The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early May 2003
Vol. 10, No. 10 (194)

14 May 2003

DK Agencies - Indian Publications Database
D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Self-description: "As a service organization of nearly 3-decade-long standing, DKA have come to have a [...] database that comprises far more than a hundred thousand Indian titles in English language alone! Here, however, we have set out the more recent works, i.e., the ones that have poured into DKA's Acquisition Programme since 1991 barring, though, a few older records as well."
Site contents: * Search-Fields: Author; Title; Place of Publication; Publisher; ISBN; Subject; Nature of works (eg. Conference publications and Reference books). [The search fields support wildcards and Boolean queries - ed].
* Subjects: Administrative and Management Studies; Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering; Agricultural Sciences; Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences; Anthropology; Archaeology & Ancient Studies; Architecture; Art & Fine Arts; Astronomy; Ayurveda Medicine; Biography; Biology; Book Publishing and Printing; Botanical Sciences; Buddhist Studies; Business Studies; Chemistry & Chemical Technology; Christian Studies; Civil Engineering; Classics; Communications & Transport; Computer Science & Technology; Economics; Education; Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunications; Engineering; Energy & Nuclear Engineering; Engineering and Technology; English; Environmental Studies; Fish and Fisheries; Folk Medicine; Food & Nutrition; Forestry & Wildlife; Geography; Geology; Government Publications; Himalayan and North East Indian Studies; History & History of Civilization; History & Philosophy of Pure & Applied Sciences; Home Science; Homoeopathy; Horticulture; International Relations; Islamic Studies; Journalism and Mass Media; Languages; Law; Library & Information Sciences; Linguistics; Literature; Marine Studies; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Medical Sciences; Metallurgy & Materials; Meteorology; Military Studies; Mining & Minerals; Museum Studies; Naturopathy and Allied Therapies; Occult Sciences; Performing Arts; Pharmacy; Philosophy; Physics; Politics and Government; Population Studies; Psychology; Public Health; Religion; Reprints; Rural & Urban Studies; Sanskrit Studies; Siddha Medicine; Sociology; Sports and Games; Textiles & Synthetic Fibres; Tibetan Medicine; Tibetan Studies; Tourism and Travel Guides; Unani Medicine; Water Studies; Women's Studies; Yoga & Meditation; Zoological Sciences;
* Reference Books: Atlases & Gazetteers; Biographical Dictionaries; Directories & Yearbooks; Encyclopaedias & Dictionaries; General Works; Indexes & Bibliographies; Serials; Statistical Services;
* Conference Proceedings: Humanities & Social Sciences; Science & Technology.
* Links to other parts of the web site: Mailing List Inclusion Format; Books/Monographs; Marc Samples; Journals/Serials/Continuations; Special Bibliographies; Multi-Media; Bibliographic Media; Publishing & Printing; Ordering/Payment; Briefly; Who We Are; Feedback; Customer Testimonials; Contact Us.
[A rich, fast and elegant database by a superb online bookstore. Disclaimer: I have no commercial or any other interests in the reviewed site - t.m. ciolek]
URL http://www.dkagencies.com/booksearch/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.dkagencies.com/booksearch/
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* 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 300

13 May 2003

Research Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)
Research Institute of Strategic Studies, Tehran, Iran.
Self-description: "This Institute [est. in 1376(1997) - ed.] is a scholar center with a strategic and national security view which research in order to: growing and developing political and security studies literature in theoretical and Executive levels, representing efficient strategies to managers and administrators based on theoretical and scientific approaches, to optimizing decisional process and identifying and Communication with domestic and Foreign relevant centers and researchers in this field
Areas of Research This Institute studies in politics, economics, sociology, management, law, communications, international relations and security studies methodology. The institute has three scholarly groups: Iranian studies, regional and international studies, and methodology and basic studies. [...] Geographic Focus: Iran, Middle Asia and Middle East and International Community.
Staff: In sum: 37; Researchers: 10 (in addition to 50 non-resident researchers and translator); Logistic scientific Staff: 7; Executive Staff: 20; [...] Library: The Institute has an expert Library with 5500 volumes of which 4000 in Persian and 1500 in English, Also, it is subscriber of 50 general and professional magazines."
Site contents: Publications; Quarterly; Research; About us; Contact us.
URL http://www.risstudies.org/index-e.asp
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.risstudies.org
Link reported by: Marzieh Dashtak (dashtaki@asia.com)
* 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

13 May 2003

The Society for Iranian Studies (SIS)
The Society for Iranian Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Self-description: "The Society for Iranian Studies was founded in 1967 as a professional society to support and promote the field of Iranian Studies at the international level. SIS is a private, not-for-profit, non-political organization of persons interested in Iranian Studies in the broadest sense. The Society is run by an elected council and executive council. The objectives of the Society are to promote high standards of scholarship in the field, to encourage the teaching of Iranian Studies at the graduate and under-graduate levels, to encourage and facilitate scholarly exchange amongst its international membership."
Site contents: * The Society for Iranian Studies (Executive Committee, Council, Iranian Studies editor and editorial office, SISNews Editor, Honorary and Life Members) * Membership application and renewal forms * SISNews - on-line access to back issues; * Iranian Studies submissions and back issue requests; * The Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies * May 24-26, 2002 Bethesda, Maryland; * Saidi-Sirjani Book Award information and nomination proceedures; * Other links: The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS); The American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIS); The Foundation for Iranian Studies (FIS) annual Dissertation Prize;
URL http://www.iranian-studies.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.iranian-studies.org
Link reported by: Marzieh Dashtak (dashtaki@asia.com)
* 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 300

13 May 2003

Islam and the West: the impact of September 11, Aug 2003
School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Self-description: "Monash University and the University of Western Australia are proud to sponsor an international conference on Islam and the West: the impact of September 11, 15-16 August 2003. [...] The conference is divided into three sub-themes, each addressing pertinent questions regarding the political implications of Islamic terrorism: I. Islam-West relations [...] II. Muslim politics [...] III. Muslim diaspora and their response to Islamic terrorism."
Site contents: Conference Home, Introduction, Speakers, Program, Convenors, Registration/Contacts
URL http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/politics/conference/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Louise Edwards (louise.edwards@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

12 May 2003

Population Change in Asia and the Pacific, Jun 2003
Development Studies Network, Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note "Population Change in Asia and the Pacific, Implications for Development Policy, An international symposium, Canberra, Australia, 5 June 2003. [...] Declining fertility, increased life expectancy, increased population mobility, labour migration, rapid urbanisation and HIV/AIDS have led to rapid changes in population structures in Asia and the Pacific. These changes have widespred implications for health, education, economic growth, environmental sustainability, access to land, employment, poverty reduction, peace and stablity. Leading experts in demography, development, health, economics and population studies will address these issues and their implications for development and development policy in the Asia-Pacific region.
URL http://devnet.anu.edu.au/Popsymp.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Dr Pamela Thomas (devnetwork@anu.edu.au), forwarded by pacific-islands-l@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

09 May 2003

The International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM)
The International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden, The Netherlands
Supplied note: "On the new site there is updated information about the ISIM and all its fellowships (including online application forms), events, projects, programmes and current fellows. Current and past issues of the ISIM Newsletter and the ISIM Paper series are now available online in .pdf format and hard copies can also be ordered. There is an entirely new and extensive events section for non-ISIM events related to the study of Islam and Muslim Societies, and an expanded links section with subsections for online resources, academic institutions, Muslim organizations and information about Islamic countries. The new site is more interactive as users can submit links and events via online forms. We hope that the new site will become a valuable resource to our readers and colleagues in the field of Islamic Studies and of course we welcome your feedback. Please email Noel Lambert at n.lambert@isim.nl with your comments. - nl."
Site contents: Events; Research; Fellowships; About; [Online] Publications (ISIM Newsletters 1998-2002, ISIM Paper Series, Other ISIM Publications [incl. ISIM Annual report 2001 - ed.]); Projects; Links (Resources [incl. links to online Islamic newspapers - ed.], Academic links, Country links, Muslim links, Submit link); FAQ.
URL http://www.isim.nl
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.isim.nl
Link reported by: Noel Lambert (n.lambert@isim.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study/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 1000

