Yue-him Tam

1600 Grand Avenue Born in China

Saint Paul, MN 55105, USA Naturalized US citizen

Tel: (W) 651-696-6262 Em: tam@macalester.edu

————————————EDUCATION ———————————————

DEGREES

Ph.D. Princeton U, 1975. East Asian Studies (History).

A.M. Princeton U, 1973. East Asian Studies (History).

M.A. Indiana U, 1968. East Asian Languages & Literature.

Dip. New Asia Col, Chinese U of Hong Kong (CUHK), 1965. English Literature,

Philosophy & Chinese Cultural Studies

NON-DEGREE GRADUATE STUDIES

Kyoto U (Japan), 1968-70. Japanese Studies.

Ohio State U, Winter & Spring, 1970. East Asian Studies.

U of Michigan-Ann Arbor, CIC Program, Summer 1967. Japanese Studies.

U of Minnesota-Twin Cities, CIC Program, Summer 1966. Japanese Studies.

——————————COURSES TAUGHT——————————

Japanese History (intellectual & institutional; modern & pre-modern);

Chinese History (cultural & diplomatic; modern & pre-modern);

Sino-Japanese Relations (modern & pre-modern);

Seminars and Topic Studies on East-West Relations, Asian American Studies, War Crimes and Memory. Also supervision of senior & M.A. theses & Ph.D. dissertations in East Asian Studies.

____________TEACHING & RESEARCH POSITIONS_________________

REGULAR POSITIONS

Macalester Col, Dept. of History, St. Paul, MN

Professor (9/92-date; tenured 2/93); Visiting Professor (9/90-8/92)

Chinese U of Hong Kong, Dept. of History, Hong Kong.

Senior Lecturer (8/81-1/93); Lecturer (7/75-7/81, tenured 8/78)

Bowdoin Col, Dept. of History, Brunswick, ME

Assistant Professor (8/74-7/75)

VISITING or SHORT-TERM POSITIONS

York U, Dept. of History & Program of East Asian Studies, Toronto, Canada.

Visiting Professor (9/89-1/90)

U of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture, Tokyo, Japan.

Visiting Research Fellow (8/82-7/83)

U of Chicago, Center for East Asian Studies, Chicago, IL

Visiting Research Fellow (8/78-2/79)

Princeton U, Gest East Asian Library, Princeton, NJ

Research Bibliographer (8/73-7/74)

Ohio State U, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbus, OH

Teaching Associate (1/70-8/70)

______________RESEARCH & PUBLICATION GRANTS_______________

Interdisciplinary Research Grant, Hannan U, Osaka, Japan (2004)

Freeman China Grant, Macalester Col, USA (2002)

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), USA (1996)

Wallace Faculty Development Grant, Macalester Col., USA (1991, 1995, 1999)

University & Polytechnic Grants Commission (UPGC), Hong Kong (1989, 1992)

Chiang Ching-kuo Int’l Academic Exchange Foundation, Taiwan (1990)

Japan Foundation, Japan (1982)

Asia Foundation, USA (1979)

Faculty Research Grants, CUHK, Hong Kong (1976, 1979, 1985)

______________ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS____________________

Chair/Coordinator, Committee on East Asian Studies, 1997-2000

Associated Colleges Of The Twin Cities (ACTC), MN, USA

Director, Program of Japan Studies & Program of East Asian Studies, 1994-2000

Macalester Col, MN, USA

Director, NEH Intensive Japanese Program, 1995-96.

Macalester Col, MN

College Dean of General Education, 1986-90.

New Asia Col, CUHK, Hong Kong

Director/Associate Director, 1978-82.

Center For East Asian Studies, CUHK, Hong Kong

Department Head, summers 1980 & 1981; Coordinator, 1978-82.

Dept. of History, CUHK, Hong Kong

Executive Director, 1980-82.

Development Program for Teaching Materials in Chinese, CUHK, Hong Kong

Dean of Students, 1975-79. New Asia Col, CUHK, Hong Kong

_________________PROFESSIONAL SERVICE_________________________

Board of Trustees, The New Spirit Schools, Saint Paul, MN, 2003-date

Board of Trustees, Mu Kuang English College, Hong Kong, 1997-date

Advisory Board, East Asian Library Journal, Princeton U, a referred

English semiannual journal on East Asian Studies. 1990-Date.

