28 Jun 2006

Trade Routes Resources Blog
Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "A collection of online resources of use to dromography, or the comparative study of organisation, history, geography, and logistics of movement, transportation and communication networks. This site is a part of the Old World Traditional Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project (www.ciolek.com/owtrad.html)."
Site contents: RECENT POSTS (* Newest GIS data sets from "OWTRAD Dromographic Digital Data Archives (ODDDA)"; * Principal trade routes of ancient Palestine; * Routes of the Radhanite Merchants; * Logistics of Boat Travel; * Nepalese Children as Porters; * Nepalese Porters May Be World's Most Efficient Haulers; * Ancient Tea-Horse Road; * Tea Horse Road, Yunnan/Sichuan/Tibet; * Porter Route: Tianquan to Kangding, Sichuan/Tibet; * Horses, Silver, and Cowries: Yunnan in Global Perspective; * Scott Levi, H-WORLD, on Overland Trade Early-Modern Times). MONTHLY ARCHIVES (Feb 2002 - Jun 2006).
URL http://trade-routes-resources.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--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

28 Jun 2006

Herbert Offen [Chinese Art] Research Collection
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, US
Supplied note: "The Herbert Offen Research Collection focuses on Chinese furniture, architecture and gardens, with supporting sections that explore Japanese, Korean and South East Asian studies of like topics. In the spring of 2004, the Offen family made an initial gift of 490 books as well as generous funds to continue purchasing new, recently published and antiquarian books on these subjects. In two years the collection has grown to over 3,000 items and is now one of the finest research collections for scholars and enthusiasts in these fields. The donations have been made in memory of Herbert Offen, an inspiring and passionate devotee of Chinese culture, who resided in China for several years. Included in the Herbert Offen Research Collection are the 1925 Ernst Boerschmann two-volume set Chinesische Architektur, Maurice Dupont's 1920's studies of Chinese furniture, Chuta Ito's beautifully photographed 1941 series on Chinese architecture Shina Kenchiku Soshoku, Albert Nachbaur's Les images populaires chinoises, 1926, Okuyama Tsunegoro's 'Pekin kojo kenchiku soshoku : fuzu hachijoyo' Decoration of palace buildings of Peking. Meiji 39 [1906] George Louis Le Rouge's Jardins Anglois-Chinois et Jardins de la Mode 1776-1778, Emile Gsell's Monuments Khmers, 1865, and the Wilma Fairbank papers. A bibliography of the titles is included http://pem.org/museum/Herbertoffen.pdf (PDF format, 2.29 MB) - bmcl."
[The Peabody Essex Museum is also a home to the 'Frederick Townsend Ward China Collection' of "[a]pproximately 10,000 books, pamphlets, broadsides, and periodicals, and many rare maps, prints, and photographs document the history and culture of China and the interactions of [Imperial] China with the West up to the early 20th century establishment of the Chinese Republic. The publications document diplomatic and commercial relations between China and the Westerns nations, and missionary activities in China from the 16th to the 20th centuries." - ed.]
URL http://pem.org/museum/lib_offen.php
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://pem.org/museum/lib_offen.php
Link reported by: Bruce MacLaren (Bruce_MacLaren-at--pem.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

23 Jun 2006

Bhutan - Election Commission website
Election Commission, Thimphu, Bhutan
Supplied note: "[T]his will be the principal site for documents, laws, rules and regulations, reports, and detailed statistics for the projected parliamentary elections to be held in Bhutan in early 2008 (the date as not yet been announced but will be before mid-2008, as 'the new parliament' is to have the task of approving Bhutan's Tenth Five-Year Plan at that time (the Ninth FYP has been extended by one year to end in June 2008).
The Election Commission website at present contains a translation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck's kasho establishing the Commission (in accordance with the 2nd public draft of Bhutan's proposed constitution), a proposed organisation chart for the Commission, and an interactive map of Bhutan and its districts which will be the basis for more detailed data (eg electoral district boundaries) in the months to come. Citizens, when registered on the forthcoming electoral roll, will also be able to check the roll on-line. A formal Electoral Act is to be discussed and adopted by Bhutan's National Assembly at its projected 86th session in November 2006. - bcs."
Site contents: * Home; * Rules; * Elections; * Maps; * Voters; * Faq; * Forms; * Kasho from His Majesty; * Message from the CEC; * Organization (Proposed Structure, Staff In Positions, News, Announcements, Links, Orders & Notification, Press Release, Photo Gallery).
URL http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/index.php
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]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

