Asian Studies Development Program 14th National Conference.

Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown-Lakefront Chicago, Illinois March 6-9, 2008

Thursday, March 6, 2008

12:30 pm-5:00 pm, Association of Regional Center's Directors Meeting 12:30 pm-1:30 pm: Lunch in the Atrium, Sky Level (SL Floor) 1:30 pm-5:00 pm: Meeting in the Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

5:30 pm-7:30 pm, Manager's Reception, Sky Level (SL Floor); Complimentary House Wines, Assorted Liquors, Beer, Nonalcoholic Beverages, and Light Hors d' Oeuvres

Friday, March 7, 2008

10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, On-site registration and packet pick-up in the Pre-Function Area, Main Level (ML Floor) 9:00 am-10:15 am

A. Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Globalization and Change in Contemporary China, Session Chair: Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen, University of Central Oklahoma

Shifting Policy and Freedom of Religious Beliefs in Contemporary China Hong Qu, Iowa State University

McDonald's and Chinese Children: Potential Impact on Nutritional Transition in China Xixuan Collins, Black Hawk College

Dynamic Yunnan, Tradition and Authenticity in a Chinese Minority Folklore Show Werner Krieglstein, College of DuPage

B. Mississippi River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Issues in Comparative Philosophy, Session Chair: Stephan Johnson, City College of San Francisco

Exploring Authenticity in Confucian and Sartrean Thought (With Help fr om Gena Rowlands) Julien Farland, Middlesex Community College

Moral Agency and Social Roles Dennis Arjo, Johnson County Community College,

The Legacy of Li Dazhao Xiufen Lu, Wichita State University

C. Illinois River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Teaching Undergraduates through Travel, Session Chair: Gautam Kundu, Georgia Southern University

Infusing Asia into the Curriculum: Study Abroad in India George Vargis, Georgia Perimeter College Salli Vargis, Georgia Perimeter College

Teaching Asian Studies through Travel Writing Judith Brodhead, North Central College

D. DesPlaines River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Comparative Japanese Art, Session Chair: John Zheng, Mississippi Valley State University

Divan Japonais: Toulouse-Lautrec and Japanese Art Eva Maria Raeppel, College of DuPage

Impressionism Rooted in Japanese and Chinese Aesthetics: From Hiroshige and Hokusai to Monet and Van Gogh Michelle Sun, Community College of Philadelphia

10:30 am-12:00 pm

A. Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Perspectives on Teaching Asia to Undergraduates, Session Chair: Jim VanderMey, Mid Michigan Community College

Encounters and Comparisons: China and the Western Civilization Survey Course Rochelle Gatlin, City College of San Francisco

Professing, Socratic Inquiry and Skillful Means: A Buddhist Pedagogy for the Humanities Terry Mazurak, The College of Idaho

Trials and Successes of Teaching Geography of East Asia: a Rookie's Experience Janet Puhalla, Missouri State University

Richard Wright's Haiku: A Lesson Plan John Zheng, Mississippi Valley State University

B. Mississippi River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Teaching about Southeast Asia with Textiles, Session Chair: Albert Wong, University of Texas at El Paso Lawrence E. Butler, George Mason University Catherine Raymond, Northern Illinois University Ann Wright-Parsons, Northern Illinois University

C. Illinois River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Chinese Literary Perspectives, Session Chair: Raymond Frontain, University of Central Arkansas

The Many Faces of Mulan: 1500 Years of the History of the Woman Warrior of China Qingjun Li, Middle Tennessee State University

Reincarnation in Chinese Novels: A Study of Hung-lou Meng (1792) and Lao Jing (1989) Mary Sheldon, Washburn University

The Zhuang Cinderella and Her Big Red Fish Fay Beauchamp, Community College of Philadelphia

Cenci de duizhao: Imagery and Interiority of the 'Real Chinese' in Eileen Chang's Love in a Fallen City Biling Chen, University of Central Arkansas

