The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Sep 2006
Vol. 13, No. 10 (253)

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27 Sep 2006

Kyrgyzstan: Revolution Revisited
www.eurasianet.org, Open Society Institute, New York, NY, US
Supplied note: "In 'My Story,' visitors to the website can watch audio-photo narratives recorded with ordinary citizens throughout Kyrgyzstan as they describe what has changed in their lives since the ouster of President Askar Akayev. Site viewers can also grade the current government on how well it has met its policy promises in seven key categories, or select what they would consider to be the best policy choices for fighting corruption in areas ranging from higher education to the justice system. Alternative proposals for change from Kyrgyz civil society can be heard or read in 'Voices,' while a video-enhanced timeline provides detailed coverage of events since the revolution.
Kyrgyzstan: Revolution Revisited was prepared on-site by a team of local reporters and photographers, with the participation of a project producer and photo editor in Bishkek. - eo."
URL http://www.eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Elizabeth Owen (eowen--at--earthlink.net), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3000 [in fact, 74300]

25 Sep 2006

Asia and Spanish America: Trans-Pacific Artistic & Cultural Exchange, Nov 2006
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, US
Supplied note: "Conference: Asia and Spanish America: Trans-Pacific Artistic & Cultural Exchange, Denver, November 3-4, 2006, Denver Art Museum - 2006 Mayer Center Symposium [...]
The Speakers: * Gauvin Bailey (Boston College); The Influence of Asian Art in the Spanish and Portuguese Americas * Clara Bargellini (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico); Asia at the Spanish Missions of Northern New Spain. * Roxanna M. Brown (Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum, Bangkok University, Thailand); Shipwreck Evidence for the China-Manila Ceramics Trade. * Gustavo Curiel (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico); Asian Motifs in the Decorative Arts of Viceregal Mexico. * Abby Sue Fisher (Keweenaw National Historic Park, Michigan); Trade Textiles - Asia and Spanish America. * Evelyn Hu-Dehart (Brown University); Asian Diaspora in Spanish America. * Hiroyuki Kano (Doshisha University, Kyoto); Namban - Japanese Screen Paintings of Europeans. * George Kuwayama (Los Angeles County Museum of Art); Chinese Porcelain in Viceregal Mexico. * Meiko Nagashima (Kyoto National Museum); Japanese Lacquers Exported to Spanish America and Spain. * Sonia Ocana (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico); Use of Japanese Ornamental Motifs in New Spanish Enconchado (Shell-Inlay) Painting. * Jorge Rivas (Fundacion Cisneros, Caracas, Venezuela); Asian Taste in Latin American Spanish Colonial Furniture. * Etsuko Rodriguez (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain); Early Manila Galleon Trade: Merchants' Network and the Market in New Spain. * Sofia Sanabrais (City University of New York); The Globalization of Taste: Japanese and New Spanish Folding Screens. * Marjorie Trusted (Victoria & Albert Museum, London); Baroque Ivory Sculpture in Viceregal America and the Philippines. - emo."
URL http://exhibits.denverartmuseum.org/asianart/calendar_f.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Elizabeth M. Owen (eowen--at--du.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info
* 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

24 Sep 2006

Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
Supplied note: "We are happy to announce a new issue of the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia on a new website: [at the URL below]
This issue features a collaboration with guest editor Alexander Horstmann of the Institute of Ethnology, University of Munster, who has assembled a diverse group of scholars to write about the anthropology of borderlands in Southeast Asia. We are happy to introduce our new website with this issue, as it allows us to post the photographs accompanying two of our feature articles (on the Burma-Bangladesh border and southern Thailand), as well as a photo album about cash crops in the northern mountain region of Vietnam. The site also includes audio and video streaming, which we will use to disseminate conferences, discussions, and interviews. In this issue, we are posting a 1985 recording of the late Southeast Asia scholar and Cornell University professor George Kahin interviewing Ferdinand Marcos six months before he fell from power. [...]. - pna."
Site contents: * Review Essays; * Features * Book Reviews; * Research Reports * Editorial; * Reprints; * Interviews; * Album; * Other Media; * Blog; * Contact us.
URL http://kyotoreviewsea.org
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Patricio N. Abinales (abinales--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* 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

