The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Feb 2007, Vol. 14, No. 2 (259)

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27 Feb 2007

Cyberspace as a Combat Zone: The Phenomenon of Electronic Jihad
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Washington, DC, US
Self-description:
"Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 329 - Jihad and Terrorism Studies, February 27, 2007. Cyberspace as a Combat Zone: The Phenomenon of Electronic Jihad - By E. Alshech."
Extract:
"Electronic jihad is a phenomenon whereby 'mujahideen' use the Internet to wage economic and ideological warfare against their enemies. Unlike other hackers, those engaged in electronic jihad are united by a common strategy and ideology which are still in a process of formation. This paper aims to present the phenomenon of electronic jihad and to characterize some of its more recent developments." - E. Alshech.
Site contents:
1. Organized Electronic Jihad; 2. The Ideology and Ethical Boundaries of Electronic Jihad; 3. The Objectives of Electronic Jihad; 3.1. Eliminating Websites That Harm Islam; 3.2. Avenging the Death of Martyrs and the Suffering of Muslims and Imprisoned 'Mujahideen' Worldwide; 3.3. Inflicting Economic Damage on the West and Damaging its Morale; 3.4. Bringing About the Total Collapse of the West; 4. Actual Attacks and Their Effects; 4.1. Attack Strategies; 4.2. Coordination of Attacks; 4.3. Instructions for Attack Coordinators; 4.4. Announcement of a Ping Attack Against a Website That Harms Islam; 4.5. A General Call to Participate in a Virus Attack; 5. Electronic Jihad: A Nuisance or a Real Threat? 6. References & Notes.

Earlier MEMRI articles on related topics include:
* Islamist Websites as an Integral Part of Jihad: A General Overview (February 21, 2007) http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=IA32807
* Islamist Forum Participants Discuss Threat to Islamist Sites and Ways to Avoid Exposure On-Line (February 14, 2007) http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP146207
[The author, Dr. Alshech is the Director of the Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project at MEMRI. - ed. ]
URL http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=IA32907
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 http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.memri.org/jihad.html - ed.
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/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

27 Feb 2007

Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies (CSDS) e-journal
Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora, RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "'Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies' is a multi-disciplinary, annual electronic journal [est. Jan 2007, published in PDF format - ed.] devoted to research on all aspects of the Chinese southern diaspora (that is, in Southeast Asia, Australasia, and the southwest Pacific region), from the earliest times to the present. The journal's initial editors are Drs Li Tana and Nola Cooke. The journal, which incorporates the newsletter of the Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora [rspas.anu.edu.au/cscsd/] at The Australian National University, is produced with the financial support of the [Jennifer] Cushman Memorial Fund."
Site contents: [of the issue #1] Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, Volume 1, 2007

Editors' Introduction to Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies;

* Research Articles
Denys Lombard - Another "Mediterranean" in Southeast Asia; Li Tana and Paul Van Dyke - Canton, Cancao, and Cochinchina: New Data and New Light on Eighteenth-Century Canton and the Nanyang; Nola Cooke - King Norodom's Revenue Farming System in Later Nineteenth-Century Cambodia and his Chinese Revenue Farmers (1860Ð1891); Thomas Engelbert - "Go West" in Cochinchina: Chinese and Vietnamese Illicit Activities in the Transbassac (c. 1860Ð1920s); Julia Martinez - Chinese Rice Trade and Shipping from the North Vietnamese Port of Hai Phong;

* Research Notes and Data Papers
Philip King - Chinese Enterprise and Malay Power: Nineteenth-Century Central Malaya from a Regional Perspective; Yeetuan Wong - The Big Five Hokkien Families in Penang, 1830sÐ1890s; Geoff Wade - Chinese Economic Activities in Java in the Late Eighteenth Century as Reflected in the Batavian Kong Koan Records; Vincent K. Pollard - From Southern Seas to Cyberspace: Chinese Diaspora Websites in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific;

* Research Materials
Anon - "Tran Tay phong tho'ky", c. 1838; Andrew Spooner - "Rapport sur le Cambodge. Voyage de Sai-Gon a Bat-tam-bang", 1862.; About the Contributors;

