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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late May 2000
Vol. 7, No. 115
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 11
Entries rejected: 4
31 May 2000
The Centre of Research on Education in China (CREC)
The University of Hong Kong, HK, China.
Supplied note:
"CREC - rich online resources on studies in China education - invites
interested subscribers to the 'China Education News', a weekly update
on development of education in China. Subscribe it through the web
site."
Site contents:
Adult and continuing education; Assessment; Early childhood education;
Ethnic minority education; Education and administration; Education and
employment; Education and finance; Education and reform; Education and
technology; Higher education; Primary education; Private education;
Secondary education; Special education; Teacher education; Vocational
education.
URL http://www.hku.hk/chinaed
Link suggested by: K.H. Wong (chinaed@hkusua.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
30 May 2000
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied note:
"Economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific"
Site contents: About ESCAP; United Nations Information Service (UNIS);
Calendar of meetings (2000-2001); Press releases; UN Focus Newsletter;
Publications; United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC); Japan-ESCAP
Cooperation Fund; Population, Rural and Urban Development; Development
Research and Policy Analysis; Social Development; Environment and
Natural Resources Development; Statistics; International Trade and
Industry; Transport, Communications, Tourism and Infrastructure
Development
URL http://unescap.org/
Link suggested by: Ben Cooper (acquiring@uswest.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
30 May 2000
Western
Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Oct 2000
California State University, Long Beach, USA
Supplied note:
"California State University, Long Beach, will host the Western
Conference of the Association for Asian Studies on October 6-7,
2000. A Pre-Conference Poolside Reception will held at the Long
Beach Airport Marriott Hotel on Thursday, October 5th. The
program features nearly 300 scholars and specialists from across
the United States and abroad."
URL http://www.csulb.edu/wcaas2k
Link suggested by: Arnold P. Kaminsky (akamin@csulb.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
29 May 2000
Australasian Middle East Studies Association, Jul 2000
University of Melbourne, Australia
Supplied note:
"The Australasian Middle East Studies Association 19th annual conference will
be held at The University of Melbourne (5-6 July 2000)
The theme of the 19th Annual Conference will be Reclaiming the Millennium.
What are the implications of the growing assertiveness of civil societies in
the Middle East? What is the impact on the domestic politics and cultures of
the Middle East? How does it reflect on relations with the rest of the world?"
URL http://www.arabic.unimelb.edu.au/events/amesa/amesa3.htm
Link suggested by: Shahram Akbarzadeh (s.akbarzadeh@latrobe.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
26 May 2000
A Reflection on the 'Comfort Women'
Issues
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Blue Bell, PA, USA
Supplied note:
"C Sarah Soh, ICAS Fellow and Associate Professor of Anthropology, San
Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, delivered a
keynote speech, ''Human Dignity and Sexual Culture: A Reflection on the
'Comfort Women' Issues'', at the ICAS Spring Symposium & ICAS Liberty
Award Dinner: Humanity, Economy, Science and Technology, on May 1,
2000 at the University of Pennsylvania. A complete text of her paper
is posted on the 'ICAS Lecture' page [at the URL below]"
URL http://www.dvol.com/~users/icas/s2000/s2000css.html
Link suggested by: Sang Joo Kim (icas@dvol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
23 May 2000
South China Sea WWW VL News
Dept of Political Science, Middlebury College, Vermont., USA
Self-description:
"CS WWW VL News - the monthly [email-based] newsletter for updates to the South China Sea World
Wide Web Virtual Library (www.middlebury.edu/SouthChinaSea/), an
online resource for scholars and policy-makers interested in South
China Sea regional development, environment, and security issues.
Editor: Prof. David Rosenberg, Middlebury College, Vermont. To
subscribe or unsubscribe to the moderated monthly newsletter, send a
message to: rosenberg@middlebury.edu with the Subject: subscribe (or
unsubscribe) to SCS WWW VL News."
[SCS WWW VL is an official part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual
Library project - ed.]
