Acronyms Used by Asian / Pacific Studies' Scholars:
a Dictionary

ACRONYM	LONG NAME	CATEGORY	A PART OF	COUNTRY

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IAA	Index of Armenian Art	resource	California State U., Fresno	US
IAA	International Association for Assyriology	group	---	---
IAAPS	Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies	group	---	India
IAAS	Institute for Asian and African Studies	body	U. Helsinki	Finland
IAAS	Inner Asian and Altaic Studies	body	Harvard U.	US
IAAW	Institut fuer Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften	resource	Humboldt U. of Berlin	Germany
IABC	Indonesia Australia Business Council	body	---	Australia
IABS	International Association of Buddhist Studies	group	---	Switzerland
IAC	Information-Analytic Center Eurasia	body	---	Russia
IACD	Institute of Asian Culture and Development	body	---	South Korea
IACL	International Association of Chinese Linguistics	group	---	US
IACS	Institute of Asian Cultural Studies	body	International Christian U.	Japan
IACS	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society	group	Seoul/Taipei/Singapore	South Korea
IACS	Indonesian Art and Culture Scholarship	---	Indonesia and East Timor Studies Committee	---
IAHA	International Association of Historians of Asia	group	---	---
IAIS	Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies	body	U. of Exeter	UK
IALS	International Association for Ladakh Studies	group	---	UK
IAN	Islamic Arts Network	group	---	Egypt
IAO	Institut d'Asie Orientale	body	---	France
IAPS	Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies	body	CASS	China
IAPS	Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies	body	U. Nottingham	UK
IAR	Institute of Asian Research	body	U. of British Columbia	Canada
IAS	Institute of Asian Studies / Institut fuer Asien-Studien	body	GIGA	Germany
IAS	Institute of Asian Studies	body	---	India
IAS	Institute of Asian Studies	body	---	Thailand
IAS	International and Area Studies	body	U. of California, Berkeley	US
IAS	International Association of Sufism	group	---	US
IAS	Islamic Academy of Sciences	---	---	Jordan
IASBS	International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies	gathering	---	Japan
IASP	Indian Association for the Study of Population	group	---	India
IASS	International Association of Sanskrit Studies	group	---	India
IASSI	Indian Association of Social Science Institutions	group	---	India
IASTAM	International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine	group	---	---
IATS	International Association of Tibetan Studies	group	---	---
IAUNRC	Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center	body	Indiana U.	US
IB back
IBC	Indian Books Centre	body	---	India
IBECAP	Instituto Brasilero de Estudios de China, Asia y Pacifico	body	---	Brasil
IBRU	International Boundaries Research Unit	body	U. Durham	UK
IBS	Institute of Buddhist Studies	body	---	US
IC back
ICA	International Comparative and Area Studies	body	Stanford U.	US
ICAANE	International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East	meeting	---	---
ICAF	International Conference on Asian Folklore	meeting	---	---
ICAMES	InterUniversity Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies	group	McGill U.	Canada
ICANAS	International Congress for Asian and Northern African Studies	meeting	---	---
ICAPA	International Conference of the Asian Philosophical Association	meeting	ASIANPA	---
ICAROAP	International Co-operative Alliance Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific	group	---	India
ICAS	International Convention of Asia Scholars	meeting	---	---
ICAS	Institute for Corean-American Studies	body	---	US
ICASC	International Consortium of Australian Studies Centres	group	U. of Queensland	Australia
ICC	Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council	group	---	Trinidad and Tobago
ICCARE	International Center for Central Asian Research and Education	body	U. of Tsukuba	Japan
ICEAACH	International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History	body	Boston U.	US
ICEAPS	International Centre of Excellence in Asia Pacific Studies	body	ANU	Australia
ICECA Thailand	Initiative for Cultural Exchange and Computer Arts, Thailand	body	---	Thailand
ICES	International Centre for Ethnic Studies	body	---	Sri Lanka
ICHO	Iran Cultural Heritage Organisation	body	---	Iran
ICHR	Indian Council of Historical Research	group	---	India
ICHSEA	International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia	meeting	---	ISHEASTM
ICI	India China Institute	body	---	US
ICIS	Institute for Comparative and International Studies	body	Emory U.	US
ICJS	Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies	body	TUJ	Japan
ICKS	International Council on Korean Studies	program	---	US
ICM	Institute for Conflict Management	body	---	India
ICMS	Institute of Chinese Medical Science	body	UM, Macao	China
ICNK	Center for International Cooperation for North Korean Development	body	IFES	South Korea
ICOA	International Conference on Oriental Astronomy	meeting	---	Japan
ICOC	Indonesia Council Open Conference	group	ASAA	Australia
ICONSEA	International Conference on Southeast Asia	meeting	U. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
ICOPHIL	International Conference on Philippine Studies	meeting	---	---
ICPR	Indian Council of Philosophical Research	group	---	India
ICPS	Institute of Confucian Philosophy and Culture	body	AEAS	South Korea
ICPVTR	International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research	body	RSIS	Singapore
ICRIER	Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations	group	---	India
ICS	Institute of Chinese Studies	body	The Chinese U. of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
ICS	Institute of Chinese Studies	body	Jawaharlal Nehru U.	India
ICS	India China School	body	---	US
ICSA	Indo-Caribbean Studies Association	group	---	UK
ICSAC	Indian Council for South Asian Cooperation	body	---	India
ICSCI	International Centre for the Study of Christianity in India	body	---	India
ICSEAD	International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development	---	---	Japan
ICSN	Indonesian Conflict Studies Network	group	---	Indonesia
ICSPI	International Council for the Study of the Pacific Islands	group	---	Samoa
ICSSIC	International Society for the Study of Iran and the Caucasus	group	ARMACAD	Armenia
ICSSIS	International Conference and Summer School on Indonesian Studies	program	---	Indonesia
ICSSR	Indian Council of Social Science Research	group	---	India
ICT	International Campaign for Tibet	body	---	US
ICTS	International Conference on Thai Studies	meeting	---	US
ID back
ID	Institut Dayakologi	body	---	Indonesia
IDDS	Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies	body	---	Singapore
IDE	Institute of Developing Economies	body	---	Japan
IDEAS	International Digest Electronic for Asian Studies	periodical	Union College	US
IDEAS	Image Database to Enhance Asian Studies	resource	Colorado College	US
IDEO	Institut Dominicain d'Etudes Orientales du Caire / Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies	body	---	Egypt
IDMA	Interdisciplinary Master of Arts East Asian Studies	program	EALL	US
IDP	International Dunhuang Project	project	British Library	UK
IDP - CREA	International Dunhuang Project - Cultural Routes of Eurasia	project	IDP	UK
IDSA	Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses	body	---	India
IDSAS	International Directory of South Asia Scholars	resource	Columbia U.	US
IDSLI	International Digital Sanskrit Library Integration	project	Brown U.	US
IDSS	Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies	body	RSIS	Singapore
IE back
IEAS	Institute for East Asian Studies	body	---	South Korea
IEAS	Institute of East Asian Studies	body	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak	Malaysia
IEAS	Institute of East Asian Studies	body	Thammasat U.	Thailand
IEAS	Institute for East Asian Studies	body	U. of California, Berkeley	US
IEB	Indica-et-Buddhica.org	resource	---	NZ
IED	Institute for Enterprise Development (formerly: Business Research Centre, BRC)	body	Hong Kong Baptist U.	China
IEE	Institute of Energy Economics	body	---	Japan
IEG	Institute of Economic Growth	body	U. Delhi	India
IEI	International Eurasian Institute for Economic and Political Research	body	---	US
IEJ	Israel Exploration Journal	periodical	IES	Israel
IERESGWU	Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies	body	Gerge Washington U.	US
IES	Israel Exploration Society	group	---	Israel
IEKAS	Information Exchange for Korean-American Scholars	periodical	SKAS	US
IER	Indian Economic & Social History Review	periodical	U. of Delhi	India
IESHR	Indian Economic and Social History Review	periodical	U. Virginia	US
IEWS	Institute of East and West Studies	body	---	South Korea
IF back
IFA	Institut für Asienkunde	body	---	Germany
IFCCS	International Forum for Contemporary Chinese Studies	meeting	---	UK
