Dinh Hong-Hai
丁紅海

Dr. Dinh Hong Hai is an Associate Professor at the National University in Hanoi, Vietnam. He currently serves as the Head of the Cultural Anthropology Division in the Department of Anthropology. In 2019, he was appointed as an executive committee member of The International Association for Semiotic Studies and the Deputy General Secretary of the Asian Semiotics International Association. Hai completed his MA at the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in 2001 and pursued his M.Phil at the University of Delhi, India in 2006. He then studied at Harvard University from 2008 to 2010 as a visiting fellow sponsored by HYI, after which he defended his Ph.D. dissertation at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, VASS in 2011. Hai has published over 30 books and 100 articles on related topics in both Vietnamese and English.

Current Research Projects:

1. “Maitreya Symbol in the New Religious Movements of East Asia: A Comparative Study of Long Hoa Di Lac in Vietnam and Daesoon Jinrihoe in Korea” in International Conference: New Developments in Daesoon Thought & the Religions of East Asia. Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Daejin University, Korea
2. “The body impolitic in the invented tradition movement: A research on the regeneration of the Vietnamese forefathers in contemporary art” in International Conference Engaging with Vietnam-14: Living with Heritage, (re)creating Heritage: Vietnam and the World. Hue city from Aug.1st to Aug.6th, 2023
3. “The Embodiments of Maitreya – God of Wealth in Vietnam”, FBK-ISR International Seminar 2023 organized by Fondazione Bruno Kessler – Polo delle Scienze Umane e social, Italia on Jul. 7th, 2023. Access https://isr.fbk.eu/en/events/detail/20208/the-embodiments-of-maitreya-god-of-wealth-in-vietnam-2023/
4. “Maitreya Buddha or Buddhishatva? A Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Vietnamese Culture”. The 1st International Conference of Asian Semiotics: A Transdisciplinary Imagination of Asian Cultural Studies. Korea University, Seoul Oct.,14-15th 2022
5. “Pseudomorph or Quasi-Religion? A Case Study of Maitreya – God of Wealth in Vietnam”. Partnership for Higher Education Reform (PHER’s Seminar 2) on Oct. 6th, 2022
6. “Religious Change in Contemporary Vietnamese Society: Afterlife Beliefs and Religious Change in Vietnam”. New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) Oct. 1-2nd 2021. Organized by State University of New York, SUNY -Brockport.
7. “Faces of Compassion: Buddhist Savior and Global Education in Ethics for Present-Day Vietnamese Young Generation”, The 16th United Nations Day of VESAK: Buddhist Approach to Global Leadership & Shared Responsibilities for Sustainable Societies (Sub-theme 03: Buddhist Approach to Global Educations in Ethics), organized in Tam Chuc Convention Center, Ha Nam, Vietnam, May 12-14th 2019.