D. DesPlaines River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

The Prospects of "Contemplative Science", Session Chair: Julien Farland, Middlesex Community College

Stephen Laumakis, University of St. Thomas Gregory Robinson-Riegler, University of St. Thomas

12:00pm-1:45pm, ASDP National Conference Luncheon, Chicago River Ballroom Salons A, B, C, D, Main Level (ML Floor)

Welcome from ASDP Conference Host, Dr. Keith W. Krasemann, College of DuPage

Greeting from Dr. Sunil Chand, President of College of DuPage

ASDP Alumni Newsletter Update, Julien Farland, Middlesex Community College

ASDP Update, Dr. Elizabeth Buck, ASDP Co-Director Keynote Address: Challenges for International Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region Dr. Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center

2:00 pm-3:15 pm

A. Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Education and the Arts in Contemporary China, Session Chair: Josh Price, College of DuPage

The Exploding Market for Contemporary Chinese Art as Challenge to China's Image of Itself Brian Seymour, Community College of Philadelphia

Internationalization and Chinese Higher Education: The European Role Christina Pinna, University of Toronto

China's Experiment with the Philosophy for Children Model of Education and the Specter of Cultural Imperialism Andrew Colvin, Slippery Rock University

B. Mississippi River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

New Perspectives on Teaching Undergraduates, Session Chair: Kent Mitchell, Middlesex Community College

Science and Our Global Heritage: Teaching Global Issues through China and India David Buck, Thiel College

Educate the Educators or How much do our nation's teachers really know about world culture? Pamela Herron Stover, University of Texas at El Paso

Blurring the Lines Between 'Asian' and 'Asian American': Teaching Vietnamese Immigrant Literature Linda Trinh Moser, Missouri State University

C. Illinois River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Pedagogical Challenges in Asian Philosophy, Session Chair, Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University

Making One's Way: Toward Wordless Teaching and Learning Robert Dixon-Kolar, College of DuPage

Teaching Confucian Common Good Through A Community Service Based Course Robin Wang, Loyola Marymount University

E-jing: Using Technology to Teach China Jim Deitrick, University of Central Arkansas

D. DesPlaines River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Traditional Chinese History and Culture, Session Chair: Howard Bodner, Houston Community College

Intellectual Histories of Ancient China: The Evolving Big Picture James VanderMey, Mid Michigan Community College

Whispered Sacredness: The Literati and their Apparatus Olfat El-Mallakh, College of DuPage

"In/visible" Influences of Children of Allah: Chinese Muslims' Humanity-Enriching Contribution to Chinese Culture and National Character Shudong Chen, Johnson County Community College

3:30pm-5:00pm

A. Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Explorations of South Asian Literary Traditions, Session Chair: George Vargis, Georgia Perimeter College

Ginsberg, India, and the Holiness of Dirt Raymond-Jean Frontain, University of Central Arkansas

East Indian Maya and Western Surrealism David W. Nasgowitz, College of DuPage

Sri Lankan Diasporic Literature in English: The Fiction of Romesh Gunesekera Gautam Kundu, Georgia Southern University

Tradition and Modernity in R.K. Narayan's The Painter of Signs Daniel Ross, Columbus State University

B. Mississippi River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Revisiting the Arcs of Change fr om the Ideal to the Real in China's History, Session Chair: Stanley Murashige, Chicago Art Institute

Making a Journey to the East: How a Ming Dynasty Novel Can Provide a Nexus for Learning about Chinese Culture Kenneth Munsell, University of Central Washington

Science Fiction, Virtual Worlds and Virtual Ontology: Finding the Real and the Ideal in the Dao Dona Cady, Middlesex Community College

House and Garden, Confucianism and Daoism Christopher Yip, California Polytechnic Institute

Li and Chung in Service to the State: Confucianism in Mao's China Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen, University of Central Oklahoma

