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The Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in

 the United States

                                                                       

Opening Remarks at the 14th ACPSS International Conference

Jieli Li (李捷理)

President

Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the U.S. (ACPSS)

 

It is a great honor and privilege for the 14th ACPSS international conference to be hosted on the beautiful campus of Cornell University in conjunction with the 90th Jubilee of the Cornell Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia. The joint holding of these two events marks a perfect match between academicians and librarians in the pursuit of excellence in East Asia studies in the current era of globalization and digitalization. Our world is now undergoing enormous changes in this 21st century. It is not only becoming "flat," as Thomas Friedman describes it in his The World is Flat; it is also catching "fire," as Amy Chua depicts it in her The World is on Fire.  All the changes sweeping across social, cultural, and economic landscapes at both local and global levels have brought about many new issues and questions that pose the daunting challenges to social scientists in search for answer.  Specifically, the changes in East Asia, especially in China, are attracting a great deal of attention and the "China factor" seems to have turned into a buzz word in almost all related social science inquiries. 

It is therefore appropriate for the complexity of realities in East Asian region at the current stage of globalization to serve as the theme of this year's conference.  As you will see, the research paper sessions plus roundtable panels touch upon a variety of topics ranging from global power shift, to East Asia in the world economy, and to new cultural trends,  China's new agricultural/land reform, social welfare, the impacts of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and other concerned issues. Further, since overseas Chinese community history and its new development have recently gained more visibility in the literature of China studies, this area of research is featured in several sessions at this year's conference.  As before, this year's conference will continue to serve as an arena for scholars from the U.S., China and other regions of the world to gather together to share their research findings while exchanging ideas to conduct further research of their common interests.  As part of our tradition, this is also a time for all of us to see old friends and make new ones.  As I always believe, the collegiality of the ACPSS community, now in its fourteenth year since its founding, continues to hold sway, thanks to our annual international conferences where intellectual discourse and professional friendship can commingle.

Finally, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the Cornell University library and the East Asian Studies program for their generous sponsorship of this conference.  Dr. Liren Zheng of Cornell University deserves my special thanks for his impeccable professionalism in coordinating with ACPSS to make this joint event possible.  It is my sincere wish that all of you enjoy the conference as well as the colorful autumn in Ithaca.  

 

East Asia: Challenges of Complex Realities in an Era of Globalization and Digitization

The 14th ACPSS International Conference
in Conjunction with
the 90th Jubilee of the Cornell Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia  

November 7-9, 2008
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Friday, November 7

2:00pm - 6:00pm

Registration

Level 1, Kroch Library, Room 170

2:00pm - 6:00pm

Wason Exhibition Viewing

Olin /Kroch Library Corridor

Asian Reading Room

Kroch Library Level-B2 Hallway

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Reception

Level 2B, Kroch Library Exhibition Gallery and Adjoining Lecture and Conference Rooms

Saturday, November 8

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration

ILR Conference Center:

Information Desk

Continental Breakfast

ILR Conference Center: Room 429

9:00am - 9:45am

Plenary Session

 

Welcome Remarks

1.David Skorton

    Cornell University President  

2. Jieli Li

    President of Association of Chinese         

    Professors of Social Sciences in the U.S.

3. Ding Xiang Warner

    Cornell East Asia Program Director    

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

9:45 am – 10:45am

Plenary Session

 

Keynote Speech (1)

Sherman Cochran

Hu Shih Professor of History

Cornell University

Globalizing from the Periphery: A Historian's View of Chinese Consumer Culture

10:45am – 11:00am

Coffee Break

ILR Conference Center: Room 429

11:00am – 12:00pm

Plenary Session

 

Keynote Speech (2)

Zheng Hangsheng

Professor of Sociology

Renmin University of China

President of Chinese Sociological Association

中国大陆社区建设的一些基本问题——对北京广州郑州武汉实地调查的社会学分析

(A Sociological Approach to the Fundamental Problems Concerning Community Building in Mainland China – Analysis of Samples from  Local Surveys in Beijing, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou and Wuhan)

