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NYCAS SUMMARYASIAN STUDIES HOSTS NYCAS // ASIA AT WORK & PLAY
With the significant involvement and assistance of many faculty, staff, and students across the
University at Buffalo, the Asian Studies Program hosted the annual New York Conference on Asian
Studies (NYCAS) on September 16-17.
The participation of UB faculty and graduate students as panelists and panel chairs was exceptional:
the 167 registered participants included 26 faculty and staff and 21 graduate students from the UB
College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education, Law School, School of Management,
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and the UB Art Gallery.
Asian Studies faculty, along with the Confucius Institute staff, recruited a strong cadre of
undergraduate and graduate students to help with registration, exhibitor displays, event reception,
and many other tasks. These volunteers were exceptionally well organized and mobilized by Asian
Studies graduate assistant Jeffrey Chow.
Non-UB participants in the conference hailed from 16 states and provinces and 6 countries overseas,
including China, Japan, Australia, England, Italy, and Russia. Professor Larisa Zhilina of Dostoevsky
State University in Omsk, Russia, who spoke on Russian and Japanese student perceptions of each
other, may well be the first NYCAS participant to travel from Siberia for the conference.
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The exhibition opening for “Buffalo Beijing: Translation,”
an impressive collaboration between MFA students in UB’s
Department of Visual Studies and students at the Central
Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing
The world premiere of Dinh Q. Lê: Saigon Diary, a visually
striking exhibition at the UB Anderson Gallery (through
December 31) that provides tremendous insight into
economic, social, and environmental conditions in
contemporary Saigon
“What is Asian Contemporary Art: The Challenges of a New
Field of Enquiry,” a keynote address by Melissa Chiu, vice
president for Global Arts Programs at the Asia Society
A plenary address by the president of the Association
for Asian Studies, Gail Hershatter, entitled, “The Girl Who
Burned the Banknotes: A Child Daughter-in-Law’s Story and
the Shape of Social Change in Early Socialist China”
“China’s Sacred Sites,” a display of stunning photographs
based on the book of the same name by Buffalo architect
Bonnie Foit-Albert
“The Arts in Asia: A Workshop for Teachers,” featuring
presentations on visual and performing arts in Vietnam,
Japan, and India
An energetic drum performance by the Korean Folk Art Club
In addition to the 41 panels on the conference theme, “Asia at Work and Play,” & a wide range of other topics, conference highlights included:
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L-R // ASIAN STUDIESDIRECTOR KRISTEN STAPLETONASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRUCE ACKERNYCAS PRESIDENT PATRICIA WELCHEXECUTIVE SECRETARY RON KNAPP
NYCAS PANEL PARTICIPANTS
KOREAN FOLK ART CLUBPERFORMS AT NYCAS LUNCHEON
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WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CLOSE COLLABORATION ON NYCAS 2011 FROM
SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS CAME FROM THE
UB OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTSUB ART GALLERY
DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL STUDIESUB CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES CREATIVE DESIGN DIRECTOR
AND HER INTERNRAMADA HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER
UB COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCESUB CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE
ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIESEAST VIEW INFORMATION SERVICES
NORMAN & THUY MURRAYPAPAYA & SAIGON BANGKOK RESTAURANTS
Bruce Kolesnick & Amy VeidersSandy Olsen & Sandra FirminMillie ChenEric Yang & Peggy DuRenee Ruffino
Ying Ri GuanHeidi Conschafter
We hope to see a strong UB contingent at the next NYCAS conference, September 28-29, 2012, at SUNY New Paltz, focused on
the theme “Contesting Tradition.” The NYCAS web presence is now hosted by the UB Asian Studies Program, so additional
information about upcoming conferences can be found at www.asianstudies.buffalo.edu/nycas/index.shtml.
SOUTH ASIA PROGRAM NEWS
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he Asian Studies community at UB celebrates the inauguration of
Dr. Satish K. Tripathi as the 15th president of the University at Buf-
falo. Born in the village Patna of Faizabad district in the northern
Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Dr. Tripathi graduated at the top of his
class from Banaras Hindu University, one of UB’s institutional partners in
India. In 2010 and 2011, visiting professors Manish Arora and Gangatharan
Alagappan from Banaras taught courses through Asian Studies at UB, and
we hope to expand this cooperation with future exchanges.
