Robert Eric Entenmann
St. Olaf College home:
Northfield, MN 55057-1098 8945 Decker Avenue
(507) 786-3427; fax (507 786-3462 Northfield, MN 55057
e-mail: entenman@stolaf.edu (507) 645-8056
Education:
1982 Ph.D. Harvard University, History and East Asian Languages
(Dissertation: "Migration and Settlement in Sichuan, 1644-1796")
1975-76 Chinese and Japanese language study at the Inter- University Program for Chinese Language and Area Studies, Taipei, Taiwan
1973 M.A. Stanford University, East Asian Studies
1971 B.A. University of Washington, Far Eastern Studies
Teaching positions held (non-St. Olaf appointments all part-time):
2002-2003 Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor of History, Carleton College
1998-99 Visiting Professor of History, Carleton College
1988-96 Associate Professor of History, St. Olaf College
1993-94 Visiting Associate Professor of History, Carleton College
1982-1988 Assistant Professor of History, St. Olaf College
1980-1981 Instructor in History, Harvard University
Book:
Yan Huayang 鄢華陽 [Robert Entenmann] et al., Zhongguo Tianzhujiao lishi yiwenji 中國天主教歷史譯文集 (Collected translated essays on the history of Chinese Catholicism). Gu Weimin 顧衛民, trans. Taipei: Jidujiao Yuzhouguang 基督教宇宙光, 2006; Guilin: Guangxi Shifan Daxue chubanshe 广西师范大学 出版社, 2010).
Recent Articles and book chapters (since 2000):
Entries on Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Huainanzi, Huayan School, Neo-Confucianism, Qi, Shintoism, Xuanzang, Xiong Shili, Xunzi, Zhang Dongsun, Zhang Zai, Zhu Xi, Zhuangzi in Cahrles Taliafero and Elsa J. Marty, eds., A Dictionary of the Philosophy of Religion (New York: Continuum, 2010).
“Christian Virgins in Early Qing Sichuan,” in Jessie Lutz, ed., Pioneer Chinese Christian Women: Gender, Christianity ,and Social Mobility (Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 2010).
“Chinese Clergy and Their European Colleagues in Sichuan, 1702-1800,” in Rachel Lu Yan and Philip Vanhaelemeersch, eds., Silent Force: Native Converts in the Catholic China Mission (Leuven Chinese Studies XX; Leuven, Belgium: Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, Katholieke Universitiet Leuven, 2009).
“The Chinese Writings and Translations of Andreas Ly,” in Staf Vloeberghs, ed., History of Catechesis in China, Leuven Chinese Studies XVIII (Leuven: Ferdinand Verbist Institute, K. U. Leuven, 2008).
“Chinese Catholics and Their Relations with the State during the Campaign Against the White Lotus,” in Peter Chen-Main Wang, ed., Contextualization of Christianity in China: An Evaluation in Modern Perspective (Collectanea Serica, Monumenta Serica Institute; Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 2007).
“The Myth of Sonom, the Hmong King,” Hmong Studies Journal, 6 (2005), 1-14.
“Linus Zhang Feng (1669?-1743): A Catholic Lay Evangelist in Early Qing Sichuan,” in Bettina Gransow, Pál Nyíri, Shiaw-Chian Fong (eds), China: New Faces ofEthnography, Berliner China-Heft, no. 28 (Muenster: LIT, 2005.
“Students need a wider view of the world than these standards offer,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 7, 2003.
“The Creation of Christian Communities” (Ninth period: 1721-1800), in N. Standaert, ed., Handbook of Christianity in China, volume I:635-1800 (Handbuch der Orientalistik, vol. 15.1; Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2001).
“The Problem of Chinese Rites in Eighteenth-Century Sichuan,” in Stephen Uhalley, Jr., and Xiaoxin Wu, eds., China and Christianity: Burdened Past, Hopeful Future (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2001).
