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Fw: H-ASIA: Cryptography in South and East Asia (500-1000 C.E.) response

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Subject: H-ASIA: Cryptography in South and East Asia (500-1000 C.E.)
response


> H-ASIA
> September 6, 2011
>
> Response to query re: sources on cryptography in South and East Asia
> (500-1000 C.E.)
> ************************************************************************
> From: chandar sundaram <chandsund@gmail.com>
>
>
> With reference to the query posted this morning by Cody Bahir regarding
> uses of cryptography in military campaigns or political institutions in
> India and China:
>
> If by Cryptography the writer means the encoding and decoding of secret
> diplomatic and military messages, I would suggest looking at the works of
> Sun Tzu and Kautilya, and contacting Professor Upinder Singh, who teaches
> in the history Department of Delhi University, and Professor David Graff,
> who is at Kansas State University.
>
> In any case their co-ordinates are .available through google.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Chandar
>
> --
> Chandar S. Sundaram, Ph.D.,
> War and Society Historian
> Victoria BC Canada
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Ed. note: The contacts and books of these two noted scholars are:
>
> Upinder Singh is Professor of History at Delhi University:
> <upinders@gmail.com>,
>
> She has published:
>
> _Ancient India: New Research_ (Co-edited with Nayanjot Lahiri),
> (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009)
>
> _A History of Ancient and Early medieval India: from the stone
> age to the twelfth century_
> (New Delhi: Pearson Longman. 2008)
>
> _Ancient Delhi_ [2nd edition]
> (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006)
>
> _Delhi: ancient history_,
> (New Delhi: Social Science Press. 2006)
>
> _The Discovery of Ancient India: early archaeologists and the
> beginnings of archaeology,
> (New Delhi, Permanent Black, 2004)
>
> _Ancient Delhi_
> (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999)
>
> _Kings, Brahmanas, and Temples in Orissa: an epigraphic study (AD
> 300-1147)_
> (New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1994)
>
>
> David Graff is Associate Professor of History at Kansas State University
> <dgraff@k-state.edu>
>
> Among his publications are:
>
> _Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900_
> (London and New York: Routledge, 2002)
>
> _A Military History of China_ (edited with Robin Higham)
> (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002)
>
> "Narrative Maneuvers: The Representation of Battle in Tang Historical
> Writing," pp. 143-164 in _Military Culture in Imperial China_,
> edited by Nicola Di Cosmo
> (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009),
>
> The K-State History Department site mentions that he is "He is currently
> working on a translation of what remains of Li Jing's Art of War, an early
> Tang military text, and is also writing a book comparing Chinese and
> Byzantine military practice in the seventh century."
> FFC
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Fw: H-ASIA: Cryptography in South and East Asia (500-1000 C.E.) query

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> H-ASIA
> September 6, 2011
>
> Query re: Cryptography in South and East Asia (500-1000 C.E.)
> **********************************************************************
> From: Cody Bahir <codybahir@gmail.com>
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am seeking works on the use of cryptography in both South and East Asia
> between the 6th and 11th centuries. I am aware that the specified timeline
> is extremely large, but I am hoping this timeline will generate more
> responses. Of particular interest are instances of cryptography in
> military
> campaigns and political institutions in India and China (particularly the
> latter).
>
> Your time and assistance is greatly appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
> Cody Bahir
>
> --
> Cody Bahir M.A.J.S.
> Ph.D. Student
> Philosophy and Religion
> California Institute of Integral Studies
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Fw: H-ASIA: REVIEW Whales & Whaling & Whaling in Japan

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> H-ASIA
> September 6, 2011
>
> Book Review (orig pub. H-Environment) by Vicky Szabo on Arne Kalland.
> _Unveiling the Whale: Discourses on Whales and Whaling_, and Jun
> Morikawa. _Whaling in Japan: Power, Politics, and Diplomacy_
>
> (x-post H-Reviews)
> **********************************************************************
> From H-Net Reviews
>
> Arne Kalland. Unveiling the Whale: Discourses on Whales and Whaling.
