13 Oct 2005

Quake Impact on Jihadi Terrorism
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, 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: "6. The Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other members of the IIF, who have their infrastructure in Pakistani territory, have not come out with any admissions regarding the losses and damages suffered by them. One should not over-estimate the damages suffered by the training infrastructure of the jihadi terrorist organisations. Their training camps generally consist of tents and other makeshift structures, which can be shifted from place to place to evade detection and targeting by the US intelligence agencies. Even if they have been damaged, the human casualties are likely to be low. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers16/paper1573.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

13 Oct 2005

The Best of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor - WWW blog
Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "The top 500 resources from 'The Asian Studies WWW Monitor' selected and edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek [...]
Readers' comments on the content and usability of the listed resources are warmly invited.
[...] About this project: This blog, established on 10 Oct 2005 by Asia Pacific Research Online (www.ciolek.com), integrates data about the most informative and most useful online resources reported in The Asian Studies WWW Monitor (ISSN 1329-9778). The blog and the AS WWW Monitor are a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html).
Source of data and scope of this collection: The AS WWW Monitor, January 2005 - present.
Planned developments: The 'Essential' and 'V. Useful' resources listed in the Monitor between 1997 and 2004 are now gradually added to this blog. This task should be completed in the next few months. Readers' input regarding additional high-grade Asian Studies Internet resources suitable for listing on The Monitor's pages and in this blog will be speedily considered and fully acknowledged.
10 MOST RECENT POSTS (in Oct 2005). * International Journal of Tantric Studies (IJTS); * The India-China Project WWW blog; * Japan Focus Weekly Newsletter; * Burma Economic Watch; * Russia Eurasia Terror Watch; * Modern Chinese Literature and Culture - Book Reviews Online; * Early Modern Japan: An Interdisciplinary Journal; * Azijske in Afriske Studije / Asian and African Studies Quarterly; * Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives; * East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia (EALRGA) Newsletter.
URL http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/
Internet Archive (web.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 - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

13 Oct 2005

International Journal of Tantric Studies (IJTS)
Asiatica Association, Milano, Italy
Supplied note: "Dear Colleagues, In May 2005 we have celebrated our 10th birth anniversary. We want to inaugurate the 11th year of the International Journal of Tantric Studies with vol. 7-1 [at the URL below] Paper: 'Beyond The Hindu Frontier, Jaina-Vaisnava Syncretism in the Gujarati Diaspora', 1st part, by Dr. Peter Fluegel (Chair of the Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS). The article deals with the Akram Vijnan movement and is based on Fluegel's intermittent fieldwork between 1997-2004 in Ahmedabad, London, Mumbai, Surat, and Baroda. The paper also offers original Gujarati ritual texts. Most of the texts have been published in the pamphlet literature of the Akram Vij–an Marg. The paper is accompanied by the original pictures by the author. The 2nd part of the paper will be published in a few days.
On the occasion of our birthday I want to thank all our editors, Roberto Donatoni (Adelphi Edizioni, Italy), Prof. Minoru Hara (Tokyo University, Japan), Prof. Karel van Kooij (Leiden University, The Nederlands), Prof. David N. Lorenzen (El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico), Prof. Benjamin Prejado (El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico), Prof. Michael Rabe (Saint Xavier University, USA), Prof. Debabrata Sensharma (Kurukshetra University, India). My special thanks to Prof. Michael Witzel, our Co-Editor, and to our Technical Editor, Dr. Ludovico Magnocavallo. Happy reading! - eg. "
URL http://www.asiatica.org/ijts/
Internet Archive: [Only issues Vol. 6(1) (Sep 2002) and earlier ones are accessible from http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.asiatica.org/ijts/]
Link reported by: Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@shore.net)
* 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]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

12 Oct 2005

Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies - listserv
Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, google.com, CA, US.
Supplied note: "The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies has created a list-serve through Yahoo Groups. You are invited to join the list-serve group described at [at the URL below] For more on the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies [formerly the Nepal Studies Association (NSA) - ed.] see http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/
The list-serve has two purposes: (1) To enable the Association to rapidly disseminate news, information, and Association business to the membership. (2) To provide a forum for members to post requests, inquiries and information pertaining to research and teaching about Nepal and the Himalaya to the association at large. The volume of messages each month ranges from 1 to about 6. To subscribe to the list-serve, send an email to: Himal-research-subscribe@yahoogroups.com - bb."
URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Himal-research/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Bronwen Bledsoe (bbledsoe@midway.uchicago.edu), forwarded by (h-asia@h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* 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 Oct 2005

