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Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies
at Suffolk University
Annual Report for 2013-2014
Ronald Suleski, PhD, Director
Overview
The Rosenberg Institute continues to be the beacon for Asian Studies at
Suffolk. Members of the Suffolk community and of the general public in the
New England area equate Suffolk’s Asian Studies initiatives with the
Rosenberg Institute, a point that has been made to the Director many times.
Our very well-received Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series was the most active
of the Institute offerings.
In the past academic year the Rosenberg Institute successfully mobilized
support from several on and off campus organizations. Each organization
contributed their own energies and talents and funds to programs that were
co-sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute. In this way we take advantage of the
synergies of working with like-minded groups, and we save on the costs to
Suffolk for our events.
The active on-campus unit was the Asian Studies Program. This is aimed at
undergraduate students who want to add an in-depth knowledge of Asia and
an Asian language to their skill set. They may declare either an Asian Studies
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�Major, double major (with another discipline such as Economics, History,
Philosophy, etc.), or as a Minor field. Students must meet the credit and
course requirements set by the program, and they must pass a final pregraduation assessment by a panel of members of the Program.
One of the active off-campus bodies this academic year was a member of our
community outreach partners, the Chinese Historical Society of New England
(CHSNE). A number of Suffolk faculty and staff are present or past members
of CHSNE. Suffolk students often have internships, both paid and unpaid,
with this organization as part of their training program in Asian Studies.
In the 2013-2014 academic year both of these organizations held several
programs of interest to Suffolk and to the general public as well. The
Rosenberg Institute assisted in publicizing the events and drawing in an
audience. As a result, at each of these events Suffolk students and staff were
joined by members of the general public, reinforcing the image of Suffolk as
an educational institution deeply rooted in the Boston community and making
its resources available to the general public.
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series
The “core” of our activities continues to be the Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series.
These are the most distinguished of our speakers who make a presentation on
campus and are available to meet with interested faculty and students before or
after their public lecture. It is the centerpiece of our programs, around which we
build our other activities. We had seven speakers in our Series this past academic
year.
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�We were able to secure The Poetry Center, housed within the Mildred F. Sawyer
Library, as the venue for all of our talks given as part of this Series. The speakers
in several cases were international visitors (whose travel costs were paid by other
organizations). In each case we had a full house, often with over fifty audience
members per talk. In two cases, the diplomatic offices in Boston of Korea and
Taiwan generously made the speakers available to Suffolk and reported back to
their home governments on our favorable cooperation.
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series
Fall 2013
The Chinese Exclusion Act: What It Can Teach Us About America. 排華法案
Dr. Ben Railton. He is Associate Professor of English Studies and Coordinator of
American Studies at Fitchburg State University. His new book, the title of his talk,
highlights how remembering the Chinese Exclusion Act can help us as we consider
the issues of legal/illegal immigration and American diversity. The inspiring
American stories we discovered shifted our understanding of American identity
and communities, past and present. Co-sponsored with the American Studies
Minor Program of the History Department and the Asian Studies Program.
September 2013.
Between Integration and Coexistence: US and Chinese Strategies of World Order. 中
美外交之將來. Dr. Liselotte Odgaard is Associate Professor at the Royal Danish
Defence College. Her areas of expertise include International Relations, AsiaPacific Security and China Studies. She has published China and Coexistence:
Beijing’s National Security Strategy for the 21st Century (Woodrow Wilson
Center Press/Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012). September 2013.
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�Asian and Asian-American Studies: Challenges and Opportunities. Dr. Peter
Nien-chu Kiang (江念祖), Director of the Asian-American Studies Program at
UMass Boston. He has been helping Asian immigrants into New England to build
successful lives for them and their families. He brings both intellectual and streetsmart knowledge to this topic. October 2013.
"The Korean Peninsula: Challenge & Opportunity 韓國朝鮮將來如何
Kangho Park , Consul-General of the Republic of Korea in Boston. This area
of the world has again been in the news a lot in the 2013-2014 academic year. It
sometimes appears the North Korean leader Kim Jongun wants to start a war. Late
in 2013 President Obama moved in US ships and missiles, Japan went on alert, and
Chinese President Xi Jinping slapped the hand of North Korea and said “Stop this
now!” November 2013.
Spring 2014
Democracy in Taiwan and Mainland China 民主主義在台灣在中國. Dr.
David J. Lorenzo, National Chengchi University, Taipei. Dr. Lorenzo discussed
his exciting new book that explains how Chinese leaders have felt about the idea of
democracy in the twentieth century. He looked at several famous Chinese leaders,
including Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo, not forgetting
Wen Jiabao and various contemporary democracy advocates both inside and
outside the CCP. This book tells us that a more orderly form of democratic
interaction, usually coupled with heavy government “guidance,” has been preferred.
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�Co-sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies and the Taipei
Economic and Cultural Office in Boston. February 2014.
Australian-Asian Co-productions: A case study of ABC-HBO Asia
partnership. Dr. Robert DeFillippi, Suffolk University, spoke about how many
Asian producers of film and TV do not like the American Hollywood model of
global production. The Asians want to focus on local themes relevant to their own
societies, and they want to focus on programming for younger viewers. The Asian
producers want to work with Asian creative talent to bring the films and dramas to
market. Professor DeFillippi has been working most recently in Australia, Japan,
and Indonesia on his research. Co-sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East
Asian Studies and the Department of Communication and Journalism. March 2014.
Media in China: more unintended consequences? 傳播? 中國? 結果? Dr.
Marcus Breen, Bond University, Queensland, Australia. This presentation
highlighted issues that confront Chinese society because of the Internet. For
example, the newly informed Chinese masses are demanding access to improved
living conditions and sometimes riot, which is an indicator of how the Internet may
empower the masses against the state, even while the official state line is that the
masses should be empowered. Co-sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East
Asian Studies and the Department of Communication and Journalism. March 2014.
The final two talks in the Institute Scholar Series were co-sponsored with the
Department of Communication and Journalism, being of special interest to students
in the department. Those were the talks listed above by Dr Fellippi and Dr. Breen.
Many of the audience members for those talks were students in Communication
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�and Journalism courses. Professor Micky Lee’s help was instrumental in
organizing these two talks.
Special Public Event: The China Town Hall Meeting
The China Town Hall Meeting, 中美關係 最近報告 featured a discussion
with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. This was the seventh annual
meeting and the fourth held at Suffolk. Secretary Albright spoke to us via a live
webcast from Washington, DC. We gathered in The Suffolk Law School at
6:15pm (the webcast from Washington, DC began at 7:00pm). The speaker
brought in by the National Committee was Associate Professor Vanessa Fong
from Amherst College. She was an engaging speaker who stimulated the audience
to ask many questions and the audience was extremely pleased with her talk.
The meeting was sponsored in Boston by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian
Studies at Suffolk and WorldBoston, in conjunction with the National Committee
on United States-China Relations (New York). These National committee events
are underwritten by the Starr Foundation. October 2013.
Asian Studies Program
The activities of the Asian Studies Program promote an interest in Asia on the
campus and encourage interested students to select an Asian Studies major or
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�minor. Students from other campuses in the area attended these events, though the
majority were Suffolk students. This past academic year, several of the lectures in
the Institute Scholar Series received assistance from the Asian Studies Program,
among them the talks by Dr. Railton and Dr. Kiang.
In addition, the Asian studies Program sponsored the following talks, which were
also assisted and promoted by the Rosenberg Institute.
Asian Studies Program Open House. Suffolk students who were in China,
Korea, and Japan this past year showed slides about their adventures. Suffolk
faculty talked about the Asia-related courses to be offered in the spring 2014
semester. Asian food was served! Sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and
the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. October 2013.
Careers in Asia 在亞洲工作. The Careers Office at Suffolk University
presented a speaker who had experience working in Asia. Students interested in a
career working in Asia asked questions and talked about their plans. Co-sponsored
by the Asian Studies Program and the Rosenberg Institute and the Careers Office
of Suffolk University. October 2013.
Destination Tibet: Visit to the Roof of the World. 西藏 西藏. Our intrepid
colleague Professor Jonathan Haughton spent summer 2013 teaching in
Shanghai, then took a trip to Tibet. He coped with the high altitude and the
tensions between Chinese and Tibetans. He showed the astounding slides he took
and talked about what he saw, setting his comments in an historical context. He has
been traveling in Asia for decades, so gave an informed commentary. Cosponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Rosenberg Institute. November
2013.
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�Women, Career and Education in Modern China. We asked three female
professors at Suffolk, each with a Chinese cultural background, to speak to us
about their female perspectives on education and travel to America. The speakers
were Micky Lee from Communication and Journalism; Kate Li from Information
Systems and Operations Management, and Susan Wang, Visiting Scholar from
China. Co-sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute and the Asian Studies Program.
February 2014.
Nowruz, a spring festival of Persian origin that has been celebrated for over
3,000 years. This traditional Persian (Iranian) New Year celebration was explained
by visiting scholar Mahdi Farhani Monfared from the Department of History.
The audience also enjoyed some Persian food and pastries baked by Dr.
Monfared’s wife as well as the colorful power point talk about the antecedents of
the celebration. March 2014.
Cooperation with Other Organizations
Year of the Horse 2014 Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration 馬到成功. In
addition to a talent show performed by Chinese students in Boston, the evening
ended with a full course Chinese meal catered in the student cafeteria in the
Donahue Building. President and Mrs. McCarthy joined other faculty, staff and
students from Suffolk at this gala event. The activities were organized by the
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�undergraduate Chinese Student Association and the Taiwan Student Association.
The Welsh Theater on campus, holding 250 persons, was sold out for the event.
(Dr. Suleski is faculty advisor to the Chinese Student Association.) Co-sponsored
by the Rosenberg Institute and the International Student Office. February 2014.
Disappearing Chinatowns. Dr. Andrew Leong is co-author of a report prepared
by the Asian-American Legal Defense Fund. It examines the situation for
Chinatowns in New York City, Philadelphia and Boston. Our Chinatown in
Boston is a good example. The building owners are absentee families who don’t
live in the area. They are happy to sell their property to a developer who puts up
high-rise condos, which many of the workers and residents of Chinatown cannot
afford. The restaurants close and jobs are lost, so the workers and patrons move on
to other locations. The Chinatowns begin to disappear. We can see this happening
in Boston’s Chinatown, now being surrounded by buildings much higher than the
historic buildings of three or five stories. A meal of Chinese food was served. Cosponsored by Diversity Services, the Suffolk Asian-American Association, and the
Rosenberg Institute. April 2014.
The First Chinese American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo. Author
Scott Seligman talked about his new book . The book tells the story of an early
advocate for the Chinese communities in the United States in the late 1800s. Held
at the Kwong Kow Chinese School Auditorium, 87 Tyler Street in Boston
Chinatown, with many members of the local Chinese community present. This talk
was organized by the Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) and
co-sponsored by: The MA Cultural Council, the Asian Resource Workshop, the
Wong Family Benevolent Association, the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk
University, and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. April 2014.
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�The first Boston screening of The Iron Road was shown at Suffolk’s Modern
Theatre. A story about the Canadian transcontinental railroad, the exploitation of
workers, the danger, the anti-Chinese feelings, plus a romantic drama. It was part
of the Boston Asian-American Film Festival (AARW), and was co-sponsored by
the Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) and the Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk, along with Bridgewater State University.
All Suffolk-affiliated people were admitted free.
Sending Suffolk Students to Asia
Among the goals of the Rosenberg Institute at Suffolk is to encourage students to
travel for study abroad in Asia. As part of this effort a generous gift from our
benefactor Mr. Richard M. Rosenberg in the fall of 2013 allowed us to establish
the Richard M. Rosenberg Asian Studies Scholarship early in 2014.
To be eligible for consideration, applicants need to be a fulltime Suffolk student,
with a GPA of 3.0 or above, having declared a Major or Minor in Asian Studies.
Applicants submit a resume and a short essay of about 500 words, stating their
academic interests and plan of study abroad.
The first student, Hannah Lyn Duhaime was awarded a scholarship of $2,000 to
assist her in the spring 2014 semester in Kyoto on the campus of our partner school
Ristumeikan University. Hannah has maintained a GPA of 3.85 and is majoring in
Advertising with a Minor in Asian Studies.
Suffolk continues to send its students to study in Asia, often for a single
semester. In the 2012-2013 academic year we had four students studying in China;
five students studying in Japan, and four students who went to Korea. The
students in China received scholarships from the Fulbright Program. The students
in Japan were at our partner school Sophia University in Tokyo and after returning
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�to the Suffolk campus they organized a Japan Student Association which in the
2013-2014 academic year held a number of activities at which Japanese was the
language of communication. The students in Korea each received a scholarship
from the Jongha Scholarship Foundation organized by KCC Corporation in Seoul.
Dr. Henry Kim of the Economics Department assisted Dr. Suleski and Dr. Zheng
in these programs.
Rosenberg Institute Hosts visiting Scholar from China.
In the 2013-2014 academic year, the Rosenberg Institute welcomed Dr. Liu Xiaoli
劉曉麗 as a visiting scholar for a one year appointment. The invitation letter was
issued by Dean Greenberg and Dr. Liu was invited to be housed in the Department
of History by department chair Dr. Robert Allison.
Dr. Liu is a specialist on the recovered literature of the Manchukuo. This was a
puppet state set up by the Japanese from 1932 to 1945 when they occupied
Northeast China. Its traces are highly visible in northeast China still today: the
major rail lines run on beds laid out by the Japanese; striking buildings put up on
those days are used today for hotels, banks, and hospitals; large-scale coal mining
operations expanded by the Japanese are still in use today.
Dr. Liu has been rediscovering literature produced during that period, stories and
essays about the life and times of Manchukuo that had disappeared from public
notice for nearly seventy years. When Manchukuo suddenly collapsed at the end of
the war, most of the literature written in Chinese and in Japanese was “lost,”
because it had appeared serialized in newspapers and magazines. But few libraries
had collected the newspapers or magazines. Through careful research of library
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�holdings and used book markets, Dr. Liu has been able to retrieve and “re-create”
much of this literature, which will appear in Chinese in a series of thirty-five
volumes edited by Dr. Liu. Since Manchuria is also a specialization of Dr. Suleski,
Dr. Liu wanted to be based at Suffolk.
Dr. Liu was given an Outstanding Young Scholar award by the Chinese Ministry
of Education in 2009. She teaches at East China Normal University in Shanghai,
one of China’s outstanding schools. Her expenses at Suffolk were completely
covered by the Chinese government.
Suffolk and Harvard Co-sponsor a one-day workshop on the importance of
Manchukuo.
In this case, the Rosenberg Institute joined with the Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs at Harvard to put on the workshop which featured several
well-known scholars in the field, plus graduate students from Harvard and Yale. Dr.
Liu Xiaoli made a presentation about her research, and Dr. Suleski chaired a panel
of experts. The workshop was titled The Making and Unmaking of Manchukuo.
It took place on the Harvard campus in April 2014. Scholars from Suffolk also
attended. The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard, Dr. Suleski’s
previous employer, also joined to provide funds for the gathering and the current
Center Director Dr. Mark Elliott, chaired the workshop.
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�Heaven the Equalizer. Rosenberg Institute Sponsored an Exhibition of
Chinese Paintings. See poster below.
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�In April and May 2014, the Rosenberg Institute joined with the Mildred F. Sawyer
Library to sponsor an exhibition of paintings by shanghai artist Li Linxiang 李林
祥. The exhibition was titled Heaven the Equalizer (tiangou 天鈎). Li uses
traditional rice paper, inks and brushes, but his creations tend to be very symbolic,
prompting an intellectual response from the viewer. The five creations hung in the
large display cabinet at the entrance to the Sawyer Library were all mounted on
traditional-style scrolls. Li has exhibited in Canada, Europe and Australia, but this
was his first exhibition in the United States.
An Opening Reception was held in April 2914, at which many of the top officers
of Suffolk were present to congratulate the artist. Among these were President
James McCarthy, Interim Provost Bernard Keenan, Vice-Provost Jeffry Pokorak,
Dean Kenneth Greenberg, History Chair Robert Allison, Library Director Sharon
Britten, and Dr. Suleski of the Rosenberg Institute. Artist Li presented a traditional
style scroll of mountains and rivers to the Rosenberg Institute. The scroll was
accepted on behalf of the Institute by President McCarthy, and it is now on loan
hanging in the president’s office. (Artist Li Linxiang is the husband of our visiting
scholar Liu Xiaoli, so he paid his own expenses to Boston since his purpose was to
visit his wife and daughter for two months.) A news story about the opening
reception was put on the front page of the Suffolk University Homepage. A photo
from the opening Reception is below.
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�Photo shows left to right: Dean Greenberg, Interim Provost Keenan,
President McCarthy, Vice-Provost Pokorak, Artist Li Linxiang, History
Chair Allison, Institute Director Suleski, Library Director Britton.
Visitors to the Rosenberg Institute in 2013-2014
Dr. Suleski is always pleased to welcome professional visitors to the Institute,
where they learn about our programs and also relate the projects they are working
on. They offer advice about possible projects and directions we might take. In no
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�small measure, they help to spread the word about the active programs of the
Rosenberg Institute to their own institutions.
Arthur J. Coury. Dr. Coury is a specialist in the fields of biomedical research and
bioengineering. He has had a distinguished career with many publications and
patents. He has been appointed a visiting professor at Sichuan University in
Chengdu China, and he had various questions about dealing with his Chinese
colleagues and government entities. July 2013.
Bert Stern. Dr. Stern taught English and creative writing at Wabash College for
nearly forty years. He also taught at Peking University in the 1980s, where he met
the then elderly Robert Winter, an American who was in China from the 1920s
until his death in the 1980s. Not a communist, not a political radical, Winter was a
vigorous man of strong opinions and a strong sense of adventure. Dr. Stern has
written a book about Winter. We discussed the materials he used and aspects of the
editing yet to be done. July 2013.
Tanaka Shigeko 田中惠子. Mrs. Tanaka is a Vice-President of the Asiatic Society
of Japan. She is also a specialist in the history of Hizen 肥前 porcelain produced in
Japan and exported in the middle of the 1600s. Her research has uncovered how
these objects made their way to Mexico, Spain, Portugal, and England, where they
are now held by museums and private collectors. We discussed her visit to Boston
to inspect pottery collections in New England. August 2013.
Dwight Clark. Mr. Clark is the founder of Volunteers in Asia, headquartered at
Stanford University. VIA exchanges university students between the United States,
Japan, Singapore, Burma, and Taiwan. The group is now celebrating their 50th
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�anniversary, and all activities continue. We discussed different models for sending
students abroad. October 2013.
Vanessa Fong. Dr. Fong teaches at Amherst College. She has published on
China’s One Child Policy, and the effects it has in psychological terms on both the
parents and their children, and how it influences decisions they make about their
child’s future. She was a speaker at our China Town Hall meeting held at the
Suffolk Law School. October 2013.
Richard M. Rosenberg. Mr. Rosenberg is our benefactor, who paid a day-long
visit to the Suffolk campus. While here, he was able to meet a number of the
students who had studied in Asia on programs arranged by the Rosenberg Institute.
He was in town to be inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and
Sciences. While on campus he met President McCarthy, Dean Greenberg, and
other campus leaders. October 2013.
Farhani Monfared. Dr. Monfared is an Iranian scholar currently teaching in the
History Department of Suffolk as part of the Scholar in Crises Program. He was
threatened for his political views in Iran, and is now being welcomed by American
universities under this program. We discussed the courses he is teaching about the
Mongol Empire, our Asian Studies program, and his plans for courses in the spring
2014 semester. November 2013.
Martin Alintuck. Mr. Alintuck has worked as an international executive in China
and Japan. He was in charge of the American Pavilion in Shanghai during the
recent World Expo in 2010. He is teaching at the Sawyer Business School this
semester. We had a lot of experiences to share about living and working in Asia.
November 2013.
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�Zhou Xuanyun 周玄雲. Mr. Zhou is a Daoist Master (fashi 法士) who was
ordained in China in the Correct Way (zhengyi 正一) Branch. He has been living
in the States for the past four years. I raised many questions about contemporary
Daoist practices based on the ceremonies I have seen while traveling in China.
November 2013.
Ryan Shaffer. Mr. Shaffer is Associate Director of Programs at the Maureen and
Mike Mansfield Foundation, in the Washington, D.C. office. We discussed some
of the projects Mr. Shaffer is working on, including the US-Japan Nuclear
Working Group, along with the programs to educate government officials from the
United States about Japan, and the dialogues promoted between mid-career
scholars from the US and Japan on current issues facing both nations. February
2014.
Stanley Chen. Actually Mr. Chen did not come to the Institute, but I went to visit
him. He lives in a retirement community in Canton, MA and does not travel easily.
