Mandala #8, Spring 1991
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Mandala #8, Spring 1991
I The If Mandala o 0 Number 8, Spring 1991 rl:n Director's Notes One o f the events to be hosted by the NTU Mandala this spring, April 19-20th, is a regional Festival of Indonesia . The national program by-passed Chicago for some obscure reason/ and so several small groups are and have been hosting their own/ select versions of the festival. The Center decided to h arness the expertise of Ind onesia wallahs located in the great plains of America and hold a similar event. b completed his part of the exchange. The project will continue as faculty members fro m NIU 's departments of pol itical science, anthropol ogy, foreign languages, the utheast Asia Collection, and Worren's Studies will visit PSU ove r the n two years. One new student from Burma arrived in the dead of the DcKalb winter : Khin Win Kyu, suppor ted by the Agn Lindley Foundation and the Grad ua te School. Sh is majoring in English literature and has already adapted to th heartland of Ameri ca. Center students continue to perform w 11: three are giving pa pers at the Festiva l. Eight new gra d ua te students have applied to the program for fall. Una Ong, our program assistan t for the Lectu re 5 rics tran fcrrcd to another program, and we are pleased to welcome Api tchaya Pongstaporn, better known as Julie, to the fold . l The p rogram has taken the following shape: The regular SoutheaSt Asia Lecture Series will host Rene Lysloff on Friday noon of the 19th who will speak on "Folk Perfonning Arts in the Region of Banyumas, Central Java." That evening at 7:00 in the Altge1d Art Gallery, a reception will be held for participan ts of the event, which will be inaugurated by the Honorab le P. Surah m an, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, Chicago, and Hi dayat, Cultural Attache. Academic panels on a variety of subject s will be held Satu rday ,om in g and afternoon. The format will insure that all ..•,terested have the opportunity to attend all panels; therefore/ they will be held sequentially. A confirmed list of participants can be found below. A pot-lUck dinner for invited guests, performers, and panel participants will be hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Stu d ies and the Southeast Asia Club of orthern Illinois Un iv e rs ity, who will provide a most d elicious So u theast Asian spread. A gamelan concert will be held that same eve n ing in the Performing Arts Building of NTU. The NTU ga mela n ensemble and Friends of Gamelan (FROG) of Chicag o will perform with no ted gamelan artists R. Anderson Su tton, Susan Wal ton, and Rene Lysloff. The Consulate of Ind onesia will also p rovide two dancers who will perform Balinese and Javanese pieces. The Southeast Asia Lecture Series continues to grow and has once again produced a stimulating program (see list of speakers below). The program in the Fall will begin with Leonard and Barbara Andaya, well-known historians of Mal aysia fro m the Uni versity of Auckland, along with other noted holars of Southeast Asia to be announced in the future. U's exchange program with Prince of Songkhla University is p roceeding as planned. Two PSU librarians have come and ~'me; one of our faculty members from political science has The Ce nter for Burma Studies continu s to g row quantitatively and quali tatively. A large section of the new lU Art Gallery houses the Burma objects on a long term basis, open to the public at no charge. Brochur of th Burma display are available at the gallery. The Jerry Ben ne tt Co llec tion o f Burma books and pamphlets is being in ventori ed by the curator and her assi tants, as well as staff of the BS. It pro mises to be the larg t collection on Burma in th cou ntry. Meanwhile, the Center for Sou theas t A ian Studi continu to acquire primary, indi g nou s urces on Burma pertaining to the pre-col onial and early colonial peri od a part of its second Luce grant. This in lud es microfilm from th British and India Office Libr ari es, a nd re trospective Eng lish and Burmese language new spapers from the Library of ongr All U DP sources pertaining to Bu rma-s-ra ngi ng from the reconstruction of cultural sit to the developmen t of educational programs in the countrysid