The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Nov 2006, Vol. 13, No. 13 (256)

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28 Nov 2006

China: Latest assessments of strategic experts on Sino-Indian ties
South Asia Analysis Group, India
Extract: "Paper no. 2039, 27.11.2006, China: Latest assessments of strategic experts on Sino-Indian ties by D. S. Rajan. [...] An analysis done by Beijing-based China International Institute for Strategic Studies (CIISS) (in Chinese language, November 21, 2006), on the subject of "future directions of the Sino-Indian border dispute", judged that "conditions are not ripe for a peaceful and satisfactory solution" to the dispute. [...] The Chinese media is now increasingly using the term "Southern Tibet" as their substitute to the name of Arunachal Pradesh given by India. This has no precedence and would seem to have definite implications in future for the Arunachal issue; the analysts are even speaking now in terms of China's recovery of "Southern Tibet", i.e Arunachal Pradesh. Also, some PRC analysts while examining their country's threat perceptions have visualised a future Indian military attack on the PRC. Why such an alarmist view when both nations are on a course of 'strategic partnership', is a moot question. [...] China International Institute for Strategic Studies is based in Beijing. Its website www.chinaiiss.org, was established in October 2002, with the stated aim of contributing to research on the PRC's international strategy. The head of the site is "Zhongguo Zhan Lue or China Strategy", apparently a pseudonym for a high level cadre. The site's "Experts Group" has one Li Peng as member. Further check is necessary on whether this person is the former Chinese Premier Li Peng. - d.s. rajan."
[The author of the paper, Mr D. S. Rajan, is former Director, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers21/paper2039.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the document 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]: 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

29 Nov 2006

Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)
COAC, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Self-description: "This site is committed to information and commentary on the Orang Asli, the indigenous minority peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. We are still fine-tuning the site and uploading base content. As such, we welcome suggestions to improve the portal. [...] The Center for Orang Asli Concerns was established in 1989 to advance the cause of the Orang Asli -- whether via the greater dissemination of Orang Asli news and views, assisting in court cases involving Orang Asli rights, or in developing arguments for lobbying and advocacy work. That is to say COAC functions primarily as a center to facilitate Orang Asli initiatives at self-development and in defense of their rights, and to support those who want to promote such initiatives."
Site contents: * Info and Current Issues (Current News and Opinions, Basic Data on Orang Asli, Introduction to the Orang Asli); * Papers on the Orang Asli (Biodiversity, Local Livelihoods & Politics, Indigenous Spirituality and Governance, Remaining Indigenous, Acting on the Knowledge, Orang Asli Land Rights Upheld, Integration and Modernization of the Orang Asli, Orang Asli and Education, Health Care for the Orang Asli, Mahathir and the Invisible Minority, Stories of a People, Orang Asli and the Bumiputera Policy, Natural Resource Laws and the Orang Asli, Who Can Protect the Forests Better?, The Malaysian Timber Industry Celebrates, Certifying the Oil Palm Plantation Business, For the Good of All: Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge and the Orang Asli, Affidavit of Expert Witness in Sagong Tasi case, Orang Asli Leadership, Orang Asli Resource Politics, On Community Organizing, Orang Asli as Stakeholders in the Management of Protected Areas, and earlier articles written before 2000); * Orang Asli Initiatives (Community Projects, Orang Asli Voices); * Image Galleries; * COAC Publications [incl. * Adela Baer, Karen Endicott, Rosemary Gianno, Signe Howell Barbara S. Nowak, Cornelia van der Sluys (2006) Orang Asli Women of Malaysia: Perceptions, Situations & Aspirations. ISBN 983-43248-0-4 * CPA, PACOS TRUST, COAC, ANTHROWATCH (2005) Indigenous Peoples and Local Government: Experiences from Malaysia and the Philippines. ISBN: 87-91563-06-2 / ISSN: 0105-4503 * Alberto G. Gomes (2004) Looking for Money: Capitalism and Modernity in an Orang Asli village. Co-published with Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne].
URL http://www.coac.org.my/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Timothy Pwee (timothypwee--at--nlb.gov.sg), 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]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

28 Nov 2006

China's Energy Security and Its Grand Strategy
The Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA, US
Self-description: "China's Energy Security and Its Grand Strategy (171.4 KB) [a PDF document] Policy Analysis Brief Authored by Dr. Xuecheng Liu China considers energy security critical to sustainable growth. Xuecheng Liu discusses China's strategies of conservation, efficiency, and a shift toward alternative fuels, and examines the implications on international relations and security. Published September 2006 (16 pages) [...]
The Stanley Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private operating foundation. Foundation programming is focused on promoting and building support for principled multilateralism in addressing international issues."
URL http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/reports/pab06chinasenergy.pdf
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the document 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]: 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

27 Nov 2006

Song Research Tools
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, US
Supplied note: "Song Research Tools is an online research guide [est. 2003 - ed.] that lists and describes reference materials relating to all aspects of Song society. The online edition, last updated in November 2006, is a revised edition of Peter Bol's Sung Research Tools, which appeared first in 1990 and in a second edition in 1996. This online edition, maintained since 2003 by Hilde De Weerdt, contains more than 200 new titles. - hdw."
Site contents:
* I. GUIDES TO THE STATE OF THE FIELD SOCIETIES, NEWSLETTERS, AND JOURNALS; RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE FIELD (Scholarship in the People's Republic of China, Scholarship in the Republic of China and Hong Kong, Scholarship in Japan and Korea, Scholarship in the West, Scholarship in Particular Fields, Intellectual and Religious History, Literature and Art, Social and Economic History, Political History and International Relations); INTRODUCTIONS TO THE STUDY OF SUNG HISTORY
* II. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND ABSTRACTS OF RECENT SCHOLARSHIP IN WESTERN LANGUAGES; IN CHINESE; IN JAPANESE AND KOREAN; SPECIALIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIES (General, Historiography, Government, Biographical information, Geography, Social and economic history, Philosophy and religion, Literature, Arts).
* III. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND ABSTRACTS OF SUNG-PERIOD SOURCES MODERN COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHIES; MODERN SPECIALIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND SERIES (Literati Writing, Literary Collections, Poetry, Notes on Poetry, Drama, Historical Writings, Commentaries on the Classics, Painting, Calligraphy, and Ceramics, Taoist Writings, Buddhist Writings); SUNG-PERIOD BIBLIOGRAPHIES; SUNG EDITIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.
* IV. HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND MODERN CHRONOLOGIES IV.A. HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES (Sung History, General Encyclopedias of Chinese History, Topical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries: All Periods of Chinese History, Series, Encyclopedias of Literature, Other Encyclopedias); IV.B. CHRONOLOGIES (Political Chronologies, Reign Dates, Other Chronologies).
* V. BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES AND INDEXES TO BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES; INDEXES TO COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; DATES OF SUNG FIGURES; PERSONAL-NAME INDEXES (Personal-name Indexes to Historical Works, Personal-name Indexes to Other Works); BIOGRAPHICAL SERIES.
* VI. INDEXES AND CONCORDANCES TO SUNG TEXTS THE SUNG SHIH; OTHER HISTORICAL WORKS; LITERARY WRITINGS AND MISCELLANIES; NEO-CONFUCIAN AND BUDDHIST TEXTS; INDEXES TO SUNG TEXTS WHOSE CONTENTS ARE MAINLY PRE-SUNG; COMPREHENSIVE INDEXES AND ELECTRONIC DATABASES.
* VII. ATLASES, MAPS AND PLACE-NAME INDEXES ATLASES AND MAPS (Historical Atlases and GIS Tools, Various Maps); GUIDES TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INDEXES TO SUNG-PERIOD GEOGRAPHIES; PLACE-NAME INDEXES TO OTHER WORKS; MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES AND SERIES.
* VIII. RESOURCES ON THE GOVERNMENT THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT; BUREAUCRATIC RANKS; INCUMBENTS IN CERTAIN OFFICES; OFFICES AND OFFICIAL TITLES.
* IX. DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES MODERN DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES (General Language, Institutional Terms and Usage, Documentary Terms and Usage, Literature, Religious and Intellectual Life); SUNG-PERIOD DICTIONARIES AND ANNOTATED GLOSSARIES (Indexed Dictionaries, Glossaries, Encyclopedias and Manuals).
* X. SUNG WORKS WITH DETAILED TABLES OF CONTENTS
* APPENDIX List of Library of Congress Subject Headings Related to the Song Dynasty.
URL http://sunsite.utk.edu/songtool/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sunsite.utk.edu/songtool/
Link reported by: Hilde De Weerdt (hdeweerd--at--utk.edu), 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]: Study/Online Guide
* 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 300