He comes from a very prominent family in China that for a number of generations
has been connected to the top leadership. He was interested in the work of the
Rosenberg Institute and wanted to meet me. He supports five students at UMASS
Boston with full scholarships. He said he’d like to speak with a friend to see if this
friend would be interested in helping Suffolk students. He was honored by BCNC,
one of our Institute outreach partners. February 2014.
Thay V Thao. Thay (pronounced Thai) took my Intro to Asian Studies course
when he was a freshman, and now he graduated in May 2014. He has become
active in the Alternative Spring Break programs run by Suffolk in which our
students and some faculty visit poor communities in the US or in Venezuela to re19
�build homes etc. He plans to enter the Peace Corps in a year, but plans to take the
coming year by traveling to Asia to teach and learn about local customs. We met to
talk about possibilities and how he might go about locating a suitable job in Asia.
March 2014.
Peter Kornicki. Dr. Kornicki teaches at the University of Cambridge in England.
He is a specialist on Japanese literature and book publishing, particularly in the
pre-modern era. Dr. Suleski has published about manuscript culture in China
(hand-written materials widely used by the common people), so we had much to
talk about. Dr. Kornicki is visiting Harvard. March 2014.
Lu Keli 路克利. Dr. Lu is a professor at Renmin University (remin daxue 人民大
學) in Beijing and teaches about Chinese political history. He translated my Fifty
Year History of the Fairbank Center at Harvard into Chinese. He reported to me
that this has become a best-seller in China, having sold over 20,000 copies so far.
April 2014.
Asai Ryohei 浅井良平. Mr. Asai is an MBA graduate from Suffolk’s Business
School. He returned to Tokyo and is now working in IT support in marketing for
Sapporo Beer. He was an organizer of the Suffolk Asian Student’s Business Club
in the past, and their annual business conference received support from the
Rosenberg Institute. May 2014.
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�Community Outreach Partners
In order to spread word of Suffolk and its Asian Studies programs throughout the
wider Boston and New England area, The Rosenberg Institute has identified
several local non-profit community-based organizations that deal with Asia. These
are designated as part of the Institute’s Community Outreach Partners. An
overview of these programs follows.
In September 2013, for the fourth year in a row, through the Rosenberg Institute,
Suffolk provided a welcoming meeting space to the Taiwan diplomatic office in
Boston, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), for their annual
gathering titled Taiwan Student Leaders in America 台灣留學生交流會.
Outstanding students from Taiwan studying the in United States were brought to
the Suffolk campus for a full day of exchanging ideas and experiences. The costs
were completely covered by TECO.
The Rosenberg Institute continues to endorse the Chinese Historical Society of
New England (CHSNE) as one of our community outreach partners. Suffolk
faculty serve on the board of this organization. The Society’s annual dinner was
held in September 2013 at the China Pearl Restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown.
Suffolk faculty were invited to join the Rosenberg Institute table, where they met
many leaders of the Boston Chinatown community, including several whose
children attend Suffolk or have graduated from Suffolk.
Primary Source is a non-profit organization advocating for teaching about Asia in
the junior high and high school curriculum. They have achieved a notable success
in New England, which ranks as one of the best regions in the country in terms of
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�offering courses and study units about Asia. The Rosenberg Institute endorses
Primary Source as one of our Community Outreach Partners.
In December 2013 Suffolk University and the Rosenberg Institute hosted 12
students and faculty from Brookline High School. They were welcomed by Dan
Wu from International Student Advising and Study Abroad, who is a graduate of
BHS. Ronald Suleski of the Rosenberg Institute also welcomed the students to our
campus. Suffolk Student Ambassadors then took everyone on a tour of the Suffolk
campus. Eight of these students were from the Gaoxin School in Xian China,
staying with host families in Brookline. Five of the students were from BHS. They
were studying Chinese and in the spring 2014 semester they went to China with
their Chinese student friends and lived with their host families in China.
In March 2014 the Boston Chinatown Community Center (BCNC) annual
Chinese New Year banquet was held at the Empire Garden Restaurant in
Chinatown. The Rosenberg Institute endorses their activities, which are widely
recognized in the Boston area. A delegation from Suffolk including Dr. Suleski
attended their annual banquet. They have provided internship opportunities for
Suffolk students, and in the past have hired Suffolk students for their staff.
Middlesex Community College is an outstanding community college located in
Lowell, MA. They are particularly active in bringing programs about Asia to their
campus. On a number of occasions they have asked the Rosenberg Institute to help
publicize their activities, and Dr. Suleski was pleased to assist. They have helped
spread the word about the Suffolk and the Rosenberg Institute into the Lowell area.
Suffolk regularly received transfer students from Middlesex Community College.
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�Contractual Matters
The Rosenberg Institute and its programs are all conducted according to the Terms
of Agreement signed in July 2007 between Mr. Richard M. Rosenberg and Suffolk
University. This Report is submitted in accordance with the original Terms of
Agreement.
The Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series is conducted according to the Terms of
Agreement as signed in July 2007 and as modified by the Memorandum by Dean
Greenberg agreed to in Fall 2008, which provided for individual lectures to be
offered on campus throughout the academic year.
During the 2013-2014 academic year being reported here Suffolk again withdrew
money from the earnings of the endowment fund to cover the Institute’s operating
budget. Suffolk University has been careful to honor the specific terms listed in the
original agreement with Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg, and in fact has gone
beyond the original terms by hiring Dr. Suleski as a full –time (rather than as a
part-time) administrator. Suffolk has also made available an office for the Institute,
the support services of Suffolk, such as media and communications assistance,
student work-study help, etc.
The Rosenberg Institute cooperates with the Asian Studies Program, which is a
student-focused program of academic study and activities centering on Asia. This
cooperation allows the activities of the Rosenberg Institute to reach the widest
possible audience of students and faculty on campus. The activities of the Asian
Studies Program were covered entirely by Suffolk University funds. In addition,
the Rosenberg Institute cooperated in the 2013-2014 academic year with oncampus student-oriented programs such as the Study Abroad Office, the Career
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Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies
Suffolk University, Boston
Annual Report for 2017-2018 Academic Year
Ronald Suleski, PhD, Director
Overview
The 2017-2018 academic year was a year in which the Rosenberg Institute
awarded its largest number to date of student scholarships for Suffolk
students traveling to Asia for study abroad. We also made a grant to launch
the joint Suffolk-Fudan Workshop on Urban Ecological Security and
Sustainability. These and all of our major activities are reported more fully below.
In the spring of 2018 Dr. Marisa Kelly was appointed President of Suffolk
University Boston. Her appointment continued the sense of stability and orderly
process for Suffolk which began when she was named acting president in August
2016.
In September 2017 Dean Maria Toyoda appointed an Advisory Council for
the Rosenberg Institute. Members are all professors in various departments. The
Director is Micky Lee (Communication and Journalism) who is also Director of
our Program in Asian Studies, Audrey Goldstein (Chair of NESAD), Patricia
Hogan (Center for Urban Ecology), Kathy Sparaco (Director of INTO Program),
Jane Zhu (Marketing). The Council met repeatedly in the course of the academic
year to consider budgetary and program issues.
This past academic year the Institute awarded Rosenberg Asian Studies
Scholarships to 7 students who attended programs in Asia for study abroad at our
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�partner institutions. These institutions are in China, Japan, Korea, Singapore,
Taiwan, and India.
For the Alternative Winter Break Program in January 2018, the Institute awarded
partial scholarships to 10 Suffolk students who traveled to Cambodia. The
program is also funded by the Center for Community Engagement at Suffolk; the
professor accompying the students was Roberto Dominguez (Government).
An Alternative Spring Program saw 6 students travel to Vietnam with their
professor Elizabeth Robinson (Sociology). They were studying teaching English as
a Second Language (TESOL) and actually taught some classes while in Vietnam.
At the request of the China Travel Seminar Program run by the Sawyer Business
School, the Institute was able to provide partial scholarships to 6 students who
went on the program to China.
The Institute made a grant to help fund the 2018 Workshop on Urban Ecological
Security and Sustainability, held in June 2018. The project was spearheaded by
Professor Patricia Hogan, a member of our Council, who made the proposal to us
in the fall of 2017. The Workshop is co-organized with Fudan University, one of
China’s top-rated research schools. The Fudan organizer was Professor Wang
Xiangrong, Director of their Center for Urban Eco-Planning and Design. It is
envisioned that this Workshop will held yearly, alternating between the two
campuses.
In the fall of 2017 the Institute once again co-sponsored the China Town Hall
forum. The nation-wide meeting conducted partially via a web broadcast, was
organized by the National Committee on US-China Relations, and is co-sponsored
in Boston by Suffolk and with WorldBoston, a member of the World Affairs
Council.
The Institute continued to sponsor academic lectures held on campus that were
open to the university community and the wider public. We also continued our
outreach activities with the Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE)
and with the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Community Center (BCNC).
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�Activities
In Summer 2017 Suffolk once again hosted a group of Chinese students from
Beijing on our campus. They were part of the Suffolk English Language
Program (SELP), which is well-organized to offer English language instruction
for speakers of other languages. They were accompanied by two professors.
Below is a photo taken at the conclusion of the graduation ceremonies.
In August 2017 Suffolk hosted a group of sixty-four new Fulbright scholars.
These scholars were graduate students coming from universities all over the world.
They had just entered the United States, and before proceeding to their graduate
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�programs they were invited to Suffolk for several days for an introduction to
American academic life. It is called the Fulbright Gateway Program.
Suffolk University Chaplain Rev. Amy Fisher gave a talk An Introduction to
World Religions: What is Religion? On 14 September 2017. The talk was part of
History 100, Introduction to Asian Studies. It was sponsored by the Rosenberg
Institute and was open to the public.
The Government Department at Suffolk presented a talk: Military First! What
Makes North Korean Tick? Speakers were Professor Gregory Fried, Chair of
Philisophy; Professor Friedrich Lohr, former German Ambassador to North
Korea; Professor Weiqi Zhang who was teaching a class on Introduction to
Comparative Politics; and Professor Ronald Suleski, Director of the Rosenberg
Institute. Members of the general public joined many Suffolk students for the
presentation. This was held on 3 October 2017, sponsored by the government
Department and the Rosenberg Institute.
Suffolk University celebrated DIWALI the Indian festival of light.
Families in India set up candles in front of their homes once night falls. They
enjoy a meal together. They make symbolic patterns using sand and colored stones,
called Rangoli. Suffolk celebrated this on the evening of 19 October 2017. An
image of a hand-made Rangoli is below.
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�Again in 2017 Suffolk hosted the China Town Hall. It featured a special guest via
live webcast, Hon. Susan E. Rice, former National Security Advisor and U.S.
Ambassador to the UN. Visiting the Suffolk campus was Professor Joseph
Fewsmith from Boston University, a respected scholar on elite politics in China.
The meeting was Free and Open to the Public. Refreshments were Served. The
meeting was organized by the National Committee on United States-China
Relations (NYC), and co-sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute and WorldBoston.
Held on 24 October 2017.
Suffolk University had an opportunity to meet local movie director Ken Eng, on
Monday 6 November 2017. He spoke in Professor Micky Lee’s class. Later his
recent film “Kokoyakyu High School Baseball,” was shown on 9 November
2017. This was part of the Suffolk Cinema Series, co-sponsored by the Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies, the Japanese Studies Association, and the Asian
Studies Program at Suffolk.
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�“DACA: A Story of Dreams and Fears,” was a talk presented by Stephen H.
Legomsky. It is the story of the “Dreamers” who were brought to the United States
illegally as children. It was the 4th Harry Dow Lecture Series on Immigration
Law, held on 15 November 2017. The event was co-sponsored by the Rosenberg
Institute, The Office of Advancement, the Moakley Archive and Institute, and the
Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund.
On 16 November 2017 the Rosenberg Institute arranged for a delegation of
scholars from China, funded by the Chinese government, to visit the Suffolk
campus. They were all specialists on Contemporary China, and briefly presented
their major research findings. The seminar was titled China in the New Era.
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�Ding Junping of Wuhan University, Zhang Hairong of Beijing Normal University, and Suffolk VP for
Diversity, Access & Inclusion Joyya Smith are seated. Behind them are Sawyer Library Director Sharon
Britton, Rosenberg Institute Director Ronald Suleski, Peking University graduate student Zhang Shuwei,
Lu Keli of Renmin University, Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence Director Linda Bruenjes,
Song Jian of Wuhan University, and Zhao Zhikui of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Jane Hirshfield visited Suffolk on 7 February 2018. Her poetry talks about desire and loss,
beauty and impermanence. Her poetry draws on ideas taken from Buddhism, and the “succinct
wisdom” of Haiku. Her books of poems keep winning national prizes. Her visit was sponsored by
the Poetry Project/Day One Fund, the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, the English
Department, and the CAS Dean’s Office.
Professor Monica Fan was a Visiting Scholar at Suffolk 2017-18. She teaches at Shanghai Jiao
Tong University. She talked to us on 6 March 2018 about why scholars need to emphasize personal
history and individual experience when they write biographical studies. Here in Boston she has
been consulting several archives about many Chinese Americans whose papers are held in local
collections. The program was sponsored by the English Department and the Asian Studies Program.
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�Arn Chorn Pond was about to be killed. It was in Cambodia in the late 1970s and
the Khmer Rouge killed wantonly. His teacher and friends were killed, but as a
child of 10 he managed to survive. He told us about his experiences and about
how music and the arts kept him sane. The title of his talk was Healing from
Genocide: Creating Peace Through the Arts in Cambodia. Held on 8 March
2018. This program was part of the Alternative Winter Break Program. It was
sponsored by the Center for Community Development, the Government
Department, the Philosophy Department, and the Rosenberg Institute for East
Asian Studies at Suffolk.
Documentary Film GOOK Shown at Suffolk. The Los Angeles Riots took place
in 1992. Many black people clashed with the Koreans living within their
community. The Koreans often ran small shops which in some cases became
targets of looters, and in other cases strengthened the friendships between the
beleaguered Koreans and their black neighbors. The Koreans were derisively
referred to by the term “gook.” This is the title of the film recounting those days
and the complex interactions behind the riots. The film GOOK was shown 27
March 2018 at Suffolk. This event was sponsored by the Communication and
Journalism Department, the Sociology Department, the Public Policy and Practice
Hub, the Asian Studies Program, and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian
Studies, all at Suffolk University Boston.
A number of our Suffolk students are studying the European Union, and they want
to explore How the EU deals with China. Suffolk invited an expert Team Leader
of the EU’s Asia Pacific and Research Network to speak to us. Dr. May-Britt
Stumbaum, who also is affiliated with the free University of Berlin, spoke about
Germany and the EU’s China Policy: Analysis, Assessment and Areas for
Competition and Cooperation with the US. Her talk was on 17 April 2018. The
program was sponsored by the Warburg Chapter of the American Council on
Germany and Suffolk. It was hosted by Professor Frederich Lohr of the
Government Department. The Rosernberg Institute was involved in advertising the
program.
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�The Art of Resistance, a talk about Chinese writers who opposed the oppression
of Mao Zedong. Before 1976 during the difficult days of rule by Mao Zedong in
China, artists were especially watched. Their ability to express themselves by
drawing images or painting a picture were powerful ways to convey ideas. The
Communist Party only wanted its own approved ideas circulated, so they feared
and persecuted artists who had their talent as powerful tools. Artists also often had
a free spirit inside themselves, struggling to fly with their own ideas. Dr. Shelley
Drake Hawk recently published an illustrated book about artists in Communist
China during the Cultural Revolution who reisted the extreme Communist
ideology, titled The Art of Resistance. She spoke to us on 18 April 2018. The
talk was sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies.
North Korea was much in the news in April and May 2018. Dr. Micky Lee of
Communication and Journalism gave a talk on Pop Culture in East Asia: The
Korean Wave in North Korea, based on her recently published research. The talk
was on 25 April 2018. It was sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian
Studies at Suffolk University Boston.
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�Pop Culture in East Asia
The Korean Wave in North Korea
Professor Micky Lee
Talks about research she did with fellow Suffolk professor
Weiqi Zhang, about how the youth in reclusive North Korea
have been able to enjoy pop music from South Korea. As
explained in her recently published book Understanding the
Business of Global Media in the Digital Age
Wednesday 25 April 2018 73 Tremont Street
Boston
Room 5040 3:05pm to 4:30pm
The Talk is Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at
Suffolk University Boston
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�Alternative Spring Break in Vietnam. Six students went with their professor
Elizabeth Robinson in order to teach in Vietnamese schools. The students were in
the TESOL (Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages) program and
all were working to earn the TESOL Certificate. The Vietnamese students were
eager to learn from native English speakers, so the experience was a win-win
situation. The Rosenberg Institute helped to subsidize the cost of this experience
for our students. A review of the experience and student presentations was held on
the Suffolk campus following the trip
Student Teachers Learn Priceless Lessons in
Vietnam
June 11, 2018
Students explored a market on their teaching trip to Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo:
Elie Crief)
Two weeks before Spring Break, eight Suffolk students learned they’d be
traveling halfway around the world from snow-covered Boston to humid
Hanoi for a whirlwind week of student teaching. They set out with their
newly-obtained VISAs, a few helpful Vietnamese conversational phrases,
and teaching theories they’d learned but never practiced. They returned
with a wealth of experience and, for some, a passion for teaching abroad.
Full cultural immersion
The students are enrolled in the teaching English to speakers of other
languages (TESOL) certificate program, which offers international teaching
preparation and opportunities to work with international students studying in
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�the United States. The Hanoi trip fulfilled the program’s practicum
requirement, as students worked with a wide variety of English language
learners throughout the week.
Funds from the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies helped defray
the students’ travel costs, making the life-changing trip possible on short
notice. Travel scholarships from the Rosenberg Institute have allowed
Suffolk students to study in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan,
Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
TESOL students and Professor Elizabeth Robinson visited the Ho Chi Minh
Mausoleum (Photo: Elie Crief)
Benjamin Mimoso’s family experience spurred an enduring interest in how
non-native speakers learn English. His father grew up in a Portuguesespeaking community in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and learned English
at school. Mimoso, Class of 2019, a history major, wants to teach English
as a second language overseas before pursuing a career as a history
teacher. The trip to Vietnam was his first time leaving the United States.
“I thought I’d be uncomfortable and in culture shock,” he says. “Instead, I
fell in love with everything quickly. We weren’t in tourist areas. We were
riding motorbikes through the city, and little kids would shout ‘hello’ from
the backs of their bikes.”
Gaining classroom experience
For Georgia Bourikas, Class of 2018, the trip was a chance to have a fully
immersive cultural experience before graduation. Bourikas is a fine arts
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�major and all-star basketball player for the Suffolk Rams whose year-round
practice and game schedule precluded a traditional study abroad semester.
Although she has worked as a teaching assistant in the Art & Design
Department’s printmaking shop, Bourikas had never before been in charge
of a classroom. That changed as she and her classmates planned for and
taught English lessons to Vietnamese students ranging in age from 18
months to 45 years-old.
“Working with little kids is very difficult, but they were remarkable. Three
year-olds could have little conversations with us in English already, telling
time, counting, sharing emotions,” says Mimoso.
Working with pre-schoolers at Golden Key Language School (Photo: Mai Tran)
Bourikas and Mimoso teamed up to present a conversational English class
on clothing and shopping to a group of first-year students at Hanoi
University. The experience gave them practice with crafting and presenting
a lesson and also led to valuable cultural exchange with their peers.
“They wanted to know about American culture -- like are we obsessed with
superheroes? -- and we talked about the differences in our schools. We
became Facebook friends,” says Bourikas.
One common bond was music, says Mimoso, who noted that a love for the
rapper Jay-Z knows no geographical bounds.
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�Teaching at Hanoi University (Photo: Mai Tran)
Exploring Vietnam
The director of the Golden Key Language School, which provides Englishlanguage instruction for students of all ages, hosted the Suffolk students.
And although the students spent long days teaching and many evenings
lesson planning, they were able to experience some of the sights -- and
tastes -- of Vietnam.
Bourikas and Mimoso both enjoyed the country’s food culture, which
included everything from a wide array of vegetarian options for Mimoso to a
feel-good start to their kindergarten teaching day preparing a hot breakfasts
for the kids.
They visited temples and waited in a silent, winding line for three hours to
enter the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, one of Vietnam’s most popular and
revered sites.
A trip outside the city to Vietnam’s oldest pottery workshop showed the
students another side of Vietnamese life and made a big impression on fine
arts major Bourikas, who reveled in watching the delicate hand-painting by
skilled craftspeople.
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�Suffolk students try their hands at pottery-making (Photo: Elie Crief)
Lasting lessons
Working with students in Vietnam has reaffirmed Mimoso’s plans to pursue
a teaching career. “It was interesting to see how another culture teaches,”
he said. “Taking the positive and negative lessons from that will make me a
better teacher.”
