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Friday, March 8, 201912:00 -1:45 p.m. Lunch and Plenary SpeakerCapitol BallroomSpeaker: Philip J. Ivanhoe, Oneness, Spontaneity, and Happiness2:00-3:15 p.m. Conference PanelsSession III A. Sensō, Sencha, and Sanitation: Building Tradition, Modernity, andWell-being in Meiji JapanKnoxvilleCynthia Bisson, Belmont University. ChairBeef and Bravado: Projections of Strength and Modernity in Meiji Propaganda PrintsChristopher Born, Belmont UniversityDesigning Modern Cities in Meiji JapanDavid Rands, Austin Peay State UniversityFrom Medicine to Beverage: Marketing Green Tea in the Meiji EraCynthia Bisson, Belmont UniversitySession III B. Student Panel: Wellbeing in Asian Traditions of Thought and Practice: An IndianPerspectiveMemphisJessica Sheetz-Nguyen, University of Central Oklahoma, ChairSubaltern and Feminist Criticism of 1960s India: Mahasweta Devi's The Breast-GiverJaid Wehrenberg, University of Central OklahomaLet the Games Begin: Boyhood in Bangalore’s Last Urban Cricket GroundKathryn Wurm, Belmont UniversityAbsent Rivers: Water and Drought in Pre-Monsoon IndiaMarlow Amick, Belmont UniversitySession III C. Ecologies of Mind and PlaceChattanoogaAshok Malhotra, State University of New York, ChairIndigenous Spiritual Ecology in the Appiko Movement of South India: The Quest for Environmental Justice,Bioregionalism, and Traditional Ecological KnowledgeGeorge James, University of North TexasIdentity in Bengali Diaspora in the U.S.Nalanda Roy, Georgia Southern UniversityThe Wellbeing of the Discipline of Philosophy: Rethinking the intersectionality of Kant, Race and EuropeanEnlightenmentLi-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee, University of HawaiiSession III D. Qin Cultural ExhibitJackson

Friday, March 8, 20193:15-3:45 p.m. Afternoon Break with Qin music3:45-5:30 p.m. Conference PanelsSession IV A. Women & Gender Issues: er Hershock, East West Center, ChairGender and Relational Self-CultivationDona Cady, Middlesex Community CollegeGlobalization and Gender Equity Patterns for Women of AsiaLinda Lindsey, Washington University in St. LouisFlight to Safety among Myanmar’s Ethnic Minority, the RohingyaJessica Sheetz-Nguyen, University of Central OklahomaGarments Come to the Village: Geographies of Gender and Regulatory Performativity in a BangladeshiGarment FactoryRoslyn Schoen, Texas A & M UniversitySession IV B. The Politics of WellbeingMemphisJoseph Overton, Kapiolani Community College, ChairHuman Rights in JapanSetsuko Buckley, Whatcom Community CollegeHistorical Look at China's Constitutional Reforms from c. 1900Shiping Hua, University of LouisvilleChina’s Strategic Culture and its influence on China’s Foreign PolicyLouis Furmanski, University of Central OklahomaSelective Public Policy and Law: Sri Lanka and Exclusionary Sinhalese Well-beingMaria Ritzema, College of DuPageSession IV C. One Year Later: Lessons from the NEH Buddhism in East Asia Summer InstituteJacksonSusan Spencer, University of Central Oklahoma, ChairSusana Sosa, Fresno City CollegeAnh Dinh, University of Central OklahomaFei Zhao, University of WashingtonSession IV D. Historical Memory: Asian PerspectivesChattanoogaChristine Rogers, Belmont University, ChairAnthropology and the Vietnam War: An Ethical CrossroadsBarbara Lass, City College of San FranciscoThis Strange Eventful History: Retracing the Evaporated Memory of the Indo-American Ice trade of the 1800sChristine Rogers, Belmont UniversityOPERATION HAWAII: Japan’s Failed Opening GambitForrest Paige, Rose State CollegeThe Fourth Homecoming: Okinawan Reversion and the Conundrum of Reintegrating an Imperial JapanesePrefecture into Postwar JapanPaul Dunscomb, University of Alaska5:45-6:30 p.m. ASDP Alumni Association General MeetingCapitol Ballroom

