28 Apr 2008

Asian Classics Input Project (ACIP) Release 6
ACIP (www.asianclassics.org), New York, NY, US
Self-description: "This is our first major text release in five years. During this time, we have concentrated largely on accumulating new materials, much of which is slated to be released in the near future. The new material on this release includes more than 100,000 catalog entries of works held at the libraries in St. Petersburg; 35,000 catalog entries of works held in libraries in Mongolia; as well as some of the newly qualified and catalogued Tengyur works, listed by volume. Finally for the first time, this release includes English translations of some of the texts, for the benefit of our supporters who don't yet understand the Tibetan language. In future releases, we hope to expand this effort to include all of the languages into which our staff has translated this material."
Site contents: * User Manual [a PDF file 6.8 MB] * Search Programs; * Using Tibetan Fonts; * ACIP Master Catalog; * Texts in Romanized Tibetan: (Texts by Subject, Kangyur by Title, Tengyur by Title or Volume, Sungbum by Author); * Texts in Tibetan Script: (Kangyur by Title, Tengyur by Title or Volume, Sungbum by Author or Title, Reference Texts); * English Educational Courses;
* Selected Texts from the ACIP Collection, in English
(# Analysis of the Art of Interpretation by Kedrup Tenpa Dargye (1493-1568), # The Garland of White Lotuses, the Essence of Eloquence, being an Overview of Dependent Origination by Kedrup Tenpa Dargye (1493-1568), # The Lamp for Those of Clear Minds, being an Overview of the Great Classical Commentary known as Entering the Middle Way, and an Illumination of the True Thought of The Illumination of the True Thought by Kedrup Tenpa Dargye (1493-1568), # The Jewel of the True Thought, a Commentary on Valid Perception by Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk, # Sunlight on the Path to Freedom by Choney Lama Drakpa Shedrup (1675-1748), # The Key to a Zillion Places, the Open Jaws of the Five-Faced Lion who Destroys the Elephant of Mistaken Opponents, a Guide through the Gate to Every Knowable Thing, The Logic Primer of Rato by Master Chok-hla U-ser (c. 1500), # The Key that Opens the Door to the Excellent Path, being Notes of an Explanation Granted when the Holder of the Diamond, the Good and Glorious Pabongka, Granted Profound Teachings upon The Three Principal Paths by Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941), # Part Three of The Lovely Jewel for the Mountain Peak of the Teachings of the Able One, being a Survey of the Schools of Philosophy by Master Changkya Rolpay Dorje, # Brief Notes Taken on the Occasion of Profound Teachings upon The Source of All My Good by Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941), # An Explanation of the Steps to the Path for Entering into the Precious Teachings of Those Who Have Gone to Bliss by Kadampa Geshe Drolungpa (c. 1100 AD), # Instructions on Developing the Good Heart, in Eight Verses by Dorje Senge of Langri Tang (1054-1123) [...]);
* Coming Attractions; * ACIP Directors and Advisers.
URL http://asianclassics.org/research_site/index.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://asianclassics.org/research_site/index.html
Link reported by: Kramer Benjamin (benjaminennokramer--at--yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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