23 Jun 2006

India & China: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
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: "11. [...E]ven fifty years after the flight of the Dalai Lama from Tibet, the Chinese have not been able to stamp out his memory from the minds of large sections of the Tibetan people. The Chinese are determined that the next Dalai Lama would be a man of their choice. They would not accept any incarnation as determined according to the Buddhist tradition by the Tibetans in Tibet and abroad. 12. If and when they try to impose their own Dalai Lama on the Tibetans, what would be the reaction in Tibet? Would there be violence? What would be the reaction of the large Tibetan refugee community in India? [...] 14. The Chinese may not talk about it in public, but they are concerned over the emerging close relations between India and the US---not because of the military potential of an India-US axis, but because of its moral potential. They fear the likely infectious effect of our democracy in their border areas more than our nuclear weapons. [...] - 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/paper1857.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

21 Jun 2006

Asian Journal of Comparative Law (ASJCL)
The Berkeley Electronic Press, Berkeley, CA, US
Supplied note: "The Asian Journal of Comparative Law is a definitive new peer-reviewed journal for Asian perspectives on the law and legal perspectives on Asia. An initiative of the Asian Law Institute, an association of thirteen leading law schools in Asia, the journal's editors and authors come from top institutions across the Asian-Pacific region and South Asia. The journal publishes articles from scholars with intimate knowledge of local practices that offer unique insight into how legal solutions are tailored to local culture and circumstance. Recent topics include Korean corporate governance, the political culture of blogging in Malaysia, and Asian discourses on legal education. The Asian Journal of Comparative Law is an invaluable resource for scholars of comparative and international law as well as scholars of Asian area studies. - i.p."
Site contents [Vol.1 Iss. 1, 2006] ARTICLES: Foreword - Alexander Loke; Cross-Border Gambling and Betting Services Under WTO Disciplines - Mitsuo Matsushita and Aya Iino; Institutions of International Law and the Development of Regional Forum for Peaceful Dialogue in South Asia - Javaid Rehman; The Next Stage of Reforms: Korean Corporate Governance in the Post-Asian Financial Crisis Era - Joongi Kim; An Analysis of China's System of Protecting Geographical Indications - Lanye Zhu; The Right to Collective Bargaining in Malaysia in the Context of ILO Standards - Rabiu Sani Shatsari and Kamal Halili Hassan; Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom: Digital Speech in Malaysia - Hang Wu Tang; Comparative Legal Traditions - Introducing the Common Law to Civil Lawyers in Asia - Margaret Fordham; The Dangers of the United Nations' "New Security Agenda": "Human Security" in the Asia-Pacific Region - Ben Saul; Legal Education in Asia - Cheng Han Tan, Gary Bell, Xuan Hop Dang, Joongi Kim, Keang Sood Teo, Arun Thiruvengadam, V. Vijayakumar, and Jiangyu Wang Legal Education Reform in Indonesia - Hikmahanto Juwana; Possible Reform for Legal Education in Taiwan: A Refined "J.D. System"? - Chang-fa Lo; The Importance of Understanding and Teaching Islamic Law in Asia - Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmod; Designing a Legal Skills Curriculum For an Asian Law School: Lessons in Adaptation - Eleanor Wong; Developing Active Learning of Skills in Professional Legal Education in Hong Kong --- From Theory to Ethnography - Wilson W.S. Chow, Richard W.S. Wu, and Felix W.H. Chan; Towards A Comparative Rhetoric of Argument: Using the Concept of "Audience" as a Means of Educating Students about Comparative Argument - Helena Whalen-Bridge. BOOK REVIEWS: Review of Islamic Banking & Finance in South-East Asia: Its Development and Future - Jolene Lin; Review of Reforming Corporate Governance in Southeast Asia: Economics, Politics, and Regulations - Jiangyu Wang.
URL http://www.bepress.com/asjcl
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Irene Perciali (iperciali--at--bepress.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic/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 30