09 May 2003

Asian Law Centre: Useful Research Links
Asian Law Centre (ALC), University of Melbourne, Australia
Site contents: *Search the Useful Links database [categories of links - Banking & Finance, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Corruption, Country Profile, Courts and Procedure, Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, Government Institutions, Human Rights, Institutions in the System, Intellectual Property, Legislation] ;
Browse the links: * Countries (Asia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Useful Links for Research, Vietnam); * Search Engines, (Asia, Law, Law by Country); * Useful Links (Asia, General Sites, International Organisations, Law, Law by Country, Libraries, Universities, Useful Links for Research).
URL http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/db/useful_links/alc/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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

09 May 2003

Indonesia: Recent Work [from ALC] and Legislation
Asian Law Centre (ALC), University of Melbourne, Australia
Site contents: * Recent Work - 'Fortress Outlook No Answer' by Howard Dick, Indonesia's New Anti-Terrorism Law: Damned if you Do, Damned if you Don't, by Tim Lindsey 'Bali Bombings: The Future of Islam and Politics in Indonesia' - Transcript of Public Forum on the Bali Bombings held on 25 October 2002, 'Megawati Needs Us, We Need Her' by Tim Lindsey, '1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia: Pre and Post Amendment Comparative Table', ''Too Prosperous?' Indonesian Responses to Australian Asylum-seeker Policies' by Tim Lindsey, 'Who Killed the Judge - and why?', by Tim Lindsey, 'Civil Liability for Criminal Acts at Indonesian Law' by Tim Lindsey and Simon Butt
* Indonesian Legislation in Translation - (1999 Translation - Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 25 of 1999 concerning Financial Balance Between the Central and Regional Government, Translation - Elucidation on Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 25 of 1999 concerning Financial Balance Between the Central and Regional Government, Translation - Law No. 35 of 1999 amending Law No. 14 of 1970 on Judicial Power); (2002 Translation - Government Regulation in Lieu of Legislation of the Republic of Indonesia No. 1, 2002 on Combating Criminal Acts of Terrorism, Translation - Government Regulation in Lieu of Legislation of the Republic of Indonesia No. 2, 2002 on the Enactment of Government Regulation in Lieu of Legislation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1, 2002 on the Elimination of Criminal Acts of Terrorism in Relation to the Bombing Incident in Bali on 12 October 2002, Translation - Government Regulation No. 37 of 2002 concerning the Rights and Obligations of Foreign Ships and Aircraft when exercising the Rights of Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage Through Established Archipelagic Sea Lanes).
URL http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/alc/indonesia/index.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

08 May 2003

Asian Law Online: bibliographic database
Asian Law Centre (ALC), University of Melbourne, Australia
Supplied note: "'Asian Law Online' is the first online bibliographic database [created: 1 Jan 1998, launched: 19 Sep 2002 - ed.] of Asian law materials in the world. Offered to the public as a free service to assist students and scholars of Asian legal systems, it is a collection of English language materials on Asian laws available throughout the world and includes books, chapters in books, journal articles and theses.
The database is organised according to countries in East Asia and a selection of basic legal areas. The database can be searched for any word or a more specific advanced search can be conducted. The database is also linked to a list of useful websites for each country and legal area. This database is the result of five years research by the Asian Law Centre and has been supported by grants from the Australian Research Council and its sponsors. - kt."
Site contents: *Search Bibliography; * Browse Bibliography by Country - Asia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China (People's Republic of China), East Timor, Fiji, General, Hong Kong, S.A.R., India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet (P.R.C.), Vanuatu, Vietnam;
* Browse Bibliography by Subject - Access to Justice/ Empowerment, Administrative Law, Anti-trust Law, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Common Law, Company Law, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Contract Law, Corporate Governance, Corruption, Courts and Procedure, Criminal Law, Dispute Resolution, E-commerce, Education, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Ethnicity and Law, Family Law, Foreign Investment, Gender, Globalisation, Governance and the Rule of Law, Harmonisation, Health Law, Human Rights, Information Technology, Institutions in the System, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Organisations, International Relations, Internet Law, Islam, Labour Law, Land Law, Law Reform, Law-making, Lawyers, Legal Culture, Legal Education, Legal History, Legal Resources/Miscellaneous, Maritime Law, Mechanism, Media Law, Migration Law, Military Law, Miscellaneous, Needs Analysis/ Design/ Contracting, Non-governmental Organisations, Police, Politics and Economy, Politics and Government, Poverty, Prisons, Property Law, Prosecutors, Religion, Rule of Law, Safety and Security, Sports Law, Sustainable Development, Tax Law, Telecommunications, Territorial Disputes, Terrorism, Traditional Customary Law;
*About the Database (Content of Database, Searching the Database, Contributors and Acknowledgments, Document Delivery Service, Have we missed something?).
URL http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/alc/bibliography
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Kathryn Taylor (k.taylor@unimelb.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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