The Tenth Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), Jun 2006
ASCJ, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Supplied note: "The Tenth Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) Call For Papers. Venue: International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo. Dates: Saturday, June 24-Sunday June 25, 2006. Application deadline: November 25 2005.
The ASCJ Executive Committee invites proposals for panels and roundtables (as well as a limited number of individual papers) to be presented at its ninth [SIC] annual conference. The conference will be held at International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, on Saturday, June 24, and Sunday June 25, 2006.
Please note the change of venue.
The Committee welcomes proposals that focus on any region of Asia and reflect any academic discipline. It especially welcomes proposals that by focusing on more than one region or by drawing on more than one discipline will attract a broad range of scholarly interest. Application guidelines and online proposal form are available on the ASCJ website: [at the URL below] Inquiries may also be sent to the Committee at ascj@icu.ac.jp Please note that ASCJ does not have funds to provide help with travel or accommodation costs, nor can it act as sponsor for visa applications.
The strict deadline for submission of proposals is November 25, 2005 (postmark or message date). - ps."
URL http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/%7Eascj/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/%7Eascj/
Link reported by: Patricia Sippel (psippel@toyoeiwa.ac.jp), forwarded by (h-asia@h-net.msu.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

12 Oct 2005

The India-China Project - WWW blog
indiachinaproject.blogspot.com, google.com, CA, US.
Supplied note: "The aim of the blog is to bring together important reportage and commentary on strategic matters pertaining to China with an India-centric perspective. The blog is aimed at generating some informed discussion on the rise of China and its implications for India and the larger Asia-Pacific region. We hope that that as we get going we will be able to attract an audience that will look to this blog as a source of informed commentary and reportage on strategic developments involving India and the Asia-Pacific region. We also hope that you will participate in some of the interesting debates that will emerge in the future. It is sponsored by the M. L. Sondhi Institute of Asia-Pacific Affairs, New Delhi. - hvp."
Most recent posts (in early Oct 2005): * When will China face up to its history? * China-India Economic Engagement: Building Mutual Confidence * The CCP gathers and misses the point * Re-examining Mao's legacy * Propects for a democratic China * US Debates the Rise of China, Once Again * China's Future: Brzezinski versus Mearsheimer * Tackling Income Disparities and Tightening Grip over Media: China's Communists in a Quandary * China Takes the Lead In Asia-Pacific * China-Japan Tensions * Rural Unrest in China * Why Did Secretary Rice Miss APEC? * Washington Post dissects US China problems
Note: the blog was established in Apr 2005. - ed.
URL http://indiachinaproject.blogspot.com
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Harsh V. Pant (hpant@nd.edu), forwarded by (h-asia@h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* 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 Oct 2005

Australia-Korea Internship (AKIP 2006)
The Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (RIAP), The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Supplied note: "Recently, University of Sydney opened application for the second International Internship to Korea. The program, now in its second year, offers exceptional opportunities for students who wish to further or pursue a business-related career in the Asia-Pacific Region. It is an initiative of the Australia - Korea Foundation (AKF), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [...] [T]he program is opened to students from all states and territories in Australia, who are studying in a post-graduate coursework degree or in their third and fourth years of an undergraduate degree in relevant fields. These fields include economics, commerce, finance, accounting, business, marketing, information and communications technology, and international trade. [...] Further details including an application form and frequently asked questions can be found [at the URL below]: - mn."
[Note: Application closes 14 November 2005 - limited to 10 places! Program only opened to Australian Citizens. - ed.]
URL http://www.riap.usyd.edu.au/akip
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Maria Niedzwiecka (maria@riap.usyd.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

11 Oct 2005

Delineating British Burma, British Confidential and Official Print, c. 1826-1949
IDC Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands
Supplied note: "Delineating British Burma, British Confidential and Official Print, c. 1826-1949.
This collection of official and confidential print reflects the long process of information gathering, codification, and dissemination that both accompanied and followed on from the three stages of the British annexation of Burma. It combines the kind of Intelligence Branch investigations that were routinely produced for the states bordering on British India, with a uniquely complete set of gazetteers/topographical works and reports covering the districts and states of British Burma and its boundaries. - wl."
[Note: Information about a collection of 41 Microfilm reels. Also available on microfiche. Scope Approx. 300 items, totalling c. 20,000 - ed.]
URL http://www.idc.nl/ez/30
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Willemijn Lindhout (wlindhout@idc.nl)
* 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]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

11 Oct 2005

Quake In Pakistan : The Sequel
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, 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 Government and the people of Pakistan have been coping, as best as they can, with the help of a flood of international assistance, with the colossal tragedy which struck them on October 8, 2005, in the form of a massive earthquake which has devastated practically the whole of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) and large parts of the district of Manshera and other areas in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). [...] 2. The total fatalities in POK are officially estimated at 20,000 plus and unofficially at 30,000 plus. Those in the NWFP at 3,000 plus and unofficially at 8,000 plus. [...] No estimate is available of the damages suffered by the[..] terrorist organisations as a result of the quake. Many foreign nationals from Indonesia, Thailand, the US, the UK and other countries were reportedly undergoing training in the camps in the Manshera district. Only the LET has so far admitted that its infrastructure in the POK has been severely damaged. A spokesman for the Jamat-ud-Dawa, the political wing of the LET, admitted at Islamabad on October 8, 2005, that mosques, hospitals, schools and madrasas run by the LET in the POK were destroyed by the quake. He added: 'Many of our members have been killed. They are in scores while several others are still trapped under the rubble.' - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers16/paper1571.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

10 Oct 2005

South Asia Quake Help
quakehelp.blogspot.com, US
Self-description: "South Asia Quake Help. News and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts after the Earthquake of October 8th, 2005. [...] Several founders and members of the SEA EAT (South East Asian Earthquake And Tsunami) blog & wiki, which gained worldwide attention at the time of the earthquake and tsunami on 26th December, 2005, have remobilised to aid in the relief efforts after the 'Quake of 8th October."
URL http://quakehelp.blogspot.com/
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]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Other
* 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 100

07 Oct 2005

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI)
Office of International Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VI, US
Supplied note: "The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan and orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. [...] The deadline for applying to the 2006 EAPSI program is December 13, 2005. - adt."
URL http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [Not archived. Access to http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi/ has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt]
Link reported by: Anthony D. Teolis (ateolis@nsf.gov)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Government
* 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

07 Oct 2005

Japan Focus Weekly Newsletter
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US
Self-description: "About Japan Focus - Japan Focus [est. Aug 2002, ISSN: 1557-4660 - ed.] is a refereed electronic journal and and fully-indexed archive that chronicles Japan and the Asia-Pacific in global perspective, encompassing politics, economics, society, history, culture, international relations, war and peace, and historical memory. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it presents translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important texts. Japan Focus draws on the writings of researchers, journalists, policy analysts and writers throughout Asia and the Pacific, North America, Europe and Australia. Its fully indexed website provides a permanent resource for researchers on the Asia-Pacific. Subscribers receive a weekly mailing announcing and introducing four to eight new articles. Coordinators - Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka, Julia Yonetani."
Supplied note: "[W]e recently posted our 400th article, and we have become the electronic journal on Japan and the Asia-Pacific with a weekly mailing providing entree to approximately 6-8 articles a week and coverage extending to politics, economic, culture, history, international affairs and much more. - ms."
Site contents: About Japan Focus; View All; Search Texts; Resources (links to: Asia Times; Critical Asian Studies; Japan Policy Research Institute; Japanese Society Series; Kyoto Journal; Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability; TomDispatch); Administration
[Topics - Japan (Okinawa); Japan & the World (United States, (Asia (China, Taiwan, Korea, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Central/Western Asia, Middle East, South Asia), Russia, Europe, Other); War and Peace; War & Terror; Nationalism; Security Strategy; Politics; Emperor System; Judicial System; Economics/Finance (Natural Resources, Environment, Development); Social Change (Agricultural/Rural, Urban, Poverty, Immigration, Health and Welfare); Labor; Education; Culture; Women/Gender; Minorities; People's Movements (Peace, Citizens); History (Atomic Bomb/Nuclear War,The Pacific War and World War II, Colonialism and Empire, Historical Memory); Japanese Lives; Asian/Pacific Lives; Review Essays; Responses]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44@cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, 3,620]

07 Oct 2005

Jihadi Terrorism in S.E. Asia
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, 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: "14. One has reasons to be more worried about the deteriorating situation in Southern Thailand than about the situation in Indonesia. What started as sporadic acts of terrorism in the beginning of last year have been transformed into sustained acts of insurgency ---marked by a steady flow of volunteers and with a mix of modus operandi involving the use of hand-held weapons as well as explosives reminiscent of the MO adopted by the jihadi terrorist organisations of Pakistan and Bangladesh such as the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ), the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI) and the LET. One sees more the finger-prints of these organisations in Southern Thailand than those of the JI. [...] 17. While there are as yet no indications that the acts of jihadi terrorism in Indonesia are being commanded and controlled from outside the affected region, there is clear-cut evidence that the jihadi terrorism in Southern Thailand is being commanded and controlled from Bangladesh and Pakistan. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers16/paper1566.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

