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A post-modern mandala? Moving beyond methodological nationalism (2016)
Journal Article
Sutherland, C. (2016). A post-modern mandala? Moving beyond methodological nationalism. Humanetten, 37, 88-106

The work of art entitled Returning Home (Figure 1) is a chest-high, cylindrical trunk made from thousands of chopsticks. Painstakingly built up from the inside out, it is a satisfying whole made of many parts that represents home in a solid and endur... Read More about A post-modern mandala? Moving beyond methodological nationalism.

Leaving and Longing: Migration Museums as Nation-Building Sites (2014)
Journal Article
Sutherland, C. (2014). Leaving and Longing: Migration Museums as Nation-Building Sites. Museum and Society, 12(2), 118-131

In the evolving context of new museology, museum interpretations of the nation variously contribute to and critique the nation-building discourse that continues to legitimate the contemporary nation-state. A focus on borders and cross-border migratio... Read More about Leaving and Longing: Migration Museums as Nation-Building Sites.

Vietnamese Diasporic Citizenship (2014)
Book Chapter
Sutherland, C. (2014). Vietnamese Diasporic Citizenship. In E. Isin, & P. Nyers (Eds.), Routledge handbook of global citizenship studies (522-531). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203102015.ch47

This chapter explores diaspora citizenship through the case of Vietnam. There, as elsewhere, nationality – in the strict sense of national belonging – is so closely bound up with citizenship and naturalization that citizenship can be considered the l... Read More about Vietnamese Diasporic Citizenship.

Introduction: Nation-building in China and Vietnam (2012)
Journal Article
Sutherland, C. (2012). Introduction: Nation-building in China and Vietnam. East Asia, 29(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-011-9171-y

This introduction explores the changing nature of Chinese and Vietnamese nation-building in the era of globalisation and specifically, transnationalism. The first part sets out a conceptual framework designed to put contemporary Chinese and Vietnames... Read More about Introduction: Nation-building in China and Vietnam.

Soldered states: nation-building in Germany and Vietnam (2010)
Book
Sutherland, C. (2010). Soldered states: nation-building in Germany and Vietnam. Manchester University Press

The book examines the power of nationalism to solder nation-states back together rather than break them apart. In this innovative, cross-continental comparison of nation-building in Germany and Vietnam, the focus is on their shared experience of divi... Read More about Soldered states: nation-building in Germany and Vietnam.

Reconciling Nation and Region: Vietnamese Nation-Building and ASEAN Regionalism (2009)
Journal Article
Sutherland, C. (2009). Reconciling Nation and Region: Vietnamese Nation-Building and ASEAN Regionalism. Political Studies, 57(2), 316-336. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2008.00736.x

The article sets out to gauge the usefulness of the concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty and nation in theorising a specific, South-East Asian case of nation building. It looks at the interplay between nation building and regionalist ideology in Vietn... Read More about Reconciling Nation and Region: Vietnamese Nation-Building and ASEAN Regionalism.

Europe and Post-Cold War Nationalism (2009)
Book Chapter
Sutherland, C. (2009). Europe and Post-Cold War Nationalism. In K. Larres (Ed.), A companion to Europe since 1945 (387-406). Wiley

A Companion to Europe Since 1945 provides a stimulating guide to numerous important developments which have influenced the political, economic, social, and cultural character of Europe during and since the Cold War. Includes 22 original essays by an... Read More about Europe and Post-Cold War Nationalism.