C. Illinois River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Philosophical Ideas and Artistic Pursuits in the Traditions of Asia and the West: Scholarly and Pedagogical Presentations from Participants in a Comparative NEH Project, Session Chair: Keith W. Krasemann, College of DuPage

Keith W. Krasemann, College of DuPage John Frazier, College of DuPage John Santiago, College of DuPage Linda Osanka, College of DuPage

D. DesPlaines River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

East Asian Texts, Western Readers: Stage, Gender, and Philosophy in China and Japan, Session Chair: Andrew Colvin, Slippery Rock University

Confucius and the Neo-Confucians: Unlocking Pedagogical Possibilities Aimee Myers, Sierra College

Altered States and the Afterlife: Aspects of Infinity in Noh Drama Henry Shaffer, Bridgewater State College

Obsessive Love: Ingmar Bergman Adapts Mishima Yukio Miglena Ivanova, Coastal Carolina University

Figurations of Women: Teaching China and Japan Jill Bouma, Berea College

5:30pm-7:30pm, Manager's Reception, Sky Level (SL Floor); Complimentary House Wines, Assorted Liquors, Beer, Nonalcoholic Beverages, and Light Hors d' Oeuvres

Saturday, March 8, 2008

9:00am-10:15am

A. Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Gender in East Asia, Session Chair: Miglena Ivanova, Coastal Carolina University

The Impact of Globalization on Chinese Feminist Practices and Ideology Sarah Nieves-Squires, Lesley University

Economic Reform and Urban Chinese Women: Can Women Still Hold Half of the Sky? Ting Ni, Winona State University

Sex Sells: Betel Nut Girls on Taiwan Shu Huei-Henrickson, Rock Valley College

B. Mississippi River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

The Arts in Asia, Session Chair: Henry Shaffer, Bridgewater State College

Stylistic variations of the Buddha image Isabelle Sabau, College of DuPage

Writing on Water: Zen Visions of Impermanence and Absolute Non-Duality in the Works of Song Dong Joshua M. Price, College of DuPage

Beijing Opera and Devadassi Performers Before and After Independence: Exploitation or Progress? Eleni Vryza, Westwood College

C. Illinois River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Chinese Philosophy: Exploring the Relationships between Thought and Action, Session Chair: Dennis Arjo, Johnson County Community College

Arts and Practices of the Daoist Masters of the Zhuangzi Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University

The Desireless Desire Brian Hoffert, North Central College

Present Tensions Around "Where Elephants Weep." Kent Mitchell, Middlesex Community College

D. DesPlaines River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Growing Asian Studies at Portland Community College, Session Chair: Sylvia Gray, Portland Community College

Sylvia Gray, Portland Community College Bryan Hull, Portland Community College Deborah Sipe, Portland Community College

10:30am-12:00pm

A. Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Bhutan: Window on Asia, Session Chair: Salli Vargis, Georgia Perimeter College

Bhutan: Embattled Border Land Kelly Long, Colorado State University

Buddhism in Bhutan James Boyd, Colorado State University

Constraints and Opportunities in Bhutan's Democratic Development Strategy Sue Ellen Charlton, Colorado State University

Marketing Bhutan Robert Allerheiligen, Colorado State University

B. Mississippi River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Cultural Performance and Political Discourse in the Korean Peninsula and Mainland China, Session Chair: Deborah Ford, Dickinson State University

Conflict and Reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula Graeme Auton, University of Redlands

Korean New Year's Day Music Arlene Caney, Community College of Philadelphia

Discourse on State Building and National Identity Formation in Chinese and KoreanHistorical Soap Operas: Han Wu dadi (2005) and Jumong (2007) Robert Y. Eng, University of Redlands

North Korea and the Taiwan Card Gregory Moore, Eckerd College

C. Illinois River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

POLISHING THE CHINESE MIRROR: Essays in Honor of Henry Rosemont, Jr., Session Chair: Marthe Chandler, DePauw University