24 Nov 2006

British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) Annual Conference, Cambridge, Mar 2007
BASAS, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK
Supplied note: "Call for papers: [...] British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) Annual Conference, 28-30 March 2007, St Catherine's College, Cambridge, UK. 'BASAS annual conferences are noted for their friendliness, informality, and open interdisciplinary intellectual exchange'. An updated CFP and other details for the 21st annual BASAS Conference are now available on the organisation's website at http://www.basas.ac.uk or by going directly to [the URL below] - ak."
Self-description:"Key Dates: * Submission of panel abstracts - 5 January 2007; * Notification of acceptance of panels - 12 January 2007; * Submission of independent paper abstracts - 26 January 2007; * Notification of acceptance of independent papers - 5 February 2007; * Final confirmation of panels, and submission of abstracts - 16 February 2007."
URL http://www.basas.ac.uk/conference07/basasc07.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Apurba Kundu (a.kundu--at--bradford.ac.uk), 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.
* 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

23 Nov 2006

Himal Southasian magazine
The Southasia Trust, Kathmandu, Nepal
Supplied note: "Himal Southasian is a monthly review magazine [ISSN 10129804 - ed.] published from Kathmandu. Through its print and online editions, the magazine provides in-depth reviews and commentary on key issues of Southasia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Bhutan, Burma, Tibet and Afghanistan. The website [at the URL below] includes full-text articles, as well as an exhaustive archive of past issues. Himal Southasian is a unique and pioneering publication, with writing that reflects both the socio-economic and political landscape of the region. For two decades, it has been a repository of development-based insights, assessments of current political and social trends, and explorations on diverse subjects of art, culture and history. Himal publishes several regular sections, including analyses and reports, opinions, interviews, photo features, book reviews, as well as more personalised essays. - no."
Site contents: * Current issue [Volume 19, No 8 November 2006 has the following structure:] Cover Story, Commentary, Reflections, Profile, Mediafile, Southasian Briefs, Contributors, Opinion, Analysis, Report, Review, Photo Feature, Southasiasphere, Editorial); * About us; * Subscribe; * Advertise; * Himal Southasian Archive (South Asian Links, Search HSA, archived issues from years 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996).
URL http://www.himalmag.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.himalmag.com
Link reported by: Nadeem Omar (notarar--at--gmail.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]: News/Study
* 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]: over 3,000 [in fact, 3210]

23 Nov 2006

THDL Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas
Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (THDL), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US.
Self-description (1): "The Gazetteer is designed to provide information about all varieties of places in Tibet and the Himalayas, in past and present times - nations, provinces, counties, monasteries, villages, mountains, natural regions and more. The current 2.0 [i.e. Oct/Nov 2006 - ed.] release includes administrative units in contemporary China that have ethnic Tibetan populations, with detailed information only for the subunits of the Tibet Autonomous Region. We are now working on release 3.0 which will include details for all five provinces in China with Tibetan populations, and all politicial districts of Nepal as well. In the subsequent phase we will begin to incorporate our extensive data on Tibetan monasteries. [...] Note: You will need a Unicode font to view the Chinese characters, and another Unicode font to view Tibetan words.
Self-description (2): "We are now in the final weeks of the release of the first major update of the Gazetteer in three years. This new version will have much more rapid searching, display of Tibetan script and Devangari script as well as Chinese characters, improved interface, and a lot of improvements in the technology that will allow us from the fall of 2006 to finally begin to put all of our content into it. In addition, it will have administrative units for contemporary Nepal, as well as add all contemporary administrative units for Tibetan areas of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunan, in addition to the earlier data for the Tibet Autonomous Region."