Organizing Committee, Int’l Symposium and Teachers’ Institute on the Asian

Tragedies of World War II, U of Minnesota, 2000-2001.

President (1998-2000) & Executive Vice President (1996-1998), Global Alliance for

Preserving the History of World War II in Asia (GA), a federation of scholarly

& grassroots organizations working on redress and reconciliation with Japan.

Secretary General, Organizing Committee, 1st Int’l Conference on Sino-Japanese

Relations in the Last Century, jointly sponsored by CUHK & Southern Illinois U,

Hong Kong, Aug. 1990.

Secretary General, Organizing Committee, Int’l Symposium on Sino-Japanese Cultural

Interchange, sponsored by CUHK, Hong Kong, Dec. 1979.

And, serving as judge for scholarly awards & contests, assessor for academic publications, and reviewer for applications of tenure, promotion, or research grants.

______________PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS_______________

Chinese Assoc. for Studies of Sino-Japanese Relations (Beijing, China), Councilor.

Chinese Assoc. for Studies of Japanese History (Tianjin, China), Executive Councilor.

Midwest Japan Seminar (USA)

Midwest China Seminar (USA)

Assoc. for Asian Studies (USA)

American Historical Assoc. (USA)

_____________________PUBLICATIONS_________________________

BOOKS

Encyclopedia of Sino-Japanese Relations. (in Chinese). 2 vols. Co-editor (Guan Jie, et al). Shenyang, China: Liaohai Press, 1999. Totaling over 2,000 pages.

Remembering Nanjing: The 60th Anniversary of the Datusha--A Special Issue. (English, Chinese & Japanese articles included). Chief editor. Cupertino, CA: Global Alliance, 1998. 10 + 142 pp.

Changes & Crises Under Autocracy: Imperial Russia in the Last Two Hundred Years Chinese translation & adaptation from Arthur Goldhammer’s English translation of the French book by Marc Raeff, Understanding Imperial Russia: State & Society in the Old Regime (New York: Columbia U Press, 1984). Senior co-editor & translator. Shanghai: Xuelin Press, 1996. 4+5+4+10+166 pp.

Economic & Cultural Relations Between Hong Kong & Japan, 1974-1993. (Chinese, Japanese & English articles included). Editor. Hong Kong: Japan Universities Alumni Society of Hong Kong, 1994. 114 pp.

Sino-Japanese Relations in the Last Century: Essays in Interpretation. (in Chinese). Co-editor. Taipei: Center for Historical Materials & Research, 1992. 6+620 pp.

The Roar Over History Textbook Revision in Japan: A Source Book of the Chinese Protest in Mainland China, Taiwan & Hong Kong in 1982. (in Chinese). Editor. Hong Kong: Ming Pao Press, 1991. 16+486 pp.

Hong Kong & Japan: Growing Cultural & Economic Interactions, 1845-1987. (English, Chinese & Japanese articles included). Editor. Hong Kong: Japan Society of Hong Kong, 1988. 10+520 pp.

Studies in Modern Sino-Japanese Cultural Relations. (in Chinese). Author. Hong Kong: Japan Research Institute, 1st printing, 1986; 2nd printing, 1988. 504 pp.

Studies in Chinese Classical Poetry. (Chinese translation from Japanese). Original by Ogawa Tamaki. Editor & senior co-translator. Hong Kong: Chinese U Press, 1st printing, 1986; 2nd printing, 1998. 8+305 pp.

Sino-Japanese Cultural Interchange: Aspects if Archaeology & Art History. (English, Chinese & Japanese articles included) (Papers of Int’l Symposium on Sino-Japanese Cultural Interchange, Vol. 1). Editor. Hong Kong: Institute of Chinese Studies, 1985. 10+172 pp.

Sino-Japanese Cultural Interchange: Aspect of Literature & Language Learning. (English, Chinese & Japanese articles included) (Papers of Int’l Symposium on Sino-Japanese Cultural Interchange, Vol. 2). Editor. Hong Kong: Institute of Chinese Studies, 1985. 10+172 pp.

Sino-Japanese Cultural Interchange: The Economic & Intellectual Aspects. (English, Chinese & Japanese articles included) (Papers of Int’l Symposium on Sino-Japanese Cultural Interchange, Vol. 3). Editor. Hong Kong: Institute of Chinese Studies, 1985. 12+256 pp.

