Binghamton University will host the 1997
meeting of the New York
Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) on October 31-November 1.
Binghamton is located in the central
region of upstate New York, near the Pennsylvania border, where the
Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers meet. It is easily reached by air or by
road as it is located at the intersections of Interstates 88 and 81,
and NY
State Rte. 17.
This year's theme, Asia and the World, is intended to draw the
attention of
presenters and participants to the many important subjects and
relationships
of global interest regarding Asian economic, political, cultural,
social and historical issues. Moreover, in the interest of academic
bridge-building, the conference will be sharing a keynote speaker and
some concurrent sessions with the annual conference of the Center for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies (CeMERS), whose conference theme is: Comparative
Colonialisms: Preindustrial Colonial Intersections in Global
Perspective.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONFERENCE INCLUDE:
*Keynote address by Prof. Anthony Reid of Australia National University
*Luncheon address by Prof. James Scott of Yale University, President,
Association for Asian Studies
*Twenty-six concurrent panels and roundtables
*Concert by Binghamton's Eastern Silk of Chinese, Japanese and Korean music
*Luncheon music by the Cornell University Gamelan Ensemble
*Two art shows
*Teacher's Workshop on the theme, How Do We Teach About Asia and
Asians in America?, which will be held on Thursday, October
30th.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM - - NYCAS '97
ASIA--GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE
* Islam and the Making of National Cultures
* Architecture and Power in Post-Colonial Asia
* Individual Papers Panel
EAST ASIAN
* China, Ethics and Change: Moral Dilemmas and Reform (2 Part)
* Chinese Philosophy and Western Thought
* Social Change in Contemporary China and Taiwan
* Feminine Narratives and Narrative Females in Chinese
Literature
* Global Environment, Ecological Crisis and State Intervention
* Authority and Artistic Creativity in Chinese History
* Positions and Perceptions: Missionaries and China
* Perceptions of China East and West: Case Studies from the 16th to 20th Centuries
* Workshop in Chinese Painting
* Japanese Society and Economy
* Japanese Linguistics and Language Pedagogy
* Challenges to the East Asian Economic Development Model
* Teaching About Women in the Crossroads of Korean History --
TEACHER'S WORKSHOP (sponsored by the Korea Society)
* Deconstructing Foreign Relations in the U.S. and Eastern Asia
* State Education and Nation Building in Modern East Asia
ASIAN AMERICANS
* Asian, American, Asian/American: Literature and Migration
* Asian Diasporas
SOUTH ASIAN
* Indians & Others in the Early Independence Movement
* Fifty Years of Political? Religious? Cultural? Independence
* Representation and Coloniality
* Language, Colonialism and Power
* Study Abroad: Discovering Self and Serving Others -
ROUNDTABLE
* Using India's Epic Literature as Story, Art and Performance
in the Classroom -- TEACHER'S WORKSHOP
Questions concerning the conference should be directed to:
Professor John Chaffee, NYCAS Program Chair
Department of History
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
e-mail:
chaffee@binghamton.edu