The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Oct 2008, Vol. 15, No. 13 (287)

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31 Oct 2008

ANU China Institute
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description:
"The ANU China Institute works to promote China Studies at the ANU and at the national and international levels, in consultation and collaboration with a range of organizations [...] and to showcase our achievements in research, education and outreach activities."
Site contents:
* The Institute; * Members; * Projects (China Studies Online, Chinese Curriculum Innovation); * Events (Seminars, Conferences, Morrison Lectures, Documentary Film Series); * Scholarships; * China at the ANU (The Faculty of Asian Studies, The Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, The Crawford School of Economics & Government, China Heritage Project, Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) Project); * Publications (The China Journal, East Asian History, China Heritage Quarterly, Contemporary China Books Series, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies); * Contact.
URL http://chinainstitute.anu.edu.au/
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.
* 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

31 Oct 2008

Centro Espanol de Investigaciones Coreanas / Spanish Centre for Korean Research (CEIC)
CEIC, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Self-description:
"Until recently, [...], Spain lacked a suitable environment in which to address disciplines such as Korean political science, history, economy, law, sociology, art and culture, as well as the teaching of the Korean language. The Spanish Centre for Korean Research (CEIC) was created [in 2000 - ed.] to meet this need. Since its foundation, the CEIC has functioned within the organizational framework of the Spanish Association for Pacific Studies (AEEP) [http://www.aeep.es/ - ed.] as a working Committee. The CEIC's activities focus on studying the various aspects of Korean life and politics, conducting seminars and conferences, producing publications, and promoting scholarships and financial aid for Spanish researchers."
Site contents:
* Inicio; * CEIC (Memoria, Actividades, Publicaciones
[# Documentos de trabajo [in PDF and DOC formats - ed.] : DOC 2007/2 Korean-Spanish Relations: From Past to Present, DOC 2007/1 Corea, America Latina y Espana, un triangulo en el mundo globalizado, DOC 2006/3 Tejiendo un cesto de relaciones empresariales bilaterales Corea-Espana, DOC 2006/2 Relaciones entre Espana, America Latina y Asia. Papel de Espana y Corea con respecto a la Union Europea, DOC 2006/1 Apuntes iniciales para la investigacion sobre la economia de Corea, DOC 2005/1 Estudios coreanos en Espana, DOC 2004/2 El futuro de la reunificacion coreana, DOC 2004/1 Historia del cine coreano, DOC 2003/2 La economia en corea, DOC 2003/1 El ordago norcoreano, DOC 2002/1 Origen y caracteristicas generales de la cultura coreana. DOC 2001/1 Apertura de las segundas jornadas sobre economia y politica en Corea, DOC 2000/3 La reforma de la economia coreana y las relaciones coreano-espanolas, DOC 2000/2 Los sucesos de Kwangju : un levantamiento democratico frustrado, DOC 2000/1 Los efectos de la reunificacion en el desarrollo economico coreano, # Libros CEIC, # Boletines Club Cultural Amigas del CEIC], Miembros, Convenios);
* En Corea (Universidades con departamento de espanol Academias de espanol en Corea Institutos con espanol en Corea); * En Espana (Coreano en Madrid, Libros en espanol, Restaurantes coreanos);
* Datos (Datos generales, Economia [Analisis de las principales variables macroeconomicas, Evolucion de los sectores economicos mas relevantes, Comercio Exterior, Turismo, Balanza de Pagos, Inversion extranjera, Deuda externa, Calificaciones de riesgo, Anexo estadistico, Informe Completo del ICEX sobre Corea del Sur], Historia, Lengua);
* Enlaces (Webs sobre Corea, Organismos y Empresas); * Casa de Asia (Plan de Accion, Estatutos); * Descarga.
[A site in Spanish, with minor elements in English and Korean - ed.]
URL http://www.uclm.es/area/fae/ceicws/home.asp [and also at http://www.ceic.ws]
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.uclm.es/area/fae/ceicws/home.asp
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Corporate info./Online guide
* 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