The UB community is currently benefitting from the contributions of Ian
Wilson, who has joined Asian Studies as an adjunct faculty member from
Syracuse University, where he is a graduate student in the Department of
Anthropology completing his dissertation, “A Variously Understood Past:
The Negotiation of Bharatpuri History.” He is helping Asian Studies ex-
pand our existing first- and second-year Hindi course offerings to include
the closely related language of Urdu, which UB plans to offer through the
second year in the future.
Mr. Wilson is part of the broader U.S. Department of Education-funded
initiative to expand the existing South Asia curriculum at UB. In addition
to 1st-year Hindi-Urdu, he is teaching a course entitled “Society and Caste
in Contemporary India” this fall and “Contemporary Asian Societies” in
the spring semester. His recent Asia at Noon presentation, “Remember-
ing in the Kings’ Village: Centrality and Opposition in Collective Memory,”
examined centralizing and decentralizing forces in oral narratives he
collected in the ancestral village of the rulers of the former North Indian
kingdom of Bharatpur.
In conjunction with expanded South Asian language and content course
offerings, Asian Studies recently inaugurated a new South Asia@UB
website that draws together various faculty and students carrying out
research in and about South Asian societies. For more information, see
http://wings.buffalo.edu/english/as/Hakala/SouthAsiaAtUB
Professor Hakala will be hosting an informal series of film screenings in
conjunction with his South Asia courses. Films include the controversial
Fire (1996), the Bollywood films Umrao Jaan (1981), Taal (1999), and Dil
Se (1997), and the documentary Father, Son, Holy War (1994). For more
information, see http://wings.buffalo.edu/english/as/Hakala/SouthAsiaA-
tUB/News
And students, faculty and other community members won’t want to
miss the dynamic Rhythm of Rajasthan music and dance performance
on November 18 in the UB Center for the Arts. For details and tickets visit
www.ubcfa.org
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
PROFESSOR MARK NATHAN
ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM WELCOMESNEW DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES & KOREAN STUDIES
The Asian Studies Program welcomes our new
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Korean
Studies Dr. Mark Nathan this fall. Dr. Nathan
assumed the role of director after the retirement
of Dr. Thomas Burkman in Spring 2011. As director,
Mark will oversee the academic advisement for
incoming students, Asian Studies majors, and
minors. He will also be teaching classes on Korean
history and culture and Buddhism in East Asia.
Dr. Nathan graduated in 2010 with a Ph.D. in
Buddhist Studies from the Department of
Asian Languages & Cultures. He also attended
the University of Chicago (M.A., History of
Religions) and Rutgers University (B.A., History). He specializes in Korean Buddhism from the
late nineteenth century to today. His dissertation, “Buddhist Propagation and Modernization:
The Significance of P’ogyo in Twentieth-Century Korean Buddhism,” looks at the adoption of
religious propagation as a strategy of Buddhist reform and the role it played in reshaping the
Buddhist tradition of Korea over the last century.
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2011-2012. Keep up to date on Confucius Institute programs by joining the listserv. In addition to
announcements about its own events, the Confucius Institute listserv will include postings about
other China-related events in Western New York, Chinese language classes, travel opportunities,
useful web resources, and unique news stories. Major Confucius Institute events will continue to
be posted in the Asian Studies e-news.
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NATIONAL ACROBATS OF CHINAMAINSTAGE THEATER
TICKETS $26.50 GENERAL PUBLIC
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ASIAN STUDIES CALENDARUNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ALL EVENTS ARE FREE
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OF LIONS & LOUNGE SUITS
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Before I left Buffalo last August for a
semester teaching in UB’s Singapore
program, I signed up to attend the
by-invitation-only Singapore Global
Dialogue, an annual forum in late
September with topnotch speakers on
international affairs in Asia. The speakers
were good, the tour de force being no
less than Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew
himself. But to me the most memorable
feature of the parley was one formality
imposed on all attendees and stated in
the conference brochure: a dress code,
“LOUNGE SUIT.”
The most formal weeds available to me
were the tan sport coat with a color
design and red necktie I had brought all
gathering dust in my closet since my
arrival in the Lion City of eternal summer
just a few kilometers from the Equator.
Having just retired as an unkempt
professor surrounded by less-
kempt students, I had no clue what
“Lounge Suit” meant. The very
notion of a dress code to me denoted
airs, elitism, conformity – challenges to
my proletarian proclivities. I called my
lodging’s front desk. They didn’t have
a clue either, but offered to do some
research. Three minutes later a computer
print-out rustled under my door.
