Digital publication of the opening lecture by Pr Phượng Bùi Trân

Phượng Bùi Trân

Women in the history of Vietnam. A historian's view

As in the rest of the world, including the West, the cultural and social history of Việt Nam is not exempt from masculine writing. Despite the age-old persistence of the myth of the female warrior, political power has long remained the prerogative of men, leaving women to manage the family economy and pass on traditional values. Written as a testimony, this book proposes a rereading of Việt Nam's history in feminine terms, questioning alternative sources and methods to bring out other facets of the story.

Bùi Trân P., Les Femmes dans l'histoire du Viêt Nam. Regard d'une historienne, Paris, Collège de France, coll. " Leçons inaugurales ",^no 320, 2024.

Phượng Bùi Trân has been teaching at Vietnamese and French universities since 1972, as well as in programs developed by American universities in Vietnam. Her work focuses on the history of colonization, the history of women and gender, and the history of Vietnamese culture from a comparative perspective. She is a guest professor at the Collège de France in the Francophone Worlds chair, created in partnership with the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, for the 2022-2023 academic year.