Work in progress:
Annotations and introduction to the Journal of Joachim Enjobert de Martiliat (with François Barriquand and Joseph Ruellen).
Introduction and Annotations to a translation of Gabriel de Magalhães, "An Account of the Loss and Destruction of the Province and Christian People of Sichuan" (1649).
Monograph on the social history of Chinese Catholics in eighteenth-century Sichuan province, China.
Translation of the journal of Andreas Ly (1693-1774), Chinese Catholic priest.
Other lectures and presentations (since 2000):
“A Chinese Catholic Priest and Local Authorities in a Time of Persecution:
Andreas Ly in Sichuan, 1746-1756,” International Symposium in Commemoration of the
400th Anniversary of Matteo Ricci 1552-1610, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, April 21, 2010.
“Hmong in China,” Hmong History panel, Teachers Workshop on Hmong in Asia and America, Midwest Conference on Asian Affaris, St. Olaf College, October 10, 2008.
“The Life and Times of Andreas Ly (1693-1774), Chinese Catholic Priest,” Mellby
Lecture, St. Olaf College, November 13, 2007.
“China As An Imagined Community,” Asian History Symposium: China Kaleidoscope, Minnesota State University Mankato, April 13, 2007.
“China and the East/China and the West,” with Karil Kucera. Minnesota Humanities Commission Teacher Institute Seminar, St. Paul, November 4, 2006.
“China’s Ecological History,” Panel on Ecology and Development, ASIANetwork annual meeting, Lisle,. Illinois, April 21-23, 2006.
“The Myth of Sonom, the Hmong King,” Symposium on “Recent Research in Hmong Studies: Presentation of Works from the Hmong Studies Journal,” Asian American Studies Program and the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, February 20, 2006.
“Clandestine Christianity in Early Modern China and Japan,” Davidson College, January 23, 2006.
Panelist, “Echoes of Empire: America and the Contest for Cultural Preeminence,”
University of Minnesota, November 4, 2004.
“Was Catholicism a Foreign Religion in Eighteenth-Century China?” Lecture at
East China Normal University, Shanghai, May 12, 2004.
“Chinese Muslims and Other Muslims in China,” Presidential Panel on Islam in Asia, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Wittenberg University, September 27, 2002.
Discussant and chair, panel on “Christianity as a Chinese Religion,” 54th annual meeting of the Association of Asian Studies, Washington, D.C., April 7, 2002.
Discussant, panel on “Remembering the Nanjing Massacre,” International Symposium on the Asian Tragedies of World War II, University of Minnesota, October 18, 2001.
Discussant, panel on “The Recent Japanese Textbook Controversy,” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 27-29, 2001.
Discussant, Panel on “Beyond Mission and Empire: Protestant Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century China,” 53rd annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, March 24, 2001.
Major professional activities since 2000:
2009 Member of the Executive Committee, Minnesota State Council of the American Association of University Professors
2008 President, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (Midwest regional affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies)
Program Chair, 57th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Coference on Asian Affairs, St. Olaf College;
Participant, Council on International Educational Exchange International Faculty Development Seminar on Diversity and Social Change on the Southwest Frontier, China, June 14-25, 2008;
Organizer, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs outreach event, “Hmong in Asia and America: A Workshop for Teachers,” St. Olaf College, October 10 2008.
2007 Vice-President, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs
NEH Collaborative Research Proposal Evaluation Panel.
Discussant, Roundtable on “Crisis in the AAS: What the Regional Conferences Can Tell Us,” 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, San Francisco, April 6-9.
Executive Committee, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (2006-2008)
2005 EIN Vocation Workshop, June 6-17.
2004 Discussant, panel on Human Rights and Christianity in Southeast Asia, Lilly Fellows Program National Research Conference on Christianity and Human Rights, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, November 11-14, 2004.