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

ILR Conference Center: Room 227

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Session 1

Panel 1

Law and Social Control

 

Discussant:

Jie Zhang, SUNY-Buffalo College

 

(1) Bin Liang  

Oklahoma State University, Tulsa

Hong Lu      

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Illicit Narcotics Drugs-The Control Policy, Law, and International Cooperation

(2) Liqun Cao

University of Ontario

Institute of Technology

Steve Stack

Wayne State University

Societal Type and Attitude toward Prostitution: Where Does China Belong?

(3) Helen Xiaoyan Wu

University of Toronto

Poetic Revelations of Corruption in China by Its Officials

(4) Jinjun Zheng  

Xi’an Arbitration Tribunal

Business Disputes and Arbitration in China

ILR Conference Center: Room 225

 

Panel 2

History in Retrospect - China, Asia and the World

 

Discussant:

Xiansheng Tian,

Metropolitan State College of Denver 

 

 

(1) Luo Xu

State University of New York at Cortland

Globalizing World History in China

(2) Huiying Wei-Arthus

Weber State University       

The Rape of Nanking - Why Is It a “Forgotten Holocaust”?                                     

(3) Jing Luo

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

A Study of the French Motivations in Building the Yunnan – Vietnam Railway (1903-1908) as Revealed in Diplomatic and Commercial Documents

(4) Mark Merkley   

Weber State University

Comparative Analysis of Germany and Japan in Post World War II Reconciliation

ILR Conference Center: Room 229

 

Panel 3

Power Politics in the Changing World

Discussant:

Yawei Liu, Georgia Perimeter College and the Carter Center
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(1) Jingyi Song       

The State University of New York at Old Westbury

Weaving Goodbye to Hegemony

(2) Shu Zhou           

San José State University

The New Asia Hemisphere and the West: A Re-Examination of Global Power Shifts in the 21st Century

(3) Zhiqun Zhu     

Bucknell University

China's New Diplomacy in the South Pacific: Rationale, Practice, and Significance

(4) Shiping Hua 

University of Louisville

The Political Psychology of Issues of Japan and Taiwan in China’s Foreign Policy

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

 

Panel 4

China’s Social Welfare Reform

 

Discussant:

Sharon Huang, University of Cincinnati

 

(1) Yuhua Qiao

Missouri State University

China's Social Security System: Its Challenges and Solution

(2) Jinghao Zhou

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Predicament and Its Solution of Chinese Women during Globalization

(3) Yunqiu Zhang

North Carolina A&T State University

Legal Aid to Workers in China

(4) Miaoyu Yuan 

Hubei University of Economics

Mechanism Design Based on the multiple Principal— Agent Relationship in the China’s Private Pension

ILR Conference Center: Room 425

 

Panel 5

(Roundtable)

Becoming an Academic Administrator: Sharing Experience  

Organizer and Moderator:

Honggang Yang

Nova Southeastern University

 

Panelists:

(1) Honggang Yang 

Dean of Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Nova Southeastern University

(2) Zong-Guo Xia

Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research

The University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

(3) Jin Wang

Dean of Academic Services

The University of Tampa

ILR Conference Center: Amphitheater

3:00pm – 3:15pm

Coffee Break

ILR Conference Center: Room 227/429

3:15pm - 4:45pm

Session 2

Panel 6

Library and East Asia

 

(1) Haipeng Li   

Oberlin College

Guoqing Li    

Ohio State University

Xudong Jin 

Ohio Wesleyan University

Promoting Collaboration and Exchange between Chinese and US Libraries through the CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series Program

