Please join the Weatherhead East Asian Institute for a panel discussion with:

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Professor, University of Southern California
Hoi Trinh, Human Rights Activist
Lan Cao, Professor, Chapman University
John Phan, Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Lien-Hang Nguyen, Associate Professor, Columbia University

On January 6, 2021, the former Republic of Vietnam (RVN) flag of the vanquished South Vietnam regime flew alongside the Confederate flag and other emblems of white supremacy on the steps of the Capitol. This panel, which includes Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, acclaimed human rights activist and lawyer Hoi Trinh, Law Professor and author Lan Cao, as well as Hang Nguyen and John Phan, will discuss the contested memory of the Vietnam War, the politics of the RVN flag in U.S. politics today, and the impact on US-SRV relations moving forward.

This event is organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) at Columbia University.

Online via Zoom. Please register here.