22 Sep 2006

Borneo-L-- Borneo-List
Lundu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Supplied note: "A list open to scholars and all interested persons for the discussion of things Borneo. - os."
[A mailing list established in Feb 2005 by Dr O. Steinmayer [http://ikanlundu.com/]
URL http://ikanlundu.com/mailman/listinfo/borneo-l_ikanlundu.com
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Otto Steinmayer, Ph.D. (otto--at--tm.net.my)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

21 Sep 2006

Architectural Drawings of Mughal Monuments of India
The Heritage, Agra, India
Supplied note: "We, THE HERITAGE, have been working on the Mughal Monuments of Agra, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Delhi, Lahore, Ajmer and other historical sites, and we have, in our collection, Architectural Drawings of plans, sections and elevations, town-planning, landscape-architecture, gardening, water-supply and water-structures, designs and motifs and constructional techniques, which constitute basic data for the study of Mughal architecture.
These drawings have been prepared in CorelDraw 11, with full captions which give architectural and historical details and dates.
We offer two collections for sale : One of 665 drawings (AGRA - 247. Taj Mahal - 80, Fatehpur Sikri - 103, Delhi - 131 and Miscellaneous - 104 ) and the other of 225 select architectural drawings of these sites, with laser printouts of drawings and with the respective DVD. These drawings are priced uniformly [...]. We can forward few samples of these drawings on your response. However you can view some of them on [the URL below] These drawings are supplied to the universities and institutes for academic use only.- an."
URL http://archnet.org/courses/MughalIndia/HistoricIndia.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Ajay Nath (mughalarchitecture--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: 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]: under 30

20 Sep 2006

First International Conference of Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies, Feb 2007
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Supplied note: "Location: Indonesia Conference Date: 2007-02-24 [...] This conference is sponsored by the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) and the Asia Research Institute, NUS, Singapore. The cost of invited speakers will be met by funds generously provided by BRR. Participants should plan to arrive in Banda Aceh on February 23rd. The Conference will be followed, on 27th February, by a planning meeting of invited potential stakeholders in an International Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies. The papers of the conference will form the basis of a path-breaking book, to be published in both English and Indonesian.
The three-day conference will contain the following panels: 1. Seismology, geology and environmental impact 2. History of Aceh and the Indian Ocean world 3. Language, culture and society 4. Post-tsunami relief, reconstruction and disaster mitigation 5. Conflict resolution, peace-making and democratisation issues 6. Islam, law and society
Abstracts (100-200 words) of papers to be sent to Ms Alyson Rozells at ariaar--at--nus.edu.sg by 15 October 2006, and papers by 31 January 2007. Invitations will only be confirmed after receipt and evaluation of the abstracts. Papers should be in English, though presentations and discussion may be in either English or Indonesian.
Academic Organisers: Prof. Anthony Reid, Director, Asia Research Institute Assoc. Prof. Michael Feener, ARI/FASS, NUS Dr Patrick Daly, Asia Research Institute Sher Banu, Ph.D. candidate, Imperial College. - ar."
URL http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=539
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Alyson Rozells (ariaar--at--nus.edu.sg), forwarded by h-asia--at--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

20 Sep 2006

Thai Ulcer Leads To Coup
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 military coup in Thailand on September 19, 2006, when Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was away to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session, has come in the wake of a long period of unrelenting political confrontation between him and the opposition parties and persisting jihadi terrorism in the three Muslim majority southern provinces (Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat) bordering Malaysia---both reminiscent of the state of affairs in Bangladesh. [...] There have been 17 coups in Thailand since World War II. This is the first coup since 1992. Whether the coup leaders are able to stabilise themselves or face opposition would depend on the attitude of the King to the coup. - 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/papers20/paper1958.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--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

