Curriculum Vitae. M.A. Villanova University, European History GPA. B.A. Villanova University, Sociology

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1 Curriculum Vitae Charles A. Desnoyers Tel: [office] [fax] Education: Ph.D. Temple University, Fields in Modern Chinese History, Modern Japanese History, and Comparative History GPA. Language exam passed December 17, Preliminary exams completed May 22, Orals and dissertation approved March16, M.A. Villanova University, European History GPA B.A. Villanova University, Sociology Educational Awards and Honors: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Temple University, Dean s Fellowship, Temple University, January-May, 1988 Research Fellowship, Temple University, Teaching Assistantships, Temple University, Arthur Cook Award, Temple University, May, 1984, for outstanding graduate student in non-american history. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Villanova University, May, 1979 Tuition Scholarships, Villanova University, Leaves and Grants: Association for Asian Studies, China and Inner Asia Council Research Grant for travel expenses incurred for proposed Yung Wing biography, Spring, 2005 La Salle University Sabbatical, Spring, 2005 La Salle University Research Leave, Spring La Salle University Research Leave, Fall, 1996 Association for Asian Studies, China and Inner Asia Council Research Grant, 1995, for incidental expenses involved in Li Gui book project. Positions Held: Chair of History Department, La Salle University, Chair of Political Science Department, La Salle University, September, 2006 to May, 2007

2 2 Chair of Political Science Department, La Salle University, January to May, 2004 (Sabbatical Replacement) Director of Asian Studies Minor Program, La Salle University, 1992-present Associate Professor of History (from 1994) Tenured 1994, La Salle University Assistant Professor of History, La Salle University, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Temple University, Adjunct Instructor, Temple University, Adjunct Instructor, Villanova University, Adjunct Instructor, Pennsylvania State University (Ogontz), Areas of Specialization: Modern Chinese History: Diplomatic, political, cultural, and intellectual history from 1840 to the present, especially during the period Modern Japanese History: Diplomatic, political, cultural, and intellectual history from 1850 to the present, with a special emphasis on the period, Comparative History: Comparative revolutions, modes of change and modernization, cultural clashes resulting from diffusion and acculturation. World History: Imperialism, cultural imperialism, modes of resistance and accommodation, and post-colonial intellectual and cultural approaches to history and politics. Courses Taught: La Salle University: History 151 Global History to 1500 History 151 Global History to 1500 with Doubles and FYOs History 251 Global History 1500 to the Present History 303 Non-Western World in the 20 th Century History 350 Traditional China

3 3 Temple University: Villanova University: History 351 Modern China History 352 Traditional Japan History 353 Modern Japan History 370 Chinese History through the Classics History 370 Travel Study to China History 480 Senior Seminar I History 481 Senior Seminar II Honors 121 Western Civilization to 1688 Honors 122 Western Civilization from Honors 420 Modern China and Japan History 510 Graduate Historiography Education 479 Teaching Practicum/School Visits, Independent Study BLBCS 525 Graduate History of Southeast Asia BLBCS 545 Graduate Independent Study, Southeast Asia Modern Chinese History Contemporary China The Third World in the 20 th Century Survey of U.S. History I American Foreign Policy in the Cold War Western Civilization I Western Civilization II Defeat and Regeneration in Post-War Japan Japan in the 20 th Century China in the 20 th Century Penn State (Ogontz Campus): Other Pedagogical Activities: History of Communism Educational Testing Service Table Leader, 2005, 2006, 2007 Educational Testing Service Faculty Consultant, European History, 1990-Present; World History, 2004 Educational Testing Service Question Writer for

4 4 SAT II and World History Achievement Tests, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Educational Testing Service Question Writer for World History section of Praxis Test, Professional Activities: Academic Publications: Books: Patterns of World History (forthcoming, 2010) with George Stow and Peter Von Sivers, Oxford University Press A Journey to the East: Li Gui s A New Account of a Trip Around the Globe. University of Michigan Press, 2004 CliffsAP World History, John Wiley and Sons, 2005; co-author. Western Civilization to Walther Kirchner. Harper Collins 2006, contributing editor. Bitter Memories : A Tale of Captivity in the Killing Fields of Jiangnan (working title). Translation with commentary and introduction of Li Gui s experiences as a captive of the Taiping Rebels in China from University of Michigan Press has expressed interest in this proposal. Chinese Foreign Policy in Transition: Ch en Lan-pin in the New World, , Ph.D. dissertation, Temple University, Articles: Ethnicity, Identity, and Identification: The (Further) Case of Yung Wing, American Historical Association Proceedings from Annual Meeting, 2007 Toward One Enlightened and Progressive Civilization : Discourses of Expansion and Nineteenth-Century Chinese Missions Abroad, Journal Of World History 8(Spring, 1997): The Thin Edge of the Wedge : The Chinese Educational Mission and Diplomatic Representation in the Americas, , Pacific

