Hoang Anh Thu Le - My portal

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy(The Australian National University)

Researcher number: 70828384
J-GLOBAL ID: 201801017514458799
researchmap Member ID: 7000028308

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore /

Research History

Apr, 2018 - Present

助教, アジア太平洋学, 立命館アジア太平洋大学
Apr, 2021

Associate Professor, College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Apr, 2018

Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
2008 - 2018

:Lecturer and Course Coordinator, Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City
2008 - 2018

:Lecturer and Course Coordinator, Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City
2018

-:Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
2018

-:Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
2010 - 2011

:Researcher and Editor of the “Gender and Society Quarterly Newsletter”, Gender and Society Research Center, Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City
2010 - 2011

:Researcher and Editor of the “Gender and Society Quarterly Newsletter”, Gender and Society Research Center, Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City

Education

Feb, 2012 - Mar, 2017

History and LanguageAnthropology, Department of Anthropology School of Culture, The Australian National University
- 2017

The Australian National University
- 2017

Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National University
- 2005

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Committee Memberships

Sep, 2020 - Sep, 2023

Member, Association of Asian Studies (USA)
Sep, 2020 - Sep, 2023

メンバー, アジア学協会（アメリカ）
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2023

Academic Supervisor, Honours Program for Global Citizenship & Global Citizenship Program (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2023

Academic Supervisor, Honours Program for Global Citizenship & Global Citizenship Program (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2021

Steering committee member, Honors Program for Global Citizens (HPGC) (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2021

Steering committee member, Honors Program for Global Citizens (HPGC) (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
2019

Steering Committee for Honors Program for Global Citizens (HPGC) in FY2019 (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
2019

Steering Committee for Honors Program for Global Citizens (HPGC) in FY2019 (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)

Awards

Papers

The “macrobiotics friends association”: nurturing life amidst chronic disease in Vietnam

Le Hoang, Ngoc Yen, irst, au

Somatosphere: Science, Medicine, and Anthropology, Online publication, Apr 16, 2021
Buddhist Way of Old age and Women’s Lifecourse in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

LE Hoang Anh Thu

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 31(3) 319-332, Nov 15, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Doing Bodhisattva’s Work: Charity, Class, and Selfhood of Petty Traders in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

LE Hoang Anh Thu

Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 15(4) 4-32, Oct 30, 2020 Peer-reviewed
“Song Lang” – A story of art, love and life in post-war Saigon

LE Hoang Anh Thu

New Mandala, Oct 8, 2020
Gender and Society Research Newsletter

Prof. Thai, Thi Ngoc Du

2010
The Effectiveness of Teaching Life skills in universities

Teachers and Trainers in Adult Education and Lifelong LearningProfessional Development in Asia and E, Jun 29, 2009 Invited

Misc.

Review of "Essential Trade: Vietnamese Women in a Changing Marketplace" by Ann Marie Leshkowich

Le Hoang Anh Thu

Southeast Asian Studies, 7(1) 142-5, Apr, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Review of "Essential Trade: Vietnamese Women in a Changing Marketplace" by Ann Marie Leshkowich

Le Hoang Anh Thu

Southeast Asian Studies, 7(1) 142-5, Apr, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Techniques of Death: Buddhist Practice, Femininity and Self-Cultivation at the Last Stage of Life in Vietnam

Le Hoang Anh Thu

ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 18(2) 149-164, 2017
Techniques of Death: Buddhist Practice, Femininity and Self-Cultivation at the Last Stage of Life in Vietnam

Le Hoang Anh Thu

ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 18(2) 149-164, 2017
Review of "Even the Women Must Fight – Memories of War from North Vietnam" by Karen Turner

LE Hoang Anh Thu

Gender & Society Collection Volume 1 (Ho Chi Minh City: Times Publisher), 2012(1) 185-9, Jan, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Review of "Even the Women Must Fight – Memories of War from North Vietnam" by Karen Turner

LE Hoang Anh Thu

Gender & Society Collection Volume 1 (Ho Chi Minh City: Times Publisher), 2012(1) 185-9, Jan, 2012 Peer-reviewed
" What do youths expect from universities?”. In Humboldt University 200 years (1810-2010): Experiences of the world and Vietnam’

LE Hoang Anh Thu, Ngo Bao Chau

Ho Chi Minh City: Tri Thuc Publisher, 645-60, 2011
" What do youths expect from universities?”. In Humboldt University 200 years (1810-2010): Experiences of the world and Vietnam’

LE Hoang Anh Thu, Ngo Bao Chau

Ho Chi Minh City: Tri Thuc Publisher, 645-60, 2011
Better Brain Drain than Brain in the Drain

LE Hoang Anh Thu

Agents of Change: Winning student essays on sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific region. Asian Development Bank, 99-104, 2007
Better Brain Drain than Brain in the Drain

