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| [a] Capstone [RF] |
ANST 351
Spring 2016
Tuesdays 7:10-11:00
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111 Tuesday
12:00-1:30
363-2005 Thursday
12:00-1:30 lafleur@beloit.edu …or by
appointment
Required Books
New York Review of Books (copies available at Turtle Creek Bookstore) Fairbank, John King. Chinabound.
Reischauer, Edwin. My Life Between Japan and America.
An academic memoir of your own choosing in your MAJOR field of study.*
An academic book published AFTER 2012 dealing with some are of your expertise.
*i.e. Biochemistry, psychology, or histosry (if your sole major is Chinese or Japanese, we'll discuss details).
The Fairbank and Reischauer books are on library reserve.
Evaluation
Quizzes/attendance 15%
Midterm Exam 25%
Research Proposal 15%
Research Paper 45%
Research Paper 45%
Daily attendance
and class participation are expected; absences during the semester will
affect your grade. Late assignments will
be penalized.
ANST 351
Asian Studies Senior Seminar
Spring 2016
Week I
Wrapping Up Majors and Minors
Tuesday, January 19
Handout in class
Week II
Fairbank and Reischauer I
Tuesday, January 26
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)
Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Fairbank, Chinabound, 3-170
Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Fairbank, Chinabound, 3-170
Part One Tooling Up: Education in Five Places
How I Became Oriented
Getting to China
Part Two Our Discovery of China, 1932-35
Moving to Peking
Beginning to See the Land and People
Harold Isaacs and the Terror
T.F. Tsiang and Modernization
Becoming a Specialist; Teaching at Tsing Hua
Chinese Friends
Seeing the Old Ports
Leaving China the First Time
Part Three Learning to Be a Professor, 1936-1940
An Oxford D. Phil
Starting In at Harvard
War and Policy Problems
How I Became Oriented
Getting to China
Part Two Our Discovery of China, 1932-35
Moving to Peking
Beginning to See the Land and People
Harold Isaacs and the Terror
T.F. Tsiang and Modernization
Becoming a Specialist; Teaching at Tsing Hua
Chinese Friends
Seeing the Old Ports
Leaving China the First Time
Part Three Learning to Be a Professor, 1936-1940
An Oxford D. Phil
Starting In at Harvard
War and Policy Problems
Reischauer, My Life Between Japan and America, 1-109
Part One Growing Up in Japan: 1910-1927
On Being a B.I.J
On Being a B.I.J
A Small Boy in Japan
American Roots: A Missionary Heritage
Early School Days
High School
Part Two Studying Around the World: 1927-1938
College Years at Oberlin
Graduate Study at Harvard
A Student in Paris
Living in Europe
Tokyo
Kyoto
Korea
China
Part Three The War Years: 1938-1946
Getting Started at Harvard
The Coming of War
The Army School at Arlington Hall
In Uniform
Planning for the Future of Japan
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Week III
Fairbank and Reischauer II
Tuesday, February 2
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)
Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Fairbank, Chinabound, 173-312
Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Fairbank, Chinabound, 173-312
Part Four: Washington, Chungking, and Shanghai
Moving to Washington
Moving to Washington
Going to China in Wartime
Getting Set Up in Chungking
Mary Miles and OSS
Academic Centers and the American Interest
1943—CKS Begins to Lose he Mandate
Discovering the Left
With the Office of War Information in Washington
In Postwar China
Reischauer, My Life Between Japan and America, 113-237
Part Four The Golden Years at Harvard: 1946-1960
A Second Start in Academia
A Second Start in Academia
Government Contacts
Family Matters
A Fresh Beginning
Director of the Harvard Yenching Institute
The Broken Dialogue
Part Five Ambassador to Japan: 1961-1966
Lightning Strikes
The Tokyo Embassy
Getting Acquainted
An Ambassador's Job
Setting to Work
Getting into Stride
Renewing the Dialogue
Bobby Kennedy in Japan
Squalls and Smooth Sailing
Relations with the Military
The Years Stretch Out
From Kennedy to Johnson
The Hazards of Life in the Limelight
Back in the Saddle
Vietnam to the Fore
Coming Down the Home Stretch
Week IV
Fairbank and Reischauer III
Tuesday, February 9
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)
Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Fairbank, Chinabound, 315-459
Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Fairbank, Chinabound, 315-459
Part Five The Fallout From World War II
China Policy and Area Study
Fighting McCarthyism
Part Six Developing the China Field, 1953-1971
Buidling a Research Center
Interacting Around the World
Vietnam and American-East Asian Relations
Part Seven Turning Some Corners
New and Old in the People's Republic
Failure with the Soviets
Ups and Downs as a Friend of China
Epilogue
China Policy and Area Study
Fighting McCarthyism
Part Six Developing the China Field, 1953-1971
Buidling a Research Center
Interacting Around the World
Vietnam and American-East Asian Relations
Part Seven Turning Some Corners
New and Old in the People's Republic
Failure with the Soviets
Ups and Downs as a Friend of China
Epilogue
Reischauer, My Life Between Japan and America, 238-355
Part Five Ambassador to Japan: 1961-1966
Lightning Strikes
The Tokyo Embassy
Getting Acquainted
An Ambassador's Job
Setting to Work
Getting into Stride
Renewing the Dialogue
Bobby Kennedy in Japan
Part Six Widing Down: 1966-
Reentry
Getting Back to Work
Contacts with Washington and Japan
A Time of Troubles
New Activities
Slowing Down
Retirement
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| [c] Blooming knowledge RF |
Week V
Major Memoir I
Tuesday, February 16
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Read and present in class about the memoir you have chosen.
Week VI
Major Memoir II
Major Memoir II
Tuesday, February 23
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Read and present in class about the memoir you have chosen.
Week VII
Planning
Planning
Tuesday, March 1
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Readings TBA
Week VIII
Autumn Break
Autumn Break
Week IX
Review Article Proposals (no class)
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)
Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Review article proposals due on Tuesday, March 15 (my office—MI 111) by 11:00 p.m.
Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Review article proposals due on Tuesday, March 15 (my office—MI 111) by 11:00 p.m.
Weeks IX-XIII
Work on Review Articles—no class
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Week XIV
Review Article Proposals (no class)
New York Review of Books (click for NYRB syllabus)Round and Square Syllabus (click for RSQ syllabus)
Week XV
Review Article Presentations
Tuesday, April 26 Meet at 4:00 to discuss presentations.
Friday, April 29
Asian Studies Student Research Seminar
SC 150 at 4:00 (bring your friends).
Final review articles due on Tuesday, May 10 (my office—MI 111) by 5:00 p.m.
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| [d] Study...I'm watching. [RF] |
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