Asian Studies Development Program Regional Administrators' Retreat

ASDP Regional Administrators’ Retreat

March 4-6, 2007

Participating Institutions:
             University of Central Arkansas
             Missouri State University
             Tulsa Community College
             Johnson County Community College

Thousand Hills Resort, Branson, Missouri
Schedule (Tentative)

March 4, Sunday Evening

             Dinner and brief talk by Roger Ames (University of Hawai’i), “Globalization and the Importance
             of Asian Studies for Undergraduate Curricula”

March 5, Monday

             9:30-10:45 am                      Roger Ames, “The Resurgence of Confucian Thought and Values in
                                                         Contemporary China”

           10:45-11:00 am                      Break

           11:00-12:30 pm                     Penelope Prime (Mercer University), “Chinese Economy”

             12:30-1:30 pm                     Lunch

               1:30-2:30 pm                     Reports on Asian studies activities at participating Regional Center
                                                         campuses and discussion of particular needs, challenges, and successes

               3:00-4:30 pm                     Sankaran Krishna (University of Hawai’i), “Indian Politics and Religion”

Tuesday, March 6

             9:00-10:45 am                     Aseema Sinha (University of Wisconsin), “Indian Political Economy in Regional Context”

           11:00-12:00 n                        Panel: Developing Asian Studies at Our Institutions