03 Dec 2009

Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre (NSC)
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore
Self-description:
"The Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre [NSC] at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies [http://www.iseas.edu.sg], Singapore, pursues research on historical interactions among Asian societies and civilisations. It serves as a forum for comprehensive study of the ways in which Asian polities and societies have interacted over time through religious, cultural, and economic exchanges and diasporic networks. The Centre also offers innovative strategies for examining the manifestations of hybridity, convergence and mutual learning in a globalising Asia. It sees the following as it main aims:
1. To develop the 'Nalanda idea' of building for contemporary Asia an appreciation of Asian achievements and mutual learning, as exemplified by the cosmopolitan Buddhist centre of learning in Nalanda, as well as the 'Sriwijaya idea' of Southeast Asia as a place of mediation and linkages among the great civilisations.
2. To encourage and develop skills needed to understand the civilisations of Asia and their interrelationships.
3. To build regional research capacities and infrastructure for the study of the historical interactions among the civilisations and societies of Asia."
Site contents:
* About Us (Mission, Download the Nalanda-Sriwijaya brochure (pdf), Staff Profiles);
* Projects (Comparative Diasporas, Buddhist History and Archeology in Southeast Asia, Comparative Study of Religious Networks in Asia, Perceptions of Asia, Chinese Commercial Networks, India-China Interactions during the Late-Qing and Republican Periods, Web Project [online resources on intra-Asian historical interactions]);
* Publications ([TOCs and sporadically the full text of] Nalanda-Sriwijaya Publication Series, NSC Working Papers, Staff Publications, Others;
* About ISEAS;
* Upcoming Events (Conferences, Workshops, Lecture Series incl. 'Workshop - Indian and Chinese Immigrant Communities: Comparative Perspectives, Date: January 27-29, 2010, Venue: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore);
* Past Events (Conferences, The Nalanda-Sriwijaya Lecture Series, The ACM-NSC Lecture Series, The NSC-Buddhist Lodge Lecture Series, Other Events);
* Photos [under construction];
* Fellowships (Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Fellowship Program 2010);
* Newsletter (ISEAS News Issue 1, July 2009 [in PDF format]);
* Research tools (Bibliographic Databases [under construction], Web Links [under construction], [links to] Research Institutions, [links to] Academic Journals, [a link to] Digital Research Tools Wiki (DiRT) [http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/]);
* Press [news about the NSC];
* Contact Us.
URL http://www.iseas.edu.sg/nsc/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Geoffrey Wade (gwade--at--iseas.edu.sg), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info. / Study/ Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30