20 Sep 2006

Worldmapper
The Social and Spatial Inequalities Research Group (SASI), Geography Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Supplied note: "What if there were maps that showed information about countries in terms other than land mass? 'Worldmapper' [at the URL below] does just that. It has cartograms, or specialized maps, that re-size countries according to variables like population, GDP, number of passenger cars, etc. Thus, China is larger than the United States on a map that shows exports of toys, but smaller on one that shows toy imports. There are 194 of these maps, with more being added all the time, and they give a fascinating visual representation of country rankings in everything from alcohol & cigarette imports, to meat exports, to container ports, to mopeds & motorcycles, to tourist destinations. - fita."
Self-description: "Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. [...]
Cartograms - The maps presented on this website are equal area cartograms, otherwise known as density-equalising maps. The cartogram re-sizes each territory according to the variable being mapped. [...]
Colours and regions - The colours used on the maps group the territories into 12 geographical regions, and allow for an easier visual comparison between the maps than would otherwise be possible. The shading of each territory within a region is consistent throughout all of the maps. You can view a labelled territory map with the territories labelled, and also a labelled regions map . [...]
Data files - When you choose a map to view, there are links at the bottom to download a data file giving the values used for all 200 territories, a graph (usually a cumulative frequency one) of the data, and a top 10 or 20 table (and the original data used, and its source). There is also a data sources page giving details of the websites [A. United Nations Environment Programme; B. World Bank; C. United Nations Development Programme; D. Central Intelligence Agency; E. World Health Organisation; F. Angus Maddison's data; G. United Nations Population Division; H. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; I. United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) Innocenti Research Centre; J. Other sources - ed.] where much of the data has been obtained from."
Site contents: [in Sep 2006 there were 194 maps covering the following range of caterories and themes:] * Basic (Land Area ,Total Population, Total Births, Births Attended, Total Children, Total Elderly, Population Year 1, Population Year 1500, Population Year 1900, Population Year 1960, Population Year 2050, Population Year 2300); * Movement; * Transport; * Food; * Goods; * Manufacturers; * Services; * Resources; * Fuel; * Production; * Work; * Income; * Wealth; * Poverty; * Housing; * Education; * Health; * Disease; * Disaster; * Death; * Destruction; * Violence; * Pollution; * Depletion; * Communication; * Exploitation; * Action.
URL http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: FITA's (Federation of International Trade Associations) Really Useful Sites Newsletter (newsletter--at--fita.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]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3000 [in fact over 5000]

19 Sep 2006

Ketabname Online: Arabic and Persian Books from Iran
www.ketabname.com, Sacramento, CA, US
Supplied note: "Ketabname online published the English page containing Arabic and Persian books published in Iran. You can order books [...] Also you can ask for books not listed in our directory. - ms."
Site contents: * Bestsellers; * Recently Published; * Subjects; * Special Order; * Publishers Home; * Authors Home; * Search.
URL http://www.ketabname.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ketabname.com/
Link reported by: Mustafa Shirazi (info--at--ketabname.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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 3000 [in fact, 1160]

15 Sep 2006

East-Timor-Studies Discussion Group
groups.yahoo.com, US
Supplied note: "While there are several useful lists available on Timor-Leste (East Timor) and many relevant databases, there are few, if any, lists which take the deliberate multi-purpose approach of my new 3-months-old east-timor-studies list [est. Jun 2006] on Yahoo! Groups -- go to [the URL below] and hit 'Join This Group' if you want to receive postings by email. There are already over 1,000 postings available to peruse or search.
1. I present material in original languages whenever possible (English, Portuguese, and Indonesian). Tetun materials are also available on the net, but I do need some assistance in selection since this (Tetun Dili) is a new language for me. If for some reason you don't read Portuguese or Indonesian, I issue periodic reminders of some fairly helpful quick and free automatic online translation available.
2. I use extensive links to photos, audio and video ('new media') about Timor-Leste. Enormous quantities have become available with the explosive growth of sites specializing in these media. They have not been seriously explored for scholarly or documentary purposes.
3. I cover blog and (other) list postings on Timor Leste fairly thoroughly. This includes Portuguese-language blogs and lists. I also cover Lusa, the main Portuguese source of Timor-Leste news for the Lusophone press worldwide.
4. I present links to much new full-text scholarly material, mostly from the 'invisible web,' especially public databases not easily tapped by major search engines. I also track citations and abstracts of new papers and books not on the public net, or just available in print.
5. Scarce news from Timor also appears regularly on the list. I take a fairly critical approach toward news stories, and you'll see this in my selections and in my occasional accompanying comments and subject headings.
6. I also maintain a multi-purpose research blog called Simplicity and have just begun posting some of my preliminary observations on contemporary Timor-Leste there. For example, see http://uttersimplicity.blogs.friendster.com/simplicity/2006/08/timorleste_no_n.html for a Timor-Leste posting, and see the crucial guide to the blog sidebars at http://uttersimplicity.blogs.friendster.com/simplicity/2006/03/simplifying_sim.html - jmacd."

