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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Apr 2001
Vol. 8, No. 10 (142)

10 Apr 2001

Asia and the Knowledge Economy, Aug 2001
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Supplied note:: "'Asia and The Knowledge Economy: Opportunities for Progress' August 27th-30th, Singapore. [...] The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) [a student organization at Harvard U. est. 1991 - ed.] is [...] dedicated to promoting discourse on critical issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region. [...] HPAIR 2001 will be held for the first time in Singapore in cooperation with the National University of Singapore."
URL http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hpair/hpair2001/index.html
Link suggested by: HPAIR (hpair@hcs.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

09 Apr 2001

Reinterpreting Twentieth Century China, Jun 2001
Lewis Clark State College, Lewiston, ID, USA.
Supplied note:: "The Historical Society for Twentieth Century China will hold an international conference in cooperation with Hong Kong Baptist University at the University on June 7-9, 2001. This is the first time the HSTCC will be held in Asia. The theme of the conference is: 'Reinterpreting Twentieth Century China: New Perspectives' where participants will seek to examine new interpretations, new perspectives on the history of twentieth century China."
URL http://www.lcsc.edu/hstcc/2001HK.htm
Link suggested by: Cindy Yik-yi Chu (cindychu@hkbu.edu.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

09 Apr 2001

Crackdown on Independent Media in Central Asia, Apr 2001
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), London, UK
Supplied note:: "In response to the recent crackdown on independent media throughout Central Asia, IWPR's Kyrgyz office will host a regional conference 'Caught in the Crossfire' on April 20, 2001."
URL http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?centasia_projects_english_index.html
Link suggested by: Anna McTaggart (anna@iwpr.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

08 Apr 2001

Cultural Encounters in the Indian-Pacific Region: 1200-1800, Jul 2001
The University of Western Australia, WA, Australia
Supplied note:: "Conference about Cultural Encounters in the Indian-Pacific Region, 1200-1800 10 to 13 July 2001, Perth, Australia. The principal theme of this conference is the interaction between European and established or indigenous cultures in the Indian Pacific region in the period 1200-1800. The conference is being held under the aegis of Parergon, the Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. This is a call for individual conference papers and panels. Abstracts (between 100 and 300 words) should be sent by 11 May, 2001 to: Dr Pamela Sharpe, Department of History, The University of Western Australia, WA 6907; email: pasharpe@cyllene.uwa.edu.au; fax: +61 8 9380 1069."
URL http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/ANZAMEMS/cultural_encounters.html
Link suggested by: Helen Terre Blanche (alerts@conferencealerts.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Apr 2001

The Tajikistan peace process
Conciliation Resources, London, UK.
Supplied note: "'Accord 10 - Politics of compromise: the Tajikistan peace process.' Issue Editors, Kamoludin Abdullaev & Catherine Barnes. Published by Conciliation Resources, March 2001. [...] This publication provides an in-depth and analytical look at what was an exceptionally well co-ordinated peace process [ending a 1992-1997 civil war], which deserves careful study to draw lessons that could be used elsewhere."
Site contents: Acronyms & Abbreviations; Introduction: from war to politics; The Tajik civil war: causes and dynamics; Inter-regional dynamics of war; Perspectives on the war and peace process; The Tajikistan government; The Islamic Renaissance Party; The Democratic Party; Abdullajanov and the 'Third Force'; Architecture of international involvement in the Tajik peace process; Methodology of the inter-Tajik negotiations; The Inter-Tajik Dialogue: from civil war towards civil society; Implementation of the 1997 General Agreement: successes, dilemmas and challenges; Constitutional and legislative reform; Civil society and peacebuilding; Key points of the 1997 General Agreement.
URL http://www.c-r.org/accord10/index.htm
Link suggested by: Rebecca Abraham (accord@c-r.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Apr 2001

Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning
Asia Network Unit, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Self-description: "The course is mainly to be delivered via [...] the [WWW], Email, and FTP with the additional support of printed textbooks, audio-video tapes, off-line courseware, and ordinary postal correspondence. Advice on certain software applications is provided for those who are not familiar with Internet facilities in general and Chinese computing in particular."
Site contents: Course Guidelines; Enrolment Procedures; Sample Lessons Registration Form; Online Forum for China Studies; Frequently Asked Questions; Chinese-English Bilingual Library Project; China Links; Software Resources; Supplementary Readings; ChinaBit Weekly Magazine.
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://chinese.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/
Link suggested by: Jie ZHENG (chinese@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Apr 2001

Network Information Center: Iran
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), Tehran, Iran.
Site contents: Iranian Research and Academic Network [IRANET] (Universities & Research Institutes, Government, Companies) [a catalog of 39 unannotated links]; [about the] IPM; [about] Iran; Services; Courses.
URL http://www.nic.ir/
Link suggested by: Nikst (nikst@online.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Apr 2001