[A fast, useful and most informative sub-section of the larger THDL (www.thdl.org/) project, which comprises : * COLLECTIONS (Audio/Video, Images, Immersive Resources, Texts, Journals, JIATS, Cultural Geography, Gazetteer, Interactive Map, Asia Map, Maps & Models, Monasteries, GIS, Special Collections, Cultures, Architecture, Art, Environment, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Music, Religion); * REFERENCE (Bibliography, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Tibetan, Nepali, Thangmi, Translation Tool, Timelines, Gazetteer, Rosters, Participants); * COMMUNITY (Rosters, Participants, Community Development, Tibetan-Himalayan Studies, Communication, Conferences, Mailing Lists, Discussion Forums, Announcements); * EDUCATION (Courses, Languages, Tibetan, Nepali, English, Programs); * TOOLS (Preparing Computer, Fonts, Tibetan Fonts, Software, Scholar's Toolbox, Developer's Toolbox, Technologies); *THDL INFORMATION (New Users, Introduction, Spotlight, Status, Site Map, Searching, Troubleshooting, Participation and Support, Participants, Donors, Guide to Resources, Contact Us) - ed.]

URL http://www.thdl.org/collections/cultgeo/gazetteer/
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]: 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 100

22 Nov 2006

Digital Resources for Myanmar (Burma) Studies
Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US
Self-description: "Compiled [since 2003/2004 - ed.] by Dietrich Christian Lammerts, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US."
Site contents: 1. Cornell University Myanmar (Burma) Studies; 2. Other Research Centers and Institutes; 3. Manuscript Collections and Archives; 4. Library Catalogs and Databases; 5. Bibliographies; 6. Conferences; 7. Language and Fonts; 8. Dictionaries and Reference Works; 9. Online Texts and Text Resources; 10. Myanmar Buddhism; 11. Burmese and Southeastern Asian Legal History; 12. Pali Nissaya Dictionary Database; 13. Myanmar (Burma) News Media; 14. Regional News Media; 15. Radio and Music; 16. Publishers and Book Vendors; 17. Varia; 18. Cornell Myanmar (Burma) Studies Mailing List.
URL http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dcl33/cmrg.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dcl33/cmrg.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* 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 100

21 Nov 2006

The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog (CBS Blog)
Center for Buddhist Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, US
Supplied note: "The CBS Blog is an online space for news and notes on Buddhist Studies in the Academy. In conjunction with the university seminar on Buddhism, the CBS Blog hosts podcasts and 'minutes' of all meetings. The blog also features writings, information, and digital media on other related events in and around the Metropolitan area.
The following podcasts are now online: LOBSANG RAPGAY, PhD "Going Beyond Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: New ideas in the theory and practice of Classical Mind- fulness with Integrative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for GAD" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/11/the_case_for_ti.html *With extended introduction by Dr. Joseph Loizzo MATTHEW KAPSTEIN, MORRIS ROSSABI, ELLIOT SPERLING, & TSERING SHAKYA "The Tibetans" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/11/the_tibetans.html DAVID GRAY "The Illumination of the Hidden Meaning: Tsong Khapa and the Art of Interpretation." www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/10/a_new_look.html JOSEPH WALSER "To Publish or Perish:Nagarjuna, Mahayana, and Monastic Law" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/10/to_publish_or_p.html DANIEL DENNETT & ROBERT THURMAN "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomena" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/02/breaking_the_go.html YAO CHONGXIN (COMING SOON!) Chongshan University, Guantong, PRC "A Reexamination of Northern Qi Buddhist Stone Sculptures of Qingzhou, Shantong.""
Self-description: "The Center for Buddhist Studies was founded in 1988, under the Religion Department of Columbia University's institutional umbrella, with a grant connected with the Jey Tsong Khapa professorship endowment from the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. Its goal is to support Buddhist Studies at Columbia and foster greater understanding among students and faculty. To that end, the center has launched [in Oct 2005 - ed.] a new multi-media weblog. [...] Contributions (i.e. posts, essays, digital media, etc . . . ) to the CBS Blog are always welcome. Please contact Christopher Kelley (cdk2001--at--columbia.edu) - ck."
Site contents: * Buddhism & Philosophy; * Buddhism & Science; * Buddhism & Technology; * Indian Buddhism; * Indo-Tibetan Buddhism; * Seminar 1999-02; * Seminar 2006-07; * Search;
URL http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Christopher Kelley (cdk2001--at--columbia.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Comments/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 100