are a l being acquired. For Thailand, eighty-nine red o f microfilm have n purare files of th Minchased from the ational Archiv ; th istry of the Interior (mahaihai) for th Fifth Reign . Twelve volumes of Lanna Tai law were al purchased . Microfilm of Lanna Tai Buddhi t te ts are being I ted for purcha by o ur Thai Buddhi m expe rts. Prima ry u rcc fro m o ther areas of Southeast Asia are al bein g I ted for pu rcha , including the Filipiniana collec tion at Sy ra u sc Unive rsity begun by Donn Hart. 1 Southeast Asia Lecture Series-Spring 1991 The n xt issue of Crossroads will feature a major article by Craig Lockhard on the modem Malay music scene. While we have announced forthcoming Specia l Reports for some time now, bo th Robert Bickner's introduction to the Thai poem Phra Law and Konrad Kingshill 's reconsideration of his earlier ethnography of the village of Ku Deeng will be going off to the printer within the next couple of months. Have a splendi d spring and summer! Michael Aung-Thwin Center Director January 25, 1991 Grant Olson , Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Professor Constance Wilson, his tory, and Cecile Leroux, graduate student, anthropology, U Panel: ''Recen t Fieldwork in Southeast Asia: Expectations and Realities" February 1, 1991 Professor Ratana Poompaisal Visiting Scholar, College of Education, NIU 'The Changing Role of Thai Women in Society" February 8, 1991 Professor Christina Torres Department of H istory, Universi ty of the Philippines Visiting Scholar, Asia Fou nda tion "American Impressions of Manila, 1900" February 22, 1991 Jon Wiant State Department Scholar-in -Resid ence " Dru gs, Thugs and Sawbwas: A Political Economy of the Golden Triangle" March 1, 1991 Professor Susan Russell, anthropology, U "Fishing in the Lingayen Gulf, Philip p ines" NIU Faculty Give Papers at A1l1111al AAS Mtgs Profe so r Clark chcr, political science, will be giving a paper on the " Econo m ic Development of Thailand"; Ron Provenc her, nthropology, will pre cnt a paper entitled "A nt h ro pology in the Malayan Peninsula and Northern Borneo: Ori cntalist, Nationalist, Theoretical, and Practical Per pectivcs": Patricia Henry, foreign languages and literatures, is cha iring a panel on "Enda nge red Languages: The Problems and Perils of Southeast A ian Language Instruction in th United Stat "; and Michael Aung-Thwin, Center for SE Asian Studi , will give a paper on "State Irrigation, Productive Capacity, and Authority in Medieval Burma." March 22, 1991 Professor Oark cher, political science, ''Tha iland: A NIC(kcd) Democracy" IV March 29, 1991 Sukunya Bumroongsook, graduate student, history, U "Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy: The Mode rnization of Military Education in Thailand (1887-1948)" April 5, 1991 Professor Brantly Womack, political science, IU " Dispa rity and Mi sperceptio n in Bila tera l Relations: The Ca of China and Vietna m and Vietnam and Cambodia" IU & I1tailand Communicate April 19, 1991 Rene Lysloff, University of Michigan " Folk Performing Arts in Banyumas, Central Java" Communicatior tudcnts from Thailand may n be workat U. The po ibility terns from ing on gradua d nt talks tween IU and Thailand's Payap Univer ity. Th pr id nt of Payap University visited NIU last summer a nd cxprc a n interest in establi hing a relationship betw n th two h Is' communications departments. April 26, 1991 Professor Bruce Fenner, History, DePaul University "The History of Cebu, Philippi nes" Payap is inter ted bccau of similarities between the tw o p rogram. Whil Payap's communications program is onl y th ree years old, both programs offer classes in public relation , adverti ing, and mass media communication. Professor Bob Wicks, Art His tory, Miami Univ. of Ohio "Money, Markets, and Trade in Early Southeast A ia: Problems and Perspectives " May 3,1991 2 nnouncing the ~idwest Festival of Indonesia! Cen ter for Sou theast Asian Studies wishes to announce tl'\e celebration of a mini-Festival of Indonesia held on the campus in DeKalb, Illinois, during the 19th and 20th of pril 1991. A gamelan concert will be performed by the NIU l~amelan ensem ble and Fri ends of Gamelan of Chicago CPRCC). There will also be a Balinese and Javanese dancer fto m