ASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE JAPANArchive page

1999 June 26
The Third ASCJ Conference
An invitation from the organizers

Keynote address: Peter Duus, Stanford University
President-elect Association for Asian Studies, "Thoughts on the Long
Postwar Era"
Location: Ichigaya Campus, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
I. Morning Sessions 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
1. Warriors and Authority in Kamakura Japan Room 207
Chair: Ethan Segal, Stanford University
Presenters1) Michael Watson, Meiji Gakuin University. "Warriors Rewarded: 'Kimi no
go-on' in Gunki Monogatari"2) Elizabeth Oyler, Stanford University. "Defining Authoritative Voice inSoga Monogatari"3) Ethan Segal, Stanford University. "Warrior Debt and Conflicting Obligations inKamakura Japan"
Discussant: Robert Borgen, University of California, Davis (visiting professor, MeijiGakuin University)
2. Changing Boundaries of Imagination in Early Twentieth Century Japan Room201
Chair: Michiko Suzuki, Tokyo University
Presenters:
1) Claire Cuccio, Stanford University. "The Art of National Boundaries:
Ishii Hakutei's Contradictory Criticism in the Visual Arts Magazine Housun"
Recapturing the Construction of a Modern Aesthetic2) Michael Dylan Foster, Stanford University. "Yanagita Kunio's Youkai dangi and theMorphology of the Mysterious"

3) Michiko Suzuki, Tokyo University. "Imagination and the Girl: Yoshiya
Nobuko's Yaneura no nishojo as Female Bildungsroman"4) Robert Tierney, Stanford University. "The Colonial Imagination ofNakajima Atsushi"
Discussant: Mary Katherine Elwood, Sagami Women's Junior College
3. Gender and Sexual Identity Room 301
Chairs: Aya Ezawa, University of Illinois/University of Tokyo and James Farrer, Sophia
UniversityPresenters:
1) John Clammer, Sophia University, "Wives and Concubines: Sexual Economy
in an Overseas Chinese Community"
2) Aya Ezawa, University of Illinois/ University of Tokyo. "Women betweenFamily and Work: Life Histories of Japanese Lone Mothers"
3) James Farrer, Sophia University. "Negotiating Virginity in Premarital
Sexual Relations in Shanghai"Discussant: Greg Pflugfelder, Columbia University
4. Individual Papers on Ethnicity and Cultural Categories Room 307
Chair: Professor Motomitsu Uchibori, Professor of Anthropology, Tokyo Gaigo University
1) Ed Friedman, University of Wisconsin-Madison."Transcending the East-West Binary"2) Wayne K. Patterson, St. Norbert College. "Futei Senjin: Japan and 'Rebellious Koreans'in Hawaii, 1905-1925"
3) Igor R. Saveliev, Niigata University. "Immigrants and Guerrillas: Japanese and Korean
Diasporas in Early Twentieth Century Russia"4) Zha, Daojiong, International University of Japan. "'Chinese Capitalism' andGlobalization: Competing Paradigms in Studying Asian Political Economy"
II. Afternoon Session 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
5. New Themes in the Study of Tokugawa Religions Room 207
Chair: Duncan Williams, Harvard University
Presenters:1) Barbara Ambros, Harvard University / University of Tokyo. "Mountains andRivers: The Sacred Geography of Ooyama in Early Modern Japan"2) Duncan Williams, Harvard University / Komazawa University. "Hot Springs andBuddhism in Tokugawa Japan"
3) Hiromi Maeda, Harvard University. "Ikeda Mitsumasa's Policy of Controlling Religion
during the Kanbun Period"
Discussant: Miyazaki Fumiko, Keisen University
6. Searching for Korean Identity Under Japanese Rule: Colonial and Postcolonial
Considerations Room 201
Chair: Mark E. Caprio, Rikkyo University
Presenters:
1) Erin A. Chung, Saitama University. "Citizenship, Nationality, and Ethnicity in Japan'sKorean Community: Toward a New Theory of National Identity"
2) Young Mi Lim, City University of New York. "The Crisis of Resident KoreanIntellectuals: the Social Construction of Korean-ness by Koreans in Japan"
3) Mark E. Caprio, Rikkyo University. "The Media as a Means for Empowerment andSuppression: Korean Identity and the Dong-A Ilbo"
Discussant: Frank Baldwin, Social Science Research Council
7. Roundtable: The Transformation of Social Networks (Guanxi) in China's Market
Transition Room 301
Organizer: David Wank (Sophia University)
Participants: Linda Grove (Sophia University); Thomas B. Gold (University of California,Berkeley); Doug Guthrie (New York University); Masaharu Hishida (University ofShizuoka); Shigeto Sonoda (Chuo University); David L. Wank (Sophia University).
8. Individual Papers on Culture and Communication in China and Japan.
Room 307
Chair: Patricia Sippel, Toyo Eiwa University
1) Sarah Cox, Washington University in St. Louis / Kokugakuin University.
"Theories of Translation in Meiji Japan"
2) Ng, Wai-ming, National University of Singapore. "The Forgery of Booksin Tokugawa Japan"3) Qin Shao, The College of New Jersey. "Print Culture in a Chinese County: Nantong,
1900-1930"
4) Massimiliano Tomasi, Western Washington University. "The Revival of Oratory in Early
20th Century Japan"
5) Noriko Tsunoda Reider, Miami University. "Rhetoric of 'Chrysanthemum Tryst': from'Fan Chu-ch'ing's 'Eternal Friendship' to 'Chrysanthemum Tryst'"
9. Individual Papers on Politics and Society Room 308
Chair: Joel Campbell, Tohoku University
1) Lynne Nakano, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. "Community Volunteers and theImplications for a Civic Sphere in Japan"
2) Mohammed B. Alam, Miyazaki International College. "Prospects for a Nuclear/Nonproliferation Regime in South Asia"
3) Jennifer Amyx, The Australian National University. "Intra-ministerial Dynamics ofJapan's Ministry of Finance: the Salience of Formal
Institutional Structure"4) Charles Weathers, Osaka University. "Shunto Wage Setting in Comparative Perspective"
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III. Afternoon Session 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
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10. Marvelous Mutations: Modes of Transformation in Buddhism and Hinduism
Room 207
Chair: Sherry Fowler, Lewis & Clark CollegePresenters:

