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ANST 351
Spring 2025
Wednesdays 16:00-17:30
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Monday 12:00-13:30
363-2005 Wednesday 12:00-13:30
363-2005 Wednesday 12:00-13:30
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 2022 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%
Research Presentation 25%
Research Review Article 35%
Class attendance and participation is expected.
See my class attendance and participation policy.
Late assignments will be penalized—see my late assignment policy.
ANST 351
Asian Studies Senior Seminar
Spring 2025
Week I
Wrapping Up Majors and Minors
Wednesday, January 22
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square syllabusIntroductions 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. in Sunday, January 26
"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. in Sunday, January 26
Since buildings will be closed, please send it to me (lafleur@beloit.edu)
as a .pdf file on Sunday,
and then bring a paper copy to either
Godfrey 106 or MI 206 on Monday
Week II
Foundations of Asian Studies I
Wednesday, January 29
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*** ***
(hard copy in MI 206 or Godfrey 106; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by the beginning of the week).
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| [b] Capstone [RF] |
Week III
Foundations of Asian Studies II
Wednesday, February 5
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
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(hard copy in MI 206 or Godfrey 106; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by the beginning of the week).
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Week IV
Foundations of Asian Studies III
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, February 12
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square syllabusFairbank, 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
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(hard copy in MI 206 or Godfrey 106; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by the beginning of the week).
Foundations of Asian Studies IV
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, February 19
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square syllabusLaFleur, "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)
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(hard copy in MI 206 or Godfrey 106; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by the beginning of the week).
Week VI
Major Memoir I
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, 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.
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Read the "Research Prospectus" Assignment
Due by Sunday, March 30 (my office—MI 206 or Godfrey 106)
Week VII
Major Memoir II
Major Memoir II
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, March 5
Your Major Memoir (finish reading)
Finish your "major memoir" and prepare a five-minute final presentation for class.
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Read the "Research Prospectus" Assignment
Due by Sunday, March 30 (my office—MI 206 or Godfrey 106)
Week VIII
Spring Break
Spring Break
Week IX
Research Prospectus
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, March 19
Your Research Book
Spend the week finishing your research book, and be ready to begin discussing it next week.
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Read the "Research Prospectus" Assignment
Due by Sunday, March 30 (my office—MI 206 or Godfrey 106)
Week X
Keep Rereading
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, March 26
Your Research Book (keep working).
Start rereading your research book, and try to connect what you have read to the research prospectus you wrote last week.
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Read the "Research Prospectus" Assignment
Due by Sunday, March 30 (my office—MI 206 or Godfrey 106)
Week XI
Presenting Your Research I
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, April 2
Your Research Book (keep rereading).
Finish rereading your review essay book work ("master" it), and prepare your proposal for class today.
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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).
Week XII
Presenting Your Research II
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, April 9
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Look again through your review essay book, start writing your paper/project, and prepare a three-minute presentation for class.
Week XIII
Presenting Your Research III
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, April 16
Round and Square Click for 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.
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Final Review Essay (5,000 words) Due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7
Week XIV
Presenting Your Research IV
See my class attendance and participation policy
Monday, April 21 (Monday this week ONLY)
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square syllabusPractice presentations in class. Two-minute near-perfection!
Week XV
Presenting Your Research V
See my class attendance and participation policy
Wednesday, April 30
"Dress-rehearsal" presentations in class. Two-minute perfection!
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Presentation gathering in the Beloit College Poetry Garden
on Wednesday, May 7 at noon.
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