the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia of Chicago. ~cduled papers and panels arc as follows: "Going...Going...Gong! The Decline of a Kcnyah Umaq [alan Instrumental Tradition " Virginia Gorlinski, University of Wiscon sin 'W oven Space in Indon esian Textiles" Richard Cooler, orthe m Illino is University Panel: Society and Politics Chair: Ron Provencher, orthern 111inois University "Distant Encounters: Travel Litera tu re and th Shifting Images of the Toraja (Sulawesi)" Kathleen Adams, Beloit Co llege chedule of Events "The Green Revolution and Party Prcfcren in Indonesi " Andi Mallarangeng, orth m Illinois University tiday, April 19 "On Being and ot Being a Composer" ~ ai ne Barki n, University of California "Dams and Development: A W t Java Ca " Clark Cunningham, University of 11linois 't3aJincse ew Musics: Composers and Their Audiences" aine Barkin, University of California outheast Asia oon Lecture Series "Folk Performing Arts in the Region of Banyurnas, Central l va" e Lyslo ff, University of Michigan Panel: Chair: Society and Politics (continued) Dwight King, or thern Illinoi University ''Religions and State Und er ew Order in Indonesia" Ramlan Surbakti, orthcrn Illinois University "Gam b a ng Music in [avan Gamelan" Anderson Sutton, University of Wisconsin "Genera tional Change in Indon ian Military and tile Em r ing Pattern of Civil-Military Relations" Baladas Gho hal, [adavpur University, Ca lcu tta, Ind ia "Female Singi ng in Javanese Music" usa n W alt on, University of Michigan "State of the Art in Indon ian Ar h logy" Bennet Bronson, Field Mu um of Natural Hi lory eception for guests and participants elcorre address: Honorable P. Surahman, Consul General, Hidayat, Cultural Attache, Republic of Indone ia, Chicago ~ I i nesc Gamelan Angklung "The Dawn of Sociology in Ind on ia" Mana Malo, Univer ity of Ind on ia ai r: Those who are interested in obtaining information about panels or copies of papers may contact Ole enter. Language and the Arts Patricia He nry, orthern Illinois University "Ind o n esia n Passive Constructions" And re w Gallagher, orthern Illinois Uni versity "A W rinkle in Time in [avan Shadow Play" ne Lysloff, University of Michigan . u si c, Da nce, and Sacred Ceremony in Java: wa and Seblang of Banyuwangi" ~der n Sutton , University of Wisconsin Bedhnya of 3 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••• •••••••••••••••••• • •••••••••• The Donn v: Hart Endourment In 19 3 the Donn V. Hart Southeast Asian Collection was cstabli hod, and in 19 9 it was officially endowed. Each year the inve tment income will be made available to the Collection to help it carry out its mission of serving students and holm'S. We arc working to the endowment grow. It ks your generous, tax-deductible contributions in order to impro ve the Collection and its services. The Hart Endowment has t a goa l of $lO,CXXJ to be raised by the end of 1992. Many of you who use or have used the Collection know of its im po rtance. The interest for the Endowment is used each year for speci al p urchases that will enhance the Collection. PIca consid er us for a tax-deductible gift. Co n tribu tio ns may be se nt to the IU Foundation, Attn: Donn V. Hart Endowment, Northern l1Iinois University, DcKalb, IL 60115 USA. Please make checks payable to the " IU Foundation." We thank you for your support. The Donn V. Hart Personal Library The remainder of the Donn Hart library is now being prented to the Donn V. Hart Southeast Asian Collection for cons idera tio n. This includes almost 200 items, both pubIi hed and unpubli hOO, authored by Donn Hart. A few mpl of unpublished materials includ a number of bibliographies, letters written to assista nts in the Philippines on Curren t rc a rc h topics, speeches, and working copies of published materia ls. He ven kept several pa pers he p rented as a gra d ua te student a t Yale. Donn Hart's field not are already in the Rare Book Collection in Founders Library. Added to that will be censuses of Caticugan over the years, ma rriage and residence patterns, land rei , and a grea t deal of ma terial on herbal remedies, folk medicin , and pathology. The items on this list add up to approximately 200. In addition, there are 100 map, m os tly of egros, many d rawn by Donn Hart himsel f. There are also maps from throughout the Phili ppi nes d at ing from 1949 thro ug h the 197 . Th rc are approximately 50 o riginal d rawings of fish trap , dwellings, and on. Mos t of th are drawings later II for publications. Also included will be folklore materi~Is coli ed by Harri tt Hart from 1955 to the pr nt. This hst of materials d not ye t include her pc nal collection of ' rou nd 900 t< I . Eventua lly, thi collection will also be donated to th Co llection. •.......• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ....... Recent Developments the Hart Collection c ~ 00 r ~ JJ lIZ While stationed in Burma and Thai land with th . US diplomatic service, Paul Jerry Bennett, a noted Burma scholar, collected an extensi ve library of materials on all aspects of Burmese life and culture . O f these, approximately 5,(U) monographs and numerous pamphlets on Burma and Thailand were donated to the Burma Stu d ies Fou ndation, Champaign Illinois, and will be given to the IU Center for Burma Studie and then added to the Donn V. Hart Southeast Asian Collection. In addition, about 1,500 Burmese langua ge monograp h from the Library of Congress have recently been received . Since September 1990, with the aid of a Burm graduate student, we have begun to romanize and catalog the c Burmese books. Charles Bryant, cura tor of the SEA Collection at Yale Un iversi ty, has ranked the Burmese collection at Founder Library as the second best in the nation, second only to the Library of Congress. On the basis of our FY 1990-1991 budget, m any purchase orders have been filled and materials are being add ed to the collection. Beginning in 1990, a large number of Thai monographs has been received throu g h the lational Program for Acquisition and Cataloging ( AC>. The library publi hes a quarterly accession list. If you would Ii 'e to obtain in forma tion concerning newly cataloged books or materia ls on order, this li t can be obtained by writing to th Donn \ . Hart Collectio n, Founder library, U, DcKalb, IL 60115. Center Associates' Activities Michael Aung-Thw in, Center for Sou theast Asian Studies, has an article, "The 'Spiral' in Early Southeast Asian and Burlese History," appearing in the Journal of Interdisciplinary History 21:4 (Spring 1991). Lee Dutton, Donn V. Hart Southeast Asian Collection, published an article, "Southeast Asian Children's Books: Notes on the Development of a Collection of Books for Children in the Languages of Southeast Asia," in the latest issue of the CORMOSEA Bulletin. Richard [ohannesen, communication studies, visited Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from December 30, 1990, to January 3, 1991. His visit was in response to a request to IV for develo pment of an academic relationship between the new Comm unication Arts Department at Payap and NIU's Communication Studies Department. Clark Neher, political science, has publi shed a new book, Southeast Asia in the New International Era (Westview Press, 1991); the book deals with issues of modernization, democratiza tion, and the role of the US in the region. An article, "Dcmo crat ization in Southeast Asia," was published in Asian Affairs (1991). He also edited a book, US-Thailand Relations in the New International Era (Univ. of California Press, 1991 ). Grant Olson. Center for Southeast Asian Studies, published an a r ticle en titled "From Budd hadasa Bhikkhu to Phra ebvcdi: Two 000 of Wisdom," in a fe tschrift volume for . duddhadasa Bhikkhu, Radical Conseroatiuism (Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development & International etwork of Engaged Buddhists, 1990). A short story set in Thailand, ''The Switchmaster," was published in the special annual fiction issue of the Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly 15:4. Also, he has just been offered a six-month Fulbright gran t to do research in Thailand. Ron Prouencher, anthropology, has received a Fulbright lec- tu re/ research award at the Pattani campus of Prince of So ngkhla University in Southern Thailand. The research segment of his project focuses on collection and compari n of Malay, Thai, and Chinese folklore in the four southern pro vinces for purposes of testing the definition of South m Thailand as a particular folklore region. He will leave for Thailand in