ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES-MID-ATLANTIC REGION
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, 1986
1. Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy in South Asia
Chair: Hafiz Malik, Villanova University
Maya Chadda, William Paterson College: India
Hafiz Malik, Villanova University: Pakistan
Imtiaz Bokhari, Johns Hopkins University: Pakistan
Chitra Krishna Tiwari, George Washington University: Nepal
M. Rashiduzzaman, Glassboro State College: Bangladesh
Discussants: Surjit Mansingh, Johns Hopkins University
Ralph Buultjens, New School of Social Research
2. Later Chinese Poetry and Drama: Sung and After
Chair: Stuart Sargent, University of Maryland, College Park
Stuart Sargent, University of Maryland, College Park: Allusions and Metaphors in Sung Poetry: Su Shih and Huang T’ing-chien
Meredith Fosque, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan: Image and Metaphor in Wang Shifu's Xixiang Ii
Jonathan Chaves, George Washington University: Later Development of Shih Poetry
Discussant: Adele Rickett, University of Maryland, College Park
3. Philippines Update (Roundtable)
Chair: Marjorie Niehaus, Department of State
Charles W. Lindsey, Trinity College, Hartford
Angelita Balanon, University of the Philippines
Kenneth Bauzon, Wilkes College
4. Chinese Military Modernization: A Ten-Year Assessment
Chair: Lonnie Henley, Defense Intelligence Agency
Ron Montaperto, Defense Intelligence Agency: Introduction of the Issues
Lonnie Henley, Defense Intelligence Agency: Deng Xiaoping's Military Reform Program: The Human, Material, and Organizational Dimensions
Phil Roberts, Defense Intelligence Agency: Chinese Military Strategy Through the Year 2000
Rogers Spotswood, Defense Intelligence Agency: Military Professionalism and the PLA's Withdrawal from Politics
Discussant: Paul H. B. Godwin, Air University
5. East Asia Archival and Library Resources in the Philadelphia Area, and the Comparison of Chinese and U.S. Library Classification Systems
Chair: Frank Joseph Shulman, University of Maryland, College Park Libraries
Elisabeth Potts Brown, Haverford College: East Asian Resources in The Quaker Collection, Haverford College
Nancy Cheng, University of Pennsylvania Libraries: The Philadelphia Connection: Resources in Libraries and Archives for Studying Colonial Families and their Influences upon the China Trade
Albert W. Fowler, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College: Quakers Journey to the Orient: East Asia Material in Friends Historiical Library of Swarthmore College
Hongying Liu-Lengyel, Villanova University: Comparison of the Basic Theories between Chinese and U. S. Library Classification Systems
6. Women in Contemporary South Asia
Chair: Geetanjali Chanda, George Washington University
Swati Desai, Fordham University: Socio-Economic Profile of Professional Indian Women in the United States
Janet Powers, Gettysburg College Representatives of Women in Indo-English Fiction
Schobha Jaishankar, McLean, Virginia: The Growth and Development of the Indian Women's Movement
Discussant: Geetanjali Chanda, George Washington University
7. The Art and Culture of Six Dynasties China
Chair: Richard Mather, University of Minnesota
Kang-i Sun Chang, Yale University: The Palace Style Poetry in the Six Dynasties
Howard Goodman, Princeton University: Cultural History of the Six Dynasties Era
Scott Pearce, Princeton University: Social History of the Six Dynasties Era
Ch'en Pao-chen, Princeton University: Art History of the Six Dynasties Era
Discussant: Richard Mather, University of Minnesota
8. South Asian Collections in the Mid-Atlantic Region: Problems and Prospects
Chair: Kanta Bhatia, University of Pennsylvania
Allen W. Thrasher, Library of Congress: South Asian Collections and Acquisitions Policies at the Library of Congress
Kanta Bhatia, University of Pennsylvania: Transition from PL 480 to National Acquisitions Program: Its Effect on the South Asian Collection at the University of Pennsylvania
Ron Robbins, Lafayette College: South Asia Information Needs in a College Situation: Lafayette College
Discussant: John Merrill, Lafayette College
9. The Japanese at War's End
Chair: Wayne C. McWilliams, Towson State University
William Nimmo, MacArthur Foundation: Japanese in Soviet Custody
Wayne C. McWilliams, Towson State University: Homeward Bound: Repatriation of Japanese from Korea after World War II
Nicholas Bruno, University of Maryland, College Park: Press Reform during the Occupation
Discussants: Key Kobayashi, Springfield, Virginia
Marlene Mayo, University of Maryland, College Park
10. The Xi'an Incident: Fifty Years Later (Part I)
Chair: Chi Wang, Library of Congress
Sha Shung-tse, University of the District of Columbia: T'he Xi'an Incident: An Historical Overview
Susan Tsu, University of California, Berkeley: Zhang Xueliang and the Xian Incident
John T. Topping, Library of Congress: The Xi'an Incident and Its Aftermath
Discussant: Chi Wang, Library of Congress
11. Asian Health Care: At Home and Abroad (Part I)
Chair: Nathan Sivin, University of Pennsylvania
Ka-che Yip, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Health and National Reconstruction: Rural Health in Pre-Communist China, 1927-1937
Lili Armstrong, Columbia University: The Significance of Ethnicity for the Medical System in Taiwan, 1949-1985
Louise Duval, Albert Einstein College of Medicine: The Management of Illness in New York City's Chinatown
Pang Keum Young, Howard University: The Practice of Traditional Medicine among Korean Immigrants in the Washington, D. C.Area