Running wildly different classes each day was an eye-opening trial by fire
for Bourikas:
“I learned that it’s never a good idea to fly by the seat of your pants.
Prepare, and be ready to handle the things that can go wrong. As a teacher
you need to have a bag of tricks and be able to improvise. If I want to teach,
now I know I can do it.”
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�A class of young students in Vietnam visit with the American teachers from
Suffolk University Boston.
In June Suffolk hosted the 2018 International Workshop on Urban
Ecological Security and Sustainability. This was jointly organized by
Professor Patricia Hogan at Suffolk and Professor Xiangrong Wang of Fudan
University in Shanghai. Fudan is one of China’s leading universities with many
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�international research and outreach programs. During the meetings colleagues from
Suffolk and other institutions in Boston, and from various academic institutions in
China came together to discuss pressing issues such as Urban Planning and
Sustainability, Climate Change Responses, and Data Collection and Interpretation.
They also held a planning session to arrange for the next Workshop, which will be
held next year on the Fudan campus. A group of local high school students were
invited to attend sessions on virtual reality and visit our new physics, science, and
IT laboratories. Major funding for the Workshop was provided by the Rosenberg
Institute, with additional funds from the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s
Office. The logo used by the Workshop shown below was designed by Peter Kery
who teaches in the Department of Art and Design at Suffolk.
The Workshop was a major international initiative for Suffolk and a major project
for the Rosenberg Institute. A report prepared by Professor Hogan is below.
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�Working Together for a Greener World
July 17, 2018
Xiangrong Wang, Director of the Center for Urban Eco-Planning & Design at Fudan
University, addressed the International Workshop on Urban Ecological Security &
Sustainability at Suffolk University.
Because climate change is a global condition best addressed through
interdisciplinary research, institutional investment, and international
collaboration, members of the Center for Urban Ecology &
Sustainability (CUES) at Suffolk University are joining forces with their
counterparts at the Center for Urban Eco-Planning & Design at Fudan
University in Shanghai to work toward a greener future.
The first step took place in June at the inaugural International Workshop on
Urban Ecological Security and Sustainability in Boston, sponsored by
the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies of Suffolk University.
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�Patricia Hogan, director of the Center for Urban Ecology & Sustainability at
Suffolk University
All hands on deck
Organized by environmental researchers from both Suffolk and Fudan
University, the three-day conference drew wide participation from other
research institutions, non-governmental organizations, advocacy groups,
and professional societies.
Speakers and participants from Fudan University, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Shanghai Academy of
Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, and Zhejiang
University were part of the scientific delegation from the Shanghai area.
Local universities represented included Northeastern University, UMASSBoston, Bunker Hill Community College, Massachusetts Maritime Academy,
Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Brown University. Boston-area
speakers included representatives from GreenRoots, Inc. of Chelsea, the
Neponset River Watershed Association, the Institute of International Urban
Development, and the Sustainable Remediation Forum.
Faculty from each of Suffolk’s three schools attended -- representing
departments as diverse as chemistry, biochemistry, art & design, physics,
international business, marketing, and law.
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�“With the multifaceted environmental challenges we’re facing right now, it
doesn’t matter what a student’s major is. It’s all hands on deck,” says
Suffolk Professor Patricia Hogan, director of the Center for Urban Ecology
& Sustainability and co-organizer of the conference.
Topics ranged from broad policy and eco-security issues to detailed
research data analysis.
One thread woven throughout the conference was the concept of
environmental justice. John Walkey, the waterfront coordinator for Chelseabased GreenRoots, spoke about reducing disparities in environmental
impact and education among Boston-area immigrant communities.
Professor Sean Solley of Suffolk’s Art & Design Department explored a
similar theme through the lens of sustainable urban development for the
aged, another vulnerable population.
Sean Solley, associate professor & program director, Interior
Architecture & Design
“All populations won’t be impacted equally by climate change,” says Hogan.
“Those most at risk—the poor and marginalized—will suffer most. We don’t
always think of sustainable design in an equitable way, but we need to
keep environmental justice at the forefront.”
The workshop also included a session for high school students as both
universities share a commitment to involving young people in sustainability
work. Students learned about the history of Boston’s development from
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�History Professor Robert Allison, used virtual reality technology to visualize
both the greenest and the most polluted cities around the world with
Suffolk’s Physics Department, and worked with physical models of the city
with Reed Brockman of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section.
Problem solving from multiple perspectives
Both China and the United States have work to do to reduce pollution and
mitigate the effects of climate change. China is the overall highest carbon
dioxide emitter in the world, but the more urbanized U.S. remains the
highest emitter per capita. While America grapples with climate change
denial and weakening environmental protections, China is in the midst of a
“Green China and Eco-civilized China” backlash from industrial urban
pollution—even as it continues to invest heavily in a more sustainable
economy.
As coastal urban cities, Boston and Shanghai face many of the same
climate challenges – but on very different scales. Boston is the largest city
in the New England region but Shanghai is one of the largest megacities in
the world. Comparing the effects of increasing global temperatures,
pollution, and sea-level rise and the efforts to combat these issues could
yield valuable data for both cities and others around the world.
“The city of Shanghai is located at the Yangtze River Delta, an area with
high economic growth, high urbanization and high eco-environmental risk,”
says Hogan’s counterpart Xiangrong Wang, Director of the Center for
Urban Eco-Planning & Design at Fudan University. “It has the typical fragile
features of the development of urban agglomeration in China. It is of great
significance to strengthen the research and the demonstration of ecological
security technology and sustainability here.”
A path forward
Hogan and Wang plan to establish academic and research collaborations
in the coming years, including: joint research projects, student and faculty
exchange programs, training and, potentially, joint online courses.
A strategic planning session held on the workshop’s third day brought
faculty from both schools together to find common interests and lay the
groundwork for future partnerships. The colleagues will meet again next
year when Fudan University hosts the second Urban Ecological Security
and Sustainability Workshop in Shanghai.
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�“This workshop is a very good platform for scholars, governmental officials
and business people to create academic exchange and potentially explore
markets for urban ecological sustainability. It will be huge benefit for both
China and America,” says Wang.
“The first workshop was a huge success and opened up many
opportunities for cooperation,” says Hogan. “Now we need to take the next
steps forward and make these projects and discoveries happen.”
Faculty and researchers from Suffolk University and Fudan University
gathered for the three-day workshop.
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Rosenberg Institute 2018-2019 (FY19) Annual Report
Introduction.
Summer 2019 marks completion of the tenth year of full operations for the
Rosenberg Institute, and also ten years since I joined Suffolk University to be
Director of the Institute. It is an appropriate time to reflect on our work in the ten
years that have passed.
During this past decade, the Institute has cooperated widely with departments
and with all the schools at Suffolk. From the College of Arts and Sciences we
have had joint activities with the Center for Community Engagement (CCE),
Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence (CTSE), Center for Urban Ecology
and Sustainability (CUES), departments of Communication and Journalism,
Economics, English, Engineering, Environmental Studies, the Ford Hall Forum,
Government, History, Philosophy, World Languages and Cultures. From the
Sawyer Business School we have had joint activities with Accounting, Finance,
Global MBA, Marketing, Strategy and International Business. From the Law
School we have co-sponsored programs with the Harry H. Dow Memorial
Scholarship and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
(APALSA). Faculty associated with all of these programs have brought their
students to Institute activities. We have also cooperated with our many Asiarelated student organizations on campus, which includes the Asian-American
Association, China Students and Scholars Association, Japan Student Association,
Korean Culture Club, South Asia Association, Taiwanese Students Association,
Vietnamese Students Association. In fact, I have acted as faculty advisor for
several of these student clubs.
The Rosenberg Institute has organized many lectures for our campus community
over this time. Speakers from local institutions have come from Boston College,
Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Yale, Smith College, as well as
our own Suffolk faculty. International speakers who have presented on campus
were from Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam. The Consuls-General of the relevant
diplomatic offices in Boston have all spoken on campus under the auspices of the
Rosenberg Institute: Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Community organizations with which the Rosenberg Institute has cooperated
during the past decade have included the Asian American Commission (organized
by the governor’s office), Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK),
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�Boston Chinatown Community Center (BCNC), Brookline High School China
Exchange Program, Children’s Museum of Boston, Chinese Historical Society of
New England (CHSNE), National Committee on United States China Relations
(NCUSCR), Primary Source (for public school teachers interested in Asia),
WorldBoston (member of the World Affairs Councils).
Suffolk University has a strong leadership team in place. Chairman of the
Board of Trustees Bob Lamb and President Marisa Kelly fully understand the work
of the Rosenberg Institute. President Kelly has submitted a Strategic Plan for
Suffolk so the Rosenberg Institute will be aligning our programming to
complement the goals of that Plan. We report to Maria Toyoda, Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences and also have the benefit of our Advisory Council which
includes members from many academic departments. The Council consists of
Micky Lee, Communication and Journalism, Chair of the Council; Audrey
Goldstein, Chair of the New England School of Art and Design (NESAD); Pat
Hogan, Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability; Kathy Sparaco,
Executive Director of the INTO Program (preparing international students for
study at Suffolk); Jane Zhu, Marketing, Sawyer Business School.
The Rosenberg Institute sent eleven students for study abroad in Asia at one of
Suffolk’s partner schools during the FY19 academic year on the Rosenberg Asian
Studies Scholarships. In addition, the Institute funded partial travel costs for
three Suffolk faculty who were presenting papers at the 2nd International
Workshop on Urban Ecological Security and Sustainability (UESS) held at Fudan
University in Shanghai 24 to 27 June 2019 as described later in this Annual Report.
My work with the Institute has been possible because of our benefactors, Barbara
and Richard M. Rosenberg. I am extremely grateful for our benefator’s continued
support and wise council throughout these past ten years.
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�Activities of the Rosenberg Institute 2018-2019
Rosenberg Institute assisted in showing “Maineland,” a new documentary
film about Chinese Students Studying in the US. The film depicts Chinese
students who spent their sophomore-senior years at the Fryeburg Academy in
Maine. They were embedded in an American learning environment while at the
same time going through the growing process of their teenage years. The
documentary showing was put on by Primary Source, a non-profit based in
Watertown, MA. It was shown at the popular Kendall Square Cinema in
Cambridge on 24 July 2918 and was attended by many secondary school educators
from the Boston area. Director Miao Wang was there to answer questions about the
film and the process of making it. The content of the film addresses questions
about where China is headed in the next generation. The film is visually attractive
and has an evocative sound track. The Rosenberg Institute received compliments
from many in the audience for our work in promoting an interest in Asia.
The Empress of China Exhibition was held at the Peabody Essex Museum in
Salem from August 2018 to February 2019. Daisy Wang, Curator of Chinese and
East Asian Art asked the Rosenberg Institute to help spread the word about the
Exhibition. Dr. Suleski was invited and attended the Opening Reception at the
Museum in September 2018 as were several of our list-serve colleagues, including
faculty from Harvard.
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�The Asian American Commission was set up by the Governor’s Office of the
State of Massachusetts. It works to represent the Asian American communities in
our area. The Rosenberg Institute joined in announcing their Asian American
CommissionAAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islander) Scholarship.
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�Asian American Commission’s 7th Annual Young Leaders Symposium
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2018
India Day Festival. The celebration took place on 19 August 2918 at the Boston
City Hall Plaza. The event was FREE entry for all. Many of our Rosenberg
Institute colleagues interested in India or who had visited India were happy to
participate. Sponsored by the Indian Association of Greater Boston.
Suffolk Professor Elizabeth Robinson took six Suffolk students to Vietnam as
part of Alternative Spring Break in the Spring 2018 semester.
The students were in the TESOL (Teachers of English to Students of Other
Languages) program and all were working to earn the TESOL Certificate. The
Vietnamese students were eager to learn from native English speakers, so the
experience was a win-win situation. The Rosenberg Institute helped to subsidize
the cost of this project.
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�TESOL students and Professor Elizabeth Robinson (third from left) visited the Ho
Chi Minh Mausoleum (Photo: Elie Crief)
The Rosenberg Institue Arranged for Suffolk Students get jobs as mentors in
the VietAID after school program. August-September 2018. They worked with
Vietnamese-American children in the Dorchester area of Boston in a supervised
learning environment. This was the third year in a row involving Suffolk student
sin the program.
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�Children in the Vietaid Program in Dorchester
Author Deborah Fellows spoke about Dreaming in Chinese. She talked about
her experience living in China from 2006 to 2010. The talk was sponsored by
Rosenberg Institute Community Outreach Partner Primary Source, on 2 October
2018 at Newton South High School. The talk was based on her books Dreaming in
Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language and her new book Our
Towns (written with husband James Fallows)
The Rosenberg Institute again Sponsored a China Town Hall. Held on 9
October 2918 the closed webcast featured Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State in
the George W. Bush administration. Joining us at Suffolk University as a
moderator for our local audience in the Sargent Building was Professor Joseph
Fewsmith, a specialist in Chinese elite politics. The meeting was organized by the
National Committee on United States-China Relations. The local co-sponsors
were WorldBoston (a member of the World Affairs Council) and the Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk University.
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�CHINA Town Hall:
Local Connections, National Reflections
Tuesday, October 9
5:30—7:30 pm
Faculty Dining
Room #495
Suffolk University
120 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02108
Featuring on-site
discussion with
And a national
webcast led by
The Honorable
Condoleezza Rice
Joseph Fewsmith
Professor of International
Relations & Political Science,
Boston University
Former Secretary of State
and National Security Advisor
China's rapid development and Sino-American relations
have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the
United States. CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National
Reflections, is a national day of programming designed to
provide Americans across the United States and beyond the
opportunity to discuss issues in the relationship with leading
experts.
CHINA Town Hall is a national conversation on China
taking place in 95+ communities in the U.S.
Admission is free, RSVP encouraged at
www.worldboston.org/events-calendar
Refreshments will be available.
Special thanks to our partner, the Barbara and Richard M.
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies .
The Silk Road. Nations Unknown Even to Trade? Knowledge Transfer and
the Silk Trade between the Mediterranean and Asia in Antiquity. This was the
topic at an evening session of the East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF) Lecture
held at Boston University. The featured speaker was Dr. Berit Hildebrandt, of the
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�Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning and Creativity, Jamtli Museum, Östersund,
Sweden, and Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany. Dr. Suleski took two
Suffolk students with him to the talk.
A gathering of Taiwan Student Leaders was held at Suffolk on 25 September
2018. Participants were composed of presidents and vice presidents of
Taiwanese Student Associations from across New England, including the
Taiwanese Students Association at Suffolk. The meeting, held annually, was
organized by the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
(TECO) in Boston. The Rosenberg Institute acted as a co-sponsor of the event. A
group photo of the smiling student leaders appears below.
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�Taiwan Student Leaders and Suffolk students, gather at Suffolk University.
Our colleagues at the India Discovery Center once again held an all-day seminar,
on the Hindu Period of India’s history. Several of our colleagues have attended
these seminars in the past, and all have reported them as rewarding experiences.
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�Diwali Night was held 6 November 2018 at Suffolk. This is the annual festival
in India where families get together to celebrate family and community. It is the
Hindu festival of lights, symbolizing the spiritual victory of light over darkness.
This is one of the most popular festivals in India. It was sponsored by the South
Asian Student Association at Suffolk.
Cultural Exchange Asian Night. Suffolk Students gathered to promote cultural
exchange with Asia on 8 November 2918. They did it in the form of a party with
food and fun, held in the Smith Café of the Somerset Building (in 2019 re-named
the Samia Academic Center). It was organized by the Japan Student Association
and the Taiwanese Student Association. Several of Dr. Suleski’s students were
involved in organizing and promoting the event, along with help from the
Rosenberg Institute.
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�Challenging Family Separation in Court: Reunification & the Right to Seek
Asylum was the 5th Harry Dow Lecture Series on Immigration Law. The
speaker was Sirine Shebaya, senior staff attorney for Muslim Advocates. In
addition, the Harry H. Dow Memorial Scholarship Award was presented to student
Kelly Bae, a second year student at Suffolk Law.
Among the speakers were Leah C. Grinvald, Associate Dean of Suffolk University
Law School; Ragini Shah, Professor of Suffolk University Law School; Patrick
Shin, Associate Dean of Suffolk University Law School. The program was
organized by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA).
The sponsors of this program included: the Moakley Archive and Institute, the
Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts, the Immigration Law
Association, the Black Law Student Association, the Professional & Career
Development Office, and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk.
Learning a New Language. Suffolk International Students Organized a Language
Learning Party. This was held on 13 November 2018 by students enrolled in the
INTO Program, designed to prepare international students for study at Suffolk. In
this activity students from various countries gave sample language lessons about
their native languages, as part of International Education Week. The event was
well attended and the students all seemed eager to try out all the new languages.
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�The Association for Asian Studies held its regional New England meeting on 6
October 2018 at Brandeis University. The Rosenberg Institute covered the
conference fee for Suffolk faculty attending the meeting. Suffolk faculty also
organized two panel sessions. Among the faculty giving talks were Amy Fisher
(Philosophy), Jonathan Haughton (Economics), Micky Lee (Communication and
Journalism/Asian Studies Committee Director), Ronald Suleski
(History/Rosenberg Institute), Weiqi Zhang (Government), Da Zheng (English).
In addition the Rosenberg Institute covered the conference fee for three Suffolk
students attending the conference: Nigel Dabare, Leah Nicole Magno, and Liam
Martin. It was their first time to attend a professional academic conference.
All of the Suffolk attendees were supported by the Rosenberg Institute, which
covered the cost of conference registration.
Some of the Suffolk faculty attending the AAS Regional Conference at Brandeis. L
to R: Da Zheng (English); Ronald Suleski (History/Rosenberg Institute); Amy
Fisher (Philosophy); Micky Lee (Communication and Journalism, Asian Studies
Committee); Jonathan Haughton (Economics).
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�Delegation of Faculty from China Visit Suffolk Hosted by the Rosenberg
Institute. The delegation was welcomed from Xi’an Polytechnical University 西
安工業大學, Xi’an, China. This is a top-rated research university in China, and
the visitors were from the School of Foreign Studies. The delegation was
composed of: Ms. Zhang Yi 张奕 , Associate Dean and Professor; Ms. Gao Min 高
敏 , Associate Dean; Ms. Zhao Xueai 赵雪爱, Professor; Mr. Deng Tao 邓涛’,
Associate Professor and Course Coordinator; Ms. Gao Jie 高絜, Lecturer.
This visit was co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Scholarly
Excellence (CTSE) and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. Both
co-sponsors received enthusiastic support from Suffolk to make this a successful
visit. The delegation was greeted by President Kelly, Acting Provost Royo, CAS
Dean Maria Toyoda, and Associate Dean Lisa Celovsky. They met many program
chairs including Pat Hogan, Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and
Sustainability; Kathy Sparaco, Executive Director of INTO Suffolk; Linda
Bruenjes, Director of CTSE; Micky Lee, Director of the Asian Studies Program
and Chair of the Rosenberg Institute Advisory Council; Elizabeth Robinson,
Director of the TESL Program; Alina Choo, Managing Director of the Division of
Student Success; Viviana Leyva, CIPS, Division of Student Success, and CTSE
staff. The delegation was introduced to Suffolk through Da Zheng of English and
the Asian Studies Program, and was organized by Ronald Suleski.
At the end of the visit, Dean Zhang from Xi’an expressed her grateful thanks for
the efforts of all the Suffolk people to provide them with an informative and
comprehensive visit to our school.
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�Suffolk faculty and some of our visitors from China. Left to Right: Da Zheng, Gao
Min, Zhang Yi, Ronald Suleski, Pat Hogan, Zhao Xuiai, Gao Jie, Deng Tao.
Taiwan Today: Perspectives from Taipei was the title of the roundtable-style
conference. Dr. Suleski of the Rosenberg Institute was invited to attend the
conference organized by WorldBoston and Boston University. Suffolk’s Acting
Provost Sebastian Royo also attended, as did the newly appointed Director-General
of the Taipei Educational and Cultural Office (TECO), Douglas Hsu. The event
was held on 15 January 2019.
15
�The Last Boat Out of Shanghai. This is the Epic Story of the Chinese Who
Fled Mao’s Revolution, a book by Helen Zia. She spoke at the Pao Arts Center
located in Boston’s Chinatown district. The book reading was organized by the
Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) and the Pao Arts Center on
12 February 2019. Several friends of the Rosenberg Institute were present.
Chinese Nationality Laws & Asian-American Identity. Dr. Norman Ho visited
Suffolk at the invitation of the Rosenberg Institute to speak before a large audience
of Suffolk faculty, students, and administrators on 4 February 2019
Dr. Ho is Associate Professor of Law at Peking University School of Transnational
Law. He is a graduate of Harvard and the NYU School of Law. His topic was
Chinese Nationality Laws & Asian-American Identity. Why is this topic
important? Recently the Chinese government arrested a Chinese-American visiting
China, who had been born in the United States. Because he had Chinese blood,
they assumed they could treat him as if he were a Chinese citizen. How do AsianAmericans feel about this? Do Asian-Americans feel at home in the United States,
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�the country where they were born and raised? These and other questions were
discussed at the talk.
