Tien Thanh Nguyen

Thanh Nguyen is a PhD candidate in global history at Yale University. His current research examines the relationship between socialism and development in the late Cold War through the case of postwar Vietnam, a country situated at a geopolitical and ideological crossroads through much of the twentieth century. Interpreting the theory and practice of socialist construction in Vietnam in relation to transnational debates in the socialist bloc, Southeast Asia, and international institutions on postcolonial paths of development, the project contributes to recent literatures on the Cold War, international political economy, and the history of ideas in the Global South. 

 

Prior to Yale, Thanh received a BA in history from Duke University. At Yale, his study and research has been supported by the MacMillan Center for International and Areas Studies, the Council on Southeast Asia Studies, the International Security Studies program, and the Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration.