The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: May 2008, Vol. 15, No. 5 (279)

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30 May 2008

Second Historical Archives of China (SHAC)
State Archives Bureau, Nanjing, China
Self-description: "[...] the Second Historical Archives of China (SHAC), [... maintains] extensive holdings of records of the central governments and their subordinate organs of the Republican era of 1912 to 1949. The Second Historical Archives of China (SHAC) is one of three national-level archives, and was the first to be established after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the State Archives Bureau. The other two are the Central Committee Archives of the CCPÊ and the First Historical Archives of China [located in Beijing, http://www.lsdag.com ; See also FHAC details in http://froginawell.net/eala/Main/FirstHistoricalArchivesOfChina - tmc]. SHAC's responsibility is to conserve and process Republican-era records and facilitate public access to them. The work of the Archives is carried out by the Archive Processing and Cataloguing Department, the Conservation Department, the Public Services Department, the Technical Department, the Computing Center, and the Compilation Department. The National Center for Cataloguing Republican Archives and the journal Republican Archives are also housed at the Archives. The mission of the SHAC is to collect, arrange, catalogue, preserve, compile, and facilitate the use of the holdings of the Archives. SHAC is equipped with microfilming, photocopying, and computer equipment. Various types of finding aids are available."
Site contents:
* Director's Statement; * Introduction to the SHAC; * Introduction of the Holdings; * Treasures of the Holdings; * Introduction to Services; * Rules for Archival Materials Opening to the Public; * Archival Materials Exhibition; * Academic Research; * Republican Archives ("a quarterly periodical [est. 1981], Republican Archives aims to publish archival materials, to highlight scholarship on Republican history and to provide a bridge between the two."); * Collection of [addenda to the] Archives; * Search.
A bi-lingual [CN,EN] site.
URL http://www.shac.net.cn/en/index.asp
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.shac.net.cn/en/index.asp
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]: Archive
* 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 300

30 May 2008

Institute of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies (IREECAS), China
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China
Self-description: "The Institute of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies (IREECAS) under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is one of the institutes of CASS specializing in international studies. Preparations for its setting up began in July 1964, and it was formally established in March 1965. [...] The functions of the IEERCAS [sic] are to conduct systematic basic research on politics, economy, foreign relations, culture, education and other areas in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asian republics, and engage in certain applied research, so as to serve China's socialist modernization drive and its reform and opening-up, and to promote mutual understanding and friendly cooperation between China and various countries in this region. At present, the institute has a total staff of 150, including 80 research personnel."
Site contents:
* About IREECAS; * Organization (Chinese Association for East European, Russian and Central Asian Studies, Section of Russian Politics and Social Culture, Section of Russian Economy, Section of Russian Foreign Relations, Section of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Section Central Asian, Section East European, Section Ukrainian, Editorial Department of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies, Editorial Department of Russian, East European & Central Asia Market. Section of Research Coordination and Management Library. Administration); * Focal Points of Work; * Staff and Fellows; * Academic Association; * Graduate; * Journals; * Publications; * Visiting program.
A tri-lingual [CN,EN, RU] site.
URL http://euroasia.cass.cn/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://euroasia.cass.cn/
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 300

30 May 2008

Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (IAPS), China
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China
Self-description: "Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (IAPS), established in 1988, is one of the research institutes in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Being an institute specializing in Asia-Pacific studies, it focuses mainly on the issues of contemporary politics, economic development, foreign relations, social and cultural issues, as well as regional integration and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. As a research institute funded by the central government, its research programs are both academic and policy oriented. Currently, the institute has 60 full-time research fellows, among them, more than half are senior fellows."
Site contents:
* About IAPS; * News & Events; * Director's Page; Departments, Centers & Associations (Dept. of Economic Studies, Dept. of Security & Foreign Relations, Dept. of Political & Social Studies, Dept. of Culture Studies, Center for APEC & East Asian Cooperation, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific Studies, Center for Regional Security Studies, Center for Korean Peninsula Issues Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, China Association of Asia-Pacific Studies, China Association of South Asian Studies); * Researchers; * Visiting Scholars; * Articles; * Books; * Journals (TOCs of "Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies", no. 1, 2003 - no. 4, 2008; TOCs of "South Asia Studies", no. 1, 1997 - no. 2, 2008); * FAQ; * Sitemap; * Contact Us; * Search.
A bi-lingual [CN,EN] site.
URL http://iaps.cass.cn/english/default.asp
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://iaps.cass.cn
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 300

28 May 2008

Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts
Ferenc Hopp Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Self-description: "The Museum was founded in 1919 by the company owner, world traveller, collector and patron of art Ferenc Hopp (b. 1833, d. 1919), who bequeathed his Oriental collection of approximately 4,000 items to the state, for the purposes of establishing a museum of Oriental arts. The collection was eventually housed and exhibited in Hopp's villa in Andrassy Street [in Budapest]. Since 1923 the villa has been operating as a museum; at the time of its foundation it was and it still remains the sole museum of Oriental arts in Hungary."
Site contents:
* The Museum; * Collections (Chinese, Japanese, Indian and South East Asian, Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepalese, Korean); * Exibitions (Permanent, Temporary, Upcoming); * Whats On; * Publications [details of 12 monographs, in Hungarian, on topics ranging from the '19th-century Japanese Lacquer Art', through 'Korean Tomb Painting in the 4th Century', to 'Folk Religion in Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism' - ed.]; * Information; * Ervin Baktay Foundation; * Virtual Exhibition; * Contact; * Forum.
A bi-lingual [HU,EN] site.
URL http://www.hoppmuzeum.hu/eng/index_eng.php
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.hoppmuzeum.hu/eng/index_eng.php
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]: 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

28 May 2008

Asien-Afrika-Institut (AAI)
AAI, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany.
Self-description: "The focus in research at the Asien-Afrika-Institut is about the geographic area from the West of Africa to Indonesia. The focuses are the history and nowadays language, culture, society and economy. The Asien-Afrika-Institut is host for quite a number of research projects. [...] Departments of the Asien-Afrika-Institut: Sprache und Kultur Japans, Sprache und Kultur Chinas, Arbeitsbereich fuer Koreanistik, Sprachen und Kulturen Suedostasiens, Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, Geschichte und Kultur des Vorderen Orients, Afrikanistik und Aethiopistik."
Site contents:
* About us; * Study; * Research (CURRENT PROJECTS: DFG-Forschergruppe: Manuskriptkulturen in Asien und Afrika (2008 -), Nepalese-German Manuscript Cataloguing Project (2002 -), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Centre for Tantric Studies, Zentrum fuer Buddhismuskunde. FINISHED PROJECTS: Forschungsbericht 1997-1999, Forschungsbericht 1994-1996, DFG Projekt: Manuskriptologie des chinesischen Altertums (2002 - 2005), Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project (1970 - 2002), Sonderforschungsbereich 520: Umbrueche in afrikanischen Gesellschaften und ihre Bewaeltigung (1999 - 2003)); * Library (Sub-Libraries, Catalogues, Service, Persons); * Support; * Service * News (Talks and Events, Jobs, Misc.).
A bi-lingual [DE,EN] site.
URL http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
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

27 May 2008

Centro de Historia de Alem-Mar / The Centre for Overseas History (CHAM)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa & Universidade dos Acores, Portugal.
Self-description: "The Centre for Overseas History promotes diverse activities integrated within the scope of the study of the History of the Discoveries and the Portuguese Expansion [...]."
Site contents:
* Activities; * Research Fields [2007-2010] (# Political and Social Frameworks of the Portuguese Empire, # The Arts and the Portuguese Colonial Experience, # Cultural Exchanges and Globalization, # Elites and the Portuguese Empire, # The Portuguese and the Islamic World, # Religion and the Portuguese Expansion, # Overseas Economies and Trade Networks);
* Researchers;
* Research Projects (# The Nobility and the State of India in the 16th century. # BBB - Bombay Before the British. The Portuguese Legacy at the Bombay Peninsula's Territory. # EVE - E-Cyclopaedia of Portuguese Expansion, 15th-18th centuries. # Sources for the History of the Portuguese Estado da India in the 17th-18th centuries. The "Coleccao Junta da Real Fazenda do Estado da India". # In the Name of the Honour: The Commissioners for the Holy Office and for the Military Orders in Portugal, 1570-1773. # Portuguese Jesuits in East Asia in the 16th-17th centuries. # Lower Nobility and "Nobreza da Terra" in the Formation of the Empire: the Atlantic Archipelagos. # Portugal and South Morocco: Contacts and Clashes, 15th-18th centuries. # PIAS - Study, Monitorization and cultural heritage valuation of the archaeological sites [in] Angra [...]. # Portuguese Interactions with Persia during the Iberian Union (1580-1640). The "Comentarios" by D. GarcIa de Silva y Figueroa);
* Theses (Post-Doc projects under preparation by CHAM researchers, PhD Theses under preparation by CHAM researchers, Master Theses under preparation by CHAM researchers, PhD Theses presented by CHAM researchers, Master Theses presented by CHAM researchers);
* Library (General Catalogue [of more than 4,000 works], The Aubin Collection);
* Publications (Periodical Publications, Theses, Studies and Documents, Sources for the History of the Portugueses Estado da India, Other Publications);
* Online Research Tools (Revista Penelope, Genealogies of the Viceroys and Governors of the State of India in the 16th century, Database about the holders of military and administrative posts in the "Estado da India" in the 16th century, E-Cyclopaedia of Portuguese Expansion, Other Research Tools (Azores Virtual Learning Centre, Azorian Archive - 1st Series, Virtual Library of Historical Cartography from the 16th to the 18th centuries), Nuevo Mundo-Mundos Nuevos / Novo Mundo-Mundos Novos [e-journal];
* Board; * Cooperation; * Clipping [CHAM in the Portuguese newspapers].
URL http://cham.fcsh.unl.pt/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cham.fcsh.unl.pt/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./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 300

27 May 2008

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC)
SAC, Bangkok, Thailand.
Self-description: "The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre [...] is an non-profit academic institution that was initially established by Silapakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand in 1991 in commemoration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's 36th birthday. The Centre was established in Her Royal Highness's honor and seeks to fullfil her wish to establish and develop a national institution responsible for the systematic gathering, processing and servicing of anthropological data. SAC is committed to fostering academic progress through the extension of anthropological knowledge, through the propagation of new research and findings, through the encouragement and support of development in research studies, and in the accumluation of an extensive collection of anthropology materials (with a focus on Thailand and Southeast Asia)."
Site contents:
* About (SAC Committee, Audio/Visual Service, Meeting Rooms, Contact Us, Map/Directions);
* Online Databases (Thailand and Southeast Asia Ethnic Groups Research Database, Local Museum Database, Ethnic Groups in Thailand, Mons Studies Database, SAC News Clipping, Thai Folk Literature Western Region (Thai), Encyclopedia of Old Folk Toys, Thai Inscriptions (Thai));
* Resources (HRH Princes Maha Chakri Sirindhorn [a biographical note - ed.], Onsite Databases - "The following Thai language databases are available onsite in the SAC Library for SAC members: Thai Art History, Lanna Art, Sukothai Art, Ayuttahya Art, Archaeological Sites in Thailand, Paintings and Sculptures in Buddhist Monasteries, Catalogs for the SAC Permanent Exhibitions, Directory of Anthropologists, The Chuang People Database, Future Databases - The following databases are currently in development: National Artists Registry (Thai and English), Homonides (Thai), Basketry (Thai)", SAC Media & Publications (Thai), Map/Directions);
* Media Links (Bangkokbiznews, Bangkok Post, Business Day, Daily News, Khaosod, Komchadluek, Manager, Matichon, Naewna, Thairath, Thannews, The Nation);
* Library;
* Audio/Visual ("seven databases that can be searched through this website: VCDs (Video CDs), CDs, Video Cassetes, Audio Cassettes, Pictures, Photographic Slides, and the text archives");
* Exhibits [physical displays at the Centre] (HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Biographic Exhibition, Thai Ceramic Collections, Social and Cultural Development in Thailand Exhibition, Ethno-Archaeology Exhibition).
URL http://av.sac.or.th/SAC_E/index.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]: Corporate Info./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 300

24 May 2008

Afghanistan Alive Online Magazine
www.afghanistanalive.com, Kabul, Afghanistan
Supplied note: "Afghanistan Alive is prepared by a small group of Afghan people and a foreign consultant, who believe that the media generally portrays a very negative picture of this country. Our aim is to show the good things about it - despite the troubles here. Afghanistan has unique people, culture and history. The magazine is published in Kabul, Afghanistan, in Pashto and Dari - the official languages - as well as English. Originally the magazine was produced as a printed publication but now it is an online one. [...] You can read the early editions of Afghanistan Alive Magazine here: http://www.afghanistanalive.com/AAM2.pdf http://www.afghanistanalive.com/AAM3.pdf
We also produce a weekly email summary of news about Afghanistan called "Kabul-e-News". The website of Kabul-e-News is at http://afghaistanalive.com/ken.htm [...] - Afghanistan Alive."
URL http://www.afghanistanalive.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Afghanistan Alive (aam--at--afghanistanalive.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* 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

23 May 2008

SASA 2009: South Asian Studies Association 3rd Annual Conference
www.sasia.org, US
Supplied note: "South Asian Studies Association [3rd Annual Conference, April 3-5, 2009, hosted by the U. of Central Florida, Orlando - ed.]
_Call for Papers:_ South Asia was home to one of the ancient world's greatest achievements, the Indus Valley Civilization. Today South Asia is once again poised to become a world leader. The intervening 5,000 years have witnessed a remarkable story filled with transitions, tribulations and triumphs of the human spirit in every sphere of endeavor - political, economic, social and cultural. The SASA 2009 conference seeks to explore South Asia's myriad pasts, understand her present, and look forward to a future full of promise and hope yet inevitably characterized by still more transitions, tribulations and triumphs. We invite papers from all academic disciplines and all periods of time that address the rich tapestry that is South Asia's past, present and future. [...]
_About the Conference:_ We encourage you to join us for a stimulating, intellectually refreshing confluence of scholars from across the world. SASA enjoys a solid reputation as the place to network in the most congenial, relaxed atmosphere to e found in academia. Just be attending you will be sending a strong signal that South Asian Studies programs need to figure prominently in university life across the country and around the world.
_The deadline_ for submitting proposal abstracts to Dr. Chandrika Kaul (program--at--sasia.org), program chair, is November 30, 2008. Visit the SASA website for additional details (http://www.sasia.org). [...] - vv."
Site contents: * Brown Bag Radio; * Call for Papers; * Proposal Submission; * Guidelines for Panels; * Financial Support; * Registration; * Important Dates; * Travel Information; * Exhibit/Advertise; * Publish in E-ASPAC; * SASA Awards; * SASA Board.
URL http://www.sasia.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sasia.org
Link reported by: William Vanderbok (vanderbok--at--socal.rr.com)
* 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

22 May 2008

Journal of Daoist Studies (JDS)
Three Pines Press, Magdalena, NM, US
Supplied note: "Announcing: Journal of Daoist Studies. * Facilitators: Russell Kirkland, Livia Kohn, Ronnie Littlejohn * Editorial Board: Shawn Arthur, Stephan-Peter Bumbacher, Yi Hsiang Chang, Shinyi Chao, Chen Xia, Donald Davis, Catherine Despeux, Jeffrey Dippmann, Ute Engelhardt, Stephen Eskildsen, Norman Girardot, Jonathan Herman, Adeline Herrou, Jiang Sheng, Paul Katz, Sung-Hae Kim, Russell Kirkland, Louis Komjathy, Liu Xun, Lu Xichen, Victor Mair, Mei Li, James Miller, David Palmer, Fabrizio Pregadio, Michael Puett, Robert Santee, Elijah Siegler, Julius Tsai, Robin Wang, Michael Winn, Yang Lizhi, Zhang Guangbao
* Structure:
JDS has three main parts: Academic Articles; Forum on Contemporary Practice; and News of the Field. Articles should be about 6-8,000 words, Forum notes about 800 words; News items brief and to the point. Chinese characters should be embedded in the text. For a model file with editorial guidelines, contact us at daojournal--at--gmail.com
* Submissions: To submit an article, a note on contemporary practice, or a news item for publication in JDS, please send it as e-mail attachment to daojournal--at--gmail.com. Articles will be reviewed by two anonymous readers and accepted after approval. Timing: JDS should come out once a year. In 2008, we expect a publication in June. After that, we hope to have it ready by February [2009]. [...] - dj."
Site contents: Volume 1 (2008) [TOC only - ed.]
ARTICLES
* Friederike Assandri, "Laozi's Eclipse and Comeback: The Narrative Frame of the Benji jing"
* Stephen Eskildsen, "Do Immortals Kill? The Controversy Surrounding Lu Dongbin"
* Louis Komjathy, "Mapping the Daoist Body (1): The Neijing tu in History"
* Robert Santee, "Stress Management and the Zhuangzi"
* James D. Sellmann, "Establishing the Altar: The Realized Writ of the Suqi Rite in the Grand Jiao"
FORUM ON CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE
* Xun Liu, "Profile of a Quanzhen Doctor: Abbot Huang Zongsheng at Wuhan's Monastery of Eternal Spring"
* Scott Phillips, "Portrait of an American Daoist: Liu Ming"
* Robin Wang, "Daoists on the Southern Marchmount"
* Michael Rinaldini, "How I Became A Daoist Priest"
* Livia Kohn, "Grand Offering in Hong Kong"
* Elijiah Siegler, "Field Notes: Taoist Tai Chi Society & Fung Loy Kok Temple"
* Michael Winn, "Daoist Neidan: Lineage and Secrecy Challenges for Western Adepts"
NEWS OF THE FIELD
* Publications, Dissertations, Conferences, Web Resources, Foundations.
URL http://threepinespress.com/journal/index.shtml
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: David Jones (djones--at--ksuweb.kennesaw.edu), forwarded by (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

20 May 2008

China['s] Kham & Khampa Tibetan [People]
Sichuan China Int'l Travel Service, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Self-description: "www.Camptour.com offer travel & tour information and consultant service in China Tibet, special for Tibetan culture and monastery in Kham (Khampa, Kangba) area such as Changdom in Tibet, Yunshu in Qinghai, Dechen in Yunnan, Ganzi in Sichuan."
Site contents:
* Khampa & Amdo Tibetan Monastery Gonpa List [a list of approx. 50 monasteries, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Kham & Amdo Town and City List [a list of approx. 120 villages, towns, or areas, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Sightseeing Scenery & Attraction[s] in Khampa and Amdo [a list of approx. 60 natural and man-made features, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Festival List for Tibetan area [a list of approx. 100 colourful folk events in 2004 and 2005, with the following details: County & Location, Festival, Date, Duration (days) - ed.].
URL http://www.camptour.com/khampa/index.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.camptour.com/khampa/index.htm
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]: Business
* 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

18 May 2008

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) Press
NIAS, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Self-description: "Welcome to NIAS Press, a scholarly publisher specializing in publishing innovative research on modern Asia [...] Enquiries: contact Gerald Jackson at gerald--at--nias.ku.dk"
Site contents:
* About Us; * Asian Studies Bookshop; * Trade Customers; * For Authors; * Press News; * Link to NIAS; * Who are we?; * Vision; * Contact; * What do we publish?; * Who do we publish?; * Search all our titles (fields: Author, Content, ISBN, Publication year, Region/ Country, Series, Subtitle, Title, Topic) [using detailed lists of: valid series, valid topics, valid countries - ed.];
* Recently released 19 titles: (Beyond Chinatown - Mette Thuno (ed.); Beyond the Green Myth - Peter Sercombe and Bernard Sellato (eds); Breeds of Empire - Greg Bankoff and Sandra Swart; Burma and Japan Since 1940 - Donald M. Seekins; Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts - Irmeli Perho; Cham Muslims of the Mekong Delta - Philip Taylor; Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand - Anders Poulsen; Creating Laos - Soren Ivarsson; Democracy and National Identity in Thailand - Michael Kelly Connors; Exploring Ethnic Diversity in Burma - Mikael Gravers (ed.); Indonesia and the Muslim World - Anak Agung Banyu Perwita; Kinship and Food in South East Asia - Monica Janowski and Fiona Kerlogue (eds); Land and Longhouse - R.A. Cramb; Making Fields of Merit - Monica Lindberg Falk; Other Malays - Joel S. Kahn; Power, Resistance and Women Politicians in Cambodia - Mona Lilja; The Sociology of Southeast Asia - Victor T. King; Village China at War - Dagfinn Gatu; Women and Politics in Thailand - Kazuki Iwanaga (ed.);
* Announced but not-yet-published 12 titles: (Constructing Singapore - Michael D. Barr and Zlatko Skrbis; Digital Atlas of Indonesian History - Robert Cribb; Gender Politics in Asia - Wil Burghoorn, Kazuki Iwanaga, Cecilia Milwertz and Qi Wang (eds); Getting Published in Asian Studies - Gerald Jackson; I Will Send My Song - Hakan Lundstrom; Lifestyle and Entertainment in Yangzhou - Lucie Olivova and Vibeke Bordahl (eds); Lost Goddesses - Trudy Jacobsen; Other Landscapes - Deborah Sutton; People of Virtue - Alexandra Kent and David Chandler (eds); Proper Islamic Consumption - Johan Fischer; Tourism in Southeast Asia - Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael Parnwell (eds); Women's Political Participation and Representation in Asia - Kazuki Iwanaga (ed.))
URL http://www.niaspress.dk/default.asp
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.niaspress.dk/default.asp
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]: Business
* 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

14 May 2008

Asia Policy No. 5 (Jan 2008) - National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Seattle, WA, US
Self-description: "Asia Policy [est. Jan 2006 - ed.] is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to bridging the gap between academic research and policymaking on issues related to the Asia-Pacific. Asia Policy publishes, in descending order of emphasis, three types of peer-reviewed essays: (1) social scientific research articles that both use social science theories, concepts, and approaches and draw clear and concise policy implications on issues of import to the region (2) research notes [...] (3) policy analyses [...]."
Site contents:
NUMBER 5 (January 2008)
Roundtables
* What If? A World without the U.S.-ROK Alliance - Nicholas Eberstadt, Aaron L. Friedberg, Geun Lee, S. Enders Wimbush, David C. Kang, Scott Snyder
* Islam in Japan: A Cause for Concern? - Emile A. Nakhleh, Keiko Sakurai, Michael Penn
Research Notes
* Northeast Asia's Kovykta Conundrum: A Decade of Promise and Peril - Se Hyun Ahn & Michael T. Jones
* The Roots of Chinese Oil Investment Abroad - Trevor Houser
* International Submarine Rescue: A Constructive Role for China? - Lyle Goldstein & William Murray
Book Review Roundtable
* Stephan Haggard & Marcus Noland's Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform - Edward P. Reed, Chung Min Lee, Andrei Lankov, Hazel Smith, Stephan Haggard, Marcus Noland
* Archives [past issues in PDF format - ed.]: Number 4 (July 2007), Number 3 (January 2007), Number 2 (July 2006), Number 1 (January 2006).

[The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution dedicated to informing and strengthening US policy in the Asia-Pacific. - ed.]
URL http://asiapolicy.nbr.org/current.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://asiapolicy.nbr.org/current.html
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 100

13 May 2008

Documents on Religion and Society in North Karnataka, South India, 1837-1852
Yale University Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT, US
Supplied note: "The Basel Evangelical Mission, which operated in India in the Kannada and Malayalam languages, invested a lot of effort in communications in the 19th century. It was, for instance, among the first missionary societies to use photography (in India from the late 1850s--see the web site with historical photographs in the Basel Mission archive - www.bmpix.org). Its large body of written reports produced in India for its headquarters in Basel (about 30,000 of them, 1834-1913) are, however, opaque for many people, since they are in German. In an effort to overcome this problem, even if only on a small scale, two sets of English translations are now available from the Basel Mission's early reports from Karnataka, made by Jennifer and Paul Jenkins:
(a) 'Journeys and Encounters. Religion, Society and the Basel Mission in North Karnataka 1837-1852' 250 pp. These texts were selected to offer a broad view of the kind of materials available in these reports, but pay especial attention to missionary contacts with organised Hinduism, especially organised Lingayatism.
(b) 'A missionary journey from Mangalore to Subramanya in 1840--one journey from two points of view', a 45-pp. translation of parallel reports written by Herrmann Moegling and Gottfried Weigle on a journey which also included a visit to Dharmastalla.
"Journeys and Encounters" is available online - [at the URL below] "A Missionary Journey..." can be obtained online from (paul.jenkins--at--gmx.ch). Both sets of translations can also be obtained as CDRom from Paul Jenkins. In India they are available from the Archive, Karnataka Theological College, Balmatta, 575 001 Mangalore. - pj."
Site content:
* Introduction (Documents on the Basel Mission in North Karnataka, Missionsmagazin 1838-39: Translations P. & J.M. Jenkins, October 2007);
* Document 1 (a. 23rd Basel Mission Annual Report [1837-38] b. Foundation of the Mission Station in Dharwar, c. First missionary journey by Rev. Layer in the northern region of the Canara province [sic], Sept. - Oct. 1837., d. 24th Basel Mission Annual Report [1838-39], e. Appendix C Herrmann Moegling's diary of a brief visit to Hubli in 1838. Visit to a Lingayat Monastery, f. Appendix D Diary kept by H. Frey of a visit to the villages around Dharwad: 24.Sep.-17.Oct.1838, g. Appendix E J. Layer's diary of a journey through the villages around Dharwad: 3rd May - 13th June 1838);
* Document 2 (a. 25th Basel Mission Annual Report [1840-41] First encounter of the missionaries with the Kalagnana people. b. Appendix E H. Frey's journey of investigation to the Kalagnana people, c. Appendix F Reports on the Kalagnana people by the missionaries Lehner and Frey, d. Appendix G H. Frey's Latest Report on the Kalagnana people, e. Appendix H Report by the missionaries J.C.Essig and J.C.Hiller from Betgeri, f. The Kalagnana People - Der evangelische Heidenbote No. 11, November 1840).
URL http://www.library.yale.edu/div/fa/Karnataka.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.
Link suggested by: Paul Jenkins (paul.jenkins--at--gmx.ch), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: 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

13 May 2008

Australia-Japan Research Project (AJRP)
The Australian War Memorial (AWM), Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "The AJRP aims to provide a resource for historians and others interested in the Australia-Japan relationship, especially in war, from 1901 to 1957. Our website contains a database of historic materials, several research essays and seminar papers, and various research aids, including glossaries and thesauri of geographical and military terms. The AJRP is a joint enterprise between the Australian War Memorial and the Japanese Embassy in Canberra."
Site content: * About; * Database (Australian regional archives, Australian War Memorial leaflets, Australian War Memorial official records, Australian War Memorial private records, Kure Municipal History Office, National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo)); * Research (Human face of war, Attitudes, Cowra-Japan conversations Research essays, Seminar papers, A glossary of Japanese military terms, ranks and units, A reference of Japanese campaigns during the first stage of operations in the Pacific War, and dispositions and casualties per region, A bibliography of Japanese language secondary sources with translated titles, Thesauri of geographic terms, Allied unit names, and keywords used in the AJRP database); * Maps; * Sitemap; * Search; * Links (Australian War Memorial, Australian Defence Force Academy, Australian National University, National Library of Australia, National Archives of Australia, National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo), National Diet Library (Tokyo), National Defense Academy (Yokosuka), Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (Tokyo)); * Thanks; * Translations (Staff of the Australia-Japan Research Project have translated various Japanese-language texts, which include seminar papers, essays, extracts from wartime diaries and primary materials, and extracts of Japanese secondary accounts of the war.); * What's New (AJRP publications, Japanese operations reference page, Bibliography of secondary sources, AJRP staffing changes)
URL http://www.awm.gov.au/ajrp
Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.awm.gov.au/ajrp
Link suggested by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