08 May 2003

National Integrity Systems: Country Studies and Overview Report
Transparency International (TI), Berlin, Germany
Self-description: "The concept of a National Integrity System (NIS), has been developed by Transparency International (TI). With the ultimate goal of promoting good government and good governance, the NIS also forms the basis for an approach to anti-corruption reform programmes. [...] The project involved the preparation of reports from 18 countries, chosen to give a mix of regions and developmental paths, and based on a framework and questionnaire devised by TI and CFMS [Centre for Fraud Management Studies, Liverpool Business School - ed.] to assess the NIS in practice. [...] This in-country research maps the core Law and rules/practices that seek to corruption-proof their National Integrity Systems in the following areas:
*Executive, *Legislature, *Political Party Financing, *Elections, *Auditor General, *Judiciary, *Police and Prosecution, *Public Service, *Public Procurement, *Local Government, *Media, *Civil Society.
The [2001] Country Study Reports outline a formal framework which includes provision for the following Anti-Corruption Measures, where applicable: *Independence, *Conflict of Interest, *Declaration of Assets, *Monitoring of Lifestyles, *Access to Information, *Freedom of the Press, *Freedom of Speech, *Post Employment Restrictions, *Whistleblowing, *Codes of Conduct, *Blacklists, *Complaints mechanisms. [...] Further Country Studies are now under way covering 30 Commonwealth countries."
Site contents: TI Country Report and TI Questionnaire [both in PDF and Word formats - ed] for: Argentina; Botswana; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada; Colombia; Fiji; Ghana; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Lithuania; Mexico; Mongolia; Nepal; Netherlands; Senegal; Republic of Korea; Trinidad & Tobago; Zambia; The Overview Report (*Accountability; *Democratisation; *Decentralisation; *Development Co-operation; *Public service; *Public sector reforms; *Use of new technology; *Politicians; *Measurement of the NIS).
URL http://www.transparency.org/activities/nat_integ_systems/country_studies.html
Internet Archive [access to the site is available via http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.transparency.org.]
Link reported by: Allison Ley (allison.ley@anu.edu.au), forwarded by pacific-islands-l@coombs.anu.edu.au
* 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]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

07 May 2003

U.S. and India -- A Dangerous Alliance
Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF), Washington, DC, USA
Extract: "May 7, 2003. 'U.S. and India -- A Dangerous Alliance' by Conn Hallinan. In the wake of the Iraq War, growing tensions with Iran, and a possible confrontation with North Korea, it would be easy to miss the formation of yet another Washington think tank. But the freshly minted U.S.-India Institute for Strategic Policy is an organization to watch and one that may help reveal the next target of American power: containing China. The Institute, closely aligned with the ultra-conservative Center for Security Policy, is the outcome of a series of quiet meetings and low profile joint military operations between the U.S. and the government of prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, dominated by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)."
[Conn Hallinan (connm@cats.ucsc.edu) is the provost at the University of California at Santa Cruz and a political analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus (online at www.fpif.org). - ed.]
URL http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2003/0305india.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the document was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Siri D. Khalsa (siri@irc-online.org)
* 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

