Fw: H-ASIA: CONF Asian Studies Development Program's National Conf, Boston, March 24-26, 2011

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:14 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: CONF Asian Studies Development Program's National Conf,
Boston, March 24-26, 2011

> H-ASIA
> February 1, 2011
>
> 17th Annual Conference: Asian Studies Development Program, Boston, March
> 24-26, 2011
> ***********************************************************************
> From: Julien Farland <FARLANDJ@middlesex.mass.edu>
>
> Dear Fellow Asianists,
>
> The Seventeenth Annual Asian Studies Development Program's National
> Conference will take place from March 24-26, 2011 at downtown Boston's
> historic Omni Parker House Hotel. Middlesex Community College will be
> hosting this event.
>
> Conference Link:
> http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/asdp/conference.htm
>
> Please make plans now to attend this conference and participate in over 24
> panels with more than 80 speakers presenting on a variety of interesting
> topics. Confirmed plenary speakers include: Jane Portal, who holds the
> Matsutaro Shoriki Chair, Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa, at the Museum
> of
> Fine Arts in Boston and Richard Samuels, the Ford International Professor
> of
> Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies at
> the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
>
> The nationally known Angkor Dance Troupe will also perform at the
> conference. There will be options for visiting local sites including the
> Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Boston.s Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum,
> and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem.
>
> The ASDP National Conference is an annual event that provides an
> opportunity
> for ASDP alumni and other interested college and university faculty
> members
> to share research related to Asian cultures and societies, as well as
> strategies for effectively infusing Asian content into undergraduate
> humanities, social science, business, and science curricula. It also
> provides an opportunity for ASDP alumni and other interested college and
> university faculty members to socialize and get reacquainted with fellow
> alums, meet new faces, and share new ideas. The Parker House room rate
> (double occupancy) is a low, $129. The conference fee is $150.
>
> If you have any questions, please contact Middlesex Dean and Asian Studies
> Coordinator, Dona Cady (Conference Chair) at cadyd@middlesex.mass.edu,
> (Phone: (781) 280-3721).
>
> Conference Link:
> http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/asdp/conference.htm
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Julien Farland
> Professor of Philosophy
> Middlesex Community College
> NA 212
> Bedford MA 01730
> farlandj@middlesex.mass.edu
> 781 280 3944
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