The Welcoming Remarks of Dr. R. Mallory Starr, President of UACA at the 2nd Conference of the Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies
October 16, 2009
U.S. Naval Academy
Dr. R. Mallory Starr: Good morning, everyone. I am very delighted to be here to celebrate with you the opening of the 2nd conference of the Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies. Director Weilie Zhu, I hope you are feeling the warm hospitality, as I did two years ago in Shanghai as one of the key organizers for the 1st conference under this Biannual Forum.
I would like to thank Prof. Brannon Wheeler, Director for the Middle East and Islamic Studies Center of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dr. Peter Young, Chief of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress, and all the co-organizers and co-sponsors. The entire conference participants and the countries, universities, and research institutions that you each represent today have already demonstrated the width and depth of the Middle East Studies and the growing influences of cross-cultural, cross-institutional, and cross-regional dialogues. Today among the audience, in addition to scholars from universities and think tanks, are representatives from the diplomatic circle, military, business sector, NGOs, cultural organizations, as well as the news media. I am also very pleased to celebrate this opening here with my colleague, Dr. Anchi Hoh, Co-Chair of this International Forum.
Three years ago when we first proposed to establish an international forum on Middle East studies, what we saw were countless difficulties, such as the differences in history and culture as well as the language barriers. Two years ago when we made joint efforts in holding the first International Forum in Shanghai, we developed mutual trust. Today we can certainly see the potential to co-build an even brighter future. Not only that our research serves our own countries, but through scholarly exchange and mutual learning we also serve the global community. Particularly China and the US, both are among great contemporary civilizations, both among the countries with the largest populations, both have the world’s finest military system, and both play an important role in the world’s energy consumption and coal emission. Because of all the above-mentioned factors, our research focuses and policy advices can and should create global impacts.
Through open discussions, we believe that this conference can help enhancing our global scholarly communications and further strengthen the mutual trust and understanding between the Eastern and Western civilizations and scholarship. This mutual trust and understanding will no doubt contribute to the peace and stability of the hot spot areas in the world.
Of course, it would be unreasonable to expect that we all uphold the same opinions on a particular subject. Each of us has different and distinct histories, experiences, and perspectives. It is these differences that further highlight the importance of international collaboration and communications.
This is my second time speaking at the International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies as the President of UACA. I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the efforts made by my colleague, Dr. Anchi Hoh and Prof. Weilie Zhu, Director for the Middle East Studies Institute at Shanghai International Studies University. Your dedication in the past two years to the establishment of this Forum is greatly appreciated. I look forward to continuing our collaboration.
Thank you.
(Chinese Translation)
US Asian Cultural Academy
Watergate Office Building, Suite 606
2600 Virginia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Opening Remarks at the 2nd Biannual International Forum
on Asia-Middle East Studies
Peter Young, Chief, Asian Division, Library of Congress
October 16, 2009
It is my great pleasure to welcome all of you to the conference – Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community. We are very pleased to have this opportunity to co-host this unique conference with the U.S. Naval Academy, Shanghai International Studies University, and the U.S. Asian Cultural Academy, at this very special place.
The Library of Congress serves as a gateway to knowledge. With collections numbering over 142 million items, representing over 470 different languages, and with over 1.6 million on-site visitors each year, the Library sustains the world’s largest and most wide-ranging collection of human knowledge and creativity for the benefit of current and future generations of lawmakers and their constituents.
The Library’s Asian collections total over 3 million items that reflect a wide spectrum of Asian culture, art, and contemporary affairs. They represent one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian language materials in the world and include most subject fields, covering an area ranging from the South Asian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to China, Japan, and Korea. The Library’s collections serve the goals of intercultural awareness and understanding. But the Library is more than our comprehensive collections. It also provides a forum for conferences, lectures, symposia, concert performances, and programs of interest to Congress and the American people.
Today’s conference is indeed unique and one of a kind. Asian countries play an increasingly significant role in the region of Middle East and in the relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East. In these upcoming two days, we look forward to the presentations and panel discussions by academics, diplomats, policy analysts, and subject experts from around the world to investigate the quietly developing economic, political, and cultural interaction between the countries of the Middle East and Asia.
I would like to conclude by thanking all of you, for making this conference a success.作者: dshgtdsf 时间: 2010-5-21 22:56
General Invitees to the Conference
Mucha-Shim Q. Arquiza mucha-shim@eudoramail.com
Ms. Arquiza is the Secretary General of the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN), an Asia-wide network of Muslims working for human rights, peace and social justice through inter-cultural and inter-faith dialogue. She is also the Executive Director and senior researcher for an all-women, mostly-Moroland (an indigenous community in the Philipines) research collective. The aim of the organization (HAGS, Inc.) is to work towards indigenous women's empowerment.
