The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Nov 2006
Vol. 13, No. 12 (255)

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15 Nov 2006

Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies (CICS)
University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV), Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Self-description: "The Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies [est. Oct 28 2006 - ed.] will be a hub of information for people who want to do business with India and who want to understand the relationships and opportunities between our two countries. It will enhance the economic contribution of the Indo-Canadian community in BC. It will be a place for a wide range of learning activities and resource materials. The Centre will become a national information repository, and a site for valuable social, cultural, and economic research. The Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies will be a catalyst for transforming UCFV into a place that reflects the diversity in our region. Its work and programming will build upon existing courses in UCFV's history, English, social work, philosophy, agriculture, and criminal justice programs, as well as our Punjabi language courses."
URL http://www.ucfv.ca/CICS.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Satwinder Bains (satwinder.bains--at--ucfv.ca)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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]: 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

15 Nov 2006

Dilemmas in Difference: New Approaches to Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam, Nov 2006
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "Venue: The Vietnam Update 2006 will be held in the Common Room, University House, Australian National University, Canberra. The conference will commence Thursday morning at 8.30 am and conclude Friday afternoon. Date: Thursday, 23 and Friday, 24 November, 2006. About the Conference: Theme: The 2006 Vietnam Update addresses the topic of ethnic minorities in Vietnam. The Update will open with two papers on the key political and economic developments in Vietnam over the last year. The remainder of the conference will consist of eleven presentations devoted to the conference theme. The speakers are authorities on ethnic minorities in Vietnam and they will present their original findings based on recent research. Papers will be followed by questions and open discussion. For an elaboration on the conference theme see background paper [rspas.anu.edu.au/polsoc/Vietnam/papers.php]."
Site contents:Venue; Date; About the Conference; Confirmed Presenters and Proposed Topics; Program; Fees and Registration; Contacts; Sponsors.
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/polsoc/Vietnam/2006_conf.php
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Philip Taylor (philip.taylor--at--anu.edu.au), forwarded by asia_news--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news/comments - 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

<font size="-1"> <i>14 Nov 2006</i> <br /> <img alt="4star" src="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/images/4starVL.gif" /> <br /> <a href="http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/icm/index.html">The Institute for Conflict Management (ICM), India</a> <br /> ICM, New Delhi, India. <br /> Self-description: "The Institute for Conflict Management is a non-Profit Society set up in 1997 in New Delhi, and is committed to the continuous evaluation and resolution of problems of internal security in South Asia. The Institute was set up on the initiative of, and is presently headed by, its President, Mr. K.P.S. Gill, IPS (Retd). The core areas of research on which the Institute focuses include: Continuous appraisal of internal security and the state's responses in all areas of existing or emerging conflict in South Asia; Planning for Development and Security in India's Northeast; Administrative Reforms for Restoration of Effective Civil Governance in Terrorism Affected Areas; Emerging Internal Security Challenges in South Asia; Judicial, Legal and Legislative Reforms in Terrorism Affected Areas and areas of widespread civil disorders; Evolution and Dynamics of the Underground Terrorist Economy and its Disruption; Identification and Evaluation of the Impact of Emerging Technologies for Terrorism and Counterterrorism; Emergency Response Codes and Protocols in Terrorism Affected Areas, Security Parameters and Procedures for Installations and Establishments Under Threat of Terrorist Attack, the 'Peace Dividend' and the Reconstruction of Societies affected by widespread collective violence, Impact of Terrorism on Child Victims, etc.
The Institute is a registered non-profit, non-governmental organisation supported by voluntry contributions and project aid. Current Projects are supported by, among others, the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). The Institute has provided consultancy services on terrorism & internal security to a number of governments within India and abroad. [...]
PROJECTS: * South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), * South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR) * Faultlines: Writings on Conflict & Resolution, * Database and Documentation Centre on Conflict & Development in India's Northeast, Guwahati * North East Portal, * Planning for Security and Development in India's Northeast, * Insurgency and Special Challenges to Policing in India's Northeast: A Case Study of the Tripura Police, * Estimation of the quantities and impact of influx of small arms and explosives in India, * The Impact of Frequency of Transfers on Efficiency and Effectiveness of Superintendents of Police." <br /> Site contents: [For each of the countries separate pages on: Assessment, Backgrounder, Bibliography, Documents, Data Sheets, Timelines, Terrorist Groups - ed.] * Bangladesh; * Bhutan; * India; * Nepal; * Pakistan; * Sri Lanka; * SAIR [www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/index.htm]; * Terrorism Update; * Latest; * South Asia; * Publication; * Maps (South Asia; Countries; States of India, Terrorist Camps, Afghanistan, USA-Afghanistan War Map); * ICM; * Profile; * Seminars; * Projects; * Support Us; * Feedback; * Search. <br /> URL http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/icm/index.html <br /> Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] <br /> Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) <br /> * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <font color="#AF0000">Corporate Info./Study</font> <br /> * Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <font color="#AF0000">NGO</font> <br /> * Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <font color="#AF0000">V.Useful</font> <br /> * External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: <font color="#AF0000">under 30</font> </font>

