WILLIAM D. HOOVER

Professor of History

The University of Toledo

 

 

Degrees, places, and dates:

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1973 (History)

Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, 1966-1967

C.I.C. Language Institute, University of Minnesota, Summer 1966

M.A., University of Michigan, 1965 (Japanese Studies)

C.I.C. Language Institute, Indiana University, Summer 1964

B.A., Muskingum College, 1963 (History & Mathematics)

 

Teaching, research, and administrative experience:

Professor, University of Toledo, 1985-present

Professor, Indiana University, East Asian Studies Center “Seminar on Teaching about Asia”

Spring 2001, Spring 2003

Visiting Research Professor, Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku, (Tokyo) 1994-96

Chairman, Department of History, University of Toledo, 1979-1994

Visiting Professor, Bowling Green State University, Winter 1987

Visiting Research Professor, Tokyo University, 1977-78

Associate Professor, University of Toledo, 1976-1985

Visiting Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Winter 1975

Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, 1973-1976

Instructor, University of Toledo, 1968-1973

 

Grants and fellowships:

Center for Japanese Studies Fellowship (University of Michigan), 1963-1964

National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship (University of Michigan), 1964-1968

Summer Faculty Fellowship, University of Toledo, 1974, "Pacifism in Twentieth Century Japan: An Examination of Men, Organizations, Ideas, Methods, and Results of Japanese Antiwar Movements"

University of Toledo, Small Grants, 1975, "The Japanese Response to the Locarno Peace Settlement"

Sabbatical leave, University of Toledo, Spring quarter, 1977, "But not through War: Twentieth Century Japanese Dissent to Military Solutions"

H.E.W.: Office of Education, Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Grant, summer 1977, "Internationalism in Early Twentieth Century Japan: The Search for Non-Military Solutions"

CIES: Fulbright-Hays Advanced Research, Tokyo University, 1977-1978, "Twentieth Century Japanese Dissent to Military Solutions" (September 1977-August 1978)

Sabbatical leave, University of Toledo, Spring Quarter, 1988, "Kiyoshi Kawakami, Japan's Interpreter to America"

Sabbatical leave, University of Toledo, 1994-95 AY, "Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami (1873-1949): A Bridge between Japan and America"

Summer Faculty Fellowship, University of Toledo, 1995, "Japanese-American Relations (1913-40) as Seen Through Kawakami Kiyoshi's Japanese Newspaper Articles"

The Japan Foundation, Research Fellow, 1995-96 "Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami (1873-1949): Building a Bridge between Japan and America"

Kohler International Research & Teaching Grant, 2000 & 2002, UT support travel and research in Japan

 

 


Publications:

"Godai Tomoatsu (1836-1885): An Economic Statesman of Early Meiji Japan," (Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Michigan, 1973).

"Crisis Resolution in Early Meiji Diplomatic Relations: The Role of Godai Tomoatsu," Journal of Asian History 9, no. 1 (1975): 57-81.

"From Xenophobe to Business Leader, Shibusawa Eiichi," in Great Historical Figures of Japan, edited by the Japan Cultural Institute (Tokyo, 1978), 284-95.

"Nihon to kokusai shugi," (日本と国際主義) Kokusai kōryū semina 1978, (国際交流セミナ 1978) "International Interchange Seminar, 1978") Tokyo: Japan Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1979, 33-36.

"Nihon to kokusai shugi: Momotarō no mondai to torikumu," (日本と国際主義:桃太郎の問題と

取り組む) 9th International Exchange Seminar, Japan Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1980.

"Nitobe Inazō," Biographical Dictionary of Internationalists (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983), 542-43.

"Furukawa Ichibei," Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1983) 2, 372-73.

"Godai Tomoatsu," Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1983) 3, 39.

"Shibusawa Eiichi: Nihon jitsugyōkai no so," (渋沢栄一:日本実業界の祖) Shihonshugi no senkusha (資本主義の先駆者) Vol. 6 of Nihon no riidaa (日本のリーダー) Tokyo: T.B.S. Britannica, 1983, 175-224.

