The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: mid Nov 2001
Vol. 8, No. 25 (157)

19 Nov 2001

Madura (Indonesia) Bibliography
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
An online publication from the series of the AnthroGlobe (coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_index.html) specialist bibliographies. It deals with works on the Madura Island, Java, Indonesia.
Self-description: "This multidisciplinary bibliography [over 1080 references compiled by Glenn Smith - ed.] reflects an attempt to balance the AnthroGlobe goal of exhaustivity with some concern for document availability. The majority of the references, most seminar papers, 'Java-Madura' government reports and statistical works, and all maps, are available for consultation in Leiden, Netherlands, at the Bibliotheek van het KITLV (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde) or the Universiteitsbibliotheek."
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_madura1.html
Internet Archive [not archived at the time of this note]
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: 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

19 Nov 2001

The Middle East Forum
The Middle East Forum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Self-description: "The Middle East Forum, a think tank, works to define and promote American interests in the Middle East. Founded in 1990 the Forum became an independent organization in 1994. The Forum holds that the United States has vital interests in the region; in particular, it believes in strong ties with Israel, Turkey, and other democracies as they emerge; works for human rights throughout the region; seeks a stable supply and a low price of oil; and promotes the peaceful settlement of regional and international disputes."
Site contents: About Us; Middle East Quarterly (Current Issue, Past Issues, Subscrib, Submit Manuscript, Board of Editors, Contact Editor); MEF Wires; Audio; Research & Writing; Forthcoming Events; Internships & Employment; Board of Governors; Staff; Participation; MEF's latest releases: Articles by MEF staff - Victory Shifts the Muslim World by Daniel Pipes (Nov 19), The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem by Daniel Pipes (Sep 2001), Terrorism? What Terrorism?! by Martin Kramer (Nov 15), 'We're Going to Conquer America' by Daniel Pipes (Nov 12), Getting it Wrong in the Middle East by Daniel Pipes (Nov 5), The Danger Within: Militant Islam in America by Daniel Pipes (Nov 2001), Fighting Militant Islam, Without Bias by Daniel Pipes (Nov 2001), How Many U.S. Muslims? by Daniel Pipes (Oct 29), Breeding Ground: Fundamentalists Pervert Teaching of Islam by Jonathan Schanzer (Sep 24), Arafat's Press by Ronni Gordon Stillman (Sep 20), MEF wires - Turkey's Place in the War against Militant Islam by Steven Kinzer (Oct 17), Sanctions Have Helped Northern Iraq by Michael Rubin (Jul 10).
URL http://www.meforum.org/
Internet Archive Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.meforum.org/
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./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

14 Nov 2001

Asian Human Rights Commission
Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong, China
Self-description: "[F]ounded in 1986 by a prominent group of jurists and human rights activists in Asia. The AHRC is an independent, non-governmental body, which seeks to promote greater awareness and realisation of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations. AHRC promotes civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights."
Site contents: About Us; Publications (Books, Papers & Statements); Asian Charter; Programs; [situation in] Asian Countries (Afganistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kashmir, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Tibet, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam); Human Rights Link; Mailing List; Urgent Appeals; Search.
URL http://www.ahrchk.net/
Internet Archive Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.ahrchk.net/
Link reported by: Michael Lewis (asiansc@msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents/Study
* 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 1000

14 Nov 2001

Human Rights in Asia, Mar 2002
Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Supplied note: "The Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University will host a two-day conference on "Human Rights in Asia: Tradition and Trajectories" on March 15 and 16, 2002 at MSU's Kellogg Center. The conference will address the broad issue of how human rights are conceptualized, contested, and accommodated in East, South, and SE Asia. Panels and presentations will consider current human rights problems in specific Asian countries and the prospects for resolving conflicts. [...] Panels, round table discussions, and individual papers [deadline] Nov 30, 2001."
URL http://www.isp.msu.edu/asianstudies/hrc_asia
Internet Archive [not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Michael Lewis (asiansc@msu.edu)
* 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

