30 Oct 2005

Delhi Blasts: An Update
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: "If the blasts [of October 29, 2005] were the handiwork of jihadi terrorists, these were also meant to reassure their followers and sympathisers in India that despite the damages suffered by the Pakistan-based jihadi terrorist infrastructure due to the quake in Pakistan-Occuped Kashmir (POK) and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), their capability for action in Indian territory and their motivation remain undamaged." - 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/papers16/paper1592.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 - ed.
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

29 Oct 2005

Tsunami - Consequences, development and conflicts
Asienstiftung/Asienhaus, Essen, Germany
Supplied note: "The Tsunami in South and Southeast Asia has led to a huge wave of solidarity. But it brought up many questions on how to deal with it as well. This website provides links to some of the central issues discussed on the following topics: Debating the tsunami, coastal destruction, Aceh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India. This website will be updated regularly. A website with additional material in German can be found here: www.asienhaus.de/flut - kf."
Site contents; * Tsunami (Coastal Destruction, Aceh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India); *Tsunami in Asia (Rethinking, Development Policy, Interests of Donors, Local perspective, How to help, Problems of Humanitarian Aid, Debt Crisis, Burma/Burmese in Thailand, Further Links); * Links: Debating the Tsunami.
URL http://asienhaus.de/tsunamis-english
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Klaus Fritsche (klaus.fritsche@asienhaus.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

28 Oct 2005

Daruma and Japanese Culture
Daruma Museum, GokuRakuAn, Okayama, Japan.
Self-description" "On these pages, I will present you information about Daruma san [Bodhidharma (?-532), 28th Indian Zen Patriarch, 1st Chinese Zen Patriarch - ed.] in English. I will try to give you an overview of various topics related to Daruma san. So you can get an understanding of how Daruma san even now influences Japanese art and the lives of Japanese people on an everyday level and learn about folk art, ceramics, festivals and other things as you read along. I am your guide, Gabi Greve, born in Germany, a long-time collector of Daruma artefacts, long-time resident of Japan and long-time student of Buddhist art. Contact me in English, German or Japanese."

Site contents: ABC Introduction to Daruma San; A Visit to Konpira San in Shikoku; Akubi - Daruma Yawning; Anzan - Daruma, Birth and Childrearing; Aritayaki - Daruma of Arita Pottery; Ayame- Iris Daruma from Kashiwa; Bentoobako - Lunchbox with Daruma; Bizenyaki - Bizen Pottery and Daruma san; Byoobu and Tsuitate - Daruma on a Screen; Daruma Ichi - Daruma Markets in Japan (1); Daruma-Hunting in Takamatsu; Daruma-Hunting in Takamatsu Visiting Temples Nagao-ji and Ookubo-ji; Daruma-ji - A Temple in Nishi Izu; Dorei - Clay Bells with Daruma; Engi-Mono - Things for Good Luck (1); Floriade in Holland - Daruma at the Flower Show; Fushimi Tsuchiningyoo - Clay Dolls from Fushimi; Fusuma - Daruma on a Sliding Door; Goshiki Daruma and Color Symbols; Haiku and Daruma; Hakata Dolls and Daruma; Hibachi - Daruma Brazier to Keep You Warm; Himeji no Daruma - Daruma from Himeji; Hoorin-ji - The Daruma Temple in Kyoto; Hyootan, Namazu and Daruma - The Gourd, the Catfish and Daruma; Ishi (1) - Stones and Daruma; Ishi (2) - Stones and Daruma; Jimotsu - What is Daruma holding?; Jindai-ji - A Daruma Market and Sanskrit; Kakebotoke - Votive Plaques and Daruma; Kamakurabori - Daruma and Laquerware; Kanban Part 1 - Shop Signs with Daruma; Kanban Part 2 - Shop Signs with Daruma; Kasukabe - Daruma Dolls from Kasukabe; Kasuri - Ikat-Weaving with Daruma Patterns; Katana (1) - Daruma and the Japanese Sword; Katana (2) - Tsuba, Menuki, Daruma and the Sword; Katsu!! - Koan and Daruma; Kimono (1) - Daruma as Cloth Design; Kimono (2) - Daruma as Cloth Design; Koogoo - Daruma as an Incense Container; Kooro - Daruma as an Incense Burner; Koraku-En and Daruma - An Autumn Walk; Kumano and Nachi - Hunting for Stone Daruma; Kurashiki and Daruma; Kutaniyaki - Daruma of Kutani Pottery; Matsu - The Pine and Daruma; Matsuyama no Hime Daruma - Princess Daruma from Matsuyama; Me-ire - Painting Eyes for Daruma; Meoto Daruma and Takasago - Daruma and a Happy Couple (Part 1); Meoto Daruma, Enmusubi and more Happy Couples (Part 2); Mini Daruma and a Tiny Encyclopedia about Daruma; Mikawa Daruma, Daruma from Toyokawa and Toyohashi; Mimikazari - Daruma and his Earrings; Nagoya no Daruma - Daruma from Nagoya; Nogata Daruma, Tsuyazaki Clay Dolls and Folkart of Fukuoka Prefecture; Okinawa, Daruma and Folkcraft; Oribeyaki - Daruma of Oribe Pottery; Ryokan san and Tamashima Daruma; Sake and Shochu - Ricewine, Schnaps and Daruma; Santa Claus and Daruma San ?Merry Christmas!; Sanukibori - Carving from Sanuki Area in Shikoku; Sekiri Daruma carrying one sandal; Senkootate - Daruma as an Incense Stick Holder; Suiteki - Water Dropper, Hiraga Gennai and Daruma; Takamatsu and Yakuri Daruma (2); Takamatsu Daruma - Papermachee Dolls, Clay Dolls and Small Kites; Takeda no Hime Daruma - Princess Daruma from Takeda; Tako Kites with Daruma Design; Tanuk i - A Badger posing as Daruma; Te-aburi - Daruma as a Handwarmer; Tokkuri - Drinking Hot Sake with Daruma; Tsurukame - Crane, Tortoise and Daruma for Good Luck; Uto no Hime Daruma - Princess Daruma from Uto; Wakasa Daruma - Daruma of Laquer and Agate Stone; Yakimono - Daruma in Japanese Pottery (1); Yakimono - Daruma in Japanese Pottery (2); Yakko Daruma and Flower Viewing in Tsuyama; Yukidaruma - Daruma as a Snowman; Yunomi - Drinking Tea with Daruma;

