ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1988
1. Intellectual Change in Republican China
1.
Chair: Thomas D. Curran, Sacred Heart University
Zoltan Farkas, Pennsylvania State University: Carsun Chang, The Making of a Twentieth Century Neo-Confucian
Roger Jeans, Washington and Lee University: The Philosopher and the Generalissimo: Chiang Chun-mai, Chiang Kai-shek, and the Closing of the Institute of National Culture in Wartime China
Thomas D. Curran, Sacred Heart University: Intellectuals and their Changing Role in Republican China
Discussant: Odoric Wu, Rutgers University
2. Muslim Marriage Rites
Chair: Peter Gaeffke, University of Pennsylvania
Ali Asani, Harvard University: Marriage Rights of the Khojas
Benedicte Johnson, University of Pennsylvania: Meaning and Behavior in Contemporary Pashtun Weddings and a Video Presentation of Pashtun Weddings
Habib Malik, University of Pennsylvania: The Shari’a Rules for Marriage
Peter Gaeffke, University of Pennsylvania: Marriage Customs in the Dekkan and Bihar (I 7th and 20th Centuries)
3. Education and Apprenticeship in Contemporary Careers: East Asian Field Studies
Chair: David Berman, University of Pittsburgh
David Berman, University of Pittsburgh: Japanese Educators
Ellen Madono, Japanese Auto Mechanics
John Singleton, University of Pittsburgh: Japanese Potters
Chris Ward, University of Pittsburgh: Chinese Anthropology Professors
Discussant: Keith Brown, University of Pittsburgh
4. Teaching and Research Experiences in India
Chair: Thomas Goodrich, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
Discussants: Robert Begg, IUP (Geography)
Kurt Dudt and Dennis Ausel, IUP (Communications Media)
Edward Gondolf, IUP (Sociology)
Joel Mlecko, IUP (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
Thomas Goodrich, IUP (History)
5. The Aquino Regime and the Mass Media: An Analytic Examination
Chair: Benjamin N. Muego, Bowling Green State University
Benjamin N. Muego, Bowling Green State University:The Philippine Print Media and the 1987 Plebiscite on the Constitution
Frederick A. Moritz, Pennsylvania State University: The American Media and the Aquino Regime
David A. Rosenberg: The Philippine Media and the Aquino Regime
Discussant: John A. Lent, Temple University
6. Bangladesh in the 1990's
Chair: Syedur Rahman, Pennsylvania State University
R. H. Khondakar, United Nations Development Program: Investment Strategy for Industrial Development of Bangladesh
I.A. Choudhary, Bangladesh Mission to U.N.: Foreign Policy Options at the Turn of the Century
Ziauddin Choudhury, World Bank: An Agenda for Management of Development of Bangladesh
M. Rashiduzzaman, Glassboro State College: Political Institution Building in Bangladesh
Discussant: Craig Baxter, Juniata College
7. Individual Papers: Hinduism and Buddhism
Chair: Gopal S. Kulkarni, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Harry M. Buck, Anima Publications, Wilson College: Ethical Choices in the Ayodhyakanda (Ramayana)
Frank R. Podgorski, Seton Hall University: "INNER-SPACE:" Explorations of Classical Yoga
Daniel Kealey, Towson State University: A Neovedantic Critique of the Hindu Response to the Environmental Crisis
David Prejsnar, Temple University: The Ji sect in the Late Kamakura Period: A Study of Copies of the Yugyo Shonin Engi-E in American Collections
8. Individual Papers: South and Southeast Asia
Chair: H. Leedom Lefferts, Jr., Drew University
Cynthia Talbot. Shippensburg University: Folk Memories of the Past: Traditional Accounts of a South Indian Dynasty
Gurcharan Singh, Marymount Manhattan College: South Asia: The Dynamics of Conflict and Harmony
James L. Cobban, Ohio University: The Concept of Kampung Improvement in Javan Cities: 1900-1980
Pepita Jimenez-Jacobs, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: The Language Basis of Gender Differentiation in Philippine Culture
9. New Light on Ancient India: The Indus Civilization and Early Indian Culture
Chair: Thomas Hopkins, Franklin and Marshall College
Thomas Hopkins, Franklin and Marshall College: The Background, Major Features, and Post-Urban Continuities of Indus Valley Religion
Basya Volchuk, University of Pennsylvania: The Harappan Calendar: A New Interpretation
Richard S. Cohen: The State of Current Research on the Indus Script
Franklin Southworth, University of Pennsylvania: Ancient Languages and Archaeological Cultures: A Comprehensive View of the Evidence from Early India
10. Pakistan in the Nineties: A Roundtable
Chair: Craig Baxter, Juniata College
Discussants: Jamsheed K. A. Marker, Ambassador of Pakistan
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., Former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan and China
Robert LaPorte, Jr., Pennsylvania State University
11. The Celestial Empire and the Early American Republic, 1784-1844:
Old China Trade Documents in the Mid-Atlantic States Region
Chair: Frank Joseph Shulman, University of Maryland, College Park
Jacques M. Downs, University of New England: The Caleb Cushing Papers and Other China Trade Material at the Library of Congress
Murray A. Rubinstein, Baruch College, CUNY: Oliphant's Island: China Trade Materials in Manhattan Library Collections--The New York Historical Society, The New York Public Library, and theUnion Theological Library
Nancy E. Davis, The Octagon Museum, Washington, D.C.: Cargo Manifest Records from American China Trade Vessels Bound for the Port of Philadelphia, 1784-1844, at the National Archives and Records Service (Washington, D.C.)