> Studies in Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology Series. New
> York: Berghahn Books, 2009. xiv + 253 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN
> 978-1-84545-581-1.
>
> Jun Morikawa. Whaling in Japan: Power, Politics, and Diplomacy. New
> York: Columbia University Press, 2009. xii + 170 pp. $45.00 (cloth),
> ISBN 978-0-231-70118-1.
>
> Reviewed by Vicki Szabo (Western Carolina University)
> Published on H-Environment (August, 2011)
> Commissioned by Dolly Jrgensen
>
>
> Save the Whales or Save the Humans? Whaling Politics and Culture Wars
>
> In Western popular culture, whales serve as evocations of the majesty
> and tragedy of nature. Even the most environmentally disinclined
> individual recognizes that whales are the preeminent symbol of marine
> life and often the embodiment of capricious human abuses of nature.
> But how did this romantic portrait come to be, and how were whales
> transformed from resource to icon? When and how did whaling become an
> unnecessary evil? Whaling remains a critical political issue on the
> world stage, alienating or allying unlikely global partners, and the
> two books reviewed here, Arne Kallands Unveiling the Whale and Jun
> Morikawas Whaling in Japan, provide fascinating insight into the
> environmental, political, and cultural complexities of this industry.
> Commercial whaling has received attention in recent historical and
> popular works, but few authors have dealt so transparently with the
> current politics of whaling as Kalland and Morikawa in these
> complementary studies.[1] Kalland and Morikawa offer diametrically
> opposed perspectives that are largely unseen in current secondary
> literature in English. Kallands work, which studies representation and
> perception of whales, whalers and whaling, and transformations of
> whaling economics, will appeal to social and cultural historians,
> social scientists, and those with an affinity for whaling. Morikawas
> analysis of whaling in modern Japan offers a thorough case study for
> students of international politics, environmental studies, and
> history.
>
> Kallands Unveiling the Whale is broad in scope and anthropological,
> focused more on discourse, perception, and concepts and less on
> historical context. Kalland seeks to expose the rival ecological,
> economic, and political discourses that have led to irreparable
> political and cultural fissures between whaling and anti-whaling
> nations. What distinguishes Kallands work is his open defense of
> whaling, as he states in his preface that he will not pretend to be
> objective and neutral.... My main sympathy lies with the whalers (p.
> x). With this admission, his work proceeds to explore the hegemonic
> discourse that has shaped global perceptions about whaling and
> whalers, and the transformation of whales from practical commodities
> to conceptual icons (p. 59).
>
> Kallands introduction and chapter 1, The Creation of a Superwhale,
> begin by considering perceptions and constructions of animals,
> especially within the context of protectionist, environmental, and
> animal rights movements. Among all animals, though, whales are
> constructed, especially in Western thought, as unique. The superwhale,
> he argues, offers a single, anthropomorphized, conceptual construct
> that replaces, in most Western perceptions, proper recognition of the
> seventy-five different species included within the taxonomic order of
> Cetacea. The superwhale oversimplifies and obscures the actual
> ecological circumstances of whale species, so that all whales
> simultaneously are conceived of as endangered, and all whalers,
> whether commercial, indigenous, or otherwise legitimate, are rendered
> barbaric. Chapters 2 and 3 turn to the anti-whalers or protectionists,
> the cultural hegemons in Kallands eyes. In these chapters, he
> identifies key opponents of the industry and the political strategies
> and media used to transform whales from practical to protected
> resources. Especially valuable here is his articulation of diverse
> approaches of various groups who seek to protect whales for diverse
> reasons, from environmental radicals and animal rights groups to more
> fringe New Age movements. This chapter also reveals what Kalland sees
> as the double standard and cultural chauvinism of Western anti-whaling
> nations and the fact that cetaceans are equally exploited among
> non-whaling nations: whales are objects of tourism and theme parks and
> are even tolerably hunted by indigenous peoples. Chapter 4 focuses on
> the International Whaling Commission (IWC), revealing the
> transformation of this body from a management to protectionist body.