05 May 2003

Second International Congress on Tibetan Medicine, Nov 2003
Pro-Cultura, Inc., Pleasantville, NY, USA
Supplied note: "The Second International Congress on Tibetan Medicine, Practicing the Art of the Medicine Buddha in the West: from Tradition to Evidence, Research and Practical Applications (ICTM-2) will take place November 5 - 8, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington DC, USA.
The First International Congress on Tibetan Medicine: Revealing the Art of the Medicine Buddha (November 7 - 9, 1998 - Washington DC, USA) was the first major international conference on Tibetan medicine in the west and provided an introduction to the many varied elements of Tibetan medicine: historical, geographical and environmental issues; research, translation and epistemological aspects; a survey of the different modalities and practices, as well as modern applications in western medicine. The conference brought together Tibetan doctors and lamas from around the globe in a spectacular celebration of Tibetan medicine, and was attended by over 2000 people.
ICTM-2 [...] conference will focus primarily on emerging themes that directly affect the application and practice of Tibetan medicine in the west. Key themes of ICTM-2 include: * Highlights and potential contributions of Tibetan medicine and Buddhism to western medical practice; * Recent developments in Buddhism and health, mind/body, meditation and neuroscience research; * Latest advances in clinical research; * Issues of integration of Tibetan medicine into current clinical practice; * The future and sustainability of Tibetan medicine in the west, with a special focus on education, legislation, IPR and on conservation initiatives of Tibetan medicinal products. For program and registration information, please visit our website [The Pro-Cultura's Website on Tibetan Medicine - ed.] at www.tibetmedicine.org - as."
Site contents: Program; Conference Information; Registration; Organizers; Exhibitors; Sponsors.
URL http://www.tibetmedicine.org/ictm2.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link suggested by: Anna Souza (anna@procultura.org), forwarded by tibetan-studies-l@coombs.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

05 May 2003

The Nanking Atrocities (Online Documentary)
Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA
Supplied note: "[C]omprehensive accounts of the Nanking Atrocities that took place 1937-38 Nanking, China during the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It includes interviews with leading historians in this field as well as historical photographs and a number of other documented materials such as newspaper articles, diaries of former Japanese soldiers and American missionaries who were in Nanking when the incident took place, and the judgment of the Tokyo War Crimes Trial. - mk."
Site contents: Introduction: I.From Marco Polo Bridge to Nanking, II.Focal Points of the Nanking Atrocities Today, III.(Video) China Invaded;
The Fall of Nanking: I.What Foreign Journalists Witnessed II.(Reference) The New York Times Articles III.(Video) The Battle of China;
The Reign of Terror: I.What Japanese Journalists Witnessed, II.The Safety Zone and American Missionaries, III.(Reference) What Westerners Witnessed, IV.(Video) China Invaded
Confessions of Former Soldiers: I.Killing Prisoners of War, II.The Yamada Detachment, III.Rape and Pillage , IV.(Video) The Battle of China;
Psychological Warfare: I.Chinese Propaganda, II.Japanese Propaganda, III.(Video) Nanking
The Postwar Judgment: I.International Military Tribunal for the Far East, II.Nanking War Crimes Tribunal, III.(Reference) The Judgment of the IMTFE, IV.(Photo Gallery) The Tokyo Trial;
The Nanking Atrocities in the 1990s: I.The Death Toll - Early Estimates, II.The Death Toll - Current Estimates, III.The Controversy in Japan, IV.(Photo Gallery) Nanking City;
Works Cited: Selected bibliography of books, journals, newspapers, and films / List of interviewees / Other references / Military Postcards.
[An August 2000 thesis, by Masato Kajimoto, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Journalism in the Graduate School of Journalism of the University of Missouri-Columbia - ed.]
URL http://journalism.missouri.edu/~jschool/nanking/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site at the new address was not archived at the time of this abstract. Copies of site at the previous address are kept at http://web.archive.org/web/*/web.missouri.edu/~jschool/nanking - ed.]
Link suggested by: Masato Kajimoto (mka8a@mizzou.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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

03 May 2003

NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks
Center for Policy Research Information, The National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA), Tokyo, Japan
Supplied note: "The National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA), an independent policy research body in Japan publishes annually NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks. The 2002 version is also available on the web at http://www.nira.go.jp or directly at [the URL below]. The directory is updated every three years. - myh."
Self-description: "NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks provides a systematic introduction [think tanks' Organizational Status, Background/Scope, Areas of Research, Geographic Focus, Funding Sources, Staff, Executive Officers, Chief Researchers, Research Findings, Periodicals - ed.] to the world's most prominent and innovative public policy research institutes, better known as think tanks. This completely revised edition contains up-to-date information available on 320 specially selected think tanks from 77 countries and regions. It also provides a convenient index of institutes by English names, acronyms and non-English names. This directory is an unusually detailed collection of carefully compiled information on public policy research institutes worldwide. [...] Think tanks are one of the main policy actors in democratic societies. Think tanks could be regarded as the intellectual and knowledge-based 'soft infrastructure' of the policy community, assuring a pluralistic, open and accountable process of policy analysis, research, decision-making and evaluation."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Think Tanks in this Directory; * User's Guide; * Index by English name (A-Z); * Index by Country (Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, China [incl. Hong Kong], Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Israel/Palestine, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Yugoslavia.
URL http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/nwdtt/index.html#1
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Moo-Young Han (myhan@phy.duke.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 30

03 May 2003

US [2002] Terrorism Report: Nothing To Gloat About
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: "The report on the Patterns of Global Terrorism during 2002, submitted by the Counter-Terrorism Division of the US State Department to the Congress, was released to the media on April 30, 2003, at a press conference addressed by Gen. Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, and Mr.Cofer Black. Co-ordinator for Counter-Terrorism in the State Department. [...] [While this report lists] the names of many terrorist organisations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya in Russia, Xinjiang in China and other countries and even the names of some Sikh terrorist organisations such as the Babbar Khalsa and the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), it does not include the names of any of the indigenous Kashmiri organisations operating from Pakistani territory. [...] A careful reading of the report shows that there is nothing much to gloat about it for India. - 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/paper677.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
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

02 May 2003

University of Kerala
University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India
Site contents: Institutions under University of Kerala; Departments & Faculties; Courses & Admission; Fees & Scholarships; Affiliated Colleges; Centers; Publications; Location; Results; Directory; Events; Consultancy Services; Distance Education; Student Activities; Library; Alumni; Endowment Lectures; FAQ; University Herald.
URL http://www.keralauniversity.edu/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.keralauniversity.edu/
Link reported by: Dr. B. Ekbal (ekbal@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 300

02 May 2003

Kailash - Journal of Himalayan Studies
Digital Himalaya Project, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Self-description "As part of the Digital Himalaya Project, [www.digitalhimalaya.com] we are beginning to digitise out-of-print volumes of Kailash - Journal of Himalayan Studies. This excellent publication, printed on traditional rice paper in Kathmandu, Nepal, by Ratna Pustak Bhandar, is difficult to acquire and only a handful of university libraries have assembled a complete set. With the support of the publishers and editors of the journal, we at Digital Himalaya have digitised Volume 1, Number 1, 1973 of Kailash. This edition is now available as a free PDF download in its entirety or in smaller segments organised according to the individual articles."
Site contents: Kailash - Journal of Himalayan Studies Volume 1, Number 1, 1973 full download (23 MB); * Cover, contents, editorial - (2.5 MB); * A Nepalese Copper-Plate from the Time of Prithvinarayan's Father - by Alexander W. Macdonald - (736k); * Five Nyingmapa Lamas in Sikkim - by Marilyn Silverstone - (2.9 MB); * Bonpo Studies: The A Khrid system of Meditation - by Per Kvaerne - (5.3 MB); * Pretres Limbu et categories domestiques - by Philippe Sagant - (3.5 MB); * Raam Shaahko Raajyakaal: Ek Carcya - by Dineshraaj Pant - (684k); * Cooch Behar and Bhutan in the Context of the Tibetan Trade - by A. Deb - (2.4 MB); * A Note on a Nepalese Image of Surya-Narayana - by Theodore Riccardi, Jr. - (712k); * Vie et chants de 'Brug-pa Kun-legs Le Yogin: A Review - by Jamyang Namgyal - (1.6 MB); * Short Reviews - by multiple authors - (2.6 MB).
URL http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/kailash/index.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Mark Turin (markturin@compuserve.com), forwarded by h-asia@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

