Program for the Fall 1999 Meeting, October 2nd-3rd
Holiday Inn Oceanfront Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Saturday, October 2, 1999 (Magnolia Room)

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Browse display area
 
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
Evaluating Japanese Education
Chair: Jonathan Goldstein (State University of West Georgia)
"The American Education Establishment's Depiction of Japanese Education" Lucien Ellington (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
"Collaborative Study of School Violence in Japan and the U.S." Jane Williams (Middle Tennessee State University)
Discussants: Gary DeCoker (Ohio Wesleyan University )

3:00 - 3:30 Break: refreshments
 
 
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Art and Literature in Early Modern Japan
Chair: Patricia Pringle
"Shunga Prints-A Cultural Preparation for Comfort Women? Linda Zatlin (Morehouse College)
"Evil Integrations: Tsubouchi Shoyo's Xenophobic Dream Novel of 1886" John Mertz (North Carolina State University)
"Influences on the Evolution of the Japanese Tea Ceremony" Joan O'Mara (Washington and Lee University)
Discussants: Janet Ikeda (Washington and Lee University)
                     Yumiko Hulvey (University of Florida)
                     Joseph Murphy (University of Florida)

 
8:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m.
"Pilgrimage in Shikoku: a series of digital films" Junko Baba and Keith Kenney (University of South Carolina)

Sunday, October 3, 1999 (Magnolia Room)

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Continental breakfast and short business meeting
 
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Historical Perspectives
Chair: John Tucker (University of North Florida)
"The History and Symbolism of Japanese Buddhist Bells" Steven Heine (Florida International University)
"Prosperous or Impoverished? Re-examining the Tokugawa Economy in Comparative Terms" Richard Rice (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
"Maintenance and Change of Tradition: Settai Practice in Shikoku Pilgrimage" Junko Baba (University of South Carolina)
Keith Kenney (University of South Carolina)
Discussants: Miriam Levering (University of Tennessee)
                     Mark Ravina (Emory University)
                     Ellen Schattschneider (Emory University)

12:00 Adjourn