Uncategorized – Cindy A. Nguyen

It’s been hard. My mind, heart, and body have been on overdrive. I made the film “NONFUTURE, Meditations on Time” to make sense of it all. If this strikes a chord with you, please share.

I hope that this film

brings moments of lightness in a very dark and difficult situation
inspires creative experimentation to make meaning of our changing realities
reminds us that we are all connected in our collective struggle
sparks playful movement, gratitude, and laughter
moves us to be resilient, brave, and kind to each other

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Historian-Artist

Cindy Nguyen is a UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in the departments of History and Literature at University of California, San Diego. She previously worked at Brown University. She earned her Ph.D. in History at University of California, Berkeley. She specializes in the history of Vietnam, Southeast Asia print culture, and digital humanities. Her book manuscript, "Bibliotactics: Social Life of Libraries and Colonial Control in Vietnam, 1865-1958" examines the cultural and political history of libraries and a state sponsored public in colonial to postcolonial Vietnam.

I am a
historian
digital humanist
artist
poet
technologist
filmmaker
publisher
feminist
refugee