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JAMES D. SEYMOUR 司馬晉
Home
addresses:
94
香港南丫島榕樹灣寳華園94號地下
Employment:
East Asian Institute,
Phone: 212-854-1770. Fax: 212-749-1497
E-mail: seymour@columbia.edu
Current rank: Senior Research Scholar
University Services Centre for
Curent rank: Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Citizenship:
Higher Education:
Undergraduate: Yale University, 1953-1957 (Major: History)
Graduate: Columbia University, 1957-1967 (intermittently)
Major: Public Law and Government
Minor: Chinese History
Degrees, etc: M. A., 1960
East Asian Institute,
Certificate, 1961
Ph.D., 1968
(Dissertation: "The Policies
of the Chinese Communists toward
Abroad:
Specializations: Chinese Politics; Comparative Human Rights
Languages: Chinese, French
Previous occupational experience: (approx. in reverse chronological order)
New
York University, 1967-1981 (various appointments in Washington Square College
of Arts and Science [Politics Department chairman, 1970-71], Graduate School of
Arts and Science, University Without Walls, and Gallatin Division)
New School for Social Research, 1974-1975
Amnesty
International: member, National Advisory Committee (advisor on
Publications:
Books:
The
Fifth Modernization:
Introduction
to Comparative Politics (co-author, with 8 others).
New
Ghosts, Old Ghosts: Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in
Publications
edited:
Chinese Law and Government (quarterly published by M. E. Sharpe, Inc.) 1968-1971. Also, guest editor of special fall 1988 issue, Cadre Accountability to the Law.
Chinese Sociology and Anthropology (quarterly published by M. E. Sharpe, Inc.), Fall-Winter 1982-83: guest co-editor of special double issue comprised of annotated version of "Prison Memoirs" of Liu Qing (co-edited).
SPEAHRhead:
Bulletin of the Society for the Protection of East Asians' Human Rights,
1979-1984--a quarterly on human Rights in
The
Chinese
Sociology and Anthropology, Spring 1994: guest
co-editor of special issue concerning religion in contemporary
Zhang Sizhi and the Role of the Defense Attorney in
Articles (partial listing):
"[Constitutional history of the] Korean People's Democratic Republic," in Constitutions of the Countries of the World, edited by A. P. Blaustein and Gisbert Flanz (1972; revised version, 1978 [new constitution])
"[Constitutional
history of the] Republic of China [
"The
American Student Movement and
"Questions Concerning Human Rights in
"Homosexuality
in the People's Repubic of
"
"Indices of Political Imprisonment," Universal Human Rights, January 1979
"Supporting Democracy in the People's Republic of
"The
Abortive Attempt to Democratize China's Political System," in Ronald A.
Morse, ed., The Limits of Reform in
"Remove
the Fetters from
"Bones in the Eggs?" Index on Censorship (
"The Mind of the Censor." Index on Censorship,
(
Commentary
for minutes of Taiwan Garrison Command meeting: "
"
Commentary for Xu Wenli's "My Self-Defence," Index on Censorship, May 1986.
"
"Dark
View from a
"What's
Ahead for
"
"
"Cadre Accountability to the Law," The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, January 1989, pp 1-27.
"Human
Rights and the Law in the People's Republic of
"The
Position of the Executive in [
"The
International Reaction to the Crackdown in
"Four
Steps to
"
"
"Political
Imprisonment in
"National Assembly Elections: No `Level Playing Field,'"
Four entries in Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary
"A
Half Century Later," in Roger Jeans, ed., Roads Not Taken: The Struggle
of Opposition Parties in Twentieth-Century
"Human
Rights and
"
"Review Essay: Toward an East Asian Confederation of Independent States?" Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 1993, 24: 3.
"The
Rights of Ethnic Minorities in
"Human
Rights in Chinese Foreign Relations," in Samuel S. Kim, 3d ed. (China
and the World: Chinese Foreign Relations in the Post-Cold War Era) and (new
essay) 4th ed, (
"Collective Rights and Nationality: Self-determination and the Future of the Chinese Empire," China Rights Forum, English version: spring 1995, pp. 4-7; Chinese version ("Jiti quanli he minzu zizhue"): summer 1995, pp. 42-43+36.
"
"
"Zhonguoren kandai
"Zangren
zhi Zang bu duixian; Gangren zhi Gang you ru he?"
(Tibetan Autonomy Not Honored; Same for
"
"Nationalism of the Lost Nations." Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, January-March 1999, pp. 70-73.
"Does
the Falun Gong Pose a Political Threat?"
"The
Wheel of Law and the Rule of Law,"
"Strafvollzug in
“Well-founded Fear:
“Xinjiang’s Production and Construction Corps, and the Sinification of Eastern Turkestan,” Inner Asia, 2, 2000, pp 171-193.