* Newsletter of the Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora
About the CSCSD; Creating the CSCSD, 1999; recent activities of the Centre; Graduate Student Directory - Details of doctoral students in Australian universities studying Chinese southern diaspora related topics;

Abstracts of the Research Articles in Chinese; Chinese Translations of works on Southeast Asia and the Chinese in Southeast Asia;

URL http://csds.anu.edu.au/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Tana Li (tana.li--at--anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

26 Feb 2007

Central Asia Law Initiative (CALI)
Law School, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, US
Supplied note: "The University of Montana School of Law and the Central and Southwest Asia Program are pleased to announce the launching of the Central Asia Legal Initiative, a web-based collection of the Constitutions and Codes of the countries of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Caspian Basin. [...] We continue to gather codes and constitutions in both English and local languages. Feel free to contribute to this collection. - jtr."
Self-description: "Codes and Constitutions of Central Asia and the Caucasus; The Central Asia and Caucasus Legal Initiative is supported by a grant from the United States State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, The University of Montana, and The University of Montana School of Law."
Site contents: * Armenia; * Azerbaijan; * Georgia; * Kazakhstan; * Kyrgyzstan; * Tajikistan; * Turkmenistan; * Uzbekistan; * Search; * About Us; * Links; * Photographs; * Maps; * Contact us.
[Each country has online sections with English language text of its * Constitution, as well as information on the * Code of Laws, * Court Rules, * additional commentaries, and * Regulations.The site is largely under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.umt.edu/cali/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Prof. Jeffrey T. Renz (jeff.renz--at--umontana.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

26 Feb 2007

Cultural relations between China and the West (1245-2000): a biographic & bibliographic database
Ostasiatisches Seminar (OAS), University of Zurich, Switzerland
Supplied note: "Perhaps you are interested in my database on cultural relations between China and the West: [see the URL below] [...] At the moment I am working on the history of sinology, which is essentially also a history of sinologists. I have covered sinology in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands and France. I [also began] to enter the available data on the sinology of Great Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia and I began with German literature (I have covered Goethe, Schiller, Hesse, Heine, Doeblin and Klabund and naw I'm working on Brecht). [...] - amw."
Self-description: "'Cultural relations between China and the West' This database project is dedicated to the cultural relations between China and the West (1245-2000). It links systematically collected and scientifically validated biographic and bibliographic information. The main items are chronology and names, which are indexed and searchable. The entries are currently classified according to the following subject fields.The subject fields currently comprise the following: history, religion, history of missions, travel and legation accounts, history of medias, geography, history of universities, sinology, literature, philosophy, art, and science.
The database is funded by the University of Zurich; access is free. Search results may be analysed online, it is possible to navigate within them, and they can be saved as PDF report for further processing. Should material from the database be used in publications, we welcome a corresponding source reference.
Accessing the database: [...] Scientists may apply for a personal account (see below). A personal account allows collecting reports during a session (maximum for 24 hours). Additional personalization features are planned. Use of the database is supported by Online-Help [presently available in German only. English version is planned. - ed.].
Contact: This project is chiefly administered by our scientific librarian, Mrs Anne-Marie Werner. [...]"
URL http://idoasdb.unizh.ch/oas/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Anne-Marie Werner (biblio1--at--oas.unizh.ch)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

22 Feb 2007

Islamist Websites as an Integral Part of Jihad: A General Overview
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Washington, DC, US
Self-description:
"Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 328 - Jihad and Terrorism Studies, February 21, 2007 Islamist Websites as an Integral Part of Jihad: A General Overview - By Y. Yehoshua."
Extract:
"Alongside military jihad on various battlefields, Islamist organizations are engaged in another type of warfare: jihad on the media front. The media is viewed by Islamist organizations both as an important battlefield and as an effective tool, and they consequently make extensive use of it. [...] This paper will discuss the distinguishing characteristics of the websites of Islamist organizations and their supporters; the various online activities through which terrorist organizations assist the mujahideen on the ground, both militarily and, especially, with propaganda; and the Internet polemics that these organizations conduct vis-a-vis their enemies." - Y. Yehoshua
Site contents:
INTRODUCTION; 1. THE INTERNET IN THE SERVICE OF ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS; 1.1. Main Characteristics of Islamist Websites; 1.2. Most Islamist Websites Hosted in the West; 1.3. Islamist Organizations' Use of Internet Services; 1.3.1. Websites; 1.3.1.1. Official websites of Islamist organizations; 1.3.1.2. Official websites of religious scholars supporting the Islamist organizations; 1.3.1.3. Unofficial websites supporting the organizations; 1.3.2. Forums; 2. ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS' INTERNET ACTIVITIES: AN INTEGRAL PART OF JIHAD; 3. MAIN GOALS OF ONLINE PROPAGANDA; 3.1. Glorifying the Organization's Activities; 3.2. Spreading the Organizations' Ideology; 3.3. Legitimizing the Organizations' Activity; 3.4. Threatening and Influencing the Enemy; 4. THE INTERNET AS A FRONT OF CONFRONTATION WITH THE ENEMIES; 4.1. Hacker Activities in Both Camps; 4.2. Alleged Activity by Western and Arab Intelligence Services on Islamist Forums; 4.3. Attempts to Conduct Dialogue with Individuals on Islamist Sites with the Aim of Reforming Them; 5. References & Notes.

Earlier MEMRI articles on related topics include:
* Islamist Forum Participants Discuss Threat to Islamist Sites and Ways to Avoid Exposure On-Line (February 14, 2007) http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP146207
* Islamist Sites in French - An Overview (December 21, 2006) http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=IA30806
* Online Fatwas Incite Young Muslims to Jihad (October 26, 2006) http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP133506
* Muslim Brotherhood Children's Website (April 18, 2006) http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP114106
* Terrorist and Inciting Messages on Yahoo (December 6, 2005) http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP103905
[The author, Y. Yehoshua, is Director of Research at MEMRI. - ed. ]
URL http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=IA32807
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 http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://memri.org/jihad.html - ed.
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/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

22 Feb 2007

The Formation and Development of Academic Disciplines in China Project
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The Project seeks to construct a historically informed multidisciplinary framework to examine the complex processes by which traditional Chinese knowledge systems and indigenous grammars of knowledge construction jointly interacted with Western paradigms to shape the formation and development of modern academic disciplines in China. This framework will in turn be used to explain how the mutual interaction of traditional Chinese and modern Western knowledge paradigms and practices shaped the formation and development of modern academic disciplines in China. - jm."
Self-description: "Specifically, the Project seeks * to understand and analyze how traditional forms of Chinese scholarship were adapted to new knowledge paradigms; * to identify the role played by indigenous "grammars," or standards of rational justification, in shaping the formation of academic disciplines, and the concrete forms in which these grammars interacted with western paradigms and concepts; * to demonstrate how indigenous grammars of knowledge construction, and their ongoing complex interaction with western paradigms, decisively influenced the formation and development of individual academic disciplines; and * to examine the significance of the growing trend toward the indigenization (bentuhua) of knowledge systems and how it relates to broader contemporary concerns about the indigenization of knowledge in many social science and humanities disciplines. The Project consists of eight disciplinary nodes: anthropology, architecture, Chinese history, Chinese literature, Chinese philosophy, linguistics, religious studies, and sociology. Node membership is drawn from a network of researchers in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and North America. [...]
The project has eight node coordinators: * Scott Davis (Miyazaki International College, Japan), Anthropology; * Arif Dirlik (University of Oregon), Sociology; * Stanislaus Fung (University of New South Wales), Architecture; * Andy Kirkpatrick (Hong Kong Institute of Education), Linguistics; * Wolfgang Kubin (Bonn University), Chinese Literary Criticism; * Brian Moloughney (Victoria University of Wellington), Chinese History; * John Makeham (Australian National University), Chinese Philosophy; * Lauren Pfister (Hong Kong Baptist University), Religious Studies.
Over the next three years (2007-2009) representatives and members from each node will participate in an annual Workshop that brings all nodes together: Year 1 (2007) Theme: The transition from traditional knowledge schema and knowledge practices to new epistemologies. [...] Year 2 (2008) Theme: Terminological and disciplinary demarcation [...] Year 3 (2009) Theme: The creation of "academics" and the formation of seminal institutions.
[...] The 2007 Workshop will be convened at the Australian National University, 3-5 December 2007. It will provide the first opportunity for individual nodes to meet. [...]."
Site contents: * Overview of the project; * A list of participants; * Submitted abstracts; * Our contact details.
URL http://academicdisciplines-china.anu.edu.au/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: John Makeham (John.Makeham--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

