ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, 1981
1. Roundtable on Late Qing Reform
Chairperson: Richard C. Howard, Library of Congress
Charlton Lewis, Brooklyn College
Mary Rankin, Washington, D.C.
William Speidel, University of Virginia
2. Minorities and Riots in Northern India: Reappraisal
Chairperson: Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion State College
Sandra Freitag, Mary Baldwin College: Hindu-Muslim Riots in U.P. in Pre-Partitioned India
Sushil Verma, Essex Community College: Factors in Communal Conflict in a North India Town
Sarah Moore, University of Pennsylvania: Rioting in North India: A Socio-Economic Analysis
Theodore Wright, SUNY at Albany: Communal Riots and the Failure of the Indian
Minorities Commission, 1977-1981
Discussant: Walter Andersen, Department of State
3. Asia’s Divided Nations and the American Choices: Symposium
Chairperson: Parris H. Chang Pennsylvania State University
Soon-Sung Cho, University of Missouri, Columbia
Edward Friedman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
Roy Kim, Drexel University
Se-Jin Kim, Consulate General, Republic of Korea, New York
Robert Sutter, Congressional Research Service
Hung-mo Tien, University of Wisconsin, Waukesha
4. Archival and Library Resources on Japan and China within the State of Maryland
Chairperson: Frank Joseph Shulman University of Maryland, College Park
Karen A. Stuart, Maryland Historical Society: "The Golden Chain": Manuscripts on East Asia at the Maryland Historical Society (Baltimore)
George Ware, Jr., University of Maryland, College Park: Political Change during the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952): The Justin Williams Papers in the East Asia Collection, McKeldin Library, University of Maryland
Harold K. Kanarek, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Charles R. Lilley, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge A Resource on Twentieth Century American-East Asian Relations: The William Henry Welch Papers at the Chesney Medical Archives, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Ellen Anne Nollman, Freer Gallery of Art: The Mary Cokely Wood Collection: Ikebana international Materials at the National Agricultural Library
5. Social and Moral Themes on Chinese Literature
Chairperson: Moss Roberts, New York University
Jonathan Chaves, George Washington University: A Devout Prayer of the Passion of Chang Chih-hsin
Clara Yu Cuadrado, University of Maryland, College Park: Modern Drama in China after the Cultural Revolution
Moss Roberts, New York University: Anti-Confucian Themes in Pu Songling's Wonders Noted in a Makeshift Studio
6. Nature and Culture in Indian Literature
Chairperson: Indira V. Peterson, George Washington University
Indira V. Peterson, George Washington University: Nature and Culture in the Sakuntala: Classical Sanskrit Drama
Richard S. Kennedy, Washington, D.C.: The Public and Private Worlds in the Cilappatikaram Tamil Epic
Peter Gaeffke, University of Pennsylvania: The Concept of Nature in Modern North Indian Literature
Discussant: Janet Powers Gemmill, Gettysburg College
7. Economic Development: Asia as Subject and Model
Chairperson: Frank Kehl, City University of New York
Douglas Ostrom, Williams College; Japan as an Economic Model for the United States
Chung-In Moon, University of Maryland, College Park: The Political Economy Of Development: A Case Study of South Korea
Youn-suk Kim, Kean College of New Jersey: Japanese Market Penetration of the United States: The Case of Industrial Products
Frank Kehl, City University of New York: ,John Stuart Mill's Other Island: Squatters, Real Estate, and Hong Kong Government Policy
8. Studies of the Asian Indian Community in the United States
Chairperson: Nirmal K. Sinha, Morgan State University
Bina Raval, Towson State University: Emotional and Social Development of East Indian Children in Western Society (U.S.): Child Rearing Conflicts and Resolutions
Vaswati R. Sinha, Johns Hopkins University, and Lina Halder, Towson State University: Growing Up in America: What College Students Think
Sheila Rao, Indian Cultural Center, Baltimore: India in Art Form: Indo-American Understanding
Dinker Raval, Morgan State University: East Xndian Businesses in the U.S.: Perceptions, Problems and Adjustments
K. L. Mukherjee, Essex Community College: Hindu Rituals from a Practitioner's Viewpoint: Can We Preserve Our Way of Life?
Nirmal K. Sinha, Morgan State University: Asian Indians through Values and Change
Discussants: Melville Pugh, Jr., Morgan State University
Thaddeus Radzialowski, National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs
9. Doing Business with Japan
Moderator: Ronald A. Morse, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Edward J. Lincoln, Japan Economic Institute: U.S. Export Prospects to Japan
Takashi Kiuchi, Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan: Dealing with Japan on Financial Matters
Carl J. Green, Wender, Murase and White: Doing Business in Japan
Moderator: Ronald A. Morse, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
V. L. Elliott, Agency for International Development: The Economic Situation in Korea
Robert W. Kelly, Gas Research Institute : Prospects for Stability
John K. Wilhelm, Center for Strategic and International Studies: Market Potential
10. Revolution and Foreign Policy in Postwar Asia
Chairperson: Llewellyn D. Howell, American University
Peter Merani, Towson State University: India’s Foreign Policy under Nehru
Llewellyn D. Howell, American University: Elite Attitudes and Foreign Policy Behavior in Southeast Asia
Ralph Johnson, American University: The Phoenix Program: Planned Assassination or Legitimate Conflict Management?
Lewis Stern, Central Intelligence Agency: Revolutionary Mobilization in Post-Liberation Vietnam
11. China Seventy Years After the Hsin-Hai Revolution. A Comparative Perspective: The ROC (Taiwan) and the PRC – China and the World
Chairperson: Hungdah Chiu, University of Maryland Law School
Ralph Clough, Washington Center of the Asia Society: ROC (Taiwan) and the World
Harold Hinton, George Washington University The PRC and the World
Discussants: James C. Hsiung, New York University
King C. Chen, Rutgers University
12. Philosophy and Ideology in Traditional and Modern China
Chairperson Chi Wang, Library of Congress
Anne Birdwhistell, Stockton State College: Early Sung Thought: Some Considerations of Its Development and Social Significance
J. Kenneth Olenik, Montclair State College: Confucian Moralism in the Reorganization Ideology of the Kuomintang, 1923-1927
Fredric Spar, Keene State College: Lo Long-chi: The issues of Liberalism and Nationalism in the 1930s
Discussant: James T.C. Liu, Princeton University
13. The Interrupted Muse: Approaches to the Study of Japanese Women Writers
Chairperson: Amy V. Heinrich Columbia University
Brett deBary, Cornell University: Feminism and Socialism in the Work of Miyamoto Yuriko
Phyllis Birnbaum, Watertown, Massachusetts: A Woman's Imagination
Amy V. Heinrich, Columbia University: Curtains of mystery: Reflections on the Study of Women Writers
14. Journalism in Asia: Historical Perspectives
Chairperson: John A. Lent, Temple University
Elliott Parker, Central Michigan University: An Anecdotal History of China Coast Journalism between the Wars
John A. Lent, Temple University: A History of Newspapers in ASEAN
Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University: The Colonial Journalist as Opposition Leader: The Case of Robert Knight
15. Teacher’s Needs in Pre-Collegiate Asian Studies
Chairperson: Peter A. Adams, Prince George's County Public Schools (Maryland)
Fred Czarra, Howard County Public Schools (Maryland)
Tom Collins, Global Perspectives in Education, Washington, D.C.
Billie Day, Washington, D.C. Public Schools
Joanne Goldsmith, Maryland State Board of Education
Robert Schell, Pennsylvania State Department of Education
16. Looking at Each Other : Images of America and Asia in Each Other’s Media – A Roundtable Discussion
Chairperson: Edward Neilan The Asia Mail
Nobuo Asai, Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo)
William Chapman, The Washington Post
Richard Halloran, The New York Times
Alice Kao, Lien-ho Pao / United Daily News (Taipei)
Pat Killen, United Press International
17. Doing Business with China/Taiwan
Moderator: Steven I. Levine American University
David L. Denny, Department of Commerce: Trade Prospects: The People's Republic of China
Norman W. Getsinger, National Council for U.S.-China Trade: Doing Business with and in China
Joseph Kyle, American Institute in Taiwan: Economic and Political Prospects: Taiwan
Moderator: Steven I. Levine American University
Corazon Foley, Department of State: Economic Prospects
Stanley Bedlington, National Foreign Assessments Center: Political Prospects
18. Urdu Literature and Social Change: A Roundtable Discussion
Chairperson: M. Yameen Zubairi, Catonsville College
M. A. R. Barker, University of Minnesota, and Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion State College: The Role of Urdu in the Lives of South Asians at Home and Abroad
Sushil K. Verma, Essex Community College, and M. Wasiullah Khan, East-West University, Chicago: Status of Urdu as a Minority Language
M. A. R. Barker, University of Minnesota, and M. Yameen Zubairi, Catonsville College: Recent Trends in Urdu Literature
19. China Seventy Years after the Hsin-Hai Revolution. A Comparative Perspective: The ROC (Taiwan) and the PRC – Cultural and Educational Development
Chairperson: Shao-chuan Leng, University of Virginia
Gerald A. McBeath, University of Alaska: Culture and Education in the ROC (Taiwan)
Franz Michael, George Washington University: Culture and Education in the PRC
Discussant: George P.C. Chen, Augusta College
20. The Novel as an Introduction to Non-Western Culture
Chairperson: Janet Powers Gemmill, Gettysburg College
Margaret Berry, John Carroll University: Tale of Genji: A Portrait of Classical Japan
Carolyn Brown, Princeton University: The Dream of the Red Chamber - China’s Great Novel
Janet Powers Gemmill, Gettysburg College: Kanthapura: India en Route to Independence
21. Phases of Cathay: Changing American Perceptions of China in the Past Century
Chairperson: I-fan Ch'eng, Howard University
Victoria Cha-tsu Siu, George Mason University: Bridging the Cultural Gap: John Russell Young, Minister to China, 1882-1885
James Huskey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: The American Community and the Maturation of Sino-Foreign Culture in Shanghai, 1925-1928
Eugene McMillan, Howard University: Resident American Scholars' Understanding of the Chinese Communist Revolution, 1949-1951
Discussants: Harold C. Hinton, George Washington University
Robert Sutter, Congressional Research Service
22. Chinese Foreign Policy: Modifying Concepts to Accommodate Events
Chairperson: Sarah-Ann Smith, Department of State
Sarah-Ann Smith, Department of State: The Chinese Worldview: Cultural Perceptions and External Events
John Garver, University of Nevada, Reno: The Four Modernizations and Anti-hegemonism
Lillian Harris, Department of State: Chinese Reactions to the Soviet Presence in Afghanistan
Lyman Miller, Foreign Broadcast Information Service: China’s Reaction to the Evolving Polish Situation: Strategic Perspectives and Domestic Sensibilities
23. The Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952
Chairperson: Rogers D. Spotswood, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force
Theodore McNelly, University of Maryland, College Park: The Pacifism of General Douglas MacArthur
George Ware, Jr., University of Maryland, College Park: The Tokyo War Crimes Trial, 1946-1948: The Case for the Defense
Carmen Johnson, Washington, D.C.: Women on Shikoku Island and the Military Government, 1947-1951
Discussant: Justin Williams, Sr., Washington, D.C.
24. Asian Ceramics
Chairperson: Marilyn Fu, Arlington, Va.
Maureen Torgerson, University of Maryland, College Park: Dating a
Uniquely Chinese Ceramic Form: The Chicken Ewer
Virginia Bower, Princeton University: Regional Styles in Tang Ceramics
Josephine Knapp, Freer Gallery of Art: The Adventure of Dating Shards
Miriam Scott, Washington, D.C.: Traditions of North Thai Ceramics
25. Growth with Equity? Development Policies and Practices in Sri Lanka, Burma and Malaysia
Chairperson: Jon A. Wiant Department of State
Thomas Gibson, International Monetary Fund: Sri Lanka
David I. Steinberg, Agency for International Development: Burma
James Osborne, Agency for International Development: Malaysia
Discussant: Stanley Bedlington, National Foreign Assessments Center
26. Resources on South Asia in the Washington, D.C. Area
Chairperson: Sarah Jane Moore, University of Pennsylvania
Enayetur Rahim, Falls Church, Va.: Scholars' Guide to Washington, D.C. for South Asian Studies
Ranjan Borra, Library of Congress: South Asian Musical Resources in the Washington Metropolitan Area
Krishan Nehra, Library of Congress: South Asian Jurisdictions and Their Legal Resources
William F. Stapp, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: Pictures Not on Exhibition: South Asian Photographs in Washington Area Collections
Discussants: Kanta Bhatia, University of Pennsylvania
John W. Witek, S.J., Georgetown University
27. Historical Patterns of Foreign Intervention in Korea
Chairperson: Donald S. Macdonald, Department of State
Gari Ledyard, Columbia University: Confucianism and Chinese-Korean Relations: The Security Crisis of 1598
F. Hilary Conroy, University of Pennsylvania: Japan and Korea
Andrew C. Nahm, Western Michigan University: Korea and the Russian Expansionism of the Czarist Period
Donald S. Macdonald, Department of State: Wellsprings of intervention: The United States and Korea
Discussant: Robert G. Rich, Jr., Department of State
28. Historical Aspects of Economic Resource Management in Asia
Chairperson: John Adams, University of Maryland, College Park
Dennis Roth, U.S. Forest Service: Philippine Forests and Forestry, 1565-1920
Mi Chu Wiens, Library of Congress: Land Tenure and the Familial Patriarchal System in Anhui, China, 1600-1800
John Adams, University of Maryland, College Park, and Robin Howard, University of Maryland, College Park: Jute Cultivation and Manufacture and India’s Economic
Development, 1870-1910
Discussant: Shannon R. Brown, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
29. Asian Studies and Federal Support
Chairperson: Karl Li, Department of Education
Karl Li, Department of Education: Asian Studies and International Studies
Jonathan Chang, Department of Education: Asian Studies and Indochinese Programs
James Ogura, Department of Education: Asian Studies and Elementary and Secondary Education
Lawrence Koziarz, Department of Education: Asian Studies and Ethnic Studies
Discussants: John Young, Seton Hall University
John Tsu, University of San Francisco
30. Contemporary China: The Politics and Inner and Outer Space
Chairperson: Jan S. Prybyla, Pennsylvania State University
Trong Chai, Medgard Evers College, City University of New York: The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on the Chinese Academy of Science
Bruce Esposito, University of Hartford: The Contemporary Chinese Militia
A. Tom Grunfeld, Empire State College, State University of New York: Minority Policy in the PRC
Bradley Hahn, Foreign Policy Research Institute: The PRC Space Program: A Political or Military Instrument?
31. Chinese Students and American Education
Chairperson: Edwin Pak-wah Leung, Seton Hall University
Edwin Pak-wah Leung, Seton Hall University: The Early Chinese Students in America, 1850-1900
Douglas W. Lee, University of Washington: The Forging of China’s new Chun Tzu in America, 1900-1930
Edwin G. Clausen, Jr, Lafayette College: Chinese Students in the U.S., 1930-1949
Discussant: Robert L. Worden, Library of Congress
32. Comparative Studies on East Asian Policies and Practices in Dealing with Problems of the Aging Population
Chairperson: Thomas Hosuck Kang, East Asia Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Lillian Liu, Social Security Administration: Social Welfare Problems and the Aged in the People's Republic of China
Max Horlick, Social Security Administration: Impact of Aging Population in Japan
Chang Shub Roh, Bloomsburg State College, and Thomas Hosuck Kang, East Asia Research Institute: Newly Emerging Problems of Aging in Korea
Discussant: Edmund H. Worthy, Jr., National Council on the Aging
33. Culture and Language in Indochina
Chairperson: Marion Ross, University of Virginia
Franklin E. Huffman, Cornell University: Aspects of Khmer Culture as Reflected in Language
John K. Whitmore, University of Michigan: The Vietnamese Sense of the Past
Marion Ross, University of Virginia: Toward a New Tradition of Translation: Vietnamese Literature in the Sino-Vietnamese Context, English Exoticism, and the Modern Novel
34. Traditions of Authoritarianism and Nationalist Revolutionary Politics in India
Chairperson: Ranjan Borra, Library of Congress
Walter Andersen, Department of State: Philosophical Underpinnings to the Hindu Nationalist Movement
Douglas Makeig, Library of Congress: India and the Formation of Bangladesh Liberation Forces
Hitabrata Roy, Subhas Society, Washington, D.C.: Netaji and the Indian National Army: Its Impact on the Final Phase of the In dependence Struggle
Discussant: John Adams, University of Maryland, College Park
35. Peasant Uprisings and Historical Change in Asia
Chairperson: Selcuk Tozeren, Columbia University
Selcuk Tozeren, Columbia University: Millenarian Uprisings in Japan: The Nakano Revolt of 1871
Robert Jenx, Harvard University: Sectarianism and Ethnicity: The Kweichow Miao Rebellion in China, 1855-1872
Discussant: Michael Adas, Rutgers University