Discussant: Jonathan Goldstein, West Georgia College
12. Going to Asia: Some Contrasting U.S. University Models
Chair: Patrick Carone, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Kirstin Moritz, Pennsylvania State University: Penn State's Study Abroad Programs in Asia
John Johnston, Lock Haven University: Lock Haven's Faculty/Student Exchange with China
Margaret Lehrer, Temple University: Temple in Japan: A Branch Campus in Japan
13. The Party and the Masses in Republican China
Chair: Ka Che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Gilbert Chan, Miami University of Ohio: Nationalism and Revolution: Liao
Odoric Wu, Rutgers University: The May 30th Labor Movement in Henan
Ka Che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Taking Care of the Masses: The Guomindang and State Medicine, 1928-1937
John J. Fitzgerald, University of Melbourne: The Misconceived Revolution: The Nationalists and Chinese Society in the Nationalist Revolution, 1923-1927
Discussant: David Pong, University of Delaware
14. Teaching and Research Experiences in East and Southeast Asia
Chair: Frank Como, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Timothy Austin, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Teaching and Research Experiences in the Philippines
Gerald Gebhard, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Teaching and Research Experiences in Thailand and China
Eugene Thibadeau, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Teaching and Research Experience in China
Kay Snyder and Thomas Nowak, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Teaching and Research Experience in China
Discussant: Frank Como, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
15. Nehru Reconsidered: New Perspectives on a Familiar Profile
Chair: Ainslee T. Embree, Columbia University
Peter T. Merani, Towson State University: Nehru's Foreign Policy
Ghanshyam Mehta, Brooklyn, N.Y.: India-China Relations: The Main Factor in Nehru's Global Thinking
Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University: Nehru and the Constituent Assembly
Discussants: Ainslie T. Embree, Columbia University
Theodore Wright, SUNY at Albany
16. Individual Papers: South and Central Asian Economics
Chair: Chandra K. Khan, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Chandra K. Khan, Clarion University of Pennsylvania: The East India Company's Trade with Ching China: 1650-1800
Kum Kum Chatterjee, University of Calcutta: Collaboration and Conflict: Indian Bankers and Colonial Rule in Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century India
John Adams, University of Maryland, and Linda Kinney, Hood College: Work and Labor in India: Participation in Formal and Informal Sector Activities
17. Oriental Roots of Holistic Health in America
Chair: Virginia E. Reynolds, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Virginia E. Reynolds, Indiana University of Pensylvania: Oriental Roots of Holistic Health
Chandrika P. Sinha, M.D.: Acupuncture in Pennsylvania Clinical Practice
Anton Grosz, Dutchess Community College, N.Y.: Ancient Tibetan Teachings as an Explanation for Modern Western Death Return Experiences
18. Transportation and Mobility in South Asia
Chair, Scott Gibbons, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.:
Thomas Timberg, Robert Nathan Associates: Transportation and Economic Development in India
Joseph Revis, Louis Berger, Inc.: Goods Movement in National Transportation Planning in South Asia
Gerhard Menckhoff, World Bank: Urban Transportation in South Asia
Scott Gibbons, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.: Land Use and Transportation Relationships in South Asia
19 Images of Women in South Asian Literature
Chair, Janet M. Powers, Gettysburg College
Vaijayanti Wagle, Rockville, Md.: Attitudes Toward Girl Children in Children's Magazine Literature
Janet M. Powers, Gettysburg College: Women in Three Novels by Raja Rao
Discussant: Susham Bedi, Columbia University
20. Teaching about the Vietnam War: Some Promising Approaches
Chair: Paul R. Rivera, Baltimore County Public Schools
Douglas W. Simon, Drew University: Teaching the Vietnam Experience to Inexperienced College Students
Jerold M. Starr, Center for Social Studies Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Lessons of the Vietnam War: A Modular Textbook
Jonathan Goldstein, West Georgia College: Using Literature in a Course on the Vietnam War
Discussant: Paul R. Rivera, Baltimore County Public Schools
21. Russian Aggression and Withdrawal: Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan
Chair: Mohammad I.. Khan, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Ali T. Sheikh, University of Miami: The Problem of Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Rhea Tally Stewart, Manchester, Ct.: Russian Withdrawal: Did We Take Too Much for Granted?
