ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING
CLARION STATE COLLEGE, 1979
SPECIAL PANEL: Educational Policy of the Zia Reqime
Chair: Manzooruddin Ahmed, Columbia University
Jawaid R. Khwaja, University of Akron: Economic Aspects of Education in Pakistan
Mahmood Awan, Nicholas College: Ideoloqical Foundation of Education
M. Arif Ghayur, C.W. Post College: Education and Social Change in Pakistan
Mohammad Akhtar, Slippery Rock State College: Brain Drain in Pakistan: Are There Any Educational Problems?
Discussants: Mumtaz Akbar, Pakistan Embassy
Rodney Jones, Columbia University
1. Career Development in Asian Studies
Chair: Amy Wilson, Douglass College, Rutgers University
Richard D. Rosen, Utica College of Syracuse University
Tadashi Kikuoka, Seton Hall University
George B. B. Griffin, Department of State
2. Power, Politics and Security in Asia
Chair: Joseph I. Coffey, University of Pittsburgh
Donald Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh
William L. Scully, NYU Graduate School of Public Administration
Bhim Sandhu, West Chester State College
Ashok Kapur, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Richard Cottam, University of Pittsburgh
Discussants: Parris H. Chang, Pennsylvania State University
Phillip Stoddard, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
3. Global Studies from a Japanese Perspective
Chair: Robert Schell, Pennsylvania Department of Education
Don Baumgartner, Lewisburg School District
Robert Herr, Lancaster School District
Jane Richter, Librarian, Lancaster School District
4. Islamic Revival Movements and Political Change in South Asia
Chair: Walter Andersen, Department of State
Theodore P. Wright, SUNY at Albany: The Politics of Muslim Sectarian Relations in South Asia
Asaf Hussain, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, England: Islam and Ethnic Politics in Pakistan
C.P. Bhambhri, Jawaharlal Nehru University: Role of Islamic Elites in the Secular Political Parties in India
Walter Andersen, Department of State: Hindu Response to Islamic Revivalism
Discussants: Bruce Robertson, University of Pennsylvania
Marie Wanek, Glassboro State College
5. The Wider Dimensions of Asian Studies
Chair: Betty M. Bullard, Asia Society
Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State College: Ideas on a Consortium of Asian Studies
Robert Morris, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: The Many Aspects of the Toyota Grant
Betty M. Bullard, Asia Society: The President's Commission on Foreign Language & International Studies
6. The Multi-faceted Economic Relations between Japan and the United States
Chair: Edward J. Lincoln, U.S. Japan Trade Council
Suzanne Hale, Department of Agriculture: U.S. Agricultural Relations with Japan
Hunter Hale, Department of Justice: Contrast Between U.S. and Japanese Antitrust Policies
Rodney Armstrong, Business Consultant: Perceptions of U.S. - Japanese Economic Relations in the Media
Thomas Cleaver, Villanova University: Differences in United States and Japanese Business Law
Discussants: Mieko Nishimizu, Princeton University
Edward J. Lincoln, U.S. - Japan Trade Council
7. Unemployed Scholars of the Han and Sung: Activities in “Retirement”
(Joint Session with the Tri-State China Seminar)
Chair: Cho-yun Hsu, University of Pittsburgh
Margaret J. Pearson, University of Washington: Wang Fu: Dissident of the Later Han
John Chaffee, University of Iowa: Examinations and Intellectual Life in Southern Sung China