“
“Sanctions
or Subdued Relations: The International Response to the 1989 Massacre,” in
Scott Kennedy, ed.,
“Saving
“’The
Nation State:’ A Concept Whose Time has Passed” (in Chinese);
“
“Ethnic
Conflicts:
“Sizing
Up China’s Prisons,” in Børge Bakken, Crime, Punishment and Policing in
“Profit
and Loss in
“The
Exodus: North Korea’s Out-migration,” in John Feffer, ed., The Future of
US-Korean Relations: The Imbalance of Power,
Also: Book reviews; most of the original material in SPEAHRhead (see above), etc.
Papers and presentations (partial listing):
"Maoists
and Modernization,"
"The
Deparochialization of Political Science,"
"
"Approaches
to the Analysis of Chinese Foreign Policy,"
Official testimony (invitational) on human rights in Taiwan: Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, June 1974
"The
Economics of Human Rights Deprivation: The Case of
"Political
Prisoners in Mainland
"Human
Rights as a Social Science Sub-discipline," International Studies
Association,
Official
testimony (invitational): "Human Rights in the People's Republic of
"World
Federalism: The Human Rights Dimension," conference sponsored by World
Federalists,
"Human
Rights in the People's Republic of
"Comparative
Measures of Human Rights Development," Universities of
"Strategy
and Promise for Promoting Human Rights: The Case of
Human
rights speaking tour, December-January 1977-78 (seven addresses in
"
"The
Impact of Carter's
"Human
Rights in Asian Societies: Culture and System," Association for Asian
Studies, Washington,
Official
testimony (invitational) on human rights in
"Political
Trials in
"A
Political Assessment of the 'Gang of Four' Trial,"
"Human
Rights in
Official
testimony (invitational) on human rights in
"Modern
Economics without Modern Politics: The Case of Taiwan," American Political
Science Association (Northeastern regional meeting),
"The
Question of Democracy in
"The Spirit of China's May Fourth Movement: What it Means
Today,"
"The
Spoke
at press conference sponsored by Senator Edward Kennedy on human rights
problems in
Spoke
at press conference sponsored by Congressman Stephen Solarz (chairman, House Asia-Pacific
Subcommittee), et al, on subject of martial law in
"Human
Rights and the Law in the People's Republic of
"Human Rights and the Constitutional Order in
"The Status of the
Official
testimony (invitational) on human rights in
"Recent Human Rights Developments in
"Dulles
and the
"Chinese Intellectuals and the Promotion of Democracy since the May Fourth Movement." Conference on the History of Democratic Movements in Twentieth Century China, sponsored by the Historical Society for Twentieth Century China, Columbia University, May 22, 1988.
"
"
"The Outlook for Human Rights in
"Political
Imprisonment Since Tiananmen." Thirty-third
International Congress of Asian and North African Studies (ICANAS),
"Blue
Princes: The Satellization of China's Minor Parties, and Their Behavior During the Crisis of 1989," at conference
"Opposition Politics in Twentieth-Century China,"
Presentation
at workship on "The Relationship between political economic and cultural conditions, and Chinese human rights conditions," at
the Second North American Community-Based Organization Conference on Human
Rights and Democracy in
"The
Relationship between Political Rights and Economic Development: The Cases of
China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC), at panel "Changing Relations Between Both Sides of the
"
"Deconstructing the Artificial Nation State: The Implications
of the Soviet Disintegration for the People's Republic of
"Human
Rights and
"`The
Crux of the Struggle:' Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Relations,"
University Seminar on
Official
testimony (invitational) on the question of
Briefing
prepared for H.H. The Dalai Lama, “Current Trends in
Sino-American Relations, with Special Reference to the Question of Tibet,”
"New
Ghosts, Old Ghosts: The Prison Systems of
"
"Thinking
Realistically about Today's Prisons System in
"Ethnic and Special Autonomy in
“Taiwan
2000 Presidential Election,” Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong,
"Mounting
a Campaign for North Koreans’ Human Rights," Conference on
“Recent
Developments in the Management of China’s Prisons,” Association for Asian
studies, Mid-Atlantic Region conference, George
Official
testimony (invitational) on the subject of
“Why
the
Conference on Human Rights Education. Soochow University東吳大學, Taipei,
Taiwan, May 22-25, 2006. Keynote speech: “Human Rights: The End of Innocence.”
Also panel talk: “
Affiliations,
current (partial listing):
Association for Asian Studies (Life Member)
China Labor Watch, member, Board of Directors
Chinese Law and Government, founder; now member of Editorial Board)
Critical Asian Studies (until 2002: Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars), member, Editorial Board
Human
Rights Watch (member, Advisory Committee)
Human Rights Quarterly (member, Editorial Review Board)
Society for the Protection of East Asians' Human Rights: (Exec. Dir., 1979- )