Prof. Phan Huy Lê and Hà Nội culture
25/08/2010
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VGP - Professor Phan Huy Lê, one of Việt Nam’s leading historians in modern time, is a chief contributor to preparing the dossiers of the Thăng Long Imperial Citadel for the UNESCO’s recognition as the world’s cultural heritage.
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Prof. Phan Huy Lê |
Born in 1934 in the central province of Hà Tĩnh
as an offspring of a family with many famous feudal-time scholars, Phan Huy Lê graduated
from the Hà Nội University in 1956, and worked for its History Faculty. Two
years later, he was appointed as the chief lecturer of the subject of Việt Nam’s ancient
and medieval history.
The life of Prof. Lê is closely attached to Hà Nội where he
lives and devotes his whole heart, mind and passion to researching and protecting
the cultural and historical heritages of Thăng Long–Hà Nội.
For years, the Việt Nam History Society, chaired by Prof
Phan Huy Lê, has made considerable contributions to defining historical and
cultural values as well as preparing the dossiers of the Thăng Long Imperial
Citadel as a national-level heritage, then as a World Cultural Heritage.
Prof. Lê has also helped to compile similar dossiers for “the
Phù Đổng Festival” and “Doctoral Steles at Văn Miếu-Quốc Tử Giám” to be recognized
by the UNESCO as world heritages.
The professor has presided over many major seminars about Thăng
Long-Hà Nội, and been an author of different researches about the capital city’s
history, culture and celebrities.
Phan Huy Lê was conferred the professor title in 1980, the
People’s Teacher in 1994, and the State Award in 2000. He was the first
Vietnamese person that received the Asian Cultural Award Fukuoka from Japan in 1996, and the Order of Academic Palms
from France.
Prof. Phan Huy Lê has been nominated as one of ten most
outstanding Hanoians in 2010.
By
Ngọc Vân