Regional Editor, Biographical Dictionary of Modern Peace Leaders (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985); author of "Gilbert Bowles," 103-104; "Kashiwagi Gien," 490-92; "Kawai Michi," 494-95; "Kiryū Yūyū," 511-12; "Saitō Takao," 832-33; "Yabe Kiyoshi," 1039-40.

Review of William D. Wray's Mitsubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870-1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984), in The Journal of Asian Studies 45, no. 4 (August 1986): 867-868.

Review of Millicent Anne Gates and E. Bruce Geelhoed's The Dragon and the Snake:  An American Account of the Turmoil in China, 1976-1977 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986), in The Journal of American History (December 1987): 1103.

Review of Martin E. Weinstein's The Human Face of Japan's Leadership: Twelve Portraits (New York: Praeger, 1989), in The Journal of Asian Studies 50, no. 1 (February 1991): 170-71.

Review of Frederic Trautmann's With Perry to Japan: A Memoir by William Heine (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990), in The Journal of American History (Sept. 1991): 670-71.

Editor (with Melvin Small), Give Peace a Chance; Exploring the Vietnam Antiwar Movement (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1992).

Reprint of Furukawa and Godai articles in Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1993.

Review of John P. Powelson's Centuries of Economic Endeavor: Parallel Paths in Japan and Europe and Their Contrast with the Third World (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994), in the Historian 58, no. 1 (Autumn 1995): 195-95.

"The Japanese Journalist K. K. Kawakami Evaluates International Organizations in Early Showa Japan: Idealism Shrouded in Pessimism," Waseda Daigaku, Shakai Kagaku Kenkyūjo Shiriizu No. 35, 早稲田大学社会科学研究所・研究シリーズ 35, (August 1996): 17-49.

“Jyānarisuto Kawakami Kiyoshi no mita NichiBei kankei,” (ジャーナリスト河上清の見た日米関係 The Journalist Kawakami Kiyoshi Views Japanese-American Relations) Newsletter from Asakawa Research Committee 朝河貫一研究会ニユース, No. 26 (September 1996), 1-2.

“Toledo-Toyohashi Sister City Agreement good for Both Cities,” (“Subarashii shimai toshi teikei” 素晴しい姉妹都市提携), Toyohashi Communi Station, Vol. 44 (August 2000), 1-3.

“Shibusawa Eiichi: The Businessman as Public Figure,” Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry, (March/April 2002), 32-35.

 

Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2003.

       (Book under contract with Scarecrow Press, a division of Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group)

Kawakami Kiyoshi: Interpreter of Japanese-American Relations (book in progress)

Papers presented at scholarly conferences:

"A Re-examination of Early Meiji Entrepreneurship Through the Career of Godai Tomoatsu," Midwest Japan Seminar, Indiana University, March 16, 1974

"Godai Tomoatsu and the Introduction of Western Ideas and Procedures: A Nineteenth Century Japanese Response to Scientific and Technological Change," Regional Conference of the International Society for Comparative Study of Civilization, Eastern Kentucky University, March 20-22, 1974

"Crisis Resolution in Early Meiji Diplomatic Relations: The Role of Godai Tomoatsu," Ohio Academy of History, Columbus, April 6, 1974

"The Japanese Response to the Locarno Peace Settlement," Conference on European Security in the Locarno Era at Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, North Carolina, October 16-18, 1975

"Godai Tomoatsu and the Application of Technology in Early Meiji Japan," Ohio Academy of History, Columbus, Ohio, April 24, 1976

"The Japan Peace Society (1906-1924): An Effort in Internationalism," 29th annual international convention of the Association for Asian Studies, New York, March 25-27, 1977

"Japan's Search for a Place in the Modern International World: Some Historical Reflections on the Contemporary Scene," Mizuno Simultaneous Interpretation Institute, Tokyo, February 17 & 24, 1978

"The Rising Sun Should Be Part of the World: Encouraging Japan to be More International," Mizuno Simultaneous Interpretation Institute, March 24, 1978, Tokyo.  (This presentation was filmed and shown on Japan's educational television network.)