URL http://www.middlebury.edu/SouthChinaSea/journals.html
Link suggested by: David Rosenberg (rosenberg@middlebury.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
23 May 2000
Inspirasi E-Journal
Australia Indonesia Arts Alliance, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
Self-description:
"The First On-line Magazine about Indonesian Culture in Australia.
ISSN 1443-3680. Journal of Australia Indonesia
Arts Alliance (www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/8138). Also
available in the Archives of the National Library of Australia at:
http://purl.nla.gov.au/nla/pandora/inspirasi ."
Supplied note: The magazine is produced "as a way of sharing
information and providing promotion for Indonesian cultural events
and individual artists in Australia and in Indonesia as well as
promoting cultural exchange through person-to-person contact.
'Inspirasi' is a free on-line publication and is intended to provide
support for people involved in Indonesian education and the arts."
[The journal has problems with its Java-software components - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/8138/news/news5.html
Link suggested by: Judith Shelley (indoarts@mullum.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
23 May 2000
The Heinrich Harrer Tibetan Photographs
Leslie DiRusso, Publisher, Ahimsa, Inc., USA?
Self-description:
"The Heinrich Harrer Limited Edition Portfolio is [...] produced from
noted explorer Heinrich Harrer's unique treasury of 3,000 images of
traditional Tibet shot between 1948 and 1951. In addition, three
photographs selected from the Portfolio are available as individual
prints in a separate edition."
Site contents: Dalai Lama's message, Introduction, Gallery, Portfolio
Information, Harrer Biography; Reviews; FAQ's; Links; Contact.
[A site promoting a publication. It also presents an online
series of B&W, carefully annotated Harrer's photos - ed.]
URL http://www.harrerportfolio.com/
Link suggested by: Leslie DiRusso (dirusso@harrerportfolio.com), forwarded by
Canada Tibet Committee (cantibet@tibet.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
23 May 2000
Society for Humanitarian Researches, Azerbaijan
Society for Humanitarian Researches (SHR), Baku, Azerbaijan
Self-description:
"The aims of the SHR [a non-profit organization est. Jan 1997 - ed.]
are: to monitor of the social problems of Society and situation of
the public organizations and migration problems; to create the
informational base for the increasing of the public organizations; to
carry out sociological research to study opinion; to organize
conferences, seminars, courses; to publish the newspapers, magazines,
newsletter, books, posters."
Site contents: About us; Activity; Reports - Children situation in
Azerbaijan (1998), Azerbaijan Legislation on Migration Problems (nd.),
Refugees and IDP's in Azerbaijan (1997, 1998), Development of third
sector in Azerbaijan (2000), Programs; Publications; Links.
URL http://members.xoom.com/centerhr97
Link suggested by: Avaz Hasanov (avazhasanov@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
23 May 2000
"China at the
Crossroads: Energy, Transportation and the 21st Century"
Inform, Inc., USA
Supplied note:
"Inform, Inc.'s publication, 'China at the Crossroads: Energy,
Transportation and the 21st Century,' describes the implications - for
the health of China's environment and population, for the energy
security of China and the United States, and for global climate
change - of the vast explosion in vehicle growth, and argues that the
time is ripe for China to choose alternatives to petroleum-based
transportation fuels and the vehicles that burn them. The publication
is available for free in both English and Chinese on Inform, Inc.'s
website."
[An autumn 1998 study presented in PDF format requires free Adobe
Acrobat software - ed.]
URL http://www.informinc.org/chinagate.htm
Link suggested by: Loly Garcia (garcia@informinc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
17 May 2000
Warring States Project
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
Supplied note:
"The Project (founded in 1993 at the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst) aims at a philological re-examination of the classical texts
and their historical interpretation. Resources at the site include a
methodology summary, ongoing updates on the results of this work, an
Analects for Dummies feature (with future parallels for other
classical texts), an online Newsletter, information on semiannual
Conferences and permanent E-mail discussions, a self-study course for
classical Chinese without prerequisite in modern Chinese, a Rural
Archaeology Center for information on research into the ancient
economy, and lists of resources relating to the Warring States period."
URL http://www.umass.edu/wsp/
Link suggested by: E Bruce Brooks (brooks@asianlan.umass.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
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