21 Feb 2007

Asian Legal Information Institute
Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
Self description: "The Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII - www.asianlii.org) is a non-profit and free access website for legal information from all 27 countries and territories in Asia located from Japan in the east to Pakistan in the west, and from Mongolia in the north to Timor Leste in the south. Access to AsianLII is free. AsianLII was launched for free public access on 8 December 2006 in Sydney. Launches in a number of Asian countries will take place, beginning with the Philippines in January 2007.
Facilities AsianLII provides for searching and browsing databases of legislation, case-law, law reform reports, law journals and other legal information, where available, from each country in the region. At launch it will provide access to nearly 100 databases drawn from almost all 27 Asian countries. Over 140,000 cases from at least 15 countries, and over 15,000 pieces of legislation from at least 18 countries will be searchable. All databases can be searched simultaneously, or searches can be limited to one country's databases or other combinations. Search results can be ordered by relevance, by date, or by database. For every country, AsianLII contains an extensive Catalog of law-related websites for that country (parts of the largest law catalog on the Internet), and a 'Law on Google' facility assisting users to search Google only for legal materials from that country."
Site contents: 104 databases from 27 Asian countries and territories [Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (North), Korea (South), Lao PDR, Macau, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam - ed.] via the Free Access to Law Movement.
News & Database Additions (Last updated 21 February 2007) * Tribunal da Segunda Instancia de Macau (Tribunal of Final Appeal of Macau) 2000-; * Tribunal da Segunda Instancia de Macau (Tribunal of Second Appeal of Macau) 2002-; * AsianLII Philippine launch photos 10 January 2007 * AsianLII Sydney launch photos 8 December 2006 * Introduction to AsianLII; * User Guide to AsianLII; * Arellano Law and Policy Review 2003-; * Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand Decisions 1998-; * ASEAN Agreements and Declarations; * Executive Orders of the Philippines; * Constitutional Court of Indonesia; * Supreme Court of the Philippines Decisions 1901-; * Laws of Macau; * Supreme Court of Korea 2000-;
* Past additions (Updated: 19 January 2007 Laws of Vietnam; Thai Legislation; Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Decisions 1999-);
* Past additions (Updated: 7 December 2006 Proclamations of the Philippines; Laws of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); Ritsumeikan Law Review 2004-; Memorandum Orders of the Philippines; Constitutional Court of Korea; Mga Batas Pambansa of the Philippines; Commonwealth Acts of the Philippines; Acts of the Philippines; Delhi District Court Decisions 2003-; High Court of Bombay at Goa Decisions 2002-; Jammu and Kashmir High Court Decisions 2005-; Presidential Decrees of the Philippines; Republic Acts of the Philippines; Decree-Laws of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Government Decrees of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Special Panel for Serious Crimes - Timor Leste Cases 2001-; Indonesian Legislation (Undan g-Undang); Indonesian Regulations (Perat uran Pemerintah); District Court of Singapore Decisions 2006-; Magistrates' Court of Sing apore Decisions 2006-; Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore - Law Reform & Revision Division; Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan Publications);
* [Asian] Law Journals; * [Asian] Law Reform.
URL http://www.asianlii.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Francesca Beddie (fbeddie--at--ozemail.com.au), forwarded by asian-currents--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

18 Feb 2007

Asian Migrants in Greece: Origins, Status and Prospects
Asia Unit, Institute for International Economic Relations (IIER), Athens, Greece
Supplied note: "Dear Sir, Let me tell you of a recent report on Asian migrants in Greece that we have recently finished at the Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER) in Athens, Grrece. Thought it might be of interest to your audience. The Executive Summary of the report in English is available at: [the URL below] Best wishes, Plamen Tonchev, Head of Asia Unit, IIER, Athens, Greece."
Self-description: "Asia Unit, January 2007, Asian Migrants in Greece: Origins, Status and Prospects, Plamen Tonchev (ed.), Research team: Maria Markoutsoglou, Mantha Kassou, Athanasios Moshovos, Yiorgos Ptohos. Available in Greek at: www.idec.gr/iier/new/asian_migrants_gr.pdf

CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 1.1. Key findings 1.2. Key recommendations 2. Rationale and Methodology 2.1. Expediency of the survey 2.2. Definition of 'Asian migrants' 2.3. Sources 2.4. Challenges during the survey 3. On the way to Greece 3.1. Share of Asia in global migration 3.2. Push factors 3.3. Pull factors 3.4. Migration routes and transportation costs 3.5. Entering Greece 4. Status of Asian migrants in Greece 4.1. Historical evolution of migration from Asia to Greece 4.2. Legal status of Asian migrants 4.3. Size of the Asian communities 4.4. Economic profile of Asian migrants 4.5. Social profile of Asian migrants 4.6. Structure of Asian communities 4.7. Social standing of Asian migrants 5. Conclusions 5.1. On the way to Greece 5.2. Emergence and profile of Asian communities in Greece 5.3. Social integration prospects of Asian migrants 6. Recommendations 6.1. To the Greek authorities 6.2. To the EU 7. References 7.1. Greek sources 7.2. Foreign sources 8. Annexes 8.1. World population and the share of Asia 8.2. Entry of Asian migrants into Greece 8.3. Status of Asian asylum-seekers in Greece 8.4. Asian communities in Greece 8.5. Economic and social profile of Asian migrants in Greece."
URL http://www.idec.gr/iier/new/asian_migrants_en.pdf
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Plamen Tonchev (plamengo--at--hol.gr)
* 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

16 Feb 2007

Sudestasia - a biannual e-newsletter from IRASEC
Institut de Recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est (IRASEC), Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied note: "The French Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia in Bangkok (Irasec) is pleased to [announce the publication of] the very first copy of: 'Sudestasia.' This [newly established] biannual newsletter [released in both English and French versions, in PDF format. The 'Newsletter Irasec winter 2006-2007' file is 472 KB long - ed.] provides information [...] on the past, current and future activities of the institute. Best regards, Arnaud LEVEAU, Deputy-director, www.irasec.com - al."
URL http://www.irasec.com/en/documents.php
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.irasec.com/en/documents.php
Link reported by: Arnaud Leveau (publications--at--irasec.com)
* 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 Feb 2007

International Dunhuang Project (IDP) - Educational Links
International Dunhuang Project, British Library, London, UK.
Self description: "The International Dunhuang Project IDP [est. 1994 and directed by Dr Susan Whitfield - ed.] is a ground-breaking international collaboration based at the British Library to make information and images of more than 100,000 manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and other Silk Road sites freely available. [...] The high quality colour images and historically accurate information are searchable on the IDP DATABASE. Items are shown in context, with bibliographies, maps, photographs, site plans and other information relating to their provenance, history and present condition. This gives the scholar, the student and the layman a unique insight into Silk Road life during the first millennium AD."
Site contents [in the Educational Links section]: * Dunhuang and the Silk Road; * Buddhism; * Tibetan/Nepalese Art & Manuscripts; * E-Learning; * Travel; * Scripts & Languages; * Technical links (Digitisation, Metadata, Colour Management, Infrared Photography).

The IDP site also provides links to the following site sections: * About IDP (People, Funding, Activities, IDP Newsletter, Publications); * Collections (British, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Other); * Technical (Infrastructure, Resources, Links); * Archives (IDP Newsletter; IDP papers; IDP Timeline; IDP Web); * Site Map; * Contact IDP; * Search (IDP Database, Advanced Search, Bibliography Search) * Catalogs [of the Silk Roads manuscripts] * Maps.
URL http://idp.bl.uk/4DCGI/pages/education_links.a4d
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

09 Feb 2007

Indian Navy Begins To Look West
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: "9. While the [recent] call of Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia to attack oil production and transport facilities is meant to hurt the US economy, its success will hurt our economy too as badly as it will hurt the economy of the US. For protecting our energy security and for strengthening our maritime counter-terrorism capability, it is important to give further momentum to the 'Look West Dimension' initiated by Admiral [Suresh] Mehta and to bring within its regional networking Kuwait and Saudi Arabia too. Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia should enjoy the highest priority as this new Dimension is developed. Apart from Navy-Navy interactions, it is equally important to strengthen the interactions at the non-governmental level between maritime security experts of India and those of these three countries. 10. This may please be read in continuation of my articles titled 'Maritime Counter-terrorism: Need To Look West' at http://www.saag.org/papers17/paper1655.html and 'Strategic Counter-terrorism' at http://www.saag.org/papers17/paper1623.html." - b.raman
[The author, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed. ]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers22/paper2128.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/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