14 Nov 2001

UW East Asia Center
Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Supplied note: "The University of Washington's East Asia Center has developed a new website to support its activities. [...] Of particular interest to faculty and scholars interested in East Asia is the post-secondary outreach section under 'Outreach Resources.' There you will find information on East Asia colloquia, conferences, and travel stipends, as well as faculty syllabi, bibliographies and other materials."
Site contents: About Us; Academic Programs, Faculty, Outreach Resources, EA Library, Other [East Asia] NRCs; Links (U. of Washington and Greater Seattle Area, General Resources on the Internet, Journals, Newspapers, Magazines and Media, Organizations and Institutes), Events.
[An elegant and fast-loading site - ed.]
URL http://depts.washington.edu/eacenter/
Internet Archive [not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Diane Atkinson (eacenter@u.washington.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./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

14 Nov 2001

Afghanpedia
Sabawoon Online, USA
Supplied note: "Afghanpedia is a full resource driven service [est. mid 2000 - ed.] providing quality information for research papers, articles, general references, and more."
Site contents: The Land - Relief, Drainage, Soils, Climate, Plant and animal life, Settlement patterns; The People - Ethno linguistic groups, Religion, Demographic trends; The Economy - Management of the economy, Resources, Agriculture, Industry, Finance, Trade, Transportation; Administration and Social Conditions - Government, Armed forces, Education, Health and welfare, Social divisions; Cultural Life; History - The Achaemenians and the Greeks, The Kushans, The Sasanians and Hephthalites, The first Muslim dynasties, The Mongol invasion, Later medieval dynasties); Last Afghan Empire (Overthrow of foreign rule, The Durrani dynasty, The rise of the Barakzay, Dost Mohammad (1826-39; 1843-63), Shir 'Ali (1863-66; 1868-79), Ya'qub Khan (1879); Modern Afghanistan - Abdor Rahman Khan (1880-1901), Habibollah Khan (1901-19), Amanollah (1919-29), Mohammad Nader Shah (1929-33), Mohammad Zahir Shah (1933-73); Afghanistan Since 1973 - The Republic of Afghanistan (1973-78), The Soviets in Afghanistan, The Afghan Civil War.
URL http://www.sabawoon.com/afghanpedia/default.shtm
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.sabawoon.com/afghanpedia/default.shtm
Link reported by: Curt Davis (curt@curtdavis.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 300

14 Nov 2001

Institute for Afghan Studies (IAS)
www.institute-for-afghan-studies.org, USA
Self-description: The Institute fosters "a better understanding of Afghan affairs through scholarly research and studies ."
Site contents: About Us; Author Guidelines; Chat; Contact Us; Mailing List; Mission Statement; List Server; What's New; News; Maps; Thinking Models; Weekly Commentaries; Seminars; Studies and Documents (Accords & Treaties; Afghan Conflict; Bibliography; Book Reviews; Central Asia; Chronology; Conferences; Constitutions; Country Corner; Drugs; Economy; Foreign Affairs; History; Human Factor; Human Rights; Loya Jirga; National Treasures; News; NGO; Northern Alliance; Pipelines; Sanctions; Soviet Invasion; Strategic Studies; Taliban; Terrorism; United Nations; Who is Who; Women Rights).
[A slow-loading site - ed.]
URL http://www.institute-for-afghan-studies.org
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.institute-for-afghan-studies.org
Link reported by: Curt Davis (curt@curtdavis.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Documents/Studies/Online Guide/Corporate Info./
* 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

14 Nov 2001

Lemar-Aftab: AfghanMagazine.com
Aftaabzad Publications, USA?
Supplied note: "Publisher Farhad Azad started AfghanMagazine.com in 1997 'to help bring awareness to the arts and culture of the Afghan people."
Site contents: Feedback; Submit; About; Archive (Afghan Experience, Afghanistan Geographics, Book Reviews, Event Reviews, Essays, Fiction, History, Music, Poetry, Profiles, Travelogues, Visual Arts, Wellness); Previous Issues [3-4 issues a year, since Jul 1997 - ed.]; Join Mailing List, Editors Corner (Publisher's Notes, Theme, Staff & Contributors).
URL http://www.afghanmagazine.com/
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.afghanmagazine.com
Link reported by: Mrs. Coomer (mrscoomer@hotmail.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 300