The lecture was sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Law Students
Association (APALSA), the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk funded by the Lowell
Society, and by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk.
Two Films from Thailand. The Rosenberg Institute was asked to assist in
drawing an audience to these two films by the program organizers, the Film Study
Center, the Visual and Environmental Studies Department, and the Thai Studies
Program at the Asia Center at Harvard University present. The program was titled
An Evening with noted director Anocha Suwichakornpong.
The two films shown were By the Time It Gets Dark (Dao khanong, Thailand
2016) and Nightfall (Singapore 2016). Held on 7 February 2019, many in the
audience were interested in recent Thai politics as portrayed in the films, along
with the movie buffs interested in the director’s career. The director Anocha
Suwichakornpong, a visiting scholar of the Visual and Environmental Studies
program at Harvard, carried on a dialogue with the audience.
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�Daily Life for the Common People of China, 1850 to 1950 is the title of my new
book, published by Brill Publishers. The publisher has been issuing academic
studies about Asia and the Orient since the 1683, first in Leiden. Holland and now
with a US Office in Boston. The book came out in November 2018. I was invited
to give a talk on the book by the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk, and the History
Department. We had the talk on 13 February 2018 and filled up the Poetry Center
with Suffolk faculty and students, plus some researchers from other academic
institutions in the Boston area.
My book uses a new category of source materials. These are hand-written booklets
prepared by the common people of China from 1850 to 1950. They were used to
tell fortunes, to chase away troublesome ghosts, to use herbs to make medicine, to
decide how to pick a mate for their children, and for all the everyday questions
people had. Many were written by people with a poor education because many
people were minimally literate at that time. Most of these booklets had been
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�thrown away by the families that kept them. I have located these at antique and
junk stores in China.
Suffolk Faculty, Administrators, and Students Visited Cambodia and
Myanmar in January 2019. This was part of the Alternative Winter Break
program. The twenty students worked to help farmers build basic housing, to
repair elementary school properties, and to give classes in basic English
conversation.
The delegation was organized by Roberto Dominguez, professor in the
Government Department. It was headed by Assistant Dean of Students Shawn
Newton. The two chaperons were the directors of the Center for Community
Engagement, one of the sponsors of the Alternative Winter Break Program, Adam
Westbrook and Dennis Harkins.
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�After returning to Suffolk, the students and faculty had a Reunion and Rosenberg
Appreciation Open House on 13 February 2019 to show slides from the visit and
for the students to talk about their experiences. The Rosenberg Institute was
pleased to once again help subsidize this trip and keep the costs down for each
participant. The Government Department was behind this activity, as was the
Center for Community Engagement.
China’s Belt and Road in Europe. Several speakers were organized by the
Pardee School for Global Studies at Boston University to speak about how China is
extending its trade and economic power into Europe. The event was held on 21
February 2919. Among the speakers was Grant Rhode (Naval War College) who
has been active with the Rosenberg Institute. The symposium was co-sponsored by
the BU Center for the Study of Asia which asked the Rosenberg Institute to help
promote the seminar.
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�Asian Perspectives on Health and Work is a course offered at Suffolk in Fall
2019. Our colleague Dr. Sukanya Ray of the Psychology Department turned to the
Rosenberg Institute to help advertise this course in Asia-related classes. We
handed out flyers in a number of courses.
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�Going Global: The People’s Navy in a Time of Strategic Transformation. This
conference was organized by the China Maritime Studies Institute at the US Naval
War College and was held in May 2019. The Rosenberg Institute had responses
and interest from six of our colleagues, some of whom were invited to join this
conference. The organizers at the Naval War College were appreciative of our
ability to draw in audience members to their event.
Suffolk’s Asian American Association and Vietnamese Student Association
teamed up to have a party for all students to welcome spring. Together with
all the attending students they made spring rolls. Ingredients were supplied by
SODEXO the Suffolk food service, and the program was co-sponsored by the
Office of Off-Campus Housing Commuter Ambassadors. The turnout of students
was larger than expected, but in the end everyone was able to eat freshly-prepared
spring rolls. The activity was held on 28 March 2019.
Suffolk Welcomed Visiting Scholar Peichi Chung (鍾珮琦) of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong to be on our campus until the end of 2019. She
received her Ph.D. from the Department of Telecommunication, Indiana
University-Bloomington. Her teaching and research interests include new media
and digital culture. She examines issues related to new media production and
cultural policy in sub-regional locations within Asia. She is currently completing
her longitudinal ethnographic work on Asian game industries in East and Southeast
Asia.
Our Suffolk students who are particularly interested in e-gaming, creation,
marketing, and impact, are especially interested in learning of her work. She is
hosted by the Department of Communication and Journalism, and also by Micky
Lee, Director of the Asian Studies Program and Chair of the Rosenberg Institute
Advisory Council.
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�A new student club at Suffolk. In April 2019 we welcomed the Southeast Asian
Association (SEAA). The President is Joseph Effendy, majoring in information
systems and operations management. He was born in Indonesia, grew up in
Singapore, and proudly says his grandparents came from China. The VicePresident is Dalton Ryan, a student who has been active in helping to send students
on service trips abroad. The Secretary is Leah Mango, a student from the
Philippines, and the club Treasurer is student Shane Camania. The faculty advisor
is Professor Roberto Dominguez of the Government Department.
President Joseph Effendy and Secretary Leah Mango of the Southeast Asian
Association, a new student club at Suffolk.
Chinatown Boston Began an Archeological Dig. The site has been occupied
since the 1840s. In 1929 it became a fancy Chinese restaurant called Ruby Foo’s
Den. The dig will have some trained archaeologists and will also rely on
volunteers to do the sifting of gathered earth looking for hidden treasures. At the
opening of the dig in early July 2019 there were some people with long Suffolk
association, including Justina Chu who is a fan of the Rosenberg Institute and who
recently retired after decades of work at the Suffolk Law School. She’s in a photo
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�below. A number of competent organizations teamed up together to carry out this
project, headed by our Community Outreach Partner the Chinese Historical Society
of New England (CHSNE), and also including the City of Boston Archaeology
Department, Friends of Archaeology, Chinese American Citizen’s Alliance –
Boston Lodge, Chinese American Heritage Foundation.
This photo shows people from the groups that have come together to carry out the
dig. They are from the Chinatown Historical Society of New England (CHSNE),
the City of Boston Archaeology Department, Friends of Archaeology, Chinese
American Citizen’s Alliance – Boston Lodge, Chinese American Heritage
Foundation, and some volunteers.
Justina Chu is in the red shirt practicing to become an
archaeologist.
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�The 2nd International Workshop on Urban Ecological Security and
Sustainability (UESS 2019) was held at Fudan University in Shanghai, China
from 24 to 27 June 2019. The Rosenberg Institute has been one of the major
supporters of this international collaboration. The partnership between the
Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability (CUES) at Suffolk University and
Fudan University was established to (1) foster research collaborations between
Chinese and American researchers, (2) to create courses that could be taught
between the two campuses for students from both institutions, and to (3) promote
exchanges of both faculty and students across campuses. Examples of possible
collaboration areas that were presented at UESS 2019 include coastal systems and
invasive species, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), modeling
techniques and environmental policy.
A delegation of faculty from Suffolk, supported in part by the Rosenberg
Institute, attended UESS 2019 to give short, twenty-minute presentations on their
efforts since UESS 2018 (held at Suffolk University). Among faculty members
attending from Suffolk were CUES faculty —Dr. Hayley Schiebel and Mr. Scott
Lussier—who chaired the graduate paper competition and provided a keynote
presentation, respectively. Carlos Rufin, Chair of the Strategy and International
Business Department of the Sawyer Business School, presented as did Sean Solley,
Director of the Interior Architecture and Design Program in the College of Art and
Sciences. Dean Maria Toyoda of the School of Arts and Sciences was also on hand
to give a closing speech to the body of international attendees. In addition to
Suffolk University faculty, American researchers from Northeastern University
and the University of Massachusetts Boston, who had attended UESS 2018 in
Boston, also attended UESS 2019.
Xiangrong Wang, PhD, Director of the Centre for Urban Eco-planning and Design
and co-founder of the partnership between Fudan University and CUES, attended
UESS 2018 as well. Other Fudan University attendees included Xiaojiang Gao,
Dean of Environmental Science and Engineering at Fudan and Yin Ren from the
Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In addition to
attendees from Fudan University, specialists from East China Normal University,
Nanjing Forestry University, and other schools in China gave the same type of oral
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�presentation as the American delegates in efforts to forge research collaborations
moving forward.
Many faculty and students from Fudan University crowded into the lecture
sessions showing their interest and enthusiasm for the partnership. The Suffolk
delegation was impressed with the modern facilities available at Fudan University
and by the friendship displayed by their Chinese hosts at every turn. Tours of the
two Fudan University campuses, shared lunches and dinners, and a field trip to a
sponge city outside of Shanghai were a few of the activities included in the agenda
that encouraged not only collaboration opportunities, but also friendships. The
third in this series of international workshops –UESS 2020—will be held at
Suffolk University in June 2020.
A group photo from the UESS 2019 conference held at Fudan University.
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�Dr. Xiangrong Wang from the Department of Environmental Science and
Engineering of Fudan University, gave the opening speech.
Suffolk’s own Pat Hogan Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability
(CUES), who initiated these joint workshops between Fudan and Suffolk, was also
at the gathering.
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Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk University
Annual Report for 2009-2010
Ronald Suleski, PhD
Director
Overview
The Rosenberg Institute had an extremely active program of events during the
2009-2010 academic year. We established ourselves as a very visible entity on the
Suffolk campus and in the Boston community. We used many channels of
communication to accomplish this, including the web sites of the Institute and the
University, its iTunes presence, its publications, and a number of well-targeted
email lists. As a result, the audiences that attended our programs included not only
Suffolk officers, faculty and students, but visitors from Harvard, MIT,
Northeastern, Boston University, Boston College, UMass Boston, Emerson and
Emmanuel. Many members of the general public, including those from nearby
Beacon Hill, were also welcomed.
The success of the Rosenberg Institute in establishing a presence for itself as the
lead platform for Suffolk’s initiatives toward East Asia were acknowledged during
the course of the year by our President, Provost, Dean, several members of the
Board of Trustees, several departmental chairs, and many faculty and students.
Because of our proactive outreach, programs of the Rosenberg Institute were
reported in Chinese language publications and media. Many members of the
Chinese community in Boston told us they read the stories about Suffolk in the
Chinese language newspapers. The Institute also got a mention in a local Korean
language newspaper, which we hope will bring in new students to Suffolk from the
large Korean community in New England.
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�The Rosenberg Institute was involved, either as a sponsor or co-sponsor (meaning
we endorsed the activity), in twenty-six events during the year. The most important
of these are listed below.
A. The section below lists the activities of the Rosenberg Institute
conducted in conformance with the Terms of Agreement signed in July
2007, as modified by the Memorandum by Dean Greenberg agreed to in
Fall 2008. These two documents call for a series of Distinguished
Visitors and for the publication of academic papers .
Rosenberg Institute Distinguished Visitors Series
Our core activities during the academic year were the series of seven outstanding
scholars who were invited to lecture on the Suffolk campus as part of our
Distinguished Visitor Series. Each lecture was widely advertised, was free and
open to the general public. In addition to their main lecture, the Distinguished
Visitors also gave classroom lectures, and they spoke with students both in the
classrooms and following their public lecture. Further, faculty met with the
Visitors for more extensive and specialized conversation, either at faculty
workshops or over the course of a luncheon seminar. The typical audience for
each public lecture was forty to sixty individuals.
In several cases the Rosenberg Institute cooperated with other organizations on
campus to host our Distinguished Visitors. Cooperation involved assistance in
preparing posters, covering some of the expenses, and combining their email lists
with those of the Rosenberg Institute to advertise the event and draw an audience.
This co-sponsorship also illustrated for the Suffolk community the sense of
cooperation and mutual excitement we share by having the Rosenberg Institute as
an active unit of Suffolk.
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�Rosenberg Institute Distinguished Visitor Series in 2009-2010
Famine and Socialism: Exploring the Cases of China and the Soviet Union. Felix
Wemheuer, PhD. University of Vienna. A young Visiting Scholar at the Fairbank
Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard. Faculty from both our Asian Studies and
European Studies concentration in the History Department joined us. He also gave
a class lecture and met with faculty. September 2009.
Chai Qian (Demolition 拆遷), a 62 minute documentary with subtitles in English.
The producer, J.P. Snaidecki, is a PhD Candidate at Harvard University. This was
presented as part of the Suffolk Cinema Series, in cooperation with the Department
of Communication and Journalism. November 2009 .
Tibet and China: How to Solve the Problems. Lobsang Sangay, PhD. Harvard
University Law School. This scholar works with both the Chinese and the Tibetan
exile community trying to bring about dialogue between both sides. He met with
many students, and later with faculty. November 2009.
China in World History. Paul Ropp, PhD. Clark University. The author talked
about his forthcoming book to be published by Oxford University Press. The
illustrated talk was well-received, and the book has now been published. He also
gave a class lecture, and had a luncheon with faculty. February 2010.
Challenges in Chinese Economic Development. Huang Yasheng, PhD. MIT. One
of the most original thinkers in the field of contemporary economic studies
focusing on China, Professor Huang initiated a lively debate during the talk, which
was attended by many members of our Economics Department, as well as many
students. He conducted a lunch workshop with faculty from the College, the
business school and the Law School. March 2010.
Asians in America. Maxine Hong Kingston. Award-winning author. The author
spent a full week on campus, and this was the major public address she delivered.
Students were enthralled by her recollections of her own “illegal” immigrant
parents, and she spoke about her own immersion into American culture. The
Creative Writing Program of the English Department was also active in arranging
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�her schedule, which included class visits, seminars, and a lecture at the
University’s Poetry Center. March 2010.
Can Japan Be an 'Asian' Power? William Grimes, PhD, founding director of the
Boston University Center for the Study of Asia. Our special guest for this lecture
was the Hon. Masaru Tsuji, Consul-General of Japan in Boston. The speaker
discussed Japan’s strategic security relationship with the United States. Some of
our international students from Japan met with the speaker, and he also later had
lunch with faculty. April 2010.
All of the Rosenberg Institute lectures have been recorded, aurally or on
video. The video versions will be put on iTunes and on blip.tv (two venues
popular with young people worldwide) and we plan links from our
University web site to these venues. Some Institute lectures are already
available at these sites.
Special Public Event: The China Town Hall Meeting
A public event to discuss current issues in United States relations with China was
held at Suffolk in December 2009. The Rosenberg Institute was invited by the
National Committee on United States-China Relations to participate in its third
China Town Hall meeting. The National Committee is headquartered in New York
and since the 1960s it has been recognized by government, civic and academic
leaders in both China and the United States for its programs to foster mutual
understanding and to promote communication between the peoples of both nations.
In the 8 December 2009 China Town Hall meeting, a live video feed was set up in
the office of Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific
Affairs. Secretary Campbell has a PhD from Oxford. He has written five books,
the most recent being Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset
of Presidential Power (Brookings, 2008). The feed was received by 39 universities
and colleges across the United States, including Yale, Michigan, Cornell,
Pennsylvania, and Ohio State. West Coast sites included Westmont College in
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�Santa Barbara and the Asian and Pacific Affairs Council in Honolulu. In addition,
the live broadcast was shown in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei. The
audience at each school was invited to submit questions to Secretary Campbell by
email (we provided a person to send the written questions by email during the talk).
The National Committee moderator read selected questions live, and the Secretary
answered them. Two of the questions from our Suffolk audience were selected and
discussed by Secretary Campbell. Because of Suffolk’s central location in Boston,
we had many members from the general public, from other universities, and from
several non-profits in the area that deal with China. A similar China Town Hall
meeting will be held at Suffolk in October 2010.
Rosenberg Institute’s First Occasional Paper
In fall 2010 the Rosenberg Institute will issue its first “occasional paper,” a new
series of academic monographs that will be published by the Institute and made
available to scholars worldwide. The first paper will be titled: Biomedicine, State
Medicine, and the Rise of China’s National Medical Colleges. The paper is by
John R. Watt, PhD, who is Vice-President of the American Bureau for Medical
Advancement in China. This is based on original research utilizing a number of
archival documents in Chinese and English. We are planning for a wide
distribution for the Rosenberg Institute Occasional Papers, including advertising on
our web site and through the Newsletter of the Association for Asian Studies;
mailing to Departments, Centers and Institutes of Asian Studies; and mailing to
targeted business, medical or political leaders and journalists, depending on the
topic.
Dr. Suleski’s Asia Trip. In May and June 2010, the Institute’s Director made a
visit to Asia in conjunction with a conference he attended in Beijing. The purposes
of the trip were: to recruit international students for Suffolk (eight presentations);
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�to set-up an internship program for Suffolk students in Nagoya (two will be sent in
late summer 2010); to fund-raise for the Asian Studies programs at Suffolk (five
individuals visited); to help inaugurate the Chinese language summer program for
Suffolk students in Shanghai (ten students attended in early summer 2010).
B. Without drawing any money at all from the income of the endowed fund,
Suffolk University has been careful to honor the specific terms listed in
the original agreement with Barbara and Richard Rosenberg. The
University has hired a full-time administrator (the Director) for the
Institute (going well beyond the part-time position called for in the
original agreement), provided professional and suitable office space for
the Director, and has made available all of the necessary facilities and
support services for Rosenberg Institute activities . It has also supported
the marketing and communications activities of the Institute. We have
used University email lists, as well as the email lists developed by the
Institute, to advertise all of its programs and activities.
During the 2009-2010 academic year the University did not draw upon
the income from the funds generously contributed by the Rosenbergs,
but instead used University funds to cover the salary and expenses of
the Director and the Institute and funded all of the sponsored programs
listed in this Annual Report.
This Report is submitted in accordance with the original Terms of
Agreement.
C. Cooperation with the Asian Studies Program. As administrator of the
Rosenberg Institute, the Director was asked by the University to
cooperate with the new Asian Studies Program established in fall 2009.
In some cases the Rosenberg Institute lent its name in support of these
activities and used its email lists to help draw an audience, but in
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�general the meetings were organized and advertised by the members of
the faculty-led Asian Studies Committee, chaired by Professor Da
Zheng. The activities of the Asian Studies Program were covered
entirely by Suffolk University funds. We used these programs to
promote an interest in Asia on the campus and to encourage interested
students to select an Asian Studies major or minor. Some students from
other campuses in the area attended these events, though the majority
were Suffolk students. At the film showings, pizza or popcorn or soft
drinks were provided. Many faculty members were also present at all
of these events.
Asian Studies Program Events
Maya Lin. 林纓. Originally a PBS documentary, the film was shown by the Asian
Studies Program. Maya Lin is a Chinese-American whose design was chosen for
the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC, while she was still an
undergraduate at Yale. September 2009.
Slumdog Millionaire. This Indian made film was a major hit in spring 2009.
Suffolk obtained special permission from the US distributor to show the film in an
academic setting. Snacks provided during the event included home-made Indian
samosa. October 2009.
Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. Dr. Janet Lee Scott, a cultural
anthropologist who taught for many years at Hong Kong Baptist University. Dr.
Scott brought in many holiday items she has collected over the years. The students
attending were particularly engaged in this talk. February 2010
Chinese New Year Celebration. The international students from China attending
Suffolk were all present, along with many other Suffolk students, to enjoy the food,
games and video slide shows. Traditional food from the Qingdao Garden
Restaurant in Cambridge was provided. February 2010.
Revisiting the ‘Google in China’ Question. Four faculty members of our Asian
Studies Committee teamed up to talk about this controversial issue. They were
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�Professor Micky Lee from Communication and Journalism; Professor Christine
Westphal from Education and Human Services; Professor Xue Yong from History,
and Dr. Christopher Dakin from the Language Lab. March 2010
Japanese film Maboroshi (幻の光 Phantom Light). Dr. Arthur Nolletti, an
expert in modern Japanese film, led a discussion following the film. This was
presented as part of the Communication and Journalism Department’s Suffolk
Cinema Series. March 2010.
Chiang Yee: The Silent Traveler. Chairman of the Suffolk Asian Studies
Committee Professor Da Zheng talked about his new book published by Rutgers
University Press, 2010. Following the talk, Professor Zheng accompanied
members of the audience to tour the Adams Gallery at the Suffolk Law School,
where an exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by the author and painter Chiang
Yee were on display. April 2010.