(2) Chengzhi Wang 

Columbia University

New Local Gazetteers in China: A Survey of Freely Available Online Sources

(3) Taemin Kim Park

Indiana University

Characteristics of CJK Digital Resources in the OCLC WorldCat

(4) Tao Yang

University of New Jersey, Rutgers

Digital Issues for Newspaper Access and Preservation: A Case Study of
Chinese Newspapers Published in North America

ILR Conference Center: Room 225

 

Panel 7

Community Development of Overseas Chinese

 

Discussant:

Jeffrey Ferrier

Ohio University

 

(1) Yuyin Jiang   

San José State University

Getting Into Elite Colleges for Overseas Chinese Progeny
(2) Ginny Qin Zhan  

Kennesaw State University

An Exploratory Study of Chinese Americans’ Cultural Identity

(3) Keng We Koh  

Ohio University

A Chinese Malaysian in Taiwan: Negarakuku and a Song of Exile in the Diaspora

ILR Conference Center: Room 229

 

Panel 8

Comparative Educational Development

 

Discussant:

Qi Wang

Cornell University

 

(1) Ronghua  Ouyang

University of North Florida

Pre-K and Elementary Education in China: Challenges and Opportunities
(2) Xiansheng Tian     

Metropolitan State College of Denver 

Nationalism and History Education: Revisit the Issue

(3) Yuanwu Zhou     

Hubei University of Economics 

中国的义务教育: 从普及到均衡

(4) Wanwen Dai  

Nanjing University

Cross-cultural Impact on Organizational Learning: A Comparative Study between the Netherlands and China

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

Panel 9

East Asia in World Economy

 

Discussant:

Yongjun Chen, Remin University of China

 

(1) Yuesheng Wang, Tao Tao,

Xiangdong Ma

Peking University       

Would FDI New Trend Change the Intra-industry Trade Structure between China and Japan?

(2) Tao Qi  

Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University

Comparative Analysis on Sino-US Maize Competitiveness

(3) Laying Qi, Baolin Sun

Hubei University of Economics

Construction of Coordinating Mechanism of Exchange Rates in East Asia: Theory and Reality

ILR Conference Center: Room 425

 

Panel 10

(Roundtable)

Teaching Chinese Language and Culture in the United States

 

Organizer and Moderator:

Shuming Lu

City University of New York-Brooklyn College

 

Panelists:

(1) Jingyi Song

State University of New York-Old Westbury

Chinese Culture and Civilization in the American College Curriculum

(2) Jianguo Ji

City University of New York -BMCC

Teaching Chinese in American Universities: Pedagogical Competence and Teacher Preparation

(3)  Shuming Lu

City University of New York-Brooklyn College

CLTA-GNY & Resources of Chinese Language Teaching

(4)Yonggang Huang

City University of New York-Brooklyn College

What Comes First: Grammar, Characters or Sentence Patterns? Priorities of Teaching Chinese in a Non-Chinese Environment

(5)  Shuming Lu

City University of New York-Brooklyn College

Intercultural Sensitivity and Chinese Teaching in the U.S.

ILR Conference Center: Amphitheater

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Library Tour

 

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Grand Dinner

Welcome Remarks

Anne Kenney

Carl A. Kroch University Librarian

Cornell University Library 

Statler Hotel: Taylor-Rowe Rooms

Sunday, November 9

8:00am - 9:00am

Continental Breakfast

ILR Conference Center: Room 227

9:00am - 10:30am

Discussant Session 3

Panel 11

China’s Higher Education and Its Reforms

 

Discussant:

Ronghua Ouyang, University of North Florida

 

(1) Shuming Lu

City University of New York, Brooklyn College

Challenges and Opportunities of China's Humanities and Social Sciences

(2) Hao Li

Northwestern University of China

策解高校评估危机

(3) Jiahai Huang

Hubei University of Economics

对大学生心理干预的几点思考

(Issues on Psychology of Chinese College Students and Intervention Strategies)

(4) Hongyan Zhang

Central University of Finance and Economics

Yanbin Wang

Henan Institute of Science and Technology

Study on Developing a Specialized Teaching Staff for College Students’ Career Development in China