30 Oct 2008

Slavic and Eurasian Studies Program by the Brill Academic Publishers
Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Self-description:
"Welcome to Brill's Slavic and Eurasian Studies page. Here you will find the latest news on our new program, our publication highlights and our contact details. Brill publishes books, journals, online databases, reference works and primary sources on Slavic and Eurasian Studies. The program is of multi-disciplinary character: history, political science, sociology & anthropology, the arts, ethnic & minority studies, law, literature, linguistics, as well as gender studies. Brill welcomes proposals and ideas from every branch of the Slavic and Eurasian field that appeal to a specialist audience. [...]
Download the Slavic and Eurasian Studies 2006-2007 catalog [http://www.brill.nl/brochures/Slavic-Eurasian-Studies.pdf] [...]
E-Bulletins: To keep up-to-date with our publishing program and special offers, you can subscribe to the Slavic Studies E-Bulletin alerts by visiting our E-Bulletins page [http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=66 ] and registering there."

Supplied note:
"Greetings from Leiden. I am Ivo Romein, editor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies in Brill Academic Publishers. You may have heard of us as one of the oldest publishing houses in the world. We have set up a new Slavic and Eurasian Publishing program [at the URL below] and we would like to send a call for manuscripts to subscribers to THE ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR. - ir."
URL http://www.brill.nl/slavic
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Ivo Romein (romein--at--brill.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

30 Oct 2008

Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America [free E-Book]
Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington DC, US.
Self-description:
"Seven years ago this week, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy published my book [Martin S. Kramer, 2001] 'Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America' [137pp, ISBN: 0944029493 - ed.]. I'm pleased to announce that as of this morning [23 October 2008 - ed.], and for the first time, the entire book is available from the Institute as a free download (pdf). [...]

The book appeared six weeks after 9/11 (here's [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E7D61F30F930A35752C1A9679C8B63] the 'New York Times' report of its publication), and had a much greater impact than I imagined it would when I wrote it. The Institute and I hope that by making it freely available, 'Ivory Towers on Sand' will live yet another life, especially among today's university and college students. If you are a student or know a student, share the link. If you are in a Middle East course, send the link to your classmates and ask your professor to discuss the book in class. If you are a faculty member, it's now easy to include the book in your next syllabus. (It should definitely be in the syllabus of any course that assigns Zachary Lockman's 'Contending Visions of the Middle East' [Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism. 2004. Cambridge U. Press. ISBN: 0521629373) - ed.], where 'Ivory Towers' is critiqued over half a dozen pages. Students should be encouraged to read both books and form their own opinion.) [...]

For emailing convenience, here is the url: http://washingtoninstitute.org/download.php?file=IvoryTowers.pdf - Martin Kramer."
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; An American Invention; Said's Splash; Islam Obscured; Misstating the State; The Beltway Barrier; The Cultivation of Irrelevance; Conclusion: When Gods Fail; Appendix; Index.
URL http://sandbox.blog-city.com/ivory_towers_on_sand_download.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the document was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

