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=**Dr. Andrew Rotter **=

**Day Three**: ** [|Dr. Andrew Rotter] ** Charles A. Dana Professor of History at Colgate University will cover the time period of expansionism from the turn of the 20th Century through the end of World War II.



** Cultural Approaches to U.S. Foreign Relations, 1898-1950  ** ** Corning ****, NY **** —July 8, 2009 ** ** Colgate **** University ** I. Introduction: What Is Culture, and What Has it Got to Do with U.S. Foreign Relations? II. Gender and U.S. Foreign Relations: 1898 and Beyond III. Race and U.S. Policy: The Case of Japan IV. Religion and U.S. Relations with South Asia
 * Teaching American History Seminar **
 * Andrew J. Rotter **

** Cultural Approaches to U.S. Foreign Relations, 1898-1950  ** If you are interested in following up with some of the work on culture and the history of U.S. foreign relations, herewith a highly selective bibliography: --Borstelmann, Thomas. //The Cold War and the Color Line: American Race Relations in the Global Arena. //Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. --Bradley, Mark Philip. //Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950. //Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. --Dower, John W. //War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.// New York: Pantheon, 1986. --Goedde, Petra. //GIs and Germans: Culture, Gender, and Foreign Relations, 1945-1949. //New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. -- Hogan, Michael J. and Thomas Paterson, eds. //Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations.// 2nd edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. See essays by Costigliola, Hoganson, Iriye, Hunt, Rosenberg, and Gienow-Hecht. --Hoganson, Kristin. //Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars. //New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. --Klein, Christina. //Cold War Orientalism: Asia in the Middlebrow Imagination, 1945-1961. //Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. --Preston, Andrew. “Bridging the Gap between the Sacred and the Secular in the History of American Foreign Relations.” //Diplomatic History// 30 (November 2006), 783-812. --Rotter, Andrew J. //Comrades at Odds: The United States and South Asia, 1947-1964. //Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000. --Shibusawa, Naoko. //America////’s Geisha Ally: Reimagining the Japanese Enemy. //Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.
 * A Brief Bibliography **

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**ANDREW JON ROTTER** Department of History, Colgate University Hamilton, New York 13346 315.228.7513 __ arotter@mail.colgate __ .edu

__** Education **__ __Degree__ __Institution__ __Date__ __Major field__ Ph.D. Stanford University October 1981 History M.A. Stanford University June 1976 History B.A. Cornell University January 1975 History

__** Teaching Experience **__ Charles A. Dana Professor, Colgate University, 2006- Professor, Colgate University, 1997-2005 Associate Professor, Colgate University, 1990-1997 Assistant Professor, Colgate University, 1988-1990 Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, 1987-1988 Visiting Assistant Professor, Colgate University, 1986-1987 Visiting Assistant Professor, Saint Mary’s College of California, 1981-1986 Visiting Instructor, California State University-Chico, 1980-1981

__** Administrative Experience **__ Chair, Department of History, 1994-2000 Director, Asian Studies Program, 1991-1993, 2003-04 Director, Peace Studies Program, 1993; Peace and Conflict Studies, 2007-08

__** Books **__ __Hiroshima: The World’s Bomb__ (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008)

__Comrades at Odds: The United States and India, 1947-1964__ (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000)

Editor, __Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Vietnam War Anthology__ (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991); revised edition (Wilmington: Scholarly Resources Press, 1999); third edition in preparation for Rowman and Littlefield

__The Path to Vietnam: Origins of the American Commitment to Southeast Asia__ (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987)

 __** Articles and Book Chapters **__ “The Cultural History of Foreign Relations,” in Karen Halttunen, ed., __A Companion to__ __American Cultural History__, (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2008), 425-36.

“Culture and the Cold War,” __New England Journal of History__ (Fall 2007), 175-89.

“Chronicle of a War Foretold: The United States and Vietnam 1945-1954,” in Fredrik Logevall and Mark Lawrence, eds., __The First Vietnam War: International Perspectives__ (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007), 282-306.

“Culture,” in Patrick Finney, ed., __Palgrave Advances in International History__ (London: Palgrave, 2005), 267-99.

