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Sparks Center (including Equity & Empowerment Center) 23 Goudy Commons 44 Terra House 4 Atkinson Annex 24 Mark O. Hatfield Library 45 Tokyo International 5 Atkinson Graduate School of Management 25 Kaneko Commons University of America (Seeley G. Mudd Building) 26 Lausanne Hall 46 University Apartments 6 Baxter Hall 27 Lee House 47 University Services Building 7 Belknap Hall 28 Matthews Hall 48 University Services Annex 8 Bishop Wellness Center (Student Health) 29 McCulloch Stadium and Athletics Complex 49 Waller Hall 9 Cascadia House 30 Montag Center 50 Walton Hall 10 College of Law 31 Northwood Hall 51 Westwood Hall (Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center) 32 Olin Science Center 52 Willamette Academy 11 Collins Science Center 33 Oregon Civic Justice Center 53 Willamette International Studies House 12 Delta Gamma Sorority (WISH) 34 M. Lee Pelton Theatre 13 Doney Hall 54 York House 35 Pi Beta Phi Sorority 14 Eaton Hall 36 Putnam University Center 15 Events and Facilities Maintenance Annex 37 Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center 16 Facilities Maintenance (including Hudson Hall) 17 Fine Arts East 38 Service Center (including Campus Safety) 900 State Street, Salem, OR 97301 18 Fine Arts West 39 Shepard House University Information 503-370-6300 19 Ford Hall 40 Smith Auditorium willamette.edu 20 Hallie Ford Museum of Art Fraankk MilM ler Willlamlaamette e Univversity 2017 Digitalta Photoo graraphy June 2017 Dear Conference Participants: On behalf of the students, faculty and staff, welcome to Willamette University for the Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast 2017 Conference. We are pleased to host this event that brings together such a distinguished group of teachers and scholars to present their research and share their ideas on Asia in the 21st century. Willamette University considers itself a Pacific Rim institution. We are proud of our 52-year partnership with Tokyo International University of Saitama Prefecture, Japan, whose American campus, Tokyo International University of America, is located just across the street from us. In addition, our esteemed Asian Studies faculty offer a wide range of courses on Chinese and Japanese Language, Asian History and Art History, Film, Literature, Media Studies, Religions, Politics and Folklore Studies. With a student body just under 2,000 and a faculty of over 150, the College of Liberal Arts also shares the campus with two graduate schools: the Atkinson Graduate School of Management and the College of Law. We are delighted to host a conference that will address important themes related to culture, society, politics and economy in a part of the world that is in the midst of dynamic transformations with significance for the world as a whole. We have much to learn from our Pacific neighbors and we applaud the scholarly engagement of the participants in ASPAC 2017 who will be offering their insights into this important region. We hope you enjoy your stay here in Salem, and wish you a successful conference and a productive exchange of ideas. Sincerely, Stephen E. Thorsett President Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC) Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC), an affiliate of the national Association for Asian Studies (AAS), has promoted Asian Studies in the region since 1966, primarily through its annual conferences. While universities in the states of California, Oregon and Washington have hosted the majority of these sessions, ASPAC has also met in Hawaii, Alaska, Canada and Guam. ASPAC has always taken special pride in providing a welcoming and supportive conference atmosphere for young faculty members and graduate students and for many years has offered a prize for the best graduate student paper. ASPAC, a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, has been sustained over this half-century by the dedicated efforts of its board members, its university conference hosts, and its regular attendees. Newcomers are cordially invited and urged to help keep the tradition alive by supporting and participating in ASPAC. The ASPAC-Mori Prize for Graduate Students is named in honor of Professor Barbara Mori of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. As a long-time ASPAC member, Professor Mori advocated Asian studies, including Asian musicology, her area of expertise. She passed away in 2013, leaving a generous donation in support of this graduate student prize. Through this prize, ASPAC recognizes extraordinary graduate student scholarship. It is open to all students pursuing graduate studies in any discipline, at any American university, and in any area of research pertaining to Asian Studies, with awards presented at the conference banquet. Willamette University Willamette is a nationally renowned private liberal arts university in Salem, Oregon. While Willamette is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, the university is also widely recognized as an institution that prepares students for the challenges of the modern world. The beautiful, historic campus — located across the street from the Oregon State Capitol and co-located with Tokyo International University of America — features a residential undergraduate College of Liberal Arts and two professional graduate schools: the College of Law and the Atkinson Graduate School of Management. The popular guide “Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges” named Willamette among an elite group of schools that provide hands-on academic experiences to cultivate critical thinking and creativity; professors dedicated to mentorship; and lively, diverse opportunities for fun and personal growth. Willamette professors stand out nationally for their dedication to teaching, distinguished scholarly work and positive influence on students’ lives. Eleven of the 26 Oregon Professors of the Year are from Willamette’s undergraduate program, a record unmatched by any school on the West Coast. Among its numerous recognitions, Willamette was listed as the highest-ranked liberal arts college in Oregon and among the top nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 “Best Colleges.” Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes and CEO magazine have named Willamette’s MBA a “Best Business School” — the top-listed program in Oregon and one of a select few in the Western United States. National Jurist magazine gave Willamette University College of Law an A+ rating in the “Best Schools for Small Law” category, placing it alongside Stanford, Harvard and Yale. Although uniquely Oregon in its location and spirit, Willamette University is also a welcoming, global institution. Its 50- year connection with Tokyo International University brings more than 100 Asian students to campus each year, while international students also make up a large proportion of students at Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Regardless of their country of origin, Willamette students are inspired by the university’s motto — Not unto ourselves alone are we born — to use their education in service of a better future for themselves, others, their communities and the world. 2 ASPAC BOARD, 2016-2017 Board Members: President: Noriko Kawamura (History, Washington State University) President-Elect/VP: Kristen Parris (Political Science, Western Washington University) Secretary: Ann Wetherell (Art History, Willamette University) Treasurer: Greg Rohlf (Historian, University of Pacific) Imm. Past President: Tsuneo Akaha (Political Science, Middlebury Institute) CoC Representative: Tsuneo Akaha (Political Science, Middlebury Institute) At-Large Board Members: 2015-2017 Linda Walton (History, Portland State University) Hilary Dickerson (History, Pacific Union College) Shuo Wang (History, Cal State Stanislaus) 2016-2018 Keiko Hirata (Political Science, Cal State Northridge) Ashley Wright (History, Washington State University) Michael Wood (World Languages and Cultures, Chapman University) Drake Langford (Language and Literature, Cal State Northridge) Non-voting members (Consulting Past Presidents): Stephen Kohl, E. Bruce Reynolds, Ram Roy, Kathleen Tomlonovic, William Vanderbok, Deepak Shimkhada, David Pietz, Parkes Riley Conference Organizers ASPAC Committee: Co-Chair - Huike Wen (Chinese, WU) Co-Chair - Ann Wetherell (Art History, WU) Program Chair - Cecily McCaffrey (History, WU) Greg Felker (Politics, WU) Miho Fujiwara (Japanese Language, WU) Ron Loftus (Japanese History, WU) Pam Moro (Anthropology, WU) Juwen Zhang (Chinese, WU) Xijuan Zhou (Religious