LE Hoang Anh Thu

Agents of Change: Winning student essays on sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific region. Asian Development Bank, 99-104, 2007

Books and Other Publications

Buddhism as the Way of old age in Vietnam in "63 chapters for Understanding contemporary Vietnam" (3rd edition) edited by Misaki Iwai, translated by Hisashi Shimojo

Volume editor, Misaki Iwai, Translated to Japanese, y, Hisashi Shimojo

Mar, 2023
Mastering Old age: Buddhist Practice and Techniques of the Self among Elderly Laywomen in Ho Chi Minh City

The Australian National University, 2017
Mastering Old age: Buddhist Practice and Techniques of the Self among Elderly Laywomen in Ho Chi Minh City

The Australian National University, 2017
Gender & Society Collection Volume 1-2012 [Gender and Society Collection Volum 1-2012]

Thái Thị, Ngọc Dư, Bùi Trân Phượng, Le Hoang Anh Thu, Mai Sơn (Role: Editor)

Jan, 2012
Tuyển tập Giới & Xã hội Số 1 - 2012 [“Gender & Society Collection Volume 1-2012”]

Ho Chi Minh City: Times Publisher, 2012
Tuyển tập Giới & Xã hội Số 1 - 2012 [“Gender & Society Collection Volume 1-2012”]

Ho Chi Minh City: Times Publisher, 2012
"What do youths expect from universities?”. In Humboldt University 200 years (1810-2010): Experiences of the world and Vietnam’(edited by Ngo Bao Chau)

LE Hoang Anh Thu

Dec, 2011
"Better Brain Drain than Brain in the Drain" In Agents of Change: Winning student essays on sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific region. Asian Development Bank

Le Hoang Anh Thu

Asian Development Bank, Aug, 2007

Presentations

Organise a panel titled "Religious food charity, care, and social agency in Vietnam and Myanmar"

Annual Conference Association for Asian Studies, Mar 27, 2022
Cooking for a Healthy Society: Food Charity by Buddhist Temples in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

Annual Conference Association for Asian Studies, Mar 27, 2022
Productive work in Buddhist merit-making practice of Elderly Women in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

The 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12), Aug 26, 2021, International Institute for Asia Studies (Leiden, the Netherlands)
"Travel in the Impure Land: Buddhist pilgrimage and old-age personhood in Vietnam"

Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Conference "Leisure Activities of Older Adults in Asia", Jan 19, 2021, Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Conference "Leisure Activities of Older Adults in Asia" Invited
"Why is Southeast Asia a region?"

APU Virtual Mini University Program, Oct 24, 2020, International Undergraduate Admissions, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Invited
Career as Researchers: How Inquisitive Mind Leads to Life in Academia

2020 Future Leader Core Seminar #2 (part of Honors Program for Global Citizenship), Jun 22, 2020, Honors Program for Global Citizenship Invited
Doing Bodhisattva's Work: Charity and the Working Class in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

AP Conference, Dec 1, 2019 Invited
Creating Active learning experience for students at Faculty Development (FD) Day event

Faculty Development (FD) Day event, Dec, 2018, Academic Office, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Invited
Elderly Women’s Buddhist ‘Work’ as Continuity of Care and the Enchantment of Old Age in Contemporary Urban Vietnam

The Australian National University; "2017 Vietnam Update: The Politics of Life", Nov, 2017, The Australian National University Invited
Elderly Women’s Buddhist ‘Work’ as Continuity of Care and the Enchantment of Old Age in Contemporary Urban Vietnam

2017 Vietnam Update: The Politics of Life, 2017
Doing Bodhisattva Work: Buddhist charity and old age in Vietnam

Vietnamese National University & Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, "Cultural Resources for Sustainable Development: Theories, Practices and Policy Solutions", Dec, 2016, Vietnamese National University & Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam Invited
Doing Bodhisattva Work: Buddhist charity and old age in Vietnam

Cultural Resources for Sustainable Development: Theories, Practices and Policy Solutions, 2016
Conceptualization of life and old age of elderly lay Buddhist women in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

The Australian Anthropological Society 2015 Conference, Dec, 2015, University of Melbourne, Australia
Conceptualization of life and old age of elderly lay Buddhist women in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

The Australian Anthropological Society 2015 Conference, 2015
Bodhisattva Femininity: Supernatural Exchanges and Worldly Connections in Vietnamese Buddhists’ Charitable Practice

The Australian National University, "2014 Vietnam Update ‘Connected and Disconnected in Viet Nam", Dec, 2014, The Australian National University, Australia
“Inside” and “outside” the realm of life: Conceptualization of life course and old age

113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Dec, 2014, American Anthropological Association, Washington DC, USA
Bodhisattva Femininity: Supernatural Exchanges and Worldly Connections in Vietnamese Buddhists’ Charitable Practice

