The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: mid Feb 2003
Vol. 10, No. 4 (188)

19 Feb 2003

Falun Dafa Information Center
Falun Dafa Information Center, New York, NY, USA
Supplied note: "In case you're not familiar with the Falun Gong persecution in China, please learn more at www.faluninfo.net and www.minghui.org as well as www.falundafa.org
This issue seems to have important consequences for Chinese history and culture and should be more well known! - gp."
Self-description: "The Falun Dafa Information Center is a volunteer group of individuals dedicated to bringing you up to the minute information regarding the persecution against the peaceful practitioners of Falun Gong in China, and also serves as a watchdog group for illegal activities of the Chinese government as it seeks to carry out its illegal persecution overseas. [...]
Since the leader of China, Jiang Zemin, began the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in 1999: 100 million people practiced Falun Gong in 1998, but lost that right when Jiang banned it in 1999. Hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally arrested and detained. More than 500 have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 18 years. More than 1,000 have been forced into mental hospitals, an act condemned by World Psychiatric Association. Over 100,000 have been illegally sent to labor camps without trials. At least 572 deaths through police torture have been confirmed, with government sources inside China disclosing that the actual number exceeds 1,600. "
Site contents: * FAQ; * Death Cases; * Search; * About InfoCenter; * Contact Us; * Top Story; * Top InfoCenter Stories; * Top World News Stories; * In Depth; * Weekly Newsletter; * Subcribe to Falun Gong Today and Breaking News Stories; * Fact File; * Special Reports (Jiang's Personal Crusade, Freedom Under Attack, Women of Conscience, Psychiatric Abuses Report, Amnesty Intl. Report, Torture Locations Report, Go to Download Area); * Compassion Magazine; * Common Questions; * Links (FalunDafa.org, Faluninfo Europe, Faluninfo Spanish, Faluninfo Chinese, Faluninfo Japanese, Friends of Falun Gong, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights).
URL http://www.faluninfo.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.faluninfo.net/
Link reported by: Gary Pansey (gpansey@netzero.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 48,576 external links]

18 Feb 2003

Catalogue of the Gandhari Corpus
Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Supplied note: "The British Library/University of Washington Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project has made available an electronic catalogue of Gandharan inscriptions, coins, manuscripts [from the following collections: British Library, Hirayama, Khotan Dharmapada, Lou-lan, Masson, Pelliot, Oldenburg, Schoyen, Senior, UW, Lost fragments - ed.], and secular documents, as well as a bibliography of secondary literature and studies relating to Gandhari. [...] These pages represent a work in progress. Scholars are invited to send in additions and corrections to the data in the hopes that this will eventually become a comprehensive catalogue of all known materials in and relating to the Gandhari language. - ag."
Site contents of the parent site, the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project (depts.washington.edu/ebmp/): * British Library Kharosthi Fragments; * Project goals; * Funding; * Personnel; * Publications; * Catalogue of the Gandhari corpus (Inscriptions, Coins, Buddhist Manuscripts, Secular Documents, Bibliography); * Applications of Technology Tour; * Sample texts and romanization table; * Downloadable images, charts, documents & software; * Related sites (Adobe article on digital publishing and Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project, Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, The Electronic Buddhist Texts Initiative, The International Dunhuang Project, John Smith's Homepage, Languages and Scripts of India, Rock Carvings and Inscriptions along the Karakorum Highway, Schoyen Collection, Vipassana Research Institute).
URL http://depts.washington.edu/ebmp/inscriptions.php
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Andrew Glass (asg@u.washington.edu), forwarded by h-asia@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library/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