20 Jun 2006

The China and Eurasia Forum (CEF) Quarterly, May 2006 - Terrorism issue
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC, US / The Silk Road Studies Program, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Supplied note: "The May 2006 (Terrorism) issue of the CEF Quarterly is online at [the URL below]. The PDF version of the entire issue is available at: http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/CEF/Quarterly/May_2006.pdf
The CEF Quarterly is published by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program (Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)/Uppsala University) and is devoted to analysis of the current issues facing China and Eurasia. Focusing primarily on Sino-Central Asian, Sino-Russian, and Sino-Caucasian relations, the aim of the CEF Quarterly is to foster discussion and information sharing between a geographically distant community that recognizes the significance of China's emergence in this important part of the world. In this issue we focus on terrorism, and how terrorism affects the security situation in China and the Greater Central Asia region. We are confident that the articles in this issue will shed some light on the current status of terrorism and its implications for security and counter-terrorism.

Full contents: 1. Central Asia in Al-Qaeda's Vision of the Anti-American Jihad, 1979-2006, p. 5-10 Michael Scheuer. [...] 2. Terrorism in Eurasia: Enhancing the Multilateral Response, p.11-17 Richard Weitz. [...] 3. East Turkestan Terrorism and the Terrorist Arc: China's Post-9/11 Anti-Terror Strategy, p. 19-24. Pan Guang. [...] 4. Nuclear Smuggling, Rogue States and Terrorists, p. 25-32 Rensselaer Lee. [...] 5. Reevaluating the Risks of Terrorist Attacks Against Energy Infrastructure in Eurasia, p.33-38 Pavel Baev. [...] 6. The Phenomenology of "Akromiya": Separating Facts from Fiction, p.39-48 Alisher Ilkhamov. [...] 7. Perception and Treatment of the "Extremist" Islamic Group Hizb ut-Tahrir by Central Asian Governments, 49-54 Saule Mukhametrakhimova. [...] 8. An Al-Qaeda Associate Group Operating in China?, p. 55-61 Rohan Gunaratna and Kenneth Pereire. [...] 9. Will Kazakh Authorities Avoid Extremist Pitfalls?, p-63-67 Marat Yermukanov. [...] 10. Cross Border Terrorism Issues Plaguing Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, p. 69-74 Rizwan Zeb. [...] 11. Confronting Terrorism and Other Evils in China: All Quiet on the Western Front?, p. 75-87 Chien-peng Chung. [...] 12. Fact and Fiction: A Chinese Documentary on Eastern Turkestan Terrorism, p. 89-108 Yitzhak Shichor. [...] 13. Strategic Surprise? Central Asia in 2006, p.109-130 Stephen Blank. [...] 14. Counterinsurgency, Counterterrorism, State-building and Security Cooperation in Central Asia, p.131-151 Michael Mihalka. [...] 15. Multilateralism, Bilateralism and Unilateralism in Fighting Terrorism in the SCO Area, p. 153-169 Farkhod Tolipov. [...]
The journal and individual articles can also be downloaded from our webpage [at the URL below]
Subscription inquiries and requests for hard copies should be addressed to: The China and Eurasia Forum, The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, United States or The China and Eurasia Forum, The Silk Road Studies Program, Uppsala University, Box 514, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden. E-mail: nnorling--at--silkroadstudies.org or call +46 - 18 - 471 71 16."
URL http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Christopher Len (SRSP) (clen--at--silkroadstudies.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 100