Saturday, March 9, 20197:15-8:15 a.m. Experiential Learning in Mindfulness and Yoga-Ashok Malhotra8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Book Exhibit9:00-10:15 a.m. Conference PanelsSession V A. Economies of Wellbeing in ChinaMichele Marion, Paradise Valley Community College, ChairCapitol BallroomKnoxvilleChina and a New Geography of Global Hegemony? The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank & the One Belt, OneRoad InitiativeEric Spears, Columbus State UniversityThe Power of Ruqya & Sufi Healing: A Desi ExperienceSyed Ahmed, William Paterson UniversityChina: A World Economic Power without a Global Reserve CurrencyAdemar Bechtold, Notre Dame of MarylandSession V B. Comparative Literatures of AsiaDavid Flynn, Belmont University, ChairMemphisChan/Zen Concepts Applied to T.S. EliotShudong Chen, Johnson Community College“None save the ancient pine-tree ”: Well-being and Botany in The Tale of GenjiCynthia Giddle, Community College of PhiladelphiaIllness, False Cures, and the Chinese Body Politic in Stories by Lu Xun and Mo YanWilliam Lowe, Howard Community CollegeSession V C. Wellbeing and MindfulnessMarthe Chandler, DePauw University, ChairJacksonCritique of Western Appropriation of MindfulnessStephen Laumakis, University of St. ThomasThe Yijing & Mindfulness: A Comparative Analysis of Students' Use of the Yijing in a Rudimentary MindfulnessMeditation & Refection PracticeLiam Madden, Georgia State UniversityUsing Topic Modeling to Understand American Buddhist DiscourseJim Deitrick, University of Central ArkansasSession V D. Wellbeing in the Academy of the Seven CultivationsRonnie Littlejohn, Belmont University, ChairUnpacking the Chinese View of Food Therapy and HealthQingjun Li, Belmont UniversityCultivating MindfulnessPeter Giordano, Belmont UniversityThe Business of Well Being in the Academy of the Seven CultivationsDennis Chen, Belmont UniversityChattanooga

Saturday, March 9 201910:15-10:45 a.m. Mid-morning Break10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Conference PanelsSession VI A. Love, Longing, and the Evolution of Human ConsciousnessKnoxvilleRoberta Adams, Roger Williams University, ChairLi Zehou and Lu Xun: Philosophy and PoetryMarthe Chandler, DePauw UniversityThe Passion of the Game: Love, War, and Eternity in Shan Sa’s, The Girl Who Played GoRoberta Adams, Roger Williams UniversityThe Power of Longing in Bai Juyi’s, Song of the LuteFay Beauchamp, Community College of PhiladelphiaSession VI B. Cultural IntersectionsMemphisAndrea Stover, Belmont University, ChairFlourishing through Attendance and Attention: YAMAZAKI Ansai on Reverence (Kei 敬) from the Standpoint of“Marvelous Correspondence” (Myōkei 妙契) between the Learning of ZHU Xi and the Suika ShintōEiho Baba, Furman UniversityOkada Toshiki’s Transcultural Dramaturgy: From Nōh to Brecht and BackMiglena Ivanova, Flinders UniversityAsian Studies and the Humanities: An Essential CollaborationEric Kendrick, Georgia State UniversitySession VI C. Pedagogies of Asian Studies: Panel 2JacksonThomas Patterson, Johnson County Community College, ChairRelationality, Ethics, and Education: Is Vision Possible?Dawn Gale, Johnson County Community CollegeNovel Delivery and Deliverable Novelty: Fresh Modes for Content on Asian in Community College CoursesLarisa Kradinova and Kerrianne Gamache, Middlesex Community CollegeFrom Daoist Alchemy to Proto-chemistryMatthew Marone, Mercer UniversitySession VI D. Reflections on ARC/ARCAS and an Appreciation for ASDPGeorge Brown, Slippery Rock University, ChairMichelle Marion, Paradise Valley Community CollegeJoanna Crosby, Morgan State UniversityJeff Dippmann, Central Washington UniversityKatharine Purcell, Trident Technical CollegeGeorge Brown, Slippery Rock UniversityRespondent: Joseph Overton, Kapiolani Community CollegeChattanooga

