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):

  1. Professor of History and Asian Studies, St. Olaf College 

  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

  1. ASIANetwork-Freeman Foundation Fellowship for Faculty-Student research in       

            Japan on “Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) in Japan, Past and Present”

  1. Gertrude Hilleboe Award for Faculty Involvement in Student Life;

Faculty development grant for travel to Tibet and Xinjiang (spring 2004) funded by
the Freeman Foundation grant to Asian Studies at St. Olaf

  1. Center for Technology Across Languages and Cultures course release for application of technology to Chinese foreign language component in History classes, funded by grant from the Rockefeller Brothers

                        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

 

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