Nathalie Nguyen

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An award-winning researcher, Professor Nathalie Nguyen is a leading international scholar on the Vietnamese diaspora and the experiences of Vietnamese refugees. A Commonwealth Scholar at Oxford University and former ARC Future Fellow, her work focuses on memory, war and migration. She is an expert on oral history projects involving the Vietnamese in Australia, and her work has led to the creation of two key new oral history collections at the National Library of Australia. In 2021, she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

Nathalie is the author of four books, three of which have been translated into other languages, and editor of four publications. Her works include the Routledge Handbook of the Vietnamese Diaspora (2024), the first major reference work in the field, South Vietnamese Soldiers (2024 reprint), and 2010 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Memory Is Another Country (2024 reprint).

Nathalie's recent articles include 'The Vietnamese Turn', Sydney Review of Books 2025, and 'Acknowledging a Former Ally: Australia's Recognition of South Vietnamese Military Service', Australian Journal of Politics and History 71:3 (2025), pp. 279-295. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajph.70012

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Professor, School of Philosophical, Historical and Indigenous Studies, Monash University

Education

  •  
    University of Oxford, Doctor of Philosophy
  •  
    University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Publications

  • 2025
    The Vietnamese Turn, Sydney Review of Books
  • 2025
    Acknowledging a Former Ally: Australia's Recognition of South Vietnamese Military Service, Australian Journal of Politics and History Vol. 71, No. 3
  • 2025
    Remembering South Vietnam, History Today
  • 2024
    Routledge Handbook of the Vietnamese Diaspora, Routledge
  • 2024
    South Vietnamese Soldiers: Memories of the Vietnam War and After, Bloomsbury Academic (Reprint)
  • 2024
    Memory Is Another Country: Women of the Vietnamese Diaspora, Bloomsbury Academic (Reprint)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    Grandparenting in Australia: A History (1945-2025)
    Role:
    Discovery Project
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2020
    Pathways to Prevention: Vietnamese Offenders in Victoria
    Role:
    Grant
    Funding Source:
    Australian Vietnamese Women's Association

Contact Nathalie for

  • General
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  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision