HANH TRAN
7233 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: (510)-642-4180. Email: hanhtran@berkeley.edu
Education
MA in South and Southeast Asian Studies 2010
University of California, Berkeley
Post Graduate Program in Law 2002
National University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi
Post Graduate Program in Law as 2nd major
BS in English 1992
National University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi (Formerly Hanoi University) Foreign Language Department.
Teaching and Researching
Lecturer 2006-present
South and Southeast Asian Studies Department.
Design and teach courses on Vietnamese language and literature, and Southeast Asian culture.
Vietnamese Language Specialist, Reviewer 2013 – 2014
American Council on Teaching of Foreign Language,
Reviewing and advising on Vietnamese testing material developed for Standardized Foreign Language Test Project.
Research Assistant 2005 – 2006
University of Southern California.
Assistant to Professor Janet Hoskins (Anthropology Department) on her Research Project on Caodaism, including exploring and translating Vietnamese texts written on and by founders of Caodaism and conducting interviews with Caodaism communities in California.
Lecturer 1992 – 1993
National University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Formerly Hanoi University) Foreign Language Department.
Teach sophomore English courses.
Other Work Experience
Program Assistant 2000 – 2004
Embassy of the United States in Hanoi, Vietnam
Liasoning, interpreting and translating for US Diplomats on regular and ad hoc mission to Vietnam.
Interpreter/Translator 1999 - 2000
United Nation Development Program
Assigned to Ha Giang Development Project for Ethnic Minorities (HPM) to assist the Chief Technical Advisor on daily operation and periodical reviews, liasoning with local counterparts at provincial and local levels.
International Relations Collaborator 1999 – 2004
National Institute of Archaeology.
Assist with organizing international events, including the archaeological symposiums. Translate archaeological reports, articles and international correspondences.
Publications and Contributions
Editing, updating for the new edition of Essential Vietnamese Phrasebook, Periplus, Singapore – Forthcoming 2020.
Editing the Vietnamese translation of “Democratic Transitions - Conversations with World Leaders” The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Editing the English translation of Tran Duc Anh Son’s “Commission Patterned Porcelains in the Nguyen Era” The HCM City General Publishing House, 2018.
Translate the cover piece of George Saunders “Tenth of December” Nha Nam Publishing House, Hanoi, 2016.
Translate two short stories, including the cover piece in Alice Munro “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage” Nha Nam Publishing House, Hanoi, 2016.
Contributing/translating research material for Nick Turse “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., New York, 2013
Editing, updating for the new edition of Essential Vietnamese Phrasebook, Periplus, Singapore, 2012.
Comments on Liam Kelly's “The Biography of the Hong Bang Clan as a Medieval Invented Tradition” Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Vol. 7, No.2, University of California Press, Summer 2012.
Translating for www.talawas.org The Heart and Mind of Poet Xuan Dieu, Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Vol. 5, No.2, University of California Press, Summer 2010.
Co-translating for the English text of “Important and Priceless Works of Vietnamese Modern Arts” The Fine Arts Publishing House, Hanoi, 2010.
Contributing/translating research material for Deborah Nelson “The War behind me” Basic Books, New York, 2008
“Life’s Fickle Drama” Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2., University of California Press, August, 2007.
Royal ceramic wares from Thang Long Citadel, Viet Mercury News, San Jose, California, May 27, 2004.
Translating and co-editing “Ceramics and Porcelains of Ming dynasty from the National History Museum” Cultural Publishing House, Hanoi, 2004.
“Traces of Ceramic Kiln discovered at Chu Dau”, New Archaeological Discoveries in 1998, Social Science Publishing House, Hanoi, 1999.
Professional Workshop and Conference Presentation |
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| Content Based Instruction - Professional Development Workshop Series | |
| Southeast Asian Language Teaching: New Directions Cornell University | 2017 |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 2016 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 2015 |
| Teaching for Proficiency, University of Hawaii, Manoa | 2008 |
Professional Membership and Community Services
Member of The Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL)
Member of Group of Universities for Advancement of Vietnamese in America (GUAVA)
Judge Committee Member for The Vietnamese American Community Center of the East Bay (VACCEB) scholarship.