[Tlc] TLC-AAS meeting agenda

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Dear All,

As you begin to plan your trip to Chicago for the AAS meeting (Sheraton, March 26-29, 2009), you may want to take a glance at the proposed TLC business meeting agenda. Please inform me of any corrections or additions soon.

Thanks,
justin

Annual Business Meeting
Sheraton
Chicago, IL 
7:15PM to 9:00 PM 
Missouri Room 
Saturday
March 28, 2009

TLC Business MEETING AGENDA (7:15-9:00)

1) This year's meeting will start with a talk “Perceptions of Sukhothai through
the Ages” by Dr. Hiram Woodward, Curator Emeritus, Asian Art, Walters Art Museum. This year’s TLC theme is “Art History and TLC Studies.” Dr. Woodward’s talk will be designed for a general audience and be reflections on mythical and non-mythical elements in texts concerning Sukhothai: legend and projection in the early Bangkok period; the discovery and reading of the Sukhothai inscriptions; the integration of Sukhothai into the history of Siam; the debate over the authenticity of the Ram Khamhaeng inscription; and the current situation. 

As many of you know, recently four famous Art Historians (and members of the TLC) passed away: Henry Ginsberg, Betty Gosling, Ingrid Muan, and Roxanna Brown. Dr. Woodward was close friends of Henry, Betty, and Roxanna. He composed a moving obituary for Henry and has been instrumental in supporting the investigation into the death of Roxanna. He has stated that he would make his talk a dedication to these late Art Historians. Because of the recent deaths of our colleagues in Art History and the controversies over art theft, questionable appraisals, and the display of national treasures, the field of Southeast Asian Art History is very much in the news. This talk should attract a large crowd.

Dr. Woodward is one of the most well-respected art historians in Southeast Asia. He is curator emeritus of the excellent Walters Museum Asian Collection and publisher of dozens of articles and books, and adviser/teacher to nearly three generations of students in Southeast Asia and North America. He is also one of the only Art Historians who has published studies on art and history in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. He has a broad regional view and is innovative in his questions and approaches to the field. 

At the business meeting we will open the floor to ideas for
next year's "discipline" (Ethnomusicology, Linguistics,
Development Studies, Economics, Religious Studies, etc.). 

2) Call for panel ideas for a T/L/C sponsored panel. This
year's TLC-Panel is on Friday March 27th at 1:00 pm.
#80 on the panel list:
 
"The Scholarship of Roxanna Brown and its Implications for Future Research on the Ceramics, Art, and Trade of Southeast Asia: Sponsored by the Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Group (Chair: Robert L. Brown, University of California, Los Angeles).”

This is certainly not the only panel that has
Cambodian, Lao, and Thai Studies papers. I also encourage TLC
members to see the list of panels below.
 
3) Website (tlc.ucr.edu), listserv updates.
 
4) Member news--we have lots of new members!

5) Nominations and Elections:

Continuing executive committee members:
Dr. Chhany Sak-Humphry (University of Hawaii), Dr. Susan Kepner (UC Berkeley), Dr. Kristin Lundberg (University of Kentucky), and Dr. Richard Ruth (Naval Academy). 

Outgoing executive committee members: Dr. ML Pattaration Chirapravati (California State University at Sacramento), Dr. Catherine Raymond (Northern Illinois University), Dr. Penny Edwards (University of California at Berkeley), Dr. Justin McDaniel (chair), (University of California at Riverside).

Jonathan Padwe (Yale University) will serve for one more year as Graduate Student Chair. 

*Outgoing executive committee members can be re-elected. New
members can be nominated in person (and voted on) at the TLC
meeting.

**This year there was a call for nominations to replace the four outgoing executive committee members (including the chair). 

***Lawrence Ashmun (Bibliographer) will remain the TLC bibliographer. 

6) Announcements (Please come with any information on upcoming
conferences, fellowship opportunities, performances, archive
openings, etc. that you would like to bring to the attention
of the TLC membership. If you send me these announcements I
will also post them on the TLC website).