07 Oct 2005

Nuclear Iran & India: The Road Ahead
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, 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 Iran nuclear issue poses a serious policy dilemma for India: how to co-operate with the international community (read US) in preventing the emergence of another military nuclear power with security implications for India, while not allowing our traditional good relations with Iran to be jeopardized? [...] India has to be more cautious in its policies towards the Islamic world than the US. [...] Keeping all these factors in view, India's national interests and security requirements would have been better served by an abstention during the voting in the International Atomic Energy Agency at Vienna than by an open alignment with the US and other Western countries. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers16/paper1562.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

05 Oct 2005

Casa Asia, Spain
Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
Self-description: "Casa Asia es una institucion publica fruto de un convenio entre el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, la Generalitat de Catalunya y el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona. Esta institucion fue constituida el 9 de noviembre de 2001 y se enmarca dentro de los objetivos establecidos en el Plan Marco Asia-Pacifico 2000-2002, que sienta las bases de una politica de Estado para reforzar la presencia espanola en la region ya que Asia y el Pacifico constituyen un objetivo estrategico de la Politica Exterior de Espana."
Site contents: *Buscar; *Presentacion; *Nuestra sede; *Estatutos; *Organigrama; *Documentos Casa Asia; *Publicaciones; *Agenda; *Historico de eventos; *Directorio; *Casa Asia Virtual; *Mediateca; *Boletines; *Comunidad virtual; *Banco de datos; *Contacta; *FAQ; *Mapa del sitio.
[The site also provides information (http://www.casaasia.es/festival2005/esp/index.html) about the "Asia Festival" organised in Madrid 29 Sep - 2 Oct 2005, and in Barcelona (5 Oct - 9 Oct 2005) - ed.]
URL http://www.casaasia.es/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.casaasia.es/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt.
* 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 3,000

04 Oct 2005

The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia (TOSCCA)
The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia (TOSCCA), Oxford, UK
Self-description: "TOSCCA was set up in the summer of 2003. The Society's aims are to promote the study of historical and contemporary Central Asia in Oxford and to bring together visiting students and scholars from the region with their colleagues in Oxford University. TOSCCA's area of interest encompasses the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, as well as their relations with neighbouring countries and regions like Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Azerbaijan and Xinjiang."
Site contents: *The region; Membership; *Events (FUTURE EVENTS: seminars, conferences, lectures, social events, PAST EVENTS); *Publications [page is currently under construction - ed.]; *Contact us; *Our sponsors; *Useful links (St Antony's College, Oxford; The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies; The Foreign and Commonwealth Office; The Institute for Ismaili Studies; British Gas)
URL http://www.toscca.co.uk/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Paul Bergne (PaulBergne@compuserve.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-l@lists.fas.harvard.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

04 Oct 2005

Workshop on Kazakhstan Between East & West, Nov 2005
The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia (TOSCCA), Oxford, UK
Supplied note: "Workshop on Kazakhstan Between East & West, Nov. 28, Oxford, England [...] The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia (TOSCCA) in co-operation with St Antony's College, Oxford, will hold a workshop 'Kazakhstan Between East and West' in the Nissan Centre of St Antony's College on 28th November 2005 starting at 9 am. Speakers include: HE Erlan Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UK. Professor Martha Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for Peace. Professor Theresa Sabonis-Helf, National War College. Dr Sean Roberts, USAID, Almaty. Dr John Roberts, Platts. Dr Cingiz Sorucu, Middle East Technical University, Ankara. Dr Sally Cummings, St Andrews University.
There is no charge for attendance. For further details consult the TOSCCA website www.TOSCCA.co.uk To notify attendance and for other enquiries, send e-mails to PaulBergne@compuserve.com - pb."
URL http://www.toscca.co.uk/futureseminarframe.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Paul Bergne (PaulBergne@compuserve.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-l@lists.fas.harvard.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

03 Oct 2005

Segundas Jornadas de Estudios Orientales, Oct 2005
Escuela de Estudios Orientales, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Supplied note: "Segundas Jornadas de Estudios Orientales [Days of Asian Studies #2 - ed.] JEO2005 - 'Oriente-Occidente Ayer y Hoy' [East-West Yesterday and Today - ed.] Buenos Aires, Argentina 11 al 15 de octubre de 2005. Invitan: Escuela de Estudios Orientales, USAl; Transoxiana, Journal Libre de Estudios Orientales - per."
Site contents: Inicio; Programa; Resumenes; Ponencias; Fotos; Preinscripcion electronica.
See also details of the previous, 2004, conference on Oriental Studies (www.transoxiana.org/Jornadas/) - ed.
URL http://www.transoxiana.org/Jornadas/JEO2005/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Paola E. Raffetta (paola@transoxiana.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

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