1) Sherry Fowler, Lewis & Clark College. "Unstable Identities: Images of Transformation inJapanese Buddhist Sculpture2) Elizabeth Kenney, Kansai Gaidai University. "Beasts among Buddhists: Some VerySpecial Animals in the "Further Biographies of Eminent Monks"
3) Catherine Ludvik, University of Toronto, Canada. "From Messenger to God: The
Transformation of the Monkey Hanuman"
Discussant: Hubert Durt, International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Tokyo / Ecole
Francaise d'Extreme Orient
11. Identity, Culture, and the Evolution of Taiwan Politics Room 201
Chair: Daniel C. Lynch, University of Southern California
Presenters:
1) Richard C. Kagan, Hamline University. "Chen Shui-bian: A Democratic Nationalist
Building a Community and a Nation"2) Mark Harrison, Monash University. "Print and National Consciousness in Postwar
Taiwan"3) Stephane Corcuff, Paris Political Studies Institute. "Taiwan Mainlanders: Changing
Figurations of National Identification"4) Daniel C. Lynch, University of Southern California. "The Role of Taiwan Oppositional
Culture in the Transition from Authoritarian Rule"
Discussant: Thomas B. Gold, University of California at Berkeley
12. Gender Politics in Modern Japanese and Chinese Literature: MaleCritics and Women Writers Room 301
Chair: Joan E. Ericson, The Colorado CollegePresenters:
1) Jiang Hong, The Colorado College. "Body as Trope in Modern Chinese Literature".
2) Joan Ericson, The Colorado College. "Adjusting to the Male Gaze: Male Critics andJapanese Women Writers"3) Seiko Yoshinaga, University of Pennsylvania. "Gender Politics in Postwar Debates onJapanese Literature: Male Critics and Enchi Fumiko"
4) Discussant: Angela Yiu, Sophia University
13. Individual Papers on Foreign Imports into Meiji Japan Room 307
Chair: Kate Nakai, Sophia University
1) David Wittner, The Ohio State University / University of Tokyo. "The Mechanizationof Japan's Silk Industry and the Quest for Civilization, 1870-1880"
2) John Sagers, University of Washington / Rikkyo University. "Developmental Ideology
and Financial Institutions in Meiji Japan"
3) Yoko Suzuki, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Criminology and Poverty Relief
during the Late Meiji Period: A Study of Journals on Prison from 1888 to 1912"
4) James Stanlaw, Illinois State University. "The Meiji and the Minolta: An Anthropological
Look at the Early History of Japanese Photography"5) Takase Nobuaki, Sophia University. "Lingering English Influence in the Meiji
Constitution"

IV. Keynote Address Peter Duus, Stanford University, President-elect Association for
Asian Studies, "Thoughts on the Long Postwar Era." 5:25 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
V. Business Meeting--election of officers and executive committee, presentation of bylaws 6:00-6:30 p.m.
VI. Reception 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Conference venue

Conference date: June 26, 1999 Location: IchigayaCampus, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan