[ndlr] Appel à communications de Alex Kurmann et Tess Do, The University of Melbourne.
Please find below a call for papers for the colloquium, Rencontres: A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora, in Melbourne in early December.
Rencontres: A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1-2 December, 2016
Literature of the Vietnamese diaspora in the English and French speaking worlds, as well as scholarship on Franco- and Anglophone Vietnamese writing, flourish for the most part in separation from one another. At present, no substantial work brings these voices into dialogue. This two day colloquium seeks to facilitate such an exchange through a gathering of writers and scholars of the Vietnamese diaspora, its literature and artistic production.
We will host author readings by French, New Caledonian and Australian writers of Vietnamese origin in a public reception in the early evening on 1 December prior to an academic colloquium to take place all day on December 2.
The following writers will present their work at the public lecture: Anna Moï, Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut, Marcelino Truong (France), Jean Vanmai (New Caledonia), Chi Vu, Hoa Pham (Australia).
Topics of interest for scholarly papers include, but are in no way limited to:
Connections /comparisons between Vietnamese diasporic literatures and arts
Diaspora Literary Studies
1st, 1.5 and 2nd generation writers of the diaspora
Narratives of refugee experience
Narratives of migration and exile
Trends in genre
Positions on “Vietnamese Francophone”, “Vietnamese Australian”, “Minority” or “Ethnic” literatures.
Post-colonial literature
The Vietnam War in literature and artistic production
[ndlr] Roman graphique interactif réalisé par Huynh Matt, adaptation de la nouvelle de Nam Le “The Boat”.
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White sticks of rain spear down across the screen. A ship dips toward a swelling grey ocean as the crane on its deck swings recklessly about. Wind howls, thunder cracks. A black cloud lingers above. The boat is sinking. “Scroll down” to see what happens next.
The Vietnamese refugee experience comes to vivid, harrowing life in The Boat, an interactive online graphic novel based on Nam Le’s short story about a 16-year-old refugee sent off alone by her parents after the fall of Saigon. As she moves from boat to camp, readers scroll through ink panels – Mai on a sun-starched deck; seagulls stalking the top of the ocean for fish – to sounds designed by Animal Kingdom‘s Sam Petty. Click an image and you may be treated to archival imagery as the story dives into a character’s memory.
Illustrated by New York-based Sydney artist Matt Huynh – whose parents, like Le’s, fled Vietnam after the war – The Boat forms part of SBS’s commemoration of 40 years of Vietnamese resettlement in Australia.
[ndlr] Nouvelle parution, présentation de l’éditeur et table des matières.
The effects of the War outside present-day Vietnam are ongoing. Substantial Vietnamese communities in countries that participated in the conflict are contributing to renewed interpretations of it. This collection of new essays explores changes in perceptions of the war and the Vietnamese diaspora, examining history, politics, biography and literature, with Vietnamese, American, Australian and French scholars providing new insights.
Twelve essays cover South Vietnamese leadership and policies, women and civilians, veterans overseas, smaller allies in the war (Australia), accounts by U.S., Australian and South Vietnamese servicemen as well as those of Indigenous soldiers from the U.S. and Australia, memorials and commemorations, and the legacy of war on individual lives and government policy.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments 1
Introduction: New Perceptions of the Vietnam War (Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen) 3
Part I: War and Politics
“A Short Road to Hell”: Thieu, South Vietnam and the Paris Peace Accords (George J. Veith) 21
An Intellectual Through Revolution, War and Exile: The Political Commitment of Nguyen Ngoc Huy (1924-1990) (Francois Guillemot) 41
Fifty Years On: Half-Century Reflections on the Australian Commitment to the Vietnam War (Peter Edwards) 72
Part II: Memorials and Commemoration
Side-by-Side Memorials: Commemorating the Vietnam War in Australia (Christopher R. Linke) 85
Vietnam: The Long Journey Home (Elizabeth Stewart) 108
Part III: War and Women’s Writing
War Through Women’s Eyes: Nam Phuong’s Red on Gold and Yung Krall’s A Thousand Tears Falling (Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen) 129
The Postwar Body: The Literary Double in the Exile Literature of Linda Le (Alexandra Kurmann and Tess Do) 151
Part IV: Identities and Legacies
The Vietnam War: A Personal Journey (Robert S. McKelvey) 169
Recognition of War Service: Vietnamese Veterans and Australian Government Policy (Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen) 184
Indigenous Soldiers: Native American and Aboriginal Australian Service in Vietnam (Noah Riseman) 203
An Independent Command? Australia’s Ground Forces in the Vietnam War and Contemporary Memories (Bruce Davies) 229
About the Contributors 249
Index 253
Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen is an associate professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.
[ndlr] A lire dans M Le Magazine du Monde du 17 août 2014. Article de Colin Folliot (Sydney, correspondance).
S’il arrivait aujourd’hui dans les eaux australiennes, le gouverneur Hieu Van Le (ci-contre) serait envoyé dans un camp “offshore”. | Jo-Anna Robinson/Newspix/REX / Jo-Anna Robinson/Newspix/REX
“Salut mon pote, bienvenue en Australie.” C’est la première phrase que Hieu Van Le se rappelle avoir entendue dans la bouche d’un Australien, début 1977. Lancée depuis leur bateau par un groupe de pêcheurs, l’apostrophe signifiait pour lui que son périple depuis le Vietnam communiste touchait à sa fin. Hieu Van Le devenait l’un des premiers boat people à atteindre ce pays. Près de quatre décennies plus tard, il vient d’être nommé gouverneur d’Australie-Méridionale. Une première pour un réfugié. Dès son entrée en fonction, le 2 septembre, il deviendra le représentant, dans cet Etat situé au centre et au sud du pays, de la reine Elizabeth II qui, formellement, règne encore aujourd’hui sur l’Australie.