“Gender, Expansionism, and Imperialism,” one of five methodological essays in Dennis Merrill and Thomas Paterson, eds., __Major Problems in American Foreign Relations__, volume 1, 6th edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005), 16-23.

Co-author (with Frank Costigliola), “Walter LaFeber: Scholar, Teacher, Intellectual,” __Diplomatic History__ (November 2004), 625-35. Costigliola and I co-edited this special issue of the journal.

“The Korean War: A Cold War Turning Point?”, __New England Journal of History__ (Fall 2003-Spring 2004), 69-79.

“Negotiated Hegemony: The United States and Southeast Asia, 1945-1960,” in Shoichi Watanabe, ed., __The End of Empire and the Transition of Hegemony in the Asia and Pacific Areas__, Report of 2003 Grant in Aid for Scientific Research by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Sendai, Japan, November 1-2, 2003, 22-40.

“The Role of Economic Culture in Victory and Defeat in Vietnam,” in Marc Jason Gilbert, ed., __Why the North Won the Vietnam War__ (New York: Palgrave, 2002), 201-17.

“Cold Warriors,” in Alexander DeConde, et. al., eds., __Encyclopedia of American Foreign__ __Policy__, second edition (New York: Scribner’s, 2002), 241-56.

“Saidism without Said: __Orientalism__ and U.S. Diplomatic History,” __American Historical__ __Review__ (October 2000), 1205-17.

“Christians, Muslims, and Hindus: Religion and U.S.-South Asian Relations, 1947-1954,” __Diplomatic History__ (Fall 2000), 593-613 (with three following commentaries).

“Feeding Beggars: Class, Caste, and Status in Indo-U.S. Relations, 1947-1964,” in Christian G. Appy, ed., __Cold War Constructions: The Political Culture of United States Imperialism, 1945-1963__ (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2000), 67-85. 

__** Articles and Book Chapters, continued **__ “Prelude to U.S. Combat Intervention,” one of ten interpretive essays in Stanley Kutler, ed., __Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War__ (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996), 444-58.

“Gender Relations, Foreign Relations: The United States and South Asia, 1947-1964,” __Journal of American History__ (September 1994), 518-42. Version reprinted in Peter L. Hahn and Mary Ann Heiss, eds., __Empire and Revolution__ (Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2001), 195-213.

“The Triangular Route to Vietnam: The United States, Great Britain, and Southeast Asia, 1945-1950,” __International History Review__ (August 1984), 404-23.

“‘Matilda for Gods Sake Write’: Women and Families on the Argonaut Mind,” __California__ __History__ (Summer 1979), 128-41.

__** Extended essays, Review essays, and Commentaries **__ “The Vietnam and Indochina Wars,” in Michael Kazin, ed., __The Princeton Encyclopedia__ __of United States Political History__ (Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming).

“South Asia,” in Richard Immerman and Petra Goedde, eds., __The Oxford Handbook of__ __the Cold War__ (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

“Commentary: Foreign Relations Biography and the Cultural Turn,” __Diplomatic History__ (November 2008), 773-78.

“The Sum of Our Hopes and Fears,” review of Jonathan Nashel, __Edward Lansdale’s Cold__ __War__, __Diplomatic History__ (January 2008), 159-63.

“If the patsy hadn’t got his man,” review of Howard Jones, __Death of a Generation__, __The__ __Times Literary Supplement__, July 25, 2003, 22.

“Would he have paid any price?”, review of Lawrence Freedman, __Kennedy’s Wars__, __The__ __Times Literary Supplement__, May 25, 2001, 12.

“Toughing it out,” review of David Kaiser, __American Tragedy__, __The Times Literary__ __Supplement__, September 29, 2000, 29-30.

“Operation Exculpation,” review of Robert Buzzanco, __Masters of War__, __Diplomatic__ __History__ (Fall 1997), 657-62.

 __** Extended essays, continued **__ Review of the New Museum of the John F. Kennedy Library, __Journal of American__ __History__ (June 1996), 162-66.

“In Retrospect: Harold R. Isaacs’ __Scratches on Our Minds: American Views of China and__ __India__,” __Reviews in American History__ (March 1996), 177-88.