18 Feb 2003

Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Sarawak
IEAS, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Self-description: "The charter of the IEAS is [...] to facilitate a range of interdisciplinary programs and activities to advance understanding of Borneo/Kalimantan in a regional perspective."
Site contents: * Mission; * People; * Chair of Sino-Bornean Studies; * Nusantara Chair; * Bibliographies [in PDF format] (Bibliography of Studies on Malay, Melanau & Kedayan Communities in Sarawak, Bibliography of Studies on Iban & Bidayuh Communities in Sarawak, Bibliography of Studies on the Orang Ulu Communities in Sarawak, Bibliography of Studies on the Chinese Communities in Sarawak (in English & Malay), Baer, A. Borneo Biomedical Bibliography, Crain, Jay B. and Vicki Pearson-Rounds. A Provisional Bibliographic List of Published Materials and Manuscripts Relating to the Lundayeh-Lun Bawang-Kelabit and Related Groups of Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei and East Kalimantan); * Vital New Documents on the Formation of Malaysia; * Borneo Research Council (Publications); * Borneo Scholars Directory; * Dayak Studies (Series1, Series2, Series3); * Research (Focus, Seminar Series); * Monographs; * Working Papers; * Postgraduate Programme; * Staff; * Order Form.
URL http://www.unimas.my/ieas
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [The site is not archived. The Archive's access to the site has been blocked by the site owner.]
Link reported by: Roshima Abdullah (aroshima@dominomail.unimas.my)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

18 Feb 2003

Iraq: Our Region Reacts - ABC Radio Australia
ABC Radio, Melbourne, Australia.
Supplied note: "Crisis In Iraq - Radio Australia Delivers Asia-Pacific Perspective. Many Asia-Pacific nations are closely watching the crisis unfolding in Iraq. Who are the region's key players and what is their role? What will war in Iraq mean for Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Australia and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, and will it promote Islamic extremism in Southeast Asia? A new website launched by ABC Radio Australia today provides the answers, with detailed background, analysis and breaking news on the current situation in Iraq and its impact on the people, politics and economies of our region. Log on to [the URL below] to access: * the latest breaking news about the Iraq crisis; * reports on how Asia-Pacific nations are reacting; * an interactive map, summarising the stance each nation has taken and their role in the crisis; * commentaries and debate from across the region; * a chronology of the UN-Iraq relationship since the Gulf War; * the guestbook - have your say on issues as they unfold. [...] - aeh. "
URL http://www.abc.net.au/asiapacific/specials/iraq/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.abc.net.au/asiapacific]
Link reported by: Andria E Hutchins (hutchins.andria@abc.net.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - 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 100

18 Feb 2003

India, Iraq & US
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."
Extract: "India should oppose it [the US imposed regime-change in Iraq] because it would be morally wrong and unwise and would be counter-productive. It could make Iraq a breeding-ground for a new crop of punishment or catastrophic or new terrorists at a time when the world is still coping with those earlier bred in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The world has to think of other ways of addressing the legitimate concerns of the US and Israel vis-a-vis Iraq." - b.raman.
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers7/paper608.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* 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 Feb 2003

South Asia's Web Portal
southasiaworld.com, Canton, NY, USA
Supplied note: "South Asia World. South Asia In Focus. [...] Online guide to South Asia. South Asia's Web Portal. News, Views, Information and Resources - ops."
Site contents: South Asia; Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Maldives; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Tibet; News and Views; Quick [Business] Links; Special [Online Publication] Feature; Links and Resources.
URL http://southasiaworld.com
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract].
Link reported by: Om Prakash Shrestha (ompu09@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Online Guide
* 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 Feb 2003

Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA)
APNA, Washington, DC, USA
Supplied note: "The web site of Academy of the Punjab in North America is dedicated to Punjabi literature and music. All the classical works of Punjabi writers as well as large selections from the modern writers are posted on APNA web page mostly in Shahmukhi script but some also in Gurmukhi and Roman/Punjabi script. There is a lot of material in English. The site has virtually thousands of pages and is a virtual library of Punjabi literature. There is also a very large selection of Punjabi music. This is the only web site on internet in Shahmukhi. - sr."
Site contents: * Punjabi Radio; * APNA Chat; * APNA: Introduction and Objectives; * List of APNA Members; * APNA Discussion Forum (the debate on Punjabi language, literature and culture); * Punjabi Poetry (Audio); * APNA's Web Publishing; Punjabi Poetry (Shahmukhi - Special Section, Complete Works of Classical Poetry, Complete Books of Punjabi Poetry, Selected Poetry); * Punjabi Poetry (Gurmukhi, Roman/English, English Translations); * Selected Punjabi Music; * Books; * APNA Events (APNA's Punjabi Conference at Harvard University, APNA's Punjabi Conference at Lahore, Release of Kalam Baba Nanak in Shahmukhi, Play: Loha Kut by Balwant Gargi, APNA's Second International Punjabi Conference, APNA's Fourth International Punjabi Conference); * Articles (in Shahmukhi, Gurmukhi, English); * Picture Gallery; * Let Us Talk! * APNA Membership Application Form.
URL http://www.apnaorg.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.apnaorg.com/
Link reported by: Safir Rammah (rammah@apnaorg.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Documents/Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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 3,000

