Tuesday, March 14, 2006
AAS COnference
The following are Vietnam related presentations, from the upcoming Association for Asian Studies conference, to be held at the Marriott hotel in San Francisco, Thursday April 6 to Sunday April 9.
See http://www.aasianst.org/annmtg.htm for more details on the conference:
THURSDAY SESSION 5. 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Nob Hill B - Lower B2 Level Individual Papers. Issues in Contemporary Political Economy: East and Southeast Asia Chaired by Paul Hutchcroft, University of Wisconsin, Madison Health Provision, Inequality, and Decentralized State Finance in Vietnam Jonathan London, Nanyang Technological University
SESSION 9. 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Sierra Suite H - 5th Floor University Culture, Literature, and Language in Southeast Asian Studies - Sponsored by COTSEAL Chaired by Ruth Mabanglo, University of Hawaii, Manoa Cultural Politics in Southeast Asian Language Instruction Mariam Beevi Lam, University of California, Riverside South Vietnam Literature: 1954-1975 Period Quyen Di Chuc Bui, University of California, Los Angeles
FRIDAY SESSION 49. 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Nob Hill B - Lower B2 Level Governing Reproduction: Women's Bodies in Vietnamese Society, 1600- 2005 Chaired by Frank Proschan, Smithsonian Institution Goodwives versus Dangerous Nuns: Problems with the "Chaste" in Early Modern Vietnam Nhung Tuyet Tran, University of Toronto The Natural Laws of Reproduction and Inheritance in Nguyen Vietnam C. Michele Thompson, Southern Connecticut State University The 1986 Law on Marriage and the Family: Codifying a New Reproductive Space Harriet M. Phinney, University of Washington Codifying Reproduction: Uterine Identity and New Reproductive Technologies in Contemporary Vietnam Melissa J. Pashigian, Bryn Mawr College Discussant: Frank Proschan, Smithsonian Institution
SESSION 66. 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Yerba Buena Salon 9 - Lower B2 Level Poster Sessions R`m Thang Bay: Offerings to Wandering Spirits in Contemporary Vietnam Margaret B. Bodemer, University of Hawaii, Manoa Universities They and We: Trust and Suspicion on a Vietnamese-American Spiritual Journey Karen Fjelstad, San Jose State University Settling the "Nomads": 100 Years of Sedentarization Policies towards Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam Pam McElwee, Arizona State University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign SESSION 67. 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Yerba Buena Salon 4 - Lower B2 Level Politics and Problems in the Production of Knowledge about Southeast Asia - Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Council Chaired by John Sidel, London School of Economics Economic Ideology and the Mismeasurement of Poverty: The Case of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey Jonathan Pincus, United Nations Development Programme
SESSION 69. 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Yerba Buena Salon 1 - Lower B2 Level Religion in East and Southeast Asia: Transformation in Regional Perspective Chaired by Thomas DuBois, National University of Singapore [none specifically on vietnam]
SESSION 72. 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Nob Hill B - Lower B2 Level Bodies in Motion: New Paths into Vietnam's Past Chaired by Erica J. Peters, Independent Scholar The Changing Motions of Meals in Vietnam, 1820-1920 Erica J. Peters, Independent Scholar Locating and Relocating Children: Vietnamese Feminists and the Colonial Orphanage System in the 1930s. Christina E. Firpo, University of California, Los Angeles The Bac Hung Hai Irrigation Project: Willow - B2 Level Motor-Powered Mekong: The Vietnamese-"Kohler" Revolution in the Delta David A. Biggs, University of California, Riverside Discussant: Peter Zinoman, University of California, Berkeley
SESSION 96. 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Pacific Suite C - 4th Floor Local Institutional Innovation under Decentralized Government: Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam Chaired by Alasdair Bowie, George Washington University Innovating Economic Governance in Provincial Vietnam: Luring the Private Sector in North, Central, and Southern Regions Alasdair Bowie, George Washington University Special events, Friday 7 pm: Vietnam Studies Group - Pacific Suite C - 4th Floor