05 Feb 2007

Central Eurasian Studies Society Eighth Annual Conference, Oct 2007
Central Eurasian Studies Society, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US
Supplied note: "The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper proposals for the Eighth CESS Annual Conference, October 18-21, 2007, in Seattle, Washington. The event will be held at the University of Washington, hosted by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies. Panels begin Friday morning, October 19, and continue through mid-day on Sunday, October 21.
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia. Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate.
The program will feature approximately 60 panels and there will also be a supplementary program including cultural events, a welcome reception on Thursday, a conference dinner and a keynote speaker.
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 6, 2007. [...] - j.s."
URL http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
Link reported by: John Schoeberlein (schoeber--at--fas.harvard.edu), forwarded by H-Net list for Asian History and Culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

05 Feb 2007

Www.AmaderSobi.Com - Vision of Bangladesh
Amadersobi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Supplied note: "Www.AmaderSobi.Com is a photo gallery based project of few enthusiastic people who really love to focus the ever wondering beauty of Bangladesh in a distinctive, organized and positive way. - amadersobi."
Site contents: * FAQ; * Register [to upload photo files - ed.]; * Login; * Album list; * Last uploads; * Last comments; * Most viewed; * Top rated; * My Favorites; * Search; * Nature (Natural Scenes of Bangladesh 123 files, last one added on Feb 05, 2007); * Historical Places (Images of Historical Places in Bangladesh 34 files, last one added on Jan 29, 2007); * Life Style/Abstract (Life Style & Theme Based Images of Bangladesh 89 files, last one added on Feb 05, 2007); * Buildings & Architecture (Famous & Various Architecture of Bangladesh 39 files, last one added on Jan 29, 2007); * Village (Villages of Bangladesh 50 files, last one added on Nov 20, 2006); * Roads & Transportation (Images of Transport of Bangladesh 41 files, last one added on Jan 31, 2007); * Sea/River/Port/Lake (Sea,River,Port or Other Related Images 83 files, last one added on Feb 05, 2007); * National Milestone (All the past Events in Bangladesh(1971,1952,1969 etc); 293 files, last one added on Jan 30, 2007); * Flowers,Fruits & Foods (Images Regarding Flowers & Fruits. 53 files, last one added on Feb 02, 2007); * Birds & Animals (Images of Birds & Animals 60 files, last one added on Feb 01, 2007); * Events (Images About Mela/Fair- Pohela Boishakh, Ekushe Mela etc. 16 files, last one added on Jan 29, 2007); * Unclassified/Others (Unclassified & Recent Images of Bangladesh 34 files, last one added on Feb 05, 2007); * Stamps (Stamps Collections 4 files, last one added on Nov 13, 2006); * Maps (Maps of Different Places in Bangladesh 6 files, last one added on Jan 29, 2007); * Last additions
URL http://www.amadersobi.com
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Bangladeshi Wallpaper (amadersobi--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* 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

05 Feb 2007

The Silk Road in Asia - An Online Exhibition
The International Centre, Goa, India
Supplied note: "The website www.centralasia-southcaucasus.com is pleased pleased to introduce to our readers and visitors this modest on-line 'exhibition' on the Silk Route in conjunction with the holding of the International Conference on 'Reviving the Silk Route: New Initiatives and Engagements for the 21st Century' on 9-10 February 2007 at The International Centre Goa, India. This conference is organized by the Indian Council of World Affairs (New Delhi) and the International Centre, Goa.
[The seminar themese are: "Silk Route Countries: The Past inspiring the Future"; "Sovereign States in Central Asia"; "The Contemporary Economic Scenario"; and "Reviving the Silk Route: Promoting Cooperation in the Age of Globalization" - ed.]
A major objective of this exhibition is to bring the fascinating history and civilization of so many countries of Asia to the attention of the lay person. We have attempted to provide the links for the most outstanding websites which contain information on a variety of subjects in regard to the Great Silk Route. - kj."
Site contents: 1. Historical Silk Route 2. Silk Route and Religion. 3. Cuisine of the Silk Route 4. Music: Tradition and Heritage along the Silk Route 5. In the footsteps of Hsuan Tsang
URL http://www.centralasia-southcaucasus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Karuna Jha (karuna--at--incentgoa.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.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]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Feb 2007