15 Feb 2003

Research Center on Societal and Social Policy, Hong Kong
Research Center on Societal and Social Policy, Hong Kong, China
Supplied note: "This site is the home of the first international internet-based research center in the field of social sciences, the 'Research Center on Societal and Social Policy'. It is a Hong Kong-based organization with about 150 members worldwide (also including e.g. professors from Harvard University). It is a meeting point, publication hub, and discussion forum for experts in the field of social policy, societal policy, Asian studies, political science, etc. It publishes one on-line magazine, the 'Social Policy Times', and two hard-copy journals, the 'Journal of Societal and Social Policy', and the 'Asian Journal of Social Policy'. There are also hundreds of links provided on this website to facilitate research on Asian and global societal, political and economic trends. - ca."
URL http://www.rcssp.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract].
Link reported by: Dr. Christian Aspalter (aspalter@rcssp.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

13 Feb 2003

Viet Nam Interactive Internet Forum
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Viet Nam Country Office, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
Self-description: "UNDP offers this Interactive Internet Forum for discussion of current development issues in Viet Nam and the region. [...]
Email Discussion Groups: Development In Viet Nam (devel-vn); Environment in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia (enviro-vlc) [environment home]; Conservation Education Network (cen); Wildlife Trafficking in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia (wildtrade-vlc); Disability Forum Viet Nam (disability-vn); Khuyet-tat discussion group for disabled people (khuyet-tat); Education in Deveopment Viet Nam (giaoduc-l); Gender Equality Viet Nam (gender-vn) [gender home]; Governance Viet Nam (governance-vn) [governance home]; Health in Viet Nam and Regionally (health-vn) [HIV/AIDS home]; Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Viet Nam (HEPR-vn) [poverty home]; Knowledge Systems in Viet Nam and Regionally (ksd-vn) [ICTD home]; Viet Nam Tourism Network (vtn-l); Viet Nam-Australia Alumni List (vn-aus-alumni);
Online Information: Disaster Monitor (DMU Latest News) [crisis home]; List of Discussion Groups for Viet Nam and the Region; Online Posting Lists: Brown Lunch (Industrial Pollution) - suspended; Equitisation and SOE Forum - suspended; Governance Brown Bag Lunch [governance home]; Environment Green Lunch [environment home]; ICT and Knowledge Management [ICTD home]; UNDP Viet Nam Today."
URL http://www.undp.org.vn/forums1/forums.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract].
Link reported by: Hoa Duong (duong@ssrc.org), forwarded by devel-vn@vn-gw.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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 Feb 2003

Iraq: The Count-Down--II
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."
["The budget for fiscal 2004 sent to the US Congress by President Bush in the last week of January, 2003, does not contain any allocation for assisting the anti-Saddam Hussein opposition in Iraq, as against allocations amounting to US $25 million per annum provided for in the budgets for fiscal 2002 and 2003. This has been interpreted to mean that Washington DC is confident that Saddam Hussein would be dislodged from power and a pro-US Government installed in his place shortly, thereby obviating any further need for spending on this account." - b.raman]
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers7/paper605.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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

13 Feb 2003

Iraq War Wire
EIN News, Prague, Czech Republic.
Supplied note: "Visit the 'Iraq War Wire' for breaking news and information drawn from 5000+ Internet sources from around the world. It is now available at [the URL below]. This service is updated hourly and is free for a limited time. EIN News, a pioneer in breaking news aggregation, was founded in 1995 and is a leading publisher of country, region and industry-focused Internet web sites. It currently offers 263 separate news reports - dr."
URL http://www.rcssp.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract].
Link reported by: David Rothstein (allcontacts@briefs.ein.cz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* 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

