ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION
NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, 1990
1. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Writing Workshop
1.
Moderator: Sharon Cohen, National Endowment for the Humanities
David Wise, National Endowment for the Humanities
2. The Political Economy of South Asia: Internal and External Dimensions
2.
Moderator: Mary Carras, Rutgers University, Camden
Alan Heston, University of Pennsylvania: India: The Political Economy of Liberalization
Manoranjan Dutta, Rutgers University: The Economics of SAARC
Shanti Tangri, Rutgers University: Overview of the Indian Economy
Mary Carras, Rutgers University, Camden: India's Stake in G.A.T.T.
Discussants: John Adams, University of Maryland
Barney Rubin, U.S. Institute of Peace
3. Legacies from the Past: Library and Archival Resources for the Study of China and Japan in New York State and Northern New Jersey
Moderator: Frank Joseph Shulman, University of Maryland
Marjorie H. Li, Rutgers University: The Cantonese Ballads Collection at the East Asian Library of Rutgers University and the Wason Collection of Cornell University"
Barbara Dunlop, City College of the City University of New York: Opening the Door to Japan: Resources on Townsend Harris (1804-1878)
Frances LaFleur, Columbia University: Life in the Field: The Papers, Diaries, Notes and Tapes of Anthropological Research Conducted by Morton H. Fried in China (1947-48) and Taiwan (1960s) Available within the Columbia University Libraries
Ben Primer, Princeton University: Japan and Twentieth Century U.S.-Japan Relations as Reflected in the Holdings of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
4. Redefinition of the Self in Modern Chinese Literature
Moderator: Peter Li, Rutgers University
Yichin Shen, Rutgers University: Redefinition of Womanhood in Zhang Jie's The Arc
Hongjun Yuan, Rutgers University: Impact of Western Romanticism on the New Poetry of Guo Mo Juo
Wenjia You, Rutgers University: Ambivalence in the Early Novels of Lao She
Su Wei, Princeton University: The Transformed Self in Cheng Yi's Old Well
Discussant: Jeffrey Kinkley, St. John's University
5. The Internationalization of Japan: Problems and Prospects
Moderator: Dorothy Robins-Mowry, Public Diplomacy Foundation
Robert Garrity, The Associated Japan-American Societies of the U.S.: Internationalization: The Domestic Implications for Japan
John E. Endicott, Georgia Institute of Technology: Security Contributions to International Order
Ronald A. Morse, Economic Strategy Institute: Japan's Internationalization through Participation in International Organizations
Kenneth S. Chern, U. S. Department of State: The Internationalization of Japan's Environmental Policies
Discussant: Ardath W. Burks, Rutgers University
6. Inner Awakenings: Yoga, Vipasana, Zen
Moderator: Frank R. Podgorski, Seton Hall University
Frank Podgorski, Seton Hall University: Inner Consciousness in Yoga Practice
Gabriel Gomes, Marymount College: Buddhist Vipasana Insight
Joseph McKeon, Central Connecticut State University: Zen Enlightenment
Discussant: To be announced
7. Hong Kong and China: Retrospect and Prospect
Moderator: Odoric Wou, Rutgers University
K.C. Fok, University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong's Role in Modern Chinese History
Gilbert Chan, Miami University: Hong Kong and China's Unification
Ka-che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Hong Kong and China: One Country, Two Systems?
Xiaobo Zhang, Columbia University: Hong Kong and the June 4 Incident of 1989
Discussant: David Pong, University of Delaware
8. Asian Immigrants in the United States
Moderator: Sharon R. Ashley, Western Washington College
Tamsin L. Hekala, City University: Including the Asian Student in the Community for Learning
Sharon R. Ashley, Western Washington College: Social Imperatives of Asian Immigrant Assimilation: An Ethnohistorical Study
Alan Roland, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis: Indians in America: Adaptation and the Bicultural Self
Tomoko Hamada, The College of William and Mary: Interface Between Japanese and Japanese Americans in the Japanese Multi-Nationals in the U.S.