21 Nov 2006

Associazione per lo Studio in Italia dell'Asia centrale e del Caucaso (ASIAC)
ASIAC, Turin, Italy
Self-description: "Asiac intende promuovere la conoscenza e i rapporti di collaborazione con i paesi dell'Asia centrale e del Caucaso. L'Associazione si rivolge anzitutto alle universita e alle altre istituzioni culturali, e propone l'incontro tra gli studiosi e il coordinamento di attivita di ricerca. [...] Asiac opera in contatto con i principali centri di ricerca e le associazioni che agiscono con finalita analoghe in altri paesi, anzitutto in Europa e in Asia Centrale e Caucaso. L'associazione si propone di facilitare le ricerche; organizzare seminari, corsi di studio, convegni e mostre; acquisire e pubblicare fonti documentarie e libri."
Site contents: * Chi siamo; * Soci [Members are drawn from: Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn; Central Asian Regional Environmental Center, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Delegation of the European Commission in Kazakhstan, Almaty; EHESS, Paris; Istituto Universitario Europeo, Firenze; Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli; Istituto Universitario Suor Orsola Benincasa, Napoli; Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa; Universita "Ca' Foscari" di Venezia; Universita 'La Sapienza', Roma; Universita Ablay Khan, Almaty, Kazakistan; Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano; Universita degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale"; Universita degli Studi di Torino; Universita degli Studi di Venezia; Universita degli Studi Milano-Bicocca; Universita della Basilicata; Universita di Edimburgo, Regno Unito; Universita di Trieste; Universita di Venezia; and Universita LUISS, Roma. - ed.]; * Eventi; * Pubblicazioni; * Letture; * Link; * Contatti.
URL http://www.asiac-centre.it/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.asiac-centre.it/
Link reported by: Gianfranco Prini (gianfranco.prini--at--unimi.it)
* 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

20 Nov 2006

Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art (ACAPA)
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Self-description: "The Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art (ACAPA) is the research arm of the Queensland Art Gallery's Asian and Pacific activities. Established in September 2002, ACAPA is part of the Gallery's Asian, Pacific and International Art Department. [...]
The Centre's objectives are: * to further the research, documentation, publication, acquisition and exhibition of Asian and Pacific art * to support residencies, internships and other professional development opportunities for artists, scholars and museum professionals in the field of Asian and Pacific art * to establish partnerships and alliances with similar organisations in Australia and internationally * to attract sponsorship for the Gallery's Asian and Pacific activities."
Site contents: * Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art (Asia-Pacific Projects [1989-2006], Asia-Pacific Publishing, Research Facilities); * Publishing; * Conservation; * Provenance; * Research Library; * Rights and Reproductions.
URL http://qag.qld.gov.au/research/acapa
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://qag.qld.gov.au/research/acapa
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]: 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 100

20 Nov 2006

The Asia--Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT)
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Self-description: "The Asia--Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) [2 December 2006 to 27 May 2007 - ed.] is the Queensland Art Gallery's flagship international contemporary art event. Established in 1993, it is the only major series of exhibitions in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific, including Australia. The fifth APT (APT5) will be the opening exhibition at the new Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) -- the Queensland Art Gallery's much-anticipated second building, which will be the largest gallery of modern art in Australia. APT5 will also be shown in the original Gallery building, with displays across both sites making the exhibition twice the scale of previous Triennials. APT5 will include around 270 works by 37 individual artists, filmmakers and performers, as well as two multi-artist projects. Highlights will include numerous commissioned works by artists such as Ai Weiwei (China), Dinh Q Le (Vietnam) and eX de Medici (Australia), as well as the Triennial's strongest representation of Pacific artists to date. Curated cinema and performance programs will bring a dynamic new dimension to APT5, exploring these media on a scale never before presented by the Triennial. More information on all aspects of the exhibition will be added progressively to this site in the lead-up to the public opening on 2 December 2006. [...]
APT5 curatorial team: Doug Hall, AM, Director; Lynne Seear, Assistant Director, Curatorial and Collection Development Andrew Clark, Assistant Director, Public Programs; Suhanya Raffel, Head of Asian, Pacific and International Art; Julie Ewington, Head of Australian Art; Kathryn Weir, Head of Cinema; Maud Page, Curator, Contemporary Pacific Art; Sarah Tiffin, Curator, Historical Asian Art; Don Heron, Head of Exhibitions and Display.
Since the first Triennial in 1993, more than half a million people have visited the APT exhibitions, peaking with more than 220 000 visitors to APT 2002. Reflecting the diversity of the Asia--Pacific region, each APT has presented a broad range of artists and their works. "
Site contents: * Contemporary Asian art (Xu Bing, Montien Boonma, Simryn Gill, Kamin Lertchaiprasert, Takashi Murakami, Heri Dono, Cai Guo Qiang, Nalini Malani, Wei Dong, Nam June Paik, Ah Xian, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Lee U-fan, Yayoi Kusama, Sara Tse); * Contemporary Pacific art (Indigenous Australian Art, Australian Art to 1970, Contemporary Australian Art, Queensland Heritage, Contemporary Pacific Art: [Richard Killeen, Greg Semu, Sima Urale, Susana Kaafi, Michel Tuffery, Michael Parekowhai, Lisa Reihana, John Pule], Historical Asian Art, Contemporary International Art, Historical International Art, New Acquisitions, A-Z List of Artists, Frequently Asked Questions), * Artmail, the Gallery's free e-bulletin, * APT 4 (2002), * APT 3 (1999), * APT 2 (1996), * APT 1 (1993)."
URL http://www.asiapacifictriennial.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]
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]: 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 300

