SWCAS NEWSLETTER
MAY 1998
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT OF SWCAS
I would like to thank Dr. Ken Hammond for coordinating the planning of our joint meeting with the Western Conference in El Paso on October 16-17, 1998.
If you have not already submitted a panel or paper proposal to Ken, I wish to encourage you to do so by June 15, 1998. In addition, I would ask you to encourage your colleagues and graduate students to participate. You may wish to remind them that papers presented at the annual meeting will be considered for publication in the organization’s Selected Papers series.
Let me take this opportunity to also thank Dr. Joseph Yick for setting in motion planning for the 1999 meeting of the Southwest Conference in San Marcos, and Dr. Stephen Field for putting the SWCAS on-line at the following temporary internet address: http://www.trinity.edu/~sfield/southwest.html.
If you would like any additional information on the activities of the SWCAS or if you have any suggestions, please contact me or one of the other officers.
Looking forward to seeing you in El Paso on October 16-17, 1998.
- Dr. Thomas Bellows
- Office of International Programs
- Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
- San Antonio, TX 78249-0603
- Office: (210) 458-5200
- Fax: (210) 458-5199
- E-mail: tbellows@lonestar.utsa.edu
1998 JOINT MEETING
The hotel for the joint meeting will be the Airport Hilton. The conference rate will be $69/night for a single, $79 for a double, and the double can accommodate up to four.
The Bhutanese UN ambassador, Ugyen Tshering, will speak at the Friday dinner. The Saturday luncheon speaker will be AAS President-elect Susan Mann.
The registration fee for the joint conference is $25. Checks made out to the UTEP are to be sent to the following address by September 25, 1998.
- Conference Services, UTEP
- Professional and Continuing Education
- 500 W. University, Miners Hall #100
- El Paso, Texas 79968
Note: Please write SWCAS in the memo section of your check.
SELECTED PAPERS
Paper presenters at the 1998 joint meeting who would like their papers to be considered for publication in the Selected Papers series of the Southwest Conference should send a polished hard and disk copy to Dr. Thomas Bellows no later than January 30, 1999. The papers should be single-spaced with endnotes (not footnotes), using typeface New Times Roman, 12-pitch, and in either WordPerfect 6.0 or Word 5.0. Papers should also conform to the Chicago Manual of Style. Submissions should not exceed 20 pages including endnotes.
1998 BUSINESS MEETING
If you have any items you would like placed on the agenda of the 1998 business meeting of the SWCAS, please contact Dr. Thomas Bellows prior to 1 October 1998.
1997-1998 OFFICERS OF SWCAS
- President Thomas Bellows (1998) tbellows@lonestar.utsa.edu
- Vice President Joseph Yick (1998) jy02@swt.edu
- Secretary-Treasurer John Peek (1999) jpeek@beta.centenary.edu
- Directors:
- Ken Hammond (1998) khammond@nmsu.edu
- Shelton Woods (1998) swoods@sspafac.idbsu.edu
- Kwang Ro (1999) (409) 774-1248
- Ben Wallace (1999) (214) 768-2338
- Stephen Field (2000) sfield@trinity.edu
- Wing-Chung Ng (2000) wng@lonestar.utsa.edu
NOMINATION OF FUTURE OFFICERS
In October 1998 the terms on the Board of Directors of Ken Hammond and Shelton Woods will expire. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please contact Dr. Thomas Bellows prior to the 1998 meeting.
Nominations for Vice President are also now being accepted. The Vice President selected in October 1998 will become President of the SWCAS at the conclusion of the annual meeting in 1999.
FUTURE MEETING SITES
Formal proposals for the site of the October 2000 meeting should be submitted to the President of the SWCAS prior to the 1998 annual meeting.
If you are willing to serve as program chair or local arrangements chair for 2000, please inform Dr. Bellows.
COC MEETING
Dr. Jeannette Faurot informed the SWCAS that due to illness she would not be able to attend the AAS Council on Conferences meeting in March 1998. After wishing her a speedy recovery, it was agreed that Dr. John Peek would serve in her place. Dr. Peek will submit a summary report on the COC meeting at the general business meeting of the SWCAS in October, 1998.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND HONORS
Dr. Joseph Yick delivered a presentation on "The Chinese Communist Urban Revolution in Beijing and Tianjin, 1945-1949" at the 1998 Presidential Seminar at Southwest Texas State University.
If you have any notices or announcements for inclusion in the next newsletter, please send them to Dr. John Peek, Dept. of Political Science, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA 71134 by November 6, 1998.
SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT
The SWCAS has a balance of $4274.84 as of May 1, 1998. This includes the 1998 subvention from the AAS.
1998 MEMBERSHIP DUES
Those members who have paid their 1998 membership dues as of May 1, 1998 are:
- Thomas Bellows
- Jeffery Key
- Christiane Reinhold
- Sidney Brown
- Chiang Lin
- Ed Rhoads
- Timothy Cheek
- Charles Neubecker
- Harold Tanner
- Bill Cunningham
- Hong-Kyu Park
- Derrill Trenholm
- Alice Davis
- John Peek
- Philip Williams
- Gerald Fielder
- Edgar Polome
- Joseph Yick
All participants in the 1998 meeting must be members of the SWCAS. SWCAS dues are $10 which entitle the member to the biannual newsletter, a membership directory, and a copy of Selected Papers. Send your 1998 dues (payable to SWCAS) to:
- Dr. John M. Peek
- Department of Political Science
- Centenary College of Louisiana
- Shreveport, LA 71134
Please include with your check the following information:
SWCAS 1998 DUES ($10)
Name: __________________________________
- Office
- Address: ________________________________
Office phone # _________________
FAX __________________________
Email _________________________
Please indicate whether or not you wish your name, address, and phone/fax/email to be inlcuded on the SWCAS homepage.
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE ON ASIAN STUDIES
October 16-17, 1998 in El Paso
Name ________________________________________
Address ______________________________________
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Telephone Number:
Office (_____)_________________
FAX (______)_________________
E-mail _______________________
Panel Title ______________________________________________________
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Please provide a list of the panelists, the title of their presentations, and a brief abstract of their presentations.
Individual Paper Title _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Please provide a brief abstract.
Equipment Needs: _______________________________
Send to:
- Dr. Kenneth Hammond
- Department of History
- New Mexico State University
- Los Cruces, NM 88003
- Phone: (505) 646-1818
- Fax: (505) 646-8148
- E-mail khammond@nmsu.edu