19 Jun 2006

CA&CC Press(R) AB Publishing House (Sweden)
Institute for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies, Lulea, Sweden
Self-description: "The CA&CC Press(R) AB /Central Asia & Central Caucasus Press AB site is the joint home page of the Institute for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies in Sweden and the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The site contains information, periodicals, monographs, annuals, and other publications prepared by these institutes.
Site contents: * About; * Central Asia and The Caucasus [Journal] (Editorial Staff, Editorial Board, TOCs for issues: 1 (31) 2005, 2 (32) 2005, 3 (33) 2005, 4 (34) 2005, 5 (35) 2005, 6 (36) 2005, 1 (37) 2006, 2 (38) 2006); * Central Eurasia Annual (Scientific Editorial Board, TOCs for the year 2006); * Caucasus and Globalization [Journal] (Editorial Council, Editorial Board); * Database [full-text papers] (Murad Esenov: The Anti-Terrorist Campaign and the Regional Security System, Murad Esenov: Turkmenistan and Central Asian regional security, Murad Esenov: Nobody Knows the Central Asian Situation Better than We., Archive of the Central Asia Journal, Lena Jonson, Murad Esenov: Political Islam and Conflicts in Russia and Central Asia, Lena Jonson, Murad Esenov: Chechnya: the International Community and Strategies for Peace and Stability, Ali Abasov, Haroutiun Khachatrian: Variants for a Solution of the Karabakh Conflict: Concepts and Reality, Gulnara Shalpykova: Water Disputes in Central Asia: The Syr Darya River Basin, Paul A. Goble: Back on the Map: the Geopolitics of Central Asia, Sergei Gretskyi: Russia's Policy toward Central Asia, Paul B. Henze and Wimbush S. Enders: American Middle East Policy Need for New Thinking, Paul B. Henze: Dagestan in October 1997 Imam Shamil Lives!, Ashurboi Imomov, Harold H. Saunders, Gennady Chufrin: The Inter-Tajik Dialogue within the Framework of the Dartmouth Conference, Lena Johnson: Russian Policy and Tajikistan, James MacDougall: A New Stage in U.S. - Caspian Sea Basin Relations, Keith Martin: 'Welcome to the Republic of Leninabad'?, Odil Ruzaliev: Turkistan: Consolidating Factors for Its People, Borys Parakhonsky: Central Asia: Geostrategic Survey, Irina Zviagelskaya: The Russian Policy Debate on Central Asia, Irina Zviagelskaya: The Tajik Conflict, Noelle Quenivet: The Rule of Law in the Russian Federation - Case Study: Filtration Camps in Chechnya, Olga Belova: Did Russian Membership in the Council of Europe Make a Difference in the Second Chechen Conflict?, Christopher Hare: External Assistance to Secession Struggles: Could Afghan Recognition of Chechnya Legally Have Gone Further?, Marat Kengerlinsky: Displaced Persons from the Chechnya Crisis: a Legal View).
[A bi-lingual (EN;RU) site - ed.]
URL http://www.ca-c.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [details of the site's archived version are, at the moment, unavailable]
Link reported by: Murad Esenov (murad.esenov--at--worldmail.se), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic/Business
* 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]: over 300

19 Jun 2006

Iranian Information & Documentation Center (IRANDOC)
IRANDOC, Tehran, Iran
Self-description: "IRANDOC main works are research, training and information service. Research on information science, as part of IRANDOC mission is carried out by Research units. These Units work on Library & Information, Information Analysis, Information Systems Management, Terminology & Thesauri and Information Technology. These units are in direct cooperation with experts and members of scientific mission. Also, IRANDOC is the secretariat and a member of National Research Council of I.R. of Iran, and represent Iran in [UNESCO's] ASTINFO [...]. IRANDOC is also a national member of these international bodies: FID, IFLA and ASLIB.
Main Services: Establishing and maintenance of Persian scientific information database. Supplying foreign scientific information database. Database producing process implementation and consultation. Indexing training course. Training course on "utilizing union list of Latin periodicals". International Document supply. To publish press orders. Media and microform conversion. Special services."
Site contents: Strategic Plan; Databases [online access (in Persian language) to: 1. Iranian Dissertation Abstracts. 2. Dissertation Abstracts of Iranian Graduates Abroad. 3. Current Research in Iranian Universities and Research Centers. 4. Directory of Scientific Meeting Help In Iran. 5. The Abstract of Scientific Technical and Papers. 6. Iranian Government Report. 7. Index to Latin periodicals available in Iranian special libraries. 8. Iranian Scholars and Experts Database. 9. Education Information. 10. Databank of research projects and scientific documents of water. 11. Khazar Information (Caspian Sea). - ed.]; Publications; Projects; Research Units; Staff.
URL http://www.irandoc.ac.ir/english/default.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.irandoc.ac.ir
Link reported by: Babaie (babaie--at--irandoc.ac.ir)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3000 [in fact, 23200]