“How Vietnam?”, review of Marilyn B. Young, __The Vietnam Wars__, __Diplomatic History__ (Summer 1993), 511-17.

“The United States and Revolutionary Cuba,” review of Morris H. Morley, __Imperial State and Revolution: The United States and Cuba, 1952-1986__, __Reviews in American History__ (December 1988), 636-42.

“Blunder Out of China,” review of Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, __Patterns in the Dust__, __Reviews in American History__ (June 1984), 266-73.

“A Spiritual Federation of the West: Speculation on the Origins of the North Atlantic Treaty,” __USA Today__ (November 1983), 62-64.

__** Papers Presented (Selected) **__ “Narratives of Bombing: Tokyo and Hiroshima, 1945,” Fulbright Lecture, Kitakyushu University, Fukuoka City, Japan, August 2, 2007

“Religious Typology and American Foreign Relations,” keynote address (one of three) at American Studies Summer Seminar, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, July 27, 2007

“The Hiroshima Bombing and International History: Science, Ethics, and Culture,” Fitchburg State College, April 10, 2007; Nanzan University, July 13, 2006; Hiroshima Peace Institute, May 24, 2004; University of Minnesota, April 25, 2003

“Just and Unjust Wars: The American Experience, 1899-2004,” Osaka [Japan] University of Foreign Studies, July 14, 2006

“American Studies and U.S. Foreign Relations: Can the Twains Meet?”, Nanzan University, July 13, 2006

“The United States, Europe, and the Vietnam War,” London Metropolitan University, March 29, 2006

“The Tonkin Gulf and Iraq War Resolutions,” luncheon presentation (one of three), Peace Studies Program, Cornell University, September 2, 2004 

__** Papers presented, continued **__ “The Culture of U.S. Foreign Relations,” address (one of three) at Plenary Session, Conference of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), Austin, Texas, June 26, 2004

“Negotiated Hegemony: The United States and Southeast Asia, 1945-1960,” keynote address (one of three) to the Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Western History, Sendai, Japan, May 21, 2004

“Economic Culture and the Vietnam War,” Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, February 25, 2002

“Economics and the Vietnam War,” annual Marjorie Mayrock Lecture, Ithaca College, April 11, 2001

“The Culturalist Challenge to Diplomatic History,” Joint History-Political Science Seminar, Rutgers University, February 27, 2001

“Economic Culture: Why the North Won,” Gettysburg College Conference on “Why the North Won the Vietnam War,” October 27, 2000

“‘National Character’ and Culturalist Diplomatic History: Indo-U.S. Relations and Ideas about Space,” SHAFR Conference, Princeton University, June 26, 1999

“Ideologies of Governance and Diplomatic Discord in U.S.-India Relations,” SUNY-Cortland, April 9, 1998

“Culture and U.S. Foreign Relations,” Foreign Policy Workshop, Mershon Center, The Ohio State University, April 8, 1997

“Religion and U.S.-South Asia Relations, 1947-1964,” Foreign Policy Seminar, University of Connecticut, October 4, 1996

“Homo Hierarchicus: Class, Caste, and Status in Indo-U.S. Relations, 1947-1964,” SHAFR Conference, University of Colorado, June 22, 1996

“Race Matters: The United States and India during the Nehru Years,” SHAFR Conference, Vassar College, June 17, 1992

“Working in the Archives: The United States,” panel discussion at the National Archives of India, New Delhi, December 5, 1984  “Another Root of Vietnam: The United States, Great Britain, and Southeast Asia, 1945-1950,” SHAFR Conference, Catholic University, August 6, 1983

__** Awards, Honors, and Fellowships Held **__ Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer, Japan, July-August 2007

Charles A. Dana Professorship, Colgate University, named January 2006

Mellon Faculty Exchange Professor, Hamilton College, fall 2005

Colgate Senior Class Award for Distinction in Teaching and Service, 2005

Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, 2004-2010

Major Grant, Colgate University, 1997-1998

Senior Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, 1990-1991

Picker Research Fellowship, Colgate University, 1990-1991

Research Associate, Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California-Berkeley, 1987, 1989, 1991

Research Grant, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, Independence, Missouri, 1987

Fellow, Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi, India, 1984-1985

Albert J. Beveridge Research Grant, American Historical Association, 1984

Fellowship, Center for Research in International Studies, Stanford University, 1980

