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| [a] Capstone [RF] |
ANST 351
Spring 2021
Mondays 4:00-5:30
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Email me (that's life in a
363-2005 pandemic)
lafleur@beloit.edu 363-2005 pandemic)
Required Books
New York Review of Books (items sent to you as .pdf files)Fairbank, John King. Chinabound.
McPhee, John. Draft No. 4 (.pdf)
Reischauer, Edwin. My Life Between Japan and America.
An academic book published in 2018 or later dealing with some area of your expertise.
The Fairbank and Reischauer books are on library reserve
Evaluation
Quizzes/attendance 15%
Week I Essay. 15%
Week IV Essay. 20%
Research Review Article 50%
Week IV Essay. 20%
Research Review Article 50%
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 2021
Week I
Wednesday, April 7
Fairbank, Chinabound, xiii-xiv, 3-31Part One Tooling Up: Education in Five Places
How I Became Oriented
Getting to China
Reischauer, My Life Between Japan and America, xi-xiv, 3-29
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
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, April 11
"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, April 11
Week II
Monday, April 12
Fairbank, Chinabound, 32-170
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
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, 33-109
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*** ***
2,000-3,000 word review essay focusing upon the
growth of Asian Studies in the United States
Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 2 |
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Week III
Monday, April 19
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 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
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
Review Essays from the New York Review of Books
V.S. Pritchett, "Broken Blossoms"
John Nathan, "Who Can Put Across Genji"
Jonathan Spence, "What Confucius Said"
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2,000-3,000 word review essay focusing upon the
growth of Asian Studies in the United States
Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 2Monday, April 26
LaFleur, "Korean Civilization and East Asian Studies" (.pdf file)
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
Review Essays from the New York Review of Books
Ian Buruma, "We Japanese"
John King Fairbank, "Keeping Up with the New China"
David Nivison, "Emperor of China Studeis"
2,000-3,000 word review essay focusing upon the
growth of Asian Studies in the United States
Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 2
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Week V
Monday, May 3
Make sure that you have finished your review essay book, and be ready to discuss it with the class.
Make sure that you have finished your review essay book, and be ready to discuss it with the class.
Writing, History, and Culture (Rob's Writing Guide), 1-78
Part Three: Writing and Time (read first)
Part One: The Writing Process (read second...and very carefully)
Part Two: Styling Culture—Navigating Grammatical Forests (look through each of
the numbered items, but you don't need to go into detail...yet).
Review Essays from the New York Review of Books
John King Fairbank, "To China and Back"
Ian Johnson, "A Revolutionary Discovery in China"
John King Fairbank, "History on the Wing"
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Final Review Essay (5,000 words) Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 23
Monday, May 10
Bring to Class:
1,000 words, maximum (three pages...maximum...when does Rob ever say that?)
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).
Look again through your review essay book, continue writing your paper/project, and prepare a five-minute presentation for class. The presentation this week will be largely informal (but still important). Next week's will be more formal.
LaFleur, "Chicago-Style Footnotes and Endnotes" (click the link)
Review Essays from the New York Review of Books
Diane Johnson, "Ah, Wilderness!"
Marshall Sahlins, "Culture as Protein and Profit"
Clifford Geerz, "Culture War"
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Look again through your review essay book, continue writing your paper/project, and prepare a five-minute presentation for class.
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Final Review Essay (3,500-5,000 words) Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 23
Monday, May 17
Prepare your five-minute presentation.
Prepare your five-minute presentation.
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Final Review Essay (3,500-5,000 words) Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 23
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