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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Jan 2000
Vol. 7, No. 104
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 11
Entries rejected: 6
29 Jan 2000
German Association for Asian
Studies (DGA)
DGA, Hamburg, Germany
Supplied note:
The DGA was founded in March 1967. Its web site "caters mainly to a German speaking audience, but a a short English summary can be accessed via the footer provided on each page."
Site Contents: (1) Goals of the DGA;
(2) Activities of the DGA: announcement and reports of conferences, lectures and
publications; information about intensive language training on Chinese, Japanese and Indonesian.
(3) About the membership.
(4) About the board of directors and the advisory
councils of the DGA
(5) About the journal ASIEN (incl. an archive of contents since 1996).
(6) Links to research institutions in the Asian studies field, a list of refereed journals, and a comprehensive list of China-stipends for German students.
URL http://www.asienkunde.de
Link suggested by: Guenter Schucher (ifahh.dga@uni-hamburg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
29 Jan 2000
Indonesian HIV/AIDS Information
Yayasan Sidikara, Indonesia
Supplied note:
"A homepage for HIV/AIDS, community development, gender, and other activities, which related to Sidikara Foundation activities as a NGO in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia."
[A site in Indonesian and, partially, in English - ed.]
URL http://go.to/sidikara
Link suggested by: Deddy Adisudharma (sidikara@elga.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
28 Jan 2000
The Asian and the Korean Peninsula Issues - Feb 2000
Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS), Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Supplied note: "'Asia's Challenges Ahead:
The Asian and the Korean Peninsula Issues'
ICAS Winter Symposium & ICAS Dinner
February 11, Friday, 2000 8:30 AM - 5:15 PM
Logan Hall Room 17, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
in collaboration with
Center for East Asian Studies University of Pennsylvania;
Council for America My Country;
Department of Economics University of Pennsylvania;
Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia;
Philadelphia Bar Association International Law Committee;
Project LINK;
SEI Investments.
URL http://www.dvol.com/~users/icas/w2000/w2000sym.html
Link suggested by: Sang Joo Kim (icas@dvol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
28 Jan 2000
The Origin of Chess & The Silk Road
Private site, Germany
Supplied note:
"The worldwide Initiativ Group Koenigstein, IGK, founded in 1991, is
searching for the origin of chess.
Was chess created through evolution or revolution? [...] Chess is surely more than 1500 years old. The IGK wants to expand the search
for and research of chess literature and chess artifacts along the Silk
Road, including games older than chess. The IGK, a unique blend of academics
and professionals, can contribute both expertise and experience in a wide
range of disciplines."
Site Contents: The state of chess research (by Egbert Meissenburg);
The birthplace of chess (by Kenneth Whyld);
Thoughts on the origin of chess (by Joseph Needham);
How I reoriented my chess beliefs (by Pavle Bidev);
Some facts to think about (by Ricardo Calvo);
Is chess mentioned in the Talmud? (by Victor Keats);
To the question of the origin of chess (by Jurij Awerbach);
Conclusions in 1998;
Some comments;
Related online links.
URL http://www.netcologne.de/~nc-jostenge
Link suggested by: Gerhard Josten (gerhardjosten@netcologne.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online guide/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
28 Jan 2000
Electronic Journal of Oriental Studies (EJOS)
Dept of Arabic, Persian and Turkic Languages and Cultures, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Supplied note:
"An international
electronic journal [est. 1998] [...] edited by:
Hans Theunissen, Svetlana Kirillina, Machiel Kiel and Hansje Braam. [...]
Subscription to EJOS is free of charge and no passwords are required.
The annual volumes of EJOS contain contributions of variable size. Each
contribution has its own number. A contribution may consist of an academic
article or monograph, a collection of papers, a text edition of a primary
source, or a dissertation. Each contribution will be in a standard format
(HTML and/or PDF).
The aim of the journal is to provide the international academic community
with an adequate electronic medium for the distribution of scholarly
results and materials in the fields of Arabic, Persian and Turkic studies.
EJOS supports fast, reliable and low-cost distribution of new research
results. [...] However, EJOS pays special attention to the
publication of research results and tools in the field of (Ottoman-)Turkish
history and culture."
URL http://www.let.uu.nl/oosters/EJOS/EJOS-1.html
Link suggested by: Hans Theunissen (hans.theunissen@let.uu.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
28 Jan 2000
Bali: The Arts in Paradise ARTIS Program
Art Research Tours and International Studios (ARTIS), USA
Supplied note:
"ARTIS is a nonprofit arts organization that hosts top-of-the-line summer study abroad programs in the studio arts
and art history. Month long programs in Bali offer daily field trips and weekly
out-of-town excursions. College credit and financial aid are available."
URL http://www.artis-tours.org/idmain.html
Link suggested by: David Renfrow (dfro@socket.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Interesting
27 Jan 2000
Vietnamese Association: The Natural Science Group (AVYS e.V.)
Association of Vietnamese Young People and Students, Berlin, Germany
Supplied note:
"The Natural Science Group (NScG), a main part
of the Association of Vietnamese Young People
and Students in Berlin, is established in
September 1999 by young Vietnamese Scientists, who
are living mainly in Germany and otherwhere in
the world. The target is it to promote the
knowledge in science and technology of
the Vietnamese."
[A tri-lingual (VN, EN, DE) site - ed.]
URL http://crysta.physik.hu-berlin.de/~tham/avys/
Link suggested by: Tham Anh Tuan (tuan.tham@physik.hu-berlin.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
26 Jan 2000
Nakasendo Highway: A Journey to the
Heart of Japan
Department of History, University of Hong Kong, HK, China
Supplied note:
"This website takes Japan's Nakasendo highway as a metaphor through which a wide
variety of topics
about Japan are presented. The highway flourished in the Edo Period (1600-1887),
going from Kyoto to Edo (now Tokyo), through the center of
the Japan's main island. Connecting the premodern and modern capitals and traversing central Honshu,
the highway touches some of what might be called the 'hearts' of Japan and so does the website. Hyperlinked text, photographs and animations present a fictional trip along the highway in addition to giving information
appropriate to the introductory academic and general audience."
Self-description: "This project, by Dr. R.T.A. Irving of Kwansei Gakuin University in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and Dr. Thomas A. Stanley,
Department of History, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, began as a multimedia CD-ROM project. It has been transferred
from that media to the World Wide Web in stages and will ultimately be expanded beyond the CD-ROM presentation, especially in
terms of photographs. The project contains some 225 articles of various, usually substantial, lengths (some 130,000 words in total),
nearly 200 glossary items (or definitions) and over 300 photographs, maps and illustrations. More photographs will be added at a
later time."
[A great site indeed (an earlier convern of mine regarding its universal legibility proved to be groundless) - ed.]
URL http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/nakasendo/
Link suggested by: Thomas A. Stanley (tstanley@hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Essential
25 Jan 2000
TDP - Free Tibetan Word Processor
Private site, USA
Self-description:
"TDP is a stand-alone document processing program that works with Tibetan and European languages in the Win/95, Win/98 and Win/NT
environments. It supports not only word processing and databases in multiple languages, it also supports faxing and "one-click" e-mailing. It is freeware and is avaiable for FREE
download."
Site contents: About the TDP package;
Information about Fonts;
The latest changes to TDP;
Download the TDP package
(Version 00.01.02);
Report a Bug / Request an Enhancement;
Frequently Asked Questions.
URL http://members.home.net/tibet/tdp/index.html
Link suggested by: Potala Software (tibet@home.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
25 Jan 2000
Human Rights in Aceh (Indonesia) Links
Private site, Indonesia
Supplied note:
"Aceh resources information in English. This web-site collects information
about human right abuse news on Acehnese people."
[An extensive collection of un-annotated links - ed.]
URL http://come.to/aceh_links
Link suggested by: Rizali Pidie (pidie@rocketmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
17 Jan 2000
Behind Mud Walls: The Village of Karimpur, 1925-1998
Syracuse University, USA
Self-description: "Based on a slide production by Don and Jean Johnson, New York University, with narrative by
Charlotte Wiser.
With an update by Susan S. Wadley, Syracuse University: The Village in the 1990s"
Contents:
The Wisers' Experience in Karimpur;
Courtyard Life;
Castes;
Village Activities;
Karimpur in the 1990s;
Bibliography of Writings on Karimpur.
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/southasiacenter/karimpur/
Link suggested by: Christopher Lee (res009vy@gte.net), forwarded by Steven Leibo (leibo@cnsvax.albany.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
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