‘Whose Vietnam? The enduring echo of the Vietnam War’

A University of Amsterdam conference / Netherlands American Studies Association Fall Event

Amsterdam, 8 October 2010

On October 8th of this year, a conference on the legacy of Vietnam is organized at the University of Amsterdam. This one-day event will feature several panels dealing with topics as diverse as the social, cultural and military legacies of the Vietnam War, memory-constructions in visual arts, literature, pop-music and the internet, the resonance of the war in countries outside the United States and memorialization and remembrance. Keynote speakers are Christian Appy, author of the highly acclaimed Patriots: the Vietnam War remembered from all sides and Patrick Hagopian, whose recent The Vietnam War in American Memory: veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing has received much praise as an outstanding contribution to the literature on the legacy of the Vietnam War.

Registration for this event is 20,- euro, to be paid at the beginning of the event. The fee includes all sessions, coffee and tea, lunch and drinks. Student members of the Netherlands American Studies Association (NASA) enjoy free entrance. A discount-membership is available at the conference for only 5,- euro, to be purchased in tandem with the conference-fee.

Please check the NASA website http://www.netherlands-america.nl/ for a full program of the conference. For additional information you can also contact Beerd Beukenhorst, H.B.Beukenhorst@uva.nl