12 Nov 2006

Global Terrorism: India's Concerns
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."
Self-description: "The writer delivered a keynote address on "Global Terrorism:India's Concerns" at a seminar on terrorism organised by the Assam Police at Guwahati on November 7 and 8,2006. He also moderated a discussion on "New Terrorism". This article is based on the salient points in his keynote address and his observations during the panel discussions on "New Terrorism". The Assam Police had organised the seminar in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Govt. of India and the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) of the Govt. of India."
Extract: "By global terrorism, one generally refers to the activities of Al Qaeda and other jihadi terrorist organisations of different countries associated with it in the International Islamic Front (IIF) for Jihad Against the Crusaders and the Jewish People. The IIF, which was formed by Osama bin Laden in February 1998, is a united front of like-minded pan-Islamic jihadi terrorist organisations. 2. None of the organisations, which joined Al Qaeda in forming the IIF, owed their existence to bin Laden or Al Qaeda. They were in existence before bin Laden arrived in Afghanistan from Sudan in July, 1996 [...] [...] 20. The most lethal weapons used by the global jihadi terrorists are explosives, the mobile telephones and the Internet. To be able to counter their use of these innovations and to enable the police and other counter-terrorism agencies to use them even better than the terrorists, it is important to enlist the services of our S&T community. There cannot be effective counter-terrorism in future without the active involvement of our scientists and technologists. 21. There is a need for new intellectual tools to counter terrorism. Possible examples of such tools: Reverse analysis, that is, analysing a situation not only as a counter-terrorism expert would do, but also as a terrorist would do; scenario visualisation; counter-terrorism games similar to war games in respect of State adversaries; and preparation of terrorism-indicators to assist the intelligence agencies and the police stations similar to the war indicators prepared in respect of State adversaries. 22. The oxygen for jihadi terrorism in India comes from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Their intelligence agencies and armed forces are actively, but clandestinely involved in keeping the capabilities of the jihadi terrorist organisations sustained so that they continue to bleed us and keep large parts of the country destabilised. [...]." - 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/papers21/paper2021.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/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

10 Nov 2006

The Eastern Tibetan Language Institute (ETLI)
ETLI, Zhongdian, Yunnan Province, China
Self description: "A non-profit training centre staffed by volunteers [from Australia, Austria, China, UK, and US - ed.] that is dedicated to fighting poverty in Tibetan and other ethnic minority communities in southwest China. ETLI is a not-for-profit training center located in Eastern Tibet (Northwest Yunnan Province, China) providing training to unemployed youths from Tibetan and other ethnic minority backgrounds. The training program includes courses in English conversation, computer literacy, customer service and tourism management. ETLI also offers a range of other English language classes for local students and will soon offer Chinese and Tibetan language courses to foreign students."
Site contents: * Courses; * News; * ETLI Background; * Our Scholarship Students; * The ETLI Team; * Teaching at ETLI; * How to Help; * Our Supporters; * Our Projects; * The Region.
URL http://www.etli.org/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Geoff Chan (g.geoff.chan--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: 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

