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THE ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
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"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was established
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Pacific Studies WWW Monitor which was
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Apr 2000
Vol. 7, No. 112
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 17
Entries rejected: 2
28 Apr 2000
"The Emperor and The Assassin" website
Sony Pictures Entertainment, USA
Supplied note:
"Sony Pictures has a website devoted to Chen Kaige's 'The Emperor and the
Assassin,' containing plot synopsis, historical background, characters,
production, film clips and stills, etc."
URL http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/emperorandassassin/
Link suggested by: Kirk Denton (denton.2@osu.edu), forwarded by
Emily M. Hill (emh2@qsilver.queensu.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
28 Apr 2000
Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Conference, Jul 2000
University of Melbourne, Australia
Supplied note:
"An Asian Studies Association
of Australia (coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA/) conference will be held at
the University of Melbourne from 3-5 Jul 2000. The theme of the
conference is 'Whose Millenium?'. This Conference will feature, for
the first time, one or more workshops of specific interest to
postgraduates."
URL http://www.asaa2000.unimelb.edu.au
Link suggested by: Greg Young (greg@asia.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
28 Apr 2000
Indonesia Update
Conference, Oct 2000
Indonesia Project, Economics Division
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU, Canberra, Australia
Self-description:
"The Indonesia Update has been conducted annually since 1983. It is
organised by The Australian National University's Indonesia Project
and Department of Political and Social Change. The conference is free
of charge. The Indonesia Updates are designed to provide comprehensive
overviews of developments in Indonesia, and to present wide ranging
discussion on a theme of particular interest each year. They cater to
an audience that includes government officials, academics, teachers,
members of business and non-government organisations, students and
others. An expert group of speakers from Indonesia, Australia and
elsewhere is assembled each year."
[The nearest conference will take place at the RSPAS, ANU 6 - 7 Oct
2000. - ed.]
URL http://economics.anu.edu.au/ip/Update.htm
Link suggested by: Karen Nulty, Indonesia Proj. Administrator (indonesia.project@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
27 Apr 2000
LaoLink
Laolink, Vientiane, Laos
Supplied note:
"Everything on Laos, news, photos, addresses [& phone numbers],
cultural activities, up-to-date, accurate, in French and in English,
links provided. A new site."
[A fast-loading andn elegant site under construction, with
a wealth of fine-grain factul information - ed.]
URL http://www.laolink.com
Link suggested by: Christine Rozier (laolink@laonet.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
27 Apr 2000
"Tin Tuc TV": Franco-Vietnamese Internet TV
canalweb.net, France
Supplied note:
"Franco-Vietnamese bilingual Internet TV channel dedicated to
cross-cultural issues (philosophical, ethnic and social): reflexion,
tolerance, satire. Every fortnight on canalweb.net."
[The site requires Java, JavaScript and RealPlayer, takes a long
while to dowload the first screen, and then it disables navigation
buttons of your web browser - ed.]
URL http://www.canalweb.net/vers/tintuctv.asp
Link suggested by: Shanti Vanderborght (shanti@canalweb.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
rating not available
27 Apr 2000
"Asie Web.fr": French Internet TV
canalweb.net, France
Supplied note:
"Every Tuesday 11-11:30 am, a French Internet TV program dedicated to
Asia: European and Asian actors of the dialogues and exchanges between
the two continents."
[The site requires Java, JavaScript and the following
software PC: RealPlayer G2 & Netscape 3.x, 4.x or Explorer 3.x,
4.x or 5; MAC: RealPlayer 5.0 & Netscape 3.x or 4.5. - ed.]
URL http://www.canalweb.net/vers/wwwasiatv.html
Link suggested by: Shanti Vanderborght (shanti@canalweb.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
27 Apr 2000
The Buddhayana Quarterly
Buddhayana Centre Netherlands, the Netherlands
Site contents (issue May 2000): 1. Sangha; 2. International News; 3.
European News; 4. Buddhayana Centre Netherlands; 5. Background
Stories; 6. Dhamma Teaching; 7. Short News; 8. Editorial.
[The BCN periodical was first published Jan 1998 - ed.]
URL http://www.buddhayana.nl/news.html
Link suggested by: Matthijs van Leeuwen (webmaster@buddhayana.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
27 Apr 2000
Carrie: full-text digital library
U. of Kansas, USA
Supplied note:
Digitized "works and volumes on [European and] Central Asia history,
religion, literature, culture, anthropology, government."
[Carrie, est. 1998, maintains a repository for donated works and
invites copyright holders who wish their works to continue to be made
available to a wider public to provide Carrie with a copy of their
work, preferably in digital form, and explicit permission to make that
work electronically accessible without charge to the public - ed.]
URL http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/archives_main.html
Link suggested by: Lynn Nelson (Prof. Emeritus, History) (lhnelson@raven.cc.ukans.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
27 Apr 2000
Yogacara Buddhism Research Association
Yogacara Buddhism Research Association (YBRA), US/Japan
Supplied note:
"The YBRA is dedicated to promoting
the academic study of Yogacara Buddhism. The site contains information
on Yogacara, major figures in Yogacara history, details on important
texts, essays and articles, a detailed glossary, and links to other
sites with Yogacara content. [...]
Though we have taken great pains to make the site accessible to all
flavors of browser and platform, discrepancies in the implementation
of unicode have forced us to offer two versions of most documents on
the site: one version in utf-8 unicode (with instructions and links on
the site for necessary language and font software) and the other using
ASCII diacriticals (aa for macron-a, .n for n-underdot, etc.) with
pre-unicode CJK encoding (usually Big5, but some docs are in S-JIS).
[See also] the "Technical:
Browser Display" link
(www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/yogacara/technical.htm) on the
main page for more information.
The site will be updated periodically with additional materials."
[The site (est. Jan 2000) is edited by Drs Dan Lusthaus and Charles
Muller. Although it is a work in progress, it already serves as a
perfect model for other networked scholarly initiatives, especially
those which involve intensive use of English and non-Latin scripts -
ed.]
URL http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/yogacara/index.html
Link suggested by: Dan Lusthaus (yogacara_assoc@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
25 Apr 2000
Pakistani maritime import/export data
PakSearch, Pakistan.
Supplied note:
"PakSearch, Pakistan's largest online database, has started its first
two products in its trade related databases.
Sea Imports: This database, gleaned from Import Manifest of shipping
lines, shows all imports coming into the port: (IGM; Date; Vessel
Name; Index No; Description of Good; Port of Shipment; Gross Weight in
MT; Packages Number; Packages Unit; No Of Containers; Importer Name;
Consigner Name).
Sea Exports: This database, donated through anonymous sources, shows
all exports going out by sea: (Date; Exporter; Commodity; Destination;
Units; Packaging; Weight in Tons)."
[Access to the databases requires subscription. - ed.]
URL http://www.paksearch.com/
Link suggested by: Junaid Marvi (junaid.marvi@paksearch.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
25 Apr 2000
RFE/RL Newsline (the Caucasus and Central Asia)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Washington, DC, USA and Prague, Czech Republic.
Supplied note:
"A daily report of developments in Eastern and Southeastern Europe,
Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia prepared by the staff of the
Radios. HOW TO Subscribe [to an email edition]: Send an email to
newsline-request@list.rferl.org with the word subscribe as the subject
of the message."
Site contents: Today's Full Text; Subscribe; Search; Back Issues;
About; Staff; Contact Us; Reprints.
[The 25 Apr 2000 report, compiled daily (Monday-Friday) by the
Newsline team, was designated as Vol. 4, No. 81. - ed.]
URL http://www.rferl.org/newsline/
Link suggested by: Serguei Alex Oushakine (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
24 Apr 2000
RFE/RL Iraq Report
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Washington, DC, USA and Prague, Czech Republic.
Supplied note:
"A weekly review of political, social, and economic developments in
Iraq prepared by the regional specialists of the Newsline Team. HOW TO
Subscribe [to an email edition]: Send an email to
iraqreport-request@list.rferl.org with the word subscribe as the
subject or body of the message."
Site contents: Map; Previous Issues; Contact Us; Reprints; Subscribe.
[The 24 Apr 2000 report, compiled every Friday by David Nissman, was designated as Vol. 3, No. 11. - ed.]
URL http://www.rferl.org/iraq-report/
Link suggested by: Serguei Alex Oushakine (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
24 Apr 2000
RFE/RL Iran Report
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Washington, DC, USA and Prague, Czech Republic.
Supplied note:
"A weekly review of political, social, and economic developments in
Iran prepared by the regional specialists of the Newsline Team. HOW TO
Subscribe [to an email edition]: Send an email to
iranreport-request@list.rferl.org with the word subscribe as the
subject or body of the message."
Site contents: Map; Previous Issues; Contact Us; Reprints; Subscribe.
[The 24 Apr 2000 report, compiled every Monday by A. William Samii, was designated as Vol. 3, No. 16. - ed.]
URL http://www.rferl.org/iran-report/
Link suggested by: Serguei Alex Oushakine (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
24 Apr 2000
RFE/RL Caucasus Report
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Washington, DC, USA and Prague, Czech Republic.
Supplied note:
"A weekly review of political developments in the North Caucasus and
Transcaucasia. HOW TO Subscribe [to an email edition]: Send an email
to caucasus-report-request@list.rferl.org with the word subscribe as
the subject or body of the message."
Site contents: Map; Previous Issues; Contact Us; Reprints; Subscribe.
[The 21 Apr 2000 report, compiled every Thursday by Liz Fuller, was designated as Vol. 3, No. 16. - ed.]
URL http://www.rferl.org/caucasus-report/
Link suggested by: Serguei Alex Oushakine (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
24 Apr 2000
Mongolian Oral Culture
members.xoom.com, Italy?
Supplied note:
[A handful of] "Mongolian riddles, proverbs, tongue twisters and
triades of the universe translated into English. All this accompanied
by a [miniscule] Mongolian-English glossary."
[A stepping-stone towards either an eventually useful resource, or a
total disappointment - ed.]
URL http://members.xoom.com/mongolxel/
Link suggested by: Ariel Laurencio (laurencio@xoommail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
rating not available
23 Apr 2000
Dutch Portuguese Colonial History
www.geocities.com, Italy
Supplied note:
"Dutch-Portuguese colonial history in Arabia Gulf (Bahrain, Hormuz,
Oman) Indonesia (Moluccas, Tidore, Ternate, Ambon, Flores, Solor),
India (Cochin, Malabar, Goa, Bengal), Sri Lanka (Ceylon: Trincomalee,
Colombo, Jaffna, Batticaloa, Galle, Negombo), Malaysia
(Malacca-Melaka), Brazil, Taiwan, Ghana, Macao, Timor, colonial
remains of forts and heritage, maps. Updated intensively.
[also provides annotated] Bibliographies."
[A very promising online project indeed. - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/6497/index.html
Link suggested by: Marco Ramerini (mrameri@tin.it)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
21 Apr 1998
Asian Studies WWW Monitor - 6th Anniversary
RSPAS, The Australian
National University, Australia
Supplied note:
"'The Asian Studies WWW Monitor' (ISSN 1329-9778) was established
21 April 1994, originally under a title 'What's New in WWW Asian
Studies". It forms a key part of the Asian
Studies WWW Virtual Library
(coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html). The
Monitor is published by the Internet Publications Bureau,
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the ANU. The
journal regularly monitors new developments in the Asian Studies'
cyberspace and compiles timely, consistent and
impartial summaries and evaluations of the latest web sites and
other online information systems relevant to social sciences
research of Asia and Pacific region."
[During the 6 years of operations the journal published abstracts and
access details of 3001 web, gopher, email and ftp resources. Over the
last 12 months the WWW edition of the journal (currently Vol.7,
No.112) was accessed 36,257 times. At present, the www-journal is
directly linked to from 269 web sites world-wide. On 21 Apr 2000 the
e-mail edition of the journal (asia-www-monitor@coombs.anu.edu.au) had
591 subscribers - ed.]
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
Link submitted by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
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