Cosmology and Religion: Rosemont's Critics and Admirers David Jones, Kennesaw State University

The Road not Taken in the Road well-Trodden: A Journey along and through Henry Rosemont, Jr., an Inspiring Autonomous Role-Bearing and Emersonian Confucian. Shudong Chen, Johnson County Community College

Matteo Ricci and the God Question in Radically Different Cosmologies Joseph McKeon , Central Connecticut State University

Rosemont's Religiosity and Rosemont's Self Vance Cope-Kasten Ripon College

Yes Hui-neng, There Really is a Mirror: Discovering the Self in Comparative Discourse Jeffrey Dippmann, Central Washington University

D. DesPlaines River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Bridging projects among learning communities to promote awareness for cultural diversity, Session Chair: Pam Stover, University of Texas at El Paso

Shingo Satsutani, College of DuPage Nobuko Chikamatsu, DePaul University Miho Matsugu, DePaul University Yuki Miyamoto, DePaul University

12:15pm-2:00pm, ASDP National Conference Luncheon, Chicago River Ballroom Salons A, B, C, D, Main Level (ML Floor)

Address: East Asian Civilizations in a Worldwide Historical Perspective Dr. Guy S. Allito, Associate Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago

2:00pm-3:00pm, ASDP Alumni Chapter Meeting, Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

3:00pm-4:15pm

A. Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Perspectives of Southeast Asia, Session Chair: Janet Puhalla, Missouri State University

Ethnicity in the Lives of Malaysian Youth Nancy Janus, Eckerd College

New Media From Old: Lessons in Cultural Dynamics in the formation of Wayang Comics Robert Petersen, Eastern Illinois University

Drugs, Sex, and Rock n' Roll: How Malaysian Religion, Populations and Economics can Change with Chinese Malaysian Women's Political Participation Faith Watson, Community College of Philadelphia

B. Mississippi River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Religion, Philosophy, and Morality, Session Chair: Terry Mazurak, The College of Idaho

The Making and Unmaking of Prejudice: An Interchange between Psychology and Religion Wioleta Polinska, North Central College

A New Perspective on Perspective Taking: Kantian Moral Psychology Meets Confucian Data Stephan Johnson, City College of San Francisco

C. Illinois River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Gender in East Asian Film and Literature, Session Chair: Eleni Vryza, Westwood College

Tuya's Ecofeminist Vagina Monologue Ya-chen Chen, City College of New York

What is Authentic? Tellings and Retellings: Chinese, Japanese and Korean Women in Film Janine Fujioka, University of California, Berkeley

Women, Party, Nation: Loyalties in Text and Context, Ding Ling and Sata Ineko Roberta Adams, Fitchburg State College

D. DesPlaines River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Cultural Interactions: Asia and the West, Session Chair: Mark Esposito, Black Hawk College

U.S. Images in Japan, 1945 to the Present Songho Ha, University of Alaska Anchorage

Fascination and Fear--Chinatown in 19th Century New York City Howard Bodner, Houston Community College

Ricordi di Cine: What the Franciscans Bought Back fr om China Michael Hembree, Johnson County Community College

4:30pm-5:45pm

A. Rock River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Monuments and Memorializing in East Asia, Session Chair, Rochelle Gatlin, City College of San Francisco

Chinese Tomb Statuary: Animals in Suspended Animation Linda Osanka, College of DuPage

Hwa-seong Fortress, a product of Korean Confucianism: UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in Korea Byoungkook Park, Western Michigan University

The Buddhist Caves of Gansu Ray Olson, College of DuPage

B. Mississippi River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

The Rockland Community College Writing Center: A Home Away From Home, Session Chair: Elaine Padilla, Rockland Community College

Professor Liya Li, Rockland Community College Professor Sylvia Miranda, Rockland Community College Professor Martha Rottman, Rockland Community College

C. Illinois River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

Interpretive Expressions of East Asian Traditions, Session Chair: Mary Sheldon, Washburn University