"A Look at Japanese Education," lecture delivered to the Japan Association of Current English (Nihon Jiji Eigo Gakkai), Tokyo, June 2, 1978

"Nihon no kyōiku ikken: Watakushitachi no keiken," ("A Look at Japanese Education: Our Experiences,") speech in Japanese to Hachimanyama Shōgakkō, Tokyo, July 19, 1978

"Nihon to kokusai shugi: Momotarō no mondai to torikumu," ("Japan and Internationalism: Wrestling with the Momotarō Problem") 9th International Student Conference sponsored by the Japan Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Saitama, Japan, July 9, 1978

"Tagawa Daikichirō (1869-1947): Advocate of Disarmament, Internationalism, and Social Reform," (Midwest Japan Seminar & Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Ohio State University, November 3, 1979

"Some Perspectives on Asian-American Relations," keynote speaker for the opening convocation on Asia at Muskingum College, September 1, 1983

"An American's Perspective on the History of Sino-American Relations," paper at South China Normal University, Canton, China, September 15, 1987 and China National Institute for Minorities, September 18, 1987

"Teaching Chinese History in an American University," South China Normal University, Canton, China, September 16, 1987

"Kawakami Kiyoshi and Historical Methodology," Ōbirin Daigaku, Tokyo, November 8, 1994

"The State of Japanese Studies in the U.S.," (in Japanese) Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku, Tokyo, December 14, 1994

"Japanese-American Relations in the Prewar Period: Kawakami Kiyoshi Views Pacific Rim Relations," University of Guam, MARC, March 8, 1995

"Kawakami Kiyoshi Assists Shibusawa Eiichi in Japanese-American Relations," (in Japanese) Shibusawa Eiichi Kenkyūkai, Tokyo, April 8, 1995

"The Journalist Kawakami Kiyoshi and Prewar Japanese-American Relations," International Christian University, Tokyo, April 20, 1995

"A Forgotten Journalist: Kawakami Kiyoshi," (in Japanese) Nihon Masu Komyunikeshon Gakkai, Tokyo, May 13, 1995

"The Journalist Kawakami Kiyoshi Interprets Japan's Relations with the United States: International Tones in a Nationalistic Era," 48th annual international convention of the Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 11-14, 1996

"Kawakami Kiyoshi: A Prewar Japanese Journalist's Views of China and Japan's Role in That Country," Tōhō Gakkai Conference, Tokyo, May 11, 1996

"Kawakami Kiyoshi: A Prewar Liberal Journalist's Struggle to Give Japan International Respectability," invited lecture to the Asiatic Society of Japan in Tokyo, May 13, 1996

Oral book review of Tamura Norio (ed.), Seigi wa waga ni ari: ZaiBei Nikkei jyaanarisuto gunzō (“Justice is Ours: Japanese Journalists Residing in the United States”) Nikkei Shimbun Kenkyūkai, Tokyo, June 15, 1996

"Nihon no jyānarisuto Kawakami Kiyoshi no mita senzen no NichiBei kankei: Gojūnenkan no kansatsu," ("The Japanese Journalist Kawakami Kiyoshi Interprets Prewar Japanese-American Relations: A Fifty Year View") lecture to the Asakawa Kan'ichi Kenkyūkai at Waseda University, Tokyo, July 6, 1996

“Twenty Years of ‘Military Intelligence’: The FBI and MID Surveillance of Kiyoshi K. Kawakami and His Views on U.S.-Japan Relations,” at a joint session of the Midwest Japan Seminar and the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs at Michigan State University, September 25, 1999

 

Positions, honors, and professional & community service:

Edited "The United Nations and the United States," Report of Proceedings of the Initial Annual Conference of the Center for International Studies, May 25, 1972

Panelist "Japan: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," The University of Toledo, March 7, 1973

