1999 Affiliate Annual Report of the ASIANetwork

Prepared for the Association for Asian Studies
Submitted by Dr. Marianna McJimsey
Executive Director, ASIANetwork

INTRODUCTION

The ASIANetwork is an affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies. All affiliates are required by the AAS to submit annual reports. The reports are forwarded to the Board of Directors of AAS for review at the annual meeting, and are used by the AAS secretariat to keep files current.

The Association for Asian Studies annual reports are made by calendar year. The administrative year of the ASIANetwork runs from the conclusion of the April ASIANetwork Conference to the conclusion of the following April ASIANetwork Conference. Therefore, it is important to note that the 1998 AAS affiliate report for the ASIANetwork bridges the work of the 1997-1998 ASIANetwork Board of Directors, chaired by Van Symons, Augustana College and the work of the 1998-1999 ASIANetwork Board of Directors, chaired by Suzanne Barnett, University of Puget Sound.

Readers interested in learning more about the work of the Association for Asian Studies may contact AAS through the following venues:

Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
1021 East Huron St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Tel.: 131/665-2490
Fax: 313/665-3801
email: postmaster@aasianst.org

Questions regarding the 1998 Affiliate Annual Report may be directed to:

Marianna McJimsey, Executive Director
The ASIANetwork, Inc.
The Colorado College
14 East Cache La Poudre
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
email: mmcjimsey@ColoradoCollege.edu

ASIANetwork, A Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges to Promote Asian Studies

Affiliate Annual Report for the Association for Asian Studies
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999
Submitted by: Marianna McJimsey, Executive Director, ASIANetwork

INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES

  1. 1997-1998 membership: 123 institutional members; 23 affiliate individual members
    • Five faculty members from each member institution receive all of the mailings. Any faculty member from a member institution is eligible to attend the conference at the reduced membership rate, and any faculty member from a member institution is eligible to apply for an ASIANetwork program.
    • Institutional dues: $200; Affiliate individual dues: $40
  2. ASIANetwork Annual Conference
    • Venue: Hickory Ridge Conference Center, Lisle, IL
    • Dates: April 24-26, 1998
    • Attendance: 193
    • Keynote speakers: Ezra Vogel, Director Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, "The Challenge of the Rise of China" Diana Eck, Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Director, Pluralism project, Harvard University, "The Challenge of America's New Religious Pluralism"
    • Program: two keynote speaker presentations, two plenary sessions, 16 concurrent panels, one business meeting, South Asian Dance Performance
  3. ASIANetwork Ford Foundation Faculty Development Seminars
    ASIANetwork Ford Foundation Faculty Development Seminars Director: Gregory Eliyu Guldin, Pacific Lutheran University
    • Japan Seminar: Under the leadership of seminar director, Steve Nussbaum, ten faculty members concluded their two-year seminars in the summer of 1997 with travel to Japan. Faculty from the following ASIANetwork institutions participated: Eckerd College, Goucher College, Hastings College, Hope College, Illinois Wesleyan University, John Carroll University, Pacific Lutheran University, Seattle Pacific University, University of Redlands, and Westminster College.
    • China Seminar: Under the leadership of seminar director, Richard Bodman, St. Olaf College, and seminar deputy director, Lang Hongyuan, ten faculty members traveled and studied in China in the summer of 1998. Faculty from the following ASIANetwork institutions participated: Augustana College, Denison University, Goucher College, Guilford College, Luther College, Oklahoma City University, Pacific Lutheran University, Thiel College, Whittier College, Westminster College.
    • Southeast Asia Seminar: Under the leadership of seminar directors, Rita Kipp, Kenyon College, and Leedom Lefferts, Jr., Drew University, nine faculty members studied at Kenyon College. The group will travel in Southeast Asia during the summer of 1999. Faculty from the following ASIANetwork institutions participated: Carthage College, College of the Holy Cross, The Colorado College, Hastings College, Mount St. Clare College, Oklahoma City University, St. Olaf College, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Wheaton College (MA).
    • South Asia Seminar: Under the leadership of seminar director, Job Thomas, Davidson College, and seminar associate director, William Mahony, Davidson College, ten faculty members studied at Davidson College. The group will travel in India during the summer of 1999. Faculty from the following ASIANetwork institutions participated: The Colorado College, Earlham College, Elms College, Furman University, Goucher College, Marietta College, Meredith College, Millikin University, Pacific Lutheran University, and Westminster College.
  4. ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation Programs
    ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation Programs Director: Madeline Chu, Kalamazoo College
    • The College in Asia Program: Under the leadership of director, Norm Moline, Augustana College, and associate director, James Winship, Augustana College, a faculty member and an administrator from each of four institutions traveled in Asia, in the summer of 1998, to learn how to develop and manage term-in-Asia programs. Faculty and administrators from the following ASIANetwork institutions participated: Hiram College, John Carroll University, St. Olaf College, and Spelman College.
    • Student-Faculty Fellows Program: Under the administrative leadership of Teodora Amoloza, Illinois Wesleyan University, student-faculty teams from each of ten colleges traveled and studied in Asia, in the summer of 1998. Faculty and students from the following ASIANetwork institutions participated: Augustana College, Butler University, Colorado College, Davidson College, Eckerd College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Kalamazoo College, St. Olaf College, University of Puget Sound, Skidmore College
  5. ASIANetwork Luce Foundation Programs
    • Asia in the Undergraduate Curriculum and the Case for the Liberal Arts: A book is being written, edited by Suzanne Barnett, University of Puget Sound, and Van Symons, Augustana College, that illustrates the objectives, achievements, and dynamic quality of Asian Studies in American liberal arts institutions.
    • ASIANetwork Website: The ASIANetwork website, administered through St. Olaf College, is to be found at www.asianetwork.org
  6. ASIANetwork Consultancy Advisory Program
    • ASIANetwork Consultancy Advisory Program Coordinator: Van Symons, Augustana College The Consultancy Program matches experienced consultants from established Asian Studies programs at liberal arts colleges with ASIANetwork member institutions seeking advice on how to strengthen the study of Asia on their campuses.
  7. ASIANetwork Board of Directors
    • The 1998-1999 ASIANetwork Board of Directors has undertaken organizational and administrative tasks associated with fund raising, membership recruitment, prudent administrative concerns such as insurance coverage, conference panel organization, and publications. The Board of Directors is a hard working, dedicated, and collegial group. The Board met at the Hickory Ridge Conference Center, Lisle, IL in April and in October 1998. [See listing in 1998-1999 ASIANetwork brochure.]
  8. ASIANetwork Council of Advisors
    • The council of nine distinguished leaders in Asian Studies provides advice and counsel to the ASIANetwork. [See listing in 1998-1999 ASIANetwork brochure.)
  9. The ASIANetwork Exchange, A Newsletter for Teaching About Asia
    • The newsletter, edited by Marianna McJimsey, The Colorado College, is published three times a year. Its purpose is to keep in contact with colleagues involved in teaching Asian Studies, to increase the possibilities of sharing visiting faculty and special speakers, to keep current about the work of faculty, to communicate suggestions of faculty regarding resources, to circulate information about study abroad programs, and to facilitate conversations arising from the ASIANetwork funded programs and ASIANetwork conference discussions.

Marianna McJimsey
Lecturer, Secondary History/Social Studies Education, The Colorado College Executive Director, The ASIANetwork, A Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges to Promote Asian Studies
The Colorado College
14 East Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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