ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING
WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY, 1992
1. Meeting Points of Chinese and Non-Chinese Art #1
Chair: Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania
Ann Paludan, New Carlisle, Cumbria, England: Foreign Influences on Northern Song Statuary
Frank Chance, Japanese House, Fairmont Park: Themes and Variations: Chinese Painting Manuals and the Art of Tard Buncho (1763-1841)
Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania: The Kaifeng Synagogue
Discussant: Maribeth Graybill, Swarthmore College
2. Roundtable - Academe and NGOs (Nongovernmental Organizations): Dialogue of Shared Interests and Perspectives on Conditions and Prospects in “Indo-Chind”
Chair: Gene Chenoweth, Bucknell University
Jacqui Chagnon (Laos), SAIS
Pat Martin (Vietnam/Philippines), Mennonite Central Committee
John McAulif, Indochina Reconciliation Project
Joseph Zazloff, University of Pittsburgh
3. Roundtable - Pakistan and Central Asia: The Impact of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Chair: Theodore Wright, SUNY Albany
Mumtaz Ahmed, Hampton University
Rasul Baksh Rais, Columbia University
Robert L. Canfield, Washington University, St. Louis
Syed lqbal Mehdi, Benedict College
Nayir Zaidi, Washington-based Reporter, Daily Jung of Pakistan
4. Roundtable - Issues in Teaching Japanese at the University and Secondary Levels
Chair: Ruth Kanagy, University of Delaware
Kitty Taylor Mizuno, Princeton University
Yoko Koike, Haverford College
Sharlene Ushioda, Swarthmore Academy
Faye Yuan Kleeman, City College/CUNY
5. Imperial China- Empire Divided, Empire United
Chair: Susan Naquin, University of Pennsylvania
Moss Roberts, New York University: Dynastic Disintegration in the Novel The Three Kingdoms
Laura E. Hostetler, University of Pennsylvania: Representations of Empire: Pictorial Records of Qing Expansion
Discussant: Susan Naquin, University of Pennsylvania
6:. Women, Literature and South Asia
Chair: Ruth Rosenwasser, Philadelphia
Ruth Rosenwasser, Philadelphia: Anita Desai's Heroines: Becoming Female Through Literature
Wilma Heston, University of Pennsylvania: Gender Imagery in Pashtu Verse
Susham Bedi, Columbia University: Women in Hindi Drama
Margaret Mills, University of Pennsylvania: The Dialogics of a Lament: Diversity in Women's Voices
Martha Ann Selby, University of Chicago: The Construction of the Feminine in the “'Tolkappiyam”
7. Reforming Minds: Text and Subtext in Wartime and Occupied Japan
Chair: William F. Morton, York College, City College of New York
Haruko Taya Cook, New York City: Japan's War with China: Suppressing Living Soldiers
Marlene J. Mayo, University of Maryland at College Park: Mixed Messages: Allied Book Banning and Book Promotion in Occupied Japan
Yoko Hirahashi Thakur, Springfield, Virginia: New Texts for New Curricula: Creating Primers for the Social Sciences in Postwar Japan
Discussant: William F. Morton, York College, CCNY
8. Meeting Points of Chinese and Non-Chinese Art #2
Chair: Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania
Janet Baker, Baruch/CUNY: The Relationship of Text and Pictorial Composition in Three Late Sixth Century Murals at Dunhuang
Patricia Eichenbaum Karetsky, Bard College: Foreign Influences in Tang Art and Culture
Angela Falco Howard, Rutgers University: A Gilt Bronze Guanyin from the Nanzhao Kingdom of Yunnan: Hybrid Art from the Southeastern Frontier
Discussant: Maribeth Graybill, Swarthmore College
9. Economic Anthropology in Southeast Asia
Chair: Michael S. Billig, Franklin and Marshall College
Nicola B. Tannenbaum, Lehigh University: Tourism and Economic Change in Maehongson Province, Thailand
Ann M. Hill, Dickinson College: Caravans and Courts: Polity and Trade in Chiang Mai and Luang Prabang at the Turn of the Century
W. Thomas Conelly, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Weighing the Options: Economic Choice and Agricultural Change in a Philippine Frontier Town
Michael Billig, Franklin and Marshall College: Protectionism and the Decline of the Philippine Sugar Industry
10. Roundtable - Reunification of Korea
Chair: Joseph Manguno, United States Institute of Peace
John Merrill, Department of State
Michael Mazaar, The Center for Strategic Studies
Daryl Plunk, Heritage Foundation
Ho Yong Ahn, South Korean Embassy
11. Discussion - Contemporary Chinese Studies: A Critique
Discussion Leaders:
Robert Gardella, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Larry Sullivan, Adelphi University
Murray A. Rubinstein, Baruch College
Q. Edward Wang, Glassboro State College
12. Roundtable - Constitutionalism in Eastern Asia
A Discussion of Constitutional Systems in 20th Century Asia, Lawrence W. Beer, editor
Chair: Walter F. Murphy, Princeton University
Lawrence W. Beer, Lafayette College (Japan)
