Harold Bolitho
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Harold Bolitho is an Australian academic, who has been a tenured Professor of Japanese History at Harvard University since 1985.[1]
Bolitho was formerly a member of the faculty of Monash University[1] and he taught at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Bolitho was a Visiting Professor at the Research Institute for Humanities at Kyoto University in 1989;[2] and he has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.[3]
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[edit] Japanese studies
The post-war development of Japanese studies in English-speaking countries is characterized by unexpected growth.[4]
Bolitho's identifies his current research interests as including Tokugawa institutions, the Bakumatsu and the Meiji Restoration period with emphasis on regionalism.[5] In his 1969 doctoral dissertation at Yale University, "The Fudai Daimyo and the Tokogawa Settlement," in which he developed his point-of-view about the fudai daimyo in the bakufu. On the basis of his research, he argued that it was their collective power and competing interests which prevented the accumulation of unfettered power in the central government. He argued that "historians, believing too readily that the fudai were more bureaucrats than barons, have ... assumed that they were the model servants of cetnralized feudalism" and that "an examination of their roles supports no such belief."[6]
In addition to his own work, Bolitho has been an editor of Brill Publishers' series, the Japanese Studies Library. The publisher's series includes monographs on substantial subjects, thematic collections of articles, handbooks, text editions, and translations.[7]
[edit] Australian studies
In commemoration of the United States bicentennial celebrations in 1976, the Australian government provided funding for an endowed chair in Australian studies at Harvard. This faculty position which is supported by the Australian endowment is one which rotates yearly among different departments, and former chair holders have come to Harvard from a number of disciplines. This investment in Harvard encouraged an expanded interest in Australian studies. As an Australian, it was an easy fit for Bolitho to have served as chair of the Committee on Australian Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.[8]
[edit] Selected publications
Japanese studies
- Bolitho, Harold. (2003). Bereavement and Consolation: Testimonies from Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press. 10-ISBN 0-300-09798-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-300-09798-6 (cloth)
- __________. (2003) "Book Review: Titia: The First Western Woman in Japan by Rene P. Bersma," Pacific Affairs, Vol. 76, No. 4. pp. 662-663. University of British Columbia. HTML reprint distributed by Thomson Gale.
- __________. (2000). "Book Review: French Policy: Towards the Bakufu and Meiji Japan 1854-95 by Richard Sims," Pacific Affairs, Vol. 73, No. 1, p. 126. University of British Columbia. HTML reprint distributed by Thomson Gale.
- __________. (1999). "The Han," Early Modern Japan: Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. 4 (John Whitney Hall, ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- __________. (1989). "The Tempo Crisis," The Nineteenth Century: Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. 5 (Marius Jansen, ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- __________ and Alan Rix. (1981). A Northern Prospect: Australian Papers on Japan : Papers from the 1st Conference of Japanese Studies Association of Australia . Canberra: Australian National University Press. 10-ISBN 0-959-43910-2; 13-ISBN 978-0-959-43910-6
- __________. (1983). Two lectures on Japanese history.Sydney: Centre for Asian Studies, University of Sydney Press. ASIN B0007BQVKK
- __________. (1977). Meiji Japan. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publishing Group. 13-ISBN 978-0-521-20922-9 (cloth) -- 10-ISBN 0-822-51219-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-822-51219-6 (library)
- __________. (1976). Japanese kingship. ASIN B0007C4AJI
- __________. (1974). Treasures Among Men: The Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press. 10-ISBN 0-300-01655-7; 13-ISBN 978-0-300-01655-0
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- Beasley, W.G. "Book Reviews: Treasures among Men. The Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan by Harold Bolitho." Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Autumn, 1974), pp. 180-181.
Australian studies
- Bolitho, Harold, ed. (1999). Approaching Australia: Papers from the Harvard Australian Studies Symposium. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-04189-5; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-04189-9 (cloth) -- 10-ISBN 0-674-04190-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-04190-5 (paper)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Georges, Christopher et al. "Waiting for the White Smoke: A Peek at Harvard's Tenure Searches," Harvard Crimson. December 1, 1984.
- ^ Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, faculty bio
- ^ Lecure: Leviathans of the Floating World: Sumo Wrestlers and the Japanese Print, Columbia (2005).
- ^ Bolitho, Harold (1998). "Tokugawa Japan: the Return of the Other, The Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States, p. 85-114.
- ^ Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, faculty bio
- ^ Schulman, Frank Joseph. (1970). Japan and Korea: An Annotated Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations in Western Languages, 1877-1969, p. 71 (Bolitho 542)
- ^ Hardacre, Helen, ed. (1998) The Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States, p. 394.
- ^ Peterson, Susan. "Chair Turns 20." Harvard Gazette. May 15, 1997.
- Hardacre, Helen, ed. (1998). The Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States, Leiden: Brill Publishers. 13-ISBN 978-9-004-10981-0 10-ISBN 9-004-10981-1; 13-ISBN 978-9-004-10981-0 (cloth)
- Schulman, Frank Joseph. (1970). Japan and Korea: An Annotated Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations in Western Languages, 1877-1969. London: [Routledge]. ISBN 0-714-62691-0
