Publication of the opening lecture by Pr Phượng Bùi Trân

Phượng Bùi Trân

Women in the history of Việt Nam. A historian's view

Written as a testimony under the prism of ego-history, this book offers a rereading of Việt Nam's history through the eyes of women, questioning alternative sources and methods to bring out other facets of history.

As in the rest of the world, including the West, the cultural and social history of Việt Nam does not escape being written in the masculine. 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 Việt Nam. Regard d'une historienne, Paris, Collège de France, coll. " Leçons inaugurales ",^no 320, November 2023, 48  p.

ISBN : 978-2-7226-0627-2
Price : 12 €
Publication : 16 November 2023

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