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The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: Jul-Dec 2006
Vol. 7, No. 2(31)

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22 Dec 2006

Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
Supplied note: "The Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies [ISSN 1176-2152, est. 2003] is currently accepting submissions from graduate students for a special issue addressing the theme- 'Resisting, Reclaiming and Rewriting the Asia-Pacific'. Contributions are welcome from all fields of the arts, social sciences, and humanities, including anthropology, literature, art history and visual culture, film and media, cultural studies, gender studies, geography, queer theory, history, linguistics, political studies, psychology, and sociology. See the Call for Papers on our website at www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/gjaps. Email submissions to the Editors at gjaps--at--auckland.ac.nz as attachments in RTF or DOC format using a standard word processor. Submissions should be received by 15 February 2007. - ar."
Site contents: * Volumes (Vol 1, No. 1: Theorising Japanese History Vol 2, No. 1: Culture and Identity in the Asia-Pacific, Vol 2, No. 2: Border and Boundary Crossings, Vol 3, No. 1: Imagining the Asia-Pacific, Vol 3, No. 2: Hegemony and Resistance in the Asia-Pacific, Vol 4, No. 1: Navigating the Future: Asia-Pacific Pathways, Vol 4, No. 2: Global Convergence, Local Divergence); * GJAPS Forum; * Calls for Papers; * Notes for Contributors; * Editorial Board; * Advisory Board; * Announcements & Events; * Links; * Email Editor; * Free Subscription.
URL http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/gjaps
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/gjaps
Link reported by: Ashley Remer (gjaps--at--auckland.ac.nz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

20 Nov 2006

Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art (ACAPA)
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Self-description: "The Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art (ACAPA) is the research arm of the Queensland Art Gallery's Asian and Pacific activities. Established in September 2002, ACAPA is part of the Gallery's Asian, Pacific and International Art Department. [...]
The Centre's objectives are: * to further the research, documentation, publication, acquisition and exhibition of Asian and Pacific art * to support residencies, internships and other professional development opportunities for artists, scholars and museum professionals in the field of Asian and Pacific art * to establish partnerships and alliances with similar organisations in Australia and internationally * to attract sponsorship for the Gallery's Asian and Pacific activities."
Site contents: * Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art (Asia-Pacific Projects [1989-2006], Asia-Pacific Publishing, Research Facilities); * Publishing; * Conservation; * Provenance; * Research Library; * Rights and Reproductions.
URL http://qag.qld.gov.au/research/acapa
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://qag.qld.gov.au/research/acapa
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* 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 100