The Future of Japanese Nationality: The dilemma & Self Examination of An Economic Power. (Chinese translation from English). Original by Kenneth B. Pyle, translated by Ying-wo Chan. Editor. Hong Kong: Wide Angle Press, 1984. 100 pp.

History of Chinese Students in Japan. (Chinese translation from Japanese). Original by Saneto Keishu. Editor & senior co-translator. China ed.: Beijing, Sanlian Shudian Press, 1983; Overseas ed: Hong Kong, Chinese U Press, 1982.

Comprehensive Bibliography of Japanese Translations of Chinese Books, 1666-1978. (in Japanese). Chief editor & compiler. Hong Kong: Chinese U Press, 1981. 128+558 pp.

Comprehensive Bibliography of Chinese Translations of Japanese Books, 1833-1978. (in Chinese). Chief editor & compiler. Hong Kong: Chinese U Press, 1980. 124+974 pp.

ARTICLES

“Bring Just Closure to the History of World War II: Opening Remarks for The International Citizens' Forum” (in English), EAST ASIA: An International Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Special Issue: Part I. Japanese War Atrocities and Redress, Autumn 2000) (New York, December 2000).

“Prerequisites for Reconciliation with Japan: Sincere Apology and Reparations for War Crimes” (in Japanese), Proceedings of the International Citizens’ Forum on War Crimes and Redress: Seeking Reconciliation and Peace for the 21st Century (Tokyo: August 2000), 88-90; and my “Foreword” to the Proceedings, page 2.

“The Historic Video-Conference between Tokyo and Los Angeles: Accounts from Participants in the Nanjing Massacre and Unit 731” (in English), Chinese American Forum, No. 54 (Ballwin. MO: Oct. 1998), 30-32.

“Sino-Japanese Translation as a Cultural Enterprise: A Comparative Perspective” (in Chinese), Wang Kefei (ed.), Studies in Translation as Cultural History (Fanyi wenhuashi lun) (Shanghai: Foreign Language Education Press, Oct. 1997), pp. 222-272.

“‘Asia for Asians”: Cultural Control During the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong, 1941-1945” (in English), Proceedings of the 3rd Int’l Conference on Sino-Japanese Relations During the Last Century (Taipei: Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, 1996), pp. 735-769.

“To Bury the Unhappy Past: The Pacific War in Japanese Textbooks” (in English), East Asian Library Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Princeton: Princeton U, Spring 1994), pp. 1-42.

“Economic & Cultural Relations between Hong Kong & Japan, 1974-1993” (in Chinese), Yue-him Tam (ed.), Developing Economic & Cultural Relations between Hong Kong & Japan, 1974-1993 (Hong Kong: Commercial Daily Press for Japan Universities Alumni Society of Hong Kong, 1994), pp. 27-79. Senior co-author.

“The Revision of History Textbooks in Japan” (in Chinese), Iotopia (Hong Kong: Dept. of History, CUHK, 1994), pp. 339-69.

“Resisting Westernization in Modern Japan: Ota Kozo’s Theories & Implementation of Pan-Asianism” (in Japanese), The Thought of Ota Kozo & Education in Modern Japan

(Tokyo: Asia U Press, 1991), pp. 160-189; revised version in Complete Work of Ota Kozo, Vol. 5 (Tokyo: Asia U Press, 1992), pp. 160-196.

“Meiji Japan & the Educational & Language Reforms in Late Ch’ing China” (in English), James W. White, et al (eds.), Ambivalence of Nationalism: Modern Japan Between China & the West (New York: University Press of America, 1990), pp. 61-77.

“The Japanese in the Meiji Period: The Case of Naito Konan” (in Japanese), The Japanese in the Changing World: The Outside & Inside of Modern Japan (Osaka: Kansai U Press, 1990), pp. 237-278.

“The Chinese Periodicals Specialized in Japanese Language Education in the 1930’s” (in Chinese), Riyu xuexi yu yanjiu (“Japanese Learning & Research”), No. 57 (Beijing, Nov. 1989), pp. 15-17.

“The Characteristics in the History of Sino-Japanese Cultural Relations” (in Chinese), Bulletin of Chinese Assoc. for Studies of Sino-Japanese Relations, No. 17 (Beijing, April 1989), pp. 1-15.