SATURDAY SESSION 118. 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Sierra Suite H - 5th Floor Southeast Asia's Changing Security Environment: New and Conflicting Views from Within Chaired by Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University Bending ASEAN Norms to Secure the Straits of Malacca: New Forms of Multilateral Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia Michael S. Malley, Naval Postgraduate School Toward the Creation of a Jakarta- Beijing Axis? Ignatius W. Wibisono, Center for Chinese Studies Fighting the Yankees Again? Vietnamese Security Perceptions, Military Planning, and the Role of Psychology and Ideology Tuong H. Vu, Naval Postgraduate School Thai Alignment Behavior: Bandwagoning, Balancing, or Bending with the Wind? Ann Marie Murphy, Seton Hall University Discussant: Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University
SESSION 139. 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Pacific Suite C - 4th Floor The Literary Culture of South Vietnam Chaired by Jason A. Picard, University of California, Berkeley Tangible Objects: Materiality in South Vietnamese and Diasporic Writings Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, University of California, Los Angeles Poisoned Waters: Vietnamese Youth in the Works of Duong Nghiem Mau Jason A. Picard, University of California, Berkeley Espionage and Responses to the "Foreign" in the Literature of South Vietnam Duy Nguyen, University of California, Irvine Death, Buddhism, and Existentialism in the Lyrics of Trinh Cong Son John C. Schafer, Humboldt State University Discussant: Cam N. Nguyen, University of California, Berkeley
SESSION 140. 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Nob Hill C - Lower B2 Level Cultural Commodities, Production, and Power in Southeast Asia Chaired by B. Lynne Milgram, Ontario College of Art & Design Foreign Yet Local: Silk Entrepreneurs and National Identity in Southeast Asia Sandra Cate, San Jose State University Food and Textiles as Fluid Markers of Identity in Lao PDR Penelope Van Esterik, York University Reclaimed, Reused, Recycled: Developing Fair(er) Alternatives in Work in the Philippines B. Lynne Milgram, Ontario College of Art & Design New Trades in Old Textiles: Commodity Flows in Northern Vietnam Sarah Turner, McGill University Discussant: Jean Michaud, University of Montreal
SESSION 161. 2:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Nob Hill D - Lower B2 Level Individual Papers. Modern Developments and Popular Culture Chaired by Nancy J. Smith- Hefner, Boston University Doing Their Duty: Achievement Motivation in Vietnamese Children and Teenager Kathleen Carlin, Tulane University
SESSION 179. 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Yerba Buena Salon 4 - Lower B2 Level Society and Circulation in Eastern Eurasia Chaired by John E. Wills, Jr., University of Southern California The Myth of Vietnam's Poor Center: Region, Circulation, and Political Economy in 500-Year Perspective Charles Wheeler, University of California, Irvine The Age of Gem Trade in Asian History, c. 1279-1911 Laichen Sun, California State University, Fullerton Interregional Circulation, Chinese Migration, and the Transformation of Southwest China C. Pat Giersch, Wellesley College Discussants: Alexander Woodside, University of British Columbia John E. Wills, Jr., University of Southern California College
SESSION 185. 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Sierra Suite J - 5th Floor Vexed Relations: Rethinking the Second Indochina War through the Perspectives of the South Vietnamese and their Military Allies Chaired by Larry Berman, University of California, Davis
From Friend to Enemy: Relations between Cambodian and South Vietnamese Armed Forces during the Second Indochina War Lien-Hang Thi Nguyen, Harvard University The Value of "Local Knowledge": Assessing the Historical and Cultural Contribution of Thailand's Forces in South Vietnam, 1967-1972 Richard A. Ruth, Cornell University Journeys of Reconciliation through Landscapes of Memory in Vietnam Christina Schwenkel, Stanford University Discussant: Edward G. Miller, Dartmouth College Saturday evening 7:15 pm, special events: University of California Press, Journal of Vietnamese Studies Reception - Sierra Suite C - 5th Floor Sunday
SESSION 207. 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Sierra Suite H - 5th Floor Vietnam Keywords Chaired by Christophe Robert, Princeton University "The Fight against Social Evils is Every Family's Responsibility": Old Keywords, New Politics in Contemporary Vietnam Christophe Robert, Princeton University Marital Infidelity through the Metaphor of Com (Rice) and Pho (Noodle): Social Practice versus State Policy Binh Ngo, Cornell University The Petrified Motion of "Hoa": On "Becoming Urban", and "Becoming Culture" in the Vietnamese Sense Erik Harms, Duke University Grassroots Democracy + Transparency = Growth? A Critical Inquiry into Keywords used in Vietnam 's Campaign for Poverty Reduction Hong T. Bui, Cornell University Discussant: Dat Bao, Assumption University