13 May 2008

Beijing Olympics: Security
Chennai Centre For China Studies (C3S), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Self-description: "B. Raman, C3S Paper No.158 dated May 12, 2008. A Paper prepared for presentation during a Discussion [on the 'Beijing Olympics & Security' - ed.] at Shanghai on May 7, 2008."
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]
Site contents: * Types of Olympics-Related Problems (Olympics-Related Incidents, Objectives of Such Incidents, Who can indulge in such incidents? When can such incidents take place? What types of incidents can take place during the Olympics?);
* Olympics-Related Terrorism (What are the components of an Olympics-related counter-terrorism architecture? Is preventive intelligence available on likely Olympics-related plans of terrorist organisations?);
* Threats & Vulnerabilities Perception (Which organisations will have the motive to indulge in acts of terrorism during the Olympics? How about the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC)? Is it not a terrorist organisation? How about anti-India Pakistani jihadi organisations such as the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM), the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) and the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ)? What kind of terrorist attacks can be expected? What kind of diversionary attacks can one expect? What kind of direct attacks can one expect? How to prevent diversionary attacks? How to prevent direct attacks in Beijing? How to prevent penetration? What are the consequence management measures that would be required?)
URL http://www.c3sindia.org/terrorismandsecurity/247/beijing-olympics-security/
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]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

12 May 2008

My Shanghai Diary - parts I, II, III, & IV [by B. Raman]
Chennai Centre For China Studies (C3S), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Self-description: "B. Raman, C3S Paper[s No. 153, 154, 155, and 157] dated May 10, 2008. (Based on the writer's visit to Shanghai from May 6 to 9, 2008, for a discussion on the 'Beijing Olympics & Security')."
An extract from 'My Shanghai Diary - I: A Miracle Within a Miracle': "[...] 3. Statistics are irrelevant with regard to Shanghai. The statistics of today will become outdated next week and so on. That is the pace of its development. Shanghai is proud that every important country of the world is represented there - in its industries, in its business world, in its financial centres, in its architecture and in its arts and culture. 4. Shanghai is a miracle within a miracle. If China is rapidly overtaking the rest of Asia - even the rest of the world - in its economic development and modernisation, Shanghai has already overtaken the rest of China many times over in every aspect. [...]"
An extract from 'My Shanghai Diary--IV: Suspicions & Ground Reality': "[...] 7. India is not among the ill-wishers of China. It applauds the Chinese economic miracle. It applauds even more the great achievements of Shanghai. India wants the Olympics to succeed and will co-operate in every possible way with the Chinese authorities in preventing any terrorist threat. If the Olympic Games turn out to be less spectacular than China had wanted them to be and if the unrest and the global movement against China continues, the Chinese will have to blame themselves for it [...]"

A paper to be read along with:
* My Shanghai Diary - I: A Miracle Within a Miracle
http://www.c3sindia.org/terrorismandsecurity/242/my-shanghai-diary-part-i/
* My Shanghai Diary - II: Why Anger?
http://www.c3sindia.org/terrorismandsecurity/243/my-shanghai-diary-ii-why-anger/
* My Shanghai Diary - III: Why Sorrow?
http://www.c3sindia.org/terrorismandsecurity/244/my-shanghai-diary-iii-why-sorrow/
* My Shanghai Diary - IV: Suspicions & Ground Reality
http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/246/my-shanghai-diary-iv-suspicions-and-ground-reality/

[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]
URL http://www.c3sindia.org/terrorismandsecurity/242/my-shanghai-diary-part-i/
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]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

05 May 2008

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue May 5, 2008
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on May 5, 2008 at Japan Focus.
* Terese Svoboda, Race and American Military Justice: Rape, Murder, and Execution in Occupied Japan
* Ian Storey, Conflict in the South China Sea: China's Relations with Vietnam and the Philippines
* Dave Engler, Is Japan a Leader in Combating Global Warming? The Wind-Power Problem
* David Allen Stott, Japan's Fragile Relations with Indonesia and the Spectre of China
* William W. Kelly, Is Baseball a Global Sport? America's "National Pastime" as Global Field and International Sport
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.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]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 12,200]

