From Round to Square (and back)

For The Emperor's Teacher, scroll down (↓) to "Topics." It's the management book that will rock the world (and break the vase, as you will see). Click or paste the following link for a recent profile of the project: http://magazine.beloit.edu/?story_id=240813&issue_id=240610

A new post appears every day at 12:05* (CDT). There's more, though. Take a look at the right-hand side of the page for over four years of material (2,000 posts and growing) from Seinfeld and country music to every single day of the Chinese lunar calendar...translated. Look here ↓ and explore a little. It will take you all the way down the page...from round to square (and back again).
*Occasionally I will leave a long post up for thirty-six hours, and post a shorter entry at noon the next day.

Friday, January 5, 2024

Asian Studies Senior Seminar (Spring 2024)

[a] Capstone [RF]
Asian Studies Senior Seminar
ANST 351
Spring 2024
Mondays 16:00-17:30

Robert André LaFleur                                              Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206                                                  Monday          13:30-16:00
363-2005                                                                        
lafleur@beloit.edu                                                      ...or by appointment (just send               
                                                                                         me an email message)                      
Required Books         
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 in 2020 or later dealing with some area of your expertise.
*i.e. Biochemistry, psychology, or history (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% 
Research Proposal                    25
Research Presentation              25%   
Research Review Article            35%                       

ANST 351
Asian Studies Senior Seminar
Spring 2024

Week I
Wrapping Up Majors and Minors
Monday, January 22
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
Introductions and Course Overview
1,000-word "miniature" review essay examining one question:
"What has been the biggest Asian Studies influence upon you up until now?"
This should be written as a brief, but well-structured 
academic essay, and not an informal work.
Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 28

Week II
Foundations of Asian Studies I
       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
Reischauer, My Life Between Japan and America, 1-109
       Part One Growing Up in Japan: 1910-1927
            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
***  ***
(hard copy in MI 206; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by class time on Monday)
[b] Capstone [RF]

Week III
Foundations of Asian Studies II
Fairbank, Chinabound, 173-312
       Part Four: Washington, Chungking, and Shanghai
            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 the 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
            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
***  ***
(hard copy in MI 206; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by class time on Monday)

[c] Blooming knowledge RF

Week IV
Foundations of Asian Studies III
Monday, February 12
Round and Square See separate Round and Square 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

 Reischauer, My Life Between Japan and America, 238-355
       Part Five Ambassador to Japan: 1961-1966 (con't)
            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
       Part Six Winding Down: 1966-
            Reentry
            Getting Back to Work
            Contacts with Washington and Japan
            A Time of Troubles
            New Activities
            Slowing Down
            Retirement
            Epilogue
***  ***
(hard copy in MI 206; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by class time on Monday)

Week V
Foundations of Asian Studies IV
LaFleur, "Korean Civilization and East Asian Studies" (.pdf file)
Rusch, "Introduction to The World of the Shining Prince" (.pdf file)
LaFleur, "Asian Ethnicities" (read all ten posts...seriously, it's important)
***  ***
(hard copy in MI 206; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by class time on Monday)

Week VI
Major Memoir I
Monday, February 26
Your Major Memoir (start reading)
Have your "major memoir" with you, and be ready to show to the class and give a short description, based on your early reading of it.

Week VIII
Spring Break

Week IX
Research Prospectus
Monday, March 18
Your Research Book
Spend the week finishing your research book, and be ready to begin discussing it next week.

Week XI
Presenting Your Research I
Monday, April 1
Your Research Book (keep rereading).
Finish rereading your review essay book work ("master" it), and prepare your proposal for class today.
 ***  ***
Bring to Class:
1,000 words, maximum (three pages...maximum...when does Rob ever say that?)
Write the title of  the book you are reviewing (just as in the NYRB).
Write the title (provisional) of your essay (just as in the NYRB.
Write an outline for your introduction (just try).
Note three-to-five key points you would like to cover in the middle of your essay.
Write a provisional outline for your conclusion (just try).

Week XII
Presenting Your Research II
Monday, April 8
Week XIII
Presenting Your Research III
Monday, April 15
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
Look again through your review essay book, continue writing your paper/project, and prepare an initial draft two-minute presentation for class.
 ***  ***
Final Review Essay (5,000 words) Due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7
Late assignments will be penalized—see my late assignment policy.
 

Week XV
Presenting Your Research V
 ***  ***
Presentation gathering in the Beloit College Poetry Garden
on Wednesday, May 8 at noon.


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