See http://www.aasianst.org/annmtg.htm for more details on the conference:
THURSDAY SESSION 5. 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Nob Hill B - Lower B2 Level Individual Papers. Issues in Contemporary Political Economy: East and Southeast Asia Chaired by Paul Hutchcroft, University of Wisconsin, Madison Health Provision, Inequality, and Decentralized State Finance in Vietnam Jonathan London, Nanyang Technological University
SESSION 9. 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Sierra Suite H - 5th Floor University Culture, Literature, and Language in Southeast Asian Studies - Sponsored by COTSEAL Chaired by Ruth Mabanglo, University of Hawaii, Manoa Cultural Politics in Southeast Asian Language Instruction Mariam Beevi Lam, University of California, Riverside South Vietnam Literature: 1954-1975 Period Quyen Di Chuc Bui, University of California, Los Angeles
FRIDAY SESSION 49. 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Nob Hill B - Lower B2 Level Governing Reproduction: Women's Bodies in Vietnamese Society, 1600- 2005 Chaired by Frank Proschan, Smithsonian Institution Goodwives versus Dangerous Nuns: Problems with the "Chaste" in Early Modern Vietnam Nhung Tuyet Tran, University of Toronto The Natural Laws of Reproduction and Inheritance in Nguyen Vietnam C. Michele Thompson, Southern Connecticut State University The 1986 Law on Marriage and the Family: Codifying a New Reproductive Space Harriet M. Phinney, University of Washington Codifying Reproduction: Uterine Identity and New Reproductive Technologies in Contemporary Vietnam Melissa J. Pashigian, Bryn Mawr College Discussant: Frank Proschan, Smithsonian Institution
SESSION 66. 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Yerba Buena Salon 9 - Lower B2 Level Poster Sessions R`m Thang Bay: Offerings to Wandering Spirits in Contemporary Vietnam Margaret B. Bodemer, University of Hawaii, Manoa Universities They and We: Trust and Suspicion on a Vietnamese-American Spiritual Journey Karen Fjelstad, San Jose State University Settling the "Nomads": 100 Years of Sedentarization Policies towards Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam Pam McElwee, Arizona State University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign SESSION 67. 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Yerba Buena Salon 4 - Lower B2 Level Politics and Problems in the Production of Knowledge about Southeast Asia - Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Council Chaired by John Sidel, London School of Economics Economic Ideology and the Mismeasurement of Poverty: The Case of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey Jonathan Pincus, United Nations Development Programme
SESSION 69. 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Yerba Buena Salon 1 - Lower B2 Level Religion in East and Southeast Asia: Transformation in Regional Perspective Chaired by Thomas DuBois, National University of Singapore [none specifically on vietnam]
SESSION 72. 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Nob Hill B - Lower B2 Level Bodies in Motion: New Paths into Vietnam's Past Chaired by Erica J. Peters, Independent Scholar The Changing Motions of Meals in Vietnam, 1820-1920 Erica J. Peters, Independent Scholar Locating and Relocating Children: Vietnamese Feminists and the Colonial Orphanage System in the 1930s. Christina E. Firpo, University of California, Los Angeles The Bac Hung Hai Irrigation Project: Willow - B2 Level Motor-Powered Mekong: The Vietnamese-"Kohler" Revolution in the Delta David A. Biggs, University of California, Riverside Discussant: Peter Zinoman, University of California, Berkeley
SESSION 96. 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Pacific Suite C - 4th Floor Local Institutional Innovation under Decentralized Government: Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam Chaired by Alasdair Bowie, George Washington University Innovating Economic Governance in Provincial Vietnam: Luring the Private Sector in North, Central, and Southern Regions Alasdair Bowie, George Washington University Special events, Friday 7 pm: Vietnam Studies Group - Pacific Suite C - 4th Floor