21 Apr 2008

Mountain Songs - [Ancient] Chinese Poetry [and georeferenced Temples]
www.mountainsongs.net, San Francisco, CA, US.
Self-description: "Mountain Songs, Shanzhige, is a bilingual, database website, fully searchable, which connects ancient (and some modern) Chinese poetry to the sites where the poetry was written or written about. It enables you to experience the same sights that the poets themselves viewed hundreds of years ago."
Site contents:
* MOUNTAINS (a photograph and related Items [Poems, Poets, Temples, Other] for each of the following 152 mountains - Badachu Xishan; Baihefeng; Baitashan; Baodingshan; Beigushan; Beishan Dazu; Beiyue Hengshan; Bilianfeng; Cangshan; Chamundi Hill; Chichengshan; Cuiluoshan; Damingshan; Daqingshan; Daxiangshan; Dayuling Big Rice Barrel Ridge; Dinh Hoanh Son; Doddabetta; Dongshan Guiyang; Dongshan Huangmei; Dongshan Shangyu; Emeishan Moth Eyebrow Mountain; Fangshan; Fanjingshan; Fansipan Peak; Fenghuangshan Hangzhou; Fenghuangshan Tongguan; Fuboshan; Fufengshan; Guishan; Gushan Fuzhou; Gushan Hangzhou; Gushan Huizhou; Guxiufeng; Hagurosan; Haleakala; Hanyan Cold Cliff; Hemingshan; Hieizan; Houjusan; Huaguoshan; Huangshan Yellow Mountain; Huashan China Glory Mountain; Huoyanshan; Japan Alps; Jefferson; Jiaoshan; Jingshan; Jingshan; Jingtingshan; Jinshan; Jinshan Shanghai; Jiuhuashan; Jiulishan; Jiuzongshan; Kakeyamoku Iao Needle; Kinkeisan; Koyasan; Kugamisan; Kurokamiyama; Laoshan; Leshan; Lingyangshan; Longhushan Dragon Tiger Mountain; Lumenshan Luofushan; Lushan Hut Mountain; Maonshan; Maijishan Haystack Mountain; Maoshan; Mingshashan; Mingyan; NanPutuoshan; Nanshan Dazu; Nanshan Xiangyang; NanWutaishan; Nanyue Hengshan; Nilgiri Hills; Onnaminusan; Panlongshan; Pingposhan; Pipashan Longmen; Pomoshan; Putuoshan; Qianlingshan; Qilianshan; Qilinshan; Qingcheng Houshan; Qingchengshan Emerald City Mountain; Qingxiushan; Qingyuanshan; Qixingyan; Qiyunshan Greedy Cloud Mountain; Sanweishan; Shaoshishan; Shennufeng (Wushan); Sheshan; ShiGushan; Shijingshan; Shimenshan; Shizhongshan Stone Bell Mountain; Songshan; Suribachi; Taibaishan Shanxi; Taishan; Taishishan; Tavan Bogd; Tian Son Vietnam; Tianmushan; Tianshan; Tiantaishan Guizhou; Tiantaishan Heaven Terrace Mountain; Tianzhushan Heaven's Pillar Mountain; Tongbaishan; Wanshoushan; Western Ghats; Wudangshan; Wurufeng; Wutaishan Five Terrace Mountain; Wuyishan; Xiangbishan; Xianglufeng Lushan; Xianglufeng Shaoxing; Xiangshan; Xiangshan; Xiangshan (Dongshan) Longmen; Xianshan; XiaoJiuhuashan; Xiongershan; Xishan; Xishan Kunming; Xishan Longmen; Xuedoushan; Xuefengshan Snow Mountain; Yamadera; Yandangshan; Yinshan Gansu; Yinshan Neimenggu; Youbishan; Yueliangshan; Yuelushan; Yulongxueshan; Yunjushan; Yunlongshan; Yuquanshan; Yushan; Yuzhaishan; Zhongnanshan Far South Mountain; Zhurongfeng; Zijinshan; Zuanshitou; Zuobishan);
* POEMS (texts of the 820 poems in the vernacular and translation, plus the related Items: Mountains, Temples, Other); * POETS (biographical notes and related Items: [Poems, Mountains, Temples, Other] for each of the 246 poets from the period 350 BC - 1961 AD); * TRANSPOETS (images and biographical notes for the following people: Arthur Waley, Beata Grant, Burton Watson, Charles Q. Wu, David Hinton, David McCraw, Dongbo, Gary Snyder, Irving Yucheng Lo, John Thompson, Jon Kowallis, Jonathan Chaves, Kenneth Rexroth, Liam Kelley, Mike O'Connor, Paul Hansen, Paul Kroll, Paula Varsano, Qiu Xiaolong, Red Pine-Bill Porter, Ron Egan, Shigeyoshi Obata, Zhong Ling); * TEMPLES (photographs, notes, georeferenced locations [using GoogleMap], and related Items: [Poems, Poets, Mountains, Other] for each of the 602 temples in China, India, Japan, Mongolia, and Vietnam); * OTHER (photographs and notes on 1046 places in China, India, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Vietnam, plus the details of the related Items [Poems, Poets, Mountains, Temples]); * SEARCH; * TRAVELS WITH DONGBO; * ABOUT US; * CONTACT US.
URL http://www.mountainsongs.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mountainsongs.net/
Link reported by: Gary Flint (gary.actasia--at--gmail.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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 1,000 [in fact, 897 links]

