[KS] Fuji Kawashima

[Michael Robinson]

David has captured part of the essence of Fuji's personality in reminding us 
of his giving nature.  I first met Fuji as a graduate student at Washington 
in the mid-1970s.  I remember him sitting with us by the hour and discussing 
our interests and proposed topics of study.  His quiet encouragement was a 
source of inspiration to all of us at Washington at the time.  And his 
personal example of openness, lack of pretension, warmth, and intellectual 
engagement was very much a model of what I hoped to become as a member of 
the academy.  I'm saddened by his passing, but I'm smiling with every memory 
I have of my all too infrequent encounters with this wonderful man.

Mike Robinson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David McCann" <dmccann at fas.harvard.edu>
To: "Korean Studies Discussion List" <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [KS] Fuji Kawashima


> Let there be many recollections and appreciations of Fuji.  It will be a 
> comfort to read what others may write on his work in the field of history, 
> but I also hope there will be some who know more than I about his 
> watercolors and sketches.  I remember at a meeting a few years back, he 
> showed me a sketchbook, and there was in his manner a bit of wonder at his 
> remarkable talent.  The work was full of life.  I had the sense that he 
> had discovered that path rather late, and perhaps was surprised by it. 
> Didn't he make sketches where he had travelled and stayed, and give them 
> to his hosts?  Gifted, and giving so joyfully.
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> David McCann
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> On 3/6/06 6:43 PM, Robert Provine wrote:
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>> Dear list:
>>
>> Bruce Cumings has sent the list-owners the terribly sad news that Fuji 
>> Kawashima, the great historian of Korea at Bowling Green State 
>> University, has passed away very suddenly.    More information on 
>> Professor Kawashima will certainly come out in the near future, but I 
>> wanted to inform the Korean studies community quickly about this 
>> unexpected and tragic news.
>>
>> Rob Provine
>> Moderator
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