Liu Distinguished Visitor Series

Through the generosity of Frank ('78) and Cindy Liu, the Liu Distinguished Visitor Series has allowed the Chao Center to host a number of dynamic speakers.

Upcoming Liu Visitors:

A Retrospective Series on America's War in Vietnam: 50 Years Later

Fondren Library, Kyle Morrow Room
Reception: 4:00 pm | Talk: 4:30 pm

All talks open to the public. For Rice visitors, please see the library's Getting to Fondren Library page.

November 21, 2024 - Chia Youyee Vang, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Making Sense of the U.S. Secret War in Laos and Its Aftermath"
Recording available.

March 25, 2025 - Thuy Vo Dang, Assistant Professor of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
"T.E.A.C.H.: Memory Work in the Vietnamese Diaspora 50 Years Later"
This talk will only be hosted in person. A recording will not be available.

April 9, 2025 - Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History, Rice University
"Children of the Ladder: Gerald Ford and the End of the Vietnam War"