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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Aug 2001
Vol. 8, No. 20 (152)

13 Aug 2001

Central Asia Fiction (CAF) - E-journal
cenasia-fiction.netfirms.com, Thornhill, Canada
Self-description: "The mission of this journal is to bring powerful, engaging literary tales of life in former Soviet Central Asia to the attention of a world-wide reading public. [...] Central Asia Fiction [est. Jul 2001, ISSN 1608-9715 - ed.] does not align itself with any government or political grouping of any Central Asian state. Its mission is to present a high standard of literary fiction about Central Asia to the world, regardless of its published authors' views."
Site contents: What's New; Submit; Mission; Discussion; E-mail; Gallery [of photographs]
URL http://cenasia-fiction.netfirms.com
Link reported by: H. B. Paksoy (hpaksoy@ttacs.ttu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Aug 2001

Central Asia and the Caspian Basin, Dec 2001
Politics Department, University of Edinburgh, UK
Supplied note: "We are pleased to announce the Edinburgh Symposium, Central Asia and the Caspian Basin: A Decade Post-Independence. The Symposium will be co-hosted by the Department of Politics and the School of Law [at the The University of Edinburgh - ed.] on 7-8 December 2001. The Symposium is held in association with the British East-West Centre, Harvard University, and the CNRS in Paris."
URL http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/conferences/cac
Link reported by: Margaret Beechey (m.beechey@ed.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Aug 2001

Business Asia Magazine
First Charlton Communications, Sydney, Australia
Supplied note: "A monthly magazine reporting on Australian and Asian Business trade and incorporating Overseas Trading magazine, a magazine for the export industry."
[A home page of a paper publication - ed.]
URL http://www.charlton.com.au/MAG_BA.htm
Link reported by: Anne-Marie Flynn (subscriptions@charlton.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Aug 2001

Online Tibetan to English Scanner/Dictionary
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Supplied note: "I am a graduate student in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Virginia. I have developed a tool available online called 'The Online Tibetan to English Scanner/Dictionary' Short description: A useful tool [which uses Java applets and servlets - ed.] for helping Tibetan to English translators by automating the translation process. Breaks up Tibetan phrases into its different parts displaying its definitions."
URL http://www.people.virginia.edu/~am2zb/tibetan/
Link reported by: Andres Montano Pellegrini (amontano@virginia.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

11 Aug 2001

Moros in Philippines
Foreign Policy in Focus, Interhemispheric Resource Center, Albuquerque, NM, and Institute for Policy Studies Washington, DC, USA
"Moros in the Philippines, by John Gershman."
Site contents: History; Profiles of Major Organizations (Moro National Liberation Front - MNLF, Moro Islamic Liberation Front - MILF, Abu Sayyaf - 'Bearer of the Sword', Organization of the Islamic Conference - OIC); Proposed Solutions and Evaluation of Prospects; Role of the United States; Sources for More Information (Websites, Publications).
[A document published by the Self-Determination in Focus Project (www.fpif.org/selfdetermination/) - ed ]
URL http://www.fpif.org/selfdetermination/conflicts/philippines.html
Link reported by: Tom Barry (ircalb@swcp.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

10 Aug 2001

Arab American Institute
Arab American Institute, Washington D.C., USA
Supplied note: "The Arab American Institute was organized in 1985 to represent Arab American interests in government and politics. AAI provides leadership training and strategies in electoral politics and policy issues that concern Arab Americans."
Site contents: About AAI, Join Now, About Arab Americans (About Census 2000, AAI : Your Census Information Center, Ask AAI... Your demographic questions answered, Select Bibliography on Arab America, Arab Americans Making a Difference, Arab Americans [an article in Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia by Helen Samhan (2001)], Arab Americans in the News, Roster of Arab Americans in Public Service and Political Life); For Students; Search, Contact Us.
[An elegant and fast site - ed.]
URL http://www.aaiusa.org/
Link reported by: Pierre Borochaults (pierre@borochaults.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

09 Aug 2001

12th World Sanskrit Conference, Jul 2003
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Self-description: "The 12th World Sanskrit Conference will be held in Helsinki (Finland), from the 14th to the 19th of July, 2003. The conference is organized by the IASS [International Association of Sanskrit Studies] and the Department of Indology, Institute for Asian and African Studies, University of Helsinki. [...] The Conference will operate in 14 parallel sections [1. Veda; 2. Epics; 3. Puranas; 4. Agamas and Tantras; 5. Vyakarana; 6. Linguistics; 7. Poetry, Drama and Aesthetics; 8. Scientific Literature; 9. Buddhist Studies; 10. Jaina Studies; 11. Philosophy; 12. History and Epigraphy; 13. Law and Society; 14. Art and Archaeology - ed.] organized by scholars specializing in the particular field."
URL http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/aakkl/12wsc/
Link reported by: Petteri Koskikallio (pkoskika@mappi.helsinki.fi)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

09 Aug 2001

Internews Uzbekistan
www.internews.uz, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Supplied note: "Announcing the latest issue of www.internews.uz -- the website of Internews Uzbekistan, featuring.... Highlights from our weekly bulletin 'Xabarnoma,' issues #72, 73, 74 in English, Russian and Uzbek, providing readers with up-to-date information and interviews with insiders from the world of broadcast media and telecommunications in Uzbekistan. [...] Excerpts include: * Mr. U. Khankulov of the MKK's working group comments on Independent TV Stations' re-registration * Dismissal of Alo Hodjaev, Editor of 'Tashkentskaya Pravda' * New Entity in Uzbekistan's Legal Space * Radio Stations' Ratings Depend on DJ's * Internews' GIPI Project with Developing Internet in Uzbekistan."
Site contents: Seminars; TV Stations; Radio Stations; Library / Laws; Forum; Archive; Articles; Marketing; UZ Media Guide.
URL http://www.internews.uz/
Link reported by: Josh Machleder (josh@internews.uz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

09 Aug 2001

Social Development Research Capacity Project, Uzbekistan
SDRC Project, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Self-description: "The main objective of the SDRC project in Uzbekistan is to develop and pilot new methodologies for the assessment of poverty utilizing quantitative and qualitative tools. [...] Department for International Development (DFID) has made a contribution for creating a network of social researchers in Uzbekistan. [The SDRC, launched in Jun 2000 is] implemented by the Center for Development Studies Swansea (CDS Swansea) [in UK].
URL http://www.sdrc.uz/
Link reported by: Matluba Mukhamedova (matluba@cer.uz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

09 Aug 2001

Urban China Research Network
University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA.
Self-description: "A multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional network of scholars [est. 1999 - ed.] conducting and supporting research on urbanization in contemporary China. A joint venture between the Lewis Mumford Center and the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis (CSDA) [...]. Its purpose is to strengthen contacts and collaboration among international scholars with interests in urban China. [...] The Urban China Research Network is developing an archive of [digitized] maps of China's major cities. [...] For two cities, Shanghai and Tianjin, it will also provide a link to downloadable GIS maps [in ArcView and MapInfo formats - ed.] and information at the subdistrict level. We intend to extend this data archive to all major cities, one at a time, and we welcome offers of assistance for any city."
Site contents: About Us; Research Activities; Data & Maps; Small Grant Program; Links; Lewis Mumford Center.
URL http://www.albany.edu/chinanet/
Link reported by: John Logan (j.logan@albany.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Data
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

08 Aug 2001

Indonesian Acquisition List (IAL), June 2001
National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The latest issue of the National Library of Australia's Indonesian Acquisition List (IAL), no.2 June 2001 is now at [the URL below]. This issue lists a considerable number of new Indonesian serial titles and new monographs acquired by the Library's Regional Office in Jakarta between March and May 2001. All issues of IAL since March 1996 are also at this site."
Site contents: About Us; Research Activities; Data & Maps; Small Grant Program; Links; Lewis Mumford Center.
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/pub/ial/
Link reported by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