Organized University Forum TV program "The Philippines,"  (Channel 30) (with Visiting Professor Napoleon Casambre), July 1974

Lecture "Japan in the Modern World," Collingwood Presbyterian Church, March 13, 1975

Conference on Peace Research in History, Secretary-Treasurer 1975 to 1983 (joint with Charles DeBenedetti) 1975-1979

Colloquium (with Charles DeBenedetti), "The United States and Japan and Their Reaction to the Locarno Peace Settlement," Behavioral and Social Science Research Club, October 5, 1975

President of The Japan Cultural Society (Toledo) 1975-1976 and Adviser it, 1976-1980

Moderator "What's Happening Now in Japan," The Japanese Cultural Society, March 14, 1976

Participant in two-day seminar on "International Conciliation," at Daigaku Seminar House (Hachiōji, Japan), October 15-16, 1977

Participant in 23rd International Congress of Orientalists in Japan sponsored by the Tōhō Gakkai (Tokyo, Japan), June 16-17, 1978

Presented slide presentation "Sumō: A Traditional Link to Modern Japan," to Phi Alpha Theta luncheon group, Fall, 1978

Panelist, "The United States and Asia," Asian Studies Committee presentation, November 15, 1978

Dinner speaker for the Council on World Affairs on "Japan-The Changing Scene," January 21, 1979

Panelist (with Professors Charles DeBenedetti and George Jan) for "U.S.-China-Japan: The New Triangular Relationship," Behavioral and Social Science Research Club, February 22, 1979

Helped organize & host Ninth Ohio Asianist Conference (University of Toledo), October 6, 1979

Presented lectures "Chinese Perceptions of the United States," and "Continuity and Change in China under Communism," at the First Unitarian Church, October 23, and November 23, 1979

Addressed a group of Japanese Educators visiting The University of Toledo on "Nihon to kokusai kyōiku," ("Japan and International Education,"), August 5, 1980

Presentation on James Clavell's Shōgun to the University Women's Club, October 9, 1980

Lecture to the Comparative International Education Class at Adrian College on "Japanese Education: Past and Present," February 7, 1981

Lecture, "Japan Today," Toledo Compass Club, February 19, 1981

Lecture, "Japan Today: A Message For the United States from Japan," to the Monroe Street United Methodist Church, March 5, 1981

Presentation to Faculty Research Coffee Hour, "Internationalists in Pre-war Japan: Some Alternative Views," March 11, 1981

College of Arts and Sciences' Winter Quarter Commencement address, "The Student as Teacher: Some Lessons From Japan," March 21, 1981

Lecture, "What We Can Learn from Japan," to the Washington Congregational Church, April 4, 1981

Lecture, "Japan Today," Toledo Compass Club, July 1, 1981

Prepared and hosted "Japan: The Changing Tradition," sixteen one hour TV programs about modern Japan for the UTen channel, Summer and Fall 1981

Slide-lecture, "Sumō: A Traditional Link to Modern Japan," Toledo Compass Club, February 13, 1982

Lecture, "U.S.-Japan Relations: Opportunities Unlimited," to the First Unitarian Church, January 30, 1983

North Central Evaluation of DeVilbiss High School's Department of History, February 14-15, 1983

Panelist, "Promoting Partnership with Japanese Business," Symposium sponsored by the International Business Institute, The University of Toledo, December 5, 1983

Lecture, "Contemporary Japan: Insight Through Education," Temple B'nai Israel, February 12, 1984

Lecture, "Understanding Contemporary Japan's Social and Economic Problems," Mensa dinner speaker, February 18, 1984

Panelist, "An Analysis of 'A Nation at Risk'," Muskingum College Alumni College, June 9, 1984

Slide-lecture, "Katsura Villa: Perfect Blend of Man and Nature," Toledo Compass Club, March 9, 1985

Discussant, "Foreign Policies and Military Strategies of Asian Countries," Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Miami University, October 11-13, 1985

Lecture, "Unfamiliar Glimpses of Japan: Social-Cultural Aspects," Toledo Compass Club, November 21, 1985

