Vietnamese studies (), or Vietnamology, in general is the study of Vietnam and things related to Vietnam. It refers, especially, to the study of modern Vietnamese and literature, history, ethnology, and the philological approach, respectively.
The specialist in this area is called a Vietnamist.
University programs Several major universities in the United States offer a Vietnamese studies major or program, including Columbia University the University of Houston, University of California, and Yale University. These schools, as well as many others, including Hobart and William Smith Colleges, offer a study abroad exchange program.Jack D. Harris, "Growing a Vietnamese Studies Program," ASAIA Network Exchange, Winter 2006, p. 21, found at Asia Network website . Retrieved June 21, 2011. The Vietnam National University, Hanoi has a comprehensive Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences.Vietnam National University website Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences page. Retrieved June 21, 2011. The Tokyo University of Foreign Studies also offers a program in the field.Tokyo University of Foreign Studies website Vietnamese studies page . Retrieved June 21, 2011.
In Central Europe, the oldest university, Charles University in Prague, also offers a study programme focused on Vietnamese studies, formerly Ethnology with VietnameseVietnamistika . Retrieved June 21, 2011. and since 2019 renamed Asian Studies: Vietnamese. Masaryk University in Brno offers a Vietnamese Studies programme and Palacký University Olomouc offers Vietnamese Philology and also Asian Studies with Specialization on Vietnamese Language and Culture.
In Germany, Vietnamese Studies (Vietnamistik) has been taught at the Asien-Afrika-Institut of the University of Hamburg since 1982. Vietnamese studies that took place in 1970 at Berlin's Humboldt University, four years after German unification was entered with the Institute of Oriental Studies and Studies in Southeast Asia.Hochschulstrukturplan 1998 (PDF-Datei; 1,1 MB) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, retrieved November 18, 2013. In 1998, the position of professor of Vietnamese studies was canceled.Engelbert: Seite 16. From 2002 until now Jörg Thomas Engelbert is professor of the field at the University of Hamburg.Prof. Dr. Jörg Thomas Engelbert - Curriculum Vitae . Universität Hamburg. Retrieved November 20, 2013. In Bulgaria, a BA degree programme "South, East, Southeast Asia" was introduced in Sofia University in 2013. The curriculum focuses on the Asian region and includes Vietnamese Studies specialisation.
See also
Southeast Asian studies Asian studies
References
External links Journal of Vietnamese Studies Vietnam Studies Group of the Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies Review of Vietnamese Studies Vietnam Student Exchange
Vietnamese Studies Major page at the University of Houston (Texas) The Asia Foundation Faculty Research Grant Program in Vietnamese Studies at the UCLA website