THE PREMIERE OF SAIGON BOOKCASE OF CULTUROLOGY

Dr. Tran Dinh Lam participated in the premiere of the Center for Theoretical & Applied Culturology and The Saigon Bookcase of Culturology held at the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) on the morning of April 22, 2013.

Dr. Tran Dinh Lam participated in the premiere of the Center for Theoretical & Applied Culturology and The Saigon Bookcase of Culturology held at the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) on the morning of April 22, 2013.

The premiere saw the presence of Prof. Phan Thanh Binh – Director of Vietnam National University – HCMC; Assoc. Prof. Vo Van Sen – President of HCMC USSH; Nguyen Van Nen – Deputy Manager of the Central Board of Missionary Work as well as some representatives from the Head of School, scholars and lecturers from faculties and centers of HCMC USSH.

The premiere was to present 2 books recently published in the Saigon Bookcase of Culturology. The first one, “The issues of Theoretical & Applied Culturology”, written by Prof. Tran Ngoc Them, consists of 4 chapters: chapter 1 is about The issues of theoretical culturology, chapter 2 about The issues of Vietnamese culture, chapter 3 about The issues of world culture and the final one about The issues of Applied Culturology. This book is based on 32 published writings and 11 unpublished ones, and it is considered as a brief review of a 22-year study on culture and culturology of the author (1990 – 2012).

Assoc. Prof. Vo Van Sen – President of HCMC USSH had a speech at the two books' premiere.

As for the other book, titled “The culture of Vietnamese people in the southwest of Vietnam” (Prof. Tran Ngoc Them as the chief author), it has 3 sections: Section 1 presents the theoretical and practical basis for carrying out studies on Vietnamese people’s culture in the southwest of Vietnam, section 2 is about the cultural elements of Vietnamese people in this region, and the last section presents a system of specific features in their cultural behaviors. In addition to building an overall picture of cultural elements of Vietnamese people in the southwest of Vietnam and getting understanding of specific cultural behaviors to specify the cultural identity of the region, the goal of this project is also to help get more in-depth knowledge of this field, based on which explanations for the problems arising in socio-cultural life nowadays (such as the issue of women living in this region getting married with foreigners, the issue of education and human development, etc.) can be given.

The two books’ premiere has drawn special attention of scholars and researchers in culture and culturology. They are also highly valued by the leaders of HCMC USSH in particular and of Vietnam National University – HCMC in general. 

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