17 Apr 2008

SEAA-web: The Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA)
www.seaa-web.org, Hattingen, Germany
Self-description: "The SEAA-web is an information platform dedicated to communicating the activities of the Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA) [formerly at http://www.dur.ac.uk/SEAA/ - ed.], to spreading news of upcoming events and note-worthies in the field to members and the interested public, and to publishing and sharing information on research based on archaeologically recovered material comprising China, Korea, Japan and adjacent regions in all periods, thus aiming at further fostering a network of expertise in East Asian archaeology. The SEAA-web is a non-profit project."
Site contents: * SEAA (About SEAA, Constitution, Council, SEAA Conferences, Membership Subscription, SEAA 2008);
* CONFERENCE [Fourth Worldwide Conference of the SEAA, 2-5 June 2008, Beijing, P.R. China - ed.] (Welcome, Call for Papers, Tentative Panels, Papers, Paper Abstracts, Schedule and Fees, Post Conference Tours);
* MEMBERS' AREA;
* BULLETIN OF THE SEAA [launched Mar 2007, downloads for SEAA members only - ed.];
* NOTICE BOARD (Lectures & Conferences, Conference Announcements, Lecture Announcements, Papers Read, Exhibition & Museum News, Americas, Asia, Australia, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Past Exhibitions, Jobs & Grants, Journal update, Dissertation Abstracts, New Books, Noteworthies);
* LINKS & RESOURCES (Related Archaeological Societies, Links and Resources, Information on Conferences, Meetings, Special Topics, Museums and Societies in Korea, Museums and Societies in Japan, Museums and Societies in China, Museums in the Americas, Museums in Europe, Museums in Asia, Museums in Australia)
* ARCHIVE (Notice Board Archive, EAANnouncements, SEAA Conferences);
* SERVICE (Contact, Imprint, Contribution Guidelines, Sitemap, Search, FAQs)
[The Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA) is *not* to be confused with another entity, namely with the Society for East Asian Anthropology (SEAA) (http://dev.aaanet.org/sections/seaa/index.html), an officially recognized section within the American Anthropological Association (AAA) - ed.]
URL http://www.seaa-web.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.seaa-web.org/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study/News/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 1,000

14 Apr 2008

Organization for the Advancement of Studies of Inner Eurasian Societies (OASIES)
www.oasies.org, New York, NY, US
Self-description: "The Organization for the Advancement of Studies of Inner Eurasian Societies (OASIES) is a community of Columbia University graduate students from varied disciplines and area studies perspectives. Our goal is to foster dialogue and partnership across the academic spaces bounded by the East Asian, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Russian area studies paradigms as we investigate Inner Eurasia. Since the disbandment of the Center for the Study of Central Asia (CSCA) at Columbia University in 1996, there has been little institutional support for students interested in studying the vast Inner Eurasian space between East Asia, Russia, the Middle East, and South Asia. Up until the disappearance of CSCA, Columbia was widely regarded as a university dedicated to the study of Inner Eurasia. We would like to help restore Columbia to preeminence in this field by drawing on support from the four major area studies institutions whose scholarship contain and inform, but are not fundamental to, the study of Inner Eurasia. Clearly, such an endeavor would require taking stock of what has come before and assessing the lacunae that may have developed as a result of the area-studies paradigm."
Site contents: * Contact; * News & Events; * Conferences; * Resources [under construction].
[A brand-new organisation (est. early 2008), with a brand-new (= sparsely populated) web site - ed.]
URL http://www.oasies.org/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: Gulnar Kendirbai (gk2020--at--columbia.edu), forwarded by Central-Eurasia-L mailing list (central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

