The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Dec 2002
Vol. 9, No. 24 (184)

The Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU
would like to wish the Network friends, colleagues and associates

Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year

27 Dec 2002

Maoists of South Asia: India, the common enemy
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] - br."
"[India, is the] common enemy of the deprived classes and revolutionaries of the South Asian (SA) region [...] That is the message emerging from the recent debates among the Maoist organisations of the region."
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers6/paper571.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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

22 Dec 2002

Mongolian Judiciary
www.mongolianjudiciary.org, Washington DC, USA
Supplied note: "The purpose of this site is to help Mongolian young judges, lawyers and law professionals to understand international human rights, importance of judicial independence. Additionally, this site will present latest news on human rights; and judiciary from Mongolia and worldwide. This is a first site on judiciary that has been created by individual people. - gg."
Site contents: News; Domestic Legislation & Judicial Independence; International Human Rights and Courts; Publications and Speeches; Grants and Position Announcements; Links; About Us.
URL http://www.mongolianjudiciary.org
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: G. Ganzorig (ganzorig@mongolianjudiciary.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Online Guide/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

21 Dec 2002

Singhini Research Centre
Singhini Anusandhan Kendra, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Supplied note: "The Singhini Anusandhan Kendra (Singhini Research Centre) is an independent association [est. Mar 2001] devoted to the field of Himalayan music and dance. [Recently] our web site [...] has been attacked by hackers. So, we have been forced to change our domain name [from www.singhini.com to the address listed below] - fb."
Site contents: Introduction; Members and Associates; Research Programme; Archives and Documentation [incl. a short bibliography of Himalayan Ethnomusicology, Theatre and Dance, Oral literature and Anthropology It includes works in western languages as well as those in Nepali, Newari, Pahari dialects, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali and Urdu); Productions (propositions of concerts incl. Music and Dance of Nepal Mandala; Gandharva Tradition of Nepal); Links [annotated collection of specialist links - ed.]; Contact.
[A tri-lingual (EN,FR,NP) site. - ed.]
URL http://www.singhini.org
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: Franck Bernede (bernede@ntc.net.np)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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

17 Dec 2002

The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces
gruschke.topcities.com, Freiburg, Germany.
Andreas Gruschke. 2001. The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces - Amdo (Northeastern Tibet) . Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo. Volume 2. The Gansu and Sichuan Parts of Amdo. White Lotus Publishers, Bangkok. In preparation: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces: Kham (Eastern Tibet). [to be published in two volumes at White Lotus Press, ca.2002/2003].
[Details of paper publications - ed.]
URL http://gruschke.topcities.com/Amdo.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: Andreas Gruschke (gruschke@freenet.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Document
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

17 Dec 2002

British Intelligence on China in Tibet, 1903-1950
IDC Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands
Supplied note: "British Intelligence on China in Tibet, 1903-1950 Formerly classified British intelligence and policy files Unique primary source for the historical background to the nature of China's present position in Tibet Specifically selected from the papers of the Political & Secret Department in the India Office Records Files on the discovery of the 14th (the present) Dalai Lama in 1937-39. [...] These formerly classified files and associated confidential print were accumulated at the India Office in London during the first half of the twentieth century [British intervention in Tibet, 1903-04; Tibet's expulsion of the Chinese, 1911-12; The McMahon Line and border determination; British support for Tibetan de facto independence; Changing attitudes during World War II; Indian independence and the Chinese invasion]. This edition is fully endorsed by the British Library - Oriental and India Office Collections (OIOC). 303 files (43,200 pages of intelligence data and policy files), 576 microfiche, printed and online guide by A.J. Farrington, former Deputy Director, OIOC, British Library, London. For more information, please visit: [the URL below]. - wl."
[Details of a microfiche publication - ed.]
[Related IDC Projects include: * British Intelligence Files and Policy on Afghanistan and its frontiers, c. 1900-1950; * Comintern Archive; * Comintern Archive: Electronic Inventory; * India Legislative Series; * Indian Political Intelligence (IPI) Files, 1912-1950; * Palestine: The British Mandate; * Palestine: The Legal Background - ed.]
URL http://www.idc.nl/catalog/referer.php?c=394
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: Willemijn Lindhout (wlindhout@idc.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Document
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* 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