08 Nov 2006

Middlemen and Networks: Economic, Social and Cultural Foundations of the Global Economy Conference [selected "Asia" Papers]
Institute of Governmental Affairs UC Davis, University of California, San Diego, CA, US
Self description: "[A conference on] Middlemen and Networks: Economic, Social and Cultural Foundations of the Global Economy November 3-5, 2006 University of California, San Diego. Co-sponsored by the All-UC Economic History and All-UC World History Groups."
Site contents: [a list of full-text Asia-related conference papers (in PDF format) - ed.] "Similitude and Empire: The Symbolic Economy of Affinity in the Western Indian Ocean" Jeremy Prestholdt (UC San Diego); "Europeans Abroad, 1400-1700: Strangers in Not-so-Strange Lands" David Ringrose (UC Davis); "Ginseng, Silver and Borders in East Asia" Seonmin Kim (University of North Carolina at Greeensboro); "The Role of Financial Conglomerates in Industry Formation: Evidence from Early Modern Japan" John Tang (UC Berkeley); "Trade, Institutions and Religious Tolerance: Evidence from India" Saumitra Jha (Harvard Academy); "Middlemen and Middlewomen: Sex Trafficking Networks in Japanese Open Ports in the Nineteenth Century" Ann Marie L. Davis (UCLA); "Imperial Education: Western Colleges and Native Intermediaries in Colonial Mexico and the British Raj" Sjahari S. Pullom (UC San Diego); "Port-based Research and Globalization in the World War I Era" William D. Wray (University of British Columbia); "Manila: An International Trade Port at the End of the Eighteenth Century" Marina Alfonso Mola and Carlos Martinez Shaw (Universidad Nacional de Educaci—n a Distancia Madrid, Spain); "Middlemen and Marcher States in Central Asia and East/West Growth/ Decline Synchrony" Christopher Chase-Dunn, Thomas D. Hall, Richard Niemeyer, Alexis Alvarez, Horoko Inoue, Kirk Lawrence, Anders Carlson, Benjamin Fierro, Matthew Kanashiro, Hala Sheikh-Mohamed, Laura Young (Institute for Research on World-Systems, UC Riverside).
URL http://iga.ucdavis.edu/All-UCGroup.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dr. J. B. "Jack" Owens (owenjack--at--isu.edu), forwarded by the DynCoopNet ["Dynamic Complexity of Cooperation-Based Self-Organizing Commercial Networks in the First Global Age (1400-1800)"] list (dyncoopnet--at--mm.isu.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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]: under 30

08 Nov 2006

Tibetbook.net - Online Bookshop
Tibetbook.net, Berlin, Germany
Supplied note: "Tibetbook.net, based in Berlin, Germany, is a venture trying to open the Tibetan language book market to an interested audience worldwide. We offer both contemporary books and recent (re)prints of traditional dpe cha at reasonable prices and shipment worldwide. To give you an idea of the range of texts we offer find a list of currently available blockprints attached to this mail [these materials are *not* reproduced in this AS WWW Monitor abstract - ed.] You are most welcome to visit us at [the URL below] or contact us at info--at--tibetbook.net. regards, Xaver Erhard and David Holler."
Self description: "In 2005 we founded tibetbook.net as we realized the growing demand for someone able to provide the community of tibetologists, librarians, Tibetans and Buddhists outside China with books written in Tibetan language. With Tse Lhamo we found a reliable partner in Lhasa. Our interest is mainly in keeping track of new publications, such as books, magazines and journals as well as the bulk of scattered independent publications. Tibetbook.net will provide lists informing about recent publications as well as sell these publications. Additionally, tibetbook.net can assist you in any Tibetan or Tibetan Studies related issue, such as researching, transscribing of interviews or computerising texts, organising travel and the like.
David Holler obtained his M.A from Central Asian Seminar of Humboldt University of Berlin where he studied anthropology and tibetology. Franz Xaver Erhard studied Philosophy, German Literature, and Tibetology in Dresden, Berlin and Lhasa. He got his M.A. from Free University Berlin in 2001."
Site contents: NEWS; SERVICES; CATALOGUE ["The following lists represent all titles we were able to provide to our customers in recent years. These more than 1400 titles include besides regular publications a great variety of privately published and circulated books as well as some hard-to-find-publications. Most of these we are still able to provide. We arranged the books into 11 rough categories (just follow the links): * Medicine, * Gesar Epos , * Language and Linguistics (including books on grammar, language, dictionaries), * Buddhism and Bon, * Culture and Society (containing books on law, politics, folklore, education), * Literature and Art, * History (and historiographic resources), * Pictorials (these include picture albums on sites and landscapes as well as books on art), * Collections (gsung 'bum but also edited books on certain topics by various authors). However, some titles will appear in two or more categories, e.g. the hor chos 'byung would appear both in Buddhism and Bon as well as in History. Additionally we compiled a list of some important Series and are currently working on a list of *Journals.]; CD, VCD & DVD; ABOUT; CONTACT; DOWNLOADS [tibetbook.net list 2006.10 dpe cha (pdf), tibetbook.net list 2006.07 (pdf), tibetbook.net list 2006.03 (pdf), list of Tibetan journals (pdf), list of Bon-related publications (pdf).
[A bi-lingual (DE, EN) web site - ed.]
URL http://www.tibetbook.net/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Franz Xaver Erhard (erhard--at--tibetbook.net)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

