ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION
SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 1978
1. The Present State of South Asia-United States Relations
1.
Chair: M. S. Venkataramani, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Surjit Mansingh, Trinity University: President Lyndon B. Johnson's Policies toward
South Asia.
Norman D. Palmer, University of Pennsylvania: The Present and Future of United States-India Relations.
Charles H. Heimsath, The American University: United States-Indian Interchanges on Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons.
Discussants: Pritam T. Merani, Towson State University
George Griffin, Department of State
2. Vietnamese Marxism in Comparative Perspective: History and Ideology
Chair: John Whitmore, University of Michigan
John Whitmore, University of Michigan: Marxism and Vietnamese History.
Stephen Young, Harvard University: Vietnamese Marxism: Transition in Elite Ideology.
William Duiker, Pennsylvania State University: The Vietnamese Revolution in Comparative Marxist Perspective.
Edwin Moise, University of Michigan: Vietnamese Class Struggle in Comparative Marxist Perspective.
3. The Press in South and Southeast Asia: Past Problems and Present Prospects
Chair: Mary C. Carras, Rutgers University, Camden
John A. Lent, Temple University: Recent Trends in Government-Press Relationships in South and Southeast Asia.
N. C. Menon, Hindustan Times: India:The Lingering Effects of Censorship.
Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University: Born for Trouble: Perils of the Press in India from Warren Hastings through Indira Gandhi.
Discussants: Daniel Melnick, The Library of Congress
Aman Momin, Voice of America
4. Popular Ideology, Political Allegiance, and Social Trends in Seventeenth-Century China
Chair: Mi Chu Wiens, Washington, D.C.
Ronald G. Dimberg, University of Virginia: Political and Popular: Ideological Types in the Seventeenth Century.
Lyman Miller, Central Intelligence Agency: Fathers and Sons: Problems of Political Allegiance in the Early Ch'ing.
Mi Chu Wiens, Washington, D.C.: Masters and Bondservants: Peasant Furies in the Seventeenth Century.
Discussant: John Witek, Georgetown University
5. Feminine Images in Hindu Literature (Consortium Program in History of Religions,
Washington, D.C.)
Chair: Inam Rahman, Embassy of India
Alf Hiltebeitel, George Washington University: Draupadi in the Mahabharata.
Cornelia Dimmitt, Georgetown University: Sita in the Ramayana.
William Cenkner, The Catholic University of America: The Feminine in the Works of Rabindranath Tagore.
Discussant: Joanna Macy, The American University
6. Pre-Collegiate I: Teaching about Asia on the Pre-Collegiate Level
Chair: Timothy Plummer, Asia Society
Billie A. Day, Cardozo High School, Washington D.C.
Betty Jones, Towson State University
Jerri Sutton, Virginia Commonwealth Education Department
Robert Ainspach, Lawrenceville School, New Jersey
7. Traditional Influences in Modern Asian Literatures
Chair: Janet A. Walker, Livingston College, Rutgers University
Phyllis I. Lyons, Northwestern University: Dazai Osamu and the Edo Tradition: The Uses of Saikaku and Basho.
Andrew Lo, Princeton University: Modern Chinese Literature and the Uses of Tradition: Twentieth-Century Sequels to the Shui-hu chuan.
Peter Gaeffke, University of Pennsylvania: The Revival of the Epic in Modern Indian Literature.
Discussants: Carlo Coppola, Oakland University
H. Eleanor Kerkham, University of Maryland
8. Classics, History, and Politics: Chi’ng New Text Scholarship
Chair: Dorothy V. Borei, Western Kentucky University
Dorothy V. Borei, Western Kentucky University: Kung Tzu-chen's Use of the "Three Ages" Concept.
Benjamin Elman, University of Pennsylvania: The Hsueh-hai-t'ang and the Emergence of New Text Confucianism in Canton: Sung Learning and/or Han Learning.
Richard C. Howard, The Library of Congress: New Text Theories in the Thought of K’ang Yu-wei.
9. Group Descriptions and Self-Definitions: Political and Social Strategies in Late Nineteenthand Early Twentieth Century India
Chair: Michelle Maskiell, University of Pennsylvania
Edward Churchill, St. Joseph's College: Muslim Self-definition in the Late Nineteenth Century.
David Ludden, University of Pennsylvania: Group Strategies in Tinnevelly District.
Michelle Maskiell, University of Pennsylvania: Elite Self-definitions in the Punjab.
Discussant: Loren Michael, University of Wisconsin, Madison
10. Japan and Asia: Conflicting Perceptions
Chair: Ronald A. Morse, Department of State
Bunzo Hashikawa, Meiji University: Conflicting Tides of Racism.
Sukehiro Hirakawa, Tokyo University: Southeast Asian Students in Japan.
Marius B. Jansen, Princeton University: When Japan Looks at China.
Discussant: Ronald A. Morse, Department of State
11. Art and Archaeology of East Asia
Chair: Katheryn M. Linduff, University of Pittsburgh
Helen-Jean Asquine, University of Pittsburgh: Dualities of Shinto Shrines in Stone and Wood.