> Kalland approaches the IWC with an insiders eye, having participated
> in IWC meetings, but this same insight reveals some frustration with
> respect to the membership, decision making, and efficacy of this
> group. Chapters 5 and 6 stand apart from the rest of the book as less
> derisive and accusatory of non-whaling nations and whale sympathizers,
> and offer a moderate and informative look at the perspectives and
> practices of whalers, valuable information for any historian or social
> scientist. These chapters, along with chapter 4, are also the most
> significant to compare to Morikawas work as they provide opposing
> perspectives to the politics of whaling.[2]
>
> It may be difficult for some readers to move past Kallands palpable
> derision for opponents of whaling. His perspective simultaneously
> renders the work interesting, insightful, and nonacademic.
> Anti-whaling sympathizers are portrayed monolithically at times (as
> are the thoughts and beliefs of citizens of whaling nations).
> Non-whaling nations, mostly Westerners, are depicted as ignorant,
> misled, and culturally chauvinistic proponents of an oppressive
> hegemonic discourse on aspecific superwhales and barbaric whalers.
> While Kallands perspective is valuable for anyone involved in the
> whaling debate, past or present, his work falters in its academic
> value in his use of sources. His sources include canonical
> anthropological works, as well as modern cultural and political data,
> but Kalland often relies on a panoply of popular and fringe media to
> exemplify how ill-informed and generally radical most whale
> protectionists are.[3] Many of these sources ultimately are logical,
> given his focus on Western popular perception, but only if used
> contextually and reasonably. Kallands indiscriminate use of sources is
> seen, for example, on a single page (p. 39) where he cites two writers
> for womens magazines; the poems of Heathcote Williams; a readers
> letter from Fish International; John Lilly (New Age pioneer and
> proponent of alien-origins for dolphins); two eco-feminists; Carl
> Jung; Jacques Cousteau; and the biblical book of Genesis. Readers may
> be tempted to dismiss his work because of the strategically chosen
> radical or ill-informed voices whom he chooses to highlight, whose
> notions may not accurately represent the true perspectives of most
> non-whaling populations. Despite this, the book stands as a unique and
> important work, the antithesis of most academic, scientific, and
> popular literature that belies a sympathy for whales and negative
> judgments of whaling.
>
> In contrast, Morikawa, in Whaling in Japan, offers a more focused case
> study of whaling's role in modern Japanese culture and politics.
> Morikawa argues that Japanese whaling continues today as a political
> contrivance with a limited cultural favor, little economic demand, and
> a faux archaism. The popularity of whale meat, he argues, is waning
> and isolated to postwar populations, not younger generations, despite
> strident efforts by various government agencies to create a demand for
> whale meat. Whaling is a nationalistic issue by design, the political
> and economic bailiwick of a small elite echelon that exists within
> several incestuous government agencies. Morikawas work, like Kallands,
> is bold and critical, and seeks to rectify what Morikawa sees as
> wrongs within Japanese domestic and international policies. Morikawa
> relies on a wide range of contemporary data, surveys, and sources from
> government agencies, nongovernmental organization (NGOs), and the
> media in revealing the complex portrait of how whaling is perceived
> and supported within Japan. A useful series of appendices includes
> several key documents, media releases, resolutions, and compiled data.