[Prof John MacDougall is [see www.indopubs.com/biodata.html - ed.], inter alia, "Editor and Publisher, Indonesia Publications, 1984-2004 and still ongoing. Research focus: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Islamic countries, American ethnic minorities, foreign policy, terrorism. Main print periodicals: Indonesia Reports (current news, including translations into English), Indonesia News Service (same), Intel (analysis) [...]. - ed."
URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/east-timor-studies/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: John MacDougall (john.a.macdougall--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

14 Sep 2006

New Mandala - a Southeast Asia Blog
Resource Management in Asia-Pacific (RMAP) Program, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "New Mandala, a new website hosted by the Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, is regularly updated with analysis of current issues in mainland Southeast Asia. Drawing on the strengths of two Southeast Asia specialists, and a growing pool of commentators and contributors, it aims to stimulate broader academic discussion of Southeast Asia's many social, political, environmental and economic issues. Reader comments and interaction are fully encouraged. - nf."
Site contents: Posts by category [on 14 Sep 06 - ed.]: * Burma (30); * Kachin State (1); * Cambodia (2); * China (9); * Laos (18); * Northeast India (3); * Publications (25); * Research Notes (3); * Snapshots (21); * Thailand (57); * Northern Thailand (2); * Southern Thailand (7); * Thaksin (23); * The Mekong (4); * Trans-Border Issues (20); * Uncategorized (2);
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/rmap/newmandala/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Nicholas Farrelly (nicholas.farrelly--at--balliol.ox.ac.uk), forwarded by h-net announcements (announce--at--mail.h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

14 Sep 2006

Ladakh Times
ladakhtimes.com, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Self-description: "Ladakhtimes.com welcome essays or articles from policy makers, writers, activists, journalists and our readers who have no prior experience in writing, on issues concern with Ladakh that you think need a wider circulation."
Site contents: * Ladakh Forum (Ladakh News, Events and activities, Job vacancies, Corrections, Ladakh Vision 2050, Friends of Ladakh, Issues and Causes of Ladakh, Express yourself and Greetings, Poets corner, Tours and Travels, Interview, Conscious World, Articles, Friends of Ladakh); * Ladakh Map; * Heroes of Ladakh; * Councillors of LAHDC Leh; * Kargil; * Councilors of LAHDC Kargil; * Ladakh Festivals; * Monasteries in Ladakh; * Friends of Ladakh; * Related Links (Daily Weather Report of Ladakh, Daily Ladakh News, Leh Official Site, Kargil Official Site, J&K Official Site, GOI Official Directory, Travels and Ticketing).
URL http://www.ladakhtimes.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Stanzin Dawa (stanzindawa--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

14 Sep 2006

Horas Mandailing/ The Mandailing People
www.mandailing.org, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Self-description: "The Mandailing are a people of the west coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Throughout the 19th century, they were embroiled in several civil wars, at first in Sumatra and then in peninsular Malaysia, to which they migrated in large groups. The clan-based society has an indigenous tradition of democratic and egalitarian governance. Their habitat ranges from well-irrigated highlands to marshy lowlands. Their productive economy is based on padi, rubber, cinnamon, coffee and gold mining. They are well known for their literature and music of the Nine Great Drums."
Supplied note: "This is to inform you that the Horas Mandailing website at www.mandailing.org has been extensively upgraded with more materials especially in Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia. The current upgrading will continue until the end of September 2006. - arl."
Site contents: * Contents; * Links; * Contact; * Pictures; * Old Pictures [a selection of B&W pictures from 'Pakanten, a remarkable (strange) part of Sumatra'; by Johannes Thiessen; Published ca. 1906 by 'Verlag zum Vorteil der Missions-arbeit' - ed.]
[A bilingual site: Malaysian/Indonesian and English - ed]
URL http://www.mandailing.org/Eng/indexeng.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: AR Lubos (arlubis--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Sep 2006

Fourth Great Asian Streets Symposium (GASS 2006), Dec 2006
Dept of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Supplied note: "Great Asian Streets Symposium - Open for Registration. Location: Singapore, Symposium Date: 2006-12-06 [...] The 4th Great Asian Streets Symposium (GASS) is open for registration. This symposium will be held from 6 - 8th December 2006 in the National University of Singapore. GASS 2006 will focus on the theme of 'Reclaiming the City'. The keynote speakers for GASS 2006 include Professor Kim Dovey (University of Melbourne, Australia), Professor John K.C. Liu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Professor Mohammad Danisworo (Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia) and Professor George Kunihiro (Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan). [...] All registration are done online. Please visit the GASS website for futher details on registration, travel and accommodations and to download the registration forms. [...] Register before 27th Oct to enjoy the Early Bird discount rate. - cs."
URL http://www.arch.nus.edu.sg/conferences/gass2006/about.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Conference Secretary (gass4--at--nus.edu.sg), forwarded by h-asia--at--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

