30 May 2006

East Timor: Wheels Within Wheels
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: "15. Australia, the US and other Western countries and their oil companies have not been happy with him [i.e. the East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri - ed.] and want to have him eased out. That is why, those to the left of the political spectrum suspect that the revolt must have been instigated by the Australians themselves in order to facilitate the return of their armed forces to East Timor and have him removed. 16. They also look with suspicion on the role of the President's Australian born wife, Kirsty Sword, who has emerged as the power behind the [Xanana Gusmao's - ed.] throne. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers19/paper1820.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--at--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

28 May 2006

Implications of EU Ban on LTTE
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 reported decision of the Europen Union (EU) countries to declare the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation and ban its activities in their respective territories would be unimpeachable legally and on merits, but ill-timed, unwise and ill-considered politically. [...] The LTTE is one of the most dreaded terrorist organisations of the world, which was responsible, inter alia, for the brutal assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, our former Prime Minister. Purely on merits, a ban on it would be justified, but the timing and the manner of the ban should not give an impression as if the EU is taking sides with the Sinhalese extremist elements. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers19/paper1817.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--at--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

27 May 2006

Third World Congress of Korean Studies, Oct 2006
The Academy of Korean Studies, Bundang-gu, South Korea
Supplied note: "The organizing committee of the 3rd World Congress of Korean Studies announces call for papers to all academics and professionals in Korean Studies. The 3rd World Congress, 'Cultural Interaction with Korea: From Silk Road to Korean Wave', will be held from Oct 27 to Oct 30, 2006 at Cheju National University, Jejudo, Korea. As the biggest Korean Studies conference in the world, it will provide scholars with an opportunity to share the ideas and the latest achievements on Korean Studies. Furthermore, participants will be able to experience not only well-preserved natural environment but also rich historical remains and valuable folk materials of Jejudo island.
Designated topic sessions: History, Sociology, Culture/Anthropology, Political Science, Economics, Law, Art, Folklore, Literature, Education, Science & Technology, Philosophy, Religion, Language.
[There is also a scope for] Free topic sessions.
Qualifications: Scholars, professionals, and students holding MA degree or above are encouraged to participate.
Submission: Individual proposal for the designated topics should include a title page, a one-page abstract, and a one-page CV. In case of free topic session proposal, a topic of the session, a list of session members, and their individual paper proposals should be contained. The title page needs to have the following information: 1. Title of the paper 2. Session in which the paper will be presented 3. Name(s) of the author(s) 4. Nationality 5. Department & Affiliation 6. E-mail & Post-mail address 7. Phone & Fax number
Proposals can be written either in Korean or English.
Submissions will be accepted only electronically to lovekorea--at--aks.ac.kr no later than June 6, 2006 and receipt of submissions will be acknowledged via e-mail within 2 working days. [The news of the conference has reached the AS Monitor on the 27th May 06 - ed.] The abstracts will be reviewed based on contents and suitability. Accepted speakers will be notified with detailed guideline on June 14, 2006 and will be required to submit a full paper of 10-15 pages for conference proceedings by September 3, 2006.
For further information, please contact : lovekorea--at--aks.ac.kr Organizing Committee, The Academy of Korean Studies 50 Unjung-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-791 Republic of Korea Tel : +82-31-709-9843 / Fax : +82-31-709-9945 http://www.aks.ac.kr (Korean) http://www.aks.ac.kr/eng_home (English)
Registration & Financial Support: The registration fee for the congress is 30 USD, payable upon arrival. It will cover congress kit, refreshments, and one copy of congress proceedings. Accepted speakers will be provided free meals and accommodations during the congress period as well as partial compensation for travel expenses. The amount of partial travel grant depends on a fund-raising, therefore, it will be notified later. After the congress, optional excursion will be offered upon request and it will be at participants' own expense. - nj."
URL http://www.aks.ac.kr/eng_home
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Nansook JUNG (yojh--at--aks.ac.kr), forwarded by IEKAS (http://www.skas.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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

19 May 2006

Action Against LTTE's Maritime 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: "India and the other members of the international community should be even more concerned than in the past over the medium and long-term implications of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) acquiring a capability for conventional and unconventional (terrorism-related) maritime action. [...] The time has come for India to be more proactive in this matter with a policy and action initiative at the following two levels: * LEVEL ONE: Mobilising action in the UN Security Council and other appropriate fora for freezing under the UN Security Council Resolution No.1373 against terrorism the bank accounts of all those associated with the LTTE's commercial fleet, seizure of the ships as assets of a terrorist organisation banned in many countries and arrests and prosecution of the members of the crew for working for a banned terrorist organisation. * LEVEL TWO: To constitute an international coalition against maritime terrorism in order to force the LTTE to dismantle its maritime capability through diplomatic pressure if possible and through naval action, if necessary. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers19/paper1802.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--at--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

16 May 2006

YakutiaToday.Com
NGO 'Sakha World XXI Century', Yakutsk, Russia
Supplied note: "Unofficial guide to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), the biggest Russian region located in the north-eastern Siberia. News, Region Info, Events, Way of Life, People, Yellow Pages, Travel Tips, Gallery & Portfolio. - bb."
URL http://www.yakutiatoday.com
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Bolot Bochkarev (info--at--yakutiatoday.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

13 May 2006

Bhutan - Anti-Corruption Commission
Anti-Corruption Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan
Supplied note: "I draw your attention to the new website for the Anti-Corruption Commission in Bhutan: [at the URL below] There are important documents on this site - including a translation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck's decree appointing the Chairperson of the Commission (Aum Neten Zangmo, former Foreign Secretary) to hold position until a new-style parliament is elected (as foreshadowed by the current draft constitution - see http://www.constitution.bt/draft_constitution_2nd_en.pdf ). However, I expect the site to become even more important after 2008, when it will reflect the role of the ACC as watchdog of public probity.
The Election Commission's website (www.election-bhutan.gov.bt ) seems to remain off-line for the moment. - bcs."
URL http://www.anti-corruption.org.bt/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* 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 30

12 May 2006

Hepburn Japanese-English-Japanese Dictionary Online
Meiji Gakuin University Library Digital Archives, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan
Supplied note: "'James Curtis Hepburn' (Waegoi rinshuusei) is now available online at [the URL below] as part of the Digital Archives of Meiji Gakuin University.
The two sections -- Japanese-English and English-Japanese -- are a rich source for expressions current in Meiji Japan. Members of this list may sometimes find it useful to check the dictionary for information about older usages.
The sections of the dictionary have been digitzed and are available as graphic images. With a good internet connection, these will load quickly, and can be navigated so that you can browse through the dictionaries.
There is a basic search function. Note that you should choose first the 'EiWa no bu' or 'WaEi no bu.' The search function does not cover words in definitions, but simply gets to the page where -- alphabetically -- you might *expect* to find the headword.
Graphic digitization has certain advantages as well as disadvantages over electronic texts. All the rubi and rare characters can be displayed in a graphic text, for example, which is not always possible in an electronic text, even with Unicode. - mw."
[A site in Japanese, with minor uses of English for navigation purposes - ed.]
URL http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/mgda/index.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Michael Watson (watson--at--k.meijigakuin.ac.jp), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Library
* 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

09 May 2006

The Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. Collection on Muslims in China
The Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US.
Self-description: "Over 1000 photos of Muslims and Christian missionaries working among them in Western China in the 1920s and 1930s form the core of this collection, which is supplemented by several hundred books, pamphlets, broadsides, etc., in several languages. Gift of Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. in memory of Joseph Fletcher Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History at Harvard University. The albums and photographs can be viewed in the VIA online catalog. A finding aid to the printed materials can be viewed in the OASIS online catalog. [...]
[Site contents:] * Biographical Note * Islam in China: A Selected Bibliography of English-Language Publications * Finding Aid to the Collection * View the Photographs in the VIA Catalog."
Supplied note: "[The site] is the culmination of a two-year project to catalog and digitize some 1000 photos of China's Muslim population in western China in the 1920s and 1930s and the activities of Christian missionaries working among them. Much of what appears in the photographs has been reported to have been lost or destroyed. The related finding aid to printed material in the collection points to an extensive collection of materials related to Islam in general and Islam in China in particular. We hope that in another year or so to be able to digitize some of the more obscure print materials to make them viewable on-line through a page-turner system. When we created the finding aid, the system could not accept Chinese or Arabic script, so the records appear in romanization only. Some of the printed materials (particularly, posters) also appear in the image catalog (VIA). This is the second of a continuing series of digital projects for visual images of East Asia. We will soon add several hundred Hedda Morrison photos of Hong Kong (1946-47) that were the focus of our 2005 publication (with a foundation in Hong Kong) 'Hedda Morrison's Hong Kong: Photographs & Impressions,1946-47', written by Edward Stokes. We will soon also catalog and digitize some 500 photographs relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (under various pre-1911 and post-1911) names - rl."
[Another online treasure built by the indefatigable Raymond Lum and his superb team - ed.]
URL http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/harvard-yenching/collections/pickens/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Raymond Lum (rlum--at--fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Library
* 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 2006