07 Nov 2006

The Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF)
The Iran Heritage Foundation, London, UK
Self description: "The Iran Heritage Foundation is a non-political UK registered charity founded in 1995, with the mission to increase awareness about, promote and preserve the history, languages and cultures of Iran. The objectives of the Foundation are pursued by means of organising and supporting research, publication of books, establishment of fellowships at major academic institutions and diverse activities of cultural or scholarly merit in a variety of related fields, on a worldwide basis. The Foundation interprets its remit generously and initiates a wide range of programmes intended to provide a forum to facilitate the study of Iran's culture both among students and the wider academic community. This is supplemented by a series of multi-disciplinary events that present all aspects of Persian culture (ancient and modern) to the public at large. [...] Though only active since 1995, the Foundation has grown rapidly to establish itself on an international level by supporting programmes in Armenia, Austria, Canada, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Iran."

Site contents: * About; * Programmes (Current Programmes: Ongoing/long-term programmes and projects, Exhibitions, Publications, Conferences and Seminars, Film, Theatre, and Performing Arts, Lecture Series and Poetry Readings , Past Programmes, Future Programmes:); * Grant Applications; * Directories/Links [under construction]; * Contact; * Current Events: (Images From The Endgame, Persia Through A Russian Lens, 1901-1914 - Publication July 2006, # Sa'di: The Poet Of Life, Love And Compassion - Publication November 2006, # Images From The Endgame Persia Through A Russian Lens 1901-1914 - Exhibition 10 October - 9 December 2006, # The Mapping Of Persia - Lecture 8 November 2006, # Anglo-Russian Relations In Iran - Personal Relationships Between British And Russian Consuls In Early 20th Century - Lecture 13 November 2006, # Diplomacy And Murder In Kurdistan: The Life, Death And Photography Of Alexander Iyas, Tsar's Consul To Persia 1901-1914 - Lecture 22 November 2006, # Ismaili Castles In Iran And Syria - Lecture 28 November 2006, # Hafiz And The School Of Love In Classical Persian Poetry - Conference 30 March - 1 April 2007, # Portugal, The Persian Gulf And Safavid Persia - Conference - Call For Papers 8-9 September 2007, # Wondrous Words: The Poetic Mastery Of Jalal Al-din Rumi - Conference - Call For Papers 13 - 15 September 2007)
URL http://www.iranheritage.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.iranheritage.org/
Link reported by: Iran Heritage Foundation (info--at--iranheritage.org)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

07 Nov 2006

"The Qinling Plank Roads to Shu" Project.
www.ciolek.com: Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia.
Self-description: "'The Qinling Plank Roads to Shu' Project: Australia-China Cooperation to Enhance the Knowledge and Impacts of Historical Culture through 3S Technologies in the Hanzhong Area of Western China. [Contact:] Dr David L B Jupp, PO Box 3023, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, Email: David.Jupp--at--csiro.au
This Australia-China Council (ACC) [www.dfat.gov.au/acc] supported project will apply modern '3S' technology, i.e. Remote Sensing (usually from satellites), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS) to help research into Qin, Han to Tang Dynasty 'Plank' Roads (= trestle roads built along sheer cliffs and steep sides of inaccessible mountain valleys) constructed in antiquity across the Qinling mountains for communications, interchange, trade and traffic between the present day Shaanxi and Sichuan regions of Central and Western China.
The Primary Objectives of the Project are: 1. To provide an introduction to 3S technology appropriate to historical and archaeological studies at a workshop on the Shu Roads in Hanzhong; 2. To promote interactions between Hanzhong Museum and similar Australian academic groups and Museums in applications of 3S technology to support preservation and conservation of historical relics and records and for the resolution of historical questions; 3. To promote the application of Australian experience in 3S technology, historical research, conservation and preservation of history, historical records and environment as well as tourism at the practical level needed in China. For an introduction to the Project plan see the PDF document (Warning: document size 588KB)."
URL http://www.ciolek.com/SPEC/qinling-plank-roads-project.html
Internet Archive (web.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/comments - 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