14 Nov 2001

e-suvadi - Electronic Manuscripts in Tamil
Tamil Heritage Foundation, Boeblingen, Germany
Supplied note: "A non-profit, non-governmental, non-political organisation called 'Tamil Heritage Foundation' has been registered recently to initiate works on digitizing ancient palm-leaf manuscripts and old books (17-20[th century - ed.] AD) in Tamil (a classical Indian language). We have initiated [in Sep 2001] an email group [60 subscribers in Nov 2001 - ed.] called 'esuvadi' meaning Electronic Manuscripts to discuss various issues on manuscript digitization. We have registered a domain and our portal is under construction."
URL http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/esuvadi
Internet Archive [not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Dr. Narayanan Kannan (nkannan@freenet.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./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

14 Nov 2001

The KoreaWeb.ws
koreaweb.ws, USA
Supplied note: "An extensive listing of e-mail addresses of scholars and students active in Korean Studies, pages with hundreds of links to online Korean newspapers and journals, historical sources, a library gateway, resources for women studies, associations, discussion lists, art, literature, and so forth."
Site contents: Art, Academia, Associations, Books, Computing, Discussions, DPRK, Kids, Korean Americans, Koreanists, Literature, Misc, News, ROK, Scholarships & Jobs, Women; Satellite + Precipitation maps; Chat Room; AKSE; Korea Maps; Yahoo! Maps; FindArticles.com; Library of Congress; Digital Library Korea; Korean News Database; Dictionary + Transcreation; Britannica: English & Korean; Korean Historical Connection; Korean Art History Connection; BBC World Service; KBS 1FM Radio; Korean Studies [moderated] Discussion List [est. 1994, currently 350+ subscribers - ed.]; Korean Studies Review [online series of book reviews]; Asian Studies Jobs.
[A superb, scholarly resource. Formerly, the site was published at Harvard and has been linked to from over 400 web sites world-wide. Its past copies are kept at the Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.fas.harvard.edu/~hoffmann/ - ed.]
URL http://koreaweb.ws
Internet Archive [the new site is not archived at the time of this note]
Link suggested by: Frank Hoffmann (hoffmann@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online guide/Documents/Study
* 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

13 Nov 2001

'The Tung Wah Times' Index, 1898-1936
La Trobe University & Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, Australia
Annotated index of 8083 articles from the Sydney, Australia newspaper 'The Tung Wah Times', 1898-1936.
Self-description: "The Tung Wah Times [Donghua xinbao - ed. ] (1902-1936 previously the Tung Wah News 1898-1902) [...] was an important community centre for the Chinese in Australia. It served as the head office of the Australian Chinese Empire Reform Association and other community organisations, including the NSW Chinese Merchants' Society. It also provided a venue for many community functions - including protest rallies, and celebrations of the birthdays of Confucius and the Chinese Emperor."
Site contents: Browse Database, Search Database, Chinese Newspapers in Australia from the Turn of the Century [by Liu Weiping].
The site is a part of the Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation (CHAF) (www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au). A sample of records 1-6 follows: Foreword 29 Jun1898 (Foreword to first issue written by editor); Russia covets Chinese territory 29 Jun1898 (Russia sends three more gunboats to northeastern China and signs secret agreement with Japan); Feud between two family clans 29 Jun1898 (Feud and recent clashes in Zengcheng, Guangdong, between Chen and Lei clans); Charity organisation in Dongguan 29 Jun1898 (Charity institution in Dongguan, Guangdong, and its recent alms giving); Bandits in Shandong 29 Jun1898 (Bandit activities in Shandong and recent suppression by central government); Russian troops enter China 29 Jun1898 (Russian troops cross border river and enter Heilongjiang);
URL http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/tungwah.shtml
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/tungwah.shtml
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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