IFCPAR	Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research	body	---	France
IFDS	Islamic Financial Data Services Limited	body	---	---
IFEA	Institut Francais d'Etudes Anatoliennes / French Institute of Anatolian Studies	body	---	Turkey
IFEAC	Institut Francais d'Etude sur l'Asie Centrale / French Institute of Central Asian Studies	body	---	Uzbekistan/France
IFEAD	Institut Francais d'Etudes Arabes de Damas	body	---	Syria
IFES	Institute of Far Eastern Studies	body	Russian Academy of Sciences	Russia
IFES	Institute of Far Eastern Studies	body	Kyungnam U.	South Korea
IFI	Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs	body	AUB	Lebanon
IFIH	International Forum for India's Heritage	group	---	India
IFP	Institut Francais de Pondichery / French Institute of Pondichery	body	---	India
IFPO	Institut Francais du Proche Orient	body	---	Jordan
IFRI	Institut Francais des Relations Internationales	body	---	France
IG back
IGAAC	Internet Guide for Asian American Cybernauts	resource	---	US
IGADI	Instituto Galego de Analise e Documentacion Internacional / Galician Institute of Analysis and International Documentation	body	---	Spain
IGCS	Internet Guide for China Studies	resource	U. Heildelberg and Leiden U.	Germany and The Netherlands
IGEER	Institute for the History of European Expansion and the Reactions to it	body	Leiden U	The Netherlands
IGIDR	Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research	body	---	India
IGNCA	Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts	body	---	India
IGSONS	Inter-Asia Graduate School of NGO Studies	body	SungKongHoe U.	South Korea
IH back
IHF	Iran Heritage Foundation	body	---	UK
IHJ	International House of Japan	body	---	Japan
IHNS	Institute of Han-Nom Studies	body	---	Vietnam
IHP	Institute of History and Philology	body	Academia Sinica	Taiwan
IHR	Indian Historical Review	periodical	ICHR	India
II back
IIAOS	International Institute of Ayurveda and Oriental Subjects	body	---	India
IIAS	Indian Institute of Advanced Study	body	---	India
IIAS	International Institute for Asian Studies	body	---	The Netherlands
IIAW	Institut fuer Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften	body	Humboldt-U., Berlin	Germany
IICAS	International Institute for Central Asian Studies	body	Samarkand	Uzbekistan
IICAS	International Institute for Central Asian Studies	body	Samarkand	Uzbekistan
IICC	Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center	body	Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center	Israel
IICS	Irish Institute for Chinese Studies	body	U. College Dublin	Ireland
IIGRS	International Indology Graduate Research Symposium	meeting	---	UK
IIM / MII	Instituto Internacionale Macau / The Macau International Institute	body	---	Macau/China
IIPS	Institute for International Policy Studies	body	---	Japan
IIR	Institute of International Relations	body	---	Taiwan
IIS	Institute of Ismaili Studies	body	---	UK
IISAR	International Institute of Islamic Studies and Research	body	---	Pakistan
IISNC	International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Cultures	body	UNESCO	Mongolia
IITS	Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies	body	U. Cologne	Germany
IITS	International Institute of Tamil Studies	body	---	India
IIU	International Islamic University, Islamabad	body	---	Pakistan
IIUM	Instituto Inter-Universitario de Macau / Macau Inter-University Institute	body	---	Macau
IJ back
IJAA	Indian Journal of Asian Affairs	periodical	---	India
IJAES	International Journal of Arabic-English Studies	periodical	---	Lebanon
IJAPA	International Journal of the Asian Philosophical Association	periodical	ASIANPA	---
IJAPS	International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies	periodical	APRU, U. Sains Malaysia, Penang	Malaysia
IJAS	International Journal of Asian Studies	periodical	U. of Tokyo	Japan
IJCAS	International Journal of Central Asian Studies	periodical	IACD	South Korea
IJHS	Indian Journal of History of Science	periodical	---	India
IJHS	International Journal of Hindu Studies	periodical	---	---
IJJS	International Journal of Jaina Studies	periodical	SOAS	UK
IJKS	International Journal of Korean Studies	periodical	ICKS	US
IJKS	International Journal of Kurdish Studies	periodical	---	US
IJMES	International Journal of Middle East Studies	periodical	Georgetown U.	US
IJOPS	International Journal of Pakistan Studies	periodical	Harvard College	US
IJPS	Indian Journal of Political Science	periodical	Chaudhary Charan Singh U.	India