James Feinerman, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center (China)
Sung Yoon Cho, Library of Congress (Korea)
Albert P. Blaustein, Rutgers University Law School
William Duiker, Penn State (Vietnam)
13. Psychological Approaches to the Study of Contemporary Chinese Life
Chair: Albert H. Gardner, University of Maryland
Xiaodong Yue, Harvard University: Stress and Coping Strategies of College Students in Beijing Two Years After Tiananmen
Albert H. Gardner, University of Maryland: Perception of Gender at Five Age Levels in the PIA
Kai-ling Liu, Penn State University: Li Ang's 'Persona': A Reader-Response Reading
14. Bharati Mukherji: Cultural Critique as Narrative
Chair: Janet Powers, Gettysburg College
Indrani Mitra, Mount Saint Mary's College: The New Indian Woman and the Passage to the West in Bharati Mukherji's Tiger's Daughter
Alpana Sharma Knippling, University of Delaware: The Status of the Subaltern in Bharati Mukherji's Texts
Janet Powers, Gettysburg College: Sociopolitical Critique in Wife and Jasmine
Discussant: Meenakshi Ponnuswami, Bucknell University
15. Classroom Learners of Japanese: Acquisition and Attitude
Chair: Ruth Kanagy, University of Delaware
Yoko Koike, Haverford College: 'I Can't Get Them to Stop Talking': Transforming
Non-Speakers into Speakers"
Ruth Kanagy, University of Delaware: How Do Classroom Learners Express Negation in Japanese?
Yukie Aida and Yoshiko Saito-Abbott, University of Texas: Social Perceptions of People in Japan Among American Students of Japanese
Discussant: Eileen B. Mikals-Adachi, Bucknell University
16. The Presbyterian Missions Presence in World War II China
Chair: Kathleen Lodwick, Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley
Kathleen Lodwick, Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley: House Arrest and Repatriation: The Presbyterian Experience in Hainan
Lawrence Kessler, University of North Carolina: The Presbyterian Mission in the Chiangnan Under the Japanese
Discussants: John Witek, Georgetown University
Paul Howard, University of Pennsylvania
17. Buddhism and the Discourse of Experience in Japan
Chair: Matthew Mizenko, Haverford College
David Prejsnar, Community College of Philadelphia: The Status of Truth-Claims in Ippen Shonin's Banshuhogoshu
Linda H. Chance, University of Pennsylvania: An Aesthetics of Experience: Reading Tsurezuegusa
Rosemary Morrison, University of Pennsylvania: Living in the Shadow of the Buddha: Unmasking the Self in the Thought of Watsuji Tetsuro
Matthew Mizenko, Haverford College: Obscure Objects of Desire: The 'Human-Body Disappearance Syndrome' in Kawabata Yasunari's Tanpopo
Discussant: Kenneth Kraft, Lehigh University
18. Contemporary China: Local Control and External Relations
Chair: Deborah Brown, Drew University
Larry M. Wortzel, Department of Defense: Suppressing the Rebellion: A Military Observer's Analysis of Tiananmen, 1989
Byron N. Tzou, Chengchi University: The Unification of China: Difficulties and Perspectives
Roxane D.V. Sismandis, Washington, D.C.: China, The Soviet Collapse, and the Post-Soviet Era
Scott Wilson, Cornell University: Village Cadre Authority in the Reform Era:
Discussant: Deborah Brown, Drew University
19. Expanded Panel: Asian Comics and Cartoons
Chair: John Lent, Temple University
Rei Okamoto, Temple University: Japanese Comic Strips During World War II
Aruna Rao, Temple University: Tracing Comic Art Traditions in India to
Fancia C. F. Tang, Temple University: Profiles of Taiwanese Cartoonists and the Taiwanese Comic Industry
Hongying Liu-Lengyel, Temple University: Profiles of Oldtime Chinese Cartoonists
John A. Lent, Temple University: Comics in Hong Kong and South Korea
20. East Asia and the World
Chair: Raymond Wylie, Lehigh University
William Nester, St. Johns University: Japan and the Russian Bloc: Continuities, Changes, Obstacles and Opportunities
Yury Polsky, West Chester University: Russia's Policy in Asia
Chweehuay Ow-Taylor and W. Robert Warne, Korea Economic Institute: Korean/Japanese Economic Relations: Current Issues and Future Prospects
Discussant: Raymond Wylie, Lehigh University
21. Expanded Panel: Personalities. Stereotypes, and Images of East Asians and Southeast Asians: An Evolving Crisis (Part I)
Chair: Yueh Ting-Lee, Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science
Yueh Ting-Lee, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science: Attribution and Perception: Cultural Identities and Differences in Sino-American Collegiate Education
Laura Miller, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science: Japanese and American Indirectness: Misperception and Stereotypes
Russ Kleinbach, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science: Perception and Misperception between Vietnamese and Americans
22. Comparative Philosophy East and West
Chair: Frank J. Hoffman, West Chester University