>
> Chapters 1 and 2 offer explanation for why whaling, which was
> historically significant locally but not nationally in Japan, became a
> critical cultural issue after World War II. Whaling, the Japanese
> government has maintained, was necessary for Japans economic security,
> although arguments today more often assert that whaling is culturally
> innate and scientifically essential (p. 9). Despite public
> indifference to whaling, Japans government, Morikawa argues, continues
> to promote whaling based on four key issues, explored in chapters 2
> and 3: tradition, culinary culture, nationalism, and scientific
> survey. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 will be of great interest not only to
> environmental and whaling historians, but also to all students of
> international relations, as whaling here is contextualized alongside
> other significant international policies and concerns, including
> Japans international status and participation in the United Nations,
> particularly the Security Council. Whaling, diplomacy, and
> international and economic security are intertwined, and Morikawa
> reveals the extent of Japanese ministers willingness to cooperate or
> cajole on the issue of whaling based on international politics and
> partners. In chapter 3, Morikawa exposes the close relationship
> between the governments Fisheries Agency and the Institute for
> Cetacean Research (ICR), revealing the doubtful neutrality of this
> supposedly scientific institution. Whaling in Japan is not commercial
> but scientific, conducted under the auspices of the ICR. Chapter 4
> offers insight into domestic politics and media control, as whaling is
> promoted to a nation whose access to the anti-whaling movement is
> curtailed. Morikawa documents the contrivance of the cultural
> relevance of whaling, citing both the means by which the Japanese
> government attempted to promote whaling and the consumption of whale
> meat, and the relative insignificance of whaling, as seen in surveys,
> according to a majority of Japanese respondents. Chapter 5 shifts
> focus to Japanese whaling and the global stage. Morikawa prudently
> emphasizes that whaling is important, but not a singular driving issue
> for Japan in international relations. In the books longest (forty
> pages) and surely most controversial chapter, Morikawa scrutinizes
> Japanese economic aid partners and IWC voting records, revealing the
> means by which Japan seeks to alter the voting membership of the IWC
> if it cannot change minds on the issue of whaling itself. Morikawa
> clearly establishes the synchronicity of Japanese economic aid and the
> rise since 2000 of a voting block sympathetic to whaling within the
> IWC. One of the few accomplishments of the 2011 IWC meeting was
> approval of a resolution to prevent vote buying, precisely the issue
> Morikawa unveils in chapter 5. Finally, Morikawa concludes in chapter
> 6 with four potential scenarios for Japans future path in whaling. Had
> Morikawas work been written more recently, we must imagine that an
> additional scenario would be included, taking into account the
> calamitous effects of the 2011 tsunami, which some believe may bring
> Japanese whaling to its final stage.
>
> Whaling in Japan and Unveiling the Whale are complementary and
> informative in different ways, and readers on either side of the
> whaling debate are encouraged to read both works. Historians will find
> useful context for any contemporary study of whaling, past and
> present, while students of international relations and politics will
> be reminded of the cultural and economic significance of whaling on
> the global stage. Morikawas work is the more traditionally academic of
> the two, and offers more useful academic apparatus. Both works are
> well written and generally well edited (Kallands work includes a few
> typographical errors), with useful notes and bibliographies. Both
> works also serve as exceptionally good primers for anyone interested
> in current IWC policies and issues, debates on animal rights, and
> environmental movements.
>
> Notes
>
> [1]. Other recent works offer popular perspectives or broader surveys
> and none offers insiders perspectives as seen in the works of Kalland
> and Morikawa. See Eric Jay Dolin, Leviathan: The History of Whaling in
> America (New York: W. W. Norton, 2007); Philip Hoare, The Whale: In
> Search of the Giants of the Sea (New York: Harper Collins, 2008); and
> Joe Roman, Whale (London: Reaktion Books, 2006).
>
> [2]. On page 198, Kalland states that most Japanese do not understand
> why it is more morally wrong to kill a whale for food than to kill a
> cow or a pig for the same purpose.... How can people kill an animal
> they have fed? is a rhetorical question often heard in Japanese
> whaling communities. Morikawa strongly rejects such broad statements
> about what most Japanese believe with respect to whaling, citing
> instead a silent majority who find whaling, and the eating of whale
> meat, of remote relevance to their daily lives (p. 121).
>
> [3]. Morikawa describes a similar phenomenon in Japan, in which
> non-whalers and Westerners in general are described as emotional and
> unscientific on the issue of whaling (p. 13).
>
>
>
> If there is additional discussion of this review, you may access it
> through the list discussion logs at:
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>
> Citation: Vicki Szabo. Review of Kalland, Arne, Unveiling the Whale:
> Discourses on Whales and Whaling and Morikawa, Jun, Whaling in Japan:
> Power, Politics, and Diplomacy. H-Environment, H-Net Reviews. August,
> 2011.
> URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31224
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP: The Biennial International Conference of the Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China, Hangzhou, 1-3 Jun 2012

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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP: The Biennial International Conference of the
Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China, Hangzhou, 1-3 Jun 2012


> H-ASIA
> September 6, 2011
>
> Call for papers: The Biennial International Conference of the
> Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China Zhejiang University,
> Hangzhou, China, June 1-3, 2012
>
> ************************************************************************
> From: Morris Bian <bianmor@auburn.edu>
>
> The Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China (HSTCC) and the Center
> for Chiang Kaishek and Modern Chinese History at Zhejiang University will
> hold a joint international conference at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou,
> China, June 1-3, 2012. The Program Committee welcomes proposals from the
> worldwide community of modern China scholars from various disciplines.
> The theme for the conference, described in greater details below, is
> "Reinterpreting Actors, Beliefs, and Institutions: Transformation and
> Evolution of Chinese Society in a Changing World, 1912-2012."
>
> The century following the founding of the Chinese Republic has witnessed
> both transformative and evolutionary changes in Chinese culture,
> practices,
> and institutions, all of which involved major historical actors in a
> changing international environment. Although China scholars have examined
> these changes in the past, China's rapid economic transformation and China's
> emergence as a major player in international relations have contributed to
> significant growth in the field of modern Chinese studies and resulted in
> the publication of a large number of archive-based monographs during the
> last two decades. The joint international conference of the Historical
> Society for Twentieth-Century China and the Center for Chiang Kaishek and
> Modern Chinese History at Zhejiang University, then, aims to discuss the
> most recent research on modern China and to consider reinterpretations and
> reassessments of changes in Chinese culture, practices, and institutions
> since the founding of the Chinese Republic in 1912.
>
> In particular, the Program Committee encourages panel/paper proposals
> dealing with the following: (1) Important figures of the last century such
> as Chiang Kaishek and Mao Zedong. The recent release of Chiang Kaishek's
> diary and other archival materials has prompted new studies and
> assessments
> of his life and activities. As many modern China scholars know already,
> the
> Center for Chiang Kaishek and Modern Chinese History at Zhejiang
> University
> sponsored a highly successful international symposium on Chiang Kaishek
> and
> modern China in 2010. (2) Beliefs ranging from ideas and doctrines to
> ideologies and belief systems. Examples include Buddhism, communism,
> Confucianism, and nationalism. (3) Institutions ranging from the political
> to the socioeconomic and the cultural. Examples include the Chinese
> administrative bureaucracy, the Chinese state enterprise system, and
> cultural and educational establishments. (4) China's foreign relations.
> Examples include China's unequal treaties with foreign powers, Sino-Soviet
> alliance during the 1950s, and the normalization of diplomatic relations
> between China and the United States during the 1970s. In keeping with
> longstanding policy, the Program Committee also entertains panel/paper
> proposals exploring other aspects of Chinese society.
>
> Scholars may submit proposals either for entire panels or for individual
> papers. A panel proposal should consist of the following: a panel title
> (no
> more than 20 words), a panel abstract (up to 500 words), individual paper
> titles and abstracts (up to 300 words each), a one-page curriculum vitae
> for
> each author of a paper, and correct mailing and email addresses for each
> presenter and panel chair/commentator. The panel abstract should explain
> the rationale for the panel, summarize the theme of the panel, and
> indicate
> the contact person for the panel. A proposed panel should have no more
> than
> three (3) presenters and one (1) chair/commentator. By contrast, an
> individual paper proposal should include a paper abstract (up to 300
> words),
> one-page curriculum vitae, and correct mailing and email addresses. The
> abstract should summarize the paper's argument, the sources on which it is
> based, and its relationship to existing scholarship. Except for panel
> chairs/commentators, HSTCC membership is required for all those presenting
> papers. The Program Committee will only accept panel/paper proposals of
> those whose current HSTCC membership is confirmed by HSTCC
> Secretary-Treasurer. Proposal selection will be competitive.
>
> Proposals may only be submitted electronically. Regardless of the type of
> proposals—panel or individual, all proposals must be submitted in their
> completed form (that is, with full information concerning all participants
> and their presentations) by midnight, U.S. Central Standard Time, on
> December 15, 2011. All panel/paper proposals should be sent to Morris L.