12 Nov 2001

Women and Gender in Chinese Studies Network (WAGNet)
Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Self-description: "Our concern is to link European scholarship in Chinese women's/gender studies, in all its linguistic diversity. While a main aim is to bring together European scholars, so that we know who is working where, in which disciplines and on which issues, the Network [est. in Aug 2001] is open to our colleagues in Asia and other parts of the world."
Contents: (1) Mission Statement; (2) News; (3) Member List [27 names in Nov 2001 - ed]; (4) Activities; (5) Publications; (6) Links; (7) Join the Network.
URL http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/cccrw/wagcn/
Internet Archive [not archived at the time of this note]
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* 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

12 Nov 2001

The Caucasus Foundation - Kafkas Vakfi
The Caucasus Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey
Self-description: "The Caucasus Foundation is a non-profit N[GO...] preserving and fostering socio-cultural relations of the Caucasians living at diasporas or at Caucasus. [...] The Foundation [...] collect[s] documents from Ottoman archives in Turkey and in other countries in preparation to a Caucasian history based on original documents [...] supplies humanitarian aids to the different Caucasian Republics [...] [.... and] broadcasts daily news in four languages on Internet by its [...own] Agency Caucasus [.... which] obtains [...] news from independent and primary sources."
Site contents: About Foundation; [News] Agency Caucasus; Caucasus Today; Analysis; Diaspora; Culture; History; Portraits Remembered; Library; Documents; Music; PhotoArchive; Discussion Platform; Chat Room; Links.
[A site with a strong anti-Russian profile. It publishes in English, Russian, Arabic and Turkish and has a very useful news section - ed.]
URL http://www.kafkas.org.tr
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.kafkas.org.tr
Link reported by: Fehim Tastekin (ajans@kafkas.org.tr)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: 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

11 Nov 2001

Chinese Human Rights Web
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA
Supplied note: "A companion website to 'The Chinese Human Rights Reader' [Stephen C. Angle and Marina Svensson, trans. and eds., The Chinese Human Rights Reader: Documents and Commentary, 1900-2000 (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2001). 520 pp. Glossary, index. Hardcover: 0-7656-0692-5 Paperback : 0-7656-0693-3 - ed], this site contains texts, teaching aids, and other information related to China and human rights."
Site contents: The Chinese Human Rights Reader; Supplementary Texts; Topical Areas & News; Bibliography; UN and Governmental Documents andLinks; Materials and Links for Activist Organizations; Academic Study; Search & Site Index.
URL http://www.chinesehumanrightsreader.org
Internet Archive [not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Stephen Angle (sangle@wesleyan.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./Online Guide/Documents
* 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

11 Nov 2001

Digital Asia Library (DAL)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
Self-description: "A cooperative venture of The Ohio State University Libraries, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Libraries, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries."
Supplied note: "The catalog includes freely available [Asian] Internet resources on a broad range of disciplines in the social sciences such as business and economics, education, political science, and sociology and topics such as banking and finance, demography and population, environment, gender, health, industry and trade, and politics, government, and international relations. [...] They include bibliographies and databases, data sets, newspapers and journals, research reports, homepages or government bodies and organizations, and more."
Site contents: Search DAL, About DAL, Contacts, Submit a Resource.
[A fast growing a bibliography of online materials. Unfortunately, these are exceedingly volatile and totally unsuitable for cataloguing by hand. The site needs to develop a workable strategy for long-term handling of resources which have moved to a new location or have been closed down- ed.]
URL http://digitalasia.library.wisc.edu/
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/digitalasia.library.wisc.edu
Link reported by: The Scout Report (scout-report@hypatia.cs.wisc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* 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

11 Nov 2001

Muslim Life in America
International Information Programs, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA
Self-description: "Islam is considered one of the fastest-growing religions in the United States today."
Site contents: Photo Galleries (Faces of Islam, Family Life, Mosques and Prayers, At Work, In School, Everyday Life, Official Recognition, Reaction to the September 11 Attacks); Text (American Muslims Speak Up, Messages from President Bush, Demographic Facts, Related Articles); Resources (Readings, Internet Sites, Nongovernmental Organizations).
URL http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/homepage.htm
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/homepage.htm
Link reported by: The Scout Report (scout-report@hypatia.cs.wisc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: 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

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