13 Apr 2008

China Biographical Database Project (CBDB)
Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US
Self-description: "The China Biographical Database is an online relational database with biographical information about approximately 35,000 individuals as of April 2007 [over 40,000 individuals in Apr 2008 - ed.], primarily from the seventh through fourteenth centuries. The data is meant to be useful for statistical and spatial [i.e. GIS - ed.] analysis as well as serving as a kind of biographical reference. The long term goal of CBDB is systematically to include all significant biographical material from China's history and to make the contents available free of charge, without restriction, for academic use. CBDB is currently adding more Song period biographies. CBDB originates with the work of Robert M. Hartwell (1932-1996). Professor Hartwell bequeathed his estate, including the first version of this database, to the Harvard-Yenching Institute. The development of CBDB is now a joint project of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica, and the Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History at Peking University.
The CBDB Steering Committee is responsible for oversight: Peter K. Bol, Harvard University (chair); Deng Xiaonan, Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History, Peking University; Michael A. Fuller, University of California at Irvine; Robert P. Hymes, Columbia University; Lau Nap-yin, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinic;a Liu Cheng-yun, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica; Zhang Xiqing, Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History, Peking University."
Site contents: * History of CBDB; * Collaborating Institutions and Editorial Committee; * Coverage of CBDB; * Methodological Issues; * Mapping and Analyzing CBDB Data; * Structure of Data (1.People, 2.Kinship and Lineage, 3.Non-kinship Associations (Mourning Events, and Gifts), 4.Status (the types of socio-economic roles a person can play in society), 5.Modes of Entry into Government, 6.Offices and Postings to office (the bureaucratic organization of rule through time), 7.Events (the social, cultural, or political role of a person), 8.Administrative Hierarchy (defined in political terms as administrative units), 9.Physical Places (fixed locations in space required for historical comparisons), 10.Texts (including primary texts, secondary texts, and paleographic data)); * Current Projects (incl. he Ming Qing Women Writers Project directed by Prof. Grace Fong of McGill University); * Future Development; * Download CBDB Data (20070831CBDBh, About the Downloads, CBDWin, GUESS); * Conferences and Papers; * Discussion Forum; * FAQ; * First International Workshop on Biographical Databases for China's History.
URL http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k16229&pageid=icb.page76535
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [Not archived. Access to http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k16229&pageid=icb.page76535 has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt]
Link reported by: Peter Bol (pkbol--at--fas.harvard.edu)
* 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

11 Apr 2008

Olympic Torch To Everest: Neo Red Guards Prevail
Chennai Centre For China Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Extract: [typos present in the original paper are retained - ed.] "3. It is learnt that in the wake of the continuing unrest in the Tibetan-inhabited areas, the matter [of the Olympic torch - ed.] was considered by the party leadership in Beijing and a suggestion reportedly made by Prime Minister Wen Jiabo that the torch should be taken to Tibet only once between June 19 and 21 [2008 - ed.] and that the proposal for Chinese mountaineers to take it to the top of the Everest should be abandoned. This suggestion was reportedly accepted. [...] 4. However, this position has been changed and Chinese officials have been saying that they are determined to take the torch to the top of the Everest whatever be the consequences [...] 5. The reiteration of the plan to take the torch to the top of the Everest is reported to have been the outcome of a strong opposition from a group of Neo Red Guards consisting of Mr.Meng Jianzhu, the Minister for Public Security, Mr. Zhang Qingli, the head of the Chinese Communist Party in Tibet, and Mr.Qiangha Puncog, the head of the Tibetan Government. It is understood that the policy on Tibet is increasingly dictatred by this group, which enjoys the support of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). This group reportedly argued that any plans to abandon the climb to the Everest with the torch could be seen by the Tibetans as a sign of weakness and could further worsen the situation. Its views prevailed. [...] 8. Annexed is the text of an interview given by Mr. Zhang Qingli to "Spiegel", the well-known German journal on August 16, 2006." - b.raman
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]
[The C3SINDIA archive for the 'Tibet' Category (http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/) now includes: * The Tibetan Card and the Tibetan Issue April 12, 2008, by B.Raman; * Olympic Torch to Everest : Neo Red Guards Prevail April 11, 2008, by Mr B.Raman; * Tibet: Dangers Of Backlash April 10, 2008, by Mr B.Raman; * Beijing-Vetted Tibetan Monks Turn Against Beijing April 7, 2008, by B.Raman; * Tibet Issue Ð China's Spat over Advani remarks; Broader Implications April 2, 2008, by D.S.Rajan; * China Mobilises Han Diaspora to Counter Tibetan Diaspora March 31, 2008, by B.Raman; * China: Military Media Attacks on India- A Tibet Issue Fall Out? March 28, 2008, by D.S.Rajan; * Flame of Tibetan Freedom March 28, 2008, by B.Raman; * China: Lessons from Tibet March 24, 2008, by B.Raman; * Making Sense of the Tibetan Imbroglio March 22, 2008, by B.S.Raghavan. - ed.]
URL http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/230/olympic-torch-to-everest-neo-red-guards-prevail/
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.c3sindia.org - ed.
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