Member, Ad hoc committee on Education About Asia
2002 Manuscript reviewer, University of Washington Press
Board of Directors, Association for Asian Studies (2002-03)
Editor, Association for Asian Studies Resources for Teaching About Asia (2002-2006 )
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Outreach, Association for Asian Studies
2001 Council of Conferences, Association for Asian Studies (2000-2002; vice-chair, 2001-2002; chair 2002-2003)
Proposal reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Attended Eighth Annual Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards, American Association for Higher Education, New Orleans, February 3-6
Professional associations:
Association for Asian Studies; American Catholic Historical Association, American Historical Association; American Association of University Professors; Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs
Honors, fellowships, and grants (since 2000):
2008 Grant of $2000 from the Council of Conferences of the Association for Asian Studies to support a teacher’s workshop on “Hmong in Asia and America” at St. Olaf College, October 10, 2008, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs
2007 Mellby Lecturer, St. Olaf College
2006 Faculty development grant for travel to China and Mongolia (summer 2006) funded by the Freeman Foundation grant to Asian Studies at St. Olaf
Japan on “Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) in Japan, Past and Present”
Faculty development grant for travel to Tibet and Xinjiang (spring 2004) funded by
the Freeman Foundation grant to Asian Studies at St. Olaf
2001 ASIANetwork-Freeman Foundation Fellowship for Faculty-Student research in Thailand on “Hmong Assimilation in Thai Society”
2000 Robert Sloan Award for Promotion of Academic Freedom and Shared Governance, Minnesota Conference of the American Association of University Professors
Summer research grant, St. Olaf Faculty Development Committee
Other College Service:
Admissions, Retention, and Financial Aid Committee, 1997-1999
Advisory Committee for Selection of NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, 1993
Africa Task Force, 2006
American Association for University Professors,
chapter secretary, 1996-97, 1999-2002; president 1998-1999, 2005-2009
Center for Lifelong Learning, study tour leader, Japan (2003)
CEPC Subcommittee to Review the MCS-G and MCS-D Requirements, 2006
Chiangmai University Selection Committee for Student Exchange, 1996
China Exchange Committee, 1985-
Curriculum Committee Policy and Planning Subcommittee, 2007-
Department chair, History, 1990-1995, 2001-2002; Asian Studies, 2005-2006
Educational Support Services Subcommittee for North Central Association Self-study,
1991-92 (chair)
Faculty Advisory Committee to the Search Committee for College President, 1993-94
(chair)
Faculty Development Committee, 1990-1992 (chair, 1991-1992)
Faculty Governance Committee, 2008-2009
Faculty Observer to the Board of Regents, 1992-93
Hmong Awareness Group, faculty advisor, 1999-2003, 2004-
Paracollege tutor, 1985-1988, 1992-1993, 1997-98
Phi Alpha Theta (History honorary society)
(advisor of St. Olaf chapter, 1994-95, 97-99)
Phi Beta Kappa, 1982-
(president, 1997-98, 2002-2003; treasurer, 1987-1989;
members-in-course committee, 1999-2001)
President's Council, 1992-93
Regents-Faculty Conference Committee, 1992-93
Review and Planning Committee, 1985-1988 (secretary, 1987-1988)
Review and Planning Committee Subcommittee on Tenure and Promotion Procedures,
1999-2000
Search Committee for Vice President and Dean of the College, 1985-1986
Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1999-2002 (chair, 2001-02); 2004-07 (chair, 2006-07)
Tenure and Promotion Procedures Task Force, 2010
Term in Asia
field supervisor, fall 1995
program advisor, 2000-2003, 2004-
task force, 2006
Term in China
program advisor, fall 2008
Community activities:
First United Church of Christ, Northfield
College Relations Committee, 2000-2002 (Chair, 2002)
Board of Deacons, 2004-2006
Sabbatical Committee, 2007
Service and Social Responsibility Committee, 2008-
Northfield Union of Youth, Adult Board, 2001-2005
Prairie Creek Community School
Community Council, 1993-95
Educational Resources Committee, 1997
Prison Education Project, volunteer instructor, 1980-81