She received her Ph.D. at UCLA and is currently writing a social history of women in Viet Nam, tentatively titled, "Vietnamese Women at the Crossroads of Southeast Asia: Gender and Society in the Early Modern Period." She is also working on a project that examines the social, economic and spiritual foundations of the early Vietnamese Catholic Church through the experiences of early converts.Cost: Free and open to the public.Special InstructionsParking in UCLA Lot 3 costs $7.For more information please contactBarbara Gaerlan Tel: 310-206-9163cseas@international.ucla.eduwww.international.ucla.edu/cseas/Sponsor(s): Center for Southeast Asian Studies