Franklin M. Doeringer
                                    Personal Information
 
 
                               Brief Resume  

Higher Education 

  • PhD, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, 1971
  • BA, History and Oriental Studies, Columbia College, 1962
Academic Positions 
  • Professor of History and Asian Studies, Lawrence University, 1989-1997
  • Assistant and Associate Professor of History, Lawrence University, 1972-1989
  • Assistant Professor of Chinese, Columbia University, 1971-1972
 Select Academic and Professional Service 
  • Co-chair, History Editorial Panel, Merlot Project, 2001-2002
  • Chair, Lawrence History Department, 1982-1986, 1997-1999, 2001
  • Chair, Lawrence East Asian Department, 1989-1997
  •  Member, ACM/GLCA History Conference Committee 1987-88
  •  Director, Lawrence Freshman Studies Program, 1986-1988
  •  Coordinator, Lawrence Humanities Program, 1974-1975
  •  Member ACM-GLCA East Asian Studies Advisory Board, 1973-1979
  •  Acting Chair Columbia College Committee on Oriental Studies, 1971-1972
Professional Memberships 
  • Association for Asian Studies 
  • International Society for Chinese Philosophy
  •  American Historical Association
Teaching and Research Interests 
  • Chinese Intellectual History 
  • East Asian History
  • Global History and Globalization
Honors and Awards 
  • Lawrence Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999
  • Lawrence Outstanding Young Teacher, 1976
  • Columbia College Taraknath Das Prize in Oriental Studies, 1962
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1962
Select Publications 
  • "Oracle and Symbol in the Redaction of the I Ching," Philosophy East and 
    • West, vol. XXX, no. 2 (April, 1980).  
  • The Gate in the Circle: A Paradigmatic Symbol in Early Chinese Cosmology," 
    • Philosophy East and West, vol. XXXII, no. 3 (July, 1982).  
  • "International Perspectives on Campus: The Liberal Arts in New International 
    • Perspective, Liberal Education,  vol. 71, no. 2 (summer, 1985).  
  • "Imaging the Imageless: Symbol and Perception in Early Chinese Thought," The Journal of Chinese Philosophy, vol. 20 (1993)
  • "Unto the Mountain: Toward a Paradigm for Early Chinese Thought," The Journa; of
    Chinese Philosophy    , vol. 17 (1990).
  • Discovering the Global Past, with Bruce Wheeler, Penny Weisner, and 
    • Ken Curtis (Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001), vols. I and II. _______________________________________________________ 

    revised: December 17, 2001
    Franklin.M.Doeringer@lawrence.edu