JACKET: Dark colors are best for evening occasions.
SUIT TROUSERS: Must match the jacket.
FORMAL SHIRT // COLLARED: Clean and well pressed. White is always
the safest color. Ideally the shirt should be
double cuffed and worn with cufflinks.
TIE REQUIRED: Bow ties are acceptable but are very
unusual and should be avoided. The top
button of the collar of the shirt must be
done up. Avoid novelty items.
DARK SOCKS: Ideally the same color as your suit, at
least as dark as your suit, mid-calf length,
no logos or pictures.
FORMAL SHOES: Preferably black, at least as dark as your
socks. Always wear lace-up shoes.
WATCH // IF DESIRED: Should be a good quality analogue watch.
I flunked the code on every count.
Nonetheless, I donned my best, hailed
a cab to the conference hotel, and
approached the registration desk to claim
my meeting badge. Would bouncers in
Lounge Suits wrestle me and my sport
coat out the door? Looking furtively left
and right, I slinked into the back row of
the conference hall. Spread out before
me was a sea of black and dark blue
suits, with white shirts and nondescript
neckties. Here and there a brown or tan
fabric stood out – to a man worn by
someone with a Western face. Women
in the audience, permitted it seems to
interpret Lounge Suit to their liking,
added what little color was there.
After the session I sidled up to a tan
suit and struck up a conversation with a
Brit, who it turned out was a longtime
resident. We got on to the subject of the
funeral-like attire in the room. “Yes,” he
said, “This is a very conservative
society. It is a mirror of Britain
of the 1950s.” Then I remembered the
stately church I attended thirty years ago
in Virginia where all the men wore suits
with pants and jacket of matching dark
colors. I recalled conferences in Japan
about that time where an unspoken dress
code produced a dull monochrome. You
can imagine my smug inner glee when no
less than Minister Mentor Lee hobbled to
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PROFESSOR REBECCA FRENCHAWARDED FULBRIGHT FOR RESEARCH IN INDIA
the stage at the final session, wearing an
open-collar shirt! To see the venerable,
89-year-old statesman dressing as he
pleased assured me that people who are
truly important can shove the dress code.
to the stage at the final session, wearing an open-
collar shirt! To see the venerable, 89-year-old
statesman dressing as he pleased assured me that
people who are truly important can shove the
dress code.
While Lounge Suit symbolizes the unrepentant or-
derliness of the Lion City, it masks a Singapore that
is undergoing social change. While strict behavior
and decency are legislated, motion is afoot and
I sense it among my students. They are excited
that in two elections in 2011 new issues were de-
bated – the rising cost of transport, food, housing,
and education; the growing numbers of immigrant
workers from the Philippines, Bangladesh, and
China that provide manual labor and household
help; a birthrate among Singaporeans far below
population replenishment. The ruling PAP Party
won its slimmest majority since Singapore gained
independence 46 years ago. While proud of the
multi-racialism, public safety, and prosperity the
PAP has fostered, people complain that the PAP
parliamentarians are complacent and disregard the
needs of the people. The elections saw a surprising
number of young, first-time voters. The students
tell me that the social media helped bring them to
the polls.
I went back to my lodgings, loosened my tie and
hung up my sport coat. I looked forward to meet-
ing my students the next day.
Thomas W. BurkmanRESEARCH PROFESSOR OF ASIAN STUDIES // EMERITUS
UB Law School Professor Rebecca R. French has been awarded a core Fulbright Scholar Award, allowing her to live in
India for 6 months while she further explores her project “The Buddha’s Theory of Secular Law.”
PROFESSOR FRENCH DESCRIBES HER PROJECT
“Countering the view that Buddhism presents only a religious philosophy, my research has shown that the Buddha and his
tradition had a very significant influence on secular law. I plan to go to India for six months to talk with scholars, do archival
research, and collect local materials. The result of this project will be a book that will provide a more nuanced understanding
of legal ideas during the Buddha’s life, his approach to monastic and secular legal problems, the central texts that present his
legal theories, and the legal policies of the first Buddhist empire in India. This will set a foundation for a new sub-discipline and
add Buddhism to the world’s major legal traditions.”
The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs. Under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
assists in the administration of the Fulbright Scholar Program for faculty and professionals.