5 5 Historical Review, 61(May, 1992): Self-Strengthening in the New World: A Chinese Envoy s Travels in America, Pacific Historical Review 60(May, 1991): ` Co-editor (with Ross Doughty), World History Bulletin, World History Association, Reviews (Since 1994): Evan A. Feigenbaum, China s Techno-Warriors: National Security and Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age. Stanford, Stanford University Press, In History: Reviews of New Books, Fall, 2003, p.31. Li, Fei Fei, Robert Sabella, and David Liu, eds. Nanking, 1937: Memory and Healing. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, In ibid., Fall, 2002, p. 40 Josephine M.T. Khu, ed. Cultural Curiosity: Thirteen Stories about the Search for Chinese Roots. Los Angeles: University of California Press, In Choice, 39/6(February, 2002): no page listed. David E. Mungello, The Great Encounter of China and the West. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, In ibid., 37/11-12(July-August, 2000) no page listed. Diana Preston, The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China s War Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of New York: Walker and Co., In History: Reviews of New Books, Fall, 2000, p. 41. W. G. Beasley. The Japanese Experience: A Short History of Japan. Los Angeles: University of California Press, In Choice, 37/1 (September, 1999): No page listed. John S. Brownlee. Japanese Historians and their National Myths, : The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jimmu. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, In ibid., 36/1(September, 1998): 963. Joan Judge. Print and Politics: Shibao and the Culture of Reform in Late Qing China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, In History: Reviews of New Books 26/3(Spring, 1998): 143

6 6 Paul Cohen. History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth. In ibid., 26/1(Fall, 1997): 35 Peter J. Seybolt. Throwing the Emperor from his Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, Boulder, Co.: Westview, In ibid., 34/7(March, 1997): No page listed. Jonathan D. Spence. God s Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Of Hong Xiuquan. New York: W. W. Norton, In Choice, 33/10 (June, 1996): No page listed. Note: This review was quoted in the front matter of the paperback version of this book. Charlotte Ikels. The Return of the God of Wealth: The Transition to a Market Economy in Urban China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, In ibid., 34/4(December, 1996): No page listed. Jean-Luc Domenach. The Origins of the Great Leap Forward: The Case Of One Chinese Province. Boulder, Co.: Westview, In Asian Affairs, 23/2(Summer, 1996): Gregory Eliyu Guldin. The Saga of Anthropology in China. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, In The Journal of Third World Studies 13(Fall, 1996): Ruan Ming, Deng Xiaoping: Chronicle of an Empire. Boulder, Co., 1994 In History: Reviews of New Books, 24/1(Fall, 1995):42. Reviews (To 1994) Marilyn Levine, The Found Generation. Seattle: University of Washington Press, In Choice, March, 1994 Eugene Levich, The Kwangsi Way in Kuomintang China, , Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, In ibid., July/August, Kai-Wing Chow. The Rise of Confucian Ritualism in Late Imperial China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, In ibid. October, Bill Brugger. Politics, Economy, and Society in Contemporary China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, In ibid. December, 1994 Reference and General Interest Publications

7 7 Articles Chinese Americans, in The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America. David Bradley and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, eds. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe 1997, pp The Chinese Boycott of 1905, ibid. p Chinese For Affirmative Action, ibid. p Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance, ibid. Japanese Americans, ibid. pp China Since 1949, in The Encyclopedia of Propaganda, Robert Cole, ed. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, pp Mao Zedong, ibid. pp Taiwan, ibid. pp Reviews Margaret McMillan, Nixon and Mao. New York: Norton, 2007 for Philadelphia Inquirer Colin Thubron, Shadows of the Silk Road. New York: Norton, 2007 for Philadelphia Inquirer V.S. Naipaul. Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples. New York: Random House, For Catholic News Service. Alfredo Valladao. The Twenty-First Century will be American. London And New York: Verso, For Catholic News Service. Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Dignity. Carrol F. Coates, trans. Charlottesville And London: University Press of Virginia, For Catholic News Service. J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins. Requiem for the Sudan: War, Drought, and Disaster Relief on the Nile. Boulder, Co. and Oxford: Westview Press, For Catholic News Service Reference and General Interest (to 1994)