Lan Van Le, New Jersey Department of Health: Folk Medicine among Southeast Asian Refugees
Larry Merkel, University of Pennsylvania: Controversies in the Study of Asian Refugee Mental Health
Discussant: Donald Armstrong, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
12. The Xian Incident Fifty Years Later (Part II)
Chair: Chi Wang, Library of Congress
C. C. Yoon, James Madison University: The Chinese Communist Party and the Xian Incident
Marcia Ristaino, Library of Congress: Western Reactions to the Xian Incident
Chi Ping-feng, Center for Chinese Research Materials, Washington, D. C.:
New Research Resources on the Xian Incident
Discussant: John B. Tsu, John F. Kennedy University, San Francisco
13. Asian Health Care: At Home and Abroad (Part 11)
Chair: Owen Lynch, New York University
Suzanne Hanchett, Community Family Planning Council, New York: Plants, Healing and Magic in South India
Carol Laderman, Fordham University: The Taboos of Childbirth: Are They Reifications of Western Folklore?
Helen E. Sheehan, American Cancer Society, New York: Ayurvedic Practitioners: Deciding When to be a Vaidya and When to be a Doctor
Bimal Kanti Paul, Kent State University: Prospects of Traditional Medicine in South Asia with Special Reference to Bangladesh
Charles Leslie, University of Delaware: Intellectual Leadership in the Professionalization of Ayurveda
Discussant: Laurel Kendall, American Museum of Natural History, New York
14. Bangladesh: Fifteen Years Since Independence (Roundtable)
Chair: Enayetur Rahim, Smithsonian Institution
Obaidullah Khan, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States
Craig Baxter, Juniata College
Salahuddin Ahmed, Dhaka University
Sheikh Rusom Ali, North Carolina Central University
Douglas Mekeig, Library of Congress
Discussants: A. M. A. Muhith, Former Finance Minister, Bangladesh, and Wilson Fellow, Princeton University
Richard Kennedy, Department of State
15. The Japanese Economy in the Late 1980s: Opportunities for U. S. Business or Obstacle Course?
Chair: Sandra T. W. Davis, American International Underwriters
Ralph W. E. Reid, A. T. Kearney, Inc.: The Coming Transformation of Japan
Fanueil Adams, Executive in Residence and Visiting Professor, Columbia University: Opportunities in the Japanese Market
Terasawa Yoshio, Chairman, Nomura Securities International, Inc.: Japanese Financial Services
Kobori Shinzo, Senior Vice-President, C. Itoh America, Washington, D. C.: Trade
William Krist, Vice-President International, American Electronics Association,
Washington, D.C.: Computers and Electronics
16. The Alexander Story in the Persian and Indo/Muslim Context
Chair: Peter Gaeffke, University of Pennsylvania
William L. Hanaway, University of Pennsylvania: The Alexander Story in the Versions of Nizami and Amir Khusro
Wilma Heston, Research Scholar, Philadelphia: Akexander Motives in Pashtu Folk Tales
Frances Pritchett, Columbia University The Alexander Story in the Urdu Hamza Name
Peter Gaeffke, University of Pennsylvania: Alexander in Dakkini and Avadhi Mathnawis of the 16th and 17th Centuries
Discussant: Margaret Mills, University of Pennsylvania
17. Socio-economic Factors of Asian Americans in the United States
Chair: Helen Chiu, Pennsylvania State University
Amara Bachu, U. S. Bureau of the Census: Fertility Patterns and Differentials among Asian Americans
S. N. Leela, Millersville University: Reverse Economic Aid: The Role of South Asian Immigrants in the United States Economy
18. Building, Organizing, Managing, and Using an Asian Slide Collection
Chair: David Pong, University of Delaware
David Pong, University of Delaware: The Way We Were: Experiences We Can Do Without
Henry J. Hulett, University of Delaware: The Latest Computer Technology and an Asian Slide Co1lection
Discussant: Keith Hazelton, Princeton University
19. Teaching about Japan: Strategies for Developing Global Awareness in
the Intermediate and High School Classrooms (Roundtable)
Chair: Ted Shanoski, Bloomsburg University
Karen Thompson, Shepard Hill Regional High School, Dudley, Massachusetts
Ted Shanoski, Bloomsburg University
Discussant: Sue Bokil, Winchester Public Schools, Winchester, Massachusetts
20. An Assessment of China's Rural Reforms, 1980-1985
Chair: Frederick W. Crook, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Thomas P. Bernstein, Columbia University: Reform in Two Counties in Shandong and Anhui, 1985
Frederick W. Crook, Economic Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture: Farm Production Units and Decision Making
Clifford C. Edmunds, Foreign Broadcast Information Service: Role of the Party and the Militia in the Township System
Joseph Fewsmith, Foreign Broadcast Information System: Rural Industry in the Township System
Lillian Liu, Social Security Administration: Social Services in the Township System
21. Society in Colonial Korea
Chair: Dennis McNamara, Georgetown University
Ed Gragert, International Christian Youth Exchange: Up toTheir Necks in Korean Rice Paddies: The Case of Japanese Settlers in Colonized Korea
Homer Williams, Interaction, New York: Japanese Role in Geographic Shifts in Land Tenure Patterns
Dennis McNamara, Georgetown University: Capital and Entrepreneurship: The Case of Kim Yon-su
22, Gandhi's Contributions to Religion
Chair: Mervyn D'Souza, Kean College of New Jersey
Frank Podgorski, Seton Hall University: Religiosity According to Mahatma
Mervyn D'Souza, Kean College of New Jersey: Gandhi's Unique Contributions to Hinduism
William Cenker, Catholic University of America: Is Gandhi the First Indian Exponent of Liberation Theology?