> Bian at bianmor@gmail.com as a MS Word document. Acceptance letters will
> be
> sent by February 15, 2012.
>
> Zhejiang University, located in Hangzhou, China, will serve as the host
> for
> the joint international conference of the Historical Society for
> Twentieth-Century China and the Center for Chiang Kaishek and Modern
> Chinese
> History at Zhejiang University. The three-day conference includes a visit
> to Chiang Kaishek's hometown in Xikou. The participants will pay for
> international travel as well as travel between Shanghai and Hangzhou. Once
> in Hangzhou, Zhejiang University will cover room and board for
> participants
> for the duration of the conference in accordance with the prevailing
> Chinese
> practice for scholarly conferences.
>
> All questions concerning the joint international conference of the
> Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China and the Center for Chiang
> Kaishek and Modern Chinese History at Zhejiang University should be
> directed
> to Morris L. Bian, HSTCC President.
>
> Morris L. Bian
>
> HSTCC President
>
> ************************************
> Morris Bian
> Associate Professor of History
> Dept of History, 310 Thach Hall
> Auburn University, Auburn AL 36849-5207
> Office Location: 306B Thach Hall
> Office Phone: 334-844-6655
> Email: bianmor@auburn.edu
> http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/BIAMAK.html
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Fw: H-ASIA: Korea Grant Funding Availability, AAS-NEAC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 10:12 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Korea Grant Funding Availability, AAS-NEAC


> H-ASIA
> September 6, 2011
>
> Korea Grant Funding Availability from AAS Northeast Asia Council
> **********************************************************************
> From: Clark Sorensen <sangok@u.washington.edu>
>
>
> The AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) has a number of Korea grants
> available due to the generous funding of the Korea Foundation, but the
> grant deadline is fast approaching.
>
> Grants are available in a number of categories including: North
> America or Korea research travel; Korea conference/seminar/workshop
> funding; Korea Instructional materials; etc.
>
> The grant deadline for receiving applications in our Ann Arbor office
> is October 1, 2011. Award notification will be made by the end of
> November and submitted projects must begin after December 1, 2011 to
> be considered.
>
> Please note: for the North America and Korea/Outside North America
> research travel categories only, applicants must be current AAS
> members at the time of application.
>
> Please see the AAS website for further details and application forms:
>
> http://www.asian-studies.org/grants/main.htm#NEAC-KOREAN
>
>
> Clark Sorensen
> University of Washington
> Northeast Asian Council
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Fw: H-ASIA: Grant Opportunity: AAS NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 10:24 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Grant Opportunity: AAS NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau


> H-ASIA
> Septgember 6, 2011
>
> Grant Opportunity: Association for Asian Studies, Northeast Asia
> Council, Distinguished Speakers Bureau--hosting a leading scholar of
> Korea or Japan at your institution
> **********************************************************************
> From: Doreen Ilozor <dilozor@asian-studies.org>
>
> NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITY:
>
> NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau
>
> Host a Leading Scholar in Japanese or Korean Studies at Your College
> orUniversity.
>
> NEAC Provides the Honorarium and Most Travel Costs—Your Institution Just
> Covers the Local Expenses.
>
> The Distinguished Speakers Bureau of the Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of
> the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) supports public presentations by
> senior scholars in Japanese and Korean studies at American colleges and
> universities, especially those without well-established programs on East
> Asia. The roster of NEAC Distinguished Speakers includes twelve prominent
> experts in Japanese and Korean history, anthropology, literature,
> religious
> studies, politics, linguistics, art, and contemporary affairs.
>
>
> Colleges and universities may apply to host one of the leading scholars of
> Japan and Korea who are members of the NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau.
> The invited speaker would be expected to give at least one formal, public
> lecture (chosen from a broad list of topics) as well as meet with classes
> and interact extensively with host faculty and their students while on
> campus. NEAC grant monies fund the honorarium and air travel for the NEAC
> Distinguished Speaker, up to the amount of the approved NEAC grant award,
> and the host institution is responsible for all local costs (food,
> lodging,
> marketing, airport transfer, etc.).