May and return in October. Constance Wilson, history, published an article "Economic Activities of Women in Bangkok, 1883," Journal of the Siam Society 78:1, pp. 84-87. She also published "Report From Kunming," CORMOSEA Bulletin 19:1, pp. 16-41; Bibliographies "Southeast Asia" for Reantly Published Articles (AHA) 15:1, pp. 138-146, 15:2, pp. 122-130, and 15:3, pp. 145-157. She reports that this end s her service as bibliographer for the American Historica l Association, which terminated the publication of Recently Published Articles with volume 15. • •• • • ••• •• •• • •• • • • • • • • • •• ••• •• • • NlU Graduate Student Receives Lewis Henry Morgan Fellowship Congratulations to graduate student Cecile Leroux, anthropology, who recently accep ted a three-year Lewi Henry Morgan Fellowship at the University of Roch tcr, She will be studying towards her PhD degree und er th guidance of Philippines/SEA expert Professor Thomas Gibson. Lao Librarians to Visit NIU The A ia Foundation in San Francisco i pon oring Mr. Uodomsavanh Kennouvong, d puty director, and Mr. Bounleuth Thammachak, head of the manuscrip ts d ivision of th ational Library of Laos, to visit American university libraries with substantial Southeas t Asia collections. Founder Memorial Library at NlU will be included on their intinerary. Their arrival is currently scheduled for June 12-15, 1991. Peace Corps to Enter Laos Micha el Rhum, anthropology, received an EH grant to carry out two months of summer research translating orthem Thai man uscript . Susan Russell, anthropology, received a Fulbright grant and a two-year atio nal Science Foundation research grant to con tinue her stud y of fisherm n in the Lingayen Gulf, the Philippines. She plans to embark during the summer of 1991 U' nine months of fieldwork. - In December of 1990, Peace Corps d ir tor Paul ovcrd 11 traveled to Laos where he t the tage for the igning of an historic agreement Whil in Vi ntianc, the direct r met with Acting President Phoumi Vongvichi t- this was the highest level of US-Lao contact since the end of the war in uthca Asia. Once an agr mcnt is signed, it will open the d r for PCVs to enter the country by th sum m r of 1991. •• •• • ••• • • • • • • • • • • ••• •• • • •••••• • 5 Publication Information From Other Ma1J4a1a •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• NeuJS Council on 7Jiai Studies to :A(eet in :A(atfison Caf[ for Papers! The Council on Thai Studies will hold its annual meeting at the Unive rsi ty of Wisconsin-Madison on the weekend of October 18-19th, 1991. People will gather in Madison on the evening of October 18th for a dinner at a local Thai restaurant and the main sessions and papers will take place on Saturday, October 19th. Once again, the meetings will be held in the beautiful Se we ll Conference Room (#8417, Socia l Science Bldg.) overlooking Lake Mendota. Abs tracts for paper proposals (related to completed research or research in progress) should be mailed to Grant A Olson, cars president, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115 by June 15th, 1991. You may also write to add yourself and others to the COTS mai ling list-there is no charge for membership. More details will be mailed out as soon as they become available. Professor Russ Middleton will be in cha rge of ma king arrangem nts for the Madi n campus. He will be reserving a block of rooms for those who will need them. If you anticipate needing a room on campu , please call him at (600) 262-4538, or write to him in care of the Sociology Department, University of Wiscons in-Mad i n, Madison, WI 53706 as soon as pas ible. The Publications Program Center for Southeast Asian Studies Northern Illinois Univers ity ...announces that it will be taking direct and standing orders for all its p ublication series beginning immediate ly ! For a complete listing of available texts and monographs, write to the ed itor below. The Center is constantly in search of high-quality manuscripts for its Crossroads journal, Special Report Series, and Occasional Paper Seri es. For more information on style and format, write to Grant A. Olson, Editor, Center for Southeast Asian Studics, 140 Carroll Ave., Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL 60115 USA. Subscribe! Subscriptions to Crossroads, a