Hinduism - The eBook
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, JBE, The Pennsylvania State University, US & Goldsmiths University, UK.
Self-description: "Hinduism - The eBook The First Comprehensive E-Text Introduction [2006] By Hillary Rodrigues. [...] a self contained textbook [ISBN: 0-9747055-2-7, in PDF format - ed.] for a one-semester introductory course on Hinduism. Designed for undergraduate level study, it provides everything students and teachers could expect from a printed text and more. There are two main components: 1. Hinduism - The eBook. A text book with extensive links to the Internet 2. Hinduism Online. A website dovetailing with the ebook and providing a range of additional resources for students and teachers. [...]
Summary of Contents: Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Vedic Religion; Chapter 3: Karma and Cosmology; Chapter 4: Hindu Social Organization and Values; Chapter 5: Dharma and the Individual; Chapter 6: The Sanksrit Language; Chapter 7: Indian Philosophical Schools; Chapter 8: The Epics; Chapter 9: The Bhagavad Gita and the Rise of Bhakti; Chapter 10: Major Hindu Sects; Chapter 11: Hindu Deities and Puranic Mythology; Chapter 12: Hindu Art and Worship Rituals; Chapter 13: Vedanta; Chapter 14: Tantra; Chapter 15: Reform and Revitalization; Chapter 16: Hinduism Beyond India; Chapter 17: Hinduism and the West; Chapter 18: Select Themes in Hinduism; Appendix: Glossary of Deities; Glossary of Place Names; Glossary of People's Names; Glossary of Texts; General Glossary."
URL http://www.jbeonlinebooks.org/hinduism/index.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.jbeonlinebooks.org/ [Note: contents of individual ebooks published at the site are not archived].
Link reported by: Charles Prebish (charles.prebish--at--jbeonlinebooks.org), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.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]: n/a

09 May 2006

Buddhism - The eBook
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, JBE, The Pennsylvania State University, US & Goldsmiths University, UK.
Self-description: "Buddhism - The eBook Second Edition [2006] The First Comprehensive E-Text Introduction, By Charles Prebish and Damien Keown. Extensively revised and updated, Buddhism - The eBook, Second Edition is a self contained textbook [ISBN: 0-9747055-3-5, in PDF format - ed.] for an introductory course on Buddhism. Designed for undergraduate level study, it provides everything students and teachers could expect from a printed text and more. There are two main components: 1. Buddhism - The eBook, Second Edition. A text book with extensive links to the Internet 2. Buddhism Online. A website dovetailing with the ebook and providing a range of additional resources for students and teachers.
Summary of Contents: Acknowledgements ; Pronunciation Guide; The Background to Buddhism; Part One: Foundations; 1. Karma and Cosmology; 2. The Buddha; 3. The Dharma; 4. The Buddhist Sangha; Part Two: Development; 1. Buddhism in India; 2. Mahayana; 3. Meditation; Part Three: Buddhism Beyond India; 1. Buddhism in Southeast Asia; 2. Buddhism in East Asia; 3. Buddhism in Tibet; Part Four: Modernity; 1. Buddhism in the Western World; 2. Engaged Buddhism; 3. Buddhist Ethics; 4. Reflections on the Nature and Study of Buddhism; Appendix: Chronology of Buddhist History; The Buddhist Scriptures."
URL http://www.jbeonlinebooks.org/buddhism.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.jbeonlinebooks.org/ [Note: contents of individual ebooks published at the site are not archived].
Link reported by: Charles Prebish (charles.prebish--at--jbeonlinebooks.org)
* 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]: n/a

