East Asian Studies Alumni Conference
November 7 - 9, 2003
Join fellow alumni and Yale faculty in East Asian Studies, East Asian Languages & Literatures, and related disciplines as we explore how the fields of East Asian Studies have changed and developed, and where we go from here as we anticipate the future of East Asian studies at Yale and in the world.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Friday, November 7, 2003
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration
Rose Alumni House
232 York Street (between Chapel and Elm)
(Short-term parking will be available on York Street in front of Rose Alumni House - look for bagged meters).
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Registration
Rosenfeld Hall (during reception)
109-111 Grove Street
(corner of Temple and Grove)
PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
and
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Highlights of the East Asia Library at Yale
Sterling Memorial Library
120 High Street
Private showing, by curator Ellen Hammond, of treasures
from the Japanese and Chinese rare book collections.
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Special Tour of the Center for Language Study
370 Temple Street
Tour of this newly-renovated state-of-the-art facility
guided by Nina Garrett ’63 MAT, Director.
CONFERENCE
OPENING SESSION
William L. Harkness Hall
Room 201 (Sudler Hall)
100 Wall Street
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Peter Salovey ’86 PhD (Psychology)
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Gustav Ranis '56 PhD (Economics)
Director, Yale Center for International and Area Studies
Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
Chair, Council on East Asian Studies
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Keynote Address:
“Forty-four Years? You Have Got to be Kidding!”
Jonathan Spence ’65 PhD
Sterling Professor of History, Yale University
5:30 pm
Reception
Rosenfeld Hall 109-111
Grove Street (corner of Temple and Grove)
6:45 pm
Dinner
Buffet Dinner
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Hall of Dinosaurs
170 Whitney Avenue
CULTURAL EVENT
8:15pm
Performance of Traditional Chinese and Korean Music
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Auditorium
Part I
Jin Hi Kim, Komungo Muse & Permutations
Part II
Chinese Folk Musicians from the Connecticut Chinese Culture Association
Saturday, November 8, 2003
ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
William L. Harkness Hall
Room 201 (Sudler Hall) 100 Wall Street
9:00 am – 10:15 am
History and Historical Studies
MODERATOR
Valerie Hansen
Yale University (History)
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
Pamela Crossley ’78 MA (East Asian Studies), ’83 PhD (History)
Dartmouth College (History)
Roger Des Forges ’71 PhD (History)
University at Buffalo, SUNY (History)
Sheldon Garon ’81 PhD (History)
Princeton University (History)
James McClain ’79 PhD (History)
Brown University (History)
Susan Naquin ’68 MA (East Asian Studies), ’74 PhD (History)
Princeton University (History)
Kenneth Pomeranz ’88 PhD (History)
University of California, Irvine (History)
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Coffee break
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Arts and Literature
MODERATORS
Edward Kamens ’74 BA, ’79 MA (Religious Studies), ’82 PhD (EALL)
Yale University (East Asian Languages and Literatures)
Kang-I Sun Chang
Yale University (East Asian Languages and Literatures)
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
Carole Cavanaugh ’91 PhD (EALL)
Middlebury College (Japanese Studies)
Kenneth Ito ’74 BA, ’85 PhD (EALL)
University of Michigan (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Stephen Owen ’68 BA, ’72 PhD (EALL)
Harvard University (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
Haun Saussy ’90 PhD (Comparative Literature)
Stanford University (Asian Languages)
Alan Tansman ’89 PhD (EALL)
University of California, Berkeley
(East Asian Languages and Cultures)
Lawrence Yim ’98 PhD (EALL)
Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Presidents Room, Woolsey Hall
College and Grove Streets
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Contemporary Society
MODERATORS
William Kelly
Yale University (Anthropology)
Deborah Davis
Yale University (Sociology)
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
William Alford ’74 MA (East Asian Studies), ’75 MA (History)
Harvard Law Schoool
Linda Angst ’01 PhD (Anthropology)
Lewis and Clark College (Anthropology/Sociology)
Akiko Hashimoto ’84 PhD (Sociology)
University of Pittsburgh (Sociology/Asian Studies)
Tahirih Lee ’89 JD, ’90 PhD (History)
Florida State University College of Law
Karen Nakamura ’01 PhD (Anthropology)
Macalester College (Anthropology)
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Coffee break
3:45 – 5:15 pm
Politics and Economics
MODERATORS
Pierre Landry
Yale University (Political Science)
Frances Rosenbluth
Yale University (Political Science)
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
Thomas Gottschang ’73 MA (East Asian Studies)
College of the Holy Cross (Economics)
Peter Landers ’90 BA (East Asian Studies – Japan; Classics)
Wall Street Journal, New York
Edward Lincoln ’74 MA (East Asian Studies),’78 PhD (Economics)
Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC
Joseph Massey ’64 MA (East Asian Studies),
’73 PhD (Political Science)
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Gary Saxonhouse ’64 BA, ’71 PhD (Economics)
University of Michigan (Economics)
Mark Selden ’67 PhD (History)
Binghamton University, SUNY (History/Sociology),
Cornell University (East Asia Program)
6:30 pm
Cocktails and Dinner
Hall of Graduate Studies
McDougal Common Room and Dining Hall
320 York Street (between Elm and Grove)
CULTURAL EVENT
8:30pm
Performance by Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company
William H. Harkness Hall
Room 201 (Sudler Hall)
100 Wall Street
Sunday, November 9, 2003
CLOSING SESSION
Henry R. Luce Hall, Auditorium
34 Hillhouse Avenue
9:00 am – 11:00 am
East Asianists in a Global Community
MODERATORS
Gustav Ranis ’56 PhD (Economics)
Yale University (YCIAS)
Christopher Hill
Yale University (EALL)
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
Annping Chin
Yale University (History)
James Crystal ’86 BA (Economics and Political Science)
Bear Stearns, New York
James Feinerman ’71 BA, ’79 PhD (EALL)
Georgetown University Law Center
Arthur Rosenbaum ’71 PhD (East Asian Studies)
Claremont McKenna College (History)
Helen Siu
Yale University (Anthropology)
Karen Turner ’72 MA (East Asian Studies)
College of the Holy Cross (History)
Ellen Yee ’91 BA (East Asian Studies – China)
Marin County (California) District Attorney’s Office
11:00 am
Farewell Brunch
Henry R. Luce Hall, Common Room
34 Hillhouse Avenue