The site also includes: Daruma Forum (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/); * Daruma Photo Album (http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gabigreve2000/my_photos); * Musings about Happiness, a Haiku Forum (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/); * Index of all my Activities; * Introducing GokuRakuAn.
A bi-ligual (JP, EN) site - ed.
URL http://www.amie.or.jp/daruma/daruma-new1.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.amie.or.jp/daruma/daruma-new1.html
Link reported by: Dr. Gabi Greve (gokuraku@po.harenet.ne.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* 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 300

26 Oct 2005

Photo Dictionary of Japan's Buddhist Gods and Goddessess
OnmarkProductions.com, Kamakura City, Japan
Supplied note: "Japanese Buddhism & Shintoism A-to-Z Photo Dictionary (1,000+ photos), with a special focus on Japanese Buddhist sculpture. - ms."
Site contents: * Search site; * JAPANESE BUDDHISM -- Intro Page; Main Menu; Nyorai Group; Bosatsu Group; Myo-o Group; Tenbu Group; Hands (Mudra); Cycle of Suffering; Schools / Sects; Terminology;
* A to Z -- 3 Tier Pagoda; 4 Celestial Emblems; 4 Heavenly Kings; 5 Elements; 5 Tier Pagoda; 5 Tathagata; 5 Wisdom Kings; 6 Realms; 7 Lucky Gods; 8 Legions; 8 Zodiac Protectors; 12 Devas; 12 Generals; 12 Zodiac Animals; 28 Legions; About the Author; Agyo; Amano Jyaku; Amida Nyorai; Arakan (Rakan); Arhat (Rakan); Ashuku Nyorai; Asura (Ashura); Bamboo; Benzai-ten; Bibliography; Big Buddha; Birushana Nyorai; Bishamon-ten; Bodhisattva; Bosatsu Group; Bosatsu of Mercy; Bosatsu on Clouds; Buddha (Historical); Buddha Group; Calligraphy; Celestial Emblems; Child Protectors; Classifying; Daibutsu; Daikoku-ten; Dainichi Nyorai; Daruma (Zen); Deva (Tenbu); Dosojin; Dragon; Ebisu; Eight Legions; Estores; Family Tree; Footprints of Buddha; Fox (Oinari); Fugen Bosatsu; Fukurokuju; Gakko & Nikko; Gardens; Gravestones; Godai Nyorai; Goddess of Mercy; Goddesses; Hachi Bushu; Hachiman; Hands (Mudra); Henge; Holy Mountains; Ho-o (Phoenix); Hotei; Ishidoro | Ishidourou; Jikokuten; Jizo Bosatsu; Juni Shi; Juni Shinsho; Juni Ten; Junrei (Pilgrimage); Jurojin; Jyaki or Tentoki; Kannon Bosatsu; Kappa; Kariteimo (Kishibojin); Karura; Kendatsuba; Kichijouten; Kishibojin (Kariteimo); Kitsune (Oinari); Kokuzo Bosatsu; Koumokuten; Lanterns (Stone); Links; Mandara (Mandala); Maneki Neko; Miroku Bosatsu/Nyorai; Monju Bosatsu; Monkeys; Mudra (Hands); Myo-o; Newsletter; Nijuhachi Bushu; Nikko & Gakko; Ninpinin; Nio Protectors; Nyorai Group; Oinari (Fox); Phoenix (Ho-o); Pilgrimage Guide; Pottery; Protective Stones; Rakan (Arhat); Raigo Triad; Reincarnation; Rock Gardens; Seishi Bosatsu; Sendan Kendatsuba; Seven Lucky Gods; Shaka Nyorai; Shape Shifters; Shichifukujin; Shijin (Shishin); Shinto Concepts; Shinto Main Menu; Shinto Shrines; Shishi (Lion); Shitenno; Shoki; Siddhartha; Six States; Stone Gardens; Stone Graves; Stone Lanterns; Stones (Top Menu); Suijin (Water Kami); Tamonten; Taishakuten; Tanuki; Temples; Tenbu Group; Tengu; Tentoki or Jyaki; Terminology; Tibetan Carpets; Tibet Photos; Tibetan Tanka; Transmigration; Ungyo; Water Basin; Wheel of Life; Yakushi Nyorai; Yasha (Yaksha); Zen (Daruma); Zen Art Tour; Zouchoten
Note: A brilliant and informative site - ed.
URL http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml
Link reported by: Mark Schumacher (mls-at-onmarkproductions.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

26 Oct 2005

TibetInfoNet (TIN)
www.tibetinfonet.net, London, UK
Self-description: "An Independent Information Service on Contemporary Tibet."
Site contents: * Output by Topic (Society and Culture, Economy and Development, Education, Environment, Outside Tibet, Policies and Leaders, Prisoners and Protest); * Tibet File (Images from Tibet, Map of Tibet, Tibet by Counties, Populations Statistics, Chronology, Glossary, Bibliography); * Links (a list under construction); * Search Site; * Updates in English; * Updates in Tibetan; * Updates in Chinese; * Tibet News Digest; * About us; * Subscribe (free); * Support us; * Contact us.
[The "www.tibetinfonet.net" site published in: Chinese, German, English, Spanish, French, Tibetan, Italian, Japanese and Tibetan. The site established in Aug 2005 and now under construction, continues the work of its predecessor, the "www.tibetinfo.net", which was closed down in Sep 2005.
The TibetInfoNet News updates are also available from a mailing list tin@tibetinfonet.net. Subscriptions to the list are via web page at http://www.aroxis.de/mailman/listinfo/mailer - ed.]
URL http://www.tibetinfonet.net/
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]: News/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 30

24 Oct 2005

Asian Studies Book Services
Asian Studies Book Services, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Self-description: "Asian Studies Book Services is the only dedicated European marketing, representation and distribution service for academic and other high-level titles on Asia. The service is aimed at small and medium-sized publishers both outside and within Europe who specialize in Asian studies specifically, or in area studies more generally. [...] Asian Studies Book Services connects a core group of small and medium-sized publishers of quality books across all fields of academic Asian studies and area studies, from business and economics through sociology and anthropology to history, religion/philosophy, art, literature and language, and of non-academic titles of interest to the academic community, such as high-level reference works and both modern and classical Asian literature in translation."
Site contents: * About us; * Contact details; * Catalogue (business & economics, cultural studies, fiction, history & biography, languages & linguistics, literary studies, natural history/environment, politics & international affairs, religion & philosophy, visual arts); * Ordering (trade terms contacts); * Participating publishers (Australian-Chinese Press [AU], Bennett & Bloom [UK], The Center for Japanese Studies [US], EastBridge [US], Floating World Editions [US], Homa & Sekey [US], Hotei Publishing [NL], KIT Publishers [NL], NIAS Press [DK], Pandanus Books [AU], Reyum Institute of Art and Culture [KH], Sun Tree [SG], Thavibu Gallery [TH], The Gioi [VN], TransPacific Press [AU], Wild Peony [AU]).
URL http://www.asianstudiesbooks.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.asianstudiesbooks.com/
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]: 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

