30th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF SAIGON
April 30, 2005
| "...America's
involvement in Vietnam came to an end on April 30, 1975 when the last
marines were evacuated from the embassy roof and the incoming North
Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the Independence Palace..."
(BBC News) Several events at Yale and in New haven during the last weeks of April have been scheduled in recognition of this anniversary. Some of these presentations focus on Vietnam, both historical and present-day, while others will examine the events of April 30, 1975 through records, photographs and personal memory. |
Yale
University - Scheduled Events
APRIL
7
Cam Ly Bui, Senior Reporter, Tuoi Tre Daily News
(for schedule of activities, contact Dr. Quang Phu Van quang.van@yale.edu)
APRIL
12
Thu-Ba Huynh, School of Forestry and Environment Studies
"Poverty
Alleviation and Forests in Vietnam"
Yale Vietnamese Study Group; 102 Luce Hall, 4:30 PM
APRIL
13
Kim-Loan Hill, University of California, San Diego
"History
Revisited: A Theory on the Rise of Communism in Southeast Asia"
Southeast Asia Studies Brown Bag Seminar Series, 203 Luce Hall
12:00 PM
Dinner
Dr. Hill, hosted by the Vietnamese Student Association (ViSA)
Branford Dining Hall, Faculty Lounge, 5:00 PM
Dr. Hill will recount her experience of the re-education camp
APRIL 19
Phuoc Jason La, Yale College
"U.S.
Policy Toward Vietnam's Boat People, 1975-1985: A Second
Chance for Winning Over Hearts and Minds"
Tiffany Pham , Yale College
"Women
Development in Post-Reform Vietnam"
-Yale Vietnamese Study Group; 102 Luce Hall, 4:30 PM
APRIL
20
Shawn McHale, History and International Affairs; Sigur Center for
Asian Studies, George Washington University
"Violence,
Liberation, and the Frontiers of Belief: the Mekong Delta in the First
Indochina War"
- Southeast Asia Studies Brown Bag Seminar Series, 203 Luce Hall
12:00 PM
APRIL
26
Nguyen Chi Thien, Author of Hoa
Dia-Nguc /Flowers from Hell
Readings
of Selected Poetry
-Berkeley College Master's Tea, 125 High Street, 4:00 PM
6:00 PM -Dinner and Tea with Poet Nguyen Chi Thien and Dan Duffy
(to be arranged - contact Dr.
Quang Phu Van for information)
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27
4:00 - 5:30 PM "Vietnam Thirty Years On: Reality and Metaphor" Images of the Fall of Saigon and a Panel Discussion" featuring Nayan Chanda (Center for the Study of Globalization), Ben Kiernan (Department of History, Genocide Studies) Charles Hill (International Security Studies Jonathan Schell (Center for the Study of Globalization), Yale University Luce Hall Auditorium 34 Hillhouse Avenue Reception to follow - venue tba Sponsored by International Security Studies, Yale Center for International and Area Studies, and the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism |
| Nayan Chanda was the reporter who filed the first news story describing the tanks entering the palace and said simply, "The war is over." Nayan's memories and his remarkable photographs of this time in history will be featured in this presentation and in a Photographic Display at Yale's Sterling Memorial Library - (Main Floor, right hall Exhibit Cases) from April 25 - May 6 (contact Rich Richie, Yale SEAS Curator for details) |
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7:00 - 9:00 PM Nghiem-Minh
Nguyen-Vo, Vietnamese American Director |
APRIL 30
Vietnam War Veterans for Peace
30th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon
Performances and Panel Discussions
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
New Haven Historical Society (corner of Whitney and Trumbull)