ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID ATLANTIC REGION
NINTH ANNUAL MEETING
DREW UNIVERSITY, 1980
1.Art, Literature and Society in the Kamakura Period
Chairperson: Christine Guth Kanda, Princeton University
Martin Collcutt, Princeton University: The Warrior Family in Kamakura Society
Laura Kaufman, Manhattanville College: Poetic Sensibility in the Pictorial Art
of the Kamakura Period
Barbara Ruch, University of Pennsylvania: Paradigm of Heaven and Hell in Kamakura Literature and Religious Iconography
Christine Guth Kanda, Princeton University: Art, Religion, and Politics 1180-1201:
The Statue of Hachiman at Todaiji
2. Recent Economic Change in China
Chairperson: Dorothy J. Solinger University of Pittsburgh
Shun-hsin Chou, University of Pittsburgh: Economic Reforms in Industry
Kuan-i Chen, State University of New York, Albany: Economics Change in Agriculture
Dorothy J. Solinger, University of Pittsburgh: Economic Reform via Reformulation: Where Do Rightist Ideas Come From?
Discussant: Professor Jan Prybyla, Pennsylvania State University
3. Library Resources on South Asia in Philadelphia
Chairperson: Kanta Bhatia, University of Pennsylvania
John Mosteller, University of Pennsylvania: Indian Art and Architecture Photographic Archival Collections
J. B. Post, Free Library of Philadelphia: Maps at the Free Library of Philadelphia
Edward (Peter) Churchill, St. Joseph’s College: Holdings of the Presbyterian Historical Society
Sarah Moore, University of Pennsylvania: Working One’s Way Through Indian Statistical Data
4. Violence and Nonviolence in the Hindu Tradition
Chairperson: Ranjan Borra, Library of Congress
David Dell, Columbia University: Violence and Nonviolence: A Theme of Conflict in
Modern Bengali Literature
Nirmal K. Sinha, Morgan State University: Militant Hinduism and the Nationalist Movement in India
Craig Baxter, Department of State: The R.S.S.: Violent or Nonviolent?
Discussants: Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University
Ranjan Borra, Library of Congress
5. Changing Role of Women In Asia Today
Chairperson: Nadia Youseff, International Center for Research on Women
Shyamala Cowsik, Embassy of India: The Impact of Development on Women in India
Nadia Youseff, International Center for Research on Women: The Status and Fertility of Women in Asia: A Comparison of Moslem and non-Moslem Societies
Sayeeda A. Chaudhuri, Research Consultant, AID: Of Wars and Women: the Case of Bangladesh
6. Pre-Collegiate Asian Studies and Education: Activities, Projectsm Programs
Chairperson: Elizabeth Jones, American University
Donald Johnson, New York University
Debora Delauro, Keith Valley Middle School, Pennsylvania
Robert Young, University of Pennsylvania
7. A Symposium: 1980: The Year of The Elections in India: An Overall Assessment
Chairperson: Mohammad I. Khan: Clarion State College
Donald Baxter, College of William and Mary
T. N. Srinivasin, Yale University
Robert T. Norman, University of Pittsburgh
Inam Rahman, Embassy of India
8. Shifting Balance of Power in Asia: Regional Responses and International Implications
Chairperson: Walter Andersen, Department of State
James Grant, Department of State: The USSR
Harold Hinton, George Washington University: China
Astri Suhrke, American University: ASEAN
Ron Morse, Department of State: Japan/Korea
Walter Andersen, Department of State: South Asia
Discussants: Stanley Kochanek, Pennsylvania State University
Craig Baxter, Department of State
9. The Paradoxical Mission of Christianity in Asia
Chairperson: The Rev. Frank Podgorski, Seton Hall University
The Rev. Frank Podgorski, Seton Hall University: Ecumenical Ecumenism in Contemporary India
Miyako Keay, Loyola University (Chicago): The Failure of Christian Missions in Japan
Tom Benson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Protestant Scholar-Missionaries in Nineteenth Century China: A Reappraisal
Discussant: Bruce C. Robertson, Towson, Maryland
10. Archival and Library Resources on East Asia in the Metropolitan New York Area
Chairperson: Frank Joseph Shulman: University of Maryland, College Park
Andrew Goldberg, Columbia University: Resources of the China Documentation Center, East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Genevieve Oswald and Elizabeth Miller, New York Public Library at Lincoln Center: Documenting Dance Traditions and Individual Artists with Emphasis on East Asia
Valrae Reynolds, Oriental Collection, Newark Museum (New Jersey): Photographs, Films, Letters and Manuscripts in the Tibetan Archive of the Newark Museum.
Alan Wolfe, Cornell University: The William Elliot Griffis Collection of Old and Rare Japanese Books, Olin Library, Cornell University.
Lena Lee Yang, Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions, SUNY, Stony Brook: The Library of the Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions: East Asian Holdings and Services.
11. The Transmission of Image and Idea in the Art of Asia
Chairperson: Elizabeth S. Rosen New York University
Elizabeth S. Rosen, New York University: Compositional Sources for a Dated Memorial Pillar from Nagarjunakonda
Eva Ray, Philadelphia Museum of Art: Studies in the Gupta Temple at Bhitargaon
Raoul Birnbaum, Columbia University: Astrological Deities in East Asian Buddhist
Art: The Merging of Chinese and ‘Western’ Traditions
Diana Pyle Rowan, New York University: The Significance of ‘Shorai Bijutsu’: Buddhist Art Imported from China by Japanese Pilgrim Monks.
