The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Oct 2003
Vol. 10, No. 17 (201)

30 Oct 2003

Indian School of Business
The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
Supplied note: "Research-led institution and offers high-quality postgraduate, executive and doctoral programmes - d."
URL http://www.isb.edu
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.isb.edu
Link reported by: Director (contact_us@isb.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 300

28 Oct 2003

BoiparaDotCom
BoiparaDotCom, India
Supplied note: "BoiparaDotCom is a site showcasing Bengali literature with a difference. Focussing on the range of Bengali literature that has emerged in and around little magazines, BoiparaDotCom attempts to re-present the wealth of literature in the little magazines, for a dispersed readership through the cyberspace. - b."
Site contents: E-Book; Little Mag; E-Zine; Book List; Writings; Image Posting; Links; Credits; Register.
URL http://www.boipara.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.boipara.com
Link reported by: boipara (contact@boipara.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Documents/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

28 Oct 2003

Tsing-Hua University Arts Center, Taiwan
Arts Center, Tsing-Hua University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan
Supplied note: "Established as one of the first university arts center among Taiwan's higher education institutions, NTHU's Arts Center has played an important role in promoting the art works of promising young Taiwan artists. The center's web page has included more than 90 art exhibitions information and other data on Taiwan's public art and perfoming arts. - ljh."
Site contents: About Us; Public Arts; Visual Arts; Performing Arts; LA FRANCE; Culture Park; Information; FAQ.
URL http://www.arts.nthu.edu.tw
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.arts.nthu.edu.tw
Link reported by: Li-Ju Hong (ljhong@mx.nthu.edu.tw)
* 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 300

18 Oct 2003

TibetMed
Alternative Medicine Foundation, Potomac, MD, USA
Supplied note: "TibetMed was started after the First International Congress on Tibetan Medicine, Washington, DC, 1998, and provides information on the History of Tibetan Medicine, Schools and Training, Events, Professional Resources, Related Links and the popular Ask Doctor series, now preserved as a Q&A Library. - jw."
Self-description: "This site is maintained by the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc. which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing impartial information resources about alternative medicine and traditional systems of medicine, and to promote novel ways to blend ancient practice and modern science for the promotion of health. The foundation's work is supported by generous donations from sponsors. [...] [International] Advisory Board: Ken Holmes ­ ROKPA, Scotland' Sergei M Nikolayev - Department of Tibetan Medicine, Buryatia' Lobsang Rabgay ­ UCLA' Tashi Rabten - President, Tibetan Medical Association' Anna Souza ­ Director, Pro Cultura' Marsha Woolf - The Tibetan Refugee Health Care Project' Ken Zysk ­ Dept. of Asian Studies, Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark."
URL http://www.tibetmed.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.tibetmed.org
Link reported by: Jackie Wootton (info@amfoundation.org)
* 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]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

17 Oct 2003

SolHimal - Aide au Tibet et aux Peuples de l'Himalaya
SolHimal, Strasbourg, France
Supplied note: "Association humanitaire d'Aide au Tibet et aux Peuples de l'Himalaya. SolHimal (anciennement Tibet Libre) oeuvre pour la defense du peuple tibetain et pour la sauvegarde de sa culture depuis 1988. L'association assure le parrainage d'enfants et d'adultes au Nepal et en Inde, soutient des projets de developpement, organise voyages et chantiers humanitaires et propose la vente des produits d'artisanat himalayen, achetes un prix equitable, dans le cadre d'expositions itinerantes en France. - b."
Site contents: Association (Presentation, Statuts, Actions, Ou?, Rapports, Equipe); Nous Contacter; Courrier de l'Association; Temoignages; Tibet et Peuples de l'Himalaya (Actualites, Politique, Histoire, Culture, Droits de l'Homme, Religion, Societe, Economie, Ecologie); Services; Pratique; Liens Utiles. (Generalistes, Actions, Culture, Encyclopedies, Outils)
URL http://solhimal.free.fr
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Bremenson (referencement_solhimal@hotmail.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