Zalmay Khalilzad, Columbia University: Russian Withdrawal from Afghanistan in American Perspective
Ishaq Nadivi, City University of New York: The Economic Prospects for Afghanistan after Russian Withdrawal
Habib Tegey, Voice of America: The Russian Withdrawal: Problems and Prospects of Reconstruction
Discussants: Rosanne Klass, Afghanistan Information Center, New York
Ernest Thomas Greene, Department of State
22. A Visual Approach to Asian Society and Culture: Japan and Bali
Chair: John K. Gillespie, The Japan Society
John K. Gillespie, The Japan Society: Japanese Society through Film: The Japanese Family
William W. Wood, Ohio University: Visualization of Balinese Culture: The Work of Bateson and Mead
23. Deng Yanda and the Chinese Search for the Meaning of Revolution
Chair: J. Kenneth Olenik, Montclair State College
Brenda Sansom, China Program, National Council of Churches, U.S.A.: Deng Yanda on Chinese Society and the Common People's Revolution
Tu Chande, Fudan University, Shanghai and Montclair State College: Peasant Policies in the Thought of Deng Yanda
J. Kenneth Olenik, Montclair State College: The Arrest and Execution of Deng Yanda
Discussant: J. Kenneth Olenik, Montclair State College
24. Individual Papers: Traditional China – Wen and Wu
Chair: Fr.John W. Witek, S. J., Georgetown University
Fran Conroy, Burlington County College: Ethico-cosmic Listening: Clues from the "Quaker" Strand in Chinese Thought
John D. Young, Hong Kong Baptist College: Confucianism in Transition: Late Ming-Early Qing China
Carol M. Derrickson, Dickinson College: Speaking the Unspeakable: Language of the Tai Ji Quan Ching
John W. Killigrew, SUNY Brockport: Zhuge Liang and the Long Zhong Dui: A Critique of the Military History of the Shu-Han State during the Early Three Kingdoms Period, 209-234 A-D.
25. The Dialogue of Political Dissent and Activism in Late Qing China
Chair: Jane Kate Leonard, University of Akron
Jane Kate Leonard, University of Akron: Portrait of a Working Administrator: The Daoguang Emperor’s Court Letters on Grand Canal-Grain Transport Management,
1824-27
Tim Wong, Ohio State University: The Author as Hero: Biography and Fiction in The Travels of Lao Ts’an
Barry Keenan, Denison University: Academy Founding as an Expression of Oing-yi Dissent in Post-Taiping China
Discussant: Tim Wong, Ohio State University
26. Beyond the Wall, Inner and Outer China: China's Cultural Minorities of Inner Mongolia and Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province
Chair: Ann H. Thomas, Southern Lehigh School
W. Jack Miller, Abington High School
Discussant: H. Leedom Lefferts, Jr., Drew University
27. The Dynamics of State and Business Relationalships in the Republic of Korea
Chair, David I. Steinberg, The Asia Society
Dennis MacNamara, Georgetown University: Legacies of the Keijo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
John Bennett, Korea Economic Institute: Evolution of State and Business Relations Under the Republic
E.Y. Park, The World Bank: Korea in Comparative Perspective: The State and Business in the NICs
Discussants: Karl Moskowitz, Korea Strategy Associates
David I. Steinberg, The Asia Society
28. The Columbia-Meh Institute on Introducing Asian Influence on Western Civilization and World History Courses: Applications, Impact and Reflections
Chair: Dale E. Landon, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Theopolis Fair, LaSalle University: The Perspective from Latin America to Global History
Derek S. Linton, Hobart and William Smith Colleges: The Perspective from Modern Europe to World History
Ka Che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: The Perspective from China to World History
Beverly S. Almgren, Moore College of Art: The Perspective from Russian History to World History
Discussant: Dale E. Landon, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
29. Historical Preservation in the People's Republic of China
Chair: Marwyn S. Samuels, Syracuse University
Marwyn S. Samuels, Syracuse University: Redesigning Beijing: The Politics of historical Preservation in the People's Republic of China
Jeffrey Cody, Cornell University: The Chinese Renaissance: Design Authenticity and Revolution
Carmencita M. Samuels, Syracuse University: Preserving Siheyuan in the Modern Chinese City
Alfonz Lengyel, Fudan Museum Foundation: Protection of Cultural Heritage in Post-Mao China
30. Asian Immigrants in America
Chair: Amit Prasad, University of Pennsylvania
Tapan Mukherjee, National Science Foundation: South Asian Foreign Students and Immigration
Amit Prasad, University of Pennsylvania: Early Indian Immigration to the U.S.