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AS 229 CONTEMPORARY ASIAN SOCIETIES CLASS 14906
INSTRUCTOR IAN WILSON MON. & WED. & FRI. 1400-1450 BALDY 109
This broad survey course introduces the diverse and complex societies of contemporary Asia, including East Asia,
South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. The course will focus upon these societies through the 20th century
and into the 21st century by starting from the rise of nationalism, political revolution, and decolonization and
moving on to consider the social and cultural transformations within Asian societies, particularly in relation to
major political and economic changes affecting Asia and Asia’s place in the world. In considering these changing
societies, students will be introduced to a variety of academic disciplines, including anthropology, social and
cultural history, and political science. In addition to fulfilling a requirement for Asian Studies students, this course
will offer students an introduction to the important process of globalization with a stress on globalization’s
varied impacts in socially and politically diverse contexts.
AS 383 INDIA IN TRAVELER’S EYE CLASS 23336 // CROSS-LISTED WITH ENG 383 CLASS 20764
INSTRUCTOR WALTER HAKALA TUES. & THURS. 1530-1650 O’BRIAN 214
The idea of “India” has long attracted the attention of people from afar. Whether in quest of gold or
enlightenment, the “India” carried in the traveler’s imagination often conflicts with the India that is actually
encountered. This course is intended to serve not just as an introduction to the motivations and experiences of
travelers to India, but also to the forms of knowledge that are produced in the wake of such travels. By reading
and discussing a wide range of both primary and secondary source materials, students will develop a broad
familiarity with the history, literatures, religions, and geography of South Asia. The diversity of perspectives
that these works present challenges readers to consider what it means to be an “outsider” looking “in” on a
culture, compelling us to consider arguments for and against treating certain geographic and political regions
and temporal periods as coherent cultural zones. Satisfies the English Breadth of Literary Study and the Asian
Studies Upper-Level Elective requirements.
AS 395 CHRISTIANITY IN EAST ASIA CLASS 13231
INSTRUCTOR MARK NATHAN TUES. & THURS. 1400-1520 CLEMENS 06
This course traces the historical roots of the introduction and spread of Christianity in East Asia. It begins with
an examination of Jesuit missionaries, such as Francis Xavier and Matteo Ricci, in Japan and China and their
strategies for accommodating or rejecting indigenous religious beliefs and customs, and then moves on to
consider the unique way in which Catholicism was subsequently transmitted to Korea, where Christianity has
enjoyed unparalleled success in East Asia. In a relatively short period of about 230 years Christianity has emerged
as a major religion in (South) Korea and one of the most influential in modern Korean society. This course
looks closely at the history of this emergence and how Christianity has affected and been affected by Korean
socio-political developments, in particular its interactions with and influence upon the traditional religions of
Korea, its relationship to Korean nationalism since the late 19th century, and its conflicts with colonialism and
Communism in the 20th century. It concludes with a comparison of the Christian traditions of China, Korea and
Japan and asks why Christianity in contemporary Korea has been so successful compared to its neighbors.
ASIAN STUDIES COURSES SPRING 2012
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AS 401 BUDDHISM CLASS 22795 // CROSS-LISTED WITH RSP 394 CLASS 13701
INSTRUCTOR JEANNETTE LUDWIG TUES. & THURS. 1230-1350 TALBERT 112
A survey of Buddhist thinking and practice over 2,500 years, this course investigates the historical development
of the religion, its teachings, and its key practices. We will first briefly consider the life of the founder, Siddhartha
Gautama, known as the Buddha ‘the enlightened one,’ then go on to examine the chief tenets of the faith. We will
look at the major schools of Buddhist thought – Theravada, Vajrayana, and Zen – and pay attention to three aspects
or variables: 1) the culture into which the teaching was introduced, 2) the major teachers and their impact, and 3)
the real-world practices that typify Buddhist practice in each homeland. The course concludes with a discussion of
ethics from a Buddhist perspective, taking up some of the vexing issues of the 20th century.
AS 575 ISLAM & S. ASIAN LITERATURE CLASS 23337 // CROSS-LISTED WITH ENG 575 CLASS 23688
INSTRUCTOR WALTER HAKALA MON. 1530-1810 CLEMENS 436
The purpose of this course is to expose students to the wide variety of poetic and prose literary forms associated
with Islamic cultures, incorporating examples in English translation from Arabic, Hindi, Pashto, Persian, Sindhi,
Tamil, and Urdu originals. The course is organized in five sections: (1) Theoretical Foundations; (2) Formal Poetry; (3)
Narrative Poetic Forms; (4) Prose; and (5) Literary History. Students are expected to demonstrate familiarity with
the content of the readings and evaluate the efficacy of the various approaches through which the literature has
been analyzed. All of the texts are in English and no background in Asian languages or literature is expected.