07 Aug 2001

Indonesian Regional Government Profiles and News
Infoproda (Informas Promosi Daerah), Indonesia Research Unit, Gold Group Asia/Pacific, Jakarta, Indonesia
Supplied note: "Research profiles on Indonesia's local governments and their officials [...] Through Indonesia's new autonomy laws, 340 local governments now have significant authority for mining, forests, industry, trade, investment, environment, public works, health, education, culture, agriculture, communications, manpower, etc. From the bottom of the government 'food chain' they have now moved to the top in key sectors. But what is the current state of each of the 268 regencies and 72 cities and who are the officials running them? The Gold Group's Informasi Promosi 'Daerah Indonesia research unit will deliver its landmark, six-volume Report on Indonesia's Autonomous Local Governments' to foundation subscribers on August 6 [2001], Gold Group CEO, Mr Geoffrey Gold, announced in Jakarta today. Mr Gold said subscribers will also access data on-line at [the URL below] website which already provides free services to visitors including autonomy news and direct links to national, provincial and Local Government administrations."
[A commercial system - ed.]
URL http://www.infoproda.com/
Link reported by: Infoproda Indonesia (info@infoproda.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

07 Aug 2001

Analysis Malaysia - Insight to Malaysian Politics
Strategic Analysis Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Supplied note: "We have just launched an online political report, 'Analysis Malaysia.' We believe that the information would be useful to your organization and would like to offer you a trial subscription for a period of two weeks. On a fortnightly basis, Analysis Malaysia will publish a report on current issue, providing the historical backdrop, explaining the dynamics and the complexities of Malaysian politics and introducing the personalities who dominate the issues. You can access [the URL below] for the pilot issue or http://www.analysismalaysia.com/sam_publication_issue3.php for the latest issue."
[A commercial system - ed.]
URL http://analysismalaysia.com/evaluate.php
Link reported by: Loh Yin San (yinsan@analysismalaysia.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

04 Aug 2001

Hong Kong Culture and Society, Dec 2001
Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Supplied note: "The Fourth International Postgraduate Symposium on Hong Kong Culture and Society, The University of Hong Kong, 13-14 December 2001, (Sponsored by the Centre of Asian Studies, HKU and the Japan Foundation.) [...] The HKCSP invites proposals for the above Symposium from current postgraduate students [... who] should send an abstract of approximately 500 words with a brief CV and contact information by 31 August 2001 [... to] hkcsp@hku.hk. Full papers must be submitted by 1 November 2001 for sending to commentators. Limited funding for travelling expenses and accommodation is available on a selective basis. More information about the Symposium will be posted on our website [the URL below] in due course."
URL http://www.hku.hk/hkcsp
Link reported by: Kevin Yuk-shing Li (liys@hkusua.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Aug 2001

European Center for Digital Resources in Chinese Studies
Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Supplied note: "The European Center for Digital Resources in Chinese Studies (ChinaResource.org) has opened on July 1st, 2001, at the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Its aims are to contribute to the improvement of the conditions of China-related research and information access in Europe by offering on-site, and where ever possible via the Internet, access to the broadest possible array of China-related digital resources. Its long-term goal is linking up with and contributing to the evolving virtual and eventually digital library in this field. Apart from copyright-protected items, the resources are accessible worldwide. Local research assistants can be hired to handle searches only possible locally. [...] You may also subscribe to our free newsletter 'ChinaResourceNews' at http://chinaresource.org/subscribe.htm"
New Acquisitions (Jul 2001): Databases (Fuyin baokan ziliao, Early Chinese Periodicals, Early Chinese Intellectuals); Print Media (Ershi shiji da wutai [The Grande Stage of the 20th Century], Nuzi shijie [Woman's world], Zhanlue yu guanli [Strategy and Management], Pengzhuang: quanqiuhua xianjing yu Zhongguo shixian xuanze [Collision: the globalization trap and China's real choice], 2000-2001 Zhongguo diaocha baogao [China 2000-2001, Report of an Investigation - Contradictions among the People under the new Conditions], Zhongguo 'liu si' zhen xiang [Tiananmen papers])
[A most welcome and immensely important development in Asian Studies and related disciplines - ed.]
URL http://chinaresource.org/
Link reported by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./Documents/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Aug 2001