Walter Bleckman, Kutztown University: The Cervid Procession on the Pile Carpet from Pazyryk K-5.
Emily Chiou-Peng, University of Pittsburgh: The Animal Style of the Tien Culture.
Carol Gatsie, University of Pittsburgh: Dark Horse, Pale Horse: Recumbent Foals in Ordos Art.
Doris Tai, Boston University: T'ang Yin's Debt to Shen Chou and Chou Ch'en.
Gail C. Weigl, University of Maryland: The Influence of Chinese Bird and Flower Painting on Japanese Art of the Muromachi.
12. Inner Asia in World History
Chair: Bruce J. Esposito, University of Hartford
William Samolin, University of Hartford: The Huns Revisited.
John Haskins, University of Pittsburgh: Archeological Survey of Inner Asia.
Frederick Donner, Yale University: Arab Penetration of Inner Asia.
Joseph Sebes, Georgetown University: Sino-Soviet Border Disputes through Seventeenth Century Documents: The Chinese Case.
Discussant: Gare LeCompte, Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine and Case Western
Reserve University
13. Views of the Individual in China
Chair: Edmund H. Worthy, Jr., American Historical Association
Hao Chang, Ohio State University: Traditional Views of the Individual and Their Modern Challenge.
Carol Lee Hamrin, Department of State: Chinese Marxist Views of the Individual.
Robert G. Sutter, The Library of Congress: Individual Rights as an Issue in the Development of Sino-American Relations.
Discussant: Benjamin I. Schwartz, Harvard University
14. Rural Development in South Asia
Chair: Mohammed Rashiduzzaman, Glassboro State College.
W. Alimuzzaman, Harvard University: Rural Modernization and its Impact on Population Control in Bangladesh.
Raisuddin Ahmed, International Institute for Food Policy Research: Rural Development and Nutrition in South Asia.
T. S. George, Indian Management Institute: Implementation Problems of Rural Development Programs in India.
Discussants: Robert LaPorte, Jr., Pennsylvania State University
Swadesh Bose, The World Bank
15. Human Rights in Asian Perspectives
Chair: Abdul Aziz Said, The American University.
Iqbal Ahmad, The Transnational Institute: The State, Development, and Human Rights
Mab Huang, State University of New York, Oswego: Political Participation: China.
Raul Manglapus, The American University: World Democracy and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Philippines.
Discussants: Richard Claude, University of Maryland
Ellis O. Jones, Department of State
16. Education and Development in Pakistan
Chair: Manzooruddin Ahmed, Columbia University
Henry Korson, University of Massachusetts, and Arif Ghayur, C. W. Post College, Long Island University: Educational Policy and Social Change.
Dawn Jones, Washington, D.C.: College and School Education: Nationalization v. Private Enterprise.
Akram Siddiqui, St. Paul's College: Basic Problems of School Education.
Discussant: Rodney Jones, Department of State
17. Cross-Cultural Influences on Chinese Education
Chair: Allen B. Linden, University of New Hampshire.
Jane Hunter, Yale University: Sara Luella Miner: Educating Women for a New China, 1905-1920.
Roger B. Jeans, Washington and Lee University: Chang Chun-mai's Educational Thought and Activities: Case Study of Experiments with Private Universities during the Republican Period.
Charles R. Lilley, Northern Virginia Community College: Tsiang T'ing-fu and the Sinification of the Social. Sciences in China, 1925-1935.
Douglas Spelman, Department of State: The Impact of European Ideas on Ts'ai Yuan-p-ei's Educational Philosophy.
Discussant: Barry Keenan, Denison University
18. Roundtable: Business-University Corporate Action
Chair: Nishan J. Najarian, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Ardath W. Burks, Rutgers University
Marion Levy, Princeton University
Robert Angel, United States-Japan Trade Council
Christopher H. Phillips, National Council for United States China Trade
Rodney Armstrong, Armstrong, Byrd & Associates
19. Modern Thai Politics
Chair: David Morrell, Princeton University
David Morrell, Princeton University: Reform, Reaction and Revolution: Critical Issues in Thai Politics.
Kamol Somvichian, Swarthmore College: Military and Parliament in Thai Politics.
Peter Bell, State University of New York, Purchase: United States Policy and Class Struggle in Thailand.
Robert Fritts, Department of State: Thai Politics in 1978.
Discussant: Virapong Ramangkura, International Food Policy Research Institute
20. Asian Literature and the West
Chair: Brett deBary, Cornell University.
Steven F. Walker, Livingston College, Rutgers University: Thoreau's Walden and Early Translations of Sanskrit Literature.
Janet A. Walker, Livingston College, Rutgers University: Hermann Hesse and Asian Literature.
Janet Gemmill, Gettysburg College: Cross-Cultural Aesthetics and the Modern Indian Writer.
Discussant: Eusebio Rodrigues, Georgetown University
21. Roundtable: Chinese Foreign Relations in the Post-Mao Era
Chair: King C. Chen, Rutgers University.
