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Dr Sean Fear is a Lecturer in International History at the School of History, University of Leeds, specializing in Vietnamese history, the Cold War, and U.S. foreign relations. He advises the Independence Palace Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on a landmark exhibition about South Vietnam's political and cultural history (1967–1975), a project funded by Leeds' Faculty of Arts and supported by design firm Thincdesign. Fear’s research focuses on domestic politics and foreign diplomacy during the Vietnam War, drawing on Vietnamese-language archives and oral histories.
- Education: PhD (Cornell University), BA (University of Toronto)
- Visiting Roles: Visiting Professor at Fulbright University (2022–23)
- Fellowships: Dartmouth College, NYU Cold War Center, McGill University
His forthcoming book (Harvard UP) analyzes the collapse of South Vietnam’s legitimacy, leveraging underutilized Vietnamese sources. Fear collaborates internationally with institutions like the British Library and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He supervises MA/PhD students on topics including decolonization, Cold War geopolitics, and post-war memory.
Key Projects:
- Independence Palace Museum exhibit (since 2019)
- Research on Vietnamese state-building and U.S. influence
- Contributions to Cambridge History of the Vietnam War (AAP-award winning)
Awards: His work earned two Association of American Publishers awards for the Cambridge History collaboration. Grants include Leeds' Research Innovation Service funding to finalize the museum exhibit’s physical design.
