? In part, they remember through monuments — public art designed to capture a national memory and carry it through the ages.
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Asia Programs offers master’s in public policy degree
Asia Programs of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation recently announced (Oct. 16) the launch of its two-year master’s in public policy (M.P.P.) program at the Fulbright School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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War and changing concepts of masculinity
The Vietnam War cost the United States just over 58,000 dead — less than 5 percent of the 1.4 million Vietnamese, French, and other military personnel killed in Indochina combat going back to 1950.
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Artists and ‘double consciousness’
The Vietnam War was traumatic for many Americans, but far more so for the Vietnamese, 3 million of whom were driven out of their country and scattered across the globe by the war’s end. The diaspora included many children who grew to maturity with a sense of belonging to two cultures, the one left behind…
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Mental casualties of Vietnam War persist
More than 30 years after the end of the war in Vietnam, the effect of lingering stress on Americans who fought there continues to cause stress among researchers.