2014 Vietnam Update ‘Connected and Disconnected in Viet Nam’, 2014
“Inside” and “outside” the realm of life: Conceptualization of life course and old age

113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, 2014
The effectiveness in teaching life skills in universities

ASEM Conference “Teachers and trainers in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Professional Development in Asia and Europe”, Jun 29, 2009, German Institute for Adult Education, Bonn, Germany
The effectiveness in teaching life skills in universities

ASEM Conference “Teachers and trainers in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Professional Development in Asia and Europe”, 2009

Professional Memberships

(American) Association for Asian Studies

Works

PhD thesis "Mastering Old age: Buddhist Practice and Techniques of the Self among Elderly Laywomen in Ho Chi Minh City"

Mar, 2017 Other
Coordinator of Student Anthropology Seminar Series (The Australian National University)

Jan, 2015 - Dec, 2015 Other
Vietnam Studies Group Seminar Series Anthropology Student Seminar Series Anthropology Thesis Writing group (The Australian National University)

Jan, 2015
Vietnam Studies Group Seminar Series Anthropology Student Seminar Series Anthropology Thesis Writing group (The Australian National University)

Jan, 2015
Editor of English and Vietnamese versions of “Gender & Society Research Newsletters”

Dr. THAI Thi, Ngoc Du, Dr. BUI, Tran Phuong

Jan, 2010 - Dec, 2011 Other
Editor of English and Vietnamese versions of “Gender & Society Research Newsletters”

Jan, 2010 - Dec, 2011 Artistic work
“Tet Nguyen Dan: Constructing Vietnamese identity through the Performance of the Lunar New Year Festival”

rofessor Patrick McAllister, University of Canterbury (New Zealand, Department of Sociology, Anthropology

Sep, 2008 - Dec, 2011 Other
“Tet Nguyen Dan: Constructing Vietnamese identity through the Performance of the Lunar New Year Festival”

Sep, 2008 - Dec, 2011
Research project “Perceptions and Awareness of lecturers and students of Hoa Sen University regarding the issue of gender equity in their families, work places and communities”

Oct, 2011
Research project “Perceptions and Awareness of lecturers and students of Hoa Sen University regarding the issue of gender equity in their families, work places and communities”

Oct, 2011
“Tet Nguyen Dan, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year: Constructing Identity through Festival and Ritual in the Context of Rapid Social Change”

2008 - 2011
“Tet Nguyen Dan, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year: Constructing Identity through Festival and Ritual in the Context of Rapid Social Change”

2008 - 2011
Research project “Memoirs of Vietnamese Mothers of War Martyrs”

Dr. Thai, Thi Ngoc Du, Hoa Sen, University, Gender, Society Research Center

Jan, 2010 - Dec, 2010 Other
Research project “Memoirs of Vietnamese Mothers of War Martyrs”

Jan, 2010 - Dec, 2010
Student Essay Contest ‘What do I expect from universities?’

Jan, 2010 - Aug, 2010 Artistic work
Research project “Memoirs of Vietnamese Mothers of War Martyrs”

Dr. Thai, Thi Ngoc Du, Hoa Sen, University, Gender, Society Research Center

Jan, 2010 Other
“Tet Nguyen Dan: Constructing Vietnamese identity through the Performance of the Lunar New Year Festival”

Professor Patrick McAllister, University of Canterbury (New Zealand, Department of Sociology, Anthropology

Sep, 2008 Other
“Farmers in the outskirt area of Ho Chi Minh City in the process of urbanization”

2005 - 2007
“Farmers in the outskirt area of Ho Chi Minh City in the process of urbanization”

2005 - 2007
Research project ‘Farmers in the outskirt area of Ho Chi Minh City in the process of urbanization’

MSc. LE Van Nam

Jun, 2004 Other

Research Projects

Buddhist charitable practice, Old-age experience and personhood of Vietnamese elderly

Early Career Scholar, Apr, 2019
Memoirs of Vietnamese Mothers of War Martyrs

Hoa Sen University, Gender and Society Research Center, Jan, 2011 - Oct, 2011

Prof. THAI Thi, Ngoc Du, Hoa Sen, U
“Tet Nguyen Dan, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year: Constructing Identity through Festival and Ritual in the Context of Rapid Social Change”

受託研究, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Canterbury (New Zealand), 2008 - 2011

Professor Patrick McAllister, Professor Patrick McAllister
“Farmers in the outskirt area of Ho Chi Minh City in the process of urbanization”

受託研究, Bureau of Science and Technologies of Ho Chi Minh City, 2005 - 2007

Mr. Le Van Nam, Mr. Le Van Nam
Ageing, Buddhist practice, faith-based charity, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, post-socialism
Ageing, Buddhist practice, faith-based charity, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, post-socialism

Social Activities

Peer review for Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Journal of Vietnamese Studies, HAU:Journal of Ethnographic Theory

Other