SWCAS NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 2002
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT OF SWCAS
The 2002 meeting of SWCAS at Sam Houston State
University marked another successful conference for our group. I thank Tracy Steele for hosting this year’s
conference and she is to be commended for producing an excellent program, venue
and conference facilities. For the
second year in a row, SWCAS and the Information Division of the Taipei Economic
and Cultural Office in Houston co-hosted a videoconference between conference
attendees and a policy-maker in Taiwan.
This year’s videoconference guest was Democratic Progressive Party
legislator Ms. Hsiao Bi-khim. We thank
Mr. Charles Chen, Director of the Information Division of TECO, for his
generous assistance and financial support for the videoconference and dinner
that preceded it. The SWCAS owes an
additional debt of gratitude to Craig Schlicher at Sam Houston State University
for his technical direction.
This year’s conference sponsored nine panels with
twenty-nine paper presentations. We
welcomed back most of the “usual suspects”, but also had a higher number of
participants from outside the region.
Absenteeism was limited to one presenter this year, an encouraging
sign. We welcome our new board member,
Chiho Sawada from UT in Austin and look forward to working with him. Tracy Steele, last year’s president, agreed
to serve as vice president for this year.
Harold Tanner has agreed to another term as Secretary Treasurer. We also continue to enjoy the technical
wisdom of our Webmaster, Stephen Field.
Wing Chung Ng and Tracy Steele will be co-editing the SWCAS Journal. I encourage all of you to submit your
conference papers to our editors for inclusion in the next journal. Volume 3 of the SWCAS Journal will combine
papers from 2001 and 2002 conferences in a single forthcoming issue. Our apologies to those awaiting publication
of manuscripts already accepted.
Submission information is provided in this newsletter.
In addition to arranging the conference, Tracy
Steele also produced a Teacher’s Workshop, “Windows on Asia”. The workshop was recognized by the Texas
Association for the Gifted and Talented Awareness Certificate for teachers K-12
and was co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council and the Asia
Society-Texas. Kudos to Tracy for
creating a wonderful outreach program.
The 2003 meeting will be held at the University of
Houston on October 10-11th.
Dr. Xiaoping Cong, Assistant Professor of History, has graciously agreed
to act as local chair. Dr. Cong and I
have also already begun to try to secure funding for the conference from the
university. If all goes well, we hope to
offer small travel stipends to graduate students to attend the conference. More on this down the road. Prospects also look good at this point for an
outreach opportunity with the Houston Museum of Fine Arts’ folks in the Asian
Art Collection. More of that down the
road as well.
I’m looking
forward to the coming year and humbly solicit your ideas about how we can
continue to build on SWCAS’ success. Given that word of mouth is the best (and
cheapest) marketing strategy, I strongly encourage each of you to discuss SWCAS
participation with your colleagues and students.
Hans Stockton
Center for
International Studies
University of St. Thomas
Tel: (713) 525-3536 (voice mail)
Fax: (713) 525-3872
Email: stockton@stthom.edu
Under the excellent management of President Steele, the 2002 Annual Meeting at Sam Houston State University brought in $3,680.00 of income (including conference registrations, the $1,000.00 annual subvention from the AAS, and a $1,400.00 subvention for the teacher’s workshop that was run as a part of the meeting). This was more than enough to offset a total of $3,399.48 in expenses, thus netting a profit of $280.52.
The SWCAS had a balance of $3,665.27 in its account as of 20 December 2002. Anticipated future (expenses) and income include:
In other words, I expect that the bank account will be close to $4,000 going into the fall of 2003—which is about where it should be. Please do not let this rosy financial picture discourage you from paying dues if you have not done so lately!
UPDATE FROM THE C.O.C. REPRESENTATIVE
Please see web site for update.
SWCAS JOURNAL
Volume 2 of The SWCAS Journal is still available to dues-paying members. If you have not yet paid your dues, you may obtain a copy of the journal by doing so as soon as possible. Additional copies of Volume 2 are available at $10.00 each. Please note, however, that supplies are limited and that the available copies will be distributed on a “first come, first served” basis. All inquiries should be sent to the Secretary-Treasurer.
Volume 3 of
the SWCAS journal is in production under the editorial direction of Tracy
Steele and Wing Chung. All enquiries
concerning Volume 3 should be directed to: Dr. Wing Chung at wng@utsa.edu or Dr. Steele at HIS_TLS@exchange.shsu.edu
Paper presenters at the 2002 meeting who would like their papers to be considered for publication in The Journal of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (v. 3) should send both a polished hard and disk copy to Dr. Wing Chung Ng, Department of History, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249-0652 no later than January 30, 2002. The papers should be single-spaced with endnotes (not footnotes), using typeface New Times Roman, 12-pitch, and in MS Word 2000. Papers should also conform to the Chicago Manual of Style. Submissions should not exceed 40 pages including endnotes.
President: Hans Stockton (2002-2003) stockton@stthom.edu
Vice-president:
Tracy Steele (2002-2003) HIS_TLS@exchange.shsu.edu
Secretary-Treasurer Harold Tanner (2003) tanner@unt.edu
Webmaster: Stephen Field sfield@trinity.edu
Directors:
- Wing Chung Ng (2004) wng@utsa.edu
- Thomas Bellows (2003) tbellows@lonestar.utsa.edu
- Stephen Field (2004) sfield@trinity.edu
- Sarah Schneewind (2003) sschneew@mail.smu.edu
-
Johan
Elverskog (2004) jelversk@mail.smu.edu
- Margit Nagy (2004)
-
Chiho
Sawada (2005) sawada@uts.cc.utexas.edu
In October 2002 SWCAS elected one new member to the Board of Directors, a vice president, and a secretary-treasurer. The vice president elected in October 2002 will become president of the SWCAS at the conclusion of the annual meeting in 2003. If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact Dr. Hans Stockton prior to the 2003 meeting.
2003 MEETING
As announced in the President’s message above, the 2003 meeting will be held at the University of Houston October 10-11. For information about the Houston area and the University of Houston, you might want to check the following websites:
1.
City of Houston: http://www.sidewalk.com
2. The University of Houston: http://www.uh.edu
As the date of the meeting approaches, check the SWCAS website for announcements and information. I welcome all comments and suggestions.
VENUE FOR 2004 MEETING
We have yet to decide on a venue for the 2004 meeting. Anyone interested in hosting the meeting should contact President Stockton or Secretary-Treasurer Tanner.
THE SWCAS WEBSITE
1. All members are strongly urged to check the SWCAS web page from time to time. The URL is: http://www.trinity.edu/org/swcas/home.html. Current and past issues of the SWCAS newsletter are available on the page, as are the by-laws of the organization, calls for papers, information about the organization, a membership directory, updated information on the annual meeting, and other material. The website is a particularly important source of information as you plan your attendance at the annual meeting. Webmaster Stephen Field generally posts preliminary schedules, hotel information, maps and other relevant information on the website several months in advance of the annual meeting.
MEMBERSHIP DUES
SWCAS dues are $15.00, which entitles the member to the biannual newsletter, a membership directory, and a copy of The Journal of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies. Membership is calculated on an academic year basis. We suggest that you make a habit of paying your dues in September or October—if you plan to attend the annual meeting, simply bring your checkbook and do the membership payment at the conference registration table.
If you have not paid your membership dues for the 2002-2003 academic year and would like to do so by mail, please fill out the membership form and send to:
Dr. Harold M. Tanner
SWCAS
Department of History
P.O. Box 310650
University of North Texas
Denton TX 76203-0650
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