17 Oct 2003

Abasar - An information website in Bengali
Teachers' Medicare Benevolent Fund, Kolkata, India
Supplied note: "Information on law, health, science, environment and women's issues. Directory of local and community services of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Kolkata, India. Recreational items. - editor@abasar.net."
Site contents: Kolkata; Recreation; News; Law & Administration; Science and Technology; Arts & Literature; Society and Culture; Health; Environment; Miscellaneous; About Abasar
URL http://www.abasar.net
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Editor (Editor@abasar.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

15 Oct 2003

Tibet Visual History Online
Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM), Oxford, UK.
Supplied note: "The Tibet Visual History Online website presents 400 images selected from the Pitt Rivers Museum's extensive collection of [over 4,000 historical - ed.] photographs taken by British colonial officials in Tibet between 1908 and 1950. This project aims to make the Museum's photograph collections from Tibet and their history accessible to a global audience. - rs."
Site contents: Introduction; Search; Collections; All Images; Site Features; Albums (Buildings, Ceremonies, Everyday Life, Landscape, Material Culture, People, Places); Photographers (Hugh Richardson 1905-2000, Frederick Spencer Chapman 1907-1971, Henry Martin ?-1931, Harry Staunton 1908-1945, Evan Nepean 1909-2002, Sir Charles Bell 1870-1945, Lt Col R Kennedy n/a); Site Info; PRM Home
URL http://www.visualtibet.org
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: R Smith (visual.tibet@prm.ox.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* 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

14 Oct 2003

Japan Focus
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Self-description: "About Japan Focus - Japan Focus presents writings about Japan, Japan in Asia and the world, as well as Japanese and international perspectives on contemporary Japanese politics, economics and society. It offers translations from Japanese and Japan Focus originals.
Coordinators - Mark Selden, Gavan McCormack, Yuki Tanaka, Julia Yonetani."
Site contents: [a steadily growing collection of articles and materials on] War & Terror; Japan & the World (United States, Asia, Korea, Okinawa); Security Strategy Nationalism/ War; Economics/ Finance; Environment/ Development; People's Movements (Women/Gender, Peace, Ethnicity, Japan/Asia, Citizens Environmental).
URL http://japanfocus.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44@cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* 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

13 Oct 2003

Asian Studies Association of Australia - 15th Biennial Conference, Jun 2004
Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Inc., Australia
Self-description: "The Asian Studies Association of Australia (coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA/) invites you to participate in the 15th Biennial Conference in Canberra in mid-2004. The conference will be held [29 June-2 July 2004 - ed.] in Canberra's National Convention Centre and is an opportunity to showcase current work in any aspect of Asian Studies. The conference therefore will address a wide variety of themes, including religious change, political authority, migration, terror and violence, architecture, poverty and wealth creation, gender, bilateral trade agreements and the state of the profession."
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA/conference/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Robert Cribb (robert.cribb@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

10 Oct 2003

The Steppes and the Ancient World, Nov 2003
Institut fuer Orientalische Archaeologie und Kunst, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Self-description: "'Arms and Armour as Indicators of Cultural Transfer - The Steppes and the Ancient World from Hellenistic Times to the Early Middle Ages.' Wittenberg and Halle, Germany, November 25-27, 2003. a special panel of the International Symposium 'Interaction of Nomads and Sedentary Peoples", organized by the Collaborative Research Centre (http://www.nomadsed.de/) "Difference and Integration - Interaction Between Nomadic and Sedentary Peoples in Civilizations of the Old World's Arid Zone', Universities of Halle-Wittenberg and Leipzig, Germany."
URL http://www.orientarch.uni-halle.de/sfb586/d3/conf/#Section%20III%20cont
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: John Hill (wynhill@tpg.com.au), via trade-routes@mm.isu.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

08 Oct 2003

Indo American Books
Indo American Books, Delhi, India
Supplied note: "We have the collection of all types of Indian Books Published in India covering all subjects. - ka."
URL http://www.iabooks.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.iabooks.com
Link reported by: Khurshid Akhter (khurshidakhter@iabooks.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