10 Apr 2008

Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG)
AIPRG, Washington, DC, US
Self-description: "The Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG) is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical association that researches and encourages the discussion of public policy issues in Armenia and the Diaspora. AIPRG aims to consolidate the existing Armenia-related expertise by bringing together accomplished researchers and practitioners who specialize in economics, political science, law, and government affairs. The Group also aspires to advance capacity building by providing opportunities for aspiring young professionals to develop their skills through research and interactions with experts in their respective fields. In addition to conducting research, AIPRG organizes conferences and seminars designed to promote discussions and initiate policy dialogue regarding important Armenian and Diaspora-related issues."
Site contents: * About Us; * Conferences & Seminars [incl. Looking Forward: Global Competitiveness of the Armenian Economy, AIPRG Annual Conference May 17-18, 2008, Washington, DC - ed.]; * Lecture Series; * Armenian Journal of Public Policy; * Internship; * Working Papers (WP06/16 - Tigran Poghosyan and Evzen Kocenda - Foreign Exchange Risk Premium Determinants: Case of Armenia; WP06/15 - Richard Beilock, David Grigorian and Yvonne Reinertson - Bringing Something Different To The Table: Potentials of Public-Private Partnerships for Armenia and Other Developing/Transition Countries; WP06/14 - Hamid Davoodi and David Grigorian Tax - Potential and Tax Effort: Factors Behind the Stubbornly Low Tax Collection in Armenia; WP06/13 - Asbed Kotchikian - The Dialectics of Smallness: State-Making in the South Caucasus; WP06/12 - Khatchik Derghoukassian - Balance of Power, Democracy and Development: Armenia in the South Caucasian Regional Security Complex; WP06/11 - Armen Alaverdyan and Vahe Balayan - The Current Legislative and Administrative Issues of the Value Added Tax System in Armenia; WP06/10 - Robert W. McGee and Tatyana B. Maranjyan - Tax Evasion in Armenia: An Empirical Study; WP06/09 - Shavarsh Kocharyan - Armenia: Demographic Challenges; WP06/08 - Michael W Nicholson and Armine R. Mirzoyan - Information Needs and Institutional Development; WP06/07 - Richard Giragosian - Repositioning Armenian Security and Foreign Policy Within a Region at Risk; WP06/06 - Giuseppe Iarossi, Federica Saliola and Giovanni Tanzillo - Business Climate, Productivity, and Competitiveness in Armenia: 2002-2005; WP06/05 - Aleksandr Gevorkyan, Karina Mashuryan and Arkady Gevorkyan -Economics of Labor Migration from Armenia: a Conceptual Study; WP06/04 - Shoghik Hovhannisyan - Benefit Incidence Analysis in Armenia; WP06/03 - Ara Hovsepyan and Armen Khudaverdyan - Public Sector Reforms in Armenia 1999 - 2005: Achievements and Challenges; WP06/02 -Tigran Jrbashyan and Davit Harutyunyan - Estimation of Transaction Costs during Tax Collection Process; WP06/01 - Aghassi Mkrtchyan - Exchange Rate Fluctuations in Armenia: Exploring the Role of Macroeconomic Policies); * Archive; * Training Courses; * Photo gallery; * News and Links; * Contact Us; * AIPRG Forum; * Support Us.
URL http://www.aiprg.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.aiprg.net/
Link reported by: Central-Eurasia-L mailing list (central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./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 1,000

08 Apr 2008

The Turkey Analyst
The Joint Center, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, US
Self-description: "'The Turkey Analyst' is a publication [in PDF format - ed.] of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center, designed to bring authoritative analysis and news on the rapidly developing domestic and foreign policy issues in Turkey. It is published weekly, and includes a topical analysis, as well as translations and summaries of selected Turkish news reports. It is edited and compiled under the supervision of Svante E. Cornell, Halil M. Karaveli, and M. K. Kaya."
Site contents: * Analysis - 12 March 2008 (Challenging Times for Turkey's Democracy, Foreign Policy Implications of Turkey's Crisis); * News Digest: The Fortnight In Review (I. Domestic Politics, II. Foreign Relations); * Archives (March 12, 2008 issue: - Erdogan's Towering Role in the AKP), (February 22, 2008 issue: - Turkey in 2007: Key Developments, - Can Turkey's Regime Crisis be Diffused?).
URL http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/turkey.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 - 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