IJS	Institute of Japanese Studies	body	CASS	China
IJSM	Irian Jaya Source Materials	resource	Leiden U.	The Netherlands
IJTK	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	periodical	---	India
IJTS	International Journal of Tantric Studies	periodical	---	Italy
IK back
IKMAS	Institute Kajian Malaysia & Antarabangsa	body	---	Malaysia
IKOS	Institutt for kulturstudier og orientalske sprak / Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages	body	U. of Oslo	Norway
IL back
ILA	Indian Library Association	group	---	India
ILCAA	Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa	body	Tokyo U. of Foreign Studies (TUFS)	Japan
ILICOO	Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Comparadas Oriente Occidente	body	U. del Salvador	Argentina
IL/IN EA	Illinois/Indiana East Asia Initiative	---	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	US
ILSP	Islamic Legal Studies Program	program	Harvard U.	US
IM back
IMA	Institut du Monde Arabe	body	---	France
IMA	Institute of Media Arts	body	Yonsei U.	South Korea
IMAG	Institute of Modern Asian History	body	U. of Amsterdam	The Netherlands
IMASIE	Institut des Mondes Asiatiques	body	---	France
IMC	Internal Migration in China	---	State U. of New York	US
IMEIS	Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies	body	U. of Durham	UK
IMEMO	Institute of World Economy and International Relations	body	Russian Academy of Sciences	Russia
IMES	Institute of Middle East Studies / Institut fuer Nahost-Studien	body	GIGA	Germany
IMH	Institute of Modern History	body	Academia Sinica	Taiwan
IMJS	Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies	body	Columbia U.	US
IMW	Indonesia and the Malay World	periodical	SOAS	UK
IN back
INALCO	L'Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales	body	---	France
INBUDS	Indian and Buddhist Studies Treatise Database	resource	JAIBS	Japan
INCPEC	Indonesian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation	body	---	Indonesia
INDBIO	Indian Biography Database	resource	ASIA ROM	Australia
INDOC	Indonesisch Documentatie en Informatie Centrum	body	---	The Netherlands
IN-EAST	Institute of East Asian Studies	body	U. of Duisburg-Essen	Germany
INESASS	Institute of National Economy Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences	body	---	China
INPAC	Indo-Pacific Council	group	U. of Pittsburgh	US
INPAREL	Institute for the Study of Indo-Pakistan Relations	body	U. Leicester	UK
IO back
IO	Instituto do Oriente	body	Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa	Portugal
IOA	Institut fuer Orient- und Asienwissenschaften / Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies	body	Universitaet Bonn	Germany
IOQS	International Organization of Qumran Studies	body	---	---
IORG	Indian Ocean Research Group	group	Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Panjab U.	India
IOS	Indian Ocean Survey (IOS): A Journal of Indian Ocean Research Group	periodical	IORG	India
IOS	Institute of Objective Studies	body	---	India
IOS	Israel Oriental group	group	---	Israel
IOS	Institute of Oriental Culture	body	U. of Tokyo	Japan
IOSCS	International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies	group	---	US
IOWC	Indian Ocean World Centre	body	McGill U.	Canada
IP back
IP	India Platform	group	Ghent U.	Belgium
IPAS	Institute of Pacific Asia Studies	body	U. of Hull	UK
IPCS	Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies	body	---	India
IPIS	Institute for Political and International Studies	body	---	Iran
IPOR	Instituto Portugues do Oriente	body	---	Macau, China
IPP	Institute for Public Policy	body	---	Kyrgyzstan
IPPA	Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association	group	ANU	Australia
IPPS	Institute for International Policy Studies	body	---	Japan
IPR	Institute of Pacific Relations	body	---	US
IPRC	International Pacific Research Center	body	U. of Hawaii	US
IPRI	Islamabad Policy Research Institute	body	---	Pakistan
IPS	Institute of Pacific Studies	body	U. South Pacific	Fiji
IPS	Institute for Policy Science	body	---	Japan
IPS	Institute of Policy Studies	body	---	Singapore
IPS	Instituto Portugues de Sinologia	body	---	Portugal
IPSJ	Institute for Political Studies in Japan	body	---	Japan
IPSEA	Intensive Programme Southeast Asia	program	Leiden U	The Netherlands
IPSR	Institute for Population and Social Research	body	Mahidol U.	Thailand
IPT	Investigative Project on Terrorism	project	--	US
IQ back
IQSA	International Qajar Studies Association	group	---	US
IR back
IR/PS	Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies	body	U. of California, San Diego	US
IRAN	Iranian Resources for Academic Needs	resource	---	UK
IRANDOC	Iranian Information & Documentation Center	body	---	Iran
IRANET	Iranian Research and Academic Network	group	---	Iran
IRAS	Center for Research on Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus	body	---	Iran
IRASEC	Institut de Recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est Contemporaine / Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia	body	---	Thailand
IRCC	Institute for Research on Contemporary China	body	Leeds U.	UK
IRCICA	Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture	body	---	Turkey
IRCJS	International Research Center for Japanese Studies	body	---	Japan
IRCL	International Review of Chinese Linguistics	periodical	---	Hong Kong, China
IREECAS	Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies formerly: Institute of East European, Russian and Central Asian Studies, IEERCAS)	body	CASS	China
IREMAM	Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman	body	U. Aix-la-Provence	France
IRI	Islamic Research Institute	body	IIU	Pakistan
IRIAB	International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology	body	Soka U.	Japan
IRIP	Indonesian Resources and Information Program	program	---	Australia
IRIS	Institut de Relations Internationales et Strategiques	body	---	France
IRIZ	International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism	body	---	Japan
IRRI	International Rice Research Institute	body	---	Philippines
IRS	Institute of East Asian Regional Studies	body	AEAS	South Korea
IRS	Institute of Regional Studies	body	---	Pakistan
IRSEA	Institut de Recherche sur le Sud-Est Asiatique	body	U. de Provence	France
IS back
ISAA	Institute of Asian and African Studies	body	Moscow State U.	Russia
ISAAC	Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity	body	---	US
ISAF	International Security Assistance Force	---	---	Afganistan
ISAFIS	Indonesian Student Association for International Studies	group	---	Indonesia
ISAS	Institute of South Asian Studies	body	National U. of Singapore	Singapore
ISEAS	Italian School of East Asian Studies	body	Tokyo U.	Japan
ISEAS	Institute of Southeast Asian Studies	body	National U. of Singapore	Singapore
ISEC	Institute for Social and Economic Change	body	---	India
ISEEES	Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies	body	U. of California, Berkeley	US
ISESAO	Istituto di Studi Economico-Sociali per l'Asia Orientale	body	U. Bocconi	Italy
ISG	Indonesia Study Group	group	RSPAS	Australia
ISGSS	Indonesian Studies Graduate Summer School	program	ANU	Australia
ISHEASTM	International Society for the History of East Asian Science Technology and Medicine	group	---	China / Germany
Is.I.A.O. / ISIAO	Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente	body	---	Italy
ISIM	International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World	body	Leiden U.	The Netherlands
ISIR	Irian Jaya Studies	body	Leiden U.	The Netherlands
ISIS Malaysia	Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia	body	---	Malaysia
ISIS	Institute of Security and International Studies	body	---	Chulalongkorn U.	Thailand
ISIS	International Society for Iranian Studies	group	---	US
ISLAW	Islamic Law Catalogue	resource	U. Leipzig	Germany
ISMC	Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations	body	Aga Khan U.	UK
IsMEO	Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Orient / The Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East	body	---	Italy
ISN	Indonesian Studies Newsletter	periodical	ASAA	Australia
ISN	International Relations and Security Network	group	ETH Zurich	Switzerland
ISOSA	Independent Scholars of South Asia	group	---	US
ISRA	Islamic Research Academy	body	---	UK
ISRO-USAK	International Strategic Research Organization	body	ISRO-USAK	Turkey
ISS	Institute for Strategic Studies	body	---	Mongolia
ISSCO	International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas	group	---	Denmark
ISSP	Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy	body	Academia Sinica	Taiwan
ISTB	Institut fuer Suedasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde	body	Vienna U.	Austria
IT back
ITASEAS	Italian Association for Southeast Asian Studies	group	EUROSEAS	Italy
ITASIA	Information, Technology, and Society in Asia Program	program	U. of Tokyo	Japan
ITH	Institute of Taiwan History	body	Academia Sinica	Taiwan