13 Sep 2006

Japan Studies Association 13th Annual Conference, San Diego, Jan 2007
Japan Studies Association, US
Supplied note: "Japan Studies Association 13th Annual Conference, January 4-6, 2007, Hilton Harbor Island Hotel, San Diego, California, Proposal deadline: SEPTEMBER 30 [2006] The Japan Studies Association invites you to attend its 13th Annual Conference to be held January 4-6, 2007 at the Hilton Harbor Island Hotel in San Diego. [...] At the JSA Annual Conferences since 1995, refereed papers have been presented in multiple sessions by faculty from a wide array of institutions including community colleges, state universities, liberal arts colleges and research universities. Papers presented at the conference often appear in the Association's refereed journal, Japan Studies Association Journal. [...] JSA offers Graduate Student scholarships for as many as five selected graduate students who have proposals accepted for presentation at the annual conference. [...] Up to five scholarships of $500.00 each will be awarded. [...] Proposal forms, registration forms, and room accommodation forms may be obtained from JSA's website: [at the URL below]. - rf."
Self-description: "The Japan Studies Association (JSA) is an organization dedicated to the development of better understanding of Japan and Japanese Culture. Founded in 1995, the JSA is a non-profit, tax-exempt national organization seeking to develop the network and activity centers for Japan Studies throughout the United States."
URL http://www.japanstudies.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.japanstudies.org/
Link reported by: Robert Feleppa (robert.feleppa--at--wichita.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--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

13 Sep 2006

NBCentralAsia - Central Asian News Agency
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), London, UK
Supplied note: "A project of the London-based international media-assistance group the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), NBCentralAsia offers a new concept in regional reporting, which comprises analysis and 'news behind the news', covering Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Drawing on an extensive network of more than 100 experts and commentators throughout the region, NBCentralAsia reports on regional politics, economics and social trends, offering original perspectives and the context and meaning often hidden by the headlines. [...] The service launches [in Sep 2006] with an initial pilot phase, featuring a daily output of around four stories, in Russian and English. The agency - based in Bishkek, with a regional office in Dushanbe and international assistance from IWPR - is staffed by an experienced network of journalists and editors drawing on a broad range of regional specialists. NBCentralAsia reports are available for syndication to local and international media outlets free of charge. The initiative, supported by the US Department of State's Department for Human Rights and Labor, seeks to provide independent regional perspectives to strengthen local print and electronic media throughout Central Asia. The agency will be seeking to expand the daily output, and to incorporate Uzbekistan into its coverage, in the near future. To access the articles, see www.iwpr.net or www.NBCentralAsia.net. Reports are also available via email subscription and RSS feeds. IWPR continues to produce its long-standing regional flagship, Reporting Central Asia, providing in-depth reporting and human rights coverage, and its Turkmen radio program, Inside View. [...] - ek."
URL http://www.nbcentralasia.net/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Elina Karakulova (elina.karakulova--at--gmail.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-L--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* 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

06 Sep 2006

Musharraf Seeks Taliban's Help Against Balochs
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: "Musharraf [...] is trying to revert to the old policy of creating a divide between the Balochs and the Pashtuns. He is hoping that in return for his cessation of the military operations in North Waziristan, the Taliban elements in Balochistan would help him against the Baloch freedom-fighters. The Miranshah agreement [of September 5, 2006 - ed.] should be a cause for concern not only to the Balochs, but also to the NATO forces in Afghanistan. It is likely to lead to an intensification of the Taliban attacks in Afghan territory from Balochistan. - 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/papers20/paper1938.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--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