>
> The NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau, newly established in 2011, is
> supported by funds generously provided by the Japan-United States
> Friendship
> Commission (JUSFC) and the Korea Foundation (KF).
>
> Please see the AAS website for further details and application forms:
>
> http://www.asian-studies.org/grants/main.htm#NEAC_DSB
>
>
> Association for Asian Studies
> 825 Victors Way, Suite 310
> Ann Arbor, MI 48108 USA
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP The Art of Neighbouring: Old Crossroads and New Connections along the PRC's Borders, Singapore, 1-2 Mar 2012

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 10:30 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP The Art of Neighbouring: Old Crossroads and New
Connections along the PRC's Borders, Singapore, 1-2 Mar 2012


> H-ASIA
> September 6, 2011
>
> Call for papers: The Art of Neighbourisng: Old Crossroads and New
> Connections along the PRC's Borders, Asia Research Institute, National
> University of Singapore, March 1-2, 2012
> DEADLINE OCTOBER 15, 2011
> ************************************************************************
> From: Zhang Juan <arizj@nus.edu.sg>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE: 15 OCTOBER 2011) The Art of Neighbouring: Old
> Crossroads and New Connections along the PRC's Borders
>
> Date: 1-2 March 2012
> Venue: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
> Workshop website: www.neighbouringchina.net/conference
>
> This event is jointly organized by the Asian Migration Cluster and the
> Open Cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
>
> What does China's rise mean for its immediate neighbours? This simple
> question is what this workshop hopes to address. Reflecting on the PRC's
> rapid economic growth, its strategic decisions to foster trade, secure
> influence and access to natural resources, and its efforts to prevent
> unrest in the borderlands, this workshop explores the ways in which
> people's lives and futures are affected by living along the PRC's borders.
>
> For local societies situated within zones of contact, the close proximity
> to the PRC is becoming increasingly relevant. As rising China (the nation,
> the notion, the buzzword) channels aspirations, triggers fears, and
> creates opportunities, "the art of neighbouring" becomes a crucial skill
> in the borderlands - a skill that includes evading, openly opposing,
> making use of, or renegotiating the border situation.
>
> The shared experience of neighbouring is shaped by the making of borders
> and their "closures" and "openings". In the first half of the 20th
> century, the fuzziness of erstwhile frontier zones was replaced by sharp
> contours of the 'geo-bodies' of nation-states. Political and military
> conflicts between the PRC and its neighbouring states brought many
> long-established trans-border relations to a halt; more recently, new
> stimuli of economic growth and material prosperity readily impelled a
> momentum of "opening up".As ancient crossroads emerge as zones of contact
> and translation again, borderland communities actively engage with new
> possibilities; they also become targets of new regulatory regimes to
> "manage" the flows of people and goods between nation states.
>
> This workshop explores the ways in which the closure and re-opening of
> China's borders condition the myriad realities of making as well as being
> China's neighbours through peace and turmoil. By theorizing "the art of
> neighbouring", this workshop offers an alternative perspective to observe
> the ordering of border practices and strategies, as well as to understand
> relations between nations, territories, geo-political positionalities, and
> historical connections.
>
> We invite anthropologists, geographers, historians, political scientists
> and scholars from associated disciplines to submit paper abstracts to
> explore the following questions:
>
> * How do new dreams and aspirations about China provoke desires of
> migration? How are migratory flows to and across national borders
> encouraged and facilitated?
> * How are new regulatory regimes implemented? How do they redefine
> legality and illicitness, and how are these locally negotiated?
> * What are the economic, political and social impacts of Chinese
> investment, development aid and designated special zones?
> * How do newly arrived actors at the periphery engage with "native"
> borderlanders?
> * What are the roles of rekindled ties of friendship, kinship, common
> religion or ethnicity in forging efficacious networks that promote
> greater cross-border mobility? How do remembering and forgetting,
> private and collective interpretations of "closure" and "opening
> up" as well as desire and anxiety shape borderland identities?