Discussant: Dorothy Angell, Catholic University and Independent Scholars of
South Asia
9. The Satanic Verses: Two Years Later
Moderator: Steven Walker, Rutgers University
Stefan Meyer, Rutgers University: Kundera and Rushdie: The Unbearable Lightness of Being and the Satanic Verses from a Comparative Perspective"
Mohja Kahf, Rutgers University: The Satanic Verses: A Muslim Perspective
Steven Walker, Rutgers University: Flying High, the Down to Earth: Psychological Perspective on The Satanic Verses
10. The 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement
Moderator: Martin Schoenhals, University of Pennsylvania
Robin Munro, Asia Watch: The Suppression of the Workers' Movement
Suzanne Ogden, Northeastern University: The Intellectual Roots of the 1989 Movement
Martin Schoenhals, University of Pennsylvania: A Case Study of the 1989 Chinese Student Protests and Their Aftermath
Marcia Wagner, Columbia University: The Role of the Intellectuals in the Democracy Movement
Discussant: Michael Gasster, Rutgers University
11. The Griffis Collections at Rutgers and Cornell
Moderator: Robert Sewell, Rutgers University
Ryoko Toyama, Rutgers University: Letters to and from Japanese Studying Abroad (Ryugakusei)
Ardath Burks, Rutgers University: Research Potential of the Griffis Collection
Ruth Simmons, Rutgers University: Overview of the Griffis Collection at Cornell University
Satoshi Akiba, Cornell University: Historical Analysis of the Contents of the Griffis Collection at Cornell"
12. Food, Agriculture, and Population in South Asia I
Moderator: Syed Abu Hasnath, Boston University
Nesar Uddin Ahmed, Tufts University: Health and Nutritional Situation in South Asia
Anup Pujari, Boston University: The Progress in Agricultural Production and its Impact on Per Capita Cereal Consumption in India
Syeda Fizza Zillani, Boston University: Regional Food Consumption Pattern in Pakistan
Syed Abu Hasnath, Boston University: Food Gap in Bangladesh: An Analysis in Retrospect and Prospect
Discussant: M. Osman Ghani, New York University
13. The United States and Pakistan in the Nineties: A Roundtable
Moderator: Craig Baxter, Juniata College
Robert LaPorte, Jr., Pennsylvania State University: U.S. Pakistan Economic Relations
Herbert G. Hagerty, U.S. Foreign Service (retired): U.S.-Pakistan Security Relations
Shahid Javed Burki, The World Bank: A Pakistani Reply
14. Education and Politics in 20th Century Vietnam
Moderator: Helen Chauncey, Georgetown University
Patricia Noland, Washington, D.C.: Colonial Education and Vietnamese Nationalism: The Case of Lycee Marie Curie
Helen Chauncey, Georgetown University: Politics and Pedagogy in Socialist Vietnam
Mary McDonnell, Social Science Research Council: Educational Exchange and the Politics of Post War Reconciliation: American and Vietnamese Dialogue
Discussant: Sharon Cohen, National Endowment for the Humanities
15. Developing Culturally and Socially Significant Materials for Japanese Language Courses
Moderator: Senko K. Maynard, Rutgers University
Fumiko Asari Nazikian, Princeton University: The Development of Negotiation Skills and Cultural/Social Understanding
Yukari Kunisue, Columbia University: Developing Culturally Related and Socially Significant Materials for Japanese Language Courses
Yoshie Kawamura, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Introducing Culturally Related Materials into Advanced Japanese Language Courses
Keiko Uesawa Chevray, Columbia University: Incorporating Culture into Japanese Language Teaching
Discussant: Senko K. Maynard, Rutgers Utiiversity
16. Taiwan's New Era Under President Lee Teng-Hui
Moderator: Parris H. Chang, Pennsylvania State University
Michael Y. Kau, Brown University: Taiwan's Constitutional Reform and Political Change
Martin L. Lasater, Pennsylvania State University: Factional vs Ideological Mobilization: Strategy in Taiwan's Elections
Chi-hsien Wang, University of Pittsburgh: Taiwan's Economic Development: Export-Oriented Growth Re-examined