Saturday, March 9, 201912:00 -1:45 p.m. Lunch and Plenary SpeakerCapitol BallroomSpeaker: Akiko Takenaka, Wellbeing in International Relations: Healing National Divides inPostwar Asia through Memory Studies2:00-3:15 p.m. Conference PanelsSession VII A. Wellbeing in Literature and FilmJudy Bullington, Belmont University. ChairKnoxvilleWaveriding, Writing, and Reinterpreting Asia and the Pacific: The Travel Writing of Jack London &Alexander Hume FordKatharine Purcell, Trident Technical CollegeJapanese Anime & Fiction: Comparison to Two Texts on WellbeingAnna Paige Rogers, Community College of Baltimore CountyApproaches to Teaching about Samurai through Film, Literature and CultureMatthew Ruane, Florida Institute of TechnologySession VII B. Confucian, Christian, and Buddhist EncountersJonathan Thorndike, Belmont University, ChairMemphisBeyond the Impersonal Forces of the Market: A Twenty-First Century Revival of Ogyū Sorai’s Art ofVirtue and Classical ConfucianismYasuko Sato, Lamar UniversityA Confucian-Christian Prescription for National Wellbeing: Fan Zimei on Building Character andPreserving Tradition to Achieve “Great Harmony” (Datong 大同)Ryan Pino, Yale UniversityThich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr.: Their Encounter and BuddhismWilly Ramirez, Middlesex Community CollegeSession VII C. Nourishing Health and WellbeingYing Bao, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ChairJacksonSmall Happiness, Buddhist Style and Nega-tea-vity: Wellbeing and Illbeing in Chinese Youth CultureYing Bao, University of Nevada, Las VegasAn Encouragement of Nourishing: Translating Wellbeing in Nineteenth-Century Japanese DieteticsJoshua Schlachet, University of ArizonaHealth and Wellbeing through YogaAshok Malhotra, State University of New YorkSession VII D. Measuring and Modeling WellbeingElizabeth Buck, East West Center, ChairChattanoogaUsing National Identity Projects to Identify Measures of Societal Wellbeing: Four Examples from SingaporeKit Shaun Koh, University of British ColumbiaFemale Empowerment: Representation of the Kingdom of Women as Featured in the Works of Qiu YingLaurie Kinney, University of Central OklahomaA Buddhist-Institutional Framework for Socially Engaged Buddhist EconomicsJoel C. Magnuson, Portland Community College

