Contemporary History | Mass Mobilization in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Sept. 3

Dr. Alec G. Holcombe

The Contemporary History Institute kicks off its fall speaker series with Dr. Alec Holcombe, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, addressing “Mass Mobilization in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam” on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 4:30 p.m.

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Holcombe will be talking about his book Mass Mobilization in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1945-1960.

His research focuses on the history of Vietnamese Communism, a topic that intersects with a number of interesting broader themes. These include Southeast Asian-focused ones such as the region’s pre-colonial economic, political, and cultural legacies; Western conquest and colonization; the rise of nationalism; decolonization; and post-colonial nation building. These broader themes also include ones related to Marxism and Marxist-inspired movements: the intellectual origins and development of that ideology, the history of the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, the Cold War, and, of course, Vietnam’s wars fought during the three decades after WWII.