17 Nov 2006

Social Research Center at AUCA, Kyrgyzstan
American University of Central Asia (AUCA), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Self-description: "The SRC was established in September 2005 as of merging the former East-West Center for Research & Intercultural Dialogue (CEW) with the Applied Research Center. These two centers were separately run by the departments of International & Comparative Politics and Sociology respectively. [...] Activities: - Research and policy analysis. - Forums, round tables, workshops, on-line discussions, conferences, and videoconferences. - Publications (newsletters, occasional papers, journals, monographs, books, brochures, policy papers, and proceedings from the workshops, conferences, and seminars). Access to the most of publications will be available on-line. - Speakers Series. - Visiting Research Fellows Program for local, regional, and international scholars. - Mentoring support for local scholars. - Regular presentations by local and foreign scholars about their research results. - TV Scholarly Forum. - Student Research Projects. Target areas Political and Socio-Economic Development with particular focus on the following areas: - Migration: Impacts of External and Internal Migration on Economic and Social Development (Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries) - Corruption (Kyrgyzstan) - Islam: Political and Social Aspects (Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries) - NGO Development in Kyrgyzstan - Security Cooperation in Central Asia."
Site contents: About SRC, Events, Research Projects, Reports, Public Speaker Series, Roundtables; Research Seminars; Partners; Contacts.
URL http://www.src.auca.kg
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Aida Alymbaeva (alymbaeva_ai--at--mail.auca.kg), forwarded by Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian Studies (central-eurasia-L--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu)
* 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 100

16 Nov 2006

Institut de Recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est (IRASEC)
IRASEC, Bangkok, Thailand
Self-description: "Based in Bangkok, the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC) is a member of the network of research centres of the French Foreign Ministry. IRASEC is calling on specialists from all academic fields to study the important social, political, economical and environmental developments that affect, together or separately, the eleven countries of the region (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Lorosa'e and Vietnam)."
Site contents: Presentation; Events; Publications; Research In Progress; Documents (MAPS [in jpg format]: Lao provinces map (French) 178.46 Kb, Map of Aceh (Indonesia) (French) 88.71 Kb; Map of Cambodia (French) 159.94 Kb, Muslims in Southeast Asia (French) 103.32 Kb, Philippines Province map (French) 245.20 Kb, Southeast Asia map (French) 313.73 Kb); TEXTS: (Addendum no. 1 Thailande - Ressources documentaires francaises, 99.07 Kb, What does IRASEC do? 134.45 Kb); Location; Contacts.
[A bi-lingual (FR, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.irasec.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.irasec.com
Link reported by: Arnaud Leveau (publications--at--irasec.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]: 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 1000 [in fact, 499]

16 Nov 2006

East African Asians, the Wahindi: a blog
east-african-asians.blogspot.com, ?UK
Self-description: "The former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania attracted Asian migration. When the British left, new policies relating to employment and trade were more geared to address the needs of local Africans. The Asians felt threatened. The Ugandan dictator Idi Amin expelled 90,000 Asians in 1972. The blog [est. Apr 2006 - ed.] covers East African Asians now living in Britain, Canada, USA, Europe and also those who returned to the Sub-Continent. Asians iving in East and Southern Africa are also of interest."
URL http://east-african-asians.blogspot.com/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Kalwant Ajimal (kalwant.ajimal--at--btinternet.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Comments
* 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

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