“Naito Konan’s View of Sino-Japanese Relations” (in Chinese), in Chinese Assoc. for Historical Studies of Sino-Japanese Relations (ed.), The Chinese Immigrants in Japan (Beijing: Sanlian Shudian Press, 1987), pp. 227-251.

“Japan as an Economic Power: Secrets & Problems of Her Prosperity” (in Chinese), Annals of Japan Universities Alumni Society of Hong Kong, Vol. 11 (Hong Kong, 1986), pp. 7-72. Senior co-author.

“Translations & Cultural Interchange between China & Japan during the Last Three Centuries” (in Chinese), Yue-him Tam (ed.), Sino-Japanese Cultural Interchange: Economic & Intellectual Aspects (Papers of Int’l Symposium on Sino-Japanese Cultural Interchange, Vol. 3). (Hong Kong: Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK, 1985), pp. 215-241.

“The Japanese Responsiveness to the Changing International Environment” (in Japanese), Fukuoka UNESCO Journal, No. 18 (Fukuoka: Fukuoka UNESCO Assoc., June 1983), pp. 54-56.

“Naito Konan’s Charm & His Sentiments, Reasoning, Conscientiousness & Learning: A Legacy for Japan in the 1980’s” (in Japanese), Journal of Institute for Asian Studies, No. 10 (Tokyo: Asia U Press, 1983), pp. 1-45.

“Another Approach to Literary Translation: Ch’ien Tao-sun (1887-1966) & His Chinese Translation of Classical Japanese Literature,” (in English) Occasional Papers, No. 5 (Hong Kong: Center for East Asian Studies, CUHK, 1981), 35 pp.

“An Intellectual’s Response to Western Intrusion: Naito Konan’s View of Republican China” (in English), Akira Iriye (ed.), The Chinese and the Japanese: Essays in Political & Cultural Interactions (Princeton, NJ: Princeton U Press, 1980), pp. 161-183.

“Informal Groups behind Modern Japanese Intellectual History: The Case of the Seikyosha” (in English), New Asia College Academic Annals, Vol. 19 (Hong Kong: New Asia College, CUHK, 1977), pp. 185-217. Revised version in Proceedings of 7th IAHA Conference, Vol. 1 (Bangkok, Thailand: Int’l Assoc. of Historians of Asia, 1979), pp. 477-521.

JOURNALISTIC PUBLICATIONS

“The Global Alliance: Let’s Face It” (in English), a personal interview on the international redress movement centering around the Global Alliance conducted by Victor Fic (a freelance journalist based in Tokyo), Tokyo Journal (Tokyo, February 2000), 17-21.

“Solidarity Across the Pacific: Safeguarding Humanity and Justice” (in English) my opening remarks at the Trans Pacific Video Conference on Testimony to the Truth sponsored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (Los Angeles) held simultaneously in Tokyo and Los Angeles and broadcast through satellite and internet in August 1998. See website of Weisenthal Center (www.weisentalcenter.org)

“The Painstaking Path of Reunification with China: The Hong Kong Intellectuals” (in Chinese), China Review, No. 7 (Hong Kong, July 1998), pp. 68-80. Co-author.

“A Response to ‘The Long Transformation for a Democratic World Order’” (in English), Macalester International, Vol. 1 (“The Int’l Community & the Emerging World (Dis)Order”) (St. Paul: Int’l Studies, Macalester Col, Spring 1995), pp. 217-229.

BOOKS IN PROGRESS____________________________________

In Search of Pan-Asianism: Naito Konan and Cultural Identity in Modern Japan (in English). A study of the development of Pan-Asianism in modern Japan centering on Naito Konan (1866-1934), a leading Sinologist who helped shape Japan’s intellectual development and expansion in Asia.

Ensuring Cultural Interactions between China & Japan: Sino-Japanese Mutual Translation, 1660-1990 (in English). An examination of the major aspects of massive translation between China & Japan from the 1666’s to 1980’s, including impacts of translated works on literary, institutional, socio-economic & technological changes in the two nations. The work also examines the mutual use of each other by China & Japan in their efforts for modernization.

The Textbook Problem in Japan: In Search of New Values in Postwar Japan (in Chinese). A study of the textbook problem in postwar Japan, its certification system, the government control, ideological disputes, campaigns for revision, and protests against revision from home & abroad. This book examines the changing values and related political, intellectual and international issues in Japan and East Asia from the 1950’s to 1990’s.