APY 267 CULTURES OF ISLAMIC PEOPLES CLASS TBA
INSTRUCTOR DAVID BANKS MON. & WED. & FRI. 1000-1050AM LOCATION TBA
This course will discuss the spiritual side of Islam in the Southeast Asian and West Asian regions. Islam has its
largest number of followers in Southeast Asia, and the styles and content of worship differ substantially from Islam
in the Middle East and South Asia. This will give us a chance to familiarize ourselves with the usual ritual practices
of Muslim men and women in Borneo and Malaysia, as well as Indonesia and other areas. We will consider how
it moves beyond the usual rituals to mystical forms called Sufism, the heart of Islam. We will also consider how
Islam affects relations between the sexes. Readings include some classic Sufi works that will help us to understand
the unique religious perspectives of Southeast Asians. We will also read an anthropological monograph about the
spiritual and worldly concerns of female Muslims in the Kuala Lumpur area. This course should be of special interest
to students of yoga and Buddhism.
HIS 182 ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS 2 CLASS 11661
INSTRUCTOR KRISTIN STAPLETON TUES. & THURS. 1700-1820 HOCHSTETTER 114
This course explores the civilizations of China, India, Japan, and Southeast Asia in interaction with the rest of the
world since 1500. Topics include the nature of political regimes, colonization, nationalism, and demographic and
cultural change. Readings include a textbook and primary sources in translation. Assignments include short papers
and in-class exams.
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HIS 391 CHINA & THE WORLD CLASS 12516
INSTRUCTOR ROGER DESFORGESMON. & WED. & FRI. 0930-1050 O’BRIEN 209
This course surveys China’s role in the world from the seventeenth century to the present. It examines: the Qing dynasty (1644-1911),
which provided the territorial, demographic, and economic foundations of today’s China; the Republic (1911-1949), which established
a new form of government but was beset by internal division and foreign encroachment; and the People’s Republic (1949- ), which
is now widely viewed to be rivaling the United States in global influence. Lectures followed by discussions, four videos, a mid-term
examination; readings in historical documents and three books leading to two short papers and one longer one.
HISTORY 368 MODERN JAPAN SINCE 1600 CLASS 24346
INSTRUCTOR THOMAS BURKMANTIME & LOCATION FORTHCOMING
The course will begin with the institutions and vibrant cultural life of the Tokugawa Period, and the transformations which took
place in a context of commercial activity, urbanization, and ideological reorientation. Then it will move forward to the internal
and external factors that brought about the modern nation-state, industrialization, imperialism, and major nation standing in the
world. Secondary writings, historical documents in translation, literature, film, and a biography project will all contribute to historical
understanding.
APY 575 ETHNOGRAPHY & PERSONAL NARRATIVE CLASS 12799
INSTRUCTOR: DEBORAH REED-DANAHAYTUES. 1230-1510 FILMORE 354
This course will cover ethnic memoir and autobiography as a section of the course and some works by Vietnamese American authors.
ENG 653 CRITICAL THEORY REPRESENTING HUMAN RIGHTS CLASS 23696
INSTRUCTOR: PROFESSOR ARABELLA LYONTUES. 1230-1510 CLEMENS 412
Human rights have emerged as a powerful discourse used in the construction of citizenships, histories, nation states, geopolitical
boundaries, and human duty. It is used to promote Western “universals,” to imagine new cultural formations, to force compromises
among nations and between groups within nations, and at its best, to protect and dignify human diversity. Despite the appeals
of human rights discourse, however, its representations are subject to sociopolitical and economic forces that limit its possibilities.
In this class we will study the transnational implications of human rights discourses, attending to global, transhemispheric, and
diasporic trends in its representations. Examining the differences between juridical and literary representations, the course begins
with several critiques of human rights representations (Lyon and Olson, Shaffer and Smith, Hesford). Proceeding through a series of
readings on violence (Girard, Scarry, Zizek), we then will address a series of questions that will make us better readers of human rights
appeals and deliberations: Who can speak and advocate for whom? How are human rights violations and advocacy narrated in law,
literature, and film? How are gender, race, nationality, class, age depicted within popular culture and legal/political documents? How
is the subject of human rights violation constructed, and for what purpose and whose benefit? How do subjects speak back to the
forces which have constructed them?
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