13 Feb 2003

The Bugis Diaspora and Islamic Dissemination in the 20th Century Malay-Indonesian Archipelago, Jun 2003
International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, the Netherlands
Supplied note: "The Bugis Diaspora And Islamic Dissemination In The 20th Century Malay-Indonesian Archipelago, Call for Papers, June 6-8, 2003. Hotel Sahid Jaya, Makassar, Indonesia http://www.hotel-traveling.com/online/hotels/world/uk/as/id/asia/sahidma k/Hotel-Sahid-Jaya-Makassar/
Organizer: Andi Faisal Bakti, Research Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, the Netherlands a.bakti@let.leidenuniv.nl or abakti@hotmail.com Please send abstracts by February 28, 2003 (see form [at the URL below] ) Objective of the workshop: To observe the voluntary travel of Bugis Muslims (for this specific workshop, we include Buginese, Makassarese, Mandarese, and Torajanese) in the Malay-Indonesian archipelago and their contribution to Islamic dissemination; and to explore how Islamic teachings are spread through institutions, organizations, or religious learning clubs. - afb"
URL http://www.iias.nl/iias/agenda/bugis/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Andi Faisal Bakti (a.bakti@let.leidenuniv.nl), forwarded by h_seasia@nus.edu.sg
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

13 Feb 2003

Hiroshima and Nagasaki for Physics Teachers, Jul 2003
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, USA
Supplied note: "The Workshop [A One-week Workshop, July 7-11, 2003 - ed.] deals in detail with war/peace problems and the social, biological, and physical effects on the A-Bombed cities and people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki wherein the death toll exceeded 200,000. From 2002 participants, '...one of the most worthwhile programs I have ever attended ... a serious compliment from someone with 20 years of teaching under his belt.' 'My main reason for taking this Workshop was to obtain materials that might help me develop an interdisciplinary course for our university honors program. I found this Workshop to be perfect, with its combination of physics, history, politics, economics, and world affairs.' - rgw"
URL http://titan.iwu.edu/~physics/Hiroshima/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Raymond G. Wilson (rwilson@iwu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

13 Feb 2003

Bin Laden Targets The Musharraf Regime
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]."
["From India's point of view, the most important point in the message, allegedly of Osama bin Laden, broadcast by Al Jazeera on February 11, 2003, is the inclusion of Pakistan in the list of so-called anti-Muslim, apostate States which have to be liberated by Muslims by waging a jihad against it. [...] There are some interesting aspects of the way bin Laden's message has been disseminated by the USA's CNN and the UK's BBC. The CNN's initial versions omitted bin Laden's reference to Pakistan, whereas the BBC has referred to it." - b.raman]
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers7/paper603.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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

13 Feb 2003

Gender, socialism and globalization in contemporary Vietnam and China, Nov 2003
Gender Relations Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Supplied note: "Gender, socialism and globalization in contemporary Vietnam and China, Call for Papers by 28 February 2003. The Gender Relations Centre, at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University, invites expressions of interest and proposals for papers for a workshop on gender, socialism and globalization in Vietnam and China. The workshop is to be held at the ANU in Canberra on the 25-26 November 2003. It will address issues relating to gender relations in two East Asian socialist societies undergoing market liberalization and globalization. - jp."
[Note : The web site incorrectly states that 'the workshop is to be held at the ANU in Canberra in the first week of October 2003' - ed.]
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/grc/activities.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Jodi Parvey (jodi@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