8 8 Boxer Indemnity Fellowship, in Asian American Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish, ed. Los Angeles: Salem Press, The Boxer War. Ibid. The British East India Company. Ibid. Treaty of Nanjing. Ibid. U.S.-China Friendship Association. Ibid. Note: The above pieces are 350 word entries. The Boxer Rebellion, 1900 in Great Events in History: Human Rights. Frank McGill, ed. Los Angeles: Salem Press, Ch en Tu-hsiu, in Great Lives from History: Since Frank McGill, ed. Los Angeles: Salem Press, Kuo Mo-jo. Ibid. Sotatsu, in Great Lives From History: The Renaissance to Frank McGill, ed. Los Angeles: Salem Press, 1989 Note: The four above pieces are 2000 words each. Reviews (to 1994) Barbara Von Der Heydt. Candles Behind the Wall. For Catholic News Service, March, 1994 Halim Barakat. The Arab World: Society, Culture and State. For Catholic News Service, May, 1993 Ross Terrill. China in Our Time. For Catholic News Service, August, Mark Frankland. The Patriots Revolution. Catholic News Service, April, Craig Copetas. Bear Hunting with the Politburo. Catholic News Service, December, Bob Whyte. Unfinished Encounter: China and Christianity. Catholic News Service, January, 1991.

9 9 Lee Feigon. The Meaning of Tiananmen. Catholic News Service, July, Jean-Paul Wiest. Maryknoll in China. Catholic News Service, November, Susan George. A Fate Worse than Debt. Catholic News Service, June, Marq devilliers. White Tribe Dreaming. Catholic News Service, April, Richard Fagen. Forging Peace. Catholic News Service, February, William Chapman. Inside the Philippine Revolution. Catholic News Service, October, Nien Cheng. Life and Death in Shanghai. Catholic News Service, July, Ma Wen-yee. Snow Glistens on the Great Wall. Los Angeles Times, July, Dan Jacobs. The Brutality of Nations. Catholic News Service, May, George Irani. The Papacy and the Middle East. Catholic News Service March, David Shipler. Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in the Promised Land. Catholic News Service, November Liang Heng and Judith Shapiro. After the Nightmare. Philadelphia Inquirer, August, Indries Shah. Kara Kush. Catholic News Service, July, Joseph Gerson. The Deadly Connection. Catholic News Service April, Simon Leys. The Burning Forest. Philadelphia Inquirer, February, William Holinger. The Fence Walker. Los Angeles Times, January, 1986.

10 10 Edwin P. Hoyt. The Bloody Road to Panmunjom. Los Angeles Times, January, 1986 Harrison Salisbury. The Long March. Houston Post, December, Peter Hopkirk. Setting the East Ablaze. Christian Science Monitor, November, John Hersey. The Call. Houston Post, July, Orville Schell. To Get Rich is Glorious. Philadelphia Inquirer, April, Withold Rodzinski. The Walled Kingdom. Philadelphia Inquirer, March Conference Presentations and Public Lectures Chaired panel at American Historical Association Annual Meeting, 2007 Contested Identities and Cultural Imperialisms Introductory comments on Sino-Tibetan relations for presentation by Buddhist monks from Drepang Gomang Tibetan Monastery, September Lecture and book signing, Ourselves as Other: Centennial Philadelphia Through Chinese Eyes, December 2, 2004, Tredyffrin Public Library Introductory comments on The Venerable Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan monk imprisoned by the Peoples Republic of China for 33 years and author of Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk and Fire Under the Snow. For Diplomat in Residence Program, Spring, La Salle University. Ourselves as Other: Centennial Philadelphia Through Chinese Eyes, La Salle Arts and Sciences in the Afternoon, April 23, Panelist and Presenter, Why Asia Matters, for La Salle Asian Awareness Week, April 1, Perceptions and Misperceptions: The Geographical and Cultural Nexus Panel paper solicited for Korea s Economic Miracle, a symposium at La Salle sponsored by the Economics Department and the Korea Economic Institute of America, November 14, 1995.

11 11 Papers and Presentations to 1994 Solicited Co-presenter (With Col. Cynthia Gurney, U.S. Army) on Uses of History for Decision Makers, Seventh Annual Invitational Nursing Conference, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, April, 1994 Solicited presenter, Perspectives on Chinese History, and A Journey Through China, and panelist for session on Balancing World History, for workshop on Teaching from a Global Perspective, Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss., April, McDonald s and Mao Zedong: China in the 90 s ; lecture presented for La Salle s Student Government Faculty Lecture Series, March 30, 1993 Solicited speaker and facilitator on Chinese Philosophy and Confucianism, NEH Faculty Seminar on Community and Diversity, La Salle, Fall, Toward One Enlightened and Progressive Civilization : Chinese Self-Strengthening in Nineteenth-Century America, World History Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, June, China-Centeredness and the Envoy Question: The Chinese Education Mission and Overseas Representation, , Paper for Association For Asian Studies, Middle Atlantic Conference, November 1-3, Note: Though the paper proposal was accepted and I was listed on the program, I was unable to present it due to illness. Cruelties Patent to All : China Confronts the Coolie Trade in the West, Paper presented at annual meeting of International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May, Christianity, Cultural Identity, and Self-Strengthening in Nineteenth- Century China: The Case of Yung Wing, paper presented to World History Association Conference on Religion, June, Panelist in La Salle Forum on Cultural Diversity, November, 1989 Other Professional Activities Consultant for journalist Huntly Collins research on AIDS and drug use Among China s Uighur population in Urumqi, China PRC, July, 2007

