The Vietnam Studies Center at Fulbright University Vietnam, in collaboration with the Department of Vietnamese Studies at Universität Hamburg, cordially invites you to the third session of the Vietnamese Culture Forum lecture series:

“Chữ Nôm: Script Ideology and Language Preservation Strategies among the Kinh (Việt) Minority in Southern China”

• Speaker: Dr. Nguyễn Tô Lan (Institute for Philosophy, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
• Host: Prof. Thomas Engelbert (University of Hamburg)

🗓 Date: Friday, 11 July 2025
🕑 Time: 2:30 – 4:00 PM (Central European Summer Time)
    7:30 – 9:00 PM (Vietnam Time)
📍 Venue: Universität Hamburg – Asien-Afrika-Institut, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Room 121 (in person)
💻 Zoom Livestream:
  Zoom ID: 656 2963 9166
  Password: 53265783

This talk will examine the symbolic and functional role of chữ Nôm as a cultural script and explore the strategies used by ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) communities in Southern China to preserve their language and cultural identity. Through insights from fieldwork and interdisciplinary research, Dr. Nguyễn Tô Lan will present a critical perspective on script consciousness, linguistic identity, and transnational heritage politics.

The event will be conducted in English and is open to the public.