06 Nov 2006

South Asian Research Centre for Advertisement, Journalism and Cartoons (SARCAJC)
SARCAJC, Haryana, India
Self description: "South Asian Research Centre for Advertisement, Journalism & Cartoons (SARCAJC) is committed to the study, research and promotion of advertisements, journalism and cartoons. Many research centres exists in the West, but ours is the first initiative of its kind in South Asia.
Our Aim: To research, acquire and preserve cartoons, advertisement in Newspapers, Journals, and Magazines that constitute rich cultural heritage of this vast region. Projects related to Indian cartoons, advertisements and journalism during British Raj are being conducted. In order to promote innovative representations, we aim to hold exhibitions, seminars, conferences, workshops related to cartoons, advertisement and journalism. And of course, print media watch. The long term aim is to build an archival depository related to much neglected media- cartoons, advertisement and journals in the region of South Asia that would facilitate research in this neglected region."
Site contents: * Uniqueness; * Research; * Major Events; * Recent Event - Revolt of 1857; * Hon. Chief Minister of Delhi; * Ads In British Raj; * Media Watch - Cartoons [Sep - Nov 2006 - ed.] (Cartoons from Greater Kashmir Daily (3/09/2006) - Floods in Kashmir & Economy Cartoon from Deccan Chronicle - Book Release Cartoon from Asian Age - Supreme Court & Demolition of illegal buildings by Municipal Corporation of Delhi Cartoon from Nai Dunia - Elephant at Indore Zoo. Jokes from Jagran (3/09/2006)); * Media Watch - Articles; * Word And Picture - Advt; * Word And Picture - Journal; * Word And Picture - Cartoons; * First Woman Journalist in Hindi; * Cartoons - Fossils of History; * Photograph to Ponder; * Woman Journalists; * Native Indian Press - 1970s; * Friends of SARCAJC.
URL http://www.sarcajc.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: P. Parmita (sarcajc--at--hotmail.com), forwarded by H-Net list for Asian History and Culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./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

06 Nov 2006

Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia - e-journal.
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
Supplied note: "We are happy to announce a new issue of the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia [est. Mar 2002 - ed.] 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 [formerly at http://kyotoreview.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ - ed.] 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.
Notwithstanding these innovations, text remains the primary mode of intellectual discourse and we remain committed to its translation. Therefore, we are pleased that our new site is textually dynamic, both in scrolling through an individual text and in shifting between languages. [...] - pna."
Site contents: * Review Essays; * Features; * Book Reviews * Research and Reports; * Editorial; * Reprints; * Interviews; * Album; * Blog, * Contact us.
[The new web site is published in a mix of HTML and user-unfriendly Flash - ed.]
URL http://kyotoreviewsea.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Patricio N. Abinales (abinales--at--gmail.com), forwarded by H-Net Discussion List on History and Study of Southeast Asia (h-seasia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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]: under 30

05 Nov 2006

Gilded Splendor: Treasures of China's Liao Empire (907-1125)
Asia Society, New York, NY, US
Supplied note: "I would like to bring to H-ASIA list members' attention the extraordinary online exhibition of Liao Dynasty artifacts that the Asia Society has put together on its website. For those of you unfamiliar with the Khitan Liao, this was an empire that flourished in the 10th and 11th centuries (907-1125) and encompassed parts of what is now Mongolia, Siberia, Northeast China, and North Korea. In addition to images of Liao artifacts, the exhibition features outstanding virtual tours of Liao tombs, as well as colored maps and (for a website) substantial textual explanations of the artifacts. This is a must-see for anybody interested in enhancing teaching and learning through interactive web-based technology. I for one have been looking for Liao images ever since I began teaching a course on Chinese Civilization, and I plan to incorporate this exhibition into my teaching program starting next year. The exhibition can be accessed by going to the following web page and clicking on the boots in the lower right hand corner of the image: - af."
Self description: "Over 200 recently excavated objects from Inner Mongolia that reveal the complex cultural and religious legacy of the Khitan and their reign over China during the Liao Dynasty (907--1125). Organized by the Asia Society. Curated by Hsueh-man Shen, Lecturer, Chinese Art, University of Edinburgh. A catalogue is available at AsiaStore [at] http://www.asiastore.org/exhibition-catalogues.html "
[The online exhibition is accessible via a Flash player 8 or later - ed.]
URL http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/liao/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Andrew Field (andrew.field--at--unsw.edu.au), forwarded by H-Net list for Asian History and Culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* 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