Saturday, March 9 20193:15-3:45 p.m. Afternoon Break3:45-5:30 p.m. Conference PanelsSession VIII A. NEH panel--Enacting Personal and Planetary Well-Being with and throughBuddhist East AsiaMark Wells, Northeastern University, ChairKnoxvilleThe Finger that Points to the Earth: East Asian Buddhism as a Conceptual Resource for Environmental PhilosophyJames McRae, Westminster CollegeBrains, Buddhists, and Blades: Pedagogical Skirmishes at the intersection of Philosophy of Mind, Buddhism,and the Way of the SwordJesus Ilundain-Agurruza, Linfield CollegeMindfulness and MemoryLara Mitias, Antioch CollegeWisdom, Compassion, and Well-Being: The Merging of Hwaom (Kegon/Huayan) and Son (Zen/Chan) in ChinulRobert Scott, University of North GeorgiaSession VIII B. Wellbeing and Gender in Korea and BangladeshRoslyn Schoen, Texas A&M University, ChairMemphisUnderstanding Suicide in South KoreaMaria L. Miller, Texas A&M UniversityAnalyzing Religious Saliency: Women's Bodies in Contemporary BangladeshMaricela Jaravalero, Texas A&M UniversityNew Masculinities and South Korean YouthDe'Ja Higgins, Texas A&M UniversityDiabetic Health Management by Rural Women in Bangladesh: Knowledge, Practice, and Perceived SolutionsFayeza Q. Sultana, Independent University BangladeshSession VIII C. Bodies of Matter: The Tension between State Control and IndividualVulnerability in Models of WellbeingGeorge Brown, Slippery Rock University, ChairJacksonStrengthening the National Body: Calisthenics and Military Citizenship in Hypocolonial ChinaZachary Smith, University of Central ArkansasEmbodied Vulnerability: How a Transnational Ethics of Self Care Responds to Postcolonial ViolenceTaine Duncan, University of Central ArkansasLi and the Political Virtue of CivilityDennis Arjo, Johnson County Community CollegeChina’s Modern Political Paradox: the Incompatibility between “Innate Moral Goodness” and “Immoral PoliticalAction”Jean Tsui, Central University of New York

Saturday, March 9 2019Session VIII D. Wellbeing in Korean TraditionsJeffrey Dippmann, Central Washington University, ChairKorean Perspectives on WellbeingJeffrey Dippmann, Central Washington UniversitySocial Well Being and Healing from Historical Trauma in East AsiaChong Eun Ahn, Central Washington UniversityTeaching Trauma through FilmVolha Isakava, Central Washington UniversityTeaching Health, Wellbeing, and Aesthetics through CuisineMichael Johnson, Central Washington UniversityChattanooga

Speakers, Teachers, and PerformersFriday’s Keynote SpeakerDr. Philip J. IvanhoeMarch 8, 201912:00 Noon, Capitol BallroomTitle Talk: Oneness, Spontaneity, and HappinessPhilip J. Ivanhoe is Distinguished Chair Professor in the College of ConfucianStudies and Eastern Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, SouthKorea and director of the newly endowed Sungkyun Institute for ConfucianStudies and East Asian Philosophy. Prior to this, he was Chair Professor ofEast Asian and Comparative Philosophy and Religion at City University ofHong Kong and the founding director of the Center for East Asian andComparative Philosophy. He is known for his many translations of Chinesetexts, over 30 authored or edited books, and over 100 articles and bookchapters. Recently, he was the organizer and principle investigator for a three-year project funded bythe John Templeton Foundation that resulted in the single authored book, East Asian Conceptions ofOneness, Virtue, and Human Happiness (Oxford, 2017), and the co-edited collection The OnenessHypothesis: Beyond the Boundaries of the Self (Columbia University Press 2018). He also served asadvisor for a multidisciplinary, three-year, 5.1 million project on Happiness and Well-Being:Integrating Research across the Disciplines at Saint Louis University.Saturday’s Keynote SpeakerDr. Akiko TakenakaMarch 9, 201912:00 Noon, Capitol BallroomTitle Talk: Wellbeing in International Relations: Healing NationalDivides in Postwar Asia through Memory StudiesAkiko Takenaka is Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Departmentof History at the University of Kentucky. Her first book Yasukuni Shrine:History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar (University of Hawaii Press, 2015) is the only booklength work in English that critically examines the controversial war memorial. Its Japanese translationis forthcoming in 2019. She is currently working on her second book manuscript entitled MothersAgainst War: Gender, Motherhood, and Grassroots Peace Activism in Postwar Japan. She haspublished in journals including Gender and History, Verge: Studies in Global Asias, The PublicHistorian, The Pacific Historical Review, and Review of Japanese Culture and Society, as well as awide range of edited volumes on topics from war memory and mass dictatorship to aesthetics and visualculture. She is a recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including Fulbright, Japan Foundation,and Michigan Society of Fellows.