08 Apr 2008

South Asia Research and Information Institute (SARII)
SARII, Dallas, TX, US
Self-description: "South Asia Research and Information Institute (SARII) is a non-profit organization focused on research and information dissemination related to South Asia [...] SARII aims to engender a critical understanding of South Asia among the South Asian diaspora as well as others through scholarly research and dissemination of reliable.information. In furtherance of this objective, SARII will collaborate with scholars and institutions studying South Asia, pursue inter-disciplinary scholarly research and disseminate information through conferences, lectures, and publications. The Institute plans to have several outreach programs targeted primarily at the lay South Asian immigrant community."
Site contents: * About Us; * Current Events (Conference: The History of Catirattam/Bharatanatyam, Southern Methodist University, September 22, 2007); * Directions and Registration; * Past Events (Conference: The Bhakti Movement and Society, Southern Methodist University, April 29, 2006); * Discussion Forum; * Chidambaram; * Contribute; * Book Announcements (Performing Pasts: Reinventing the Arts in Modern South India. 2008. Indira Viswanathan Peterson and Davesh Soneji, editors; Tamil Geographies: Cultural Constructions of Space and Place in South India. 2007. Martha Ann Selby and Indira Viswanathan Peterson, editors); * Contact us.
URL http://www.sarii.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sarii.org/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

07 Apr 2008

Beijing-Vetted Tibetan Monks Turn Against Beijing
Chennai Centre For China Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Extract: "Beijing-Vetted Tibetan Monks Turn Against Beijing, B.Raman, C3SPaper No.142 dated April 7, 2008. After a relative lull of about nine days from March 19 to 27, 2008, there has again been unrest in Tibet and the adjoining Tibetan-inhabited areas of Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai in the form of public demonstrations by the Tibetans and clashes with the security forces when they tried to disperse them. 2. Since March 27, 2008, the anti-Beijing and pro-Dalai Lama incidents have been more frequent and widespread in Sichuan and Gansu than in Tibet. [...] It is the younger monks ordained under the strict supervision of the Communist Party and the Public Security Bureaux after 1979, who have been in the forefront of the demonstrations and violent incidents. They have been effectively networking with the local members of the TYC [the Tibetan Youth Congress - ed.], which has reportedly set up many sleeper cells. 12. The Chinese authorities have been adamant that they would take the Olympic Torch to Tibet whatever be the consequences. They intend taking the torch twice. On the first occasion in the last week of April and the first week of May, it will be taken to the top of the Everest. It will then be taken to other Chinese provinces. It will be brought back to Tibet between June 19 and 21, 2008, and taken across Lhasa and some other towns. A further escalation of violence can be expected during these two periods." - b.raman
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]
URL http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/228/beijing-vetted-tibetan-monks-turn-against-beijing/
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.c3sindia.org - ed.
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

07 Apr 2008

CHINA aktuell - Data Supplement [web publication and RSS feed]
GIGA Institute of Asian Studies / GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany
Supplied note: "CHINA aktuell Data Supplement offers monthly updates on PRC national and provincial leadership changes, on laws, agreements with foreign countries, political data on the Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan. Generations of international China scholars already came to highly appreciate this most reliable research tool for their studies.
*****NEW***** Subscribe to our RSS feed at http://www.giga-hamburg.de/content/rss/ch_aktuell.xml and never miss a single new issue again. Subscribe and you will be informed immediately as soon as a new edition available for free download.
Best regards, Karsten Giese (Senior Research Fellow / Editor CHINA aktuell - Journal of Current Chinese Affairs)."
Self-description: "China aktuell Data Supplement is an English-language online publication that offers information on any change within the political leadership of the People's Republic of China from provincial level upwards, of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Updated regularly by the end of every consecutive month China aktuell Data Supplement also provides concise biographical information on newly appointed PRC officials, on new laws and regulations, on agreements between the PRC and other countries or international organisations. Basic social and economic data for the territories under observation are updated once every year and are also included for your reference."
Site contents: * Current issue: 3/2008; * 2008: (2/2008, 1/2008); * 2007: (12/2007); * 2006: (12/2006, 11/2007, 11/2006, 10/2007, 10/2006, 9/2007, 9/2006, 8/2007, 8/2006, 7/2007, 7/2006, 6/2007, 6/2006, 5/2007, 5/2006, 4/2007, 4/2006, 3/2007, 3/2006, 2/2007, 2/2006, 1/2007).
URL http://www.giga-hamburg.de/ias/cds
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Karsten Giese (giese--at--giga-hamburg.de), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* 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

