Events
events
A comprehensive overview of events Viet will be participating in, from literary panels to commencement speeches. Many of these events are open to the public!
Please email Kevin Mills of The Tuesday Agency to inquire about Viet to talk at your event.
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
ÁCCENTED | Letters & Lullabies: Diasporic Filipina Poets
Join DVAN for our 54rd episode of ÁCCENTED, featuring Barbara Jane Reyes and Karen Llagas in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen! EVENT DETAILS Thursday, March 19, 2026 • 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET This event is FREE. Please register in advance to receive a link to join the virtual conversation. ABOUT THE GUESTS Barbara Jane […]
Watermelon Books: Literature During Genocide
An Inaugural Reading & Conversation at Watermelon Books LA with Award-Winning Novelists Randa Jarrar & Nancy Kricorian Watermelon Books LA presents its first public event — a powerful evening of literature, solidarity, and shared histories of diaspora and genocide connecting Palestinian and Armenian experiences. As survivors of ethnic cleansing and genocide, Armenian and Palestinian communities […]
Stanford Creative Writing Program | Lane Lecture Series: A Reading with Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce the next event in the Lane Lecture Series: A Reading with Viet Thanh Nguyen. This event is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Registration is encouraged but not required. Register here ____ Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among many other awards, and was […]
ÁCCENTED | Solidarity in Diaspora: From Vietnam to Palestine
Join DVAN for our 53rd episode of ÁCCENTED, featuring Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi and Cathy Linh Che in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen! EVENT DETAILS Thursday, February 19, 2026 • 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET This event is FREE. Please register in advance to receive a link to join the virtual conversation. ABOUT THE GUESTS Evyn Lê Espiritu […]
Northern Arizona University | Cline Lecture Series
This spring marks 42 years for the Cline Lecture Series. The Cline Community Lecture in the Humanities, established and endowed by Platt Cline, Flagstaff and NAU Historian and newspaper editor, bring speakers of international stature to Flagstaff. Previous Cline Lecturers include Luis Urrea, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rebecca Solnit, Sherman Alexie, Sarah Vowell, and T.C. Boyle. […]
Japanese American National Museum | Echoes of History: Inspiring Civic Action and Building Democracy
Join the Democracy Center at JANM and meet the thinkers, artists, organizers, and civic leaders confronting authoritarianism today. Hear from keynote speakers Agnès Callamard of Amnesty International, Robert Evans of the Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here podcasts and Glenn Kaino, an acclaimed contemporary artist. Panelists include JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, Angelica Salas of the Coalition for Humane […]
African American Policy Forum | The New McCarthyism: Why Authoritarians Fear Storytellers
Join us in-person at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival for The Story of Us presents, “The New McCarthyism: Why Authoritarians Fear Storytellers” on January 22 at 7pm, The Park, 150 Iron Horse Drive in Park City, UT. This will be the final Sundance Festival held at Park City and promises to be a fitting close to four […]
Orange County Department of Education | Vietnamese American Experiences Model Curriculum Conference
The Orange County Department of Education is excited and honored to welcome you to the Vietnamese American Experiences Conference on January 16, 2026. The presentations featured in this conference will provide attendees with foundational knowledge to prepare them for the implementation of the Vietnamese American Experiences Model Curriculum in their schools, districts, and communities. At […]
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