David M. Potter Award, Stanford University Department of History, 1978-1979

Junior Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies, Menlo Park, California, 1978

Graduate Fellowship-Assistantship, Stanford University, 1975-1979

__** Book Reviews **__ Reviews published in __America__, __American Historical Review__, __H-Diplo__, __International History Review__, __Journal of American History__, __Journal of Asian Studies__, __Pacific Historical Review__, __Passport__, __Political Science Quarterly__, __Slavic Review__, and __Technology and Culture__ 

__** Professional Service **__ Vice President, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), 2009 (will succeed to presidency, 2010) Committee on Women and Gender, SHAFR, 2007-10 Executive Council, SHAFR, 2003-06 Pelzer Article Prize Committee, Organization of American Historians, 2003-07 Ferrell Book Prize Committee, SHAFR, 2002-05 (chair 2003-05) Program Committee, SHAFR Conference, 2001 Selection Committee, __Diplomatic History__ editorship, 2001 Board of Editors, __Diplomatic History__, 1997-2000 __** Conference Panel Participation **__ Participant, roundtable “Is SHAFR Sexist?”, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) Conference, Columbus, OH, June 27, 2008 Commentator, panel “China Stories: Academic History, Popular History, and Their Politics,” American Historical Association Conference, Washington, January 6, 2008 Chair and commentator, panel “Foreign Policy, the Vietnam War, and the Environment: Chemical Defoliation Across Decades and Borders,” SHAFR Conference, Chantilly, VA, June 23, 2007 Chair, plenary session on the Pacific Rim, Organization of American Historians (OAH) Conference, San Francisco, March 31, 2005 Chair, panel “Defending America Abroad: Promoters and Dissenters,” OAH Conference, Boston, March 2004 Chair and commentator, panel “Christian Globalism and the Dilemmas of American Empire,” SHAFR Conference, George Washington University, June 2003 Chair and commentator, panel “Manifest Domesticity: Domestic Discourse in the Contact Zones of Frontier and Empire,” SHAFR Conference, George Washington University, June 2003 Chair and commentator, panel “Wives and Widows in U.S. Foreign Relations,” SHAFR Conference, American University, June 2001 Commentator, panel “Telling the American Story: Cultural Presentations of the Cold War in Asia,” SHAFR Conference, Princeton University, June 1999 Chair, panel “Japan and the United States View Each Other,” OAH Conference, Toronto, April 1999 Commentator, panel “Masculinity and Empire: U.S. Relations with South Vietnam in the 1960s,” SHAFR Conference, University of Colorado, June 1996 Chair and commentator, panel “Redefining American Identity: U.S. Citizens in the Early Cold War,” OAH Conference, Chicago, March 1996 Chair, panel “Both Ends of the Telescope: The United States and Asia Perceived,” SHAFR Conference, University of Virginia, June 1993 

__** Other Professional Responsibilities **__ Article Referee, __Journal of American History__, __Diplomatic History__, __Pacific Historical Review__, __Conflict Quarterly__, __Journal of Southeast Asian Studies__ Manuscript Referee, Cornell University Press, St. Martin’s Press, Harvard University Press, University of Massachusetts Press, University of Oklahoma Press, Houghton Mifflin, Blackwell, Scholarly Resources, Oxford University Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, Palgrave Honors examiner, Swarthmore College, 1993, 1997 Tenure referee, Williams College, 1993; The Ohio State University, 2003; St. Lawrence University, 2003, 2008; Brandeis University, 2004; Temple University, 2005; Colorado State University, 2005 Promotion referee, Vassar College, 2001; Cornell University, 2002; Rutgers University, 2008 Interviewed re: Vietnam War on __Talking History__ radio program, May 2000 Quoted on Vietnam and Iraq Wars in Philadelphia __Daily News__ and __Newsday__, April 2003 Interviewed re: atomic bombing of Hiroshima on KCBS radio (San Francisco), March 2008, Irish National Radio, April 2008, Paul Adams Show, Australian Broadcast Corporation Radio, November 2008

__** Professional Organizations **__ American Historical Association Organization of American Historians Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations