ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION
ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1982
1. Historical Archaeology in Ancient China: New Developments in Bronze Age China
Chair: Heather A. Peters, University of Pennsylvania
Heather A. Peters, University of Pennsylvania: Economic Exchange and Social Interaction during the Bronze Age.
Robert L. Thorp, Princeton University: Complementary and Supplementary Relationships between Historical and Archaeological Evidence.
David W. Goodrich, Yale University: The Bronze Age of North China.
2. International Relations in Asia
Chair: Llewellyn D. Howell, American University
Clarita Carlos, University of the Philippines, and Llewellyn D. Howell, American University: The Evolution of Attitudinal Accommodation in Southeast Asia.
Bradley Hahn, Foreign Policy Research Institute: Taiwan: The Key to Stability in East Asia.
Jitsuo Tsuchiyama, University of Maryland: A Comparative Analysis of Japanese Alliance Behavior.
Discussant: Llewellyn D. Howell, American University
3. Small but Significant: The “Other Minorities” of South Asia
Chair: Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University
Sam Iftikhar, Library of Congress: South Asian Christians: Challenges, Impact, and
Contributions.
Lovji Cama, New York: The Zoroastrians of South Asia.
Ezekiel Barber, Kean College of New Jersey: The Bene Israel: Images and Realities.
Discussant: Robert Norman, University of Pittsburgh
4. The Origins of U.S.-Korean Relations
Chair: Key S. Ryang, Mary Washington College
Donald S. Macdonald, U. S. Department of State: The American Role in Opening Korea to the West.
C. N. Weems, Montclair State College: Reflections on H. B. Hulbert and his History.
Chai-man Kim, Sun Kyun Kwan University: Sino-Korean Relations in the Nineteenth Century.
Key S. Ryang, Mary Washington College: Western Contributions to Modern Korean History: John Ross, H. B. Hulbert and James Gale.
Discussant: Yoon S. Yim, Virginia Commonwealth University
5. China’s Recent Educational Developments
Chair: Edwin Pak-wah Leung, Seton Hall University
Therese Morcom, Seton Hall University: Current Problems in China’s Higher Education.
Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California: Education and the Political Socialization of Chinese Youth.
M. Dayle Barnes, University of Pittsburgh: Recent Language Developments in the PRC.
Edwin Pak-wah Leung, Seton Hall University: Educating China's Minority Nationalities: A Case Study.
6. Orienting Asian Students and Scholars
Chair: Edward M. Anthony, University of Pittsburgh
Edward M. Anthony, University of Pittsburgh
David O. Mills, University of Pittsburgh
John Singleton, University of Pittsburgh/Konan-Illinois Exchange Program
Long Yinxia, Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Pittsburgh
7. Library Resources on South Asia in Philadelphia, II
Chair: Kanta Bhatia, University of Pennsylvania
Robert J. Young, West Chester State College and University of Pennsylvania:
Baptist Mission Records
Eva Ray, Philadelphia Museum of Art: Collections of Indian Art.
Roy Elliott Goodman, American Philosophical Society: Rare American Philosophical Society Holdings.
Discussant: James Carson, Dickinson College
8. Learning from Japan: A Comparison of American and Japanese Labor-Management Relations (Teaching of Asia in the Secondary Schools)
Chair: Jack Miller, Abington-North Campus
Slides of Japan's Honda Factory and a Simulation Problem.
Jack Miller, Abington-North Campus
Andrea Erickson, Penn Delco School District
Robert L. Schell, Pennsylvania Department of Education
9. East Asian Women and Their Relationship to Established Power
Chair: Ann Waltner, Rider College
Patricia Stranahan, Texas A. & M. University: Yenan Women and the Communist Party.
Ann Waltner, Rider College: Adoption in Ming and Early Ch'ing China: Historical
and Anthropological Perspectives.
Donald Roden, Rutgers University: Manliness and Femininity in Modern Japan.
Discussants: Charlotte Yang, University of Pittsburgh
Diana Wood, Shady Side Academy
10. New Dimesnions in India’s Global Policies: Prospects for the Eighties
Chair: Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion State College
V. Balasubramanian, Hindustan Times
Padma Desai, Columbia University
Surendra Gupta, University of Pittsburg, Kansas
A. N. D. Haksar, Embassy of India
D. K. Misra, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Phillips Talbot, Asia Society
11. International Relations in East and Northeast Asia: Scenarios of Possible Developments
Chair: Parris H. Chang, Pennsylvania State University
Manwoo Lee, Millersville State College
David Lu, Bucknell University
Edward Olsen, Naval Postgraduate School
Todd Starbuck, Army War College
Robert Sutter, Congressional Research Service
12. The Neglect of Humanism in the Developmental Mode for Pakistan
Chair: Mohammad Akhtar, Slippery Rock State College
Javed Burki, World Bank: Goals and Directions of Economic Development in
Pakistan.
Robert Norman, University of Pittsburgh: Citizenship in South Asia.
Mohammad Akhtar, Slippery Rock State College: Human Satisfaction as the Object of Development.
Arif Ghayur, University of Utah: Development in Pakistan: A Sociologist's Viewpoint.
Discussant: Rene Peritz, Slippery Rock State College
13. Ming/Qing Social and Economic History
Chair: Mi Chu Wiens, Library of Congress
Liu Shih-chi, Academia Sinica/Harvard University: The Organization and Development of Market Towns.
Wang Yuquan, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing/Columbia University:
An Analysis of the Confucian Aristocratic Estates in Qufu, Shandong.
Mi Chu Wiens, Library of Congress: Lineages and Land Tenure in Commercialized Huizhou, Anhwei.
Discussant: E-tu Zen Sun, Pennsylvania State University
14. Mercantile Elites and Philosophy in South Asia, Part I
Chair: Hanna Papanek, Boston University
David White, Appalachian State University: Parsi Philanthropy in 18th-century Surat and Bombay.
Susan Nield Basu, University of Chicago: Urban Elites and Philanthropy in Early 19th-Century Madras.
Douglas Haynes, University of Pennsylvania: Changing Philanthropic Patterns among Hindu Mercantile Elites in Surat during the !9th and Early 20th Centuries.
Thomas Timberg, Private Consultant, Washington, DC: Marwari Philanthropy since 1900.
15. China’s Modernization Theories, Methods, and the Reality
Chair: Donald Sutton, Carnegie-Mellon University
Critique: Michael Gasster, Rutgers University
Peter Stearns, Carnegie-Mellon University, Editor, Journal of Social History
Donald Sutton, Carnegie-Mellon University
Response: Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University, Editor and Co-author of The Modernization of China (Free Press, 1981)
16. Matters of Life and Death in Tokugawa Japan
Chair: Ann B. Jannetta, University of Pittsburgh
Laurel L. Cornell, University of Pittsburgh: In Place of Children: Adoption in Preindustrial Japan.
Jennifer Robertson, Cornell University: Farm Manuals: Japanese Ethnography in the Edo Period.
Ann B. Jannetta, University of Pittsburgh: Epidemic Disease and Child Mortality in Late Tokugawa Japan.
Discussant: Gay Gulickson, University of Maryland
17. Islam and Development in South Asia Since the 1970s
Chair: Sushil Verma, Essex Community College
Imtiaz Ahmad, Jawaharlal Nehru University: Muslims in India
Zillur R. Khan, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh: Islam and Political Development in Bangladesh.
M. Jamil Hanifi, University of Northern Illinois: Socio-Political Dynamics of Islam in Afghanistan during the 1970s and 1980s.
Asad Hussain, Northeastern University: Muslims in India as a Minority: Problems in Development.
Yameen Zubairi, Catonsville College: Muslims in Pakistan: Problems in Development.