Kenneth Lieberthal, Swarthmore College
Steve J. Levine, Columbia University
Y. C. Chang, University of Delaware
Si-quen Lee, National Taiwan University and New York University
William W. Whitson, The Library of Congress
James C. Hsiung, New York University
22. Symposium: Politics, Economics, and Technology: New Dimensions in India
Chair: Mohammed I. Khan, Clarion State College.
B. D. Nag Chaudhuri, Jawaharlal Nehru University
A. A. Khusro, Aligarh Muslim University
Ward Morehouse, Council on International and Public Affairs
A. Rahman, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi
Ronald J. Brickman, Cornell University
23. Western Critics of Indian Society and Their Critics
Chair: Bruce C. Robertson, University of Pennsylvania
John Chethimattam, Fordham University: The Christian Missionary Response to Indian Society.
Bruce C. Robertson, University of Pennsylvania: Rammohan Roy's Reply to Contemporary European Criticism of Bengali Society.
N.K. Sinha, Morgan State University: Bankim Chandra and Cultural Revivalism in Nineteenth Century Bengal.
Walter Andersen, Department of State: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Criticism of the Cultural Impact of the West.
Discussant: Deena Khatkhate, International Monetary Fund
24. In Support of Asian Studies: Interrests and Concerns of Washington-Based Friends of the Field
Chair: Richard E. Jorgensen, Office of Education
Francis B. Tenney, United States-Japan Friendship Commission
Masaki Kodama, The Japan Foundation
Betty Bullard, The Asia Society
Philip Marcus, The National Endowment for the Humanities
Allen C. Choate, The Asia Foundation
25. Kurosawa Film
(see Panel 30 below)
26. Political Communication and Chinese Behavior
Chair: Parris Chang, Pennsylvania State University
Steve Chan, Texas A. and M. University: Action, Perception, and Communication: An Analysis Chinese Media Treatment of the Vietnamese war.
Raoul Kulberg, University of the District of Columbia: The New China News Agency: A History and Description
John A. Kringen, University of Maryland, and Brad Smith, Stanford University:
Forecasting and Analysis of Chinese Political Communications.
Discussants: Thomas W. Robinson, The National War College
Parris Chang, Pennsylvania State University
27. Workshop: First-Year Modern Chiese Language Instruction
Chair: Warren Yates, Department of State
Tseng Pao-chien, Connecticut College
Tseng Hsing-hua, Livingston College, Rutgers University
Dayle Barnes, University of Pittsburgh
Peter P'ei-te Li, Livingston College, Rutgers University
Discussants: John Young, Seton Hall University
Michael J. McCaskey, Georgetown University
28. Archival and Library Resources on East Asia in the Washington, D.C. Area
Chair: Frank Joseph Shulman, University of Maryland, College Park
Robert L. Worden, The Library of Congress: The "Segregated Chinese Files" of the Immigration and Naturalization Service at the National Archives.
Robert L. August, The Library of Congress: Japanese Local History at the Library of Congress.
Thomas H. Kang, The Library of Congress, North Korean Captured Records at the Federal Documents Center, Suitland, Maryland.
Gary K. McCone, National Agricultural Library: Historical and Contemporary East Asia Resources in the Department of Agriculture Library.
Frank Joseph Shulman, University of Maryland: A Scholar's Guide to Washington, D.C. for East Asian Studies, Prepared by Hong Kim on Behalf of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
29. Muslims in South Asia: Ideology, Community Structure and Leadership
Chair: Sushil Verma, Essex Community College
Asaf Hussain, Islamic Foundation: Islam and Class Structure in Pakistan.
Mohammad Marouf, Cheyney State College: Politics of Adaptation: Moslem
Minority in Sri Lanka
Sushil Verma, Essex Community College, and Stuart B. Moskowitz, Essex Community College: Conflicting Views of Community Values and Leadership in Moslems in a North Indian Town.
Discussants: Glynn Wood, American University
Theodore P. Wright, Jr., State University of New York, Albany
30. Focus on Kurosawa Films
Chair: Keiko McDonald, University of Pittsburgh
Ken Gargaro, University of Pittsburgh: Acting Style in Kurosawa's Films.
Keiko McDonald, University of Pittsburgh: Dialectic of Light and Darkness: Symbolism of Kurosawa's Rashoman.
Marcia Landy, University of Pittsburgh: Films and Politics: Review of Selected Films by Akira Kurosawa.
31. The Politics of United States-Japan Economic Relations
Chair: Eleanor M. Hadley, George Washington University
Warren S. Hunsberger, The American University: Global Tolerance for Japanese International Economic Conduct.
I.M. Destler, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Japan as an American Political Problem.
Edward A. Olsen, Department of State: Economic Constraints: Japan's Political Future.
Discussants: Mieko Nishimizu, Princeton University
Kazuo Nukazawa, Rockefeller Foundation
32. U.S. and Korea
Chair: Edward Griffin, Department of State
Nathan White, Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies: U.S. Policy Towards Korea: A Study of Alternatives.
Young W. Kiehl, Iowa State University: Korea and the U.S.: A South Korean Perspective.
B.C. Koh, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle: Korea and the U.S.: A North Korean Perspective.
Discussants: Robert Dorr, Department of State
Ralph Clough, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars