University of California, Berkeley, Institute of East Asian Studies records, 1978-2006.

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University of California, Berkeley, Institute of East Asian Studies records, 1978-2006.

Includes professional correspondence covering departmental issues such as funding and computer equipment, conferences, committees, meetings, class schedules, notes on books written by Professor Frederic E. Wakeman, visiting lecture opportunities, professional and personal appointments, invitations, thank you notes, travel details, and other documents detailing the establishment and operation of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The records were created under the auspices of the first Director of the Institute, Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr. Professor Wakeman also writes candidly to his friends and associates regarding his personal life issues; i.e., his second marriage and two children, the divorce, his father and mother's health issues and deaths, his father's fame as a poet, his back surgery and resultant paralysis, the difficulty of traveling world-wide as a disabled person and his third and final marriage.

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Wakeman, Frederic E.

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Frederic E. Wakeman served as a Professor in the University of California, Berkeley, Department of History and in the Institute of East Asian Studies (and its precursors) from 1965 until shortly before his death in 2006. From the description of Frederic E. Wakeman papers, 1965-2005 (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 442055727 ...

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The Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, was established in 1978. It comprises five research and instructional centers & programs, including the Center for Chinese Studies, the Center for Japanese Studies, the Center for Korean Studies, the Group in Asian Studies, and the Group in Buddhist Studies. From the description of University of California, Berkeley, Institute of East Asian Studies records, 1978-2006. (University of California, Berkele...

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