ITS	Institute of Turkish Studies	body	Georgetown U.	US
ITTM	International Trust for Traditional Medicine	---	---	India
IU back
IUO	Universita degli studi di Napoli "L'Orientale"	body	---	Italy
IUP	Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies	program	Tsinghua U., Beijing / U. of California, Berkeley	US
IW back
IWEP	Institute of World Economics and Politics	body	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences	China
IWMP	Islamist Websites Monitor Project	project	MEMRI	US
IWP	India Water Portal	resource	---	India
IWPR	Institute for War & Peace Reporting	project	---	UK
IWSAW	Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World	body	Lebanese American U.	Lebanon
IY back
IYS	Igud Yotzei Sin - Association of Former Residents of China in Israel	group	---	Israel
IZ back
IZO	Interdisziplinaere Zentrum fuer Ostasienstudien	body	Goethe U. Frankfurt	Germany

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JA back
JAA	Japanese Archaeological Association	group	---	Japan
JAAS	Journal of Asian American Studies	periodical	---	US
JABSEAS	Japanese Bibliography of Southeast Asian Studies	resource	JSSEAS	Japan
JACAR	Japan Center for Asian Historical Records	body	---	Japan
JAEAR	Journal of American-East Asian Relations	periodical	---	US
JAET	Japan Association for East Asian Text Processing	group	---	Japan
JAFS	Japan Asian Association and Asian Friendship Society	group	---	Japan
JAG	Japan Area Group	group	ANU	Australia
JAHF	Japan Art History Forum	body	---	US
JAIBS	Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies	group	---	Japan
JAINA	Federation of Jain Associations in North America	group	---	US
JAIS	Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies	periodical	U. of Bergen	Norway
JAL	Journal of Arabic Literature	periodical	Indiana U.	US
JALT	Japan Association for Language Teaching	---	---	Japan
JANESCU	Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University	periodical	Columbia U.	US
JANM	Japanese American National Museum	body	---	US
JAPC	Journal of Asian Pacific Communication	periodical	---	US
JAPSS	Journal of Asia Pacific Studies	periodical	---	US
JAPTA	Japan Trade Action	---	---	Japan
JASAS	Japanese Association for South Asian Studies	group	---	Japan
JASB	Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay	periodical	---	India
JAWS	Japan Anthropology Workshop	periodical	U. of Melbourne	Australia
JB back
JBC	Japanese Business Council	body	---	Australia
JBE	Journal of Buddhist Ethics	periodical	---	US/UK
JBS	Journal of Bhutan Studies	periodical	---	Bhutan
JBRAS	Journal of the Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic group	periodical	---	India
JC back
JCA	Journal of Chinese Australia	periodical	---	Australia
JCACS	Journal of Central Asian and Caucasian Studies	periodical	ISRO-USAK	Turkey
JCAS	Japan Consortium for Area Studies	group	Tokyo U. of Foreign Studies (TUFS)	Japan
JCAS	Journal of Central Asian Studies	periodical	Oklahoma State U.	US
JCER	Japan Center for Economic Research	body	---	Japan
JCIE	Japan Center for International Exchange	body	---	Japan
JCL	Journal of Chinese Linguistics	periodical	---	US
JCLTA	Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association	periodical	CLTA	US
JCMU	Japan Center for Michigan Universities	program	Michigan State U.	US
JCO	Journal of Chinese Overseas	periodical	National U. of Singapore	Singapore
JCP	Journal of Chinese Philosophy	periodical	---	US
JCPS	Journal of Chinese Political Science	periodical	San Francisco State U.	US
JCR	Journal of Chinese Religions	periodical	SSCR	US
JD back
JDC	Japan Documentation Center	body	Library of Congress	US
JDPA	Japan Directory of Professional Associations	resource	JPGS	US
JDS	Journal of Daoist Studies	periodical	---	US
JDZB	Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin / Japanese-German Center Berlin	body	---	Germany
JE back
JEAA	Journal of East Asian Archaeology	periodical	ICEAACH	US
JEAS	Journal of East Asian Studies	periodical	U. of California, San Diego	US
JEAL	Journal of East Asian Libraries	periodical	CEAL	US
JEASC	Joint East Asian Studies Center	body	U. of Southern California / U. of California, Los Angeles	US
JEF	Japan Economic Foundation	body	---	Japan
JEPP	Japan English Publications in Print	resource	JPGS	US
JESHO	Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient / Journal d'Histoire Economique et Sociale de l'Orient	periodical	U. Michigan	US
