Pacific Science, vol. 66, no. 1 (2012)

Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae and Adelgidae) of Hawai‘i: Annotated List and Key to Species of an Adventive Fauna
Robert G. Foottit, H. E. L. Maw, K. S. Pike, and R. H. Messing, 1-30

We provide a comprehensive compilation of 105 species of Aphidoidea adventive to the Hawaiian Islands based on literature records and a taxonomic analysis of available specimens.

Philosophy East and West, vol. 62, no. 1 (2012)

ARTICLES

Parasitism and Disjunctivism in Nyāya Epistemology
Matthew R. Dasti, 1

This article examines a number of arguments I collectively term arguments from parasitism, which Nyāya employs to illustrate that rational reflection, the institution of language, and even error itself presuppose a ground-level basis of veridical cognitive interaction with the world. It further suggests that by such arguments, coupled with its stress on the inerrancy of pramāṇas, Nyāya anticipates and supports the contemporary philosophical movement known as (epistemological) disjunctivism.

Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, e-vol. 1, no. 1

The University of Hawai‘i Press is pleased to announce the debut of Cross-Currents East Asian History and Culture Review. A collaborative effort of the Institute of East Asian Studies at University of California, Berkeley, and Korea University’s Research Institute of Korean Studies, Cross-Currents is a quarterly e-journal dedicated to facilitating “frequent and open communication between Eastern and Western scholars regarding issues related to East Asian studies.” A selection of works featured in the inaugural issue may be accessed via the links below.

Letter from the Co-Editors: Our Vision for Cross-Currents
Sungtaek Cho, Wen-hsin Yeh

Introduction by the Guest Editor: Territoriality and Space Production in China
You-tien Hsing

Photo Essay: Beijing Besieged by Garbage
Wang Jiuliang

Language Documentation & Conservation, vol. 5 (2011)

Contributions to LD&C are now published upon acceptance. Here are all the contributions accepted for volume 5.

Articles

Integrating Documentation and Formal Teaching of Kari’nja: Documentary Materials as Pedagogical Materials
Racquel-María Yamada, pp. 1–30

Holiday Schedule

As part of the University of Hawai‘i’s Green Days initiative, University of Hawai‘i Press will be closed Monday, December 19, 2011, through Monday, January 2, 2012, with the exception of our book order department and warehouse, which will be open December 19–22. Regular Press hours will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Mahalo for your support and happy holidays!

Journal of World History, vol. 22, no. 4 (2011)

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“Sino-Pacifica”: Conceptualizing Greater Southeast Asia as a Sub-Arena of World History
Andrew J. Abalahin, 659

Conventional geography’s boundary line between a “Southeast Asia” and an “East Asia,” following a “civilizational” divide between a “Confucian” sphere and a “Vietnam aside, everything but Confucian” zone, obscures the essential unity of the two regions. This article argues the coherence of a macroregion “Sino-Pacifica” encompassing both and explores this new framework’s implications: the Yangzi River basin, rather than the Yellow River basin, pioneered the developments that led to the rise of Chinese civilization, and the eventual prominence of the Yellow River basin came not from centrality but rather from its liminality—its position as the contact zone between Inner Eurasia and Southeast Asia.

Biography, vol. 34, no. 2 (2011)

Editors’ Note, v

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Autographics and the History of the Form: Chronicling Self and Career in Will Eisner’s Life, in Pictures and Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life
Rocío G. Davis, 253

Using the notion of “autographics,” this essay examines how Will Eisner, in Life, in Pictures (2007) and Yoshihiro Tatsumi, in A Drifting Life (2009), deploy the graphic form to illustrate the development of graphic art, incorporating the story of their artistic trajectory with a critical look at the development of the medium in their time. The texts become exceptional documents that trace the interconnections among politics, society, art, economy, and idealism in the United States and Japan before and after the Second World War.

Journal of Korean Religions, vol. 2, no. 2 (2011)

Editors’ Preface 5

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Special Issue: Korean Religions in Inter-Cultural Contexts Religion As A Moving Target
Boudewijin Walraven, 9

Religion is a moving target in the sense that it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what it is and does; hence the numerous definitional problems. It is also a moving target in the sense that the elements that constitute religion are not stable, and are subject to kaleidoscopic changes. Conventional labels such as shamanism, Buddhism and Confucianism tend to distract our attention from these changes and instabilities. They become associated with certain standard concepts, which may have little to do with the actual practice of their believers or are equally present in the conceptual world of the adherents of other religions. Over the years these labels cover different realities and the distinctions between them may become so vague that it becomes difficult to classify certain phenomena under one of these rubrics. Korea’s religious history shows, for instance, that so-called “Confucian values” were propagated by Buddhist songs, and that the core of these values, the virtues of filial piety and loyalty to the throne, by the middle of the nineteenth century had ceased to be “Confucian” in any meaningful way, having become generally accepted by people from whatever religious conviction. In practice, a constant process of reassembling and reconstituting takes place, which means that not too much value should be assigned to the origin or authenticity of religious phenomena, and that a notion such as syncretism becomes useless as a distinguishing characteristic.
Keywords: concept of religion, shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, syncretism

Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 31 (2011)

EDITORIAL by Mahinda Deegalle, vii

ARTICLES

Chinese Buddhism and the Threat of Atheism in Seventeenth-Century Europe
Thierry Meynard, 1

A Buddhist Carol
Paul M. Keeling, 25

Hobbits as Buddhists and an Eye for an “I”
Paul Andrew Powell, 31

No-Self, Dōgen, the Senika Doctrine, and Western Views of Soul
Gerhard Faden, 41

THE SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS OF RITA M. GROSS

World Premiere of Oshiro Tatsuhiro’s The Cocktail Party

The Cocktail Party, a play by Oshiro Tatsuhiro based on his Akutagawa Prize–winning book, will have its world premiere in Hawai‘i this week.

The first performance is on Wednesday, October 26, at 7 pm at the Hawai‘i Okinawa Center (in Waipio). Regular admission is $15; admission for seniors (65 or over) and students is $10. For ticket information, call 676-5400 or e-mail info@huoa.org. The second performance is on Thursday, October 27, at 7:30 pm at Orvis Auditorium (University of Hawai‘i–Mānoa campus). Admission is free. For ticket information, call 956-8246. Copies of Living Spirit: Literature and Resurgence in Okinawa and Voices from Okinawa will be available for purchase at $20 each at both performances. The Cocktail Party was published in Living Spirit, and Mr. Oshiro will be on hand to sign copies of the book.