05 Sep 2006

Digitales Turfan-Archiv (DTA)
Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW), Berlin, Germany
Self-description: "Die Turfansammlung der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW) ist das Ergebnis von vier archaeologischen Expeditionen nach Zentralasien zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sie umfasst ca. 40.000 Fragmente orientalischer Handschriften und Drucke, deren kuratorische Verwaltung die Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz in einem Depositarvertrag mit der BBAW 1992 uebernommen hat. Zum Zwecke des Schutzes der Originale und eines erleichterten Zugangs zu diesem wissenschaftlich ausserordentlich bedeutenden Quellenmaterial werden unter der Obhut der Akademievorhaben Turfanforschung (BBAW) und Katalogisierung der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland (AdW Goettingen) zwischen Oktober 1997 und Juni 2005 die alttuerkischen, iranischen und mongolischen Teilsammlungen in einem von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) gefoerderten dreistufigen Projekt digitalisiert und archiviert. (Zu den Turfan-Tocharica). Die dabei notwendigen Verfilmungs- und Restaurierungsarbeiten werden von der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz durchgefuehrt. Nachdem im Juli 2005 die Digitalisierung der 14 480 tuerkischen, mitteliranischen und mongolischen Fragmente der Berliner Turfansammlung abgeschlossen wurde und dieser Teil der Sammlung nunmehr vollstaendig im Internet recherchierbar ist, hat die DFG ihre Zusage zur Unterstuetzung fuer ein Fortsetzungsprojekt gegeben. In bewaehrter Zusammenarbeit mit der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin werden die ca. 6200 chinesischen und tibetischen Fragmente digitalisiert werden. Aufgrund eines im Juni 2005 unterzeichneten Kooperationsvertrages mit dem International Dunhuang Projekt der British Library (London) werden die Digitalisate nunmehr verknuepft mit vorhandenen Metadaten in einem Datenbank-Format im Internet praesentiert werden. Dazu wird eine deutsche Version der IDP-database erstellt werden und ueber das Internetportal der BBAW zugaenglich sein."
Site contents: * Startseite; * Ueberblick; * Mitglieder/Mitarbeiter; * Publikationen; * Aktuelles; * Turfanforschung; * Forschungsvorhaben; * Collegium Turfanicum; * Digitales Turfan-Archiv I (DTA); * DTA II (IDP Berlin); * MIRTEXT; * Iranische Texte in der Turfansammlung; * Bibliographie alttuerkischer Studien; * Sommerschule 2006 ; * Ehrencolloquium Literarische Stoffe; * Links; * Englische Seite [under construction]
[A site in German. English version under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.bbaw.de/bbaw/Forschung/Forschungsprojekte/turfanforschung/de/DigitalesTurfanArchiv
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: The International Dunhuang Project (idp--at--bl.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents/Study
* 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

05 Sep 2006

Bhinneka, a bulletin from the Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "Welcome to [...] Bhinneka, a bulletin of news and short features from the Southeast Asia Centre and the South & West Asia Centre in the Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. 'Bhinneka' is an Old Javanese word, ultimately derived from Sanskrit, meaning 'diversity'. Bhinneka will report to you on the diverse tuition programs, research projects and outreach activities of the two centres. It will appear three times a year - in April, August and November."
Supplied note: "The fifth issue of the newsletter /Bhinneka/ has appeared with news and short features from the Southeast Asia Centre and South & West Asia Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. * Students join in earthquake relief in Indonesia. * Thanking in Indonesian. * A popular place of pilgrimage in Central Java. * Report on world Sanskrit conference. * Kumbhandas Gorva, devotee of bhakti. * Book review. * Darmasiswa scholarships. - kp."
Site contents: Download Bhinneka (First issue) [Apr 2005 - ed.] (1.6Mb pdf format); Download Bhinneka (Second issue) (1.5Mb pdf format); Download Bhinneka (Third issue) (.5Mb pdf format); Download Bhinneka (Fourth issue) (.9Mb pdf format); Download Bhinneka (Fifth issue) [Aug 2006 - ed.] (.5Mb pdf format).
URL http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Southeast_Asia_Centre
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Karina Pelling (karina.pelling--at--anu.edu.au), forwarded by asia_news--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./News
* 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 100