JET	Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme	program	---	Japan
JETAA	JET Alumni Association International	group	JET	Japan
JETRO	Japan External Trade Organization	body	---	Japan
JF back
JFIC	Japan Foundation Information Center	body	JPF	Japan
JFIR	Japan Forum on International Relations	body	---	Japan
JFNY	Japan Foundation New York	body	---	US
JH back
JHS	Journal of the History of Sufism / Journal d'Histoire du Soufisme	periodical	---	France
JHS	Journal of Hindu Studies	periodical	Oxford U. Press	UK
JHTI	Japanese Historical Text Initiative	project	U. of California, Berkeley	US
JI back
JIAAA	Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology	periodical	CIAA	UK
JIABS	Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies	periodical	IABS	Switzerland
JIAP	Japan Information Access Project renamed to Asia Policy Point, APP	body	---	US
JIAS	Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai	periodical	IAS, Chennai	India
JIATS	Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies	periodical	THL	US
JICA	Japan International Cooperation Agency	body	---	Japan
JICPR	Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research	periodical	ICPR	India
JIIA	Japan Institute of International Affairs	body	---	Japan
JIJS	Journal of Islamic Jerusalem Studies	periodical	ISRA	UK
JINES	Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies	body	Washington U. in St. Louis	US
JINSA	Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs	body	---	US
JJ back
JJASAS	Journal of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies	periodical	JASAS	Japan
JJCAP	Japanese Journal Current Awareness Project	periodical	Ohio State U.	US
JK back
JKS	Journal of Korean Studies	periodical	APARC	US
JL back
JLG	Japan Library Group	group	NACIRA	UK
JLGC	Japan Local Government Centre	body	London	UK
JLS	Journal of Lao Studies	periodical	CLS	US
JM back
JMPD	He Puna Korero: Journal of Maori and Pacific Development	periodical	U. of Waikato	New Zealand
JMBRAS	Journal of Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society	periodical	MBRAS	Malaysia
JMEWS	Journal of Middle East Women's Studies	periodical	AMEWS	US
JN back
JNES	Journal of Near Eastern Studies	periodical	OI	US
JNLAC	Journal of Nepalese Literature, Art and Culture	periodical	---	---
JNRC	Journal of the Nepal Research Centre	periodical	---	Germany
JNU	Jawaharlal Nehru University	body	---	India
JO back
JOES	Journal of Eurasian Studies	periodical	---	The Netherlands
JOSA	Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia	periodical	OSA	Australia
JP back
JPACS	Journal of Pacific Studies	periodical	U. of the South Pacific	Fiji
JPF	Japan Foundation	body	---	Japan
JPGS	Japan Publications Guide Service	resource	---	Japan
JPH	Journal of Pacific History	periodical	---	US
JPOL	The Roper Center's Japanese Data Archive	resource	U. of Connecticut and the US-Japan Foundation	US
JPP	Jerusalem Prosopography Project	project	---	Israel
JPRI	Japan Policy Research Institute	body	U. of San Francisco	US
JP-SAS	Japanese Network for South Asian Studies	group	CSAS	Japan
JPS	Journal of the Polynesian Society	periodical	U. of Auckland	New Zealand
JPSG	Japan Political Studies Group	group	---	US
JR back
JRC	Japan Research Centre	body	SOAS	UK
JRC	Japanese Studies Centre	body	Monash U.	Australia
JS back
JS-NET	now defunct 'Japanese Studies Network Forum'	group	---	---
JSA	Japan Studies Association	group	---	US
JSAA	Japan Studies Association of Australia	group	ASAA	Australia
JSAC	Japan Studies Association of Canada / Association Canadienne d'Etudes sur le Japon	group	---	Canada
JSAWS	Journal of South Asia Women Studies	periodical	---	Italy
JSC	Japanese Studies Centre	body	Monash U.	Australia
JSPS	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	group	---	Japan
JSRI	Japan Statistics Research Institute	body	Hosei U.	Japan
JSS	Japanese Studies Society	group	National U. of Singapore	Singapore
JSS	Journal of Semitic Studies	periodical	---	UK
JSSEAS	Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies / Tonan Ajia Gakkai	group	---	Japan
JT back
JTI	Japanese Text Initiative	project	U. of Virginia	US
JTTM	Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor	resource	---	US
JTWS	Journal of Third World Studies	periodical	ATWS	US
JU back
JUMP	Japanisches Universitat Mannheim Portal	resource	U. Mannheim	Germany
JV back
JVS	Journal of Vietnamese Studies	periodical	U. of California Press	US

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