Discussant: Conrad Shirokauer, City College of CUNY
8. Democracy in India: How is it Working?
Chair: Norman D..Palmer, University of Pennsylvania
Robert T. Norman, University of Pittsburgh
Stephen Cohen, University of Illinois
Rasheeduddin Khan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Member of Parliament, India
M. Horam, JNU Center for Post Graduate Studies, Imphal, India
T.S. Saini, Bloomsburg State College
Richard L. Park, University of Michigan
Discussant: Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion State College
9. Traditional East Asian Society: Classroom Materials and Ideas for Secondary School Teachers
Chair: Diana M. Wood, Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh
Ann B. Jannetta, University of Pittsburgh: Samurai, Merchant, Peasant: Making Traditional Japanese Social Structure Relevant to Students
Diana W. Wood, Shady Side Academy: China's Unique Intellectual - Political Elite: the Confucian Gentry
David O. Mills, University of Pittsburgh: The Use of Dramatic Art Forms in Class: A View of Japanese Society Through its Puppet Theatre
10. Asia in the 1980s: A Symposium
Chair: Ka-che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ronald Morse, Japan
Mary Carras, Rutgers University, Camden: India
Ka-che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: China
George B.B. Griffin, Department of Sate: Afghanistan
Arshad Chowdhury, California State College: Pakistan
Ngo D. Tu, Clarion State College: Southeast Asia
11 . Economics and Politics of Multi-National Corporations in Asia: A Roundtable
Chair: Kostis Papadantonakis, Essex Community College
Discussants: Elizabeth Jones, American University
Pritam Merani, Towson State College
Fred Pincus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Sushil Verma, Essex Community College
Saleem Khan, Bloomsburg State College
12. Missionary Entrepreneurs and China
Chair: Valentin H. Rabe, SUNY at Geneseo
Jane K. Leonard, Kean College of New Jersey: Cultural Relativism and Walter Medhurst's View of China
Jesse G. Lutz, Douglass College: Karl Gutzlaff, Interpreter of the West to China
Irwin T. Hyatt, Jr. Emory University: Hunter Corbett and Presbyterian Church Building in Shantung, 1864 - 1920
Discussants: Nishan Najarian, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Valentin H. Rabe, SUNY at Geneseo
13. Workshop on First Year Modern Chinese Language Instruction
Chair: Eugene Ching, Ohio State University
Therese Morcom, Seton Hall University
Davis Lee, George Washington University
Yu Nien-tzu Chang, Pennsylvania State University
Dayle Barnes, University of Pittsburgh
Discussants: John McCoy, Cornell University
Ronald Walton, University of Pennsylvania
14. Violence in Japanese Cinema
Chair: Keiko I. McDonald, University of Pittsburgh
Ken Gargaro, University of Pittsburgh: Violence in Rituals: "Godfather" and "Harakiri"
Keiko I. McDonald, University of Pittsburgh: Kenji Fukasaku, The Japanese
Peckinpah: Evolution of the Yakuza Genre Film
Sharon Campbell, Wheeler College: American View: Cowboys and Samurai
Discussant: David O. Mills, University of Pittsburgh
15. Changes and Prospects in U.S. China Relations
Chair: E-tu Zen Sun, Pennsylvania State University
Nancy Tucker, New York University: The Changing Scene, 1949-1950
Harold C. Hinton, Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies, George Washington University:
Discussants: Steven Goldstein, Smith College
Waldo Heinrich, Temple University
16. India-Bangladesh: Obstacles to Progress
Chair: Thomas A. Timberg, Consultant, World Bank
Harry Blair, Bucknell University: Politics of Rural Development in Bihar
Vinod Thomas, World Bank: Agricultural Development in Bangladesh
Thomas A. Timberg, World Bank: Obstacles to Development in South Asia
Discussant: Mohammed Rashiduzzaman, Glassboro State College
17. Archival and Library Resources on East Asia Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Chair: Frank Joseph Shulman, University of Maryland, College Park
Archie R. Crouch, China Studies and Research, Englewood, N.J.: China Mission Archives within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Goldstein, Author, Philadelphia and the China Trade (1978):
Resources on Early Sino-American Relations in Philadelphia's Stephen Girard Collection and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
D. Clayton James, Mississippi State University: Resources on East Asia at the U.S. Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks.
Donald S. Sutton, Carnegie-Mellon University: The Promise of Social History via the Gazetteers: A Survey of Feng-su Sections of Republican Gazetteers at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh
18. The Literary Ties of Vietnam to China
Chair: John Balaban, Pennsylvania State University
John Balaban, Pennsylvania State University: The Literary Independence of the Ca Dao Tradition
Huynh Sanh Thong, New Haven, CT.: The Chinese Regulated Poem (Iu-shih) in Vietnamese Poetry
John Schafer, Newcomb College, Tulane University: The Narrative Poem, Luc Van Tien
Tran Van Dinh, Temple University: The Sino-Vietnamese Concept of Chinh-Nghia (Just Cause) in Vietnamese Poetry.
19. The American Military Sales and Assistance to the People’s Republic of China
Chair: Jack H. Harris, Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc.
Charles F. Sills, Martin Marietta Aerospace
Donald Weedon, International Arms Transfer Attorney
Discussant: Michael Pillsbury, Consultant to Department of Defense
20. Modernity in India and the Sub-Continent
Chair: Nirmal K. Sinha, Morgan State University
Arshad H. Rizvi, Thiel College: Pakistan: An Islamic Republic from Founding Father Jinnah to General Zia - Sociological Study of Leadership.
Dinkar S. Raval, Morgan State College: General Area of Marketing and Management in India
Bina D. Raval, Towson State College: Attitudes of Indian College Students Toward the Aged Human Resources
Daniel L. Spencer, Morgan State University: Planned Economic Change in India: Critic's Viewpoint
Helen Castelli, East Stroudsburg, PA.: Indian Women in the Media
Nemai Sadhan Bose, University of Southern California: Democratic Traditions in Modern India: A Historical Appraisal
Discussant: Vidya Singh, St. Mary's College