04 Apr 2008

Carribean Studies and Black and Asian History (CASBAH)
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, UK
Self-description: "Welcome to CASBAH, a pilot web site for research resources relating to Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian peoples in the UK. You can use this web site to search and browse the CASBAH database and to view the full text survey reports. [...] The database contains information from a UK-wide sample of relevant archive, printed and audio-visual resources held in academic, public and special libraries and repositories. The project reports provide detailed information on CASBAH's pilot and regional surveys and present guidelines devised by CASBAH on conducting surveys and subject indexing in these subject areas. [...] CASBAH was a demonstrator project [active Jan 1999 - July 2002 - ed.], hosted by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and with the work completed, all members of the project team have moved on to new challenges elsewhere."
Site contents: * About (About the CASBAH Project, Scope and terminology, Partners, Steering Group and Associates, Links, Acknowledgements and contacts, Project activities January-July 2002); * Database (Browse, Freetext Search, Subject Search, Personal & Corporate Search, Place Names Search); * Reports (Archive survey reports, Archive Survey Tool, Printed and Audiovisual survey documents, Subject Indexing Report, Spotlight articles); * Image Gallery; * Contacts.
URL http://www.casbah.ac.uk/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.casbah.ac.uk/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./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 3,000 [in fact - 1,070]

03 Apr 2008

Verre Taal - Database of Chinese Literature in Dutch Translation
Department of Chinese Studies and the Sinological Library at Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Supplied note: "Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of VerreTaal, an online database of Chinese Literature in Dutch Translation.
VerreTaal is a collaboration between the Department of Chinese Studies and the Sinological Library at Leiden University and the Research Centre for Translation at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Using English as the interface language, VerreTaal aims to provide a research tool for translation studies, (comparative) literary studies, (inter)cultural studies and area studies, Chinese studies and other academic fields -- and for the general reader and library user.
The database lists Dutch-language, direct and relay translations of works originally written in Chinese. At present it includes book titles in poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and drama. Entries in multiple-author anthologies contain individual author names, story / essay titles and corresponding page numbers where available. In the near future, we hope to expand the database to include journal publications.
VerreTaal can be browsed by authors, translators, titles and subjects, or searched using traditional and simplified Chinese and Hanyu Pinyin. It has been tested on various platforms and browsers and is accessible free of charge at [the URL below].
With kind regards, Audrey Heijns, Research Centre for Translation, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Hanno Lecher, Librarian, Sinological Library, Leiden University; Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese language & literature, Leiden University. - hl"
Site contents: * Search (All Fields, Personal Names, Titles, Date of Publication, Journal Titles, Publisher); * Advanced Search; * Browse (Authors, Translators/Editors, Titles (Dutch), Titles (Chinese), Subjects); * Contribute (Contribute an entry).
URL http://www.unileiden.net/verretaal/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Hanno Lecher (h.e.lecher--at--let.leidenuniv.nl), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic/Library
* 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

03 Apr 2008

China Arts College and Taoist Alchemical Studies Center/TASC
China Arts/TASC, Antwerp, Belgium
Self-description: "China Arts [at www.china-art.org - ed.] is a non profit organization. Our College is a private and independent institute. It provides education at university and post-graduate level in the field of Taoist Studies, Chinese Fine Arts and Chinese Culture. [...] Our scientific research center TASC (Taoist Alchemical Studies Center) also advises on Taoist and Chinese medical issues and its qualified staff can offer Taoist medical treatment. A vast private library of Taoist literature and Chinese subjects, is available to our students. [...]."
Site contents: * Gallery; * China Arts College (Introduction, Staff, College Guide, Courses, Seminars & Workshops); * Taoist Alchemy (Taoism, TASC, Belgian Taoist Association); * Books.
[A bi-lingual (EN, NL) site - ed.]
URL http://www.taoiststudies.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.taoiststudies.org
Link reported by: Dan Vercammen (tasc.vercammen--at--skynet.be)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating is not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