Korea Internet White Paper 2001
National Computerization Agency (NCA), Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), Seoul, South Korea.
Supplied note: "The site below gives you an opportunity to download fulltext version [in PDF format - ed.] of the Korea Internet White Paper 2001. It is in English."
Site contents: Chapter 1: Internet Policy (Direction of Internet Policy, Korea Information Infrastructure (KII), Next Generation Internet, Internet Address, e-Commerce Promotion Policy, Information Use Protection Policy, Internet related Legal Framework); Chapter 2: Internet Usage (Domain Names and Numbers, Internet Usage, Internet Usage by Sector); Chapter 3: Internet Business (Internet Access Service, Internet Contents, e-Commerce, Wireless and Mobile Internet, Internet Application Service); Chapter 4: Internet Infrastructure (Internet eXchange (IX), Internet Backbone Network, Access Network); Appendix.
URL http://www.nca.or.kr/homepage/internet/internet.nsf/ _h68o30c8hmfh204dvmk8rjbghn7kh3f5d408rpf0hnb713e7h271fe_?OpenPage
Link reported by: Toshio Takagi (toshio.takagi@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Aug 2001

USA Indians - Resources for Asian Indian Americans
Tirupati, AP, India
Supplied note: "USAIndians - Resources for Asian Indian Americans - free email, greetings, news, hindi, tamil, telugu songs, Indian music, movies, matrimonials, bollywood actresses, immigration, desi yellow pages for USA, jokes, recipes, baby names, Indian restaurants, temples, jewelry stores & more."
URL http://www.usaindians.com/
Link reported by: Parthiux Trestium (parthiux@email.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Aug 2001

Vietnam Notes: Living and Working in Saigon, Vietnam
www.vietnam-notes.com, ?Vietnam
Supplied note: "An expat teacher's journal about living and working in Vietnam. Includes 'A Guide to Teaching English in Vietnam'."
Site contents: Introduction; About the Author; A Guide to Teaching in Vietnam; Changing Horses: The CELTA Course; Vietnam Teaching Forum; Personal Journal: 2001; The Archives: 1999-2000; Miscellany; Travel and EFL Links; What's New?
URL http://www.vietnam-notes.com
Link reported by: Paul John (pbjohn@teachermail.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Aug 2001

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
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]."
URL http://www.saag.org/papers3/paper287.html
Link reported 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
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Aug 2001

Laws of Nepal
An Informal Group, ?Kathmandu, Nepal
Supplied note: "This is the first web site on Nepal's Constitutional Law, Sectoral legal Regimes and Human Rights."
Self-description: "Attempts will be made on this web site to collect English translation of all Nepalese laws."
Site contents: Management Team (Forewords by Chief Justice of Nepal, Declaration of the Management Team, Introduction by the Co-ordinator); General Index (Nepal: A Country Profile, The Nepalese Legal System: An Outline, Nepal and the Common Law Tradition, Constitutional Law of Nepal, Sectoral Legal Regimes, International Treaty Regime, Human Rights and International Obligations, Courts and Judicial System, Law Profession, Legal Education in Nepal, Official Case Reports, Legal Journals and Periodicals, Bibliography of Legal Publications in English); Recent Update (Current Issues in Nepalese Law, New statutes, New precedents established by the Supreme Court of Nepal, What is going on at the Ministry of Law and Justice?, International Legal Issues, New International Binding Obligations, Important Legal Sector Interviews, Legal business at the Parliament, Legal articles from the local press, Other Institutional Efforts); UK Update (Current Issues in British Law, New British Statutes, New Precedents Established by House of Lords, What is going on at the Lord Chancellor's Department, Legal Business at the United Kingdom Parliament, Legal Articles from the British Press, Legal News from the UK, Other Materials of Nepalese Interest)
URL http://www.lawsofnepal.com/
Link reported by: Bipin Adhikai (bipin@bigpond.com.kh)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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