23 Oct 2005

Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict, India
SSPC, Post Box No. 10560, JNU Old Campus, New Delhi Pin-110067, New Delhi, India
Supplied note: "SSPC is an independent, non-profit research organization based in New Delhi, dedicated to research on issues relating to peace, conflict and human development - rg."
Self-description: "Activities of SSPC Research, monitoring, documentation, fact-finding, early warning, risk analysis, workshops, and publishing."
Site contents: * About us; * Research Areas (Arms Control and Proliferation, National Security & Defence Establishment, Armed Conflict & Crisis, Energy & Environment, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease, Human Development, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Terrorism & Homeland Defence); * Publication; * Contact us; * Op/Ed articles; * News updates (WMD Watch, ERIDs Alert); * Search; * Book reviews.
URL http://www.sspconline.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sspconline.org
Link reported by: Rupan Gupta (officemail@sspconline.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

21 Oct 2005

Indian and Pacific Crossings: Perspectives on Globalisation and History, Dec 2006
Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia
Supplied note: "Indian and Pacific Crossings: Perspectives on Globalisation and History 12-15 December 2006. Fremantle, Western Australia. Sponsored by Edith Cowan University and the Western Australian Museum [...]
We are now making a first call for papers for the international conference Indian and Pacific Crossings, an interdisciplinary gathering which will explore the processes and systems developed in the Indian and Pacific rims over extended periods and from a variety of perspectives.
Suggested themes for the conference are: * Navigation and Commerce: patterns, methods, technologies. * Diffusion of Ideas: transfer of political, religious, cultural, and social ideas, including revolts, labor movements, technologies, missionary work, etc. * Imperial Structures: alternative means of conceptualizing power and authority, models and patterns of rule. * Archaeology: recent excavations or surveys germane to any portion of the regions. * Migration: including permanent settlement, itinerant movement, patterns of labor diffusion. * Cartography: development of cartographic technologies, exchanges and transfer of information, conceptualizations of land- and sea-scapes * Periodizations and Perceptions of the areas: the development of an Indian-Pacific narrative(s)
We welcome submissions that afford both narrow and broad perspectives on these and related themes. We anticipate the body of scholarship emerging from this conference will help address such questions as: Can we speak of an Indian Ocean Basin and a Pacific Basin in the way scholars have construed types of coherence for the Mediterranean and Atlantic worlds? What, furthermore, are the possible links between these two basins? - md."
URL http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/iccs/Conference2006/home.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Mark Dupuy (m.dupuy@ecu.edu.au), 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

18 Oct 2005

Online Contents Database South Asia Institute, Heidelberg
Library, The South Asia Institute (SAI), Ruprecht-Karls Universitaet Heidelberg, Germany
Supplied note: "OLC-SSG South Asia is the online contents service of the Special Subject Collection South Asia (Sondersammelgebiet Suedasien) and offers currently access to table of contents of 197 journals relevant to the study and research on culture, politics and languages of South Asia. The journals are mostly indexed back to the year 1993; thus the database contains app. 101,400 articles and reviews.
The database is a subject oriented selection of bibliographic data from the Swets Database Online Contents. It is regularly enlarged by table of contents data from additional periodicals out of the special collections of the library of the SAI. OLC-SSG South Asia can be used as a bibliographic database as well as an access point to Interlibrary loan and document delivery services.
Access for European libraries and scientific institutions is free. Individual Scholars and persons from Germany and other European countries with a research interest in South Asia may contact me for a user id and password. A complete list of the journals is available at [the URL below] - nm."
URL http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/helios/fachinfo/www/suedasien/olc_zeitschriften.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Nicole Merkel (merkel@sai.uni-heidelberg.de), forwarded by h-asia@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Oct 2005

19th Conference International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA), Nov 2006
The Philippine Social Science Council, Quezon City, Philippines
Supplied note: "19th IAHA Conference: November 22-25, 2006 - Manila. Please visit the website [at the URL below] for more details: [..] The International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA) invites proposals for individual papers and panels for the 19th IAHA Conference, which will be held in Manila, Philippines, on 22-25 November 2006. It will be hosted by the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC).
The IAHA is a loose network of historians and scholars whose geographic focus is Asia. Held every two years, the IAHA conferences provide Asian specialists an opportunity to come together and share the fruits of their scholarship. [...] Following tradition, the 19th IAHA Conference welcomes paper and panel proposals covering a wide spectrum of interests in historical research. Papers and panels will be group under the following main themes:
* Beyond Eurocentrism and Occidentalism: Asia-Europe Comparisons * Intercivilizational Encounters: Religion, Language, Commerce, and Technology * Framing Asia in Global History: Labor, Culture, Commodities, and Ideology * Business Empires, Economic Networks: The Old and The New * The Past in Current Social Conflicts * Historicizing Gender Hierarchies * Continuity and Change in Political Histories * At the Margins, Borders and Interstices of Asian History * Coping with the Vicissitudes of Everyday Life: Health, Environment, and Culture * Revisiting Classic Texts in Asian History * Literature as a Window to Asian History * Visuality, Orality, and Literacy in the Reconstruction of the Asian Past * Archaeological Illuminations on the Asian Past * Heritage and Cultural Preservation: A Legacy for Future Generations * Education and the Historical Profession [..]
All paper and panel proposals must be submitted no later than 15 December 2005. Submission can be done via email to iaha@pssc.org.ph or sent through the post to: The IAHA National Organizing Committee, c/o The Philippine Social Science Council, PSSCenter, Commonwealth Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Panel and paper proposals will be refereed. Notice of acceptance of proposals will be issued by 31 January 2006. [..] - rc."
URL http://www.pssc.org.ph/iaha/home.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Rommel Curaming (rommel.curaming@anu.edu.au), 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]: 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

18 Oct 2005

Japancasting - WWW blog
Osaka Jogakuin College, Osaka, Japan
Supplied note: "A podcasting blog or spoken library [est. 6 Jul 2005] for studying Japan. Free educational broadcasts on Japanese culture, history, language, society, religions, and educational system. Ancient legends are analyzed with discussion questions to discover East Asian values. Listen to voices of people from around the world, professors and students in English, Japanese and Chinese. For English as a Foreign Language study there are links to illustrated scripts for reading while listening, and links to online sources for further research. Subscribe to download to an MP3 player like iPod via iTunes, through podcast directories or the Japancasting site, where episodes can be clicked on to listen by computer (Webcasting). Cf. journal article on podcasting at: http://www.waoe.org/president/podcasting_article.html - smcc."
Site contents (keywords): Ancient; Asia; Baseball; Bicultural; Bilingual; Boston; Buddhism; Bunraku; California; Chinese; Choices; Christianity; Classical; Conflict; Discrimination; Ecumenism; Education; Efl; Emperor; English; Freedom; Government; Haiku; Hammurabi; Hawaii; Human; Ipods; Iraq; Islam; Japan; Japanese; Jica; Judaism; Koizumi; Language; Learning; Legend; Modern; Multilingual; Noh; Oedipus; Osaka; Ozu; Peace; Pilgrimage; Podcasting; Prejudice; Proverbs; Psychology; Questions; Racism; Religion; Resolution; Rights; Shikoku; Shotoku; Society; Sophocles; Taos; Technology; Transcend; Wisdom; Womanhood; Woodstock; Xenophobia
URL http://stevemc.blogmatrix.com
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Steve McCarty (waoe@mail.goo.ne.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

17 Oct 2005

2nd World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, Jun 2006, Jordan
Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS), Amman, Jordan
Supplied note: "Second World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies Amman, Jordan, 11-16 June 2006 Pre-Registration Deadline: October 31, 2005 Scholars, experts and students involved in the study of the Middle East, North Africa and the Muslim states of Central Asia, in addition to those areas of the world directly or indirectly affected by developments in these regions, are invited to submit proposals for panels, papers and roundtables for the Second World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-2), which will take place in Amman, Jordan on 11-16 June 2006 [...]
The Second World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES-2) announces that discounts on early registration fees will now be available until 31 October 2005. [..] - rh."
URL http://www.wocmes2.org
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Rana Hadeed (rana.hadeed@riifs.org), 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

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