ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION

FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING, 1975

TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, MARYLAND

1. Pre-Collegiate Asian Studies: Asia Through the Five Senses, 1st session

            Chairperson: Peter A. Adams, Laurel Senior High School, Prince George's Public School System, Maryland

            Michael Zadelle, Orem Elementary School, Baltimore County Public School System, Maryland

            Mary Jane Harris, Randolph Village Elementary School, Prince George's Public School System, Maryland

2. Social Psychology in China: Deviance and Social Control

            Chairperson: Sidney Leonard Greenblatt, Drew University: The Recruitment of Deviants in Communist China: Ideology and Social Control

             Richard W. Wilson, Rutgers University: Behavioral Constraint as a Function of Group Structure in a Chinese Setting

             Amy A. Wilson, Douglass College, Rutgers University: The Sociology

of Deviance and Chinese Studies: The Case for Ecumenical Theory

3. Food and Population Problems in South Asia

             Chairperson: Mohammed Rashiduzzaman, Glassboro State College

             Iqbal Choudhury, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations: Progress, Problems, and Policies of Food Production in Developing Countries: A Case Study of South Asia.

             Ralph Meyer, Fordham University: Demography and Politics in India

             Clarence Maloney and Sharon Maloney: Religion and Population in South India

             Uday Desai, Glassboro State College: Population Policy-making in India

             Steve Baldwin, Population Council: Catastrophe in Bangladesh:

An Examination of Alternate Population Growth Possibility, 1975-2000

             Discussant: Shahid Javed Burki, World Bank

4. Southeast Asia: The Next Phase

             Chairperson:     Parris Chang, The Pennsylvania State University

             Stanley Karnow, German Marshall Fund

             Robert Keatley, Wall Street Journal

             Lee Lescaze, Washington Post

             Douglas Pike, Department of State

             Joseph Lelyveld, New York Times

             Victor Trifonov, Soviet Embassy

5. Pre-Collegiate Asian Studies: Asia Through the Five Senses, 2nd Session

             Chairperson: Peter A. Adams, Laurel Senior High School, Prince George's

Public School System, Maryland

            Elizabeth Jones, Towson State College

              Nancy Reed, Laurel Senior High School, Prince George's

Public School System, Maryland

              Robert LaFollette, Media Specialist, Prince George's

Public School System, Maryland

6. Careers in Asian Studies

              Chairperson: Kenneth P. Landon, American University (emeritus)

              Howard E. Sollenberger, Director, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State

              William C. Hamilton, Chairman, Department of International Relations and Area Studies, National War College

              Gary Lloyd, Director, Business Community for International Understanding

             Warren S. Hunsberger, Director, Center for Asian Studies, American University

             Seiya Nishida.  Minister, Embassy of Japan

7. Twenty Five Years of the Indian Republic

             Chairperson, Mohammad I. Khan, Clarion State College

             Balwant Singh, Bucknell University

             Ainslie Embree, Columbia University, School of International Affairs. 

             Norman D. Palmer, University of Pennsylvania

             Wilfred Malenbaum, University of Pennsylvania

             Richard Park, University of Michigan

8. Limitations on Western Influence in Late Ching and Early Republican China

             Chairperson: Stanley Granat, Trenton State College: B. Lenox-Simpson and the Seizure Of the Tientsin Maritime Customs in 1930.

             James C. Cooley, Jr. University Of North Carolina, Greensboro: Scholar-Diplomat in China: The Career of Thomas Wade

Shannon Brown, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Impact of Imperialism in China: The 1860's.

Donald Sutton, Carnegie Mellon University: Economic or Political Obstacles to Imperialism?: The Frustration of Foreign Mining Concessionaires, and Entrepreneurs in Yunnan, 1900-1920.

Discussants: S. M. Chiu, Temple University and Pei Huang, Youngstown State University

9. Ethnicity, Identity, and Modernization in South and Southeast Asia

Chairperson: Sushil K. Verma, Essex Community College

Asaf Hussain, Institute of Third World Studies, Manchester: Ethnicity, National Identity and Praetorianism: The Case of Pakistan

Jayaprakash Ramanujan, Syracuse University: Linguistic Politics and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

Leo Suryadinata, American University: Ethnicity and National Integration in Indonesia: A Socio-Historical Study

Stuart B. Moskowitz, Catholic University of America, and Sushil K. Verma:

Alienation and Identity Crises Among Moslems in a North Indian Town

Discussants: Glynn Wood, American University and Harry Blair, Bucknell University

10. Japanese Security: Problems and Prospects

Chairperson: Toshio George Tsukahira, Department of State and Professional Lecturer, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University.

Michael Armacost, Department of State

James H. Buck, University of Georgia

Nathan White, Institute for Defense Analysis

Takehiko Yoshihashi, American University

11. The Significance of Individualism in Chinese Literati Painting and Calligraphy

Chairperson: Vito Giacalone, Kean College, N.  J.: Primitivism: An Aspect of the Amateur Aesthetic in the Paintings of Chu-Ta (Pa-ta-shan-jen), 17th Century Individualist

Anne Clapp, Wellesley College: The Self and the Cult of History in the 16th Century Literati Painting

Jonathan Chaves, SUNY, Binghamton: Character and Poem: The Written Word as Magic

12. Asian Transactional Structures

Chairperson: Llewellyn D. Howell, American University

Bernard K. Gordon, University of New Hampshire: Regions and Key States in Southeast Asia

David Hopkins, Rider College: Transaction and Structure Among Contiguous Asian Dyads

Jay McIlroy, Consolidated Analysis Centers, Inc.: Trade Dependency and Underdevelopment in Asia

Llewellyn D. Howell and Peter K. Iber, Department of the Army: International Linkage in Asian Transactions

Discussant: David Moore, University of New Hampshire

13. East Asians in America in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Chairperson: Thomas B. Lee, St. John's University: The Cultural Barrier and Plight of the Chinese Railway Workers

Sister Virginia Therese Johnson, St. John's University: Frustrations and Problems of Japanese Immigrants in the United States: The Japanese-American Episode of World War 11

Kyu S. Kim, Staten Island Community College: Korean Immigrants and the Korean Independence Movement in America, 1910-1945

14. Education in Mainland China: Reports by Recent Visitors

Chairperson: Robert D. Barendesen, Division of International Education, U.S. Office of Education

Peter Hackett, University of Virginia

Stanley Paulson, The Pennsylvania State University

Jan C. Berris, National Committee on U. S.-China Relations

Samuel L. Myers, President, Bowie State College

15. Development of Female Status in Asia

Chairperson: Priscilla Ching-Chung, University of Pennsylvania: Development of Female Status

Allison Drucker, University of Wisconsin: Western Women and the Origin of Women's Movement in Transitional China

Dorothy Robins-Mowry, U. S. Information Agency: Women in the Socio-Economic Development of Modern Japan

Chandra P. Agrawal, University of Michigan: Feminism: Supportive Elements within Indian Culture

16. Aspects of Technology In Traditional China

Chairperson: E-tu Zen Sun, The Pennsylvania State University

Robert Miles, Jr., The Pennsylvania State University: The Technology of Traditional Chinese Paddy Cultivation

Benjamin Nelson with Michael Hsu, New School for Social Research: China and "The West" in Joseph Needham and Max Weber