Christopher Gosha
Christopher E. Goscha (born June 7, 1965 in Wichita , Kansas ) is an American historian. He has worked at the Université du Québec à Montréal ("UQAM") since 2005 , where he is Associate Professor of International Relations and Southeast Asian History.
He published numerous writings on cultural, social, political and diplomatic aspects of the French colony of Indochina , the Indochina War , the Vietnam War , the Cambodian War and other conflicts in this region.
He studied at Georgetown University (School of Foreign Service), the Australian National University , the University of Paris VII and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales , where he obtained his PhD . In his dissertation, he looked at the Indochina War from a transnational perspective, "since the Franco-Vietnamese War (1945-1954) cannot be understood without placing it in a broader Asian context" was his historical account of the development towards modern Vietnam described by the Guardian as the best present history of Vietnam.
Awards
- 2017: John K. Fairbank Prize for Vietnam: A New History
- 2017: Cundill Prize (Recognition of Excellence Prize) for Vietnam: A New History
- 2019: Elected member of the Royal Society of Canada
Works (selection)
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The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam , Penguin / Random House, London, 2016
- Vietnam, A New History , Basic Books, New York, 2016
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Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954): An International and Interdisciplinary Approach , University of Hawaii / NIAS (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies), Copenhagen, 2011
- NIAS Press (Paperback) 2015, ISBN 978-8776941659
- Vietnam, Un Etat né de la guerre , Armand Colin, Paris, 2011
- Going Indochinese: Contesting Concepts of Space and Place in French Indochina , Nias Classics (Paperback, 2nd revised edition), 2012, ISBN 978-8776940997
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Thailand and the Southeast Asian Networks of the Vietnamese Revolution (1885-1954) , Psychology Press, 1999
- Thailand and the Southeast Asian Networks of the Vietnamese Revolution (1885-1954) , Routledge (Paperback 1st ed.), 2016, ISBN 978-1138988736
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Title: Le contexte asiatique de la guerre franco-vietnamienne: Réseaux, relations et économie (1945-1954) , published in English in 1999.
- ↑ Summary of the thesis in the Sudoc catalog, accessed on February 2, 2018
- ↑ Guardian review on October 8, 2016, accessed February 3, 2018
- ^ Class of 2019 / Promotion 2019. Royal Society of Canada / Société royale du Canada, accessed September 10, 2019 .
- ↑ slightly changed version of 'Penguin History of Vietnam'
- ↑ Review ( French )
- ↑ books.google.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gosha, Christopher |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goscha, Christopher E. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wichita , Kansas |