> * And finally, how do imagined borders and fictive ties animate the
> dynamics between the "mainland" and the "diaspora"?
>
> SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
>
> Paper proposals should include a title, an abstract (500 words maximum)
> and a brief personal biography of 150 words using the Paper Proposal
> Submission Form on our website. Please send your form to Ms Valerie Yeo at
> valerie.yeo@nus.edu.sg, by 15 October 2011.
>
> Successful applicants will be notified by 10 November 2011 and will be
> required to send in a draft paper (5,000 - 8,000 words) by 10 February
> 2012.
>
> PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITION
>
> To accompany this workshop, we plan to organize a small-scale photo
> exhibition at the main venue. The objective of the photo exhibition is to
> attract attention and interest of people who are less familiar with the
> various borderlands adjacent to China. We hope that with a collection of
> photographs that portray everyday life in the borderland, the audience
> will appreciate the diversity, the transformations, the vulnerability and
> resilience of these diverse border zones. We invite submissions of
> photographs on China's borderlands, the cultural practices of
> border-crossings (literal as well as symbolic), and images that reflect
> the theme of "neighbouring". Submissions could be in both digital and
> non-digital forms. Please include copyright and caption information in
> your submissions. Digital photographs must be at least 2,400 pixels wide
> if a horizontal image or 2,400 pixels tall if a vertical image, in
> high-quality JPEG or RAW. We prefer original, unmodified camera images. If
> your files are larger than 5 MB, or if you wish to submit photographs in
> printed form, please contact the workshop convenors Dr Martin Saxer
> (arijms@nus.edu.sg) and Dr Zhang Juan (arizj@nus.edu.sg).
>
> CONTACT DETAILS
>
> Workshop Convenors
>
> Dr Martin SAXER Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
> Email: arijms@nus.edu.sg
> Dr ZHANG Juan Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
> Email: arizj@nus.edu.sg
>
> Ms Valerie Yeo
> Asia Research Institute
> National University of Singapore
> 469A Tower Block, Level 10, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259770
> Tel: (65) 6516 5279
> Fax: (65) 6779 1428
>
> Email: valerie.yeo@nus.edu.sg
> Visit the website at
> http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=1209
>
> ZHANG Juan (PhD) :: National University of Singapore :: Asia Research
> Institute (ARI), 469A, Tower Block, Bukit Timah Road, #08-10B, Singapore
> 259770 :: 65-6516 4214 (DID) :: 65-6779 1428 (Fax) ::
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Fw: H-ASIA: Cryptography in South and East Asia (500-1000 C.E.) response

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 3:43 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: Cryptography in South and East Asia (500-1000 C.E.)
response


> H-ASIA
> September 6, 2011
>
> Response re: query: Cryptography in South and East Asia (500-1000
> C.E.)
> ************************************************************************
> From: Wolfram Behr <w.behr@em.uni-frankfut.de>
>
> In respnse to Cody Bahir's query on cryptography in South and SE Asia
> --
>
> Dear Cody Bahir,
>
> I gave a talk entitled "Ciphering Classical Chinese" dealing with
> some aspects of cryptography in premodern China at the Singapore
> "Quantumlah" (Center for Quantum Cryptography,
> http://www.quantumlah.org/events/colloquia/index.php?year=2009)
> some time ago.
>
> You can download the presentation slides from my Academia.edu "talks"
> space here
> http://uzh.academia.edu/WolfgangBehr/Talks
>
> (or directly here: http://tinyurl.com/3u2begv).
>
> I would be grateful if you could summarize responses you get to your
> query off-list, eventually. [Ed. note, actually I'd encourage Cody
> to let us know on list as well. FFC]
>
> Thanks, best,
> Wolfgang
>
> __________________________________________________________________________
>
> W o l f g a n g B e h r
> University of Zurich Traditional China Chair
> Zürichbergstr. 4, CH-8032 Zürich
> p: +41-(0)44-63-43180; f: -4921; m: <behr@oas.unizh.ch>
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