Discussants: M. Rashiduzzaman, Glassboro State College
Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion State College
18. Perspectives on Outreach Programs in aSIAN sTUDIES
(Teaching Asia in the Secondary Schools)
Chair: Louise R. Wilde, University of Pittsburgh
Amy V. Heinrich, Columbia University, East Asian Curriculum Project
Constance O'Connell, Yale University, East Asian Studies Outreach Director
Charlotte Mowry, Chair, Social Studies, Southmoreland High School
John Miller, Chair, English Department, Ellis School (Teaching of Asia in the Secondary Schools.)
19. Pakistan’s Economic Performance and Prospects in the 1980s
Chair: Ishrat Husain, World Bank
Tariq Husain, World Bank
Mushtaqur Rahman, Iowa State University
20. Preserving East Asian Library and Archival Resources within the Mid-Atlantic States Region
Chair: Frank J. Shulman, University of Maryland
Warren M. Tsuneishi, Library of Congress: Preservation of East Asian Language Materials at the Library of Congress.
Jack M. Jacoby, Columbia University: A Profile of the Preservation Activities for Chinese Materials at the East Asian Library, Columbia University.
John Mendelsohn, National Archives and Records Service: Preservation of Japanese War Crimes Records in the U.S. National Archives.
P. K. Yu, Center for Chinese Research Materials: The Programs for Reproducing and Preserving Twentieth Century Chinese Publications at the Center for Research Materials in Washington, D. C.
Discussant: Thomas C. Kuo, University of Pittsburgh
21. Mercantile Elites and Philanthropy in South Asia, Part II
Chair: Hanna Papanek, Boston University
David Rudner, University of Pennsylvania: Credit and Philanthropy in South India: The Case of the Nattukkotai Chettairs.
Hanna Papanek, Boston University: Mixed Motives: Community Donations in Pakistani Business Communities.
Discussant: William Rowe, Johns Hopkins University
22. Recent Economic Trends in Southeast Asia: A Roundtable
Chair: Richard Hooley, University of Pittsburgh
Frank Golay, Cornell University: Philippines
Richard Hooley, University of Pittsburgh: Sri Lanka
Shaheen Dill, Gulf Oil Corporation: Malaysia
Trent Bertrand, SUNY, Binghamton: Thailand
Douglas Paauw, Wayne State University: Indonesia
23. Workshop on First-Year Chinese Language Instruction
Chair: Vivian Hsu, Oberlin College
Chin Tsung, University of Maryland
John H. T. Lu, Florida State University
A. Ronald Walton, University of Pennsylvania
Dayle Barnes, University of Pittsburgh
24. Social Service Delivery Systems in India and Pakistan: An Organizational Approach
Chair: Kundan L. Bhatia, Slippery Rock State College
Kundan L. Bhatia, Slippery Rock State College: Effectiveness of Agricultural Extension Agencies for Dissemination of Agricultural Technology to Small Farmers in India.
S. B. Mani, Slippery Rock State College: Delivering Health and Family Planning Services in Rural India.
Murali D. Nair, Marywood College: Mental Health Practices in India.
Babu Suseelan, Marywood College: Infzuences of Religion on Social Welfare in India.
William Russell, Pennsylvania Child Welfare Services: Approaches to Juvenile Delinquency in India
Mohammad Akhtar, Slippery Rock State College: Mental Health Facilities in Pakistan: Present and Future.
25. Why Not Kill the Cow?
Chair: Amara Bachu, U. S. Bureau of the Census
Jane Philips, Howard University: Precursors of Cattle Complexes and Their Contemporary Survivals.
S. N. Leela, Millersville State College: Economic Dysfunction and the Importance of the Cow.
Amara Bachu, U. S. Bureau of the Census: The Religious Significance of the Cow: The Transition from Its Ancient Cultural Roots to its Contemporary Social Significance.
