32nd Annual Meeting
SouthWest Conference on Asian Studies
University of Houston
October 10-11, 2003
Sponsors
Center for International Studies
University of St. Thomas
University of Houston
Convened at
University Center on the campus of the University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204
Conference Accommodations
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2002 Organizing Committee |
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Xiaoping Cong (University of Houston) |
Local Arrangements |
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Hans Stockton (University of St. Thomas) |
Program Chair |
- SWCAS Officers 2003 – 2004
- Hans Stockton President
- Tracy Steele Vice-President
- Harold Tanner Secretary-Treasurer
- Stephen Field Webmaster
- Wing Chung Ng Council of Conferences Representative
- Directors
- Wing Chung Ng (2004)
- Thomas Bellows (2003)
- Stephen Field (2004)
- Sarah Schneewind (2003)
- Johan Elverskog (2004)
- Margit Nagy (2004)
- Chiho Sawada (2005)
Useful Links
Friday, October 10
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration & complementary Continental Breakfast 2nd Floor Foyer of Student Center
WHEN REGISTERING ON SITE, PLEASE MAKE PAYMENT IN CHECK
“Ending the Tributary Trade System: The Kangxi Emperor’s Reform to the Chinese Trading Institution in 1684”, Gang Zhao, Johns Hopkins University.
“Sagang Sechen on the Qing Conquest”, Johan Elverskog, Southern Methodist University.
“Attacks on Religious Institutions in the High Ming (1470-1530)”, Sarah Schneewind, Southern Methodist University.
“Religious Dimensions of the Xiaojing: Discourse in the Late Ming”, Miaw-fen Lu, Academia Sinica.
Chair: Rina Verma Williams, University of St. Thomas
“Folk Music and Rituals of Hindu Weddings in India and in Overseas Indian Communities”, Ian Woolford, University of Texas – Austin.
“Recuperating the American Dream: Corporate Lay-offs, Religious Networks and Pakistani Professionals in Houston, Texas”, Ahmed Afzal, Yale University.
“Civil Society and the Narratives of Violence: A Gramscian Model for Gujarat Violence”, Tejaswini Patil, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
“Women, Religion, and Nationalism in India: Political Discourse and the Personal Laws”, Rina Verma Williams, University of St. Thomas.
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Panel 3. Contemporary Issues in China Bayou City
Chair: Sarah Schneewind, Southern Methodist University
“’Old Youth’ and ‘New Youth’: Narrating Youth in Modern China”, Mingwei Song, Columbia University.
“Political and Economic Determinants Driving Public Opinion on Taiwan for Taiwan’s Future Status”, Hans Stockton, University of St. Thomas.
Chair: Cong Xiaoping, University of Houston
“Unifying the Nation in an Age of Political Chaos – State-Building and Teachers’ Schools in the 1910s and the 1920s”, Xiaoping Cong, University of Houston.
“Becoming Visible: The YWCA and Women’s Physical Culture in Early Republican China”, Elizabeth Littell-Lamb, Ball State University.
“Pragmatism in the Republican Consciousness: The Enduring Legacy of John Dewey’s Influence in China’s Search for Modernity”, Anne Chao, Rice University.
Chair: Hans Stockton, University of St. Thomas
“Double Standards, Double Pleasures: Japanese Imperialism and the Comfort Women Issue in Perspective”, Althea Davis, University of Houston.
“Treating Cancer: Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine”, Sarah Duong, University of St. Thomas.
“Rehabilitating Political Prisoners in Sri Lanka”, Ronnate Asirwatham, University of Houston.
Conference attendees are invited to attend a complementary wine and cheese reception in the University of Houston Hilton.
7:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Videoconference with Dr. Jaw-ling Chang, "Time for an Asia-Pacific Union of Democracies!"
Hilton Hotel, Fontainbleau Room (rm. 228)
Complementary Full Breakfast and Videoconference Sponsored by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office-Houston. Breakfast served beginning at 7:45 a.m. and ending at 8:20 a.m. Videoconference to last from approximately 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. The speaker is Dr. Jaw-ling Joanne Chang, Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica. Dr. Chang will speak about prospects for democracy in Asia and discuss the formation of a non-governmental organization in Taiwan, the Democratic Pacific Union, dedicated to education about and the spread of democracy in East Asia.
Chair: Harold Tanner, University of North Texas
“Military Reforms and Social Changes in China, 1949-1999”, Xiaobing Li, University of Central Oklahoma.
“The Liaoshen Battle: Historiographical Perspectives and Issues”, Harold Tanner, University of North Texas.
“The 20 March Incident of 1926”, Joseph Yick, Texas State University – San Marcos.
Chair: Richard J. Smith, Rice University
Discussant: Roger Hart, University of Texas - Austin
“Rethinking the Foreign Affairs Movement, 1865-1895”, Benjamin Elman, Princeton University.
“Some New Light on Late Qing Law”, Jonathan Ocko, Nroth Carolina Sate and the Duke University Law School.
“New Perspectives on the Late Qing Reforms”, Nanxiu Qian, Rice University.
12:15 – 1:30
SWCAS Lunch and Keynote Hilton Hotel, Fontainbleau Room (rm. 228)
All conference attendees are welcome to join us for lunch at the University of Houston Hilton. Professor Benjamin Elman of Princeton University and a board member of the AAS China/Inner Asia Council will speak on "Rethinking Confucianism: Past and Present in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam".
1:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Chair: Wing Chung Ng, University of Texas at San Antonio
“Revisiting the “Asian Values” Debate: A Political Perspective on Economic. Development”, Long Le, California State University – Bakersfield.
“Asian Studies or Area Studies?: On Cultural Transmission and the Need for a Polycentric Perspective”, David Gray, Rice University.
“Globalization and the Conundrum of Culture in China”, Vera Simone, California State University – Fullerton.
3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Panel 9. Education and Policy in Asia Bayou City
Chair: Tracy Steele, Sam Houston State University
“Teaching the Nanjing Massacre in the PRC”, Tracy Steele, Sam Houston State University.
“Context and the Making of Policy on Education in Colonial India”, Shubhra Sharma, University of Texas – Austin.
“Haigui (The Overseas Returnees) in A Historical Perspective: A New Term for New Reality in China’s Studying Abroad Movement”, Hongshan Li, Kent State University – Tuscarawas.
“Teaching Chinese Reading: A Phonological Approach”, Xiaohong Wen, University of Houston.
4:45 – 5:15 p.m.
SWCAS Business Meeting Bayou City
The SWCAS extends its deep appreciation to the History Department at the University of Houston for making available a generous grant to support the provision of travel grants for this year’s conference and to cover additional venue expenses. The SWCAS also extends its deep appreciation to Mr. Keith Hudson of Seaboard Franchise Services Company for providing a generous gift to SWCAS to support this year’s reception.
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Directions to the University of Houston-University Center from Houston Airports. I-45 South from Bush Intercontinental Airport through downtown Houston. · I-45 South and exit Spur 5 South (about 4 minutes south of downtown) · turn right on University Dr. · cross Calhoun and enter campus at Entrance 1 · the UH Visitor Information Booth is on your left · after you pass the Information Booth the UC will be on your right I-45 North from Hobby Airport. · I-45 North and exit Spur 5 South (about 15 minutes from Hobby) · turn left on University Dr. · cross Calhoun and enter campus at Entrance 1 · the UH Visitor Information Booth is on your left · after you pass the Information Booth the UC will be on your right
Parking Information
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