Thomas Chen, St. John's University: Economic Relations Between Taiwan and the PRC
Discussants: Andrew Nathan, Columbia University
King Chen, Rutgers University
17. Ethnic and Communal Identities in South Asia
Moderator: Salahuddin Ahmed, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
Barun De, Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta: Ethnic Revivalism: Problems of the Indian Union
Suranjan Das, University of Calcutta: Communal Violence in Twentieth Century Colonial Bengal: A Theoretical Framework
Nira Samarasingh, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford: The Tamil Problem in Sri Lanka
Chittabrata Palit, University of Jadavpur, India: Regional Identity in Bengal: Historical Roots
Discussant: to be announced
18. East Asian Research and Information Service in an Electronic Library
Moderator: Marjorie H. Li, Rutgers University
Kenji Niki, Columbia University: Presentation on the Use of Chinese/Japanese/Korean Terminals on Collection Development and Reference
Charles Wu, Columbia University: Impact of CJK and Local System on Information Access
Martin Heijdra, Princeton University: Impact of CJK and Local System on Researchers
Karen Smith-Yoshimura, Stanford University: An Overview of Research Library Information Network and CJK Enhancement
Discussant: Nelson Chou, Rutgers University
19. Asia in Washington: Resources from and in the Federal Government
Moderator: Zdenek David, Woodrow Wilson Center
Chi Wang, Library of Congress: Recent Trends in the Acquisition and Reference Services of the Asia Division of the Library of Congress
F. Bruce Robinson, National Endowment for the Humanities: Projects on Asia, Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Robert Worden, Library of Congress: Country Studies Program: History, Organization, and Editing Procedures with Special Emphasis on the Asian Area
Discussant: Patrick Mayerchak, Virginia Military Institute
20. Modern Japan: Territorial Disputes and Intellectual Trends (individual papers)
Moderator.: John Witek, Georgetown University
Edwin Pak-wah Leung, Seton Hall University: China's Dispute with Japan over Liu-Ch'iu (Ryukyu), 1871-1881
Takako Shimoda, University of Maryland: The Northern Territorial Dispute and Soviet-Japanese Relations
Lee Oei, Fordham University: Development of Japanese Physiocracy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Matthew Gardner, Georgetown University: The Valley of the Shadow: Access in Asian International Relations
21. East Asian Security: New Challenges
Moderator: Debra Schroeder, United States Military Academy
Debra Schroeder, United States Military Academy: Japanese-Korean Security Cooperation: A Functionalist Approach
Russell D. Howard, United States Military Academy: Special Operations and the PRC Military: The Challenges to East Asian Security
Jay M. Parker, United States Military Academy: Southeast Asian Security and Changing Hegemons: Balance of Power Revisited
Discussants: Donald Zagoria, Hunter College
James Auer, formerly Department of State
22. Asian Business, Industry, and Science (individual papers)
Moderator: Howard Spendelow, Georgetown University
Mohammad B. Alam, Elmira College: India's Nuclear Policy
Robert Cambria, Cambria Consultants: Tilting at Asian Windmills: Some Cultural Implications for U.S. Business
Nancee Simonson, Bureau of National Affairs: Cross Cultural Training: A Pilot Training Session for U.S.-Japan Business Communication
Li Chang, Institute of Modem History, Taipei, Taiwan: The Oil Industry in Northwestern China, 1900-1949
23. Asian Women's Issues (individual papers)
Moderator: Kanta Bhatia, University of Pennsylvania
Ying-Ying Chien, Taiwan National University: Images of New Women in Contemporary Taiwanese Fiction
Paul Schalow, Rutgers University: Integrating Lesbian, Gay and Women's Concerns into Japanese Literature Courses
Janet Walker, Rutgers University: The Role of Women Characters in Western Imperialist Literature about Asia
Chandra Agrawal, Morgan State University: Let's Laugh? South Asian Women Writers Too?