05 May 2008

Chinese Civilization in Time and Space (CCTS) [WebGIS]
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Self-description: "[...] In response of the demands of interdisciplinary research applications, this system aims to construct an integrated GIS-based application infrastructure within the spatial extent of China, in the timeframe of Chinese history, and with the contents of Chinese civilization. Although target users are primarily scholars, academic experts, and school teachers, it is also our goal to provide general spatial- and temporal-based applications This, we hope, will establish a feedback mechanism of continuously collecting research and application results to fertilize the contents of this system and elaborate the value of information integration This system consists of three major components: basic geospatial materials, WebGIS integrated application environment, and thematic information. The fundamental base maps are based on Dr. Tan's "The Historical Atlas of China". "The Historical Atlas of China" provides users with Chinese historical features, covering Chinese history over the past 2000 years, from the ancient time to Qing dynasty. Furthermore, various historical atlas and remote sensing imagery are persistently geo-referenced and overlaid into the system to broaden the spatial and temporal scope."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Team & People; * Copyrights; * Framework (CCTS System; CCTS Image System, Animation [incl.: Changes of the Administrative Boundaries, Changes of the Place Names, Changes of the Yellow River, Changes of the Capital of China, Changes of China, Changes of the Culture of China]); * Integration (incl.: Historical GIS Database on the Songjiang Region in Late Ming China, Scripta Sinica, The Bibliography of Chinese Local Gazetteers); * Search; * Research (incl.: Buffer Analysis for the Flooding of the Yellow River, Overlay Analysis of the Ming-Qing Jiangnan Market Towns, Distribution of the Han Tombs & Temples, Integration with Fu Shi-Nien Library, Mapping the Journeys of the Song-dynasty Poet Su Dongpo]; * Publications (online documents in Cn., Jap., and En. including: Introduction to Chinese and Taiwan Historical GIS, Chinese and Taiwan Historical GIS briefing, CCTS System User's Guide); * News and Events; * Links; * Mirror Site; * Forum; * Contact Us.
URL http://ccts.sinica.edu.tw/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://ccts.sinica.edu.tw/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

04 May 2008

Chronology of Sino-Tibetan [Diplomatic] Contacts
Chennai Centre For China Studies (C3S), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Self-description: "[...] His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China on May 3, 2008 for informal talks with representatives of the Chinese leadership. During this brief visit, the envoys will take up the urgent issue of the current crisis in the Tibetan areas. [...] 2. Annexed for background information is a chronology of the past history of contacts between the representatives of His Holiness and the Chinese authorities. This has been prepared and updated periodically by the Dharamsala office of His Holiness."
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]
Site contents: * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Hopes and Suspicions (1978-1987); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: A Row over the Internationalisation of the Tibet Issue (1987-1990); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Stalemate in Dialogue (1990-1993); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Confrontation (1994-2001); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Renewed Contacts (2002- ).
URL http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/240/sino-tibetan-contacts-to-resume/
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 (ram1994--at--vsnl.net)
* 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]: 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 May 2008

[Electronic] Historical Atlas of South India
Institut Francais de Pondicherry / French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), Pondicherry, India
Self-description: "[...] The first phase [of the project - ed.] was completed early in 2005 and the outcome was a prototype for the Pudukkottai (Central Tamil Nadu) region, which works both from a CD-Rom and on the Internet. This work provided the team an opportunity to explore multidisciplinary approaches in research using IT&C, with History and Archaeology on one hand and GIS and Informatics on the other hand. The prototype CD-Rom has already been used to present the project at various seminars and workshops, and has also been sent to scholars who would be interested in working with us in the future phases. In the current phase of the project (starting from 2005 May onwards), we intend to extend the scope to the entire states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, as well as two pilot areas in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka [...]. The idea behind initiating the two new pilot areas is to prepare for the extension of the project area further north so that the entire South India could be covered during the subsequent phase. The primary source of data for Tamil Nadu will be contributed by the Department of Epigraphy and Archaeology, Tamil University, Thanjavur. [...]
[Web version of the prototype on Historical Atlas of South India] "The bulk of the basic materials comes from the epigraphic records (nearly 9,000) for the period from AD 600 to 1600. Archaeology provides resources for the pre-600 period. Literature is useful as a supplementary source. Besides these original sources, there are a few secondary works, particularly on art, which provide data for the maps. The photo collection of IFP provides also material for illustrations. Clicking next, you will now have an overview of the Atlas, but with information on Pudukottai area only."
Site contents: * Time Line (Stone Age, New Stone Ahe, Iron Age [(Megalithic], Ancient History I [Sangam], Ancient History II [Pre-Pallava], Medieval I [Pallava], Medieval II [Chola], Medieval III [Vijayanagar]); * Knowledge (Political, Cultural, Social, Economic); * Team (Subbarayalu, Y. (French Institute of Pondicherry - IFP) - Project Co-ordinator, Rajan, K. (Tamil U., Thanjavur), Aloka Parasher Sen (Central U., Hyderabad), Rajan Gurukkal. P.M. (Mahatma Gandhi U., Kottayam), Kesavan Veluthat (Mangalore U.), Balasubramanian, D. (IFP), Frederic Borne (IFP)); * Sources [a bibliography over 90 books and articles in English - ed.]
URL http://www.ifpindia.org/histatlas/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ifpindia.org/histatlas/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./ Study
* 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