Vol. 14 (Published March 2009)
Theme Volume
Yenching University and Sino-American Interactions, 1919-1952
Edited by Arthur Lewis Rosenbaum
Yenching University was China’s leading Christian university in the years before the Revolution of 1949 and a symbol of American influence. In this special volume, scholars from China, Taiwan, and the United States challenge the older image of Yenching as an “elitist” and foreign institution whose Christian and liberal ties kept it from being legitimately Chinese. Essays explore how leaders John Leighton Stuart, William Hong, and Wu Leichuan transformed Yenching from an evangelical missionary college into a world-class institution; how the faculty and curriculum were made Chinese; daily life on campus; the role of exchange programs and American philanthropic foundations; the interaction of liberal Protestantism and Chinese nationalism; race and gender in faculty interactions; career patterns of alumni; comparisons with other elite national universities; and bicultural liberal arts education in the revolutionary context. They reframe the role of liberalism and “soft power” in the making of modern China.
“Introduction: Looking Back at Yenching”
Articles
Arthur Lewis Rosenbaum, “Yenching University and Sino-American Interactions, 1919-1952”
John Israel, “The Beida‑Tsinghua Connection: Yenching in the World of Beijing's Elite Universities”
Liu Haiyan, “Intellectual Group under the Influence of Two Cultures: A Historical Analysis of Yenching Graduates in China”
Peter Chen-main Wang, “Were Christian Members of the Yenching Faculty Unique?: An Examination of the Life Fellowship Movement, 1919‑1931”
Shi Jinghuan, “Cultural Mixture: Reflections on the Experience of Yenching University”
Carolyn Wakeman, “Beyond Gentility: The Mission of Women Educators at Yenching”
Philip West, “Reframing the Yenching Story”
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