08 May 2006

Institute for Public Policy (IPP), Bishkek
Institute for Public Policy, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Supplied note: "We are pleased to announce the launch of the website of the Institute for Public Policy, Bishkek. The web address is [given below]. You can check the latest articles, transcripts of roundtables and other available materials. Please feel free to share your comments. Our email can be found in 'Contact us' section. - sj."
Site contents: * About IPP; * Activities (Consulting and expertise, Research and analysis, Training on governance, Projects). * Roundtables; *Analysis; * Publications (Kyrgyzstan Brief, Issue 1 (Oct-Nov, 2005), Kyrgyzstan Brief, Issue 2 (Dec 2005 - Jan 2006), Kyrgyzstan Brief, Issue 3 (Feb-Mar 2006), Essays on political parties in Kyrgyzstan (Jan 2006) (in Russian only)); * Events; * Contact us.
URL http://www.ipp.kg/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Shairbek Juraev (s.juraev--at--ipp.kg), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./News/Study
* 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 30

08 May 2006

India Watches Helplessly As Sri Lanka Bleeds
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: "7. The ground situation in Sri Lanka is characterized by a state of de jure ceasefire and de facto fighting. Neither side wants to formally abrogate the ceasefire due to fears of adverse reaction from the international community. At the same time, neither side is prepared to observe the cease-fire strictly and refrain from violating it in order to hurt each other. [...] 9. India gives the impression of being a helpless spectator of these events, with very little influence either on the Rajapakse Government or the Tamils. Its failure to prevent Rajapakse from wriggling out of the commitments for a federal solution made by his predecessors with India's blessing and encouragement has not gone well with the Tamils. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers18/paper1791.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--at--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

05 May 2006

Mongolian History-Online Resources
The Indo-Mongolian Society of New York, NYC, NY, US
Supplied note: "The Indo-Mongolian Society of New York has created a Mongolian history and culture website offering on-line resources for a range of information about Mongolia, Mongol history and related topics. [...] The website also contains a very large compilation of Mongolian History and related information on-line resources. [...] The website also offers Indo-Mongolian Society lecture papers, excerpts from books, and other Mongolian history articles. These include some of the following:
'Chinggis Khan & the Talking Rhino of India', 'The Name of the Mongols' (Mongol to Mughal) both papers by Prof. Igor de Rachewiltz. 'The Legacy of Genghis Khan in Law and Politics' by Prof. Robert D. McChesney, 'Mongol Empire's Organizational Innovation' by Prof. Thomas Barfield, excerpts from 'Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World' by Prof. Jack Weatherford. - lk."
Site contents: * History of the Mongols, * Genghis Khan - Chinggis Khan, * Mongol Military Campaigns, * Yuan Dynasty - Mongol China, * Ilkhanid Dynasty - Mongol Iran, * Ulus Chaghatay Dynasty - Mongol Central Asia, * Golden Horde Dynasty - Mongol Russia, * Mongol Invasions of Japan, * Mongols in South East Asia, * Post-Empire and Modern Mongolia, * Mongolian Women in History, * Nomadic Civilization - Pastoral Nomadism & Inner Asian History, * Religious History of the Mongols, * Art of the Mongol Empire, * Other Mongolian History Images, * Other Articles About Mongolian History, * Mongol Empire Maps, * Mongolian History Timelines, * Central Asian Tribal Groups History, * Siberian Tribal Groups, * The Manchus, * The Silk Road, * Silk Road Art, * Silk Road Frescoes of Dunhuang, * Historical Maps, * Period Photos: Mongol, Tibetan, Siberian and Central Asian Subjects, * Indian Historical Cultural Influence in Central Asia, Gandaharan, Bactrian, Sogdian, Parthian and Sarmatian Art
URL http://www.mongolianculture.com/mhistory.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mongolianculture.com/mhistory.html
Link reported by: Lyle Krahl (mongcult--at--yahoo.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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 100