Advances in Health Care in Taiwan: And their Application to International
Health Care 1950-2000 年台灣醫療服務與國家發展. John R. Watt, PhD, who
is Vice-President of the American Bureau for Medical Advancement in China. The
audience consisted of members of the Taiwan diplomatic office in Boston, which
co-sponsored the event and provided the drinks and snacks, along with reporters
from three Chinese language newspapers, and a visiting Dean from the City
University of Hong Kong. April 2010.
Suffolk’s First Language Program in China
A group of ten Suffolk students and alumni were led by Professor Da Zheng, Chair
of the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk, to study Chinese language and culture
during June 2010 at the spacious campus of Shanghai Normal University. Their
study activities included study visits to the nearby famous cities of Hangzhou and
Suzhou, as well as to the impressive World Fair being held in Shanghai. At the
opening ceremony, the students and their teachers were joined by Dr. Ronald
Suleski, Director of the Rosenberg Institute at Suffolk, and Professor James
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�Cataldo, a specialist in accounting at the Sawyer Business School, who was in
Shanghai delivering lectures at nearby Lixin University.
Artist Gowri Savoor was on campus over a period of several days to construct a
rangoli. This was a “sand-painting” using geometric designs constructed of rice,
wheat and other natural grains. She also gave a lecture to students at NESAD (the
New England School of Art and Design), the Art Department in the College. The
purpose of the rangoli was to celebrate the new building scheduled to be built on
the Suffolk campus which will house facilities for NESAD students. April 2010.
D. Every attempt was made to increase the visibility of the Rosenberg
Institute and the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk. The section below
indicates the major categories of these activities: Welcoming Visitors to
the Institute; Community Outreach Programs; Encouraging Faculty
Research.
Visitors to the Rosenberg Institute
A number of individuals came by to learn about the Rosenberg Institute and its
programs and to discuss their research and academic interests. The visitors, all
from outside institutions, gave us an opportunity to extend Suffolk’s outreach well
beyond the campus and to gain supporters from among this wider public.
Zhang Guanzi 长冠梓, PhD, Director of the Center for the Humanities and Social
Science Studies by Young Scholars at the Chinese Academic of Social Sciences in
Beijing. He is active in promoting cooperation between American and Chinese
scholars. July 2009.
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�Chou Chu-tse, 周菊子 , a reporter for the well-known Hong Kong-based
newspaper Xingdao ribao (Sing Tao Daily) 星島日報. She has published stories
about Suffolk. August 2009.
Yang Guo-tong 楊國棟, Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Office (TECO). He was about to leave the US, being re-assigned to take over a
major governmental office in Taipei. August 2009.
Matt Kawecki, Acquisitions Editor for Brill USA, He was helping Brill to expand
its range of titles about Asia by acquiring new manuscripts. (He joined the US
Department of State in spring 2010.) August 2009.
Joanne Baldine, PhD. She is a specialist in Chinese philosophy. She has worked
in the Law School at Harvard and has lectured at several institutions in the area.
September 2009.
Rowena He (He Xiaoqing 何曉清), PhD, University of Toronto. Rowena holds
the prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities
Council of Canada. Her work is on human rights issues in China. September 2009.
Mark Lenhart, Director of the CET Academic Programs. Based in Washington,
DC, this organization is one of the more established in the US and offers academic
programs in China. October 2009.
Onitsika Hiroshi 鬼塚博. Mr. Onitsuka has been a researcher working with the
Nagano Prefectural Government and with Iida City, to gather and publish historical
materials about Farmers from Nagano. They were participants in the Japanese
efforts to colonize Manchuria with Japan citizens between 1932 and 1945. He
wanted to discuss research issues and to learn about the Rosenberg Institute.
November 2009.
Janet Lee Scott, PhD. Professor Scott lived and taught in Hong Kong, recently at
Hong Kong Baptist University, for many years. Her recent publication is For Gods,
Ghosts and Ancestors: The Chinese Tradition of Paper Offerings (University of
Washington Press, 2007). She was invited to teach a course at Suffolk in the future.
December 2009.
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�Robert Snow, PhD. Dr. Snow is Director for Development and Strategic Planning
of the Association for Asian Studies. The role of the Rosenberg Institute at Suffolk
and funding programs in the field of Asian studies were discussed. December 2009.
John Chuan Tiong Lim 林泉忠, PhD. Dr. Lim teaches Asia-Pacific regional
studies at the University of the Ryukuys in Okinawa. He has been a Fulbright
Scholar studying in the United States for the past year. March 2010.
Mark Monfasani. Mark is the new Acquisitions Editor for Asian Studies at the
US office of Brill Publishers in Boston. He has endorsed the Rosenberg Institute
forthcoming Occasional Paper Series, described below. March 2010.
Alister Inglis, PhD. Dr. Inglis teaches in the Chinese Language Program at
Simmons College in Boston. Simmons also has an exchange agreement with
Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, and issues of mutual concern were discussed.
March 2010.
Um Taeyun, PhD. Dr. Um is Consul at the Consulate-General of Boston office of
the Republic of Korea. He was interested to learn about the new Rosenberg
Institute at Suffolk. March 2010.
Community Outreach Programs
The Rosenberg Institute lent its name and its energies to a number of community
groups during the 2009-2010 academic year. The purpose was both to increase
awareness of the Institutes programs among members of the wider community, and
to forge ties with the public beyond our campus. A few of the events in which the
Rosenberg Institute name was cited are given below.
Student Leaders of the Taiwan Student’s Association . The meeting was
organized by the Boston TECO office (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office) and
student leaders from the New England area attended. It was held at the Suffolk
Law School. Dr. Suleski spoke to the group to welcome them to Suffolk and give
some words of encouragement for their study. One of Suffolk’s Chinese language
teachers, Professor Yang Suhjen was also at the event. 12 September 2009.
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�A lecture at the Boston University Academy (the high school affiliated with
Boston University) was given by Dr. Suleski. The class was Chinese Classical
Literature in Translation, taught by Professor Philip Gambone. Dr. Suleski spoke
on Basic Confucian Values. 18 September 2009
Chinese Historical Society of New England, Seventeenth Annual Meeting and
Dinner. Dr. Suleski attended this meeting and dinner along with other Suffolk
professors: Professor Da Zheng, a board member of the Society; Professor Allen
Tow, whose article on early Chinese restaurants in New England was included in
the Fall 2009 edition of the CHSNE Newsletter; and Christina Chu from the
Suffolk Law School. 25 September 2009
Chinatown Tour sponsored by the Asian Community Development
Corporation (ACDC). Dr. Suleski joined with twenty students of Suffolk
professor Micky Lee’s class in Gender and Film in Asia. The tour was followed
by a seminar session given by the ACDC. Both the tour and the seminar featured
the history of community organizing and pressing issues facing Chinatown
residents in Boston. 26 September 2009.
Visitors from Ritsumeikan University 立命館大學 in Kyoto. Professor
Nakagawa Yukozhong 中川優子, Director of the International Center, and
Takehana Yasuko 竹花安子, Office of International Education, both from
Ritsumeikan, visited the Suffolk campus. They met with Director Suleski of the
Rosenberg Institute, Professor Da Zheng 鄭達, Chair of the Asian Studies Program,
Professor John Berg, Chair of the Government Department, and Professor Simone
Chun of the Government Department, to discuss exchange agreements between
Suffolk and Ritsumeikan. 3 March 2010.
A Chinese New Year Banquet to benefit BCNC (Boston Chinatown
Neighborhood Center) was held at the Empire Garden Restaurant. Suffolk
sponsored a table of ten, attended by Suffolk faculty and guests, and placed an ad
in the banquet program. 5 Mar 2010.
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�Promoting Academic and Faculty Research
The Rosenberg Institute organized faculty delegations from Suffolk on two
occasions to attend academic conferences in the area. These were opportunities to
meet fellow Asian Studies specialists from New England and to share research
interests. These opportunities were enthusiastically welcomed by our faculty
members.
Association for Asian Studies New England Regional Meeting at Brown
University in Providence, RI. A delegation of seven Suffolk faculty and one
graduate student attended the day-long conference. October 2009. Scholars from
all major universities in New England were present.
Contemporary South Asia: Emerging Trends and Voices, a full-day conference
was organized by Middlesex Community College on 26 March 2010. A delegation
of seven Suffolk faculty attended the conference. It was held at the Federal
Reserve Building in Boston.
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Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies
at Suffolk University
Annual Report for 2010-2011
Ronald Suleski, PhD
Director
Overview
The Rosenberg Institute completed another active and successful year during the
2010-2011 academic calendar. The most common comment that I and others hear
when we visit other campuses is, “Suffolk seems to have a very successful Asian
Studies program because of the Rosenberg Institute. It’s impressive what is going
on.” The good response from students and faculty at other area schools, including
Harvard, MIT, Boston University, UMASS Boston and many others who regularly
attend our programs is an indication that this positive assessment of the Rosenberg
Institute’s work is widely shared.
On the Suffolk campus, the Rosenberg Institute has likewise been accomplishing
its mission of serving as the lead platform for all of Suffolk’s Asia-related
activities. We have received endorsements and co-operation from our Acting
President Barry Brown, the school deans, and many faculty. Enrollments in the
courses about Asia continue to be good. At Suffolk, the Rosenberg Institute has
worked to be involved as widely as possible with other Asia-related activities,
including working with our Asian Studies Committee and Asian student groups.
We have an on-going relationship with a select group of Asia-related community
groups, and with the diplomatic offices of Taiwan, Japan and Korea. Among the
benefits of this involvement has been the wide coverage that Rosenberg Institute
events have received in the New England area Chinese language press.
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�A. The section below lists the activities of the Rosenberg Institute
conducted in conformance with the Terms of Agreement signed in July
2007, as modified by the Memorandum by Dean Greenberg agreed to in
Fall 2008. These two documents call for a series of Distinguished
Visitors and for the publication of academic papers .
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series
Our core activities during the academic year were the series of nine outstanding
scholars who were invited to lecture on the Suffolk campus as part of our
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series. Each lecture was widely advertised, was free
and open to the general public. In addition to their main lecture, we asked that all
scholars be available to faculty and students at another on-campus activity. At the
lunches following the morning lectures, Suffolk faculty joined in a discussion with
the visitor and often we invited especially interested students to join us as well.
Whenever possible, the Institute preferred to co-sponsor these events. This was
both to demonstrate the support of other academic units at Suffolk for our activities,
and to use the financial help and marketing prowess of other units to supplement
the Institute’s resources. We continued to draw respectable numbers for all of our
programs of forty to sixty people, even on a few severe weather days during the
winter months, when attendance fell to about 30 persons.
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series in 2010-2011
2010 Fall Semester
Sushi, Sushi 寿司寿司. Theodore Bestor, PhD. Harvard. Cultural anthropologist
Bestor, a specialist on contemporary Japanese culture, spoke about the confluence
of food and cultural values among the Japanese today, while the audience was able
to sample from freshly-made sushi. This talk was sponsored by the Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies along with Dr. Micky Lee, Department of
Communication and Journalism. October 2010. Later in the semester, Dr. Bestor
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�was elected vice-president of the prestigious Association for Asian Studies,
meaning he will automatically succeed to become president for the 2012-2013
academic year.
Chinese Paper Cutting 剪紙: Traditional and Not So Traditional. Liang
Changsheng 梁長勝, noted creative artist. His work is based on traditional forms,
some of it very much folk art, but he is also avant garde. He produces creative line
drawings and painting. He talked about and demonstrated Chinese paper cutting.
Sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies and the New England
School of Art and Design at Suffolk University (NESADSU). November 2010.
“Burning Questions in Asian American Studies” 亞美研究熱辩. Dr. Huping
Ling 令狐萍, Truman State University. A highly published and widely respected
scholar, Dr. Ling discussed how Americans look at the Chinese in their midst, and
how Chinese-Americans react to being hyphenated Americans. Sponsored by the
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. November 2010. A few weeks after her
Suffolk visit. Dr. Ling’s book project Asian American History and Culture, An
Encyclopedia, won the Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin Editor’s Choice Award.
The Enigma of Japanese Business 不可解な日本ビジネス: The Aviation
Industry as an Example. Glen S. Fukushima, Chairman, Airbus Japan and
Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. After receiving
a law degree from Harvard, Glen Fukushima had a distinguished career in
Washington DC in government service in the Office of the US Trade
Representative, and in Japan, where he has held several high-level positions,
including two terms as President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
(1998 and 1999). He is both a leader in international business, and an informed
commentator on Japan and its role in international trade. Sponsored by the
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. November 2010.
2011 Spring Semester
Korean Shijo Poetry 韓國時調 한국시조. Dr. David McCann, Harvard. This
was a workshop in which the outlines of Korea’s most popular form of traditional
poetry were given, and participants were encouraged to write their own shijo in
English!
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�Poetry by David McCann. Dr. McCann is a well-published poet. His
two most recent collections are: Urban Temple; Sijo, Twisted and
Straight, a book of poems, Bo-Leaf Books, 2010 . The Way I Wait for
You, a book of poems, Codhill Press, 2007. He gave a reading of his
poems at the Poetry Center in the Sawyer Library at Suffolk.
Dr. McCann’s visit to Suffolk was sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute
for East Asian Studies, the Creative Writing Program of the Department
of English at Suffolk, and the College of Arts and Science Dean’s Office.
January 2011.
Being Eastern in the West 東方人在西方. Maxine Hong Kingston. This
award-winning author was in Boston to launch a new book. In this talk, she spoke
about Chinese-Americans practicing the old customs in the new world and in the
new age, i.e. Buddhism and Christian holidays, Asian religious views and Western
psychoanalysis, magic and science. Sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East
Asian Studies and the Creative Writing Program of the English Department of
Suffolk University. February 2011.
Beijing! The City Renewed 北京! 復興的城市. Dr. Michael Chapman, Beijing
University. Dr. Chapman is a Suffolk Graduate, receiving his BSc, summa cum
laude, in 2002 and his PhD is from Boston College, 2006. Now living and teaching
in Beijing, Dr. Chapman became fascinated with China’s most respected city. He
leads tours and teaches a course about the city. In this highly-illustrated talk, he
talked about how this most ancient city is being revitalized. February 2011.
Comedy and Drama on the Classical Japanese Stage. Katsumi Yanagimoto 柳
本勝海, noted calligrapher and performer of classical Kyōgen 狂言. Two Master
Classes, each including a lecture on forms of classical Japanese theater, were
offered, both open to students with permission of the instructor. The master classes
were held in the Studio Theater of the Theater Department . This was sponsored by
the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies and the Theater Department of
Suffolk University. March 2011.
Zen Friends: Literary Friendships between Late Imperial Chinese Women
Poets and Buddhist Nuns. Dr. Beatta Grant, Washington University in St.
Louis. Educated women were often discouraged from visiting Buddhist temples
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�and making friends with Buddhist nuns, since this would mean breaking the rules
of female propriety by leaving the inner quarters. Women did not, however, always
follow the rules. Dr. Grant has published several major studies on the lives of
educated women in premodern China. April 2011.
Special Public Event: The China Town Hall Meeting
China Town Hall: Issues in US-China Relations. 中美关系最近报告。Once
again in 2010 the Rosenberg Institute was asked by the National Committee on
United States-China Relations in New York to cooperate in presenting a public
forum for all interested persons in the Boston area. Fifty-five other universities in
North America and Asia also participated. US Ambassador to China Jon
Huntsman, spoke via a live video feed from Beijing. The evening was labeled a
China Town Hall Forum, The audience at Suffolk saw the live feed and was able
to ask questions using the email computer Suffolk provided. Douglas Spelman,
Deputy Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC
visited Suffolk to address the audience in a short talk prior to the video feed. Cosponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies and the National
Committee on US-China Relations. October 2010.
Rosenberg Institute’s First Occasional Paper
The first occasional paper of the Rosenberg Institute, titled Public Medicine in
Wartime China: Biomedicine, State Medicine, and the Rise of China’s
National Medical Colleges, 1931-1945, by Dr. John R. Watt is scheduled to be
published by the end of 2011. We had planned to issue this publication earlier, but
decided the preparation of a glossary, inclusion of photographs and a map would
add to its usefulness. At this point, all of the text and related materials have been
prepared, cover design and layout approved. We will get bids from printers and
plan to actually print in the fall. Upon publication, we will launch the new title
with a ceremony, perhaps including a lecture by Dr. Watt.
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�Rosenberg Institute’s First Visiting Scholar from Asia
In September 2011 the Rosenberg Institute will welcome our first Visiting Scholar.
Dr. Hae-Kwang Park will join us to spend one year.
Dr. Park is from Chonnam National University in Korea. His PhD is from Yonsei
University. He is the author of two books and a co-author of five other volumes
published in Korean, several on the themes of the lives of Korean workers, on class,
identity and culture.
His research project while at Suffolk will be on the evolving multi-culturalism in
South Korea as men living in the countryside turn to China, Vietnam and the
Philippines to find brides. Koreans have always felt themselves to be a unique,
homogeneous society, composed of 100% Korean people. But these foreign brides
living in Korean communities challenge the old views. How are they being
welcomed into Korean society? What identities will their children carry? Can
Korea accept itself as a multi-cultural society?
Dr. Park is completely self-funded for this visit. He will participate in the
intellectual life of Suffolk during his time here.
B. Without drawing any money at all from the income of the endowed fund,
Suffolk University has been careful to honor the specific terms listed in
the original agreement with Barbara and Richard Rosenberg. The
University has hired a full-time administrator (the Director) for the
Institute (going well beyond the part-time position called for in the
original agreement), provided professional and suitable office space for
the Director, and has made available all of the necessary facilities and
support services for Rosenberg Institute activities . It has also supported
the marketing and communications activities of the Institute. We have
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�used University email lists, as well as the email lists developed by the
Institute, to advertise all of its programs and activities.
During the 2010-2011 academic year the University did not draw upon
the income from the funds generously contributed by the Rosenbergs,
but instead used University funds to cover the salary and expenses of
the Director and the Institute and funded all of the sponsored programs
listed in this Annual Report.
This Report is submitted in accordance with the original Terms of
Agreement.
C. Cooperation with the Asian Studies Program. As administrator of the
Rosenberg Institute, the Director was asked by the University to
cooperate with the new Asian Studies Program established in fall 2009.
In some cases the Rosenberg Institute lent its name in support of these
activities and used its email lists to help draw an audience, but in
general the meetings were organized and advertised by the members of
the faculty-led Asian Studies Committee, chaired by Professor Da
Zheng. The activities of the Asian Studies Program were covered
entirely by Suffolk University funds. We used these programs to
promote an interest in Asia on the campus and to encourage interested
students to select an Asian Studies major or minor. Some students from
other campuses in the area attended these events, though the majority
were Suffolk students. Many faculty members were also present at all
of these events.
Asian Studies Program Events
Suffolk’s First Language Program in China
A group of ten Suffolk students and alumni were led by Professor Da Zheng, Chair
of the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk, to study Chinese language and culture
during June 2010 at the spacious campus of Shanghai Normal University. Their
study activities included study visits to the nearby historical cities of Hangzhou
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�and Suzhou, as well as to the impressive Exposition being held in Shanghai. At the
opening ceremony, the students and their teachers were joined by Dr. Ronald
Suleski, Director of the Rosenberg Institute at Suffolk, and Professor James
Cataldo, a specialist in accounting at the Sawyer Business School, who was in
Shanghai delivering lectures at nearby Lixin University.
The Rosenberg Institute arranged a paid internship for a Suffolk student with a
biomedical company in Nagoya Japan carried out in July and august 2010.
D. Every attempt was made to increase the visibility of the Rosenberg
Institute and the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk. The section below
indicates the major categories of these activities: Welcoming Visitors to
the Institute; Promoting Suffolk’s Asia-Related Activities,; Community
Outreach Programs; Encouraging Faculty Research.
Visitors to the Rosenberg Institute in 2010-2011
As its programs become more widely known, the Institute is visited by scholars
and others with a special interest in Asia. They come to learn about the Rosenberg
Institute’s programs, and to talk about their own projects and research interests.
During the 2010-2011 academic year, a number of such individuals arranged to
stop by the Institute.
Gail Wang, who is supervising Chinese language programs for the Boston Public
Schools, brought Professor Li Ming 李銘 , who runs the language laboratories at
Zejiang University in Hangzhou, China, to visit the Suffolk campus and the
Rosenberg Institute. Professor Li brought her son Wang Ruocun 王若存, a
graduate student at Renmin University in Beijing, who is thinking of doing PhDlevel work in the United States. They were also welcomed by Dean Kenneth
Greenberg. August 2010.
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�John Chuan Tiong Lim 林泉忠, PhD. Dr. Lim teaches Asia-Pacific regional
studies at the University of the Ryukuys in Okinawa. He has conducted major
studies of attitudes on regional identification and perceptions of people in the AsiaPacific rim. He was enroute home from a period of study in Taiwan. September
2010.
Lu Keli 路克利. Mr. Lu is a PhD candidate at Peking University. This year he is a
Visiting Fellow at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard. His
research is on the documentary history of the Chinese Communist Party.
September 2010.
Douglas Spelman. Dr. Spelman retired from a thirty year career with the State
Department as US Consul-General in Shanghai ( 2002-2005) and the rank of
Minister-Counselor. He is currently Deputy Director of the Kissinger Institute on
China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars in Washington, DC. He was on campus to participate in the China Town
Hall meeting, co-sponsored jointly by the Rosenberg Institute and the National
Committee on US-China Relations. He visited the Rosenberg Institute to learn
about our programs and activities. October 2010.
Gao Jian 高健. Dr. Gao is a Lecturer at the Shanghai International Studies
University 上海外國語大學. His current research interests are on the political and
philosophical thought of Harvard scholar Samuel Huntington. Dr. Gao wanted to
discuss student exchanges between Suffolk and his school, and creating formal
agreements between both schools. October 2010.
Mei Yuguo 梅宇國. Mike Mei is a well-know calligrapher in the Boston area. He
runs an art association based in Boston’s Chinatown, and he frequently gives
lectures and demonstrations at area colleges and universities. We discussed his
recent activities; a Suffolk student is in one of his classes and is working on a
calligraphy project to write out the Thousand Character Classic 千字文. February
2011.
Victor Seow (Xiao Jianye 蕭建業)。Victor is a PhD candidate at Harvard,
working on the place of natural energy and geological resources in south
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�Manchuria from 1907 to 1957, and how they aided in forming national empires for
the Japanese (Manchukuo) and for the Chinese (early People’s Republic). In
particular, he is studying the Fushun 撫順 Colliery, which Imperial Japan made
into one of the largest open-pit mining operations in the world. Victor shared talk
of research about Manchuria, and discussed a conference that was later held in
spring 2011 that he is planning. Dr. Suleski acted as a panel moderator at that
conference. February 2011.
Degawa Tetsuro 出川智朗. Mr. Degawa is Director of the Museum of Oriental
Ceramics in Osaka, Japan. The museum is operated by the City of Osaka for the
benefit of the public and for specialists who are interested in this topic. Mr.
Degawa was in Boston to visit the MFA and the Sackler Museum at Harvard. We
discussed the possibility of having a Suffolk student as an intern at a museum in
the Osaka area. March 2011.
Kitamura Masako 北村雅子. Mrs. Kitamura is a clinical psychologist and
counselor who was in Boston for a week of training at The Trauma Center. She is
working with children in Japan who have issues of separation, ADD, etc. Our
meeting took place just as news of the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan was
reaching us, so the topic dominated our conversation. March 2011.
Yanagimoto Katsumi 柳本勝海 from Kyoto and Dr. Matthew Fraleigh from
Brandeis University. They gave two master classes at the Suffolk Theater
Department, and also visited the Rosenberg Institute to learn about our programs.
Mr. Yanagimoto is from Kyoto and is well-respected in noh 能, kyōgen 狂言 and
artistic (calligraphy) circles in southeast Japan. March 2011.
Zhang Qi 張騏. Dr. Zhang is a professor at the Peking University Law School and
is currently a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School. He visited the Rosenberg
Institute, met with Dean Greenberg; Professor Zheng, Chair of our Asian Studies
Committee; and Dan Wu, Director at the Center for International Education at
Suffolk. We discussed student and faculty exchanges with Peking University and
enjoyed lunch together.
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�Delegation from Hangzhou University. The delegation signed an agreement for
mutual cooperation and exchange of students and faculty between the two schools.
The delegation, which had been invited to Suffolk by the Rosenberg Institute, was
composed of He Jun, Vice-President, Hangzhou Normal University 何俊, 杭州
师范大学副校长; Chen Danyu, Director, Academic Development Office 陈丹
宇, 学科建设办公室主任; Wu Xiaowei, Director, International Exchange and
Cooperation Office 吴晓维, 国际交流与合作处处长 ; Zhou Xiao’ou, Dean, Fine
Arts Institute 周小鸥,美术学院院长; Chen Xing, Dean, Research Institute of
Arts and Education 陈星,艺术教育研究院院长; Fan Lidan, Associate Dean,
Institute for Chinese Studies 范立舟,国学院副院长. May 2011
Yamakawa Takashi 山川隆司. Yamakawa-san is Chairman of the family-owned
USACO Corporation in Tokyo. He was in Tokyo for a meeting of the Society for
Scholarly Publishing, of which he is an officer. His corporation deals in the
electronic delivery of scientific and specialized information. He met President
Brown, Vice-President Griffith, Dean O’Neill, and some other folks at Suffolk.
June 2011.
Takahashi Akira 高橋 晶. Mr. Takahashi is CEO of AyuSoft Co., Ltd. in Japan.
Mr. Yamakawa invited him to attend our meeting at Suffolk and he was kind
enough to do so. He supplies software that handles the library systems of some
large universities in Japan. Jun 2011.
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Promoting Suffolk’s Asia-Related Activities
The Rosenberg Institute takes every opportunity to promote Asia-related activities
at Suffolk. This often involves simply endorsing an event, or a welcome delivered
by the Director Dr. Suleski. In addition, we use our targeted email lists to draw
audiences to the program we endorse.
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�Chinese Students Visit Suffolk. Suffolk has been regularly hosting groups of
students from Asia who visit our campus and take an intensive program in English
language and American Studies. In the summer of 2010 we had two such groups
on campus. A group of 15 students and 1 faculty member from Lixin University
in Shanghai were here from 17 to 31 July. They lived in the dorms and combined
English language study with visits to Boston’s cultural sites. A second group of 23
students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong were here from 28 June to 7
August. In addition to their studies, they participated in volunteer activities, and
stayed with host families. In both cases, students from Suffolk are now studying in
the summer of 2011 at these two campuses.
These two successful programs were arranged by Dan Wu at the Center for
International Education and Linda Foley-Vinay of Suffolk’s second Language
Services.
Suffolk’s Sawyer Library received books donated by the Japan Foundation
and by Korean Professor Hong Wontak. These gifts were arranged by the
Rosenberg Institute, and delivered in September 2010.
The Japan Foundation donated seven modern Japanese novels that had been
translated into English. Professor Hong donated two of his original studies. Suffolk
prominently displayed this news story on the University website, and included a
photo of Dr. Suleski with Acting Librarian Rebecca Fulweiler, and the statement:
Ronald Suleski, professor and director of the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian
Studies, said, “Suffolk University is continually increasing its course offerings
dealing with Asia, so all of these books will be welcomed by our students who are
always exploring a wide range of ideas.”
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�Ronald Suleski and Rebecca Fulweiler with donated books
The ‘Evil State’: Collective Memory and National Identity in North Korea,
was a talk given in October 2010 by Dr. Simone Chun of the Department of
Government at Suffolk. The Rosenberg Institute assisted the Government
Department and the Asian Studies Program in advertising the lecture. Attending
were Um Taeyun Korean Consul, Frederick Loher Consul-General of Germany in
Boston, who has served as ambassador to Pyongyang and to Beijing. Simone was
introduced by Prof Rodriguez from Government. The room was filled with other
faculty and students.
Lunar New Year Celebration was held in February 2011, sponsored by the
Center for International Education to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit. Chinese
food was offered to the many students present. Many members of the Asian
Studies Committee also attended. The Rosenberg Institute and the Office of
diversity Services assisted in this festive event.
China in the World: Regional Responses was an open roundtable held in March
2011. The Rosenberg Institute joined with Suffolk’s Distinguished visiting Scholar
Program, the Asian Studies Program, and the Government Department, to promote
this event. A series of specialists looked at China today from the perspective of the
European Union, Africa, Latin America, and Northeast Asia. Many graduate
students were in attendance. Associate Dean Sebastian Royo was one of the
panelists. All present agreed that an unusually broad view of China’s involvement
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�in the international community was presented because of the exceptional range of
expertise of the speakers.
Artist Gowri Savoor was on campus over a period of several days to construct a
rangoli. This was a “sand-painting” using geometric designs constructed of rice,
wheat and other natural grains. She also gave a lecture to students at NESAD (the
New England School of Art and Design), the Art Department in the College. The
purpose of the rangoli was to celebrate the new building scheduled to be built on
the Suffolk campus which will house facilities for NESAD students. Held in
November 2010.
Community Outreach Programs
The Rosenberg Institute continued to cooperate with selected community nonprofit organizations. Since Boston has a large community of Chinese, Vietnamese,
Cambodians and Koreans, it is important that the Rosenberg Institute offer its
support and endorsement to groups organized by these communities. In this regard,
the Rosenberg Institute joins with Massachusetts Governor Duval Patrick and
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who have endorsed these organizations.
Asian Taskforce Against Domestic Violence (ATASK). Many prominent
Bostonians are involved in raising funds for this unique organization. Many Asian
women who face domestic violence issues feel isolated and helpless because of
language and cultural differences. Clients of the Taskforce are predominantly
Asian immigrants with roots in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Their
staff speaks 12 Asian languages and the group provides emergency shelter, a 24hour multilingual helpline, case management/advocacy, children’s services, legal
advocacy, life skills/ESOL, and outreach and education. Several of ATASK’s
innovative programs have been recognized as national models. In the Spring
2011 gathering, the wife of Governor Patrick spoke, as did Mayor Menino. The
Rosenberg Institute helps to publicize these events.
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�Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC). This is the most active and
well-organized community group in Boston’s Chinatown, which is adjacent to the
Suffolk campus. Faculty often take their students for a tour of this Center and
Suffolk students sometimes volunteer at the Center. The endorsement of the
Rosenberg Institute has been acknowledged by this organization.
Chinese historical society of New England (CHSNE) is an active organization
that gathers materials, publishes books, and holds exhibitions on the history of
Boston’s Chinatown community. Suffolk professors and Staff , including Justina
Chu of the Law School, Alan Tow of the Department of Education and Human
Services, and Da Zheng the Chair of Suffolk’s Asian Studies Committee are all
officers of this organization. The organization awarded a four-year scholarship to
Jonathan Huang, a Suffolk freshman from Chinatown who was present at the
annual banquet held in September 2010. The Rosenberg Institute sponsored a table
at the Annual Banquet.
Primary Source. This influential education non-profit group has been promoting
the teaching of Asia in New England schools for the past three decades. It is well
respected by educators in the United States. The Rosenberg Institute has helped to
arrange venues on the Suffolk campus for the group. For example, in August 2010
Primary Source had a lecture room at the Suffolk University Law School called
East Asian Stories and People. It began at 8:30am and ran until 4pm. About 35
secondary school teachers from Massachusetts attended. Dr. Suleski welcomed the
group on behalf of the Rosenberg Institute. Dr. Suleski has agreed to serve on the
Primary Source advisory committee.
Taiwan Education and Cultural Office in Boston (TECO). This serves as the
diplomatic office for Taiwan. The Rosenberg Institute continues to assist the office
in obtaining venues at Suffolk for some of their activities. For example, the
Taiwan Culture Leadership Conference held in September 2010. In this annual
event, students from Taiwan who are at colleges in the New England area gather
for a day of talk and reflection about their experiences as international students in
the US. About 60 student leaders participated in the full day of panels and
discussions.
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�Promoting Academic and Faculty Research
In cooperation with the Asian studies Committee, the Rosenberg Institute
continued to encourage Suffolk faculty to be active in research and community
involvement. Our email notices always cite recent publications by the Asia
scholars on campus and we note their participation in academic conferences. Two
activities given wide local coverage are mentioned below.
Asian Studies: Traditions and Transformations was the Asian Studies
Development Program’s Seventeenth Annual National Conference, held in Boston
in March 2010. The Asian Studies Committee at Suffolk organized a panel and two
other lectures by Suffolk faculty. The Rosenberg Institute endorsed this event and
helped to advertise it. A large number of people from our email lists were in
attendance because of the Institute’s announcements.
Video Conference with President Ma Ying-Jeou of Taiwan. This was held in
May 2011, organized by the Taiwan diplomatic office in Boston. Dr. Suleski was
on a panel, joined by Asia specialists Joseph Fewsmith of Boston University, Steve
Goldstein of Smith College, and Alan Wachman of Tufts University . The panelists
and audience in Boston were welcomed by Bill Clifford, President of World
Boston, co-host for the event. The meeting was held at the offices of K&L Gates at
State Street Financial Center. Christopher Lynch, an honors student in History at
Suffolk was also present.
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Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies
at Suffolk University
Annual Report for 2011-2012
Ronald Suleski, PhD, Director
Overview
During the 2011-2012 academic year, the Rosenberg Institute took every
opportunity to promote Asian Studies to the Suffolk University community. The
core of our program was the Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series, in which
especially knowledgeable people were invited to speak at Suffolk. All of the talks
were free and open to the general public. On several occasions the Rosenberg
Institute joined with a co-sponsor to host a talk. This allowed the Institute to save
its budget by sharing costs, and to take advantage of the co-sponsors’ network to
recruit audience members.
We used all channels of communication in order to raise the visibility of the
Rosenberg Institute. We regularly posted our activities on the university websites,
including university-level, college level, and the Rosenberg Institute site. On one
occasion we were listed for several weeks as the featured organization on the CAS
website, which gave us a banner on the site and thus more visitors to the site.
Our new President James McCarthy has indicated support for the Rosenberg
Institute and our work. After speaking with Mr. Rosenberg by telephone one
morning during the spring 2012 semester, at the faculty assembly that afternoon he
cited the Rosenberg Institute and its active work on campus, and the generous and
continuing support of Mr. Rosenberg, as one of the admirable strengths of Suffolk
University. This resulted in a strong round of applause for the Institute from the
CAS faculty. We hear many appreciative comments from faculty at Suffolk about
the richness of Rosenberg Institute offerings.
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�A. The section below lists the activities of the Rosenberg Institute
conducted in conformance with the Terms of Agreement signed in July
2007, as modified by the Memorandum by Dean Greenberg agreed to in
Fall 2008. These two documents call for a series of Distinguished
Visitors and for the publication of academic papers .
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series
During the academic year we sponsored and/or co-sponsored 12 public programs
on the Suffolk campus as part of the Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series. This was a
higher number than originally planned, but when an opportunity arose to present a
quality program, we usually decided to hold the event. Because the Rosenberg
Institute is now well-known in the Boston area, we were regularly told of
opportunities to have an interesting speaker for our students. Our audiences ranged
from 40 to 70 persons on each occasion. At most of the talks, in addition to
Suffolk students and faculty, we had colleagues from other schools and
organizations in the Boston area, including Harvard, Boston University, Boston
College, Northeastern, UMASS Boston, Babson, Tufts, Emmanuel, etc. We also
had members of the general public, including our neighbors from Beacon Hill and
Chinatown. Following the events, we often succeeded in having a report published
in one of the several Chinese-language newspapers sold in Boston.
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series in 2011-2012
2011 Fall Semester
Living and Working in China: Inside Advice from an American Executive in
Shanghai 在大中華地區生活工作的經驗點滴. Jeffrey Williams, Executive
Director of the Harvard Center Shanghai and former president of the Shenzhen
Development Bank, talked about how to build a career in China and how to work
in the complex and dynamic culture of China’s rapidly expanding economy. He
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�served as an executive in the banking industry in Asia for many years. September
2011.
Fukushima! Life in Japan After the Earthquake. 福島! 大地震後の日常生活.
Goto Chie 後藤千枝. Ms. Goto is a journalist and activist who visited the area of
the Fukushima earthquake many times since the event in March 2011. She showed
photos about how people in the region are dealing with their losses and struggling
to survive. Photos showed people living in tiny prefabricated buildings as their
temporary shelter, and also children who have become so frightened of water that
they will not enter a shallow wading pool. This event was sponsored by the
Rosenberg Institute at Suffolk, in co-operation with the Japan Foundation Center
for Global Partnership and the Boston-based international non-profit United Planet.
September 2011.
New England Chinese and the 1911 Revolution 新英倫華人與辛亥革命 . Dr.
Wing-kai To 杜榮佳 , Bridgewater State University. Member of the Board of the
Chinese Historical Society of New England and noted scholar, Dr. To helped us
understand the 100th anniversary of the 1911 Revolution that overthrew the Qing
Dynasty. He gave a highly-illustrated talk with many references of the
revolutionary activities of Boston’s Chinatown community. Sponsored by the
Rosenberg Institute at Suffolk, the Cultural Division at the Taipei Economic and
Cultural Office (TECO) in Boston and the Asian Studies Program at Bridgewater
State University. October 2011.
Manchukuo and Colonial Culture in the 1930s 滿洲國與三十年代的殖民地文
化. Dr. Norman Smith, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. A specialist and
author on the literature and popular culture of Japanese-occupied Manchukuo, Dr.
Smith talked about his latest research on how the people lived when the Japanese
were occupying northeast China. The topic of this lecture will soon appear in Dr.
Smith’s fourth book, due for publication early in 2013, and represents a new area
of research, as scholars use archival materials to document details of life under a
colonial occupation. October 2011.
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�Stepping Forth into the World: The Chinese Educational Mission to the
United States, 1872-81 走向世界; 1872-81 年在美國的中國幼童. Dr. Edward
Rhoads, emeritus professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Today over
130,000 Chinese students study in the United States. Based on his new book, Dr.
Rhoads talked about the first 120 who arrived in the US at the end of the Qing
dynasty in the 1870s. They were young and had entered a new world almost totally
unfamiliar to them. Co-Sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute, the Chinese
Historical Society of New England (CHSNE), and the Asian Studies Program at
Bridgewater State University. October 2011.
Conversation with Dr. Men Honghua 門洪華, Deputy Director of the Center for
International Strategic Studies, Central Party School, Beijing. He is currently
working on a project titled “The Construction of China’s Soft Power.” This was of
great interest to people from Suffolk’s Government Department and to students
interested in International Relations (IR) theory and practice. Sponsored by the
Rosenberg Institute along with the Government Department Forum Series, and the
Asian Studies Program at Suffolk. November 2011.
2012 Spring Semester
China’s Role in the Global Order 中國在全球秩序中的作用 . Dr. Liselotte
Odgaard, Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College. Her areas of
expertise include International Relations, Asia-Pacific Security and China Studies.
In 2008-09 she was a residential fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. She recently published China and
Coexistence: Beijing’s National Security Strategy for the 21st Century (Woodrow
Wilson Center Press/Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012). Sponsored by the
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. February 2012.
American Robots Help Fukushima Clean-up
報告: 大地震後の福
島. iRobot Corporation is an American company which designs and
manufactures sophisticated robots in Massachusetts. The company sent four of its
robots to Japan to assist in the clean-up at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant following
the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011. Roy Rondoe, Senior
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�International Sales Manager demonstrated a PackBot 510 robot and showed
slides of iRobot’s involvement in the disaster clean-up at the Fukushima site.
Suffolk’s engineering students were out in force at the talk, taking photos of the
robot and trying their hand at manipulating it. Sponsored by the Rosenberg
Institute and the Department of Engineering at Suffolk University. March 2012.
Why Taiwan Matters 爲什麽臺灣很重要 . Dr. Shelley Rigger, Davidson
College. A few years ago many feared war would break out between Taiwan and
China. In the elections in Taiwan in Jan 2012, the new president of Taiwan assured
citizens on both sides of the Taiwan Strait that economic cooperation and increased
travel between Taiwan and China was the most likely course. Dr. Rigger talked
about her recent book Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse
(Rowman & Littlefield 2011). The audience filled up the Amenities Room at 73
Tremont. Co-sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute and the Taipei Economic and
Cultural Office (TECO) in Boston. March 2012.
The Gwangju Uprising in Korea 광주광주시민 항쟁 (光州 市民抗爭)을
말하다 . Dr. George Katsiaficas, Wentworth Institute of Technology. Dr.
Katsiaficas has done extensive research on this popular uprising that took place in
1980 against South Korea’s dictator-government of Chun Doo-hwan. Dr.
Katsiaficas talked about his new two-volume book Asia’s Unknown Uprisings,
1980-1992 (PM Press, 2012). Many dramatic photos of the uprising and
government suppression were shown. Sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute. April
2012.
Confucian China in a Changing World Order 孔教在當代. Dr. Roger T.
Ames, University of Hawai’i. Dr. Ames is one of the most distinguished scholars
of Chinese philosophy in the world today. He has published many books, each an
example of thorough scholarship and original insight. Not only is he at the top of
his profession, but he is an engaging and approachable speaker. The Rosenberg
Institute joined with the Asian Studies Development Program of Middlesex
Community College, Lowell to co-sponsor this event. April 2012.