journal of Southeast Asian studies, are available at $12/volume (2 issues/vol.). The next issue (6:1) will be on modem Malay music. For air mail, add $S. Send checks to the Center written out to "Center for Southeast Asian Studies." Recent Publications at Nill Arizona Seeks Librarian for Southeast Asian Collection Arizona State University is king a person to develop and oversc th eir Southeast Asian Co llection. Requirements: ALA-accredi ted MLS degree; graduate coursework related to SEA; read ing profidency in at least one SEA language; and profici ncy in at least one o th r Western Language in addition to English . Th y also prefer a person with knowledge on the SEA book trade, experience in collectio n de velopmen t, nd wri ting grant propo Is. Application deadline: March 31 t or the last day of each mo nth thereafter until the position is filled. Application procedure: Send letter, r ume and the names, ad d r s sand tel e pho ne numbers of fou r recent r fcrcn to: Rebecca Burke, Acting Asst. Dean for Personn I, Hayd n Library, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1 006 (p hone 602-965-3417). Crossroads 5:2 General Issu e Crossroads issue 5:2 contains several interesting and creativ articles: Malay political cartoons, Gayspeak in the Philippines, and Japanese aid to Burma. The issue also contains a number of u ful book reviews. Forthcoming Publications: Crossroads 6:1 - Mod em Malay Music & book review Konrad Kingshill - "Ku DCEng- Thirty Years Later" R Anderson Sutton - ''Varia tion in Central Javanese Gamelan Music: Dynamics of a Steady State" Penny Van Esterik (editor), Women of Souiheas: Asia (19 2), . p rogressing towards a 1991 republication date. Please n inquiries to the Cent er. 6 ew est! ecial Report no. 25 n Introduction to the Thai Poem Lilit Phra Law" e Story of King Law) obert J. Bickner New! Occasional Paper no. 15 Irrigation in the Heartland of Burma: Foundations of the Pre-Colonial Burmese State Michael Aung-Thwin Since the last two centuries of the first millennium Be, except for a short span of sixty years, the pre-colonial state in Burma has been centered in the dry zone of Upper Burma. Th basis of this state was agrarian, yet little has been written on its economic wherewithal. Instead, scholars have tended to focus their attention on the state's political, legal, religious, cultural and administrative structures and institu tions. This study attempts to fill this crucial gap. In part, it highlights a major theme in pre-colonial Burmese history-"dry-zone paramountcy" - which was the result of state-run irrigation works constructed in six critical regions of central Burma, mo t of them existing before the 15th century AD. !he ancient Thai poem entitled liii! Phra Law holds a po ition f great impo rtance in the literary heritage of Thailand . .ountlcss Thai students have read it and many can cite parts f it by memory . Despite the enduring popularity of the ary, those who composed the poem are frequently criti'Jzed for seeming flaws in their poetic forms. There is a 'urio us dicho tomy of opinion among modem scholars who \we studied the classics: the ancient poets are appreciated r th eir skill and story-telling, but they are also criticized for he imagined limits of that skill. This study addresses the rious dichotomy in modem treatments of this ancient work ~ examining the text filit Phra Law and the verse forms used o crea te it, as well as the criticism made of it by contemporary holars, especially from the point of view of linguistic analy- is. 15.00 (shipping included) }ders accepted now, available late May. L:? place all orders directly with the Center. This volume contains a unique and valuable illustrate the areas di sscd above. l of map to $9.00 (shipping included) Available immediately. Please place all orders directly with the Center. The NlU Marx/ala is published by the Ce nter for Southca t Asian Stud ies, 140 Carroll Ave., orthcrn lllinois University, DcKalb, IL 6011 5, wh en the aspects arc right. We wel orne new from other e centers and scholars. Center Directo r: Micha I Aung-Thwin Editing and Design: Grant A. Olson Copy Editor : David A. Mullikin 7 1661 ~U1ldS 8 JaqIDnN elepriew n IN »u. Non -Profit Org . 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