7) Call for donations for the Ingrid Muan Graduate Traveling
Fellowship.

8) Financial report.

9) Members announce new TLC related publications 

10) Floor open for any other announcements.

Thanks, 
justin

ADDENDUM:
*OTHER TLC or Southeast Asian Studies panels, events, and
meetings in conjunction (numbers refer to their place in the
on-line AAS meeting program. If any panel, etc. interests you
the room locations are listed on-line.):

http://www.aasianst.org/annual-meeting/panels.htm

The numbers will correspond to the on-line AAS schedule.

The list of individual papers has not yet been published. If I missed anything, please tell me. Regardless, on first glance, it looks like a good year for the TLC! 

The conference will be in Chicago from March 26-29, 2009. More details to be sent out this winter. For pre-registration, please see: 

http://www.aasianst.org/annual-meeting/registration.htm 

**Note panel #239 has been canceled.

THURSDAY, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. 

5. Local Motion: Placing Herbal Knowledge in Early Modern East and Southeast Asia (Carla S. Nappi, Montana State University) 

6. The Contribution of Pop Culture to Foreign Language and Culture Competency: Examples from Thailand and Cambodia: Sponsored by COTSEAL (John F. Hartmann, Northern Illinois University) 

8. Individual Papers: South and Southeast Asia in International Context (Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University) 

FRIDAY, 10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 

50. New Voices in Asian Studies: Selected Graduate Student Papers from AAS Regional Conferences: Sponsored by the Council of Conferences (Mark E. Caprio, Rikkyo University) 

54. Monastic Labor: Thinking about the Activities of Monastics in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Theravada Societies (Thomas A. Borchert, University of Vermont) 

FRIDAY, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 

75. Intersections and Divergences of Traditional Political Authority in South and Southeast Asia (Oona T. Paredes, University of Missouri, Columbia) 

79. Truth and Prestige in Southeast Asia: Status, Authority and Knowledge from Indonesia to Vietnam (Gareth Barkin, University of Puget Sound) 

80. The Scholarship of Roxanna Brown and its Implications for Future Research on the Ceramics, Art, and Trade of Southeast Asia: Sponsored by the Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Group (Robert L. Brown, University of California, Los Angeles) 

FRIDAY, 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. 

105. The City in Motion: Fluid Dynamics of Culture and Power in Urban Southeast Asia (Sarah Womack, University of Oxford) 

SATURDAY, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 

130. Individual Papers: Contemporary Issues in Thailand and Laos (Katherine A. Bowie, University of Wisconsin, Madison) 

SATURDAY, 2:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. 

176. Sovereignty and its Exceptions: Making and Unmaking Impunity in South and Southeast Asia (Ken MacLean, Clark University) 

179. Towards an Anatomy of Thailand: Modern Sub-Cultures (Michael J. Montesano, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies) 

180. ASEAN/Southeast Asian Literature: Contemporary Trends and Translations (Teri Shaffer Yamada, California State University, Long Beach) 

182. Roundtable: “The Language of the Gods in the World of Men:” Commentators from South and Southeast Asia: Sponsored by the South Asia Council (Charles Hallisey, Harvard University) 

192. The Sinew of Power: Capital, Trade and Gunpowder in East and Southeast Asia, 1100-1683 (Wing-Kin Puk, Chinese University of Hong Kong) 

SATURDAY, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 

200. Local Understandings of Corruption in South and Southeast Asia (Jonathan Padwe, Yale University) 

203. Southeast Asian Grotesques: Wonder, Curiosity, and Horror in Perceptions of Southeast Asia (Sarah Benson, Saint Johns College) 

205. Roundtable: Early Southeast Asian History: The Legacy of O. W. Wolters: Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Council (Craig J. Reynolds, Australian National University) 

SUNDAY, 10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. 

239. Roundtable: Information Access and Border Crossing in Southeast Asian Studies: Sponsored by CORMOSEA 

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu