Resources

Vietnamese American Experiences Model Curriculum Conference
Friday, Sep 26, 2025 8am - 5pm
Undergraduate Research Week 2025: Telling Histories Through Artifacts: A Digital Humanities Approach to Vietnamese Heritage Conservation
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 3pm - 5pm
“What is ‘Classics’ to a Vietnamese Refugee?" Lecture by UCLA Professor Kelly Nguyen (PI of Refugee Material Culture Initiative)
Tuesday, Mar 4, 2025 12pm - 2pm
Screening and Director Q&A: "Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Resettlement in Philadelphia"
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025 5pm - 7pm
Ocean Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series: Kelly Nguyen
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024 5pm - 8pm
Using 3D Data to Document and Exhibit Cultural Heritage
Saturday, Sep 21, 2024 11am - 11am
Digitizing Ancient and Modern Refugees: Classics and Community Engaged Scholarship in the Classroom

RMCI resources

Tracing Histories Through Artifacts Lesson Plan

Nguyen, Kelly. 2026. “Towards an Archaeology of Refugee Lifeworlds.” Journal of Social Archaeology 26 (2): 176–201. https://doi.org/10.1177/14696053261453088.
 

Be sure to also check out these initiatives and online resources 

The Vietnamese Heritage Museum, Garden Grove, CA

The Viet Museum, San Jose, CA

The Vietnamese Boat People Podcast

Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive

University of California, Irvine’s Southeast Asian Archive

Vietnam Studies Group Digital Collections

The Critical Refugee Studies Collective

Undocumented Migration Project