13 Feb 2003

Lexia in Thailand
Lexia International, Hanover, NH, USA, and Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Supplied note: "Year, Semester and Summer Programs. Including intensive language course, culture courses, independent research. Lexia maintains a fully dedicated Academic Director at all of its 13 locations world wide - ck."
Self-description: "Sample Field Research Projects: * Comparison of Temple Architecture in Chiang Mai and Bangkok; * Burmese Influences on Traditional Foodways; * A Study of Three Thai Artists; * Craft Traditions in Thailand; * Organization of Major Thai Businesses; * Thailand's Economy: An 'Asian Tiger'?; * Thai Politics in the Context of Southeast Asia; * Thai Culture on Television [....]."
URL http://www.lexiaintl.org/Chiang_Mai/index.cfm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Carool Kersten MA (ckersten@iagora.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* 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

12 Feb 2003

Turkmenistan Project
Central Eurasia Project, Open Society Institute, New York, NY, USA
Supplied note: "In December of 2002 The Open Society Institute announced the launch of a new initiative, the Turkmenistan Project. The project will build on the work OSI has done since the 1990s to promote civil society in Turkmenistan, a closed and repressive country in Central Asia that was part of the former Soviet Union. That work has included grant-making and programmatic activities in areas as far-ranging as arts and culture, access to information, and public health. The Turkmenistan Project plans to add resources and implement its goals for civil society in a more strategic and comprehensive way. [...] We invite you to subscribe to our Turkmenistan project list-serv, which appears in both Russian and English, and is open to anyone. List-serv recipients will receive between 3 and 10 messages a week, posting news updates, announcements of reports about Turkmenistan, diplomatic statements, and other relevant information. To add names or unsubscribe, please send a message to turkmenistan@sorosny.org - ef."
Site contents: Key Resources: * Human Rights Violations in Turkmenistan November 25 2002 - January 24 2003: Word file, PDF file; * Amnesty International: Appeal for Human Rights on the President's birthday, 19 February (PDF file): in English & Russian; * Press Release: Crackdown in Turkmenistan Feared After Assassination Attempt; * Report: Turkmenistan's Opposition in Exile; * Resource pages: (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan).
URL http://www.eurasianet.org/turkmenistan.project
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Erin Finnerty (efinnerty@sorosny.org), forwarded by central-eurasia-l@fas.harvard.edu
* 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

12 Feb 2003

TransgenderASIA
Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Supplied note: "The Transgender ASIA Centre seeks to bring together psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, as well as medical and legal experts who share a desire to better understand the phenomenon of transgender, as well as the circumstances in which transgenders live, in Asia. This website aims to promote and disseminate research and understanding of, as well as contributing towards efforts to effect social change in regard to, transgender in Asia. Transgender ASIA defines transgenders as those males or females of any age who are unhappy living in the gender identity ascribed to them at birth. [....] Sexual preference is irrelevant. Used in this way the term transgender is broadly synonymous with transsexuality and gender identity disorder. - sw."
Site contents: * Most recent updates [to the site]; * Menu (Centre staff, Associate members); * Country reports on transgender in Asia (Hong Kong: legal issues, Hong Kong: social and cultural issues, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand); * Research and discussion papers on transgender; * Miscellaneous materials (incl. 'Bibliography of Asian transgender (and transgender-related) studies', and 'Directory of researchers, educators and activistsin gender identity and transgender in Asia'); * Personal accounts of transgenders in Asia (Malaysia, Singapore Thailand); * Links (Asian: General, International: General, Conferences, Asian TG personal pages).
URL http://web.hku.hk/~sjwinter/TransgenderASIA/index.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Sam Winter, Director, TransgenderASIA (sjwinter@hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

11 Feb 2003

Southeast Asian Studies: Online Resources
College and Research Libraries News, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), ALA American Library Association, Chicago, IL, USA.
Self-description: "College and Research Libraries News, February 2003, Internet Resources: 'Southeast Asian Studies - Online resources' [an article] by Lisa Klopfer."
Site contents: Internet search engines; Electronic lists; Gateways; Collections and bibliographical resources; Media and Internet; Biology and Geography; Individual countries (Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam).
[Lisa Klopfer is a librarian and assistant professor at Eastern Michigan University - ed.]
URL http://www.ala.org/acrl/resfeb03.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract, hower in the next few months it will be available at http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.ala.org/acrl/]
Link reported by: Raymond Lum (rlum@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library/Academic
* 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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