04 May 2006

Bhutan - Population and Housing Census of Bhutan 2005
Office of Census Commissioner, Thimphu, Bhutan
Supplied note: "The results of the PHC 2005 were published on 27 April. The details in summary form are given on the Census web page, but the URLs are not efficiently laid out and therefore not accessible from the webpage.
The total population of Bhutan at the end of May 2005 is reported as: Male : 364,482 Female : 307,943 Total : 672,425
The Report chapters are (per http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results.htm) - 'Results of Population and Housing Census of Bhutan 2005'
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: CENSUS PROCEDURES; CHAPTER 3: POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; CHAPTER 4: MIGRATION; CHAPTER 5: HEALTH; CHAPTER 6: EDUCATION; CHAPTER 7: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT; CHAPTER 8: HOUSEHOLD AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.
The following will give the full text and graphs of the published summary report (note the underscore before the number): http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results_1.htm
http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results_2.htm
http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results_3.htm
http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results_4.htm
http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results_5.htm
http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results_6.htm
http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results_7.htm
http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results_8.htm
A 'complete PHCB fact sheet' is at http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/Fact_sheet.pdf - bcs."
URL http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/census_results.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Government
* 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

02 May 2006

The Organization of Libraries, Museums and Documentation Center of Astan - Quds - Razavi, Iran
The Organization of Libraries, Astan - Quds - Razavi, Holy Shrine, Mashhad, Iran
Self-description: "[The Library, which was open to the public in 1457 AD. ] "is considered as one of the most important treasures of the recorded knowledge of Iran and the world of Islam. [...] The construction of the present glorious building was completed in 1995 [...] Some of the outstanding features of this notable complex are as follows: 1: Affiliation of the complex to the Holy Shrine of His Holiness Imam Reza (AS). 2: Possesing very old manuscripts, artifacts and museum objects (some of them are more than 1000 years old). 3: Many exquisite copies of the Quran, manuscripts and printed books. [...]."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Administrative structure; * Deputy of the coordination and the chief of central library; * The deputy of museums; * The deputy of affliated libraries; * The management of documents and periodicals; * The office of public affairs; * Public relations; * The instructional unit; * Publication; * Research unit; * Supervision and productivity unit; * Contact us.
[A tri-lingual (Farsi, Arabic, English) site - ed.]
URL http://www.aqlibrary.org/English/index.aspx
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.aqlibrary.org/
Link reported by: Abolfazl Hassanabady (ahassanabady1--at--yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Library
* 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 1,000

02 May 2006

Towards a New Age of Partnership in Dutch East India Company Archives and Research (TANAP)
TANAP, Leiden, The Netherlands
Self-description: "Objectives of the TANAP programme: a. to preserve the VOC [Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, Dutch East India Company, 1602-1796] archives [...] b. [...] to improve the[ir] availability and accessibility [...] c. to carry out research into the early-modern economic and social transformations in Asia and Southern Africa; d. to train a new generation of historians in Asia, Africa and Europe [...]."
Site contents: * About TANAP; * [Participating] Universities; * Archives (Archives keeping VOC documents: Nationaal Archief, Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia, Cape Town Archives Repository, National Archives of Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Archives, British Library - Oriental and India Office Collections, Arkib Negara Malaysia); * VOC (Introduction, Foundation of the VOC - the Charter, Directors and Shareholders, Central Management: Heren XVII, Organization of the VOC Chambers, Organization of the VOC in Asia, Batavia as Administrative Centre, The End of the VOC); * Search; * Activities (## News, ## Events, ## Documents, ## Inventories (Archives of the VOC Management in the Netherlands, Archives of the VOC Management in the Trade Zone, VOC Records in Private Papers, VOC Records in Other Collections), Database of VOC documents [A gateway to the documents of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) 1602-1795. Note: this database provides descriptions of VOC documents, not their images.]

