Tran Nhan Tong Academy

With the support of former presidents and the world's leading professors and scholars, Tran Nhan Tong Academy was founded in April 2012 with a goal of advancing the spirit, philosophy and wisdom of Tran Nhan Tong, a Vietnamese emperor who led the Tran Dynasty (1255-1400) to the final victories and since established a long period of peace and prosperity over the country. Each year, the Academy will award the Tran Nhan Tong International Prize for Reconciliation and Compassion. Selected by the Academy's Prize Committee, the recipients will be distinguished by their exemplary characters and by their devotion to promoting reconciliation. Founders: * Thomas E. Patterson (President), Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, * Nguyen Anh Tuan (Director), Associate at Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University. Board of Advisers: * Nguyen Van An, the National Assembly Chairman of Vietnam * Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Former President of the Republic of Latvia 1999 to 2007 * Michael Dukakis, three-term governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the 1988 Democratic candidate for President in an election * Alex Jones, Laurence M. Lombard Lecturer in the Press and Public Policy and Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy * Thich Thanh Quyet, Head of the Vietnam Buddhism Academy