Sustainability and Clean-Tech Innovations in South China. Waltraut Ritter,
Managing Director of Knowledge Dialogues and Research Director at the Asia5
�Pacific Intellectual Capital Centre. The Pearl River Delta in south China is an area
of high population, vibrant manufacturing, and abundant agriculture. It is beautiful
and vital. Hong Kong is at the mouth of the river. Keeping this large area clean
and livable and viable is the challenge being examined by Ms. Ritter. Sponsored by
the Knowledge Globalization Institute and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian
Research , both at Suffolk University, Boston. April 2012.
Rosenberg Institute’s First Occasional Paper
The first occasional paper of the Rosenberg Institute, titled Public Medicine in
Wartime China: Biomedicine, State Medicine, and the Rise of China’s
National Medical Colleges, 1931-1945, by Dr. John R. Watt was published early
in 2012. As part of the launch of the paper, the Rosenberg Institute presented a
public program titled Public Health in Nationalist China, 1928-45 羅森伯格東
亞研究所首期學報: 中國戰爭期間的大眾醫療. By Dr. John R. Watt,
American Bureau for Medical Advancement in China. Dr. Watt’s original study
discusses how Chinese and American medical specialists, political actors, and
leaders in the North American non-profit world struggled to bring health care to
the people in wartime China from 1931 to 1945. This program was co-sponsored
by the Rosenberg Institute and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in
Boston. February 2012.
Availability of the Occasional Paper was announced in the Journal of East Asian
Libraries and in the Newsletter of the Association for Asian Studies. As a result of
requests, copies of the study have been sent to scholars and libraries in the United
States, Canada, China, Japan, Australia and the Philippines.
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�Special Public Event: The China Town Hall Meeting
China Town Hall 中美关系:最近报告. Local Connections, National
Reflections. For the third year, the Rosenberg Institute joined with the National
Committee on United States-China Relations to facilitate this event in the Boston
area. China Town Hall is a national day of programming on China involving 50
cities throughout the United States. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National
Security Advisor, answered questions on-air posed by those gathered on select
university campuses in the North America and Asia, including those in the Suffolk
audience. This was a live video feed from Washington DC . Professor Allen
Carlson, and expert in Chinese international relations and foreign policy from
Cornell University, joined us live at Suffolk to discuss current outstanding issues in
US-China relations. Co-sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute, the National
Committee for United States-China Relations, and WorldBoston. November 2012.
Rosenberg Institute’s Visiting Scholars from Asia
In September 2011 the Rosenberg Institute welcomed our first Visiting Scholar. Dr.
Hae-Kwang Park from Chonnam National University in Korea. His PhD is from
top-rated Yonsei University. He is the author of two books and a co-author of five
other volumes published in Korean, several on the lives of Korean workers, on
class, identity and culture. While at Suffolk he completed his manuscript for a
book that explores how Korean society is changing as women from abroad
(Vietnam, Philippines, China) move into Korean farming villages as wives of
Korean men. Dr. Park also completed his contributions of a new sociology
textbook to be published in Korea.
Although always busy with his publication projects, he willingly gave a number of
lectures on campus to faculty and students, thus contributing to the intellectual
climate at Suffolk. Dr. Park was graciously housed at the Sociology Department.
In February 2012 the Institute was also closely involved in arranging for a second
visiting scholar, Yang Liu from Northwest University in Xi’an, China. Her term at
Suffolk was from February to August 2012. Ms. Yang was preparing her PhD
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�dissertation on the topic of a Chinese folk deity and popular religion. She was
learning how western scholars and researchers approach this topic in ways quite
different from the analytical categories used by Chinese scholars. She was housed
in the English Department. She also gave a public talk on her present research
interest. The Asian Studies Program co-operated in arranging this appointment.
Both of these visiting scholars were completely self-funded through grants from
their home institutions.
B. During the 2011-2012 academic year being reported here, for the first
time Suffolk withdrew money from the earnings of the endowment fund
to cover a portion of the Institute’s budget. Suffolk University has been
careful to honor the specific terms listed in the original agreement with
Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg. The University hired a full-time
administrator (the Director) for the Institute (going well beyond the
part-time position called for in the original agreement), provided
professional and suitable office space for the Director, and has made
available all of the necessary facilities and support services for
Rosenberg Institute activities . It has also supported the marketing and
communications activities of the Institute. The Institute used University
email lists, as well as the email lists developed by the Institute, to
advertise all of its programs and activities.
This Report is submitted in accordance with the original Terms of
Agreement.
C. Cooperation with the Asian Studies Program. As administrator of the
Rosenberg Institute, the Director was asked by the University to
cooperate with the new Asian Studies Program established in fall 2009.
In some cases the Rosenberg Institute lent its name in support of these
activities and used its email lists to help draw an audience. The Asian
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�Studies Committee is chaired by Professor Da Zheng. The activities of
the Asian Studies Program were covered entirely by Suffolk University
funds. These programs helped to promote an interest in Asia on the
campus and to encourage interested students to select an Asian Studies
major or minor. Some students from other campuses in the area
attended these events, though the majority were Suffolk students. Many
faculty members, from Suffolk and nearby schools, were also present at
all of these events. The Director of the Rosenberg Institute was actively
involved in all of the events listed below.
Asian Studies Program Events
A number of Suffolk students studied in Asia in the summer of 2011, in China and
Seoul. They gave a Suffolk a presentation in October 2011 about their experiences
that featured photos of the sights they saw and, perhaps not surprisingly, photos of
many of the Asian foods they tried for the first time. The student’s illustrated
presentation was well attended by their fellow classmates, several of whom
decided to spend the current summer and/or fall 2012 in Asia. The Rosenberg
Institute helped to advertise this program, and the Director played a critical role in
arranging for the summer internship and scholarships for two of the students who
spent summer 2011 in Seoul, with help from Professor Henry Kim of the
Economic Department.
The Asian Studies Program at Suffolk University arranged for a faculty lecture on
the topic “Hao Wang, Logic and Philosophy” given by Professor Montgomery
Link, member of the Asian Studies Committee and a member of the Philosophy
Department in November 2011. The lecture talked about the confluence of
philosophy reasoning and mathematical logic, since Hao Wang was used
mathematical analysis in his own writings. Not only was the lecture very well
attended, but all present were favorably impressed by the thoughtful and informed
questions asked by our students.
Once again the Rosenberg Institute was a co-sponsor when the Suffolk community
celebrated the Year of the Dragon at a Lunar New Year Party in January 2012.
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�Other co-sponsors were he Asian Studies Committee, the International Office, and
the Office of Diversity Services. At least 250 students, faculty and staff attended,
and to our satisfaction we found that we had ordered enough Chinese food to feed
everyone present. It turned out the restaurant owner from Chinatown was a
Suffolk alum. This event was later reported in several Chinese language
newspapers with photos.
Our colleague, member of the Asian studies Committee Allan Tow of the
Government Department, received the 2012 Creating the Dream Award at the
annual Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon hosted by the Office of Diversity Services.
Allan is an American of Chinese ancestry who grew up in Massachusetts. He
cherishes the Chinese influences in his life and gives equal respect to all cultural
backgrounds. For the past fifteen years he has been faculty advisor to the AsianAmerican Students Association at Suffolk.
Our colleague Afshan Bokhari of the New England School of Art and Design
(NESAD) and a member of the Asian Studies Committee, appeared in the movie
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World. The film was shown at Harvard in
February and at the Museum of Fine Arts. Suffolk is planning to show the film
during the fall 2012 semester.
The Asian Studies Program organized a discussion titled Teaching Chinese
Students: Cultural Perspectives and Learning, an Afternoon Tea Discussion in
February 2012. It was held at the Center for Teaching Excellence at Suffolk
University. We were pleasantly surprised that the Center was completely filled
with interested faculty so that it was a standing-room-only audience. Dr. Suleski
spoke at this event.
The Asian Studies Program held an an open house and party in March for all of
Asian Studies majors, minors, and prospective majors and minors. Several faculty
talked about the courses concerning Asia they will offer in the fall 2012 semester,
and visiting scholar Dr. Park from Korea briefly explained his research. Professor
Micky Lee of the Journalism and Communication Department and a member of the
Asian Studies Committee directed the Asia Trivia Quiz, which included prizes of
instant noodles for the winners.
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�Suffolk received a gift of 100 books about Japan from the Nippon Foundation.
This project by the Nippon Foundation was brought to our attention by Professor
Afshan Bokhari of NESAD, and the supporting materials for our application were
supplied by Rebecca Fulweiler, Interim Director of the Mildred F. Sawyer Library.
The volumes, most of them recently published, covered the five categories of:
Politics and International Relations, Economy and Business, Society and Culture,
Literature and Arts, and History. The Rosenberg Institute was involved in this
project from the very beginning. After receipt of the gift, the Sawyer Library
arranged an attractive month-long display of the new titles.
The Rosenberg Institute was a co-sponsor of the Suffolk conference Corruption in
the Global Marketplace Why Global Bribery is Not a Market-Entry Strategy. Dr.
Suleski invited his friend, German Consul-General Friedrich Loehr, to join the
panel. Mr. Loehr had served a Deputy Chief of Mission in Beijing for the German
government, and later as German Ambassador to North Korea. He had many
things to say about corrupt practices in Asia. The other co-sponsors were the
Sawyer Business School and the Suffolk Alumni Association. March 2012.
D. Every attempt was made to increase the visibility of the Rosenberg
Institute and the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk. The section below
indicates the major categories of these activities: Welcoming Visitors to
the Institute; Promoting Suffolk’s Asia-Related Activities; Community
Outreach Programs.
Visitors to the Rosenberg Institute in 2011-2012
Throughout the year a number of professionals paid a visit to the Rosenberg
Institute. They wished to learn about our activities, and often we also discussed
ways in which they might assist the Institute. They brought their own perspectives
and advice for ways in which the Rosenberg Institute could strengthen its programs.
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�The individuals listed below paid a formal visit to the Institute during the 20112012 academic year.
Visitors to the Rosenberg Institute 2011-2012
Shin Sangbum 幸相範. Dr. Shin is an Assistant Professor of International
Relations at the Wonju Campus of Yonsei University in Korea. He works with the
Global Village Program, in which international students are invited to spend a
semester on campus where they receive a scholarship provide by Yonsei through
Korean Government funds. Suffolk has a Memorandum of Understanding with
Yonsei and we will send a Suffolk student to the program for the fall 2012
semester. July 2011.
Jeffrey Williams. Mr. Williams is Executive Director & General Manager of the
Harvard Center Shanghai. He assumed this post in the fall of 2010, to lead
Harvard’s office in China. He had a thirty year career in Asia, often in the banking
and international sector. He visited the Institute as part of his speaking visit to
Suffolk, where he talked about how young people can build a business career for
themselves in Asia. (His presentation as part of our Rosenberg Institute Scholar
series is listed separately above.) September 2011.
Kim Dae-Keun 金大根. Dr. Kim is President of Soongsil University in Seoul,
Korea, and Dr. Lee Insung, Vice-President for External Affairs at Soongshil
University visited in September 2011. Soongshil has a compact campus in Seoul to
the south of the Han River. They visited Suffolk to meet with Acting-President
Barry Brown, CAS Dean Kenneth Greenberg, and other University officers.
Suffolk and Soongshil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and
Soongshil sent a delegation of their students to attend Suffolk’s summer English
language program in the summer of 2012.
Men Honghua 門洪華. Dr. Men is Deputy Director of the Center for International
Strategic Studies at the Party School of the CCP Central Committee in Beijing. He
was visiting Boston as an Eisenhower Fellow, doing research on China’s plan to
capitalize on its soft power. He visited the Institute, and then gave a seminar on
China’s Grand International Strategy. Many Suffolk students and faculty attended,
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�along with faculty from UMASS Boston and Harvard. (That presentation is listed
above in our Rosenberg Institute Scholar series.) October 2011.
Johnny Ip, Regional Vice-President; Irene Chan, Vice-President; Jian Tam,
Regional Office, EastWest Bank. This bank is located in Hong Kong and
California and is active with the Chinese-American residents in New England. We
met to discuss possible ways of having the Bank assist Suffolk students, through
scholarships, funding student activities, etc. We also met with Dean Greenberg.
The Rosenberg Institute continues to discuss the possibility of receiving some
scholarship finds from EastWest Bank. November 2011.
Geoffrey K. See, Managing Director of Choson Exchange. This group is based in
Singapore, with officers in south Korea and the United States. It brings students
and young bureaucrats from North Korea for short periods of study or educational
seminars outside of the DPRK. They have had groups from North Korea study in
Singapore. We discussed the idea of having some groups visit Suffolk for lectures
on international business and trade. December 2011.
Weston S. Konishi. Mr. Konishi is Associate Director of Asia-Pacific Studies at
The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, in Cambridge, MA. His institute has
contracts with the Department of Defense and other US Government agencies to
do risk analysis and other research as contracted. They have both a non-profit and a
commercial unit. We discussed the speakers of the Rosenberg Institute, since in
the current academic year our speakers have touched on a number of topics of
concern to the United States government. February 2012.
Zhang Hong 張弘. Dr. Zhang is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and director
of the Centre for Religious Studies at Northwest University 西北大學 in Xi’an,
China. He was visiting the campus with his wife, and with Ms. Yang Liu 楊柳, his
PhD student who is also a Visiting Scholar at Suffolk University. We discussed
cooperation between our two universities and the hopes of exchanging faculty so
that their university can take advantage of some of the specialists we have teaching
at Suffolk, and we discussed continuing cooperation. March 2012.
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�Heather O’Brien. She is a specialist in international strategic alliances,
government relations for new business development, and corporate
communications. She has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, and
Cambodia. She has permanent residency in Hong Kong. We talked about
international business strategies and the involvement of the Rosenberg Institute
with the field of international business. March 2012.
Promoting Suffolk’s Asia-Related Activities
The Rosenberg Institute feels it ought to be involved any time there is a
program, activity or talk related to Asia on the Suffolk campus. Further, the
Institute publicizes the activities of Suffolk faculty whose research involves
Asia. The regular emails sent out by Dr. Suleski are a way of showing how
active and relevant the topic of Asia is to Suffolk University. A few of the
achievements of our faculty that were highlighted by the Rosenberg Institute
are listed below.
The Institute helped to publicize the talk Through Hiroshima Eyes: Reflections and
Art of an A-Bomb Survivor, sponsored by the Cambridge Friends Meeting House
and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. October 2011.
Suffolk faculty member Dr. Simone Chun of the Government Department was
interviewed by the Asia Times for a story titled “Anti-elite backlash rocks Seoul
politics,” about party politics vs. grass roots movements in south Korea. The
article was put on-line.
The Sawyer Business School at Suffolk made a presentation by Dr. Florian
Kohlbacher, titled “Ethical Consumption in Japan: Is Japan Finally Waking Up?”.
Dr. Florian Kohlbacher is a senior research fellow and head of the Business &
Economics section at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) Tokyo The
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�Rosenberg Institute assisted the Sawyer School in recruiting an audience for this
event. November 2011.
Suffolk faculty member Dr. Roberto Dominguez of the Government Department at
Suffolk was in Kobe, Japan in January 2012, to attend an international conference
on European Union-Asia Relations in the Global Context. He presented a paper on
The Security Role of the United States in Asia Pacific, which was the first draft of
a chapter for a Handbook of EU-East Asia Relations scheduled to be published
October 2012.
Suffolk faculty member Dr. Kenneth Cosgrove of the Government Department
was in Taiwan teaching at Tamkang University in Taiwan which has a partnership
agreement with Suffolk. He taught an intensive class on political marketing at the
graduate level on Topics included branding, segmentation, market research,
targeting, narrowcasting and an overall examination of the impact of consumerism
on democratic values. The Institute was in contact with the Taiwan diplomatic
office in Boston about this visit, and also publicized it to the Suffolk community.
Dr. Ronald Suleski, a member of the History Department and Director of the
Rosenberg Institute was invited to present a series of graduate seminars on modern
Chinese history at Hangzhou Normal University on Hangzhou, China during May
and early June. While in China, he presented a paper about his research in late
Qing dynasty hand-written manuscripts at the Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai.
He also spent a week in Tokyo, where he gave a talk to the Japan Association of
International Publishers on the topic of current international relations among the
countries of Asia and the United States.
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�Community Outreach Programs
For the third year in a row, through the Rosenberg Institute, Suffolk provided a
welcoming meeting space to the Taiwan diplomatic office in Boston, the Taipei
Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), for their annual gathering titled Taiwan
Student Leaders in America 台灣留學生交流會. Outstanding students from
Taiwan studying the in United States were brought to the Suffolk campus for a full
day of exchanging ideas and experiences. The costs were completely covered by
TECO. September 2011.
The Institute’s ties to the Chinese Historical Society of New England continued
to be strong. Suffolk facultyserve on the board of this organization. The Rosenberg
Institute participated in the 19th annual meeting of CHSNE in September 2011. A
current Suffolk undergraduate is the recipient of a partial scholarship provided by
CHSNE.
Suffolk University was host to 47 students from Ritsumeikan University, located
in Kyoto, Japan. The students had just completed a course of English language
study at the Showa Academy in Boston and were about to return to Japan. Suffolk
and Ritsumeikan have an exchange agreement and regular contact has been
maintained by both schools over the years. Several Suffolk faculty spoke to the
student group. September 2011.
The Boston Chinatown Community Center (BCNC) had a successful year and
appreciated the support of the Rosenberg Institute. In October 2011 ward-winning
Asian American author Ha Jin read from his new novel Nanjing Requiem. Copies
of the book were available for purchase and signing. In March 2012 the Rosenberg
Institute participated in the annual banquet of BCNC. In April 2012 A group of
Boston high school students from China affiliated with BCNC were chosen to visit
the White House in Washington, DC. The Rosenberg Institute helped BCNC
celebrate this achievement.
The Sino-American Bridge for Education and Health, Inc. has a program to
take American secondary school teachers to China each summer to work with
Chinese teachers of English, helping them learn American methods of teaching,
ESL, and some American culture (literature, geography, etc.). The Rosenberg
Institute helped Sino-American Bridge to publicize their activities.
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�Primary Source continues to be an active organization in the Boston area and the
Institute continues to be a supporter of Primary Source. Dr. Suleski serves on the
advisory committee of this group and was involved in helping them to edit and
publish a revised version of their guide to China for secondary school teachers.
The revised publication should be out early in 2013.
Middlesex Community College. This outstanding community college is located
in Lowell, MA. Beyond the academic program it offers to its students, it also
serves as a center for the continued professional development of teachers and
faculty throughout the state of Massachusetts. The Rosenberg Institute has helped
to gather audiences for the Middlesex programs, to provide space for their Boston
programs, and to be a resource for their programs related to Asia.
Summer 2012 Activities
During the summer of 2012 Suffolk welcomed five student groups from China
(from Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai) and one from South Korea (Seoul) comprised of
students enrolled in the summer English language institute programs offered by
Suffolk’s Second Language Services Program. These 98 students and six faculty
chaperones represent several hundred thousand dollars of income to Suffolk.
Rosenberg institute Director Dr. Suleski worked with Director Dan Wu of the
International Office to have these groups study at Suffolk for the summer.
A number of Suffolk students who have an Asian Studies major or minor field,
were in Asia during the summer of 2012 or will be during the academic year 20122013; Dr. Suleski was involved in arranging all of these study abroad experiences.
Student Ray Delong had a paid internship in Tokyo; Students Daniel McCarthy
and Norelis Popovic had paid internships with a Korean TV broadcasting station
in Seoul Korea (Dr. Henry Kim of the Economic Department assisted in arranging
this program) funded by the KCC Corporation in Seoul; students Jing Chen and
Patrick Moriarity will spend the 2012-2012 academic year at Sophia University in
Tokyo (Suffolk has an exchange agreement with Sophia).
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Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies
at Suffolk University
Annual Report for 2012-2013
Ronald Suleski, PhD, Director
Overview
Happily the Rosenberg Institute continues to come to the attention of
individuals and organizations both on and off campus. We were
approached by the Ford Hall Forum, the nation’s oldest continuously
operating free public lecture series to co-sponsor a program. The Forum
began in 1908 as a series of Sunday evening public meetings held at
Ford Hall on Beacon Hill. The Forum is supported by Suffolk University.
In spring 2013 Dr. Suleski was invited to speak before a Chinese cultural
group, the Yiwen xiaoji (藝文小集 Arts and Culture Society) in Newton,
a group of locally prominent Chinese-American citizens, a group that
has previously not had any contact with Suffolk. This past academic
year the re-vitalized Chinese Students and Scholars Association has also
asked for Rosenberg Institute for help in sponsoring events, as did the
student-run Suffolk Asian Business Club.