24. Chinese Hells: Visions of Torment, Savior From Pain
Moderator: Chun-fang Yu, Rutgers University
Chun-fang Yu, Rutgers University: Kuan-yin as Savior of Beings in Hell
Angela Howard, Queens College: The Ten Yings and Punishments in Hell in the Baodingshan Reliefs of Dazu, Sichuan
Stephen Teiser, Princeton University: Texts Describing the Ten Kings of Hell and the Genesis of Chinese Purgatory
Discussant: Terry Kleeman, University of Pennsylvania
25. Food, Agriculture and Population in South Asia II
Moderator: Abu M.S. Ali, Clark University
Abu M.S. Ali, Clark University: Population Pressure on Arable Land and its Impact on Rural to Urban Migration in South Asian Countries
Madhusudhan Rao, Bridgewater State College: Internal Migration in India: Some Policy Issues
Ferdousi Khanam, Northeastern University: Urban Female Employment in Bangladesh: A Case Study of the Garment Industry
Siddiq Abdullah, Pine Manor College: Urban Industrial Employment in Pakistan: An Analysis of the Recent Trend
26. Indo-American Relations: A Roundtable
Moderator: Dennis Kux, U. S. Department of State
Thomas Thornton, Johns Hopkins University
Sumit Ganguly, Hunter College
Francine Frankel, University of Pennsylvania
27. Lu Xun's Fiction and Ethics for a Modern China
Moderator: Ching-I Tu, Rutgers University
Peggy Friedman, Rutgers University: Mistrust in Lu Xun's Fiction
Rujie Wang, Rutgers University: Lu Xun and the Code of Negative Characteristics
Vincent D.S. Yang, Pennsylvania State University: The Image of the Government and the People in Lu Xun's Fiction
Discussant: Jeffrey C. Kinkley, St. John's University
28. Integrating Pragmatics and Pedagogy in Japanese
Moderator: Senko K. Maynard, Rutgers University
Yukiko Sasaki Alam, Towson State University: A Role of Deictic Verbs in the Development of Japanese Discourse
Yoshiko Matsumoto, Ohio University: Honorifics in Subordinate Clauses
Misato Tokunaga, The North Carolina State Japan Center: Integrating Pragmatics and Pedagogy: A Case of the Passives and Causatives
Senko K. Maynard, Princeton University: Integrating Pragmatics and Pedagogy: A Case of Japanese Da and Desu/masu Verb Morphology
Discussant: Dorothy Robins-Mowry, Public Diplomacy Foundation
29. Economics and Politics of the Raj and the Republic (individual papers)
Moderator: Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University
Kumkum Chatterjee, Pennsylvania State University: Merchants and Rulers in Early 18th Century Bengal
Sayeeda Saikia, Millersville University: Raj Within Swaraj - A Study of the Tea Plantation and Planter Class in India (Assam)
William W Reinhardt, Randolph Macon College: Ethnic Conflict in the Punjab: British Empire Legacy?
Sarjit Singh, Clarion University of Pennsylvania: Economic Dimension of the Punjab Turmoil
30. Vedic Religion Reconsidered: New Perspectives on the Vedic Contribution to Hinduism
Moderator: Herman Tull, Rutgers University
Herman Tull, Rutgers University: The Bloody Origins of Vegetarianism: The Bond Between Men and Cattle in the Vedic Sacrifices
Thomas Hopkins, Franklin and Marshall College: The Displacement of the Goddess in the Vedic Tradition
Walter Kaebler, Wagner College: Community and Sexuality in Ancient India: A Reevaluation of Asceticism in the Upanishads
Timothy Lubin, Columbia University: Burning Away Bondage: The Saiva Siddhanta Funeral and the Vedic Antyesti
31. Linguistics and Language Teaching: Japanese and Chinese (individual papers)
Moderator: Ellen Nollman, National Agricultural Library
Jason Kuo, University of Maryland: Appropriation of Chinese Written Characters of Fenellosa: A Case of Orientalism
Chi-lin Shih, Rutgers University: Modulating Intonation for a Chinese Speech Synthesizer
Irene Yin-Shyan Shen, City College of New York: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Some Practical Methodologies
Fumiko Asari Nazikian, Princeton University: The Development of Negotiation Skills and Cultural/Social Understanding
32. Colonial Cities in Asia: 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries
Moderator: E-tu Zen Sun, Pennsylvania State University
David Pong, University of Delaware: The Administration of China's Treaty Ports in the 19th Century
Kumkum Chatterjee, Pennsylvania State University: 18th Century Calcutta: Spatial Expansion and Economic Growth
Yda Schreuder, University of Delaware: The Impact of British Colonial Rule on the Urban Hierarchy of Burma
