ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION

FIRST ANNUAL MEETING

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, 1972

1. The Role and Impact of the Superpowers in Southeast and South Asia

                         Chairman: Robert Rau, U.S. Naval Academy

Mack Williams, Counselor, Embassy of Australia

Garnawan Dharmaputra, Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

M. Ben Haron, Counselor, Embassy of Malaysia

Rudolph C. Severino, Second Secretary, Embassy of Philippines

Ryohei Murato, Counselor, Embassy of Japan

Susantha de Alwis, First Secretary, Embassy of Sri Lanka

2. Progress Report on a Project in Asian Philosophy and Religion: Task Force on     Indian Philosophy and Religion

Chairman: A. W. Sadler, Sarah Lawrence College

Robert McDermott, City University of New York

Thomas Hopkins, Franklin and Marshall College

Harry Buck, Wilson College

3. Business in Japan

Chairman: Herbert Glazer, American University

            Joachim Ronall, Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Japan and the Pacific Basin

                        Elizabeth Hadley: Myths and Realities in U.S. - Japan Trade Relations

Herbert Glazer, American University: Trends in Japanese Management

4. Recently Excavated Art in Asia: Slide Presentation With Discussion

Co-Chairmen: Annette Juliano, Vassar College

Joan Hartman, China Institute

Ann Agee, University of Pennsylvania: Recent Archaeology in India

Patricia Young, Asia Society: Newly Discovered Neolithic Culture in Thailand

Annetta Juliano, Vassar College, and Joan Hartman, China Institute: Brief Survey of Significant Finds in China

Robert Maeda, Brandeis University: New Finds in Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

Alexander Soper, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University: A Unique Han Painting from Ch'ang-sha

5. Open Forum on Asian Studies and the Profession in the Mid-Atlantic Region

Chairman: Clarence Maloney, Seton Hall University

John Radel, Parsippany Public Schools, New Jersey: Asian Studies and the Public Schools

William Ross, Columbia University: Future Prospects for Southeast Asian Studies

Bhabagrahi Misra, Hartford Seminary Foundation, and Ward Morehouse, State Education Department, New York: Future Prospects for South Asian Studies

Ardath Burks, Rutgers University: Future Prospects for Japan and Northeast Asian Studies

Andy Nathan, Columbia University: Future Prospects for China Studies

James C. Hsiung, New York University: The Status of the Foreign Born in the Profession

6. Urbanization and Social Change in South Asia

Chairman: Shanti Tangri, Rutgers University

Raymond Fales, Rutgers University: A Qualitative Index of Distribution of Cities in the U.S. and India

Harbans Singh, Montclair State College: Social Change and Social Mobility in Contemporary Indian Cities

Emmanuel Thomas, Montclair State College: Some Dimensions of Urbanization and Their Differential Impact on Modernization in India

Shanti Tangri, Rutgers University: Urban Growth, Social Overhead, Capital, and Economic Development in India

7. Education in China

Chairman: Jesse Lutz, Rutgers University

Allen Linden, New Hampshire College: National Crisis and Modern Universities: The Debate over Chinese Higher Education,1931-35

Katherine York-bing Yao, Teachers College, Columbia University: Education in China: The Soviet Phase, 1949-57

Richard Wilson, Rutgers University: The Impact of Modern Education and the Internalization of Values