Consultant, "Japan: A Sense of Beauty," Toledo Museum of Art, April 13-May 4, 1986

Slide-lecture, "Life in Hachimanyama: An In-depth Look at Japan," West Park Place, November 12, 1986

Lecture, "Cambodia Past, Kampuchea Now," First Unitarian Church, January 25, 1987

Lecture, "Graduate Studies in History in the United States," at South China Normal University, Canton, China, September 17, 1987

Lecture, "Affairs Chinese," Monroe Street United Methodist Church, Toledo, November 1, 1987

Lecture, "Perceptions of China," Phi Alpha Theta Colloquium, November 5, 1987

Lecture, "History of Japan and Its Peoples," Smith Road Elementary School, November 9, 1987

Lecture, "Pearl Harbor, A Historian's Perspective," Maumee Valley High Twelve Club, December 7, 1987

Lecture, "Contemporary China: Its People and Society," American Legion, Toledo Post No. 335, January 8, 1988

Lecture, "A Look at China Today," Compass Club, March 17, 1988

Lecture, "American Surveillance of the Japanese: Kiyoshi Kawakami (1873-1949), A Case Study," Faculty Lunch Discussion, December 6, 1988

Lecture, "Japan's Business and Trade," Gibsonburg Sorosis Club, March 14, 1989

Co-organizer (with Mel Small) of DeBenedetti Conference, "Vietnam Antiwar Movement Conference: The Charles DeBenedetti Memorial Conference," University of Toledo, May 4-5, 1990

Organized forum "Pacific Rim," University of Toledo, December 4, 1991

North Central Evaluation Team member, Start High School, October 7-8, 1992

North Central Evaluation Team member, Libbey High School, November 12-13, 1992

Lecture, "Japan in Perspective," AAUW, Sylvania, February 25, 1993

Organized and taught "Japan, China, & Korea Teachers' Workshop," University of Toledo, June 14-18, 1993

Interviewed on WSPD's Maggie Moore Show on "Japan Today," August 30, 1994

Lecture, "Rice Paddies: A Comparative Language Learning Experience," Nagoya Gakuin Daigaku, Nagoya, Japan, May 24, 1995

Presentation to NHK (Japan National Broadcasting Company) International Training Program employees on "Japanese-American Mutual Understanding," Tokyo, January 30, May 22, 1996

Lecture, "Prewar Japanese-American Relations: Insights and Interpretations of the Journalist Kawakami Kiyoshi," Unitarian Fellowship of Tokyo, May 12, 1996

Dinner speaker, "Images of Japan," Nakama: The 14th American-Japanese Business Dinner, Bowling Green State University, November 7, 1996

Talk, “Adventures in Tokyo,” First Presbyterian Church of Maumee, Ohio, February 25, 1997

Talk, “U.S.-Japanese Relations in the 1990s: A Contemporary Look,” Monroe Street United Methodist Church, April 27, 1997

Presentation, “U.S.-Japanese Relations in the 1990s: Perspectives of the Journalist Kawakami Kiyoshi (1873-1949),” University of Toledo, Interfaith Luncheon Group, May 13, 1997

Interview, “Reflections on Japan,” in Life in the Past Lane (Vol. 7, Spring 1997)

Discussant and adviser to The Saturday Academy of the Humanities 2000 Program for the

        presentation, “Discovering Japan,” November 22, 1997

Presentation on “Living and Doing Research in Tokyo,” to Master Teacher Group, Dec 5, 1997

Spoke to the Toledo International Club on “Tokyo,” February 22, 1998

Lectured multiple times to the Sakae Program, University of Toledo, August 1997, June 1999

Discussant for panel on “Institution of World Order” at joint conference sponsored by The Asian Studies Program of the State University of New York at Buffalo and The University of Toronto-York University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies on “East Asian Perspectives on World Order in the Twentieth Century,” Buffalo, New York, May 8-9, 1998

Helped organize Conference “The Work of Justice and Peace Today: Reflections on the Life and