20 Nov 2006

The Asia--Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT)
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Self-description: "The Asia--Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) [2 December 2006 to 27 May 2007 - ed.] is the Queensland Art Gallery's flagship international contemporary art event. Established in 1993, it is the only major series of exhibitions in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific, including Australia. The fifth APT (APT5) will be the opening exhibition at the new Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) -- the Queensland Art Gallery's much-anticipated second building, which will be the largest gallery of modern art in Australia. APT5 will also be shown in the original Gallery building, with displays across both sites making the exhibition twice the scale of previous Triennials. APT5 will include around 270 works by 37 individual artists, filmmakers and performers, as well as two multi-artist projects. Highlights will include numerous commissioned works by artists such as Ai Weiwei (China), Dinh Q Le (Vietnam) and eX de Medici (Australia), as well as the Triennial's strongest representation of Pacific artists to date. Curated cinema and performance programs will bring a dynamic new dimension to APT5, exploring these media on a scale never before presented by the Triennial. More information on all aspects of the exhibition will be added progressively to this site in the lead-up to the public opening on 2 December 2006. [...]
APT5 curatorial team: Doug Hall, AM, Director; Lynne Seear, Assistant Director, Curatorial and Collection Development Andrew Clark, Assistant Director, Public Programs; Suhanya Raffel, Head of Asian, Pacific and International Art; Julie Ewington, Head of Australian Art; Kathryn Weir, Head of Cinema; Maud Page, Curator, Contemporary Pacific Art; Sarah Tiffin, Curator, Historical Asian Art; Don Heron, Head of Exhibitions and Display.
Since the first Triennial in 1993, more than half a million people have visited the APT exhibitions, peaking with more than 220 000 visitors to APT 2002. Reflecting the diversity of the Asia--Pacific region, each APT has presented a broad range of artists and their works. "
Site contents: * Contemporary Asian art (Xu Bing, Montien Boonma, Simryn Gill, Kamin Lertchaiprasert, Takashi Murakami, Heri Dono, Cai Guo Qiang, Nalini Malani, Wei Dong, Nam June Paik, Ah Xian, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Lee U-fan, Yayoi Kusama, Sara Tse); * Contemporary Pacific art (Indigenous Australian Art, Australian Art to 1970, Contemporary Australian Art, Queensland Heritage, Contemporary Pacific Art: [Richard Killeen, Greg Semu, Sima Urale, Susana Kaafi, Michel Tuffery, Michael Parekowhai, Lisa Reihana, John Pule], Historical Asian Art, Contemporary International Art, Historical International Art, New Acquisitions, A-Z List of Artists, Frequently Asked Questions), * Artmail, the Gallery's free e-bulletin, * APT 4 (2002), * APT 3 (1999), * APT 2 (1996), * APT 1 (1993)."
URL http://www.asiapacifictriennial.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* 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 300

09 Nov 2006

Pacific Islands-Australia Update, Sydney, 27 Nov 2006
Crawford School of Economics and Government ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "Dear friends On behalf of the Crawford School at The Australian National University and The Lowy Institute for International Policy, I would like to invite you to a Pacific Islands-Australia Update on Monday 27 November in Sydney. This Update is part of a series of outreach events to be held in Vanuatu and Australia presenting research published in the most recent issue of the Pacific Economic Bulletin (now available to download from the website [http://peb.anu.edu.au/index_peb.php] ), together with panel discussions on the economy, migration, climate change and aid to the Pacific.
SYDNEY, WHEN: Monday 27 November, 9.30am-3.30pm WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Art, The Rocks
UPCOMING EVENT, CANBERRA - Thursday 7 December, National Gallery of Australia
Please feel free to extend this invitation to any interested colleagues. There is no cost to attend, and a light lunch will be provided. These events are supported by the Australian government's aid agency, AusAID. Programs are available at [the URL below] Please RSVP by return email if you wish to attend. We look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues. - dg."
URL http://peb.anu.edu.au/updates.php
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Debra Grogan (debra.grogan--at--anu.edu), forwarded by asia_news--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* 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

05 Nov 2006

PIALA 2004 and PIALA 2005 Conference Proceedings
RFK Memorial Library, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, US
Supplied note: "The Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives (PIALA) is pleased to announce the publication of the proceedings for both their 14th PIALA 2004 and 15th PIALA 2005 Conferences, edited by Arlene Cohen. For the first time, two PIALA conferences are being published in this one volume, containing papers from both events.
The 14th PIALA 2004 Conference was held in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, November 16-19, 2004; and Tofol, Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia was the venue of the 15th PIALA 2005 Conference, held November 8-10, 2005. Both conferences featured papers by local Micronesian and Pacific Islands experts, as well as presenters from throughout the world.
Order forms are available at http://www.uog.edu/rfk/piala/PIALAOrderForm.pdf. Price: US $25.00 ISBN 978-1-892485-09-0.
For more information and the Table of Contents, please go the the PIALA Web site [at the URL below] or contact Arlene Cohen, PIALA Proceedings Editor at (acohen--at--uog9.uog.edu) or FAX: 671-734-1139. - ac."
URL http://www.uog.edu/rfk/piala/piala.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.uog.edu/rfk/piala/piala.html
Link reported by: Arlene Cohen (acohen--at--uog9.uog.edu), forwarded by pacific-islands--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* 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 1000

02 Nov 2006

Small Islands Voice Global Forum - Message Index
Small Islands Voice, UNESCO-CSI, Paris, France
Self-description: [Description published at http://www.unesco.org/csi/smis/siv/Forum/forum.htm - ed.] "A Small Islands Voice [http://www.unesco.org/csi/smis/siv/sivindex.htm - ed.] global internet-based forum, running since October 2002, engages the general public in small islands in an online debate on issues relating to environment and development. Key issues are aired on this forum, and people send their responses to notify--at--sivglobal.org. All the responses are carefully read and compiled, and the most interesting ones are posted on the forum. The key issues, as well as the selected responses, are also sent out by e-mail, once every two weeks. To view this global forum, visit http://www.sivglobal.org. [...] One of the discussion subjects considered by the forum in 2005-06 concerned the 'Viability of very small islands.' A separate e-discussion group [http://www.unesco.org/csi/smis/siv/Pacific/pal-act8-e-discuss.htm - ed.] is being established to discuss growth and development in small island nations."
Site contents: [during 2005-2006 period] * Commercial whaling: sustainable development or an insupportable practice newspaper articles -- Fri, 23 Jun 2006 6 messages -- Newest posted Tue, 12 Sep 2006 * Is the water clean? newspaper articles -- Tue, 21 Mar 2006 6 messages -- Newest posted Tue, 30 May 2006 * Are tiny islands viable in the 21st century? Jimmy Rainer -- Fri, 18 Nov 2005 5 messages -- Newest posted Wed, 15 Feb 2006 * Alternatives to rising oil prices T. Deamer, K. Etuati -- Wed, 24 Aug 2005 9 messages -- Newest posted Thu, 2 Nov 2006 * Saving for the future newspaper article -- Tue, 21 Jun 2005 4 messages -- Newest posted Tue, 2 Aug 2005 * Water cuts normal for consumers in Fiji newspaper article -- Tue, 5 Apr 2005 6 messages -- Newest posted Wed, 15 June 2005 * Communities planning their future in a post-tsunami world newspaper article + Palau Conservation Society -- Wed, 9 Feb 2005 4 messages -- Newest posted Tue, 22 Mar 2005.
URL http://www.sivglobal.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sivglobal.org/
Link reported by: smallislandsvoice--at--sivglobal.org
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Other
* 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 300

30 Oct 2006

17th Pacific History Association's Bi-ennial Conference, Dunedin, NZ, Dec 2006
Anthropology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Self-description: "17th Pacific History Association's Bi-ennial Conference University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 7-10 December 2006 [...] CONFERENCE THEME 'Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa (The great ocean of Kiwa--Oceania)' This conference embraces the inclusive and extensive history of the Pacific Ð and the Pacific History Association's tradition of being inclusive and reaching to the many distant shores of the Pacific Ocean. [...] Conference streams The following are tentative proposals Ð we welcome suggestions for other streams that support the theme of the conference 'Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa (The great ocean of Kiwa--Oceania).' * Historiographies of Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa * Maritime history in Oceania (Paul Darcy) * Foreshore and Seabed Issues (Khyla Russell) * Landscape/seascape & Imaging Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwi * Health and history (Anne Hattori) * Building new homes (Margaret Rodman) * War in the Pacific (Judy Bennett) * Pacific prehistories (Glenn Summerhayes) * Libraries in Oceania (Stuart Strachan) * Museums in Oceania * Educating Pacific history * Te Moana Nui a Kiwa: The Energy of Contemporary Pacific Art (Karen Stevenson) * Intercultural encounters and representations of race in Oceania (Bronwen Douglas/Paul Turnbull) * Pacific Diasporas (Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu). [...] We especially welcome the participation of students, emerging scholars and indigenous participants. We also extend a special invitation to former supporters of PHA to rejoin the association and participate in this conference that aims to bring together the many tides of Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa."
URL http://pacifichistoryassociation.com/17th_biennial_conference.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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

20 Sep 2006

Worldmapper
The Social and Spatial Inequalities Research Group (SASI), Geography Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Supplied note: "What if there were maps that showed information about countries in terms other than land mass? 'Worldmapper' [at the URL below] does just that. It has cartograms, or specialized maps, that re-size countries according to variables like population, GDP, number of passenger cars, etc. Thus, China is larger than the United States on a map that shows exports of toys, but smaller on one that shows toy imports. There are 194 of these maps, with more being added all the time, and they give a fascinating visual representation of country rankings in everything from alcohol & cigarette imports, to meat exports, to container ports, to mopeds & motorcycles, to tourist destinations. - fita."
Self-description: "Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. [...]
Cartograms - The maps presented on this website are equal area cartograms, otherwise known as density-equalising maps. The cartogram re-sizes each territory according to the variable being mapped. [...]
Colours and regions - The colours used on the maps group the territories into 12 geographical regions, and allow for an easier visual comparison between the maps than would otherwise be possible. The shading of each territory within a region is consistent throughout all of the maps. You can view a labelled territory map with the territories labelled, and also a labelled regions map . [...]
Data files - When you choose a map to view, there are links at the bottom to download a data file giving the values used for all 200 territories, a graph (usually a cumulative frequency one) of the data, and a top 10 or 20 table (and the original data used, and its source). There is also a data sources page giving details of the websites [A. United Nations Environment Programme; B. World Bank; C. United Nations Development Programme; D. Central Intelligence Agency; E. World Health Organisation; F. Angus Maddison's data; G. United Nations Population Division; H. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; I. United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) Innocenti Research Centre; J. Other sources - ed.] where much of the data has been obtained from."
Site contents: [in Sep 2006 there were 194 maps covering the following range of caterories and themes:] * Basic (Land Area ,Total Population, Total Births, Births Attended, Total Children, Total Elderly, Population Year 1, Population Year 1500, Population Year 1900, Population Year 1960, Population Year 2050, Population Year 2300); * Movement; * Transport; * Food; * Goods; * Manufacturers; * Services; * Resources; * Fuel; * Production; * Work; * Income; * Wealth; * Poverty; * Housing; * Education; * Health; * Disease; * Disaster; * Death; * Destruction; * Violence; * Pollution; * Depletion; * Communication; * Exploitation; * Action.
URL http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: FITA's (Federation of International Trade Associations) Really Useful Sites Newsletter (newsletter--at--fita.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3000 [in fact over 5000]

23 Aug 2006

Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA)
RFK Memorial Library, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, US
Self-description: "Established in 1991, PIALA (Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums) is a regional association committed to fostering awareness and encouraging cooperation and resource sharing among libraries, archives and museums and related institutions of the Pacific Islands."
Site contents: * Learn about the PIALA; * Contact the PIALA Executive Board; * IMLS Librarian Training Opportunity; * Conferences & Proceedings (PIALA 2006 Conference - Palau [Nov 13 - 17, 2006 - ed.], PIALA 2005 Kosrae - Program, PIALA 2004 Marshall Islands - Program, PIALA 2003, PIALA 2002, PIALA 2000 Proceedings, PIALA 99, PIALA '98 Proceedings, PIALA '97 Proceedings, PIALA '96 Proceedings, PIALA '95 Proceedings, PIALA '93 & '94 Proceedings); * Newsletters; * PIALA listserv - piala@lyris.spc.int; * How to Become a Member.
URL http://www.uog.edu/rfk/piala/piala.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.uog.edu/rfk/piala/piala.html
Link reported by: Arlene Cohen (acohen--at--uog9.uog.edu), forwarded by pacific-islands--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* 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 1000

19 Aug 2006

Pacific Economic Bulletin (Volume 21 Number 2) (2006)
Crawford School of Economics and Government, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The latest issue of the Pacific Economic Bulletin (Volume 21 Number 2) is now available. This issue focuses on Fiji and will be showcased in a series of Updates in Suva and Labasa 29-31 August (see the PEB website for more details). Individual articles are available to download free of charge from the PEB website. Hard copy subscriptions are A$60/year (3 issues) plus postage, and are available at [the URL below].
---Pacific Economic Bulletin, Volume 21 Number 2---
ECONOMIC SURVEYS: * Monetary policy in Fiji B. Bhaskara Rao and Rup Singh; * Fiji futuring: connectivity and development Robbie Robertson;
ARTICLES: * Lessons from principal-agent theory for public expenditure management in Pacific island countries Elisabeth Paul; * Ethnic heterogeneity, economic integration and atomistic federalism in the Pacific Philip T. Powell; * Agency costs, corporate governance and the Fiji Sugar Corporation Padma Lal; * Monetary and fiscal policies in Fiji: a test of effectiveness Jauhari Dahalan and T.K. Jayaraman; * Modeling the relationship between budget deficits, money supply and inflation in Fiji Paresh Kumar Narayan, Seema Narayan and Arti Devi Prasad; * Potential efficiency gains in the Fiji sugar industry: the performance payment system Padma Lal; * The value and viability of sovereignty-conferred rights in MIRAB economies: the case of Tuvalu Stephen Boland and Brian Dollery; *Targeting growth in Papua New Guinea Satish Chand;
POLICY DIALOGUE: * Agricultural firm export strategies in Fiji Michael J. Luzius; * Knowledge management in anti-corruption agencies Peter Larmour; * Resolving the agricultural land lease impasse in Fiji Biman C. Prasad; * Dissenting voices: local perspectives on the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands Matthew G. Allen. - dg."
URL http://peb.anu.edu.au/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://peb.anu.edu.au/
Link reported by: Debra Grogan (debra.grogan--at--anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1000

18 Aug 2006

Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities [in 2006]
Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Supplied note: "2006 Ranking of World's Top 500 Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University The SJTU ranking for 2006 has just appeared. This ranking has recently been extensively mentioned by 'Wall Street Journal' as well as 'Newsweek.' The website is http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm [...] It is worth mentioning that the top ten are Harvard University, Cambridge University, Stanford University, U California Berkeley, MIT, CalTech, Columbia University, Princeton, University of Chicago, Oxford University
The highest ranking universities in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, HK are Tokyo University (19), Seoul National University (151-200), Tsing Hua University (151-200), National Taiwan University (151-200), University of Hong Kong (151-200) - fdh."

Extract: "Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities [in 2006]
"#Regional [Asia Pacific] Rank // Institution* // World Rank // Country // National Rank
#1 // Tokyo Univ // 19 // Japan // 1
#2 // Kyoto Univ // 22 // Japan // 2
#3 // Australian Natl Univ // 54 // Australia // 1
#4 // Hebrew Univ Jerusalem // 60 // Israel // 1
#5 // Osaka Univ // 61 // Japan // 3
#6 // Tohoku Univ // 76 // Japan // 4
#7 // Univ Melbourne // 78 // Australia // 2
#8 // Tokyo Inst Tech // 89 // Japan // 5
#9 // Nagoya Univ // 98 // Japan // 6
#10-19 // Hokkaido Univ // 102-150 // Japan // 7-9
#10-19 // Kyushu Univ // 102-150 // Japan // 7-9
#10-19 // Natl Univ Singapore // 102-150 // Singapore // 1
#10-19 // Technion Israel Inst Tech // 102-150 // Israel // 2-4
#10-19 // Tel Aviv Univ // 102-150 // Israel // 2-4
#10-19 // Tsukuba Univ // 102-150 // Japan // 7-9
#10-19 // Univ Queensland // 102-150 // Australia // 3-5
#10-19 // Univ Sydney // 102-150 // Australia // 3-5
#10-19 // Univ Western Australia // 102-150 // Australia // 3-5
#10-19 // Weizmann Inst Sci // 102-150 // Israel // 2-4
#20-24 // Natl Taiwan Univ // 151-200 // China-tw [Taiwan] // 1
#20-24 // Seoul Natl Univ // 151-200 // South Korea // 1
#20-24 // Tsing Hua Univ // 151-200 // China // 1
#20-24 // Univ Hong Kong // 151-200 // China-hk // 1
#20-24 // Univ New South Wales // 151-200 // Australia // 6
#25-40 // Chinese Univ Hong Kong // 201-300 // China-hk // 2-3
#25-40 // Hiroshima Univ // 201-300 // Japan // 10-12
#25-40 // Hong Kong Univ Sci & Tech // 201-300 // China-hk // 2-3
#25-40 // Keio Univ // 201-300 // Japan // 10-12
#25-40 // Kobe Univ // 201-300 // Japan // 10-12
#25-40 // Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech // 201-300 // South Korea // 2-3
#25-40 // Macquarie Univ // 201-300 // Australia // 7-9
#25-40 // Monash Univ // 201-300 // Australia // 7-9
#25-40 // Peking Univ // 201-300 // China // 2-5
#25-40 // Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ // 201-300 // China // 2-5
#25-40 // Univ Adelaide // 201-300 // Australia // 7-9
#25-40 // Univ Auckland // 201-300 // New Zealand // 1-2
#25-40 // Univ Otago // 201-300 // New Zealand // 1-2
#25-40 // Univ Sci & Tech China // 201-300 // China // 2-5
#25-40 // Yonsei Univ // 201-300 // South Korea // 2-3
#25-40 // Zhejiang Univ // 201-300 // China // 2-5
#41-63 // Bar Ilan Univ // 301-400 // Israel // 5-6
#41-63 // Ben Gurion Univ // 301-400 // Israel // 5-6
#41-63 // Chiba Univ // 301-400 // Japan // 13-20
#41-63 // City Univ Hong Kong // 301-400 // China-hk // 4-5
#41-63 // Fudan Univ // 301-400 // China // 6-7
#41-63 // Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ // 301-400 // China-hk // 4-5
#41-63 // Indian Inst Sci // 301-400 // India // 1
#41-63 // Kanazawa Univ // 301-400 // Japan // 13-20
#41-63 // Korea Univ // 301-400 // South Korea // 4-6
#41-63 // La Trobe Univ // 301-400 // Australia // 10-11
#41-63 // Nanjing Univ // 301-400 // China // 6-7
#41-63 // Nanyang Tech Univ // 301-400 // Singapore // 2
#41-63 // Natl Cheng Kung Univ // 301-400 // China-tw [Taiwan] // 2-3
#41-63 // Natl Tsing Hua Univ // 301-400 // China-tw [Taiwan] // 2-3
#41-63 // Nihon Univ // 301-400 // Japan // 13-20
#41-63 // Niigata Univ // 301-400 // Japan // 13-20
#41-63 // Okayama Univ // 301-400 // Japan // 13-20
#41-63 // Pohang Univ Sci & Tech // 301-400 // South Korea // 4-6
#41-63 // Sungkyunkwan Univ // 301-400 // South Korea // 4-6
#41-63 // Tokyo Med & Dent Univ // 301-400 // Japan // 13-20
#41-63 // Univ Newcastle // 301-400 // Australia // 10-11
#41-63 // Waseda Univ // 301-400 // Japan // 13-20
#41-63 // Yamaguchi Univ // 301-400 // Japan // 13-20
#64-92 // Ehime Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Flinders Univ South Australia // 401-500 // Australia // 12-16
#64-92 // Gifu Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Gunma Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Hanyang Univ // 401-500 // South Korea // 7-9
#64-92 // Indian Inst Tech - Kharagpur // 401-500 // India // 2
#64-92 // James Cook Univ North Queensland // 401-500 // Australia // 12-16
#64-92 // Jilin Univ // 401-500 // China // 8-9
#64-92 // Juntendo Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Kagoshima Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Kumamoto Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Kyungpook Natl Univ // 401-500 // South Korea // 7-9
#64-92 // Massey Univ // 401-500 // New Zealand // 3-5
#64-92 // Murdoch Univ // 401-500 // Australia // 12-16
#64-92 // Nagasaki Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Nara Inst Sci & Tech // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Natl Chiao Tung Univ // 401-500 // China-tw [Taiwan] // 4-5
#64-92 // Natl Yang Ming Univ // 401-500 // China-tw [Taiwan] // 4-5
#64-92 // Osaka Prefecture Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Pusan Natl Univ // 401-500 // South Korea // 7-9
#64-92 // Shandong Univ // 401-500 // China // 8-9
#64-92 // Tokyo Metropolitan Univ // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Tokyo Univ Agr & Tech // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Univ Canterbury // 401-500 // New Zealand // 3-5
#64-92 // Univ Haifa // 401-500 // Israel // 7
#64-92 // Univ New England // 401-500 // Australia // 12-16
#64-92 // Univ Tasmania // 401-500 // Australia // 12-16
#64-92 // Univ Tokushima // 401-500 // Japan // 21-32
#64-92 // Victoria Univ Wellington // 401-500 // New Zealand // 3-5
* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically. "