Discussant: Lester A. Zeger, University of Pittsburgh
26. Special Session: China Under the Sung
Chair: Cho-yun Hsu, University of Pittsburgh
James T. C. Liu, Princeton University: The Differences between Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century China.
Julia Murray, Freer Gallery of Art: Dynastic Revival in the Southern Sung.
27. East Asian Nationalism: Issues and Problems
Chair: Ka-che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Walter Arnold, Miami University: Japanese Economic Nationalism: Protectionalism vs. Internationalism
Andrew C. Nahm, Western Michigan University: Korean Nationalism: Its Origins and Transformation.
Ka-che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Nationalism and Medicine in the People's Republic of China.
Gilbert Chan, Miami University: Chinese Nationalism and the Taiwan Question.
Discussant: John Witek, Georgetown University
28. China and the World: Patterns of Cultural Interaction
Chair: I-fan Ch'eng, Howard University
Alok Ghosh, Howard University: How Indian Was Neo-Confucianism? A Study of China’s Buddhistic Transformation.
Mohammed-Bessirum Sillah, Howard University: Chinese Ideology Trans-Sahara: The Comparative Political Thought of Mao Tse-tung and Kwame Nkrumah.
Maggie Ronkin, The Catholic University: Piercing the Bourgeois Ears: Adaptation of Acupunctural Practices in the United States.
Discussant: Lo-shu Fu, Duquesne University
29. Chinese Writers and the Cultural Revolution
Chair: Donald Sutton, Carnegie-Mellon University
Film: "Return from Silence: China's Revolutionary Writers."
Commentary: Producing "Return from Silence,” Chung-wen Shih, George Washington University
Analysis: The Image of the Writer--Ding Ling's Reemergence on the Literary Scene.
Yi-Tsi Feuerwerker, Residential College, University of Michigan
30. KMT-CCP Interaction: Past, Present, and Future
Chair: Wen Djang Chu, University of Pittsburgh
Richard Bush, Asia Society
Parris Chang, Pennsylvania State University
Wen Djang Chu, University of Pittsburgh
Cho-yun Hsu, University of Pittsburgh
Thomas Kuo, University of Pittsburgh
31. The Demographic Characteristics of East Indian Families in America: Patterns and Variables
Chair: Nirmal K. Sinha, Morgan State University
Paramta Saran, Bernard Baruch College, CUNY: New Immigrants from India: Relevant Issues and Answers.
Ashakant Nimbark, Dowling College: East Indians in American Academic Settings.
Dinker Raval, Morgan State University, and Bina Raval, Towson State University:
Attitudes toward Retirement Among East Indian Immigrants in the U.S.A. and their Marketing Implications
Nirmal K. Sinha, Morgan State University: Demographic Profiles: Old and New Immigrants from India.
Discussant: Milville W. Pugh, Jr., Morgan State University
32. Special Session: Riot and Commerce in the British Empire
Chair: Dorothy Solinger, University of Pittsburgh
Jung-fang Tsai, College of Charleston: The 1884 Hong Kong Insurrection: Anti-Imperial Protest during the Sino-French War.
John Adams, University of Maryland, and Ellen Magenheim, University of Maryland: India's Export Trade in the Nineteenth Century: The Tea Bubble and India's Development.
Discussant: Dorothy Solinger, University of Pittsburgh
33. Hindi-Urdu Literature and Social Change in India and Pakistan
Chair: M. Yameen Zubairi, Catonsville College
Ravi Singh, International Hindi Association
Chandra Agrawal, Mercy College
C. M. Naim, University of Chicago
Surendra Gambhir, University of Pennsylvania
AFFILIATED SESSION: Islam and the Challenge of Communism
(South Asian Muslim Studies Association)
Chair: Sam Iftikhar, Library of Congress
Theodore P. Wright, SUNY, Albany
Mahmood Awan, Clark University
Allen Jones, Middle East Institute
Mumtaz Ahmad, Brookings Institution