"The Overseas Vietnamese Experience"
Conference at the
International Cultural Center (ICC)
Texas Tech University

March 31^st – April 1^st, 2000

Important Notes:

1. Participants wishing to have their papers posted to the Vietnam Center’s website must submit a copy of their paper in electronic format.

2. We must have final numbers for our Saturday evening barbecue before noon on Friday. Anyone wishing to participate must sign up by then.

3. The Vietnam Center will operate a minivan during the conference. We are prepared to meet conference participants’ limited needs during that time. Contact the Registration Desk for assistance.

4. For those wishing assistance to the airport at the end of the conference, please register your needs at the Registration Desk.

Conference Agenda

Conference participants arrive. Met at Lubbock International Airport by Vietnam Center staff.

(Until 5:00 p.m.) Conference Registration Desk open at Sheraton Four Points Hotel

Chartered bus departs Sheraton Hotel for Texas Tech University’s Special Collections Library

(Until 8:00 p.m.)

Reception in the Rotunda of the Special Collections Library

Tour of The Vietnam Archive

(Approximate) Chartered bus departs for Sheraton Hotel

(Until 4:30 p.m.) Registration Desk open in Room 105, ICC Coffee & doughnuts available

Chartered bus departs Sheraton Hotel for ICC

Official Opening of Conference. Welcome by Texas Tech University President Dr. Donald Haragan

Opening Remarks by Vietnam Center Director

Jeff Brody, CSU, Fullerton, "Introduction to, "The Vietnamese: Self- Portrait of a People." [Photo exhibition in ICC]

Coffee Break

Panel 1: US-Vietnamese Relations

Chair: Professor Douglas Pike, Texas Tech University

Tran Dieu Chan, UC Santa Cruz, "US-VN Relations and How Vietnamese-Americans Can Contribute to the Mutual Interests of Both Nations."

Caroline Kieu Linh Valverde, UC Berkeley, "Transnational Linkages Between the Vietnamese American Community and Vietnam."

Dr. Phan Van Giuong, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia "The Experience of Teaching Vietnamese Language in Australia."

[Introduced by Mr. Khanh Le, Texas Tech University]

Lunch. Speaker: The Hon. Bui Diem, former Ambassador to the US

Panel 2: Politics of the Overseas Vietnamese

Chair: Jeff Brody, CSU, Fullerton

Dr. Christian Collett, UC Irvine

Dr. Jeff Brody, CSU, Fullerton

Mr. Pham X. Quang, Writer

Coffee Break

Panel 3: The Vietnamese-American Community

Chair: Dr. Nguyen Manh Hung, George Mason University

Long S. Le, University of Houston, "Building Democratic Values: Community Building and the Politics of Vietnamese Communities in Host Countries."

Dr. Minh Quang Dao, Eastern Illinois University, "Demographic

Characteristics and Living Arrangements of Elderly Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States."

Lt. Tino Dinh, USAF, "Democratization of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam."

[Introduced by Dr. James R. Reckner]

End of day’s sessions

Chartered bus departs for Sheraton Hotel

Chartered bus departs Sheraton Hotel for ICC

Reception at the International Cultural Center

Attire: Business suit; tuxedo, dress uniform or equivalent

Conference Banquet in "Hall of Nations," ICC.

Keynote Speaker: Ms. Le Ngoan

(Approximately) Bus departs for Sheraton Hotel

Casual Attire Recommended for This Day’s Sessions

Registration Desk Opens in Room 105, ICC

Coffee and doughnuts available

Chartered bus departs Sheraton Hotel for ICC

Panel 4: The Houston Vietnamese Community

Chair: Dr. Henry Nguyen, Texas Tech University

Roy Vu, University of Houston, "Political History of Houston’s Vietnamese Community."

Thao Ha, University of Houston, "Building a New Life: Profile of the Vietnamese Community in Houston, TX."

Coffee Break

Panel 5: Records of the Overseas Vietnamese Experience

Chair: Dr. Ron Frankum, Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech

The Lam, Univ. of Saskatchewan, "Recorded Information on Overseas Experience: Issues in Organization and Use."

Anne Frank, SEA Archive, UC, Irvine, "Documenting the Overseas Vietnamese Experience: The Southeast Asian Archive of the University of California, Irvine Libraries.

Philip Phu Bui, "Vietnam: A Vietnamese-American View."

[Introduced by Professor Douglas Pike]

Lunch. Speaker: Antonia Neubauer, "Vietnam Since the War: A Photographic Essay."

Britta & Joachim Gaedecke, Goettingen University, Germany. "The Vietnamese Experience and Vietnamese Culture in Germany."

[Introduced by Dr. James R. Reckner]

Dr. Pho Ba Long, "The Overseas Vietnamese Experience"

[Introduced by Mr. Khanh Le]

Coffee Break

Panel 7: Problems of Acculturation

Chair: Ambassador Bui Diem

Dana Nguyen, "Vietnamese Traumatic Experiences, Psychological and Emotional Adjustment in the US, and Acculturation Process."

Dr. Phu Dinh Hoang, "Attitudes of Southeast Asian Immigrant Students Toward Counseling."

Vu Hong Pham, Cornell University, "What’s in a Name? Locating the Theoretical, Practical and Political in the Label, ‘Vietnamese American’."

[Introduced by Dr. James R. Reckner]

Evening Activities:

At the end of the afternoon sessions, participants wishing to do so can visit the Museum of Texas Tech and the Ranching Heritage Center, both of which can be reached by foot from the International Cultural Center.

Chartered bus returns to Sheraton Hotel

Chartered bus departs Sheraton Hotel for Ranching Heritage Center

Chartered bus departs Sheraton Hotel for Ranching Heritage Center

Chartered bus departs Sheraton Hotel for Ranching Heritage Center

West Texas Barbecue Dinner in the Pioneer Room of the Ranching Heritage Center. [Dress very informal]

Chartered bus returns to Sheraton Hotel.

Camaraderie at the Sheraton Hotel bar

Vietnam Center staff assist conference participants as they depart from Lubbock.