CONFERENCE ON THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE
SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1937-1945
January 7-10, 2004
Sheraton Maui Hotel, Hawaii
Lahaina, Hawaii

Conference Program

Tuesday, January 6, 2004
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Reception
Courtyard, Lobby Level
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Dinner and welcoming remarks by Professor Ezra VOGEL

Wednesday, January 7

Morning: Dr. Mark PEATTIE presiding
Afternoon: Professor YANG Tianshi presiding

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Advisory remarks on conference procedures by Dr. Mark PEATTIE, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Discussion of paper by Dr. Edward DREA, Contract Historian,
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Discussant: Professor Michael Barnhart
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Discussion of papers by Professor LIU Fenghan, Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academica Sinica, Taipei, and
Professor TUO Ping, Central Institute of Documents, Beijing
Discussant: Professor Jui-te Chang

1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Discussion of papers by Professor YANG Tianshi,
Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences, and
Professor HATTORI Satoshi, Department of Law, Kobe University
Discussant: Professor Daqing Yang
3:45- 5:45 p.m. Discussion of papers by Professor MA Zhendu,
Research Archivist, Second Historical Archives of China, and
brief remarks by Professor HATANO Sumio, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Discussant: Professor Edward Dreyer

Thursday, January 8

Morning:Dr. Edward DREA presiding
Afternoon: Professor HATANO Sumio presiding

8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Discussion of papers by Professor Stephen MACKINNON, Department of History, Arizona State University, and Professor TOBE Ryôichi, National Defense Academy, Tokyo
Discussant: Professor Diana Lary
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Discussion of paper by Professor LI Yuzhen, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, followed by brief oral comments by Professor HAGIWARA Mitsuru, Kushiro Public University
Brief oral presentation by Professor HARA Takeshi, Research Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies
Discussant: Dr. Mark Peattie

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Discussion of paper by Professor KAWANO Hitoshi, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Defense Academy, Tokyo
Discussant: Professor Theodore Cook
2:15 - 3:00 p.m. Discussion of paper by Professor YANG Kuisong, Department of History, Beijing University
Discussant: Professor Lyman Miller
3:15 - 5:15 p.m. Discussion of papers by Professor BABA Takeshi, Faculty of Modern Chinese Studies, Aichi University, and Professor YAMAMOTO Masahiro, Modern and Classical Languages Department, University of Wyoming
Discussant: Professor Lyman Van Slyke

Friday, January 9

Morning:Professor Lyman MILLER presiding

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Discussion of papers by Professor ZHANG Baijia, Research Fellow, Central Party History Research Center, Beijing, and Professor Maochun YU, Department of History, United States
Naval Academy
Discussant: Professor Joshua Fogel
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Discussion of papers by Professor ZANG Yunhu, Department of History, Beijing University, and
Professor ASANO Toyomi, Chûkyô University
Discussant: Professor Parks Coble
12:00- 12:30 p.m. Dr. Mark PEATTIE: explanation of conference volume plans

Saturday, January 10

Morning: Professor Ronald SPECTOR presiding
Afternoon: Professor Ezra VOGEL presiding

8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Discussion of papers by Professor HARA Takeshi, Research Fellow,
National Institute for Defense Studies, and
Professor WANG Qisheng, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Discussant: Dr. Edward Drea
10:15 - 12:00 p.m. Presentation of papers by Professor WANG Chaoguang, Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Mr. MOMMA Rira, Educational Research Staff, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Discussant: Professor Stephen MacKinnon

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Discussion of paper by Professor TOHMATSU Haruo,
Department of International Business Administration,
Tamagawa University
Discussant: Professor Michael Barnhart
2:15 - 3:00 p.m. Discussion of paper by Professor Hans VAN DE VEN
Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge
Discussant: Dr. Lyman Miller
3:15 - 4:00 p.m. Presentation of paper by Professor Ronald SPECTOR,
Department of History, George Washington University
Discussant: Professor Douglas Porch
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Closing remarks