Maria Chin Abdullah wlp@learningpartnership.org
Dr. Abdullah is the Executive Director of the Women's Development Collective (WDC), a non-governmental organization in Malaysia focused on research, education, and training. Established in the early 1980's, WDC's programs focus on gender analysis, worker health and safety, awareness and understanding of Malaysian laws, and leadership and grassroots organizing.
Yoginder Sikand ysikand@yahoo.com
Dr. Yoginder Sikand is currently a post-doctoral research scholar at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, Leiden, The Netherlands. His research project is 'Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations in Contemporary India'. He also edits a web-magazine, Qalandar, that is devoted to a discussion of issues related to Islam and Inter-Faith Relations in South Asia (www.islaminterfaith.org). He has taught Islamic history at the Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies, Hyderabad, India, and has also worked with voluntary agencies in the areas of education and communal harmony. His extensive list of publications includes 4 books, over 30 journal articles and chapters in edited volumes, and over 250 articles in numerous South Asian periodicals and newspapers.
Visit the Qalandar website at www.islaminterfaith.org
Yuri Peshkov y.peshkov@unesco.org
Culture Specialist
UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office
for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 67, Tole Bi Street 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel.: + 7 3272 582639 (1412)
Fax: + 7 3272 794853 www.unesco.kz
Society for Indian Ocean Studies
Add: Secular House
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Delhi
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Email: sios@del3.vsnl.net.in
Contact: Kishore Kumar
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Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies
Director: Professor Ayesha Jalal
Department of History
East Hall
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
U.S.A
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Indian Ocean World Centre
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The British Library
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London NW1 2DB, UK
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Gayane Novikova DirectorCenter for Strategic Analysis Spectrum
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Gubad Ibadoglu Bayramov
Chairman Economic Research Center (ERC)
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Fuad Rasulov
Director CEBRE,
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Temuri Yakobashvili
Executive Vice President.Georgian Foundation for Strategic and
Interiational Studies
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Georgia
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Email: ty@gfsis.org
BS Malik
President (Lieut General, PVSM, AVSM)
Center for Studies in International Relations and Development(CSIRD)4091 Sector “D” Poket “4”
Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110070,India
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Rajeev Anantaram
Senior Fellow
Indian Council for Research on International
Ecnomic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi
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(91-11) 24620180
Email: ranantaram@icrier.res.in raj_anantaram@yahoo.com
Anita Sen Gupta
Fellow
Maulana abdul kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
5 Mistorylane, Kolkata, 700-919
Tel: (91-33) 24546581
Fax: (91-33)
24862049
E-mail: anitasengupta@hotmail.com
Murat Laumulin
Chief Researcher
The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic
Studies
Kazakhstan. Almaty, 480100.
Zenkov Str. 78. kv. 29.
Tel: +7/3272/915878
Fax: +7/3272/ 644995
E-mail murat@continent.kz
Fatima KukeevaAl-Farabi
Kazakh National University
Head, Chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the PK,
Doctor of Historical
Sciences, Professor
Kazakhstan, Almaty,
Aiteke-bi str. 78-22
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Jaroslav Razumov
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Lessya Karataeva
ProfessorKazakhstan University specializing on the security
issues in Central Asia.
Koktem-1, house15, aprt.9. 050040 Almaty.