Kenneth K Inada, SUNY-Buffalo: The Buddhist Challenge toRationalism and Empiricism: Response to the Contemporary European Hermeneutical Challenge
Joel Smith, Skidmore College: Nietzsche and Nishitani
Frank Podgorski, Seton Hall University: Paths to Perfection: Yoga and Confucianism
Respondents' Roundtable Discussion:
Sallie Ying, James Madison University
Steven Heine, Pennsylvania State University
Charles Fu, Temple University
Bibhuti Yadav, Temple University
23. The National Question and Ethnic Conflict in China
Chair: Eric Hyer, Brigham Young University
Eric Hyer, Brigham Young University: Sinocentrism, Marxism and the National
Paul Hyer, Brigham Young University: The China-Mongolia Borderlands: The Impact of Chinese Colonialism"
Cheng Tiejun, SUNY Binghamton: Inner Mongolian Nationalist Movements
24. Roundtable – America’s Cold War in Asia: Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan
Chair: Mun S. Park, SUNY Buffalo
Mun S. Park, SUNY/Buffalo: The Changing Role of U.S. Ground Troops in South Korea from Theoretical and Policy Perspectives
Binh Le, Penn State/Ogontz: FDR, Truman, and Vietnam in the Origins of the Cold War
25. Travel in the Arts and Literature of Tokugawa Japan
Chair: Paul G. Schalow, Rutgers University
Constantine N. Vaporis, University of Maryland: Crossing Boundaries: Women and Travel in Japan's Edo Period
Mark Sandler, University of Maryland: The Recycling of Imagery: From Edo Period Guidebooks to Color Prints
Eleanor Kerkham, University of Maryland: Re-Forming Literary and Religious Paths: Matsuo Basho's Hermit/Traveler Images
Discussant: Paul G. Schalow, Rutgers University
26. Personalities, Stereotypes, and Images of East Asians and Southeast Asians: An Evolving Crisis (Part II)
Judith Kuriansky, Lifetime TV and WNBC: The Sexual Revolution in Japan: An Analysis of Male/Female Relationships
Claire Hirschfield, Pennsylvania State University /Ogontz: Teaching about Japan in a Japanophobic Era
Dennis Hart, Western Illinois University: Gender Stereotyping in Korean Education
27. Ethics and Soteriology in Asian Perspectives: Existential Meanings of Life and Death
Chair: Steven Heine, Pennsylvania State University
Charles S. Prebish, Pennylvania State University: Not in Upali's Wildest Dreams: Can Canonical Buddhist Ethics Be Modern?
Alan Fox, University of Delaware: Ethics and Freedom in the Zhuangzi
On-cho Ng, Pennylvania State University: Ethical-Moral Practicality as Ontological Foundation: A 17th Century Chinese View
Steven Heine, Pennsylvania State University: Confucian Morality and Buddhist Salvation: Japanese Double Suicide as Millenarian Discourse
Discussant: Jacqueline Stone, Princeton University
28. East Meets West/East Meets East: Questions of Cross-cultural Perception and Interaction
Chair: Fay Kleeman, City College/CUNY
Kathryn Patterson, Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges: Looking for Wogs: The History of a Slur
Fay Kleeman, City College/CUNY: The Asian Other in Modem Japanese Fiction
Diane S. Graham, SUNY Binghamton: The Politics of Tea: Some Ideas on the Effects of Chinese Painting on Japanese Ceramics
Wen-Wei Du, Swarthmore College: Broadway Adaptations of Traditional Chinese Drama
29. Roundtable: Women and Employment in Asia: The State of the Law
Chair: Pauline Reich, Japan Pacific Group, Inc.
Linda Yarr, Friends World Program/Long Island University
Emma Broisman, International Development Consultant
30. Asians in the Pacific and the Americas, Americans in Asia
Chair: Youn-Suk Kim, Kean College
Mauricio Laorence, Independent Scholar, Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Japanese Immigrants in Brazil: Contributions to Commercial Agriculture
Youn-Suk Kim and Frank Naughton, Kean College: Korean Enterprise in the United States
Alfonz Lengyel, Fudan Museum Foundation: Excavation Practicum in China: Sino-American Field School of Archaeology
Dirk Anthony Ballendorf, University of Guam: Oceanic Lebenaraum: Contemporary Migration of Asians to Islands of the Pacific
31. Religion, Culture & Political Conflict in South and Southeast Asia
Chair: Steve Derne, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Bhatta Aryal & Gambir Basu Deve, University of Pittsburgh: The Karnali River Project and Indo-Nepal Relations
Steve Derne, Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Individualism in Hindi Film Culture
Anne Schiller, Ithaca College: Ritual Transformation and the Transformation of Ritual: Religious Change and the State in Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo)
32. New Studies on Oral Literature in South Asia
Chair: Peter Gaeffke, University of Pennsylvania
Frank Korom, University of Pennsylvania: The Oral Traditions of the Dharma Cult in Bengal
Joe Miller, University of Pennsylvania: Oral Traditions in Rajasthan
Discussants: Margaret Mills, University of Pennsylvania
Frank Hoffman, West Chester University