12. Health for All by the Year 2000
Chairperson: Mizbah Khan, University of Maryland Medical School
Rita Thapa, Embassy of Nepal
Tony Drexler, former Director of Planned Parenthood International
Mizbah Khan, University of Maryland Medical School
Susham Bhatia, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
13. The Indian Identity and Social Change: Psychological Aspects
Chairperson: Werner Kohlmeyer. Johns Hopkins Medical School and the University of Maryland Medical School
Alan Roland, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis
B.K. Ramanujam, former Clinical Director, B.M. Institute of Mental Health, Ahmedabad
Leonard Gordon, Brooklyn College
14. Teaching Asian Studies in the 1980s
Chairperson: Alan Wolfe, University of Oregon
Lynda Shaffer, Tufts University: From Eurocentric to Asia-Centered World Views
Alan Wolfe, University of Oregon: Asian History in an Historical Perspective:
Relating Scholarship to Pedagogy
Carol Gluck, Columbia University: Teaching Japan Across Disciplinary Barriers
Kenneth Hall, Tufts University: Small Asian Nations in the Shadow of the
Large
15. Grassroots South India Under British Rule: Old Patterns and New Forces
Chairperson: Michael P. Adas, Rutgers University
Pamela Price, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore: Elements of the Political Economy of the Madras Zamindari System
David Ludden, University of Pennsylvania: Investing in Trade and Agriculture: A Guide to Risks and Opportunities in 19th Century Tinnevelly
Loren Michael, Philadelphia: Sivasamudram: The Advent of Hydroelectric
Power in India
Discussants: Carol Breckenridge Appadurai, Institute for the Study of Human Issues
Michael P. Adas, Rutgers University
16. Refugees: The Tie Between America and the World
Chairperson: Stephen B. Young, Harvard Law School
Rich Swartz, Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law
A Representative of the Cambodian Buddhist Society, Inc.
Discussant: Stephen B. Young, Harvard Law School
17. Islamic Revivalism and the Role of the Ulama
Chairperson: John Ruedy, Georgetown University
R.H. Dekmegian, SUNY, Binghamton
Tom Ricks, Georgetown University
Discussant: Barbara R.F. Stowasser, Georgetown University
18. Chinese Cities: A Visit with Urban Planners
Chairperson: Beverley D. Causey, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Panelists to be announced in supplement
19. Jews in India
Chairperson: N. Unnithan, University of Rajasthan
Joan Roland, Pace University: Bene Israel-Baghdadi Relations
Barbara Johnson, University of Massachusetts: Jewish Folk Culture in Malabar
Johanna Spector, Jewish Theological Seminary: Two films: Shanwar Telis on Bene Israel and Jews of India: Cochin
Rabbi E.E. Musleah, Sha’areh Zion Congregation, Philadelphia: Arabic Proverbs Current among Baghdadi Jews in India
Discussant: N. Unnithan, University of Rajasthan
20. The Blurred Image: Asia in the American Press
Chairperson: Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University
Ward Morehouse, Council on International and Public Affairs
Soon Jim Kim, Towson State University
Emerson Chapin, New York Times
Jack Glattbach, UNICEF
21. Ming Drama: Themes and Variations
Chairperson: Catherine Swatek, Columbia University
Li Yao-chung, Columbia University: From History to Drama: the (Un)Making of Liu Zhi Yuan’s Moral
Katherine Carlitz, University of Pittsburgh: Drama and Ideology: the Changing Language of Ming Chuan Qi
Catherine Swatek, Columbia University: Morality and Art: Feng Meng Long’s Idea of the Theater
Discussant: David T. Roy, University of Chicago
22. The New International Patterns in East Asia
Chairperson: Parris H. Chang, The Pennsylvania State University
Lillian Harris, Department of State, American Policy toward East Asia
Nathaniel B. Thayer, School for Advanced International Studies: Japan’s Relations with the Major Powers
Joanne Chang, University of Maryland: New Dimensions of the U.S.-China Relations
Young Kim, George Washington University: The Two Koreas and Their Neighbors
Discussant: Robert B. Sutter, Congressional Research Service
23. The Conflict of Religious and Secular Values in Indian Literature
Chairperson: Steven F. Walker, Rutgers University
Peter Gaeffke, University of Pennsylvania: Ramcandra Shukla and the Shanta Rasa: A Modern Attack on a Classical Tradition
Janet Gemmill, Gettysburg College: Modern Poetry and Traditional Pilgrimmage
Steven F. Walker, Rutgers University: Kalidasa, TheBhag avad Gita and the Spirit of Fun
24. Trade in Goods and Technology Between the U.S. and Asia
Chairperson: Herbert Glazer, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Tom Timberg, Economic Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Further panelists to be announced
Discussant: to be announced
25. Individual Papers Session
A Representative from the Aga Khan Awards for Architecture: Contemporary Muslim Architecture
Richard Gard, the Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions: Cambodian Buddhism Today
Bradley Hahn, Hahn Associates International: The Strategic Implications of the People’s Republic of China’s Nuclear Weapon and Satellite Rocket Programs
Wayne McKim, Towson State University: Learning about Non-Western Cultures through Novels