Mai Na Lee
Mai Na Lee | |
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Maiv Nag Lis | |
| Born | 1970 or 1971 (age 53–54) Pha Nok Kok, in the sub-district of Muang Pha, Xieng Khouang, Laos |
| Other names | Mai Na M. Lee |
| Occupation(s) | Author, academic, researcher |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Academic background | |
| Education |
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| Thesis | The Dream of the Hmong Kingdom: Resistance, Collaboration, and Legitimacy Under French Colonialism (1893–1955) (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred W. McCoy |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Postcolonialism |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (2007–present) |
| Main interests | Hmong diaspora |
Mai Na Lee (also Mai Na M. Lee; c. 1971) is an associate professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. She holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a researcher for the Hmong Studies Consortium. Lee is the first Hmong American to earn a doctorate in the field of history. Her book is Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom: The Quest for Legitimation in French Indochina, 1850–1960, which details the historical politics of Hmong in Laos.