Kazakhstan
Tel:+7-7272476367
Email: Lessya@fromru.com
Malik Augan
Associate Professor of the Chair Department
International Relation of Al Farabi Kazakh National University Almaty, Zankova 54#2050010
Kazakhstan
Tel: + 8-0732-72-911030
E-mail: augan@rambler.ru
Abaskanov Omurkan
Interpreter(Malaysia)Sulochana Nair Kutiri Raman Nair Associate
Professor Deisgnation Head, Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Adminstration, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur
50603Malaysia
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Fax :603 7567252
E-mail: sulonar@yahoo.com
Mohamed Ariff Executive Director
Malaysian Institute of Economic
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50768 Kuala Lunpur Malaysia
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E-mail: mhmd_ariff@yahoo.com Prof.ariff@gmail.com
Rajah Rasiah
Professor,UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
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KIARA 50480MONT KIARA KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
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Stanislav Zhukov
Leading Research Fellow Institute of World Economy and
International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Profsoyuznaya Str. 23,
Moscow 117997 Russian
Federation
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Irina Zviagel’skaia
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Institute of International Relations9 Namyotkina St. Bl.3, app.192, 117420,
Moscow Tel:+ 7(495) 6245150 Fax:+ 7(495) 6245150
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Victoria Panfilova
Head of Commonwealth of Independent States
Independent newspaper Moscow, av. Balaklavsky
36-1-120
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Anatoly Kosichencko
Professor Home
Address: Zheltoksan 78/86, aprt.22050004
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel:+7 7272335496
Email: anatkosichenko@mail.ru
Tan Kim Song
Singapore Management University
School of Economics and Social
Sciences. 90 Stamford Road.Singapore
178903
Tel:65-6828-0854
Fax:65-6828-0833
E-mail: kstan@smu.edu.sg
Boris Rumer
Harvard University
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138,
USA
Tel:617-787-4318
E-mail: borisrumer@earthlink.net
Farkhad Tolipov
The National University of Uzbekistan Nishan Musayev
str.,12 Tashkent, Uzbeistan
Tel: 9987-1-125-4322
Fax: 9987-1-125-4322
E-mail: Farkhad_tolipov@yahoo.com
Eshkender Trushin
Researcher
Tel: + (9987-1)-138-5951/52
Email: etrushin@worldbank.org
(World Bank)
Migara De Silva
Senior Economist
World Bank
Institute (WBIPR)
Room J4-113
Tel: 202-473-2303
Fax: 202-676-9810
Email: kdesilva@worldbank.org
Sim Yee Lau
Acting Program Advisor
The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
The Nippon Foundation Bldg. 4thFloor.
1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
107-8523
Tel:03-6229-5436
Fax:03-6229-5473
E-mail: lau@spf.or.jp
Akira Matsunaga
Program Officer
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
The Nippon Foundation Bldg. 4thFloor.
1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 107-8523
Tel:03-6229-5445
Fax:03-6229-5473
E-mail: matsunaga@spf.or.jp
M. Rajaretnam
Director
The International Centre,
Goa Dona Paula, Goa, India.
Tel: (91) 832-2452805-810
Fax: (91) 832 2452812
Email: ircenter@pacific.net.sg作者: dshgtdsf 时间: 2010-5-21 22:57
中国方面出席2009年10月16～17日安纳波利斯研讨会
学 者 名 单
1、吴思科(Wu Sike)大使，前驻沙特、埃及大使，现全国政协委员，中国国际问题研究基金会中东研究中心主任
Sike Wu, Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Egypt. Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Director for Middle East Studies Center of the Foundation for International Studies and Academic Exchanges.
2、姚匡乙(Yao Kuangyi)大使，前驻土耳其大使，现任“中国—阿拉伯国家合作论坛”专职大使，中国国际问题研究所研究员。
Kuangyi Yao, Former Ambassador to Turkey. Ambassador for the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum. Researcher of the Chinese Institute of International Studies.
3、华黎明(Hua Liming)大使，前驻伊朗、阿联酋、荷兰大使，现任中国国际问题研究所研究员
Liming Hua, Former Ambassador to Iran, United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands. Researcher of the Chinese Institute of International Studies.
4、杨光(Yang Guang)研究员，中国社会科学院西亚非洲研究所所长，中国中东学会会长
Guang Yang, Director-General, Institute of West-Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Chairman of Middle East Studies Association in China.
5、李荣(Li Rong)研究员，中国现代国际关系研究院亚非研究所所长
Rong Li, Director-General, Asian and African Studies Center, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
6、吴冰冰(Wu Bingbing)副教授，北京大学外国语学院阿拉伯语系
Bingbing Wu, Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Culture, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University.
7、吴磊(Wu Lei)教授，云南大学国际关系研究院副院长
Lei Wu, Assistant Dean, Research Institute for International Studies, Yunan University
8、李伟建(Li Weijian)研究员，上海国际问题研究院西亚非洲研究室主任
Weijian Li, Director for Research Center of West Asian-African Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
9、汪波(Wang Bo)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Bo Wang, Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
10、马丽蓉(Ma Lirong)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Lirong Ma, Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
11、刘中民(Liu Zhongmin)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Zhongmin Liu, Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
12、钱学文(Qian Xuewen)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Xuewen Qian, Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
13、孙德刚(Sun Degang)副教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所
Degang Sun, Associate Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
14、朱威烈(Zhu Weilie)教授，上海外国语大学中东研究所所长
Weiliu Zhu, Director, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute
15、【苏丹】加法尔•克拉尔•艾哈迈德(Gaafar Karar Ahmed )博士，卡塔尔国驻华使馆经济专家，上海外国语大学中东研究所兼职教授
(Sudan) Gaafar Karar Ahmed, Economist, Embassy of Qatar. Professor, Shanghai International Studies University Middle East Studies Institute.作者: dshgtdsf 时间: 2010-5-21 22:58
2009 Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies
Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community
October 16-17, 2009, Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.