03 Apr 2008

Bringing Bhutan Closer To The World
www.bhootan.org, Herndon, VA, US.
Self-description: "With one sixth of the population in exile, the tiny kingdom of Bhutan has the dubious distinction of being one of the world's highest per capita generator of refugees. The roots of the problem lie in the government's attempts to alter the kingdom's demography in favour of the ruling ethnic group."
Site contents: * Introduction * Nationality Issue (Cultural Cleansing: A Distinct Identity, Nationality, Statelessness & Right to Return); * US State Department Reports [Annual country reports]; * Amnesty International Reports; * National Assembly Resolutions; * Book on Bhutan - Reviews; * Human Rights Reports (US Committee for Refugees, Asian Human Rights Commission, UNHCR Country Report); * International Resolutions & Statements (Convention on Rights of Child, UN Human Rights Commission, Commission on Human Rights, European Parliament 1996, European Parliament 2000, JRS/LWS, Statements by the RTM Participants); * Documents/Circulars (Student Terminated, Home Ministry Circular, Teacher Terminated, Land Tax Receipt 1938); * Photo Gallery; * Voluntary Emigration; * News Update; * International News Clippings on Bhutan; * Testimonies * Bhutan at a Glance * Ethnicity * New on this site * Discussion Board * Search
URL http://www.bhootan.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bhootan.org/
Link reported by: Steve Allen (info--at--bhootan.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 1,000

02 Apr 2008

ANU Asian and Pacific Cultural Studies Network (APCSN)
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Supplied note: "The ANU Asian and Pacific Cultural Studies Network [to be launched 10 Apr 2008 - ed.] has emerged from conversations amongst scholars in the College of Arts and Social Sciences [CASS - ed.] and the College of Asia and the Pacific [CAP - ed.] who draw on the critical methods of cultural studies to understand the rapidly changing forms of contemporary cultures across the region. These methods - including poststructuralism, postcolonialism, globalisation studies, transnationalist approaches, and queer studies - provide platforms for understanding the diversity of Australian, Asian, and Pacific cultures and histories, and their interconnectivity with each other and the rest of the world. These and many other contemporary issues cross national boundaries, and do not fit neatly within single-country approaches. At the same time, the new critical methods used in this research often cross the boundaries of established disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The network will provide a cross-college forum for scholars and graduate students interested in critical and transnational approaches to research on Australia, Asia, and the Pacific. Full information about the APCSN, including membership, upcoming events and initiatives, can be found at [the URL below]. Convenors: Jacquie Lo (CASS) and Peter Jackson (CAP). - kh."
Site contents: * About Us; * Participants; * Events; * Contact Us
URL http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/apcsn/index.php
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Karen Hill (karen.hill--at--anu.edu.au), forwarded by rspas.all--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* 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

01 Apr 2008

Institute of Asian Research (IAR)
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Self-description: "The Institute of Asian Research at UBC is the foremost research centre in Canada for the study of Asia. With a broad geographic reach extending to China, India and South Asia, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, the Institute conducts research and teaching in policy-relevant issues informed by language and area studies."
Site contents: * Who We Are (History, Research Directions, Programs and Projects, The Asian Factor in Graduate Studies, IAR Faculty and Staff); * Bulletin Board; * Programs (Master of Art, Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAPPS) Program on Canada-Asia Policy Studies (PCAPS), APEC Research and Information Network (APECRIN), China Transport and Communication Systems Project, Joint IAR-APFC Globalization Research Project, Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies (NWRCSEAS), Program in Inter-Cultural Studies in Asia (PICSA), Program on Australasian Research (PAR), Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program (CTSP), Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Research (APDR), Program on Inner Asia, The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, Summer Institute China Program); * Centres (Centre for Chinese Research (CCR), Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR), Centre for Japanese Research (CJR), Centre for Korean Research (CKR), Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR)); * Publications (Books, Pacific Affairs, CCR Papers, CJR Papers, CSEAR Papers, IAR Papers, Asia-Pacific Report, IAR Annual Report, B.C. Asian Review, IAR Graduate Student Conference); * Choi Building; * Links (Asia-related Institutes, Departments, and Libraries, Asia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet Links, India and South Asia, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Asian Language and Computer-related Links, Asian Print and Broadcast Media Links, Country and Trade Links, English Language Research and News Links).
URL http://www.iar.ubc.ca/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.iar.ubc.ca/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - 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 1000