14 Jun 2006

Shanghai Summit: India's Misgivings
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 will be the only country, amongst the members and observers of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), not to be represented at the level of the head of state or Government at the summit of the SCO being held at Shanghai from June 15, 2006. The summit will mark the fifth anniversary of the organisation. The member-States are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The observer-States are India, Pakistan, Iran and Mongolia. Afghanistan, though neither a member nor an observer, will be a special invitee. 2. The decision [...] of the Prime Minister to keep away from the summit reflects --- without openly articulating them --- India's misgivings over the political direction the SCO has been taking since its formation. - 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/paper1847.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

12 Jun 2006

Bhutan Times (BT) - Online Newspaper
Bhutan Times, Belmont, CA, US
Self-description: "The Bhutan Times' mission is to provide balanced, independent and real-time news on Bhutan. Its founders are motivated by the existence of endless, unanswered anti-Bhutan propaganda on the internet. Our primary goal is to provide counterbalancing news, information and opinion that will at the least provide a basis for the neutral observer to form his or her own answer to the question: Is Bhutan a xenophobic, autocratic nation that subscribes to ethnic cleansing (as every Bhutan baiter would have you believe) OR Is Bhutan a small, peaceful country of 0.7 million people struggling to survive in a nook of the Indian subcontinent that hosts over 35 million people of Nepalese origin?"
Site contents: BT News; More Bhutan News; From Our Readers; Humour; Polls; Members; Downloads (incl. Draft Constitution); Why Support BT?; Refer a Friend; Advertise; About BT; BT Recommended (BBC on Bhutan, Bootan.com, Bhutan - LOC, More Links)
URL http://www.bhutantimes.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bhutantimes.com/
Link reported by: editor--at--bhutantimes.com
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* 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 3000 [in fact, 1130]

09 Jun 2006

The Wa Language Dictionary, with Burmese (Myanmar), Chinese, and English Glosses
The School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
Self-description: "A Dictionary of the Wa Language with Burmese (Myanmar), Chinese, and English Glosses and Internet Database for Minority Languages of Burma (Myanmar).
Wa is a member of the Northern Mon-Khmer language family. More specifically, it is the major language of the Palaungic branch of Mon-Khmer. (See map and chart of Austroasiatic languages, which includes, primarily, the Mon-Khmer family.) Wa is spoken by about one million people in an area on the border between China's Yunnan Province and the Shan State of the Union of Myanmar (Burma). [...] The only Wa dictionaries which exist are a few Wa-Chinese dictionaries which are either limited or out-dated.
The SOAS Wa Dictionary Project is a three-year effort (2003-2006), funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to produce a high-quality dictionary, translating Wa into Chinese, Burmese/Myanmar and English. The project uses advanced techniques in corpus-based lexicography, centred on a database and Internet resource, which will also be suitable for other languages spoken in Burma/Myanmar besides Wa after the life of the project."
Site contents: * Dictionary Database; * Corpus of Wa Texts; * Myanmar Minority Language Database; * Resources (including draft documents on: The Wa System for Personal Names, Numbers in Wa, Wa Weights and Measures, and Wa Area Placenames [i.e. http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/wadict/wa_placenames.html, a gazetteer of places and their long/lat coordinates. I commend the document to all serious students of trade routes in the Thai-Yunnan area - ed.])
URL http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/wadict/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/wadict/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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]: under 100