05 Nov 2006

Recent Art of South Asia (RASA) discussion list
uk.groups.yahoo.com, UK
Supplied note: "Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting, I am writing to announce the creation of a new e-mail discussion forum for those interested in the recent visual culture of the southern Asian region and its diasporas. All are welcome. [...] Recent Art of South Asia discussion list Recent Art of South Asia is a group of scholars and artists from around the world who wish to discuss issues related to the visual culture of the southern Asian region and produced from its many diasporas. [...] RASA [est. Oct 2006 - ed.] is a forum for scholarly debate, discussion, sharing ideas and information about current work in this broadly defined field. We welcome all those interested in exploring South Asian visual culture of relatively recent times. To become a member, please go to the URL [listed below - ed.] and join the group. You will receive confirmation of your membership request within 24 hours via e-mail; you may then read the archives of the list and join in the discussion. Any questions can be directed to Rebecca Brown at r.brown--at--swansea.ac.uk - rb."
URL http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/RASA_L/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Rebecca M Brown (r.brown--at--swansea.ac.uk), forwarded by H-Net list for Asian History and Culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
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03 Nov 2006

The New Yuthok Institute
New Yuthok Institute, Milan, Italy
Supplied note: "The New Yuthok Institute for Tibetan Medicine was founded in Milan in 1999 by Professor Pasang Yonten Arya Tendi Sherpa, and a number of his students to preserve and propagate Tibetan Medicine in the West. It offers a place for the study, preservation, and research of Tibetan medical science, Tibetan Buddhist Psychology, Astrology and Tibetan culture. The Institute organizes a four-year course in traditional Tibetan Medicine, a three-year course in Tibetan Psychology, and a six-year in Tibetan Astrology, as well as seminars, workshops, retreats, and conferences related to the Tibetan medical science and culture and their significance in the West. - sb."
Site contents: * Courses (Tibetan Medicine, Tibetan Astrology, Tibetan Psychology, Course registration); * Seminars (Tantric Yoga, Dreams, Bardo, Tsa-rLung, Psychology, Gynecology, Materia Medica, Botany excursion Moxibustion, Massage, Seminars registration); * About Us; * Calendar of Activitries; * News; * Contact; * Links.
URL http://www.newyuthok.it
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.newyuthok.it
Link reported by: Sylvie Beguin (sylvie.beguin--at--tibetanmedicine-edu.org)
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03 Nov 2006

First Philippine Studies Conference of Japan (PSCJ), Tokyo, Nov 2006
Tokyo Philippine Studies Group, Kanagawa University, Tokyo, Japan
Supplied note: "Announcing the First Philippine Studies Conference of Japan (PSCJ 2006) on November 11-12, 2006 in Tokyo Main Theme: 'The Philippines and Japan in the Global Context: Making Multicultural Societies in the Asia Region' Dear Our Colleagues: We are happy to announce the First Philippine Studies Conference of Japan (PSCJ) to be held in Tokyo [in Tokyo Green Palace Hotel, Ichigaya, Tokyo - ed.] on November 11-12, 2006. This conference, the first to be held under the initiative of more than a dozen scholars in Japan specializing on the study of the Philippines, in conjunction with the International Committee on Philippine Studies Conferences will revolve around the theme of new dimensions in Philippine studies in Japan. More specifically, the conference hopes to address the similarities and differences that both Japan and the Philippines have shown in the historical and current global context. - yn."
URL http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~zmackey/PSCJ2006english.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Prof Yoshiko Nagano (ynagano--at--s3.dion.ne.jp), forwarded by H-Net Discussion List on History and Study of Southeast Asia (h-seasia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
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03 Nov 2006

The Australia-China Council (ACC)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "The Australia-China Council (ACC) was established by the Australian Government in 1978 to promote mutual understanding and foster people-to-people relations between Australia and China. * The ACC has a number of programmes including: General Funding Grants, Youth Exchanges, Residencies and Awards, Australia-China Council Arts Fellowship, Australia-China Council Churchill Fellowship, Australian Studies in China, * Other links: (News and announcements, Publications, downloads and links [incl. An Australian Guide to Chinese Language Publishing and Translating ACC Annual Reports, Australian Studies in China: Articles and Webpages, and ACC 2004-6 Strategic Plan - ed.], About the Australia-China Council, Contact us)."
URL http://www.dfat.gov.au/acc/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dfat.gov.au/acc/
Link reported by: Dr David Jupp (david.jupp--at--csiro.au)
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