(c. 1900)
Joseph Pagano, Rutgers University: Adjustment of the Vietnamese Familial Value Structure: Accompanied and Unaccompanied Vietnamese Refugees in America
Discussant: Shanti S. Tangri, Rutgers University
31. Japan Toward the 21st Century: Leadership and Policy
Chair: Dorothy Robins-Mowry, Woodrow Wilson International Center
John E. Endicott, National Defense University: Japanese Concepts of Change, Historical and Philosophical
Dorothy Robins-Mowry, Woodrow Wilson International Center: Aspects of Social Change
Francis M. Davenport III, Department of State: Trends in Political and Security Affairs
Rodney Armstrong, Japan-America Society of D.C.: Trends in Trade and Business
David Hitchcock, U.S. Information Agency: Issues in Foreign Policy
32. The Woman Question in the Chinese Literary Tradition
Chair: Carolyn T. Brown, Howard University
Margaret Berry, John Carroll University: Wu Chingtzu on the Subjection of Women
Carol M. Derrickson, Dickinson College: Exploring the "Common Enemy” Theory: Traditional Chinese Women’s Literature
Carolyn T. Brown, Howard University: Woman as Trope: Feminism? in Lu Xun's "Soap"
33. Teaching Chinese Language and Culture -- Don't Miss the Boat
Chair: John Johnson, Indian University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
John Johnson, IUP, and Donald McFeely, IUP: A Guide for Thematic Teaching about China in American Schools
John Johnson, IUP and Jiang Zhi, Shanghai Teacher’s University (IUP): Project COPIAS: China Outreach in Indiana Area Schools -- An Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture for Young American Students
34. State Involvement in the Economy in Qing Times
Chair: Jane Kate Leonard, University of Akron
Dorothy Borei, Guilford College: Security Inplications of Qing Involvement in Borderland Economies
Winston Hsieh, University of Missouri, St. Louis: Macao under Chinese Hegemony, 1550 - 1800
Jane Kate Leonard, University of Akron: Benevolent Rule and Qing Imperial Management of the Grand Canal-Grain Transport System
Discussant: Jennifer Cushman, Australian National University (Cornell University)
35. Film of Asia: Industry and Art
Chair: John A. Lent, Temple University
Keiko McDonald, University of Pittsburgh: The Yakuza Film: Death, Ostracism and Finger-Cutting
Hong-Joon Kim, Temple University: Representation of Shamans in Some Recent Korean Films
John A. Lent, Temple University: The Film Industry of Hong Kong
36. Rethinking Early Civilization in South China and Southeast Asia
Chair: Katheryn M. Linduff, University of Pittsburgh
Ge Yan, University of Pittsburgh: Sanxingdui Art: Sichwan and its Position in the Early Metal Age in China
Mrea Csorba, University of Pittsburgh: The Role of Thailand in the Formation of the Metal Age in Southeast Asia
Lin Hsui-fang, University of Pittsburgh: The Neolithic Base for the Yunnan Bronze Age
Huang Tsui-mei, University of Pittsburgh: Yueh Culture, Its Neolithic Base and Relationship to the Tien
Discussant: Cho-yun Hsu, University of Pittsburgh
37. Ethno-Religious Integration and Disintegration in South Asia: A Roundtable
Chair: Theodore Wright, Jr., SUNY Albany
Panelists: Aminul Islam, Wright State University: Bangladesh
Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion University of Pennsylvania: India
Mumtaz Ahmed, Hyattsville, Md.: Pakistan
Muhammad A. Maruf, Swedesboro, N.J.: Sri Lanka
Discussants: Salahuddin Malik, SUNY Brockport
M. Rashiduzzaman, Glassboro State College
T.M. Deen and Manzoor Khattana, D.M.S. Inc.
38. Individual Papers: East Asian Economies
Chair: Donald S. Macdonald, Georgetown University
Yearn Choi, University of the District of Columbia: U.S. -Korea Trade Frictions: Content Analysis of U.S. and Korean Newspaper Editorials
Lee Oei, Fordham University: Japanese Physiocracy: Its Emergence and Early State
Ngo Dinh Tu, Clarion University of Pennsylvania: Congress, The President, and Trade with Japan
39. Leadership in Bangladesh
Chair: Enayetur Rahim, National Endowment for the Humanities
Douglas Makeig, Department of Defense: Military Leadership in Bangladesh
A.M. A Muhith, Untied Nations: Regime Leadership in Bangladesh
Enayetur Rahim, National Endowment for the Humanities: Opposition Leadership in Bangladesh
Ambassador Obaidullah Khan: Rural Leadership in Bangladesh
Discussant: Craig Baxter, Juniata College