  In the spirit of Bar Natan's construction of Khovanov homology, we give a
categorification of the Vandermonde determinant. Given a sequence of positive
integers $\vec{x}=(x_1,...,x_n)$, we construct a commutative diagram in the
shape of the Bruhat order on $S_n$ whose nodes are colored smoothings of the
$2$-strand torus link $T_{2,n}$, and whose arrows are colored cobordisms. An
application of a TQFT to this diagram yields a chain complex whose Euler
characteristic is the Vandermonde determinant evaluated at $\vec{x}$. A
generalization to arbitrary link diagrams is given, producing categorifications
of certain generalized Vandermonde determinants. We also address functoriality
of this construction.