08 Jun 2006

SanskritaPradipika - a Sanskrit e-Tutor
Sudhir Kaicker, New Delhi, India
Self-description: "SanskritaPradipika [a little lamp for Sanskrit], a freely downloadable e-tutor for the Sanskrit language, is intended to help English-speaking people learn Sanskrit, as well as the Devanagari script in which the language is written today. The medium of discourse is English, but I will be gratified if the English text is translated to other European and Asian languages, so that the material becomes available to as large a number of aspirants as possible.
The tutor has been written in the Java programming language. In principle, this is supposed to ensure that the package will run without problems on any sort of computer that can be connected to the Internet. The fact is, though, that SanskritaPradipika has been created on ancient IBM-compatibles powered by Intel Pentium II chips, running WindowsXP. Much testing therefore needs to be done before the software can certifiably be said to be platform independent, and to run without error on other types of computer, such as an Apple, or a Sun Workstation. In this area too collaboration would be most welcome.
Seven chapters and a section on diacritics are being offered at this time. Other chapters will shortly be made available. If you have an IBM or compatible PC running some version of Windows, click the Download button to install both the JRE as well as SanskritaPradipika. [...] However since the size of the software is large (24 MB), and downloads may sometimes [be lengthy....] we do offer to mail, at the cost of the recipient, a CD for use on Intel/Windows platforms to most destinations worldwide. For more information, or to send your comments, please write to: sudhir_kaicker--at--hotmail.com"
Chapters of the e-tutor: * Introduction; * Vovels; *Consonants; * Conjuncts; * Word Building; * Sandhi; * The Sanscrit Verbs; * Declensions; * Special Cases; * Simple Sentences; * Credits;
URL http://www.sanskrit-lamp.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sanskrit-lamp.org/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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]: 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

05 Jun 2006

RISA-L: The Religion in South Asia Section Academic Discussion List
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, US
Self-description: "The Religion in South Asia Section (RISA) is a special-interest group within the American Academy of Religion (AAR) (www.aarweb.org). Its purpose is to further the academic study of the religious traditions of South Asia, both classical and modern. The purpose of RISA-L, the email list of RISA, is to provide a forum in which the professional scholars active in RISA may exchange ideas and information on matters pertaining to their research and teaching. RISA-L subscriptions are not open to the general Internet public. Subscriptions are normally available only to AAR members with terminal degrees in related academic disciplines researching and/or teaching in the area of religion in South Asia. Guest subscriptions are available to other active scholars with such qualifications, or to graduate students currently doing work in these fields. It is assumed that subscribers are familiar with current methodologies and assumptions in academic religious studies. These eligibility criteria are enforced strictly to help ensure that the discussion remains as much as possible on an informed, professional, and academic level. Note: Undergraduate students in related disciplines may obtain subscriptions to RISA-L if they are sponsored by a faculty mentor who is an AAR member and a RISA-L subscriber."
URL http://lists.sandiego.edu/mailman/listinfo/risa-l
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Archana Venkatesan (nacciyar--at--gmail.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* 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 30

05 Jun 2006

Japan and the World, Ohio, Nov 2006
Dep of History, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, US
Supplied note: "Wittenberg University will be hosting a conference honoring the scholarship and teaching of Prof. James Huffman. The conference, 'Japan and the World,' will begin on Friday, November 10, 2006, with a keynote address, by Pulitzer-prize winner, John Dower, who will set the cross-national tone with 'Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and 9-11.' The conference will run Saturday, November 11, in non-concurrent sessions and will feature four sessions: * Journalism and Media in Japan; * Japanese Imperialism; * People's History of Japan; * Teaching East Asia and the World In addition, the Midwest Japan Seminar will hold its meeting in conjunction with Japan and the World conference. The program, registration materials, and travel information are available at the conference website. - tp."
URL http://www4.wittenberg.edu/academics/hist/callforpapers.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Tammy Proctor (tproctor--at--wittenberg.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* 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 30

02 Jun 2006

Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies (AABS)
www.buddhiststudies.org.au, Sydney, Australia
Self-description: "The Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies (AABS) [est. 2 Oct 2005 - ed.] aims to promote the academic study of Buddhism in the Australasian region. Membership is open to scholars of all academic disciplines."
Site contents: * AABS; * Aims; * Inaugural Meeting; * Membership; * Seminar Series; * News List; * Conference [The next conference - Date: 16th-17th June 2006, Time: 9 am - 6 pm (registration starts at 8 am), Venue: The University of Sydney, John Woolley Building, Common Room and N395]; * Site Design; * Post Graduates; * Organisational Liaison; * Executive Committee; * Contact (Secretary; * Membership; * News Subscription); * Associates (AASR [Australian Association for the Study of Religions]
URL http://www.buddhiststudies.org.au/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Greg Young (greg.young--at--anu.edu.au)
* 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 30

