INTG Convenor 237th INTG Meeting – A talk and film presentation by Dr. Paul McCarthy Paul’s background: BA in English literature and Japanese (double major) from U. of Minnesota, 1966; Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University, 1975 (specializing in Japanese literature). I have taught Japanese, English, and Comparative Literature at universities in the … Read more
236th INTG Meeting – A talk and slide presentation by Dr. Ron Renard Summary of the Talk This summary was compiled by Ron from, he tells me, 25 pages of text. Since 1996, the Wa Authority, in Special Region No. 2 of Shan State in Myanmar, has been vowing to bring opium cultivation to an … Read more
235th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Peter Kunstadter This summary of Peter’s talk was compiled by your convenor from the handout that Peter had prepared for the talk. Introduction Since the 1970s, Hmong farmers have changed from ‘organic’ subsistence shifting cultivation to fixed-field cash crop farming using chemical pesticides. This paper considers some … Read more
234th INTG Meeting -A talk by Brian Hubbard Introduction In 1990, I traveled through 13 countries and crossed 5 seas, plus many other assorted stretches of water, to get from London to Bangkok. The journey, on buses, trains and ships, but no planes, took almost 10 months. When I left England, I had a one-way … Read more
232nd INTG Meeting – A talk by Laurie Maund All throughout South and Southeast Asia, Buddhist monks, novices and nuns are responding to the call for their help in managing the impacts of HIV/AIDS on their communities and congregations. By analyzing HIV and its impacts in the framework of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism … Read more
231st INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Geoffrey Redmond M.D. Minutes of the meeting are not available. This introduction to the talk is taken from a paper Dr. Redmond presented at the XIIth Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Bangkok: 8-13 December 2002. Buddhism, like other religions, must now respond to challenges … Read more
230st INTG Meeting – A talk by Jacques Leider The following is the full text of Jacques Leider’s talk: The Geographical Setting and the Population Starting on Bangladesh’s eastern border, Arakan covers the stretch of land which runs south to Cap Negrais where we reach Lower Burma. Arakan’s heartland is the fertile plains of the … Read more
228st INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Steven C.H. van de Ven, MSc. The speaker: Steven van de Ven, a retired Dutch physicist, worked at Philips Research Laboratories from 1958 to 1966. During this period he completed studies at the Technical University of Eindhoven with a Master’s degree in physics. From 1966 to … Read more