33. United States Strategic Posture in the Pacific: A Roundtable
Moderator. Thurman McDonald, Department of Defense
Torkel Patterson, Department of Defense
Mary Tighe, Department of Defense
34. Eastern India: Relevance of Januzzi's India in Transition
Moderator: Thomas A. Timberg, Nathan Associates
Inderjit Singh, World Bank
John Q. Adams, University of Maryland
Philip Oldenburg, Columbia University
Discussant: A.Z.M. Obaidullah Khan, World Bank
35. Nationalism, Religion, and Politics in Bangladesh
Moderator: Rafiuddin Ahmed, Cornell University
Enayet Rahim, National Endowment for the Humanities: Religion and Politics in Bangladesh"
Jim Novak, Asia Foundation (formerly): Current Social Trends in Bangladesh
Rafiuddin Ahmed, Cornell University: Bengali Muslim Identity and Nationalism in Bangladesh
Zillur Rahman Khan, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh: Constitutionalism and Islamic Fundamentalism in Bangladesh
David Donahue, Department of State: Upazila Elections in Bangladesh
Discussants: Syedur Rahman, Pennsylvania State University
Mahbubul Alam, Embassy of Bangladesh
36. News, Newspapers, and Publishing in Asia (individual papers)
Moderator: John Lent, Third World Media Associates
Kathryn Ragsdale, Harvard University: The Commercial Evolution of Newspapers in Osaka in the Meiji Era: Western Cachet Versus the Invisible Hand
Hongying Liu-Lengyel, Gwynedd Mercy College: First Decade After Mao: In Chinese and American News"
Allen W Thrasher, Library of Congress: Prolegomena to a History of Publishing in India, Prior to the Introduction of Printing
Frederic A. Moritz, former correspondent, Christian Science Monitor: The Media Becomes Part of the Story: How Chinese and Overseas Print and TV Journalism Shaped and Were Shaped by the Events at Tiananmen
Sophia Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Emergence of the Autonomous Press in the Process of Democratization in Taiwan: A Case Study of the Weekly New Journalist
37. Japan, China, and the World: Economic Prospects
Moderator: Panos Mourdoukoutas, Long Island University
Panos Mourdoukoutas, Long Island University: Employment Relations in Japan: A Synthesis
Bozena Leven, Long Island University: The Incompatibility of Export Led Growth and Central Planning: The Case of China
Spuros Vliamos, Athens University: Regional Development in Contemporary Japan
Discussant: Theologos Bonitsis, New Jersey Institute of Technology
38. Christianity in Three Chinas
Moderator: Murray Rubinstein, Baruch College
Kathleen Lodwick, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto: The Presbyterian Mission in Japanese-held Hainan. 1937-1945
Debra Brown, Drew University: The Anglican Church in Contemporary Hong Kong
Murray A. Rubinstein, Baruch College: The Evolution of the Protestant Community on Taiwan, 1865-1990
Discussant: Robert Gardella, United States Merchant Marine Academy
39. Relevance of Sufi Baba Farid's Writings on Peace and Reconciliation
Moderator: Sam Iftikhar, Library of Congress
Surjit Kaur, U.S. Agency for International Development: Similarities Between Baba Farid's Writings and Guru Granth's Teachings
Akmal Aleemi, Voice of America: Impact of Baba Farid as the First Punjabi Poet
Sam Iftikhar, Library of Congress: Legacy of Sufi Baba Farid
Discussants: S. Taseer Hussain, Howard University
Balwant Singh, Bucknell University
40. Aspects of Asian Administration and Bureaucracy (individual papers)
Moderator: Odoric Wou, Rutgers University
Pan Sak Kim, American University: Bureaucratic Representation and Responsiveness in Korea
Paul Hickey, Simmons College: Salary Reform and Provincial Bureaucracy in Late Qing China: One Aspect, of Financial Centralization, 1908-1911
Kathryn S. Patterson, Haverford College: India, Lionel Curtis and the Creation of the Commonwealth: Imperialism’s Finest Hour?
Nis Adolph Peterson, Jersey City State College: The German Influence on the Writing of the Meiji Constitution: An Evaluation of the Work of Hermann Roesler
41. Art and Literature in Asia (individual papers)
Moderator: Carl Trocki, Georgetown University
Vincent Yang, Pennsylvania State University: Nature Imagery in Du Fu's Poetry
Mong Meng, Rutgers University: The Expanded Lyric Vision: The Aesthetics of Tao Yuan-Ming's Grouped Poems
Matthew Mizenko, Haverford College: The Price of the Prize: From Kawabata Yasunari to Japan's Kawabata
John A. Lent, Third World Media Association: Asian Film Industries: Tottering or Teeming?
