It is the first day of a new semester in Tacoma, and therefore fitting to invite the past master, Frederick Wakeman, to the fore for a lecture on Manchu identity at Berkeley. And, seeking further models, there are few things more personally sustaining to me than the admonitions and advice offered as a preface to his talk by the professor from San Diego, by way of Madison Wisconsin.
I am making a point to record my lectures this semester digitally (they began this morning with a dissertation on the Qin and sinocentric patterns in East Asia), and may make these more widely available soon, but there is little doubt that I won’t be reaching the Wakeman standard anytime soon, or approaching it with less than the appropriate respect. Perhaps that sounds Confucian, but perhaps it should.
Adam Cathcart 
Oh please do plonk your lectures on the internet. Communities (and their groupies) that teensy remain rather underconnected in this overconnected world. . .
Fantastic! “Plonking” away, and to “plonk” once more… Fine points all around.