Mai Bui Dieu Linh

Mai Bui Dieu Linh was born in Hue, Vietnam, and pursued her higher education at Concordia University from 2002 to 2023, earning her BA, MA, and PhD degrees. Her academic background centers on South Asian studies, with a focus on the history and philosophy of Buddhism and Hinduism. Over time, her research expanded to Southeast Asia, particularly the historical transmission and adaptation of Indian culture, language, religion, and art. She has conducted extensive fieldwork across South and Southeast Asia and worked closely with the contemporary Cham ethnic minority in south-central Vietnam.

Her multidisciplinary research culminated in her doctoral dissertation, Identity and Religion Among the Contemporary Cham Ahier in Vietnam. Linh is currently revising this work into a monograph while translating a book on Vietnamese propaganda art produced during the French Indochina Wars. This translation project aligns with her research fellowship (2022-2025) at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Unseen Legacies of the Vietnam War Project, which examines the roles and voices of Vietnamese and ethnic minority communities during the Indochina Wars and seeks to foreground perspectives that have often been marginalized or excluded from official historical narratives.