Cette nomination apparaît comme la consécration d’un parcours d’intégration exemplaire. Pour son pays d’accueil, elle représente le symbole d’une société multiculturelle, à une période où l’Australie est devenue beaucoup moins accueillante envers les réfugiés.
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Hieu Van Le a fui le Vietnam à 22 ans, en 1976, peu après la fin de la guerre et la réunification du pays sous la férule des communistes. Son père est mort en 1954, l’année de sa naissance, en combattant le colonisateur français. Ses frères, militaires, furent envoyés dans des camps de rééducation en 1976. C’est ce qui décida ce diplômé d’économie à précipiter son mariage et à quitter son pays. Avec sa femme et une cinquantaine d’autres réfugiés, il achète un bateau, dont il tient lui-même la barre jusqu’en Australie, via la Malaisie.
A symposium convened by Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow Nathalie Nguyen from the National Centre for Australian Studies in the School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies at Monash University, as part of her Australian Research Council Future Fellowship on “Forgotten Histories: Vietnamese Veterans in Australia.”
This interdisciplinary symposium examines the Vietnam War from new perspectives including those of the Vietnamese diaspora, and explores the ways in which perceptions of the war have altered in recent years. The effects of the Vietnam War outside the boundaries of the Vietnamese state are ongoing. The presence of a substantial Vietnamese diaspora in countries that participated in the conflict has contributed to changing interpretations of the war. This symposium acknowledges the South Vietnamese experience of the war and provides new insights into the reconstruction and memorialization of the war by Australian, American, Canadian and French scholars.
Speakers
Dr Peter Edwards Deakin University
Dr François Guillemot CNRS/Institut d’Asie Orientale
Dr Robert McKelvey Oregon Health and Science University
Associate Professor Nathalie Nguyen Monash University
Dr Frank Palmos University of Western Australia
Dr Noah Riseman Australian Catholic University
Professor Thanh-Vân Ton That Université Paris Est-Créteil
Associate Professor Kieu-Linh Valverde University of California Davis
Mr George J. Veith Independent Historian
Convenor
Associate Professor Nathalie Nguyen, ARC Future Fellow, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University
Contacts During Symposium
Francesca Vivarelli
Reception and Accommodation Officer
Monash University Prato Centre
Via Publiesi, 26 – Palazzo Vaj – 59100 Prato PO – Italy
T: +39 (0) 547 43691
E: francesca.vivarelli@monash.edu
Nathalie Nguyen
E: nathalie.nguyen@monash.edu
Thursday 10 October
VENUE Sala Toscana, Monash University Prato Centre, Via Publiesi 26, Prato
9.00am-9.30am Welcome
Dr Cecilia Hewlett, Director, Monash University Prato Centre
Associate Professor Nathalie Nguyen, Symposium Convenor
9.30am-10.30am Dr François Guillemot
An Intellectual through Revolution, War, and Exile: The Political Commitment of Nguyen Ngoc Huy (1924-1990)
10.30am-11.00am Morning Tea
11.00am-12.00pm Mr George J. Veith
“A Short Race to Hell”: Thieu, South Vietnam, and the Paris Peace Accords
12.00pm-1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm-2.30pm Dr Noah Riseman
The Vietnam War and Indigenous Service in Australia and the United States
2.30pm-3.30pm Associate Professor Nathalie Nguyen
Recognition of War Service: Vietnamese Veterans and Australian Government Policy
3.30pm-4.00pm Afternoon Tea
4.00pm-5.00pm Dr Peter Edwards
Fifty Years On: Half-Century Reflections on the Australian Commitment to the Vietnam War
7.30pm Dinner
Antica Fiaschetteria, Via Dell’Accademia 49, Prato 5
Friday 11 October
VENUE Sala Toscana, Monash University Prato Centre, Via Publiesi 26, Prato
9.30am-10.30am Dr Thanh-Vân Ton That
Stories of Passion and Decolonization from the Indochina War to the Vietnam War
10.30am-11.00am Morning Tea
11.00am-12.00pm Dr Frank Palmos
Vietnam’s Unfinished Revolution: Rising Voices in Alternatives to an Outmoded Ruling System
12.00pm-1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm-2.30pm Dr Robert McKelvey
The Vietnam War: A Personal Journey
2.30pm-3.30pm Associate Professor Kieu-Linh Valverde
Viet Nam War as Concept: Recognizing Individual and Global Ownership of War Experience
3.30pm-4.00pm Afternoon Tea
4.00pm-5.00pm Round Table Discussions
7.30pm Dinner
Il Baghino, Via Dell’Accademia 9, Prato
Détails des communications à venir sur Mémoires d’Indochine
The story of the boys and girls, in the photo taken in Vung Tau Vietnam in 1968, came to Australia as boat people in 1981 and 1983.
The Boat People is the story of the author and her dysfunctional family of three parents and twelve children and the hardship that they experienced living and growing up in a war torn Vietnam, as well as the discrimination they endured under the new communist regime because of their father’s position in the previous Government in the town of Vung Tau. Ten of her siblings only managed to escape Vietnam by boat by working for people smugglers because they couldn’t afford the trip. It describes the journey of a Vietnamese family who came to Australia as refugees and immigrants with limited education.
Ref. : Van Cam Quach, The Boat People. The real story behind a Vietnamese family settling in Australia, Van Publishing, 2011, 142 p.