## Tanap research :
# Research on China : LIU, Yong (China) - The VOC's Chinese Tea Trade, 1757-1781.
# Research on India : Ghulam Ahmad Nadri (India) - The VOC and the Politics of Trade in Gujarat, 1750-1800. Binu M. John Parambil (India) - The Ali Rajas of Cannanore: Status and Identity at the Interface of Commercial and Political Expansion (1663-1723). Anjana Singh (India) - Company Men, Eurasian Women and Orphan Children: The Social World of the VOC in Cochin, c. 1750-1810.
# Research on Indonesia : Ingrid Saroda Cosijn-Mitrasing (Netherlands) - The Evolution of Kingship in Seventeenth Century Aceh Darussalam (1600-1645). Dr. KWEE, Hui-kian (Singapore) - The Political Economy of Java's Northeast Coast, c. 1740-1800: Elite Synergy. Sher Banu A. Latiff Khan (Singapore) - Rule behind the Silk Curtain: A Study of Aceh under the Reign of the Queens, 1641-1699. Sri Margana (Indonesia) - The Contested Frontier: Rebellion, Economy and Social Change in Java's Oosthoek, 1763-1811. Dr. Atsushi Ota (Japan) - Changes of Regime and Social Dynamics in West Java. Yusak Soleiman (Indonesia) - The Propagation of Dutch Reformed Protestantism on Java in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century c. 1753-1835: A Study of Religion and Society in two colonial Towns (Batavia and Semarang) and its Perception by Early Nineteenth Century Missionaries. Muridan S. Widjojo (Indonesia) - Cross-Cultural Alliance-making and Local Resistance in the Moluccas during the Revolt of Prince Nuku, c. 1780-1810.
# Research on Iran : R. Ali Kavani - Transcription and annotation of 'Memories van Overgave' concerning Persia.
# Research on Japan : Dr. Ryuto Shimada (Japan) - The Intra-asian Trade in Japanese Copper by the Dutch East India Company during the Eighteenth Century.
# Research on South Africa : Frederick J. Goedeman (South Africa) - Khoisan and the Making of Colonial Society in Little Namaqualand, 1770-1840. Dr. Russel S. Viljoen (South Africa) - "Land of Our Forefathers", Jan Paerl: A Khoikhoi Prophet in Cape Colonial Society, 1761-1851.
# Research on Sri Lanka : Nirmal R. Dewasiri (Sri Lanka) - Changes in the Peasant Agriculture in Southern and Western Ceylon in the Mid-Eighteenth Century under the VOC Rule. Chris Nierstrasz (Netherlands) - Country trade on the Coromandel Coast by an employee of the VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie) with a high function: Lubbert Jan van Eck. An in dept research of his private correspondence written between 1754 and 1765. Alicia Schrikker (Netherlands) - A Colonial Administration in Transition: Policy, Theory and Practice of Dutch and British Colonial Rule in Maritime Ceylon, c. 1780-1815.
# Research on Taiwan : CHA, Hsin (Taiwan) - The Dutch Reformed Church on Formosa: Missionary and Civic Calvinism in a Colonial Context (1626-1662). CHENG, Wei-Chung - Merchant Prince and King's Merchant: The Origin of overseas Chinese trans-national entrepreneurial network around East and South China Sea (1636-1683). CHIU, Hsin-hui (Taiwan) - Entangled Encounters: "The Formosans" and the Dutch Colonial Project, 1624-1662.
# Research on Thailand : Supaporn Ariyasajsiskul (Netherlands) - Late Ayutthaya's Foreign Trade Policy: A Study in its Regional and International Context with an Emphasis on the Reign of King Borommakot, 1733-1758. Bhawan Ruangsilp (Thailand) - Perception and Practice: The VOC and the Court Culture of Ayutthaya in the Seventeenth and Eigtheenth Centuries.
# Research on Vietnam : Hoang Anh Tuan (Vietnam) - The Dutch East India Company in Tonkin: Political and Commercial Relations, 1637-1700.)
URL http://www.tanap.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/ http://www.tanap.net/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./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 1,000

01 May 2006

Sanskritweb
www.sanskritweb.net, Heidelberg, Germany
Self-description: "A. Sanskrit Fonts 1. Transliteration and Devanagari Fonts for Sanskrit; 2. Fonts and Technical Manuals for Itranslator; 3. Macintosh Fonts for Itranslator 99 Files; B. Sanskrit Texts 1. Rigveda (Devanagari edition with svara marks); 2. Yajurveda (Devanagari texts with svara marks); 3. Other Sanskrit Documents (Reverse Dictionaries, etc.); 4. Deutsche Seite des Sanskritweb (Sanskrit-Kompendium) C. Typography 1. Documents on Font Design (Beitraege zur Typographie); 2. The Font Forging Industry (Report for Legal Authorities); 3. Additional Documents (at my new site www.Forgers.de)
[...] This is a private website maintained by Ulrich Stiehl. The Sanskritweb has a very simple design and uses only downwards compatible PDF formats etc. so that its contents is also accessible to persons who cannot afford to buy the latest computer equipments."
URL http://www.sanskritweb.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sanskritweb.net/
Link reported by: Paola Raffetta (paolaraffetta--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/* /coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
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