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X-WR-CALNAME:From Sand Dunes to Exotic Hard Timber Forests: An Environmenta
 l History of Coastal Vietnam
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DESCRIPTION:Gatty Lecture Series\n\nJoin us for a talk by Thuy Linh Nguyen\
 , Associate Professor of History from Mount Saint Mary College. \n\nThis G
 atty Lecture will take place at The Kahin Center\, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch 
 will be served. For questions\, contact seapgatty@cornell.edu. \n\nAbstrac
 t\nMy presentation explores the environmental history of the French introd
 uction and mass planting of exotic timber species\, such as Casuarina equi
 setifolia—commonly known as filao—and eucalyptus\, to reforest and sta
 bilize the vast moving sand dunes covering the majority of Vietnam’s 200
 0-mile coast\, highlighting their effects on the coastal environment and i
 ndigenous communities. This research questions the colonial stereotype tha
 t portrayed coastal sand dunes as empty and barren landscapes devoid of ve
 getation. In contrast\, as my presentation demonstrates\, the ecological m
 ultiplicity of the dunes offers a new lens for examining various topics\, 
 including traditional knowledge\, local economies\, resources\, property\,
  land reclamation\, and colonial state power.\n\nAbout the Speaker\nThuy L
 inh Nguyen is an Associate Professor of History at Mount Saint Mary Colleg
 e in Newburgh\, NY. Dr. Nguyen is a historian of modern Vietnam. A native 
 of Vietnam\, she received her PhD in History from the University of Pennsy
 lvania. She is currently working as Associate professor of History at Moun
 t Saint Mary College. Newburgh\, NY. Her first book\, Childbirth\, Materni
 ty and Medical Pluralism in French Colonial Vietnam\, 1880–1945 (Univers
 ity of Rochester Press\, 2016)\, examines the interactions between French 
 colonial medicine and Vietnamese childbirth practices and their impact on 
 maternal and infant health care. Her second book\, Vietnam’s Coal Fronti
 er: Mining\, Environment and Empire (Cambridge University Press\, November
  2025)\, explores the environmental\, economic\, and social history of lar
 ge-scale coal mining in French colonial Vietnam. She has also published pe
 er-reviewed articles on other topics of modern Vietnamese history.
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LOCATION:Kahin Center
SUMMARY:From Sand Dunes to Exotic Hard Timber Forests: An Environmental His
 tory of Coastal Vietnam
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 rd-timber-forests-an-environmental-history-of-coastal-vietnam
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