07 Oct 2003

Zhang zhung Studies Forum (Moderated)
groups.yahoo.com, USA
Supplied note: "The Zhang zhung Studies Forum is an interdisciplinary academic and scholarly forum designed to promote discussion and exchange of information, and more in particular of new research data, on the broad topic of Zhang zhung and so-called 'early Bon culture'. It invites expertise about the regions of larger Western Tibet (which besides present-day mNga' ris also includes parts of North India such as northern regions in Himachal Pradesh; north-western Nepal; Ladakh; and the like) and relevant bordering regions, such as, other ethnic Tibetan regions of China, ethnic Chinese regions in the western provinces of China, the Himalayan range, Central Asia, and areas to the west of western Tibet. Participation is encouraged from all relevant disciplines, such as anthropology, archaeology, geography, history, linguistics, natural sciences, religious studies, sociology, textual studies, etc. Participation in this forum implies that intellectual rights to research data and unpublished materials that are shared on the forum will be respected and submissions will be properly referenced when quoted (forum, author, title (if available) and date). It is likewise understood that common codes of courtesy and civility in e-mail exchange will be observed. The list [est. 24 Jul 2003 - ed.] is moderated.
P.S. Kindly note the Zhang zhung Studies Panel at the upcoming tenth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies in Oxford [6-12 Sep 2003 - ed.], organised by Mr. Hiroya Iida (http://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/iats/panels.html) - hb."
URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zhangzhungstudies/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Henk Blezer (h.w.a.blezer@let.leidenuniv.nl)
* 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

07 Oct 2003

Pakistan: The Shia Anger
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: "When the Shias of Pakistan are angry, the Pakistani Army and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) tremble. ... Because they have not forgotten what happened in 1988. Faced with a revolt by the Shias of the Northern Areas (Gilgit and Baltistan) of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) ..., for a separate Shia State called the Karakoram State, the Pakistan Army transported Osama bin Laden's tribal hordes into Gilgit and let them loose on the Shias." - 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/papers9/paper810.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 - government - library - 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

06 Oct 2003

Summer Study in Tibet - U. Michigan
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Supplied note: "The University of Michigan announces its Summer Study Abroad program for Tibetan Studies, now in its fourth year. This unique opportunity offers undergraduate students a comprehensive nine week, six credit program for the study of Tibetan language, history, and culture, situated in Tibet. It combines two weeks in Tibet's capital Lhasa and neighboring urban areas, two weeks in various rural areas on the high plateau of Central Tibet (the Tibetan Autonomous Region), and four weeks of intensive field-study in one of Tibet's unique cultural regions to the east or south. Course topics range from Tibetan language, Buddhism, and traditional religious history to contemporary cultural and social issues. The program makes use of leading Tibetan and Western experts residing in Lhasa, extended visits to central Tibetan religious and historical sites, and field-work projects in various settings. The first of its kind to be offered by any academic institution in the United States, the program traverses the breadth of the Tibet's variegated landscapes and diverse cultures. The dates for the Summer 2004 program are May 19 to July 19.
Application deadline is December 1, 2003. - aq."
URL http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/travel/tibet
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [Archiving of the site was blocked by the site owner via robots.txt]
Link reported by: Andrew Quintman (quintman@umich.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

01 Oct 2003

Drifting Toward The Southeast
Spinner Publications, New Bedford, USA
Supplied note: "The story of John Manjiro, .The man who opened Japan to the West,' is being told in a new book called "Drifting Toward the Southeast," published by Spinner Publications of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The book is the first complete, fully-illustrated, English language translation of the Hyoson Kiryaku, an 1852 manuscript hand-recorded in four brush-written volumes. It is based on the court testimony of Manjiro and his companions upon their return to Japan after 10 years in the West. Manjiro was the first known Japanese visitor to the United States, and his observations became the image of America held by the Japanese during a period of isolation in their country. - cm."
[A book advertisement - ed.]
URL http://www.spinnerpub.com/cart/shop/drifting.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Cyril Moreno (cyril@spinnerpub.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]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Oct 2003

Unrest In Balochistan
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 Governor of the province has justified the deployment of a large number of security forces in the province as meant to protect the large number of Chinese nationals employed in the Gwadar port and other projects in the province from any violent attacks directed against them.  He has also claimed that Islamabad was aware of the local grievances against the Gwadar project and promised that action to redress their legitimate grievances would be taken." - 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/papers9/paper804.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 - government - library - 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

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