ILR Conference Center: Room 225

 

Panel 12

Modernization and Development in China

 

Discussant:

Shiping Hua, University of Louisville

 

(1) Yawei Liu

Georgia Perimeter College and the Carter Center
Universal Values v. Chinese Peculiarity: Chinese Scholars’ Diverse Discourse on Political Reform
(2) Yunfei Chi 

Capital Normal University of China

Democratic Trial in China in the Early 20th Century: Research on Song Jiaoren’s Thoughts about Democracy and Constitutionalism

(3) Yongjun Chen

Renmin University of China

New Road of Urbanization in China

(4) Jieli Li

Ohio University

Economic Development Vs. Human Development: A Paradigm Shift in International Development Studies and Lessens from China

ILR Conference Center: Room 229

 

Panel 13

New Cultural Trends in Globalization

 

Discussant:

Haiping Yan

Cornell University

 

(1) Ying Han      

Savannah State University

The Emergence of Fengqing Culture in Current China

(2) Sheri Zhang  

University of Ottawa

Cultural Diversity of Modern East Asia in Literature, Film and Society

(3). Suling Wu  

Communication University of China

The Culture Value Orientation of the Historical Teleplay

(4) Min Liu   

Ashland University        

Marketing Mao: the Globalization Commercialization of Contemporary Art in China

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

 

Panel 14

Impacts of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and Related Issues

 

Discussant:

Mao Ye

Cornell University

 

(1) Jie Zhang

State University of New York College at Buffalo

Beijing 2008 Olympics and Chinese Culture

(2) So-Jeng Hung, Mei-Chiung Chi, Yen-Ling Chen 

Chinese Culture University

The Application of Chinese Culture Symbols in Global Events Brand Identification Design: A Case Study in 2008 Beijing Olympic Logo

(3) Jianguo Ji

The City University of New York

The Tibet Issue: From Historical, Cultural, Sociological, and International Perspectives

ILR Conference Center: Room 425

 

10:30am - 10:45am

Coffee Break

ILR Conference Center: Room 227 / Room 429

10:45am - 12:15pm

Session 4

Panel 15

Culture, Gender and Society

 

Discussant:

Helen Wu, University of Toronto

 

(1) Yonggang Huang

City University of New York at Brooklyn 

Tian, Di and Ren (Heaven, Earth and Man): Pivotal Ideas of Yi Jing and their Modern Applications

(2) Ai Guo Han

Rowan University

Daoism as a System of Inquiry and Its Impact on Chinese Thinking

(3) Shaorong Huang

University of Cincinnati

The System of Theories on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Should Include

Mao Zedong Thought, the Chinese Marxism

(4) Zhiyuan Wang

Luoyang Folk Custom Museum

A Study on the Life of Women Recorded in the Inscribed Boards of Luoyang

ILR Conference Center: Room 225

 

Panel 16

(Roundtable)

China’s Agricultural (Land) Reform and Its Prospects

 

Organizer and Moderator:

Jieli Li

Ohio University

 

Panelists:

(1) Guanzhong (James) Wen

Trinity College

(2) Yueting Lee       

University of Toledo

(3) Shuming Lu       

CUNY-Brooklyn

(4) Yongjun Chen  

China Remin University

ILR Conference Center: Room 229

 

Panel 17 (Roundtable)

Developments of Library Technology

 

Organizer and Moderator:

Xian Wu

Cornell University

 

Panelists:

(1) Su Chen

University of Minnesota

Create English Subtitles for Chinese Movies

(2) Susan Xue

UC Berkeley

Methods and Technologies Involved in Digitization of East Asian

(3) Robert Lee

East View Information Services

Dynamic China, Dynamic Data: Tools for Interdisciplinary Research on China

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

 

12:15pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

ILR Conference Center: Room 227
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