Beauty and the Female Form: Japanese Art with Waka Deborah Ford, Dickinson State University

What Does Confucius's Lost Book of Music Really Say: A Speculation Paul Sladky, Augusta State University

Haiku as a Visual Art Form Albert Y. Wong, University of Texas at El Paso

D. DesPlaines River Room, Main Level (ML Floor)

New Works in the Field: A Discussion about Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy by Stephen Laumakis

Commentary by:

Peter Hershock, Coordinator, Asian Studies Development Program Terry Mazurak, The College of Idaho James Deitrick, University of Central Arkansas Respondent: Stephen Laumakis, University of St. Thomas

5:30pm-7:30pm, Manager's Reception, Sky Level (SL Floor); Complimentary House Wines, Assorted Liquors, Beer, Nonalcoholic Beverages, and Light Hors d' Oeuvres

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Special Tours and Chicagoland Trips

Conference participants may sign up at the registration table for the following activities:

The Art Institute of Chicago Tour of the Asian Galleries led by Dr. Stanley Murashige, Chair of Art History, The School of the Art Institute

Trip to Chicago's Chinatown, lunch, sightseeing and shopping led by Dr. Keith W. Krasemann, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the College of DuPage's Regional Center for Asian Studies Development Programs

Tour of The University of Chicago Campus and visit to the Oriental Institute and Museum led by Dr. John Modscheidler, Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) College of DuPage

Plenary Speakers and Acknowledgments

Dr. Charles E. Morrison: Charles E. Morrison has been president of the East-West Center since 1998. He has a PhD in international studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies. His dissertation concerned the foreign policies of the member-nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and reflected his interest (which continues) in regional economic and political cooperation processes. During the 1970s, he served as a legislative assistant to the late Senator William V. Roth, Jr. covering international economic, foreign policy, and ethicsa issues, but he left that position in1980 to become a research scholar, dividing his time between the East-West Center in Honolulu and the Japan Center for International Exchange in Tokyo. In the early 1990s, he moved to a full-time position with the East-West Center, starting an international relations program there and then becoming director of the Economics and Politics Institute. Aside from his work with the EWC, Dr. Morrison serves in several other professional capacities and is currently the international chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, an organization supporting Asia-Pacific regional cooperation.

Dr. Guy S. Alitto is Associate Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Professor Alitto received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1975 and has taught in all areas of Chinese Studies, including the modern and classical Chinese languages and pre-modern history. He is especially interested in the connections between political/social realms and the intellectual/cultural, as manifest in specific individuals and local cultures. He continues to be interested in the ongoing Chinese discussion on culture and modernization. His major publications, both Western and Chinese language works, include: The Last Confucian: Liang Shu-ming and the Chinese Dilemma of Modernity (Revised and enlarged Second Edition) Berkeley, 1986, winner of the J.K. Fairbank prize for best work on East Asian history in 19781979, and Shijie fanweinei de fanxiandaihua sichao: lun wenhua shouchengzhiyi (Anti-modernization thought trends in a world-wide perspective: On cultural conservatism) Guiyang, Guizhou Provincial Press, 1991. In 1972, he was the American interpreter for the first official delegations from China to visit the U.S., and performed similar missions after that. In 2001, he was the interpreter of the "EP-3 Recovery Team" sent to Hainan Island, China, to recover the electronic surveillance plane downed by a Chinese fighter-plane. In 2006, his transcribed dialogues with Liang Shuming (published as [??], Beijing, Lipintushu, 2006) was number one on the non-fiction best-seller list for two weeks.

Chair of Conference Local Arrangements: Dr. Keith W. Krasemann (College of DuPage)

Program Committee: Dennis Arjo (Johnson County Community College); James Deitrick (University of Central Arkansas); and Mark Esposito (Black Hawk College)

Program Cover Design: David Chu (College of DuPage)