From: JIA Hao <LZ956C@gwuvm.gwu.edu>
Subject:      Announcement
Organization: Indiana University
Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 92 13:11:56 EDT




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1. CSPSIS to Hold 7th Annual Conference .........................
2. CSPSIS: An Introduction ......................................

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1. CSPSIS to Hold 7th Annual Conference............
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>From: Jia Hao, <LZ956C@GWUVM.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 1992

The Chinese Scholars of Political Science and International
Studies, Inc. (CSPSIS) is going to hold its 7th annual conference
in Oneonta (SUNY) on July 31-August 3. About one hundred Chinese
scholars and students who are teaching or studying political
science, international relations, or in related disciplines (such
as sociology, journalism, law, philosophy, economics, and
history, etc.) from more than 60 American and European
universities are expected to attend the meeting. The major theme
of the conference is "China and the World in the Post-Cold War
Era".

The registration and a CSPSIS welcoming reception are on July 31.
The conference opening session will be held on the morning of
August 1, which will include: remarks by a representative from
the Western Returned Students' Association headquartered in
Beijing (oumei tongxuihui) and by a group of distinguished guests
from corresponding Chinese institutions such as Beijing,
Nankai, Renmin, and Fudan Universities, an annual report by
CSPSIS president, and a key note speech. Keynote speaker this
year is Prof. Peter Van Ness from the Graduate School of
International Studies at University of Denver, who is also a
distinguished China scholar in this country and a member of
CSPSIS Advisory Board. His topic will be "China and the World:
the Transnational Challenge".

Seven Panels will be held on August 1-3. Altogether 44 scholars
are going to present papers followed by further discussion. The
topics of the panels range from Chinese politics, Chinese
political economy, Chinese society and culture, the Post-Cold War
world, international relations theories, Chinese foreign policy,
to the mainland-Taiwan relations. During the conference, a round
table discussion will also be held for visiting scholars from
mainland to introduce the current state of Chinese education and
research in the fields of political science and international
relations.

One of the features of this conference is that for the first time
a group of Chinese visiting scholars and students from Western European
countries and Canada will join the meeting and present papers.
Besides, some participants who just recently visited
China, Russia, and Eastern Europe will also report on their
personal observations. Given the dramatic changes at home and
abroad, the gathering and opinion exchange by overseas Chinese
political scientists and scholars in the related fields will
contribute to both the advancement of the disciplines and the
better understanding of the current situation.

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2. CSPSIS: An Introduction ...........................
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> From: Jia Hao, <LZ956C@GWUVM.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday 18, 1992

The Chinese Scholars of Political Science and International
Studies, Inc. (CSPSIS) is an academic society by the Chinese
students and scholars studying, teaching, or engaging research
mainly in political science, international relations, and related
disciplines in the United States, with about 300 formal members
and associates.

CSPSIS was established six years ago and has been granted status
as a 501(c)3 independent and academic organization in this
country. Since 1986, CSPSIS has held six consecutive annual
conferences in Houston, Boston, New York, San Francisco,
Washington D.C., and San Diego respectively. It has been publishing a
journal of POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES and a
series of newsletters, maintained close contacts with its members
and compiled their academic information, and organized several
collective research projects.

As for current and future activities, the Board of CSPSIS has
selected two primary goals since 1991. First, CSPSIS is
strengthening its relations with both American and Chinese
academia. Second, CSPSIS is enhancing and expanding its research
activities.

In order to meet the first goal, CSPSIS has established an
Advisory Board consisted of more than a dozen most distinguished
American scholars in the fields. Among them are Seymour M. Lipset
and Theodore J. Lowi, the former presidents of the American
Political Science Association; accomplished scholars of
international relations such as Joseph S. Nye, Kenneth N. Waltz,
and Robert A. Scalapino; and distinguished China specialists like
Michel Oksenberg, David M. Lampton, Ezra F. Vogel, and Andrew G.
Walder, etc.

CSPSIS has been reinvigorating its relations with corresponding
institutions and colleagues back in China. It has established a
formal relationship with the American Chapter of the Western
Returned Students' Association in Beijing (Oumei tongxuihui).
From May 1991 to February 1992, CSPSIS sent 9 of its members back
to their home or associated institutions as short-term teaching
personnel, giving lectures and providing research assistance in
institutions such as Beida, Renda, Nanda, the Graduate School of
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing University for
International Relations, Shanghai Institute for International
Studies, Shanghai University for International Studies, etc. The
successful conclusion of the 1991-1992 teaching project has been
highly regarded by all participants, their hosting institutions,
as well as the supporting U.S. foundations. In summer 1991,
CSPSIS provided $ 3,000 for flood relief in China.

As for the second priority of enhancing and expanding its
research program, CSPSIS has recently concluded two collective
research projects: 1) "Reforms and the State Capacity: the
Changing Central-Local Relations in China"; and 2) "China
and the Asian-Pacific Region to the Year 2000". While the former
is designed to provide a first comprehensive examination of the
essences and dynamics of China's dramatically changing
central-local relations since the reform era, the latter is to
examine the Asian-pacific international environment and China's
regional role in particular (including its foreign policy options
in the years ahead). Each project was joined by about 15 Chinese
scholars (mainly from mainland, some from Hongkong and Taiwan)
focusing on different aspects of the subject. The outcome
of both projects are now in the process of publication. In
addition, CSPSIS is currently initiating two other research
projects: "International Relations Theories and China's Foreign
Policy" and "Roots of the Failure of State Socialism".


The current CSPSIS Board of Directors are:

JIA Hao, president (The George Washington University)
James CHUNG, vice president (University of Denver)
ZHAO Suisheng (University of California, San Diego),
GONG Ting, treasurer (Ramapo College of New Jersey)
XU, Zhiwei (University of Michigan)

For further information, please contact:

      JIA Hao
      (T) 703-525-0731
      E-Mail: LZ956C@GWUVM.BITNET


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