Haydon Cherry

Haydon Cherry is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Northwestern University, affiliated with the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. He specializes in modern Southeast Asian history, particularly Vietnam. His work focuses on social, economic, and urban history in colonial contexts, with a notable book Down and Out in Saigon. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University (2011) and has held fellowships at Harvard, McGill, and institutions in Leiden and Hanoi.

Education:

• Ph.D., Yale University, 2011
• M.A., National University of Singapore, 2005
• B.A. (Hons.), National University of Singapore, 2002

Research Interests: Modern Vietnam, economic/labor history, urban poverty, colonial administration, and intellectual history. Current projects include a biography of scholar Đào Duy Anh and studies on anti-colonial movements.

Awards:

• Weatherhead East Asian Institute First Book Prize (2018)
• National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship (2017-2018)
• Arthur and Mary Wright Prize (2012)

Teaching & Advising: Teaches courses on Southeast Asian and global history. Advises doctoral students in Vietnamese and Southeast Asian studies. Serves as Director of the Asian Studies Graduate Cluster.

Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary research networks, including the Bodies and Structures project funded by the NEH.