Alfonz Lengyel, Fudan Museum Foundation: Non-Traditional Chinese Art
42. Religions in Asia (individual papers)
Moderator: John Buescher, Voice of America
David Prejsnar, Temple University: "Myogo Hermeneutics: The Nature and Role of the Name of Amida Buddha in the Thought of Shoku and Ippen
Dan Cozort, Dickinson College: Imagining Enlightenment: Tantric Sadhana and Creative Visualization in Tibetan Buddhism
Diana Franzusoff Peterson, Haverford College: Quakers in Asia: Researching the Record of Their Activities at Magill Library, Haverford College
Stephen Kaplan, Manhattan College: The Debate over Vasubandhu: Its Roots and Implications
Brian Smith, Barnard College: How Not to Be a Hindu: The Case of the Ramakrishna Mission
43. Literature and Politics in Vietnam
Moderator: Neil L. Jamieson, Indochina Institute, George Mason University
Neil Jamieson, Indochina Institute, George Mason University: Poetry, Politics, and Feminism in Feudal Vietnam: Ho Xuan Huong and the Lady of Thanh Quan
Vo Dinh, Washington, D. C.: Protest Literature in the Republic of Vietnam
Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Indochina Institute, George Mason University: Literature and the Politics of Reform in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: An Overview and an Update
Discussant: Nguyen Manh Hung, George Mason University
44. Regional Conflicts and Changing Superpower Relations in South Asia
Moderator: Sulayinan Nyang, Howard University
Aftab Kazi, Howard University: Nuclear Proliferation and Power Politics in South Asia
Gohar Rizvi, Cambridge University: Indian Foreign Policy and the Superpowers
Nayyar Zaidi, Daily Jang, Karachi: The Kashmir Dispute: Options for Conflict Management and the Superpowers
Discussant: Mumtaz Ahmad, Hampton University
45: The Impact of Perestroika and Glasnost on Regional Transformation: Prospects for Korean Reunification and the Decline of Communism in Insular Southeast Asia
Moderator: Benjamin N. Muego, University of Hawaii, East-West Center
Sung Ho Kim and Byong-guk Min, Ohio University: Recent Developments in Eastern Europe and Korean Reunification
Benjamin N. Muego, University of Hawaii, East-West : Recent Developments in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and the Demystification of Communism in the Philippines
Patricia H. Mahmood, Bowling Green State University: Perestroika and Glasnost: Their Asian Ramifications
Discussant: Byung-guk Min, Ohio University
46. The Super 301 Controversy: A Case for U.S.-Asian Trade
Moderator: Bala Subramanian, Morgan State University
Dinkar Raval, Morgan State University: Marketing Super 301 to Developing Countries
Bala Subramanian, Morgan State University: Super 301 Controversy-Issues and Prospects
Bina Raval, Towson State University: Super 301: A Psycho-socio Perspective of Negotiations
Discussants: Ali Reza Roodsari, Morgan State University
Sujatha Subramanian, George Washington University
Mwangi Karangu, Morgan State University
47. Population and Poverty in Asia (individual papers)
Moderator: F. Bruce Robinson, National Endowment for the Humanities
Godfrey Roberts, Rutgers University: Population Policy in Selected Asian Countries
Gambhir Bhatta, University of Pittsburgh: Spatial Planning Issues in a New Reality of Political Economy in Nepal
Margaret Varma, Rutgers University: Fourth World Children of South Asia
Shanti Tangri, Rutgers University: Population, Urbanization and Environment in India
Harbans Singh, Montclair State College: Poverty and the Widening Economic Disparity in India
48. Bangladesh Flood: A Test Case of Development Planners
Moderator: Abdul Momen, Salem State College
M. Abdullah Shibli, Stonehill College: Economic Fallout from Natural Disaster
James Boyce, University of Massachusetts: Political Economy of Flood Control in Bangladesh
Khasruzzaman Chowdhury, Syracuse University: Disaster Preparedness in Bangladesh: Focus on Flood
Abdul Momen, Salem State College: An Economic Analysis of Bangladesh Flood: A Review of its Causes, Consequences and Recommendations
Discussant: Iftikhar A. Chowdhury, Bangladesh Mission, United Nations
49. Crisis in Afghanistan: Past, Present and Future
Moderator: Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Rhea Tally Stewart, Manchester, Connecticut: From Monarchy to Russian Withdrawal: Prospects in a New Global Framework
Ernest Thomas Greene, U. S. Department of State: The Tragedy of Afghan People, 1970-1990
Amin Wakman, Voice of America: Afghanistan, Non-Alignment, and the Role of Super Powers: An Appraisal
Steven R. Galster, National Security Archives: Two Decades of U.S. Policy in Afghanistan: A Review from 1970 to 1990"
Discussants: Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Omar Afzal, Cornell University