Work of Charles DeBenedetti” Corpus Christi University Parish, October 30, 1998

Roundtable participant, “World War II and the Japanese Textbook Issue,” Midwest Conference on            Asian Affairs, Indiana University, October 8, 2001

Roundtable participant, “Okinawa – Whose Colony?” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs,            Wittenberg University, September 29, 2002

 

Selected as Master Teacher for College of Arts & Sciences 1997-1999

Selected as Master Teacher for College of Arts & Sciences 1999-2001

 

Chair of Toledo-Toyohashi Sister City Committee 2000-present

Member of Toledo Sister City International advisory committee 2000-present

Executive Committee of the Midwest Japan Seminar 2000-2003

Program Committee of the Ohio Academy of History 2000-2001

 

Courses taught:

"Modern Japanese History" (4740/5740)

"Modern Chinese History" (4720/5720)

"Modern Southeast Asian History" (4760/5760)

"Diplomatic History of Modern Asia" (4780/5780)

"Japan and World War II" (2700)

“Postwar Japan” (2710)

“History of Tokyo” (2720)

"The Contemporary World" (1070)

"East Asia to 1800" (1080)

"East Asia from 1800" (1090)

"Modern Japanese History Through Literature: Sex, Sake and the Single Samurai" (Honors 402)

"Japanese Literature in Translation" (Bowling Green State University, Japan 480)

"Proseminar - Japan" (6920/8920:75)

"Seminar - Japan" (6930/8930:75)

"Readings in Modern East Asian History" (6990/8990:75)

 

Travel and languages:

Language training & research, Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies in Tokyo, 1966-67

Fulbright Research Scholar in Japan, Tokyo University, April 1977 through September 1978

Lecture & educational tour, the People's Republic of China & Hong Kong, September 1-25, 1987

Research in Japan and visit to Korea, June-July, 1992

Sabbatical research in Tokyo, Japan, September 1994 - August 1995

Japan Foundation Research Fellow, Tokyo, September 1995 - September 1996

Japan Travel: February 1999, April 2000, July-August 2000, December 2001, & April 2002

 

 

Department, college and university service:

History Department

Chairman, Department of History, 1979-1994

Acting Graduate Adviser, Summer 1988-1993

Executive Committee 1970-1971, 1972-1975, 1978-1979

Curriculum Committee 1970-1974, 1975-1979, 1999-2000

Executive Committee, Forum for History and Business, 1987-93

Personnel Committee 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01

Graduate Committee 1997-2001

Scholarship Committee 1996-2001

Computer and Technology Committee 2000-2001

 

Arts and Sciences College

Arts and Sciences Council, 1973-1983, 1985-1988, 1989-1990

Chairman, Arts and Sciences Council, 1982-1983

Chairman, Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 1975-1976

Committee on International Studies, 1972-1992

Committee on Asian Studies, 1972-2001

Deans Search Committee, 1989

College Committee on Academic Personnel, 2000-2002

 

University

Faculty Conference Council, 1989-1991; (Chair 1990-91)

Faculty Senate, 1980-1983, 1984-1987, 1988-1994; 2000-2001

Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee, 2000-001

Graduate Council, 1979-1984, 1986-1989

Academic Affairs Committee Chairman, 1981-1983

Distinguished University Professor Committee, 1985-1988

Special University Committee to review dismissal of faculty, 1987

Scholarship Committee, 1983-1986, 1987-1993; 2000-2001

Honorary Degrees Committee, 1980-1984

Honors Day Committee, 1984-1987

Foreign Language Program Review Committee, 1983-1985

Humanities in Business Program Committee, 1983-1985

Member of Program Review Committee for Department of Humanities and Social

Sciences at University Community and Technical College 1997-98

Special Hearing committee appointed by the Faculty Senate to investigate the

issue of a “hit list” by the Interim Dean of the Education College, Fall 1999

Police, Parking & Traffic Committee, 1997-2001

North Central Review, Mission Committee, 2000-2001

 

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