01 Jun 2006

Chinese Business History (CBH) Bulletin
History Department, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, US
Self-description: "Chinese Business History [Zhongguo Shangye Shi] is the semiannual bulletin of the Chinese Business History Research Group, an affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies. Since 1990, historians of Chinese business and economy have filled its pages with reports on their current research, reflections on theoretical and practical issues in the field, reports on conferences, and notes on archives of primary sources which promise to be useful to scholars."
Site contents: * CBH Bulletin [Current issue; Spring 2006, Volume 16, Number 1]; * Scholar Directory; * Working Papers [in PDF format]; * Submissions; * Links; * Archives [of documents]; * Previous Issues [in PDF format, 2 issues per annual volume, 1992 (vol 2) - 2005 (vol 15)].
URL http://www.umassd.edu/cas/history/cbh/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Linsun Cheng (lcheng--at--umassd.edu), 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]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Jun 2006

Research on Taiwan's Position as a US Insular Area (Unincorporated Territory)
www.taiwanadvice.com, Taipei, Taiwan
Supplied note: "This [site, established in 2002, deals with] new research on the truth of Taiwan's international legal position - rcsl and rwh."

Self-description: "After taking into account all [available evidence], a full statement of Taiwan's current position under international law can be derived. Based on the SFPT [San Francisco Peace Treaty, effective from April 28, 1952 - ed.], the US Constitution, and the Insular Cases of the US Supreme Court, Taiwan can be classified as 'unincorporated territory under USMG [United States Military Government].' This means that Taiwan is an insular area of the United States."

Site contents: * Press Releases & Announcements; * The Framework (The Framework for Hartzell & Lin's Research, A new recognition of the United States of America, Are Taiwanese Persons ROC Citizens? -- In Search of a Legal Basis for ROC Citizenship, Cuba after the Spanish American War, Taiwan after WWII, Cuba and Taiwan: Points of Comparison, Three Insular Cases and the Taiwan Status, Does Taiwan Meet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"?, FM 27-10 The Law of Land Warfare, Chapter 6: OCCUPATION, paragraph 366, The Fourth Geneva Convention, Military Occupation, and Taiwan, General Background Information, Important Quotations from Downes v. Bidwell, (US Supreme Court, May 27, 1901), Important Remarks on the Interpretation of Treaties, Is Taiwan a Sovereign and Independent Nation under the terms of the Taiwan Relations Act?, The Legal Basis for Taiwan's Qualification as "Unincorporated Territory" of the United States, Name Rectification and a New Constitution without Immediate Independence, Name Rectification in Insular Areas of the United States, On the Subjects of "Conquest" and "Dominion", Our inquiry to the US government -- What are you doing?, Overview of relevant US Supreme Court decisions, Points of Confusion over the Cuba Question and Cuba Sovereignty, Points of Confusion over the Taiwan Question and Taiwan Sovereignty up to the present day, Questions and Answers on the Taiwan status, Questions of Sovereignty -- the Montevideo Convention and Territorial Cession, Quick Summary of the SFPT's Disposition of "Formosa and the Pescadores", Reflections on Taiwan History -- from the vantage point of Iwo Jima, Reflections on the Significance of Oct. 25, 1945, by Taiwanese in N. Calif., USA, The Successor Government Theory and the One China Policy, Taiwan and Occupied West Berlin, Taiwan Status Glossary, Taiwan's Qualification as "Unincorporated Territory" of the United States, Territorial Cession after War and the End of Military Government, The Territorial Cessions of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, Guam, & Taiwan, Understanding the San Francisco Peace Treaty's Disposition of Formosa and the Pescadores , Unincorporated Territory, Unincorporated Territory under the United States Military Government (USMG), Why Isn't the US Flag Flying over Taiwan?); * Charts and Diagrams; * Published Articles; * Links [to documents]; * Book Introductions; * Petitioning.
URL http://www.taiwanadvice.com/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Roger C. S. Lin and Richard W. Hartzell (rgroup.tw--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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
International students: ANU CRICOS Provider Number is 00120C