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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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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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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