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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: mid Feb 2001
Vol. 8, No. 5 (137)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 12
Entries rejected: 8

20 Feb 2001
3star
6th Women in Asia Conference 2001, Sep 2001
Anthropology, RSPAS / Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU, Australia
Supplied note: "The Sixth Women in Asia Conference of the Women's Caucus of the Asian Studies Association of Australia will be held at the ANU (jointly by Anthropology, RSPAS and the Faculty of Asian Studies) from 23-26 Sep 2001. Please visit the website for details."
[Abstracts' deadline: 30 Apr 2001 - ed.]
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/anthropology/WIA/WIA2001.html
Link reported by: Tsari Anderson (wia2001@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Feb 2001
3star
Resource Management in Asia Pacific Project (RMAP)
RMAP, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "a cross-disciplinary research initiative [... focussed on] on the social, political and economic aspects of changes in the natural environment of the Asia-Pacific region. The principal resource 'sectors' of interest for staff and associates of the RMAP Project are agriculture (food crops and export crops), forestry, fisheries, mining, petroleum, conservation, tourism, resource tenure, water and energy."
Site contents: About RMAP; Project Personnel; Seminars Series; Publications; Text Online; Workshops and Conferences; Useful Links; What's New!
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/rmap
Link reported by: Karen Fisher (rmap@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

18 Feb 2001
3star
Tehran's Sociocultural Growth and Anti-Growth Factors, 2001
Tehran Municipality Cultural and Artistic Organization (TMCAO), Tehran, Iran
Self-description: TMCAO "intends to hold a seminar [at an unspecified date in 2001 - ed.] on Tehran's Sociocultural Growth and Anti-Growth Factors by examining and identifying pathological factors and classifying ways and means to solve the related problems. TMCAO therefore invites all learned citizens in Tehran [and elsewhere, acc. to a message from Mr B. Esfehani - ed.] to forward their suggestions and research works about the above subjects to TMCAO in order to help Tehran municipality to devise scientific guidelines, policies and programs for sociocultural elements in the capital [of Iran - ed.]."
[Abstracts' deadline: 20 Mar 2001, Papers' deadline: 20 May 2001. Authors of accepted papers will have their air travel/hotel costs covered by the Seminar Secretariat. - ed.]
URL http://www.hyenet.net/tmcao
Link reported by: Babak Esfehani (babmatrix@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

18 Feb 2001
3star
6th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), Apr 2001
ASN, Univ. of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
Supplied note: "The [..] program of [...] the world's foremost gathering on nationalism and identity in the former Communist world, is now available on the ASN web site [the URL below] (Visitors to our web site must simply follow the link from the homepage to ANNUAL CONVENTION, then 2001 Conference). The Convention will feature 108 panels, spread over eleven sessions from Thursday April 5, 1 PM, to Saturday April 7, in the evening. More than 500 people will be on panels. All post-Soviet areas will be covered in tremendous depth, with [...] fourteen [panels] on Central Asia (including Turkey, China, and Mongolia), [...], six on the South Caucasus, and two dozens on thematic and cross-regional themes. [...] The convention will be taking place in the International Affairs Building (IAB) of Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St. (metro station: 116th St., on the Red Line)."
URL http://asn.uno.edu
Link reported by: Dominique Arel (darel@brown.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Feb 2001
3star
Koryo Tours - North Korea
Koryo Tours, Beijing
Supplied note: "Visas and information on travel to DPRK [Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, 'North Korea']."
[Commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.koryogroup.com
Link reported by: Nicholas Bonner (nicholasbonner@cs.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Feb 2001
3star
Jakarta Street Directory
www.streetdirectory.co.id, Jakarta, Indonesia
Supplied note: "There is an effective Jakarta street directory Web site at [the URL below]."
[A bi-lingual (IN,EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.streetdirectory.co.id
Link reported by: Oliver Mann (oliver.mann@dfat.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

