Fw: H-ASIA: CONF Asia-Pacific Trade & Cultural Flows Symposium, University of Redlands, 9/24/11 (reply)

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: CONF Asia-Pacific Trade & Cultural Flows Symposium,
University of Redlands, 9/24/11 (reply)

> H-ASIA
> August 29, 2011
>
> Response re: comment on Asia-Pacific Trade & Cultural Flows Symposium
> ***********************************************************************
> From: Robert Eng <robert_eng@redlands.edu>
>
> With reference to Ian Welch's comment posted earlier today:
>
> We are aware that the coverage of our symposium is far from complete
> geographically and thematically. But given the time and budget
> constraints,
> we opted to focus primarily on contemporary US interactions with East
> Asia.
> Even so, there were some topics we had hoped to include but were unable to
> do so for various reasons, such as availability of speakers. One idea we
> had
> but were unable to implement was to have a session on religion, pairing
> one
> presentation on Christianity in China with another on Asian religious
> influences in the United States.
>
> Our apologies to Dr. Welch and others for any serious topical omissions in
> our symposium. Nonetheless, we hope that we have put together a
> sufficiently
> rich and diverse program that addresses some of the vital issues in the
> Asia-Pacific region.
>
> Robert Y. Eng Professor of History/
> Director of the Asian Studies Program and the ASDP Regional Center
> University of Redlands
> Web Editor, ASIANetwork
>
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