Revisiting the South China Sea
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, (Tele.Fax.No. 44-4895235) on the above subject is now available at the Web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below]."
[Notes on conflicting territorial claims to the South China Sea. For comprehensive specialist information on the contested area see the South China Sea WWW Virtual Library (www.middlebury.edu/SouthChinaSea/) - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers3/paper222.htm
Link suggested by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Apr 2001

Incident Involving US & Chinese Planes
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, (Tele.Fax.No. 44-4895235) on the above subject is now available at the Web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below]."
[On reaction of the PRC's press and cyber-media to the collision of US National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance plane, and a Chinese fighter plane over the South China Sea on April 1, 2001 - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers3/paper221.htm
Link suggested by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

03 Apr 2001

International Eurasian Institute Online Publications
International Eurasian Institute for Economic and Political Research (IEI), Washington, DC, USA
Site contents: public access papers and analyses (in English) by Sergei Duvanov - Astana Attempts to Suppress Internet 'Menace' (2001); Nurbolat Masanov - Central Asia Faces Political Instability (2001); Nurbulat Masanov - Political elite of Kazakhstan (2000); Sergei Duvanov - Kazak NGOs Squeezed (2000); Akezhan Kazhegeldin - The west should not support Central Asian dictatorships (2000); Akezhan Kazhegeldin - Human Rights Empire (2000); Alexander Rubtsov - New times: What does Putin epoch promise to us? (2000); Nikolai Fomin - Unhuman 'democracy' (2000); Vitally Khluipin & Andrey Grozin - Kazakhstan's Army: Non Smooth Formation (1998); Akezhan Kazhegeldin - The Way to Renovate Kazakhstan (?1999); Akezhan Kazhegeldin - Closer ties with Russia could be our salvation (1999); Political collissions 99 - ' Islamic extremism' : myths and reality (1999); National problems in the State Policy of Kazakhstan (1998); Freedom of speech and mass media in Kazakhstan (1998).
[Having worked hard to secure and translate these materials, the Institute decided to heavily curtail access to them by insisting that web browsers are used in conjunction with a 'Shockwave Flash' software. Needless to say, other think-tanks and NGOs are absolutely delighted with this ridiculous approach to e-publishing as it gives them a competitive edge over the IEI operations - ed.]
URL http://iicas.org/publen.htm
Link reported by: Henry Puck (editor_iei@iicas.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

03 Apr 2001

Kerala Assembly Election Database
Expert-Eyes, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Supplied note: "Constituency wise results of elections held to the [India's] Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1987, 1991 and 1996 with summary of performance of political parties, list of elected members and winning margins. (Kerala was the one of the two States in the World to vote communist Governments to power through democratic elections. The next election is scheduled for May 10, 2001.)"
URL http://www.expert-eyes.org/~assembly/
Link reported by: Roy Mathew (roymathew@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

02 Apr 2001

Pakistanisation of India
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, (Tele.Fax.No. 44-4895235) on the above subject is now available at the Web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below]."
[Tehelka.com affair and national security implications of the lack of ethics and rectitude amongst India's establishment - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers3/paper220.htm
Link suggested by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

02 Apr 2001

The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1
The Unicode Consortium, Mountain View, CA, USA
Self-description: "This document defines Version 3.1 of the Unicode Standard. [...] The primary feature of Unicode 3.1 is the addition of 44,946 new encoded characters. These characters cover several historic scripts, several sets of symbols, and a very large collection of additional CJK [Chinese/Japanese/Korean - ed.] ideographs."
URL http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr27/
Link reported by: Mark Davis (mark.davis@us.ibm.com), forwarded by Toshio Takagi (toshio.takagi@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

02 Apr 2001

International Journal of Tantric Studies
Asiatica Association, Milano, Italy
Supplied note: "I am glad to announce vol. 5, no. 1 of the 'International Journal of Tantric Studies.' The journal started its publication in June 1995 and is one of the oldest academic journals on the Web, the oldest in the Tantric field."
Self-description: "This Journal [ISSN 1084-7553] was primarily established to publish on Tantras (or Agamas or Samhitas in Sanskrit) scholarly topics concerning one or more parts of them. This includes the philosophy of language, of knowledge, aesthetics, rhetorics, etc. (e.g. Abhinavagupta's commentary on the DhvanyAloka of Anandavardhana). It also includes e.g. architectural Tantric-based items, stotras, papers on Tantric authors, medicine, chemistry, astronomy/astrology, history of Tantrism, etc."
URL http://www.asiatica.org/publications/ijts/
Link reported by: Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@shore.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

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