Cultural Research Institute Vietnam Institute of Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

I. Individual:
     - Full Name: Nguyen Thi Yen   SEX (M/F):Female
     -  Date of Birth: March 8, 1963 - Nationality: Vietnamese                  
     - Degree: phD, job: researcher
     -  Employer: Cultural Research Institute, Vietnam Institute of Social Sciences, 27 Tran Xuan Soan- Hanoi
     - Field of Research: Folklore of Tay, Nung Ethnic Minority Groups in Vietnam   
-Passport: No.CV S0000478    
II.Published books:
Then Tay (a kin of shamanism), scientific society Publishing House, 2006, 700 pp
Put Nung (a kin of shamanism), national culture Publishing House 2006(co-author), 300 pp
Culture of job town of Nung, national culture Publishing House, 2005(co-author), 200 pp
Lady Moon Festival (a kin of shamanism) - a shaman festival of the Tay in Cao Bang, Vietnam, Culture and Information Publishing House, 2003, 400 pp

IIII.Published articles:
1. Formation and changes of Then (a kin of shamanism) of the Tay people, Folklore Review, No. 2 - 2006 (pp. 19-29) 
2. Influencing and interacting elements of popular beliefs of the southern China and North Vietnam into Then of the Tay,  Proceedings of the Asian 8th Conference on Folklore in Vietnam, October 2005  (th¸ng 10)
3. The role of old traditional Then (a kin of shamanism) in recent social life of the Tay minority,  Folklore Light source Review, No.3 - 2005 ( pp. 40-43)
4. Some folk forms of belief of the Tay, Nung in Vietnam and Zhoang in China, Anthropology Review, No. 4- 2004 ( pp. 12-23)
5. The process of collecting and studying “Then” in the North of Vietnam, Folklore Review, No. 5 - 2046 (pp. 48-60) 
6. Comparison of Some Forms of Folk Beliefs of the Tay and Nung in Vietnam with those of the Zhuang in China, Conference on Folklore, Institute of Folklore, November 2003, p. 20.
7. Worshipping Objects in Then (Shaman) of the Tay, Folklore Report 2001, Hanoi National University, 2002, pp 1013-1030
8. Folk Knowledge of the Nung An in Environmental Protection, Proceedings of the Asian 4th Conference on Folklore in Japan, November 2001 (authors: Nguyen Thuy Loan – Nguyen Thi Yen)
9. The Cult of Mother Goddesses in the Beliefs of the Tay and Nung, Folklore Review, No.5 - 2001, (pp. 28-36)
10. Shamanism in Then Belief of the Tay, International Conference on The Cult of Mother Goddesses and Phu Day Festival, Hanoi, March 31 to April 1, 2001 (22 pages)
11. Actual State of Ancient Han (Ancient Chinese characters) Documents of the Tay, Nung and Dao in Na Ri District, Bac Kan Province. Han-Nom Report 2000, Institute of Han-Nom Research, 2001, (pp. 588-601)
12. Lady Moon Festival of the Tay People in Tien Thanh Commune, Quang Hoa District, Cao Bang Province. Folklore Review, No. 3 -1999 (pp. 3-22)
13. Exploration of the Belief Elements in the Tay and Nung Festivals.Folklore Review, No.1- 1998,( pp.3-10 )
14. Fairy Tales of Vietnam and Republic of Korea: Similarities and Differences. Folklore Review, No.2- 1995 (pp. 63-65).
15. Personalities in Cao Bang through the Wealth of Annals. Proceedings of Cao Bang Folklore Scientific Seminar, Cao Bang Association of Literature, 1993 (pp.106-118).
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