SATURDAY SESSION 118. 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Sierra Suite H - 5th Floor Southeast Asia's Changing Security Environment: New and Conflicting Views from Within Chaired by Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University Bending ASEAN Norms to Secure the Straits of Malacca: New Forms of Multilateral Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia Michael S. Malley, Naval Postgraduate School Toward the Creation of a Jakarta- Beijing Axis? Ignatius W. Wibisono, Center for Chinese Studies Fighting the Yankees Again? Vietnamese Security Perceptions, Military Planning, and the Role of Psychology and Ideology Tuong H. Vu, Naval Postgraduate School Thai Alignment Behavior: Bandwagoning, Balancing, or Bending with the Wind? Ann Marie Murphy, Seton Hall University Discussant: Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University
SESSION 139. 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Pacific Suite C - 4th Floor The Literary Culture of South Vietnam Chaired by Jason A. Picard, University of California, Berkeley Tangible Objects: Materiality in South Vietnamese and Diasporic Writings Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, University of California, Los Angeles Poisoned Waters: Vietnamese Youth in the Works of Duong Nghiem Mau Jason A. Picard, University of California, Berkeley Espionage and Responses to the "Foreign" in the Literature of South Vietnam Duy Nguyen, University of California, Irvine Death, Buddhism, and Existentialism in the Lyrics of Trinh Cong Son John C. Schafer, Humboldt State University Discussant: Cam N. Nguyen, University of California, Berkeley
SESSION 140. 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Nob Hill C - Lower B2 Level Cultural Commodities, Production, and Power in Southeast Asia Chaired by B. Lynne Milgram, Ontario College of Art & Design Foreign Yet Local: Silk Entrepreneurs and National Identity in Southeast Asia Sandra Cate, San Jose State University Food and Textiles as Fluid Markers of Identity in Lao PDR Penelope Van Esterik, York University Reclaimed, Reused, Recycled: Developing Fair(er) Alternatives in Work in the Philippines B. Lynne Milgram, Ontario College of Art & Design New Trades in Old Textiles: Commodity Flows in Northern Vietnam Sarah Turner, McGill University Discussant: Jean Michaud, University of Montreal
SESSION 161. 2:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Nob Hill D - Lower B2 Level Individual Papers. Modern Developments and Popular Culture Chaired by Nancy J. Smith- Hefner, Boston University Doing Their Duty: Achievement Motivation in Vietnamese Children and Teenager Kathleen Carlin, Tulane University
SESSION 179. 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Yerba Buena Salon 4 - Lower B2 Level Society and Circulation in Eastern Eurasia Chaired by John E. Wills, Jr., University of Southern California The Myth of Vietnam's Poor Center: Region, Circulation, and Political Economy in 500-Year Perspective Charles Wheeler, University of California, Irvine The Age of Gem Trade in Asian History, c. 1279-1911 Laichen Sun, California State University, Fullerton Interregional Circulation, Chinese Migration, and the Transformation of Southwest China C. Pat Giersch, Wellesley College Discussants: Alexander Woodside, University of British Columbia John E. Wills, Jr., University of Southern California College
SESSION 185. 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Sierra Suite J - 5th Floor Vexed Relations: Rethinking the Second Indochina War through the Perspectives of the South Vietnamese and their Military Allies Chaired by Larry Berman, University of California, Davis
From Friend to Enemy: Relations between Cambodian and South Vietnamese Armed Forces during the Second Indochina War Lien-Hang Thi Nguyen, Harvard University The Value of "Local Knowledge": Assessing the Historical and Cultural Contribution of Thailand's Forces in South Vietnam, 1967-1972 Richard A. Ruth, Cornell University Journeys of Reconciliation through Landscapes of Memory in Vietnam Christina Schwenkel, Stanford University Discussant: Edward G. Miller, Dartmouth College Saturday evening 7:15 pm, special events: University of California Press, Journal of Vietnamese Studies Reception - Sierra Suite C - 5th Floor Sunday
SESSION 207. 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Sierra Suite H - 5th Floor Vietnam Keywords Chaired by Christophe Robert, Princeton University "The Fight against Social Evils is Every Family's Responsibility": Old Keywords, New Politics in Contemporary Vietnam Christophe Robert, Princeton University Marital Infidelity through the Metaphor of Com (Rice) and Pho (Noodle): Social Practice versus State Policy Binh Ngo, Cornell University The Petrified Motion of "Hoa": On "Becoming Urban", and "Becoming Culture" in the Vietnamese Sense Erik Harms, Duke University Grassroots Democracy + Transparency = Growth? A Critical Inquiry into Keywords used in Vietnam 's Campaign for Poverty Reduction Hong T. Bui, Cornell University Discussant: Dat Bao, Assumption University