Chandra Khan, Clarion University: Gandhi on Religious Tolerance
Discussant: James McMichael, Banaras Hindu University
23. Individual Papers (Part I)
Chair: Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University
Syed Farid Alatas, Johns Hopkins University: West Asian and Malay Economy and Society in Fifteenth Century Muslim History
James Heitzman, University of Pennsylvania: Property Relations in Early Medieval South India
Saraswathi Menon, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi: Property Rights in Early Nineteenth Century Thanjavur
Edwin Hirschmann, Towson State University: The View from the Top: Racism as a Necessary Delusion of Empire
Shakel Ahmed, University of Maryland, College Park: Afghanistan-Czarist Policy and the Brezhnev Doctrine
24. An Immigrant’s Experience: Creative Writers from South Asia
Chair: Obaidulah Khan, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States
Bharati Mukherjee, Montclair State College
Usha Niellsson, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Discussant: Shusham Bedi, Columbia University
25. Joint Venture Law in the People's Republic of China: Effectiveness or Failure? (Roundtable)
Chair: Alfonz Lengyel, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA
Tibor Baranski, Jr, Summer Associate, Law Firm of Komatsu and Tomotsune, Tokyo, Japan
Frank Finver, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
26. Learning from China and Japan: Economics, Management and Marketing
Chair: Sarjit Singh, Clarion University
William Crawford, Clarion University: China in International Marketing
Soong N. Sohng, Clarion University: Aspects of the Japanese Economy
Ngo Dinh Tu, Clarion University: Transplanting Japanese Management Techniques to the United States
Discussant: Jim Kilpatrick, Central Intelligence Agency
27. Aspects of Medieval Chinese and Japanese Buddhism
Chair: Ann Kelsall, National Geographic Society
David Prejsnar, Temple University: The Concept of Truth in the Kanazawa Bunko Manuscript of the Banshu Hogoshu
Lee Oei, Fordham University: Pen-ti Ch'ui-chi: The Chinese Buddhist Philosophy of Assimilation
Ann Kelsall, National Geographic Society: Two Tang Dynasty Temples at Wutai Shan: Nanchan Si and Foguang Si
28. Using the Case Study Approach to Teach About Asia at the Pre-Collegiate Level
Chair: Paul R. Rivera, Supervisor of Social Studies, Baltimore County Public Schools
Paul R. Rivera, Supervisor of Social Studies, Baltimore County Public Schools:
The Delhi Street Performer Colony of Shadipur: A Case Study of the Impact of Change on
Traditional Groups in Modern India
Charles A. Springer, Supervisor of Social Studies, Baltimore County Public Schools:
Traditional Japanese Values: An Examination of Two Contemporary Developments in
Japan Viewed through Traditional Core Values
Jack Miller, Committee on Teaching About Asia and Global Education Motivators,
Erdenheim, PA: The Peoples' Revolution: A Case Study of Political Change in the Philippines from the Marcos Era to the Aquino Government
Discussants: Wayne C. McWilliams, Towson State University
John S. Balliet, Social Studies Instructor, Emmaus High School, East Penn School District, Emmaus, PA
29. Individual Papers (Part II)
Chair: John W. Witek, Georgetown University
John A. Lent, Temple University: Freedom of Expression in the Last Days of Marcos
John J. Harrington, Seton Hall Uinversity: The Islamization of Banking in Pakistan
Chinkook Lee, Economic Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture:
U. S. Agricultural Trade and Agricultural Development in the Third World. Does
Development Foster More U. S. Agricultural Trade? The Experience of South Korea
Theodore McNelIy, University of Maryland, College Park: The Japanese Constitution in Historical Perspective