AAS to meet in Honululu

Invitation for Global Participation

By John Campbell

The latest news is that the effort to bring more scholars from Asia seems to have succeeded. The Program Committee (which met in September) received far more proposals for panels than ever before, and a remarkable number included non-American participants. In response to all this demand, we have managed to increase the number of panels from the usual 170 to over 200. There will also be quite a few individual papers and -- innovation at the 1995 meeting in Washington -- presentations through a poster and discussion.
That is the formal program, which has already been decided. Each meeting has dozens of less formal sessions sponsored by various affiliated groups, many of which are panels or roundtable discussions every bit as substantial as the formal sessions that go through the program committee. These are more flexible. At this meeting for the first time names of presenters and their paper titles will be listed in the printed 'supplementary program' distributed at the meeting. (european scholars who would like to be put in touch with a group in their speciality should send me a note with particulars, at the addresses below or via email to jccamp@umich.edu). We also expect to have a reading and discussion with Vikram Seth (appearing as our Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow), more than 100 booths in the exhibit hall, two rooms with continuous video shows on Asian topics, and a special Asian Arts Festival sponsored by the East-Wets Center and the University of Hawai'i (details below).
The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, from Thursday evening to Sunday noon, April 11-14, 1996. You can register in advance (less expensive) by writing to us: the cost is $50 US for members, $75 for nonmembers ($20 and $40 respectively for students). The charge included a copy of the Program, that will be sent before the meeting, and also of the Abstracts of nearly all the papers presented that can be picked up on arrival. Hotel reservations can be send directly to the hotel (2005 Kalia Road, Honolulu, HI 96815). The rate for a single or double is $149.00 a night; one or two additional occupants $25 each.
We are convinced that this Annual Meeting will be an event in its own right, and an unusual opportunity to meet Asianists from all over the world. For more information, write, fax or e-mail to AAS headquarters (Lane Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1290; 313 665- 3801; postmaster@AAsianSt.org). Better yet, for news of the meeting (including word on alternative accommodations and so forth) and much else in Asian studies, you could subscribe to the AAS Newsletter: five copies a year for $25 plus an optional $11 for airmail to Europe. Or become a member (rates on request).

Asian Arts Festival
The East-West Center and the University of Hawai'i will present an Asian Arts Festival from 5 to 9 pm, Saturday, April 13, 1996. The evening will feature a sampling of traditional music and dance of Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines, and exhibitions of Asian art. Concurrently, the Center and University will sponsor an informal street fair highlighting more popular forms of entertainment, such as Chinese acrobats and the traditional Hawaiian hula. A reception will be held for AAS members throughout the evening. Registration for this evening of special performances includes round-trip bus transportation from the Hilton to the campus, and entrance to those performances with limited seating, at a cost of only $3. Advance registration is required.

The AAS on World Wide Web
The AAS has now a WWW site, through the kind assistance of the Center for Asian Studies at Indiana University. It includes the text of recent AAS Newsletters, our publications catalogue, abstracts of virtually all the papers at the 1995 Annual Meeting (before long for the 1996 Meeting as well), and up-to-date job listings. Tune in at http://www.ease.indiana.edu/AAS. The AAS staff may be reached on-line at postmaster@AAsianSt.org.