It is now to be expected that when Dr. Suleski visits other campuses in
the area to attend an Asia-related program or reception, people will
comment to him on how active the Rosenberg Institute is both as a
member of the Suffolk community and as a good neighbor to the citizens
of nearby Chinatown in Boston. Rosenberg Institute programs add
luster to the reputation of Suffolk. Indeed, we continue to hear of
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�students who consider study at Suffolk because of its Asian Studies
program.
Under our new president James McCarthy, Suffolk is defining and
stabilizing its mission and goals for the future. The president has been
supportive of the Rosenberg Institute and of its mission to support global
education and awareness, as has Dean Greenberg. In this past academic
year the Institute has also benefitted from the cooperation of many
faculty members who have willingly given public lectures under our
auspices.
A. The section below lists the activities of the Rosenberg Institute
conducted in conformance with the Terms of Agreement signed in July
2007, as modified by the Memorandum by Dean Greenberg agreed to in
Fall 2008. These two documents call for a series of Distinguished
Visitors. We have named this the Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series.
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series
During the academic year we scheduled 11 public programs on the Suffolk campus
as part of the Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series. We continued to enjoy high
audience numbers. Frequently professors assigned a talk as part of their course
instruction. Talks were held both in the Munce Conference Room, which we have
often used in the past, and also in the Poetry Center in the Sawyer Library. The
latter is a bright venue appreciated by all (but is much in demand). We regularly
found that we had a standing-room-only audience (about 60 persons) in the Poetry
Center. Further, five of the talks were by Suffolk faculty or professional staff,
which served to showcase the talent and depth of learning we offer students on the
Suffolk campus. We sponsored a talk along with the History Department at Suffolk.
Each of the talks drew audience from nearby schools and from the larger Boston
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�community. This serves to enhance Suffolk’s reputation and reinforces our
contribution to the educational community here.
Rosenberg Institute Scholar Series in 2012-2013
Fall 2012 Schedule
The Future of Chinese Seapower 中國未來的海上實力, Dr. Toshi Yoshihara,
Naval War College Dr. Toshi Yoshihara, Naval War College. Students reported
this was an eye-opening talk for them because they had known nothing about
China’s naval strategy or about American reactions to China’s naval build-up.
September 2012
Being an Asian-American in America 美國的亞裔, Dan Wu, Director of
Enrollment Partnership Programs, Suffolk University. Dan is a popular lecturer
because he is close to the age of our students, and tells them stories of
discrimination, some of it not-intended, as he was growing up in the Brookline
section of Boston. October 2012
International Business in Asia Today 今日亞洲國際貿易. Dr. C. Gopinath,
Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University. This popular Sawyer School
professor, known to many by his nickname Gopi, talked about consumers in India
who are very poor and don’t even have places to put consumer products. He then
told how entrepreneurs in India are designing products and marketing strategies
aimed at exactly this audience, and the surprising results when millions of people
become customers. October 2013
China’s New Leadership and the Bo Xilai Scandal 中國的新一代領導與薄熙
來醜聞. Dr. Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University. Coming exactly at the time a
new leadership in China is taking the reins of power, we invited one of the
country’s leading scholars of elite politics in China to speak to our students. This
could not have been a more timely talk. October 2012
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�Social Outcast, Rebellious Critic: The World of Dazai Osamu (1909-1948). 太
宰治の世界。Dr. Sara Dillon, Suffolk Law School. Before taking her law
degree, Dr. Dillon received a PhD in modern Japanese literature from Stanford!
We asked her to speak about the important author she had studied for her
dissertation, to the delight of our students. November 2012
North Korea: The Father, The Son and The Sacred System 北韓: 父,子,與
聖制. Ambassador Friedrich Lohr, Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Suffolk,
former German Ambassador to North Korea. Since Suffolk is the only university
in New England, perhaps anywhere in the US, to have a former ambassador to
North Korea, we asked Professor Lohr to talk to us and show slides of his official
life in Pyongyang. The audience found this an intriguing talk. November 2012
Spring 2013 Schedule
Asian American Studies Perspectives on Health, Work, and Education, Dr.
Peter Nien-chu Kiang (江念祖), Professor of Education and Director of the Asian
American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Wellknown to the Chinese-American community in Boston, Dr. Kiang is a wellorganized and clear speaker. Scheduled for February 2013, the program had to be
cancelled because of a major snowstorm which closed Suffolk.
Italians in China, 1900-1947 Dr. Shirley Smith, Skidmore College. The
Rosenberg Institute joined with the History Department to co-sponsor this talk by a
scholar who has recently published a book about Italians taking part in the colonial
land-grab in China in the 1900s. Students commented favorably on the interesting
slides of Italian architecture in China that she showed. February 2013
My Writing Life: Vietnamese American Writer Andrew Lam Tells His Stories.
Andrew Lam, Author and NPR Commentator Andrew escaped from Vietnam
with his family when he was 11. He grew up in American, but did not forget his
earlier life or the cultural values of the Vietnamese. He spoke about cultural
adjustment and Asian family life in the United States. March 2013
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�Coffee Life in Japan, Dr. Merry White, Boston University. Dr. White tells us
people in Japan drink more coffee than they do tea or beer. Coffee is the favored
drink for business meetings, dating, or when hanging out with friends. Part
academic study and party memoir, she told us about how coffee shops in Japan are
like, but not like, Starbucks. March 2013
Special Public Event: The China Town Hall Meeting
China Town Hall; Local Connections, National Reflections.
Ambassador Gary Locke spoke from Beijing via a live video feed on
Issues in United States - China Relations 中美關係 – 最近報告. This
program, the fourth year in a row for Suffolk, was set for the Suffolk Law
School. China specialist Kevin G. Nealer of the Scowcroft Group that
provides risk analysis and multinational investment management consulting
was to be present to introduce the program and be available to answer
questions from the audience. Sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute at
Suffolk University, WorldBoston (A World Affairs Council), in cooperation
with the National Committee on United States China Relations (New York).
Scheduled for 29 October 2012. Unfortunately, this was the night Hurricane
Sandy hit the east coast, Suffolk closed, and commuters left the city. The online portion of the program went on so it could be watched at home, but we
had to disassemble all of our preparations for this event at Suffolk.
B. During the 2012-2013 academic year being reported here Suffolk again
withdrew money from the earnings of the endowment fund to cover a
portion of the Institute’s budget. Suffolk University has been careful to
honor the specific terms listed in the original agreement with Barbara
and Richard M. Rosenberg. The University hired a full-time
administrator (the Director) for the Institute (going well beyond the
part-time position called for in the original agreement), provided
professional and suitable office space for the Director, and has made
available all of the necessary facilities and support services for
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�Rosenberg Institute activities . It has also supported the marketing and
communications activities of the Institute. The Institute used University
email lists, as well as the email lists developed by the Institute, to
advertise all of its programs and activities.
This Report is submitted in accordance with the original Terms of
Agreement.
C. Cooperation with the Asian Studies Program. As administrator of the
Rosenberg Institute, the Director was asked by the University to
cooperate with the Asian Studies Program established in fall 2009. In
some cases the Rosenberg Institute lent its name in support of these
activities and used its email lists to help draw an audience. The Asian
Studies Program is chaired by Professor Da Zheng. The activities of the
Asian Studies Program were covered entirely by Suffolk University
funds. These programs helped to promote an interest in Asia on the
campus and to encourage interested students to select an Asian Studies
major or minor. Students from other campuses in the area attended
these events, though the majority were Suffolk students. Many faculty
members, from Suffolk and nearby schools, were also present at all of
these events. The Director of the Rosenberg Institute was actively
involved in all of the events listed below.
Promoting Suffolk’s Asia-Related Activities
Dr. Suleski continued to use his extensive of email contacts to publicize
Suffolk programs and activities related to Asia. The lists keep growing
but the only people added are those who voluntarily give their contact
information. These emails build a sense of community among those who
are interested in Asia. They draw in other organizations who ask Dr.
Suleski to publicize their Asia-related talks or programs.
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�Suffolk students studied in China, Japan and Korea during the 2012-2013
academic year. Suffolk had four students in Tokyo at Sophia University during
the academic year. We had two students in China, accepted as part of a special
Fulbright program which gave them full scholarships. They were the subject of
local news coverage by Chinese TV in Xian where they were living. In summer of
2013 we had four students studying in Seoul. These students joined the Summer
Korean Language Institute at Yonsei University. They each received a scholarship
from the Chongha Scholarship Foundation in Seoul, arranged through the
cooperation of Dr. Suleski and Dr. Henry Kim (Economics). Some had the option
of an internship at a Korean company. The Rosenberg Institute was active in
publicizing the opportunities for students, in recruiting and interviewing candidates
for the Asia study abroad programs.
In October 2012 the Asian Studies Program held an Open House. The purpose
was to allow our students who had been on study abroad in the 2011-2012
academic year, including the 2012 summer programs,. The students showed slides
taken while abroad in Asia, and talked about their experiences from their student
perspective. Free Asian food was served. Several Asian Studies faculty introduced
themselves and told about the courses they would offer in the spring 2013 semester.
Once again the Rosenberg Institute was a co-sponsor when the Suffolk community
celebrated the Year of the Snake at a Lunar New Year Party in February 2013.
The program on that occasion included Chinese music played by several students
on traditional instruments, and some guessing games popular with the international
students. An excellent spread of Chinese food was enjoyed by all present. Dr.
Suleski spoke in Chinese to extend the wishes of the Institute to all Suffolk
students of Chinese and Asian ancestry.
In March 2012 the Rosenberg Institute co-sponsored a day-long Suffolk Asia
Business Forum at the Sawyer Business School . The Rosenberg Institute teamed
up with the Suffolk Asian Business Club (SABC) and the Suffolk University Asia
Business Forum (SABF) to put on the event, where a number of prominent
executives told about doing business with Asia. All of the students present agreed
that it was the best networking event any Suffolk student interested in Asia could
ask for.
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�In April 2012 the Rosenberg Institute was involved in promoting Asian American
Heritage Month at Suffolk. The highlight was a talk by noted educator Peter
Nien-chu Kiang 江念祖, Director of the Asian-American Studies Program at
UMass Boston. He spoke about “Education and Empowerment for Asian
Americans in Boston”. The Rosenberg Institute cooperated with the Suffolk Office
of Diversity Services to present the program.
In May 2013, in cooperation with the Ford Hall Forum, the Rosenberg Institute
co-sponsored The Chinese-American Dream, with author Anchee Min.
Moderated by Professor Elif Armbruster of Suffolk’s English Department. The
author’s new book The Cooked Seed, tells her story of leaving China after the
Cultural Revolution and coming to the United States. She worked five jobs at once,
suffered rape, exhaustion and divorce. She told us about her unique immigration
narrative.
D. Every attempt was made to increase the visibility of the Rosenberg
Institute and the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk. The section below
indicates the major categories of these activities: Welcoming Visitors to
the Institute; Promoting Suffolk’s Asia-Related Activities; Community
Outreach Programs.
Visitors to the Rosenberg Institute in 2012-2013
Dr. Suleski is always pleased to welcome professional visitors to the Institute,
where they learn about our programs and also relate the projects they are working
on. They offer advice about possible projects and directions we might take. In no
small measure, they help to spread the word about the active programs of the
Rosenberg Institute to their own institutions. During the 2012-2013 academic year
a number of other Asia-related institutions in New England asked the Rosenberg
Institute to help publicize their events and draw an audience. These instances
represented a recognition of the active programs and influenctial position of the
Rosenberg Institute. Requests came from: The Asia Center at Harvard, the Asian
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�Studies Program at Boston University, UMass Boston, and The Asia Initiatives at
Middlesex Community College.
Visitors to the Rosenberg Institute 2012-2013
Zhang Zhiqiang 張志強. Dr. Zhang is Chair of the Department of Publishing
Science in the School of Information at Nanjing University in China. He is also
Deputy Chair of the National Steering Committee for the Professional Degree of
the Publishing Program in China. He was on the Suffolk campus leading a
delegation of students participating in the Summer Language Program for
Internationals from his university. We renewed our friendship of many years and
talked about the transition from the hard copy to the digital age in publishing and
information delivery. July 2012.
Ming T. Wong 黃明達. Dr. Wong is a medical doctor who was trained in China
but has lived in the US for over the past thirty years. He is currently writing about
the concepts behind Chinese medical thinking in comparison to the values and
standpoints of Western medical thought. He has published in both Chinese and
English on this topic, but wishes to improve his presentation of this material. We
discussed issues of translation and where he might find a qualified research
assistant. September 2012.
Ueda Takako 上田貴子. Dr. Ueda is a professor at Kinki University in Osaka,
Japan. She is specializing in historical Manchuria, the same area as my research.
We talked about the current state of the field, which is currently a very active field
of academic inquiry. She gave me a copy of a recently published book which
contains an article by her. She is familiar with research in this field in Japanese,
Chinese, English and Russian. September 2012.
Victor Seow. Victor is a PhD candidate at Harvard, specializing on the natural
ecology and environment of Northeast Asia, specifically coal and shale as used in
energy production since 1900. Victor organized a panel at Harvard on modern
Manchuria one year ago, and has returned from a year of study in Japan. He had
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�met Professor Ueda in Japan, and so accompanied her to our lunch. September
2012.
Karen Christensen Karen is the CEO of Berkshire Publishing, located in Great
Barrington in the western region of Massachusetts. Her company has concentrated
on environmental issues, along with publishing about Asia and China. Many of
their publications are delivered digitally, and they also combine both concerns of
the company, such as issuing studies on environmental issues in Asia. I once
assisted the company by writing a cover blurb for a book of theirs, and we also
talked about the occasional paper series of the Rosenberg Institute. September
2012.
Fan Kun 樊堃 Dr. Fan is on the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong
Kong. This academic year she is a Visiting Scholar the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
In addition to discussing her research about issues in contemporary Chinese
contract law and examining some of the Chinese historical legal documents in my
collection. The Rosenberg Institute put Dr. Fan in touch with the Suffolk Law
School at her request to explore cooperative programs with the Chinese University
of Hong Kong. November 2012.
The Rosenberg Institute hosted the visit of a delegation from Yonsei University
in Korea, which is rated as the top private university in Korea. The delegation met
with Director Suleski as well as Dean Greenberg, Associate Dean Royo, Professor
Zheng the Director of Suffolk’s Asian Studies Program, and Beth Engwall,
Director of Study Abroad. The delegation was composed of: Lee Insung 이인성.
Dr. Lee is Chancellor of the Wonju campus of Yonsei University. Dr. Lee is a
specialist in international relations, and he met one of our Suffolk students who is
studying international relations and is interested in studying in Korea. (She is
currently in Korea on our Suffolk summer program.); Lee Kyoungjoung 이경중.
Dr. Lee is Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs at the Wonju Campus of Yonsei
University. The Wonju campus has a large biomedical facility, and his research is
on biomedical engineering; Kim Myoungjin 金明侲. Dr. Kim is Dean of the
International Education Center. He welcomes Suffolk students to attend his Center,
where they can receive instruction in English. Osawa Kimiko 大澤貴美子. Dr.
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�Osawa is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the East Asia International
College at the Wonju campus. Her field is research is contemporary Japanese
politics. December 2012.
Bob Graham. Mr. Graham is Director of the Publications Program of the Harvard
University Asia Center. These books are distributed through Harvard University
Press. Mr. Graham recently took up his post, so our discussion was about the
publishing world and the process by which these Asia-related books are reviewed
and edited. February 2013.
Li Ren-Yuan 李仁淵. Mr. Li is a Researcher at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
He is temporarily at Harvard finishing up his PhD dissertation on folk documents
found in Fujian in South China during his recent field research there. He located
and photographed family documents held by typical farmers and passed down
through generations of their families. This is a new way of documenting the lives
of ordinary people in China over the past several hundred years. February 2013.
Melissa Brown. Dr. Brown was a research fellow at Radcliffe College and is now
at the Fairbank Center at Harvard. She has collected data on elderly females living
in rural China about their lives from the 1920s on (data was collected up to about
1998). These first-hand reports tell about the degree to which women worked in
the fields, how they coped with bound feet, the differing prerogatives of men and
women, changing market distribution practices, and more. Several articles about
these studies have appeared and more are due. March 2013.
Jon D. Mills. Mr. Mills is Manager at the Harvard Asia Center. He brought a
prospective Suffolk student to visit our campus. I showed both of them the campus
and we visited with an admissions officer. Jon is also involved at Harvard with the
conference series Asia-Vision 21. We have worked together in the past on projects.
April 2013 (The student has joined the freshmen class at Suffolk.)
Lin Wei-ping 林瑋嬪. Dr. Lin is a professor of Anthropology at National Taiwan
University in Taipei, currently doing advanced research at Harvard. Her field is
popular religious practices, including ceremonies and spirit possession, which Dr.
Suleski describes in his lectures on religious Daoism. A useful conversation took
place. May 2013.
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�Community Outreach Programs
In September 2012, for the third year in a row, through the Rosenberg Institute,
Suffolk provided a welcoming meeting space to the Taiwan diplomatic office in
Boston, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), for their annual
gathering titled Taiwan Student Leaders in America 台灣留學生交流會.
Outstanding students from Taiwan studying the in United States were brought to
the Suffolk campus for a full day of exchanging ideas and experiences. The costs
were completely covered by TECO.
The Rosenberg Institute continues to endorse the Chinese Historical Society of
New England (CHSNE) as one of our community outreach partners. Suffolk
faculty serve on the board of this organization. The Society’s annual dinner was
held in September 2012 at the China Pearl Restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown. In
addition to Dr, Suleski and a number of Suffolk faculty, we also met two Suffolk
students from Chinatown who were receiving scholarships awarded through the
auspices of CHENSE.
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�A photo of the Suffolk delegation at the CHSNE gathering and the two students.
Left to right: Ambassador Friedrich Lohr, Suffolk’s Distinguished Visiting Scholar;
Prof. Allan Tow, Government Department; two CHSNE scholarship students
attending Suffolk, Jason Wong and Jonathan Huang; Ronald Suleski, Director of
the Rosenberg Institute; Prof. Robert Hannigan, History Department; Prof Da
Zheng, Director of the Asian Studies Program.
Primary Source is a non-profit organization advocating for the teaching about
Asia in the junior high and high school curriculum. They have achieved a notable
success in New England, which ranks as one of the best regions in the country in
terms of offering courses and study units about Asia. The Rosenberg Institute
endorses Primary Source as one of our Community Outreach Partners. Their
annual gathering was held in October 2012. In April 2013 Primary Source cosponsored the National Chinese Language Conference at the Marriot Copley in
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�Boston. This was in conjunction with the Asia Society and the College Board.
Thousands of teachers, academic administrators, non-profit executives, and even
Chinese language students attended. The Rosenberg Institute assisted in promoting
this event and Dr. Suleski attended the Plenary Session.
In November 2012 the Asian Task Force against Domestic Violence (ATASK)
held a social gathering and buffet dinner. This organization does important work
by providing intervention and counseling for Asian women in the state who are
victims of domestic violence. A Suffolk faculty member and a member of the
Asian Studies Committee, Dr. Sukanya Ray in Psychology, is a board member of
this group.
In December 2012 Suffolk University and the Rosenberg Institute hosted 17
students and faculty from Brookline High School. They were welcomed by Dan
Wu from International Student Advising and Study Abroad, who is a graduate of
BHS. Ronald Suleski of the Rosenberg Institute also welcomed the students to our
campus. Suffolk Student Ambassador Brad Migliacci then took everyone on a tour
of Suffolk. Eight of these students were from the Gaoxin School in Xian China,
staying with host families in Brookline. Nine of the students were from BHS.
They were studying Chinese and in the spring 2013 semester they lived with their
host families in China.
In March 2013 the Boston Chinatown Community Center (BCNC) annual
Chinese New Year banquet was held at the Empire Garden Restaurant in
Chinatown. The Rosenberg Institute endorses their activities, which are widely
recognized in the Boston area. A delegation from Suffolk including Dr. Suleski
attended their annual banquet. BCNC continues to expand their programs, They
have provided internship opportunities for Suffolk students, and in the past have
hired Suffolk students for their staff.
In April 2013 Dr. Suleski was invited to speak to a Chinese citizens group in
Newton. Titled the Arts and Culture Group (wenyi xiaoji 文藝小集), they
wanted to know about Dr. Suleski’s research, and at the same time proudly showed
the facilities of the building they own in Newton. The group’s activities are bi-
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�lingual in Chinese and English, and a number of prominent Chinese-American
citizens from the Newton community were present.
Middlesex Community College is an outstanding community college located in
Lowell, MA. They are particularly active in bringing programs about Asia to their
campus. On a number of occasions they have asked the Rosenberg Institute to help
publicize their activities, and Dr. Suleski was pleased to assist. Their faculty and
Suffolk faculty often meet at New England conferences, so good communication
continues to characterize Middlesex and the Rosenberg Institute.
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