01 Apr 2008

Institute of Asian Research (IAR)
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Self-description: "The Institute of Asian Research at UBC is the foremost research centre in Canada for the study of Asia. With a broad geographic reach extending to China, India and South Asia, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, the Institute conducts research and teaching in policy-relevant issues informed by language and area studies."
Site contents: * Who We Are (History, Research Directions, Programs and Projects, The Asian Factor in Graduate Studies, IAR Faculty and Staff); * Bulletin Board; * Programs (Master of Art, Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAPPS) Program on Canada-Asia Policy Studies (PCAPS), APEC Research and Information Network (APECRIN), China Transport and Communication Systems Project, Joint IAR-APFC Globalization Research Project, Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies (NWRCSEAS), Program in Inter-Cultural Studies in Asia (PICSA), Program on Australasian Research (PAR), Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program (CTSP), Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Research (APDR), Program on Inner Asia, The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, Summer Institute China Program); * Centres (Centre for Chinese Research (CCR), Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR), Centre for Japanese Research (CJR), Centre for Korean Research (CKR), Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR)); * Publications (Books, Pacific Affairs, CCR Papers, CJR Papers, CSEAR Papers, IAR Papers, Asia-Pacific Report, IAR Annual Report, B.C. Asian Review, IAR Graduate Student Conference); * Choi Building; * Links (Asia-related Institutes, Departments, and Libraries, Asia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet Links, India and South Asia, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Asian Language and Computer-related Links, Asian Print and Broadcast Media Links, Country and Trade Links, English Language Research and News Links).
URL http://www.iar.ubc.ca/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.iar.ubc.ca/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
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