Executive Board
New York Conference on Asian Studies

Click here for NYCAS Leadership from 1965 to the present

Current Directors

Patricia Welch
Hofstra University
NYCAS President 2005-2008
Home Page: http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/HCLAS/Asian/Asian_faculty.cfm#Welch

Jonathan Schwartz
SUNY New Paltz
NYCAS Treasurer

John Chaffee (2005-2008)
Binghamton University SUNY
NYCAS President 2002-2005
Home Page http://history.binghamton.edu/faculty/chaffee.htm

Anne Csete  (2005-2008)
St. Lawrence University
NYCAS 06 Conference Chair
Home Page: http://web.stlawu.edu/history/csete.html

Wenwei Du (2004-2007)
Vassar College
Home Page http://asianstudies.vassar.edu/bio_du.html

Lawrence Fouraker (2005-2008)
St. John Fisher College
Home Page http://home.sjfc.edu/history/fouraker.html

Salahuddin Malik (2006-2009)
SUNY Brockport

Peipei Qiu (2005-2008)
Vassar College
Home Page: http://asianstudies.vassar.edu/bio_qiu.shtml
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Ex-Officio

Mao Chen
Skidmore College
NYCAS President 1996-1999
Representative to the AAS Council of Conferences 2006-2009
Home Page http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/fll/faculty/maochen.html

Anne Csete 
St. Lawrence University
NYCAS 06 Conference Chair

Ronald G. Knapp (2004-2007)
SUNY New Paltz
Executive Secretary--NYCAS
Home Page http://www.newpaltz.edu/~knappr

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NYCAS Conference Sites 

The name of the regional conference changed in 1975 from the
Upstate New York Conference on Asian Studies
to the
New York Conference on Asian Studies
  1965 University of Rochester
1966 SUNY Albany
1967 Syracuse University
1968 SUNY New Paltz
1969 Canisius College

1970 University of Rochester
1971 Utica College
1972 SUNY Brockport
1973 SUNY New Paltz
1974 Cornell University
1975 Colgate University (116)
1976 SUNY Albany (290)
1977 SUNY Buffalo (107)
1978 Syracuse University (129)
1979 Elmira College (98)

1980 SUNY New Paltz (183 + 67)
1981 Hartwick College
1982 SUNY Albany 
        (joint Africa, Asia and the Americas Conference)
1983 Canisius College
1984 SUNY Cortland
1985 Rochester Institute of Technology (joint Africa, Asia and the Americas Conference)
1986 SUNY New Paltz (276 + 50)
1987 SUNY Brockport
1988 SUNY Albany
1989 Syracuse University

1990 Hamilton College
1991 Cornell University
1992 Ithaca College
1993 SUNY New Paltz (261 + 500)
1994 Utica College of Syracuse (61)
1995 SUNY Buffalo (179)
1996 Dowling College (135)
1997 Binghamton University  (83 + 50) 
        "Asia and the World"
1998 SUNY New Paltz  (282) 
        "Issues of Responsibility in Asia"
1999 Hobart and William Smith  (60) 

2000 The College of Saint Rose  (96 + 53)
        "Asian Discourses Before and After Western Colonization 
         and in the Next Millennium"
2001 Cornell University (175)
        "Knowing Asia"
2002 Skidmore College  (118 + 50)
        "Asia: Image, Imaging, and Imagination" 
2003 University at Buffalo October 17-18, 2003 (218)
         "Walls in Asia"
2004 Bard College October 29-30, 2004 (169 + ???)
        "Asian Border Crossings 
2005 SUNY New Paltz  September 30-October 1, 2005 (202 + 258)
        "Facing Asia 
2006 St. Lawrence University October 6-7, 2006
        "The Asian Subject: Negotiating Identity 
2007 Binghamton University 
2008 Hamilton College 
2009 Open-Inquiries Invited 
2010 Open-Inquiries Invited 

The numbers in parentheses indicate the actual registration. In some cases, an estimated number of non-registered attendees is also shown. These numbers have been taken from various annual conference reports.

Any campus interested in hosting a NYCAS conference in 2009 or 2010 is invited to contact the
NYCAS Executive Secretary, Ronald G. Knapp

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