17 Dec 2002

Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao (1872-1895)
Sinologisches Seminar, Universitaet Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Supplied note: "The Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, cheerfully announces the publication of the 'Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao (1872-1895)', a cooperative project made possible through the financial support of the Thyssen foundation. The main objective of this database-project is to provide quick access to the contents of the Shenbao, certainly the most important of the early Chinese-language Shanghai newspapers, and thus contribute to the study of the late Qing press as well as to the paper's exploration as a source for historical and cultural studies. The index covers the years from the paper's foundation in 1872 to the end of the Sino-Japanese war in 1895. It consists of: * an English-language day-by-day record of the subjects treated in the paper's main articles (all editorial articles are included, a large part of them with titles in pinyin transcription, fewer with Chinese characters), * nearly all articles reprinted from the Hong Kong press (among them more than 240 items reprinted from the Xunhuan Ribao during the years 1874 to 1879 and fewer items from the Jinshi Bianlu or the Zhongwai Xinwen), * a selection of news reports, official documents, letters to the editor, etc., * all the zhuzhici (a form of popular poetry describing local customs), and * the names of the authors of signed articles.
The index now consists of nearly 10,000 entries.
The online-publication of the Shenbao-Index marks the completion of the first stage of this project. [...] the future development of the database will not proceed in a systematic way, but follow the specific interests of those working with the Shenbao-materials. - aj."
URL http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/database/shenbao/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: Andrea Janku (janku@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de), forwarded by Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

16 Dec 2002

The American Anthropologist Summaries (1888-2000)
Center for a Public Anthropology, Hawaii Pacific University, HI, USA
Supplied note: "You can use the archive to search for any author, name, subject, or cultural group [in all parts of the world, incl. Asia - ed.] written about in the 'American Anthropologist' from 1888 through 2000 and can get a summary of what was said by whom. [...] The project, involving more than 70 schools from Canada and the United States, presents what might be termed a 'bifocal' view of the material. "Bifocal" refers to the fact that there are two summaries by two different students at two different schools for each article and obituary. The goal is to avoid the biases implicit in single-authored reviews so common today. We have completed roughly 75% of the 8,000 summaries involved in the American Anthropologist portion of the project and expect to complete the rest this fall. If you or colleagues are interested in having one of your classes participate in the project for Current Anthropology or Human Organization this coming spring - I would stress it works best when done as a set of class assignments - all you have to do send me an e-mail at borofsky@hpu.edu or you can click on: http://www.publicanthropology.org/Archive/HowToParticipate.htm to find out more about the project. - rb."
URL http://www.publicanthropology.org/Archive/AAListByYears.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: Rob Borofsky (borofsky@hpu.edu), forwarded by h-seasia@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

15 Dec 2002

Workshop on Migration and Health in Asia, May 2003
Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Supplied note: "Extension of Submission Closing Date for Call for Papers for Workshop on Migration and Health in Asia, 21-23 May 2003 The Asian MetaCentre is organising a 3-day workshop on Migration and Health in Asia on 21-23 May 2003 to be held in Singapore-Bintan. The workshop will focus on the relationship between 'migration' and 'health' in the context of Asia, along themes such as, conceptions of health meanings across different diasporas in Asia; differential access to health and social services among migrants and locals; differential health status among migrants and non-migrants populations; illegal migration and health issues; gender, body politics and health needs among migrants; and migration and vectors of diseases. The organisers invite submissions of abstracts of about 500 words, or full length papers, and full curriculum vitae. Interested applicants may apply for limited funding to attend the workshop, which will be awarded on a competitive basis for the best abstracts selected. [...] The closing date for submission of applications has been extended to 31 December 2002. - vk."
URL http://www.populationasia.org/Migration%20and%20Health%20in%20Asia.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: Verene Koh (popnasia@nus.edu.sg), forwarded by h_seasia@nus.edu.sg
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

15 Dec 2002

Japan-Japan
Cherokee Press, JPH, Inc., Alpharetta, GA, USA
Supplied note: "Award winning Japanese Philatelic Exhibits; over 1,000 Japanese related URLs in both English and Japanese; 3 translation aides to assist viewers in reading web pages written in Japanese; bi-lingual dictionary of over 1,700 Japanese philatelic terms; book reviews on subjects relating to Japanese philately and language. - cals."
URL http://www.japan-japan.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.japan-japan.com
Link reported by: Charles A. L. Swenson (c_sjph@bellsouth.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* 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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