Speakers, Teachers, and PerformersThe Way of the Quqin(Reception Performance -March 7, 2019 from 7:15-8:30 p.m.)Musicians from the Center for Chinese Music andCulture at Middle Tennessee State University willperform a selection of Chinese traditional andcontemporary music on a variety of instruments.Ensemble performers will be: Mei Han (zheng), Zhusong Du (winds), Jun Xie (yangqin), Jing Cao (erhu),Anwei Wang (percussion), with guest musician Haiqiong Deng.Dr. Mei Han is an ethnomusicologist specializing in Chinese music. Her research interests include musicof East Asia, the Chinese diaspora within North America, and contemporary music influenced by Asianphilosophies. Han is an internationally acclaimed concert artist on the zheng (Chinese long zither),performing in a multitude of musical genres including traditional, contemporary, creative improvisation,electro-acoustic music.Mei Han is currently Director of the Center for Chinese Music and Culture, Middle Tennessee *Ashoka Yoga: Gentle Yoga for Everyone(Morning sessions on March 8 and 9, 2019 from 7:15-8:30 a.m.)Ashoka Yoga is a simplified version of physical postures as well as breathingand meditation exercises along with systematic relaxation of 12 bodily musclesleading to total calmness. A carefree gentle yoga for all the stressedout/overworked students, faculty and other members of your community.Leader: Ashok Kumar MalhotraDr. Malhotra is Emeritus SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor ofPhilosophy at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. He is thewinner of a dozen prestigious awards including the Oneonta Chancellor’sAward for Excellence in Teaching, East West Center Distinguished Alumni Award (USA), Jewel of IndiaGold Award (India), and the Bharat Excellence Award (India) and others. He is the founder/president ofthe Ninash Foundation (www.ninash.org), a charity that has built 7 schools for more than 1600 female andminority children of India.

Nashville Offerings ASIA IN NASHVILLE FIELD TRIP ( 20, OPTIONAL)LIMITED TO THE FIRST 15Leader: Dr. Jonathan ThorndikeProfessor of Literature and Japanese Studies, Belmont UniversityMarch 7, 2019, 10:00 am - 12:00 pmNo, Nashville is not just music! On this field trip you can visit several of the city's best known Asian sites.Jonathan Thorndike will lead you to three west-side sites in the city. You'll visit these fantastic sites:Meet in the lobby of Nashville Airport Marriott Hotel at 9:15 a.m.Shōmu-en, Japanese Garden at Cheekwood, a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historicCheek estateThe Hindu Cultural Center of Tennessee and Sri Ganesha Temple, officially opened on April 14, 1985 anddesigned by Sri Muthiah Sthapathi resembling the temple architecture of Chola dynasty (900 -1150)The Chua Tinh Tam Buddhist Temple, a cultural center for the Vietnamese community in Middle Tennessee.ENTERTAINMENT- Nashville is Music City USA for a reason! Everynight of the week there is live music, but also home to manyfantastic museums and historical sites!Robert’s Western World- The best honky tonk in Nashville! Known for WesternSwing and playing country classics. **Wanna B’s Karaoke Bar – Located on Honky Tonk Highway (aka Broadway) ifyou’re inspired to start singing **Wild Horse Saloon- for line dancing lessons and live music.Nashville Palace- live country music and dancingGrand Ole Opry- Nashville’s most famous stage! Check the website for ticketsand shows, best to buy ticket in advanceCountry Music Hall of Fame ** - comprehensive museum about the history ofCountry Music as well as contemporary a

2019 Conference (Nashville, TN, March 7-9, 2019), hosted by Belmont University 2018 Conference (Washington, DC, March 1-3, 2018), hosted by ASDP Alumni Association 2017 Conference (Portland, OR, March 2-4, 2017), hosted by Portland Community College 2016 Conference (Washington, DC, March 17-19, 2016), hosted by ASDP Alumni Association