02 May 2003

Asian Studies Review journal
Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Australia
Self-description: "The Asian Studies Review is the flagship publication of the Asian Studies Association of Australia [coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA/]. The journal's editor is Kam Louie of the China and Korea Centre [www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/us.html] at Australian National University, and the Assistant Editor is Ms Anne Platt of the Asian Studies Centre at University of Queensland [www.arts.uq.edu.au/slccs/asc.html] . The journal has an international Editorial Board with specialists from each of the Asian regions. The Regional Editors coordinate the processing of manuscripts and book reviews for their regions. The Review centres on refereed articles of the highest quality on all aspects of Asian studies. This includes traditional fields such as history, economics and literature, as well as many areas (film, popular culture, health science, environment etc) which have in the past tended to fall outside the purview of mainstream Asian studies. 'State of the art' essays and surveys of major intellectual trends in Asian countries are particularly sought. The journal also incorporates a strong book review section. Guest-edited 'special issues' are also a feature. Since 1998, the Review has been published by Blackwell and distributed internationally. In 2004 Taylor and Francis will take over as publishers. Articles submitted for consideration are sent to two external referees for evaluation, to ensure that the quality of the publication is maintained at the highest standard. Anyone interested in submitting an article to Asian Studies Review should contact the Editor, Professor Kam Louie, China and Korea Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia 0200. (Ph: 02 6125 5560, Fax: 02 6125 3144) or by email to asiareview@uq.edu.au."
Site contents: * About the Asian Studies Review * Regional Editors (General Asia, China, Japan and Korea, Southeast Asia, South, West and Central Asia) * Guidelines for Contributors * List of Articles from Recent issues (Vol 27, No 1, March 2003 Vol 26, No 4, December 2002 Vol 26, No 3, September 2002 Vol 26, No 2, June 2002)
[details of a printed publication - ed.]
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/as-review.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/as-review.html
Link reported by: Kam Louie (kam.louie@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

02 May 2003

Meta-Guide to Indonesia: Annotated Bibliography of post-1990 Bibliographies on Indonesia
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "Meta-Guide to Indonesia: Annotated Bibliography of post-1990 Bibliographies on Indonesia by George Miller. Work-in-Progress, version 1.2 (2 May 2003).
* Purpose: This work [now covering 116 items - ed.] attempts to update Herman C. Kemp's 1990 publication, 'Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographies on Indonesia' (Leiden, KITLV Press) which is the most comprehensive published guide for Indonesian studies to that point in time. It is hoped that this present work, a part of the Indonesian Studies WWW VL [a sub-section of the Asian Studies WWW VL (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) - ed.], will be a first-stop entry to the increasingly wide range of current research material on Indonesia published [in print and electronically - ed.] since 1990. Readers' comments and suggestions for improvements and addenda to this meta-bibliography are warmly invited.
* Scope: [...] The main source for the material has been the Library of The Australian National University, and the National Library of Australia, Canberra. Works have been limited to those in English, Indonesian and Dutch, though it is hoped to extend the coverage to other languages in due course. [...]
* Compiler and copyright holder: George Miller has worked in the field of Indonesian bibliography and librarianship for many years. He set-up the National Library of Australia's Jakarta office in 1969, was Southeast Asian Librarian at the ANU between 1974 and 1997 and was editor of the monthly email list, 'Recent Indonesian Publications' between 1998 and 2002."
Site contents: Bibliography; Database.
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/IndonPages/Meta-Bibliography.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.].
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* 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

01 May 2003

Sari to Sarong 500 years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange, Jul 2003
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "Sari to Sarong 500 years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange, International conference 11 - 12 July 2003, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
An international conference on historical Indian and Indonesian textile intersections and exchanges will be held in conjunction with the opening of a major exhibition Sari to Sarong: 500 years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra from 11 - 12 July 2003. Australian and international speakers will address a broad range of topics related to the historical trade in Indian textiles to Indonesia, their role in Indonesian cultures and the creative responses of Indonesian textile makers to Indian art, religion, statecraft and philosophy. [...] Conference papers will explore [...] cross-cultural exchanges in the field of art history, history, anthropology, textile techniques, conservation studies and applied science. A broad program of activities will provide many opportunities - structured, informal and social - - to discuss the latest research and textile discoveries. Keynote speakers include - Dr Ruth Barnes (Islamic Department, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Ms Jasleen Dhamija (Independent scholar and curator, New Delhi) Mr John Guy (Deputy Keeper, Indian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Prof. Shinobu Yoshimoto (Research Department, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) The exhibition Sari to Sarong: 500 years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange will explore similar themes through the display of over 250 textiles drawn from the National Gallery's renowned Asian textile collection."
URL http://www.nga.gov.au/SariToSarong/confer.cfm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Charlotte Galloway (Charlotte.Galloway@nga.gov.au), forwarded by asia_news@anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* 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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