Call for Papers: Harvard Global Vietnam Wars Studies Initiative (GVWSI) 2025 Conference, October 3 – 4, 2025
CALL FOR PAPERS
Harvard Global Vietnam Wars Studies Initiative (GVWSI) 2025 Conference:
Fifty years have passed since North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon in 1975, after decades of set-piece battles, guerrilla warfare involving a dozen combatant nations, and overlapping civil conflicts in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Although vigorously debated in the United States, the war’s meanings and implications remain unresolved. Vietnamese and other international perspectives are rarely studied, as most current research focuses primarily on American perceptions, experiences, and memories. As a result, we still struggle to tell the broader tragedy of the conflict, even as its ashes and embers continue to spread across the globe and through generations.
We invite scholars, researchers, veterans, and practitioners from around the world to submit paper proposals.
Our aim for bringing together these global viewpoints is to begin to bridge the gaps of the last half-century and offer new directions for future research and teaching on the Vietnam Wars and beyond.
Expected Date of Conference: October 3 – 4, 2025
Submission Guidelines
The Global Vietnam War Studies Initiative at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia seeks the following information in a paper proposal:
- Abstract Title
- A 300-word abstract outlining the proposed paper presentation
- Brief Biography (max 150 words)
Additional dates and information:
- Submission Deadline: February 18, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: By March 31, 2025
- Submission link found here
- Submission Inquiries: Contact us via email at [email protected]
- Conference Location: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA
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