While the United States was deeply involved in negotiating peace between Israel and the Palestinians and fighting terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia have been quietly developing frequent economic, political, and cultural interaction with the Middle East. Countries such as China and Japan pay close attention to the Middle East because of their strong ties to the region. Indeed their roles in the Middle East have become so prominent that they should be acknowledged and closely observed. The “Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community” conference, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy’s Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, U.S. Asian Cultural Academy, the Shanghai International Studies University, and the Library of Congress Asian Division, aims to provide a platform for western and Asian scholars to converge and exchange views on major issues concerning the Middle East and its relationship with Asia, the U.S., and the rest of the world.
The 2009 Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies plans to invite scholars with strong interest and specializations in Asia-Middle East relations to present their papers on the following suggested subjects:
- Energy and environment
- Economy and trade
- Cross-regional relations
- Social/cultural perspectives
- This list is meant to suggest possible topics, although other topics are welcome if they establish their general relevance to the subject of the encounters between the global and local powers in the Middle East.
- Both broad theoretical studies and specific case studies are welcome. Paper proposals (no more than 200 words) & a 1-page biography are due by 1 May 2009, and should be submitted electronically to:
Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community
Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland USA 21402
Tel.: 1-410-293-2990 Fax: 1-410-293-2994
Email: cmeis@usna.edu
- This is an interdisciplinary conference. Participants will include academics, diplomats, military officers and other interested individuals.
- Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by 1 June 2009. Final papers must be submitted by 15 September 2009.
- Paper presenters and participants must cover their own travel and accommodations to participate in the conference. Registration fee is $ 95.00 and is due by 16 September 2009.
- Registration information for this conference will be available by 1 April 2009 at:
(华语国际通讯社记者邓妏荔2009年1月20日华盛顿消息) 美国亚洲文化学院(US Asian Cultural Academy) 新闻中心John Thomas 和 Christina Roosevelt 从马里兰报道，第二届中美暨亚洲中东问题学术会议将于10月16日至17日在风景怡人的美国东部海港城市安纳波利斯(Annapolis)举行。安纳波利斯是一座建于殖民时期的历史名城，也是华盛顿近郊马里兰州(Maryland)的首府。
此次会议将马里兰州安纳波利斯城内著名的美国海军学院(U.S. Naval Academy)列为第二届中美暨亚洲中东问题学术研讨会的会址之一。此外，共同会场还有久负盛名的座落在美国首都华盛顿国会山(Capitol Hill)的国会图书馆(Library of Congress)，以及在华盛顿(Washington DC)的美国亚洲文化学院(UACA)会议中心(UACA Conference Center)。
安纳波利斯拥有两所风格截然不同的著名高等学府。美国海军学院(U.S. Naval Academy)创建于1845年，现有4,400名注册学员，是一所为美国海军(U.S. Navy)和海军陆战队(Marine Corps)培养军官的高等院校。安纳波利斯还是圣约翰学院(St. John's College)所在地。圣约翰学院是一所文科院校，以流芳百世的文学、科学、哲学和艺术名著为教学材料。圣约翰学院虽然没有美国海军学院有名，但它的历史更为悠久，是排在哈佛大学(Harvard University)和威廉玛丽学院(College of William and Mary)之后的美国最古老的高等院校之一。
安纳波利斯及其周边地区最负胜名的是切萨皮克湾，其水域和支流的总面积约为11,600平方米。根据致力于保护和恢复切萨皮克湾独特而复杂的生态系统的公私合作项目"切萨皮克湾计划"(Chesapeake Bay Program)提供的数据，切萨皮克湾是美国最大的海湾。据有关专家介绍，在切萨皮克湾生长着3,600多种植物、鱼类和其他动物，以及29种迁徙水禽。切萨皮克湾每年出产的水产品超过2.25亿公斤，属美国最大商港之列的马里兰州巴尔的摩(Baltimore)和弗吉尼亚州(Virginia)汉普顿锚地(Hampton Roads)都坐落在这个海湾地区。
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