15 Feb 2001
3star
Saujanya Books, India
Saujanya Books, Delhi, India
Supplied note: "Book on Tibetan texts, Tibetan pechas, Tibetan Canons, Buddhism, Himalayan & Tibetan Studies, Tibet & Ladakh, History & Culture, Religion & Philosophy, Arts & Archaeology, Anthropology & Tribal Studies, Social Sciences, Medicine & Medicinal Plants, East & South Asian Studies, Language & Literature etc."
[Commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/saujanyabooks/
Link reported by: Saujanya (saujanya@del3.vsnl.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

15 Feb 2001
4star
Reporters sans frontièrs (Reporters without Borders) - RSF
RSF, Paris, France
Self-description: "The organisation was founded in 1985 [...] to do everything in its power to get journalists out of prison and to condemn attacks on press freedom."
Site contents: The Asia section contains the description of recent incidents concerning journalists and press freedom in China, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia. The 2000 Annual Report / Asia contains information on countries of that continent. "[O]n 1 January 2000, Asia was the continent with the most journalists in jail. Burma, where 13 media professionals are behind bars, is the worldıs biggest prison for the press. Journalists are also being held in China (9), Vietnam (4), Nepal (at least 3), Pakistan (1) and South Korea (1)."
URL http://www.rsf.fr/
Link reported by: Rudolf Wagner (wagner@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de), forwarded by Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study/News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

14 Feb 2001
3star
Luso Asian Forum
Luso Asian Forum, Lisbon, Portugal
Self-description: "[A] non-profit independent research organization based in Lisbon that follows security, economic, political, strategic concerns in the world with a special focus on the Asia-Pacific Region and aims to promote better relations and understanding between Portugal and the nations of Asia."
Site contents: Overview (Mission, History, People); Scholars; News & Events (News, Events, Upcoming Events); Publications; Asian-Pacific Information & Contacts; Links.
URL http://www.lusoforum.org/index2.html
Link reported by: Arnaldo Goncalves (arnaldogoncalves@mail.telepac.pt)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

13 Feb 2001
3star
Summer Sanskrit at Harvard
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Supplied note: "Just as in the past 11 years, we are offering an Introductory Sanskrit course this [2001] Summer. SANS S-101 Elementary Sanskrit (8 units) Monday-Thursday 3:30 - 6 p.m. June 25 - August 17; exam period Aug. 14-17 Instructor: Michael Witzel. This course, equivalent to two semesters of course work, will enable students to acquire the basic reading skills in Sanskrit. Stress will be placed on learning the Devanagari script, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. Emphasis will also be given to correct translation of passages from simple narrative literature to the epics."
URL http://www.dce.harvard.edu/summer/2001/courses/sans.shtml
Link reported by: Michael Witzel (witzel@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

12 Feb 2001
4star
Traditional Songs and Stories of the Hua Miao of SW China
University of Southampton, UK
Supplied note: "[The site] has been put togther by Dr Steve Rake of the University of Southampton, using traditional songs and stories of the Miao people of South West China collected and translated by the Rev. Keith Parsons. (Keith is the son of Bible Christian Missionaries Harry and Annie Parson who were colleagues of Sam Pollard in Yunnan Province in the early years of the last century). There are also sections on the symbols and sounds of the Miao script and Miao history and social life."
Site contents: Using this archive (Setting up your browser, The song documents); Introduction to the Songs (The people called 'A-hmao' and their writings, The origin of the documents, Handling the documents); The Symbols and Sounds of the Miao Script; Writing Miao text and the Ahmao font (Ahmao font Miao template Pin-yin); Index of Songs (Beginnings, Miao 'history', Miao social life, Narratives)
URL http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~str/miao/songs/index.html
Link reported by: Rosemary Seton (rs8@soas.ac.uk), forwarded by Frances Wood (frances.wood@bl.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

11 Feb 2001
3star
Migrating Identities and Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Diaspora, Sep 2001
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora (CSCSD) wishes to announce its International Conference 'Migrating Identities and Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Diaspora'. The conference will be held from 26 to 28 Sep [2001] in the Coombs Lecture Theatre, RSPAS, ANU. More details about the conference, the call for papers and the registration form are at [the URL below] Abstracts (300 words or less) are due end of March [2001]."
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/cscsd/events.html
Link reported by: Oanh Collins (collins@coombs.anu.edu.au), forwarded by Greg Young (greg@orient.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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