Atlas d'Iran (Paris, Reclus, 1998) On-line
Maison de la Geographie, Montpellier, France
Supplied note: "The Atlas d'Iran by Bernard Hourcade, Hubert Mazurek, Mohammad-Hosseyn Papoli-Yazdi et Mahmoud Taleghani, published in 1998 by GIP Reclus is out of print but available again ON LINE. This Atlas it the first cartographic analysis [over 250 maps - ed.] of demographic, economic, social, and cultural data on Iran at the scale of shahrestan and bakhsh. Based on the National Census of 1365/1986, this geographic analysis suggest also graphic models of Iran. Text in French, titles and legends in English.
Technical information: To display the maps (pdf) click on the arrow up right. Close the picture to select and display a new one.
[Bibliographical details of the paper publication - ed.] Bernard Hourcade, Hubert Mazurek, Mohammad-Hosseyn Papoli-Yazdi et Mahmoud Taleghani. Atlas d'Iran, Paris - Montpellier, Reclus - Documentation Francaise, 1998, 192p. Collection Dynamiques du territoire. ISBN 2-11-004047-5 Out of print - bh."
Site contents: * L'espace iranien (L'Iran au milieu des empires, Les structures de l'espace iranien, Le pays des piemonts); * Populations (Le peuplement et son evolution, Demographie, Les migrations, Les activites); * Cultures (Cultures ethniques, L'instruction, Cultures religieuses, Identites regionales); * Villages (Agriculture, Productions agricoles, Elevage et pastoralisme, Vivre dans les villages); * Villes et developpement (La croissance urbaine, Industries et petrole, Vivre en ville, Teheran); * L'inegal developpement (Le logement, Les niveaux de vie, Les dynamiques internes et externes); * Modeles de l'espace iranien (Dissymetrie et marche vers l'est, Villes et enjeux internationaux, Disparites, complementarites) * Bibliographie (Cartes, Atlas, Etudes);
* Index (A : activites - administration - agriculture - alphabetisation - artisans - autarcie - automobile. B : beton - bibliotheque - bois - bovins - brique - buffles. C : cadres superieurs - caprins - cereales - chameaux - chauffage - chemin de fer - chevaux - chiisme - chomage - cinema - classe moyenne - climat - courrier - croissance demographique - cultures seches. D : densite de population - desert - differences hommes/femmes - differences urbain/rural. E : eau - ecole primaire - electricite - elevage - employeurs - engrais- estive (yeylaq) - ethnies - ethnies transfrontalieres - etrangers - exportations. F : famille - fecondite - femmes - foret - frontieres. G : gaz - generations - guerre. H : habitat revolutionnaire - habitat - hammam - hivernage (qechlaq) - hopitaux - hotel. I : illettrisme - imamzadeh - importations - industrie - irrigation - islam. J : jeunes. L : lait - langues - logement - lycee. M : mariage - materiaux de construction - mecanisation - medecins - metallurgie - migrations - mines - minorites religieuses - montagne - mortalite - mosquee - moto. N : nomades. O : occupation du sol - oleagineux - ovins. P : peripherie - persans - petrole - pise - pistaches - ports - productions agricoles - puits. Q : qanat. R : relief - reseau urbain - revenu des familles - rivieres - routes. S : sages-femmes - salaries - seisme - sentier - steppe - sunnisme - surface cultivee. T : tapis - Teheran - tekieh - telephone - textile - the (maison de) - tourisme - transports. U : universite - usines. V : vannerie - vaqf - vegetation - vergers - vers a soie - vigne - villages - ville. Z : zourkhaneh)
URL http://www.mgm.fr/PUB/Iran
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Bernard Hourcade (hourcade--at--ivry.cnrs.fr), forwarded by iranian-studies--at--yahoogroups.com and Paola Raffetta (paolaraffetta--at--gmail.com)
* 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 300

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