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Disappointment and surprise followed the departure of Dr. Jean Wu, who was the associate director at the Bureau of Study Counsel from 1975 until last spring, when she left to become associate dean of the college at Brown University. Ed School Professor Kiyo Morimoto at that time had already announced his retirement from his position as director of the Bureau...
...departures of Morimoto and Wu leave the University without a single visible Asian administrator. Furthermore, their loss is critical for another reason: Harvard now has virtually no scholars pursuing Asian-American studies...
...philosophy behind the Bureau of Study Counsel is to support students in exploring "the relevance of their educational endeavors to their own development," then the highly popular Dunster House seminar that Morimoto co-taught with Wu for eight semesters served a valuable purpose. An extracurricular course, their seminar on Asian-American identity helped the first Asian-Americans admitted to the college in the early 1970s to feel less culturally alienated at Harvard. Last offered in 1983, the course has since evolved into a vehicle for pursuing Asian-American studies--both anthropological and historical--under the supervision of Professors Dorinne Kondo...
...Wu, whose dissertation focused on the college experiences of Asian-American students, had requested a teaching appointment which would allow her to continue sponsoring the seminar regularly--a practical difficulty for faculty constrained by departmental policies and heavy courseloads--upon Morimoto's retirement. While Wu acknowledged in a recent phone interview that there were many reasons for her departure, the University's denial of her request for a teaching post was apparently a major factor in her decision. At Brown, by contrast, she has been granted a teaching appointment, and will be leading a course next semester on Asian-American...
Nakasone had planned a second official pilgrimage to Yasukuni. Last week, however, a government spokesman indicated that the visit would be canceled, possibly to ensure a cordial welcome for Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, who arrived in Peking on Thursday for talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian. Counseled Wu at a welcoming dinner: "Please benefit from the lessons of history...