Ngo Vinh Long

Vietnamese-American historian (1944–2022)

University of Maine (1985–2022)
Harvard University

Ngô Vĩnh Long (April 10, 1944 – October 12, 2022) was a Vietnamese American historian, a professor of History at the University of Maine from 1985 until his death.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Long was the author of the 1973 book Before the Revolution: The Vietnamese Peasants Under the French.^[5]

Long graduated from Harvard University in 1978 and was hired at the University of Maine in the Department of History in 1985. He died after a brief illness on October 12, 2022, at the age of 78.^[3]

Published works

Before the Revolution: The Vietnamese Peasants Under the French 1973 MIT Press^[6]
Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States and the War 1991 Westview Press, Coauthor Douglas Allen (philosopher)^[6]
Vietnamese Women in Society and Revolution: The French Colonial Period 1974 Vietnam Resource Center, Cambridge, MA^[6]

References

^ "Ngo Vinh Long, scholar of Vietnam attacked for his views about war, dies at 78". Boston Globe. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ Mydans, Seth (October 23, 2022). "Ngo Vinh Long, Lightning Rod for Opposing the Vietnam War, Dies at 78". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
^ ^a ^b Burnham, Emily (October 25, 2022). "UMaine history professor Ngo Vinh Long, outspoken Vietnam War opponent, has died". Bangor Daily News.
^ Nguyễn, An Thùy; Allen, Douglas (2023-01-20). "Remembering Ngô Vĩnh Long, Renowned Scholar of Vietnam and Antiwar Activist". Critical Asian Studies. 55: 156–167. doi:10.1080/14672715.2023.2167220. S2CID 256163285. Archived from the original on 2023-02-17.
^ Cady, John F. (May 1, 1974). "Before the Revolution: The Vietnamese Peasants under the French". History: Reviews of New Books. 2 (7): 175. doi:10.1080/03612759.1974.9946381 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ngo Vinh Long Bio". UMaine History Department. Retrieved 10 January 2023.