Site contents: * Top 500 World Universities; * Ranking Methodology; * Ranking Statistics; * Comparison; * Frequently Asked Questions; * Ranking Resources; * Contact; * 2005 Edition; * 2004 Edition; * 2003 Edition.
[A tri-lingual site CN, JP, EN; updated August 15, 2006 - ed.]
URL http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2006/ARWU2006_TopAsia.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Feng, Da H (fengd--at--utdallas.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

06 Aug 2006

Archive of the German Pacific Society
German Pacific Society, Sachsenbrunn, Germany
Supplied note: "Archive of of all publications of the German Pacific Society [Deutsch Pazifische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) - ed.] (since 1974) plus Pacific Books and journals in ownership of the society; Pacific music, maps and some artefacts. - ma."
Site contents: * Ueber uns; * Pazifikfestival; * Partner; * Mitglieder; * Dr. Steinbauer; * Regionalgruppen; * Newsletter (DPG NEWSLETTER 1 vom 12. Oktober 2004, DPG NEWSLETTER 2 vom 11. November 2004, DPG NEWSLETTER 3 vom 27. Januar 2005 (English version also available), DPG NEWSLETTER 4 vom 25. Juni 2005 (English version about Pacific Meeting in Suesel only), DPG NEWSLETTER 5 vom 13. September 2005 (English version also available)) ; * im Fernsehen; * Ausstellungen; * Tagungen.
[A site mainly in German - ed.]
URL http://www.germanpacific.de
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [details of possible archival copies of the site were not available at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Manfred Assmann (info--at--germanpacific.de)
* Resource type [news - 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]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

02 Aug 2006

Acronyms used by Asian / Pacific Studies' scholars: a dictionary
RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Self-description: "This document lists acronyms, names and web addresses of over 1110 [700 acronyms were listed in May 2005 - ed.] leading associations, institutes, networks, NGOs, organisations, periodicals, programs, and research projects of relevance to Asian & Pacific Studies. [...] You are cordially invited to send addenda and corrections to this list [...which is] a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html) "
Site contents: [File structure:] *Acronym, * Entity [and its URL], * A Part Of, * Country. The recorded entries range from 'AAI' (Asia-Australia Institute, UNSW, Australia) to 'IAUNRC' (Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana U,. US) to 'SUPRA' (Support Program for Advanced Asian Studies, NIAS, Denmark) to 'YCIAS' (Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Yale U., US)
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/pacific-www-monitor.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/pacific-www-monitor.html
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