01 Sep 2006

Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books [about Silk Roads]
Digital Silk Roads Project (DSR), National Institute of Informatics (NII), The Toyo Bunko, Tokyo, Japan
Self-description: "The purpose of the project [which is a cornerstone of the Digital Silk Roads Project (DSR) (dsr.nii.ac.jp) - ed.] is to make 'invisible' books visible from everyone. Today surprisingly many books are invisible from the general public because accessibility to precious books is restricted due to their fragility and safety. To let them come out of the dark rooms of libraries, we establish the digital archive of precious books and improve accessibility to them on the Portal site. [...] [In Sep 2006] The digital archive [presented online] the collection of 53 rare books (19 authors : 13,973 pages) with narratives about Silk Roads."
Site contents: * Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia--Atlas Part I, Part II; * Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia--Atlas Part III, Part IV; * Cathay and the way thither--Vol. 1; * Cathay and the way thither--Vol. 2; * Explorations in Turkestan 1903; * Explorations in Turkestan 1904--Vol. 1; * Explorations in Turkestan 1904--Vol. 2; * The Thousand Buddhas; * Ancient Khotan--Vol. 1; * Ancient Khotan--Vol. 2; * Serindia--Vol. 1; * Serindia --Vol. 2; * Serindia--Vol. 3; * Serindia--Vol. 4; * Serindia--Vol. 5; * Innermost Asia : detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern ?r?n--Vol. 1; * Innermost Asia : detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern ?r?n--Vol. 2; * Innermost Asia : detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern ?r?n--Vol. 3; * Innermost Asia : detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern ?r?n--Vol. 4; * Archaeological reconnaissances in north-western India and south-eastern Iran; * Bericht ueber archaeologische Arbeiten in Idikutschari und Umgebung im Winter 1902-1903; * Altbuddhistische Kultstaetten in Chinesisch-Turkistan; * Chotscho; * Alt-Kutscha; * Die Teufel des Avesta und ihre Beziehungen zur Ikonographie des Buddhismus Zentral-Asiens; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--Sculptures; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--Manichaean Arts; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--Murals; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--Mural designs; * Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia--New pictures; * From Kyakhta to the source of the Yellow River; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 1; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 2; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 3; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 4; * Mongolia and Kham : achievements of the geographical association expeditions in Imperial Russia v 1899-1901.gg--Vol. 5; * Russkaia Turkestanskaia ekspeditsiia, 1909-1910 goda; * The wandering lake; * Archaeological researches in Sinkiang; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome1; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome2; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome3; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome4; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome5; * Les grottes de Touen-Houang--tome6; * History of an Italian science expedition to Himalayas, Kharakhorum and Chinese Turkistan (1913-1914); * Views of China; * Photographic journal; * Records of the grand historian of China Vol. 123--Accounts of the Ferghana No. 63; * Historical records of the Former Han Dynasty Vol. 94--Accounts of the Xiongnu No. 64; * Historical records of the Former Han Dynasty Vol. 95--Biography of Yunnan, Nanyue, Dongyue and Korea No. 65; * Historical records of the Former Han Dynasty Vol. 96--Geographical accounts of the western area No. 66;
Browse by: * Volumes; * Series; * Books; * Authors; * Languages
Search by: * Image; * Text.
[A site with navigation in JP and EN - ed.]
URL http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/index.html.en
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/index.html.en
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 - 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]: over 3,000 [in fact, 7760]

01 Sep 2006

Digital Silk Roads Project (DSR)
National Institute of Informatics (NII), The Toyo Bunko, Tokyo, Japan
Self-description: "Digital Silk Roads Project is a research project for creating digital archives based on collaboration between informatics and humanities."
Site contents: * Digital Silk Roads: Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books (dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/index.html.en); Citadel of Bam, Iran: Keeping Memories and Gathering Information for Post-earthquake Reconstruction; Silkroad Narratives (Discovery of Civilizations of Central Asia, Silk Roads in Rare Books); Digital Silkroad Kids; Silkroad Maps (Historical Map Collection: Serindia -- Vol.5 (1. Thumbnail 2. List of Maps 3. View on Google Earth) Innermost Asia -- Vol.4 (1. Thumbnail) Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia -- Atlas Part I, Part II (1. Thumbnail); Geographical Search: (Map Search - Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books Silkroad GIS [in preparation]); Gazetteer (Digital Silk Roads Gazetteer [Google Earth])); Silkroad Terms; Silk Roads in Photographs; NII Imaginary Museum DSR;
* Overview: About the Project; Portal Sites at NII; Sub Projects; Publications and Others; Project Members; Support;
* Symposium: Nara Symposium [December 10 - 12, 2003]; Tokyo Symposium [December 11 -13, 2001];
[A site in JP and EN. Some sectiones are exclusively in JP - ed.]
URL http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, 50900]

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