Oxford, Ohio 45056.  Miami University.  Visiting Assistant Professor/Visiting Instructor in Geography and International Studies.  August 1998-May 1999.  International Studies is a multi-disciplinary program covering geography, history, political science and economics as well as language and area studies.  Instructional needs include: 1) World Regional Geography, 2) Geography of Asia, 3) Introduction to International studies, a second year course introducing students to global and regional issues, and 4) Senior Seminar in International Studies on a global or regional topic.  Remuneration includes salary, full benefits including health insurance.  Ph.D. preferred.  ABD required.  Screening begins February 15, 1998.  Possibility of renewal for second year.  Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of graduate transcripts, statement of teaching and research interests, evidence of an established teaching record (e.g., courses taught and evidence of teaching quality), and copies of publications or papers presented to Chair, Search Committee, Department of Geography, Miami University, Oxford, OH  45056 (telephone: 513-529-5010, fax: 513-529-1948).  Women and minority applicants are strongly encouraged to apply; Miami University offers equal opportunity in employment and education. 

Dr. Ashok K. Dutt of the University of Akron recently published the following papers/chapters: 

Journal article entitled "The Place of Geography in Ancient India" The National Geographical Journal of India, Vol. 42, Nos. 1&2, 1996. 

Book chapter entitled "Cultural Patterns of India", Ashok K. Dutt, George Pomeroy, and Vandana Wadhwa, in New Frontiers in Indian Geography.  L.R. Singh, editor, Allahabad, India:  Department of Geography, Allahabad University. Professor R.N. Dubey Commemoration Volume.  pp. 58-84. (1996). 

Book chapters for the book entitled Southeast Asia: A Ten Nation Region (Kluwer Academic Publications, 1996): "An Introductory Framework" (chapter 1); "Urbanization in Southeast Asia " (chapter 5, with Naghun Song as co-author); "National Economic Planning Since the 1980s" (chapter 6, with Anupa Mukhopadhyay and Adrien Humphreys); "The Physical Setting of Indochina & Core Areas of Vietnam" (chapter 8); "Cambodia and Evolution of Core Areas" (chapter 10); "Laos and Core areas in the Upper Mekong Valley" (chapter 11); "Thailand: Geographical Analysis" (chapter 12, with Anupa Mukhopadhyay); "Singapore: A Multi-Ethnic City-State" (chapter 15, with Anindita Parai); "Brunei: A Country with Surplus Balance of Payments" (chapter 16); and "Perspectives on  

The 5th Asian Urbanization Conference was held in London from August 26 through August 30, 1997.  The conference was hosted by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London University, and was organized by Professor Graham Chapman, Department of Geography, Lancaster University, England.  Other sponsors of the conference included the Department of Geography and Planning, University of Akron, Developing Areas Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society, and the Institute of British Geographers.  The first and last days of the conference were exclusively devoted to field trips.  The three day sessions (27th through 29th) ran four concurrent sessions in which -- papers were presented on broad topics that related to urban base, gender/ethnicity and access, transport/infrastructure, analytical techniques/GIS, urban land markets, environment, health, migration, urban land use, government/institutions, and the electronic city.  Each paper was allocated 45 minutes for presentation and discussion, which made the paper presentations much more sub