Rethinking 1975: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

Study day organized by the Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE) with the support of GIS Asie.
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Repenser l'année 1975 : Cambodge, Laos, Viêt Nam © Julien Le Hoangan‎

Program

9am: Opening of the day: CASE management

9:15am: Introduction: Why rethink the events of 1975 today?

9:30am - 12:30pm: Assessments of the state of knowledge of research on the events of 1975 in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam (1), Moderator: Catherine Scheer (CASE/EFEO)

  • 9:30am - 10:30am: Cambodia: 1975, year 0? Marie Aberdam (CASE/EHESS)
  • 10:30 - 11:30: Vietnam: A North Vietnamese invasion of the South? Antoine Lê (Inalco, CASE Associate)
  • 11:30 - 12:30: Laos. A very gradual seizure of power by the Pathet lao: tactical caution or unpreparedness? Yves Goudineau (CASE/EFEO)

12:30 - 1:30 pm: Lunch break

1:30 - 3:30 pm: Thematic round table 1
 

  • 1975: What victories? What new regimes? What place for the vanquished? Marie Aberdam (CASE/EHESS), François Guillemot (IAO, CNRS), Antoine Lê (Inalco, CASE Associate), Vatthana Pholsena (NUS/CASE Associate), Anne-Laure Porée (CESPRA), Moderation: Andrew Hardy (CASE/EFEO) and Benoît de Tréglodé (CASE/IRSEM)

15:30 - 16:00: Coffee break

16:00 - 18:00: Thematic roundtables 2 & 3
 

  • 1975: a turning point for the integration of upland populations? : Vanina Bouté (CASE/EHESS), Andrew Hardy (CASE/EFEO), Catherine Scheer (CASE/EFEO), Moderation: Yves Goudineau (CASE/EFEO)
  • Traces of war and mass violence: Yves Goudineau (CASE/EFEO), Anne Yvonne Guillou (CNRS/LESC/Associated CASE), Vatthana Pholsena (NUS/Associated CASE), Paul Sorrentino (CASE/EHESS), Moderation: Marie Aberdam (CASE/EHESS)
Organizing Committee
  • Marie Aberdam (CASE/EHESS)
  • Antoine Lê (Inalco, Associate CASE)
  • Catherine Scheer (CASE/EFEO)
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