12 12 Invitation to join editorial board of World History Connected: The E- Journal of Teaching and Learning. Sponsored by the World History Association. (2004) Referee for new edition of Lynn Hunt, et al., The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures. Bedford-St. Martins, Referee for Pacific Historical Review, 1995-present (as needed) Consultant for and interview subject in China Central Television (Beijing) Program News-Probe s five-part documentary on the life of Chinese- American Educator and diplomat Yung Wing, August-October, The documentary first aired in the PRC in May, 2004 and, according to producer Hu Jingcao, it has been re-broadcast seven times (including once on Taiwan.) The producers are currently talking to PBS in the U.S. about airing an abridged version in this country. July 5, 2004 (air date), interview with WHYY reporter Joel Rose on Chinese traveler Li Gui s visit to Philadelphia in 1876 and his observations on the July 4 celebration for the Centennial and the position of women in the West. Subject of article by Cynthia McGroarty, A 19 th -Century Chinese Journal of the West, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25, 2004 Interview on Channel 56 (La Salle) talk show Insight on book, A Journey to the East, and Chinese impressions of Centennial Philadelphia, September, Consultant (with George Stow) for development of World History CD- ROM, Rearview Mirror, for use in middle and high school courses, (To 1994) Tour Guide and Instructor for Independent Study and Group Trip to the People s Republic of China and Hong Kong, May, 1994 Interview and comments on Chinese student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, May, 1989 for Philadelphia Inquirer. Interview and comments on Chinese student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, May, 1989 for Ambler Gazette Professional Organizations

13 13 American Historical Association Association For Asian Studies World History Association Society for Qing Studies American Association of University Professors Invitation to join newly forming East Asian Studies Consortium of Pennsylvania Humanities Council University Activities-Service History Department Chair, 1998-present (Renewed, 2003) Political Science Chair (sabbatical replacement, Spring, 2004) Steering Committee and Task Force Chair on General Education for Middle States Accreditation Self-Study, Arts and Sciences International Committee, 2004-present Participant in Pennsylvania Department of Education Review of Education Department, Co-Author (with George Stow, Francis Ryan, et al.) of A Proposal for A Master of Arts Degree in History/History for Educators, Academic Affairs Committee, 2002-present Academy for Global Understanding Advisory Board, 2002-present Dean s Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee B, Legal Scholars Program Committee, 2001-present American Studies Advisory Board, 2001-present Committee on Continuing Education Accelerated Courses, 2001 Provost s Committee on the School of Arts and Sciences, 2001 Marshall at Opening Convocation, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 Diplomat in Residence Advisory Board, 1999-present Concert and Lecture Committee,

14 14 Co-author (with Mark Ratkus and Richard Mshomba), A Proposal for an M.A. Program in Economics and International Studies, Health Advisory Committee, International Faculty Caucus, 1997-present Student Affairs Committee, Task Force on Programs and Curricula, Subcommittee on Undergraduate Programs, Middle States Accreditation Self-Study, University Activities to 1994 NCAA Self-Study Committee, University Curriculum Committee, Co-founder and First Director of Asian Studies Minor, 1992-present Working Group Participant, Connelly Grant Proposal, 1992 University Delegate to California State University, Hayward, Conference On Multiculturalism, November, 1991 University Delegate to Pennsylvania Academy for the Profession of Teaching Colloquium, September, 1990 Department Activities In addition to the routine duties associated with being department chair, the two most important projects with which I have been involved over the last five years were: a.) revamping the department requirements for majors in order to make them mesh better with the new Core Curriculum; b.) helping to map out and write the proposal for our M.A. program in History/History for Educators. This program began operation on the Main Campus and at Bucks in September, Graduate History Admissions Committee, 2004-present All search committees since 1992 (ex officio since 1998)

15 15 Leo Award Committee (ex officio) Advisor to student academic journal, The Histories, 2002-present Advisor/co-advisor to La Salle Historical Society, Advisor to College Bowl Team, (University Champions, 1994) Community Service Outside the University Food delivery for Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA), Member and Secretary of Board of Directors, AIDS Information Network,