30 Oct 2008

[Multimedia] Reconstruction of Tang period Chang'an
Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Self-description:
"The Chang'an project is headed by Professor Heng Chye Kiang and a team of researchers including Ms. Gan Ser Min, at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore. It originated in 1994 as a research project to model digitally the cityscapes of two of the most important cities of the Tang and Song periods - Chang 'an (618 - 907 CE) and Suzhou (960 - 1279 CE). The project aimed at providing visual, formal, and spatial information critical to the understanding of the development of Chinese cities. Using primary and secondary sources like archaeological reports, period paintings, funerary objects, literary documents, extant architectural examples and current knowledge as the basic for interpreting the cityscape of Chang'an individual buildings and compounds were created and combined to form the city. The result is the creation of visual information never before available. [...] Chang'an was the capital of Tang period China (618- 907 CE). At its peak, it had a population of about one million. Measuring 9.7 by 8.6 kilometres, the plan of this large city inspired the planning of many other capital cities in East Asia including Heijo-kyo and Heian-kyo in Japan in the 8th century. Join us as we take a [multimedia - ed.] walk through this majestic city. [...] [U]sers can choose to visit no less than 13 unique locations within the historic city. These include official buildings such as the Linde and Hanyuan Halls, religious complexes, residential wards, architectural landmarks and commercial markets among others. Each part of the tour consists of an introductory description of the location followed by slides, digital images and a guided 'walk through'. The embedded animation sequences allow users to experience visually the spatial and formal matrix of the ancient city."
Site contents:
* People; * Content (Mingde Gate (3.2MB), Hanyuan Hall (3.5MB), Market place (3.0MB), Yongning Ward (6.1MB)); * Software ["The complete stand-alone software is available in: English edition, Chinese edition, Bilingual (English and Chinese) edition"]; * Recent Research (The Reconstruction of Yongning ward: Settings of Daily Life in Tang Chang'an [http://www.arch.nus.edu.sg/casa/projects/hck_changan/pages/content.htm]).
URL http://www.arch.nus.edu.sg/casa/projects/hck_changan/pages/content.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.arch.nus.edu.sg/casa/projects/hck_changan/pages/content.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 - 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

29 Oct 2008

Galician Institute of Analysis and International Documentation (IGADI)
IGADI, Baiona, Galicia, Spain.
Self-description:
"The 'Instituto Galego de Analise e Documentacion Internacional' (Galician Institute of Analysis and International Documentation) is an independent body, whose main activities are: 1. Management of the International Information and Contemporary Documentation Centre. 2. Research focused on some international affairs. 3. Development of projects contributing to more social awareness on the importance and significance of international relations.
Currently, its main areas of work are: * The changes in China and the Chinese world in general. * The transformations in the Central and Eastern European countries. * The transition in Russia and the former Soviet territory [...]."
Site contents:
* Who we are;* Activities; * Documentation (Bulletins: [from no. 02/1997 till no. 03/2008], Newspaper Archive, Texts of International, Documents; Photos); * Galego Cooperation Fund; * Forum; * Publications ('Tempo Exterior', 'Texturas', 'Politica Exterior', 'Informe de Situacion', 'Guia Exterior', 'Actualidade Exterior', 'Dossier Exterior', Books, e-Books); * Galician Resources Guide; * Outreach; * The China World; * In Focus; * The American Forum; * Conferences; * Associations; * Links (Institutions, Organizations, Publications, NGOs, China, Chinese world-wide, Asia);* Search.
[A site chiefly in Spanish - ed.]
URL http://www.igadi.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.igadi.org/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000

29 Oct 2008

Center for Chinese-Mexican Studies (CECHIMEX)
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico.
Self-description:
"[T]he Center [...] has as its main goal to improve and deepen the knowledge of Chinese society and its economy socioeconomy, stressing the long-term bilateral relationship between both nations. Currently there is no single institution in Mexico Ðand Latin America- that focuses specifically on research related to China with a bilateral emphasis."
Site contents:
* Who we are; * Objectives; * Academic Activities; * Founding Members; * Students.
[A bi-lingual (ES, EN) site. - ed.]
URL http://www.economia.unam.mx/cechimex/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.economia.unam.mx/cechimex/
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 - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

28 Oct 2008

China Labour Bulletin (CLB)
China Labour Bulletin, Hong Kong, China
Self-description:
"Founded in 1994 by labour activist Han Dongfang, China Labour Bulletin has grown from a small monitoring and research group into a proactive outreach organization that seeks to defend and promote workers rights in the People's Republic of China. We are a non-governmental organization based in Hong Kong and have extensive links and cooperation with labour groups and law firms within China, as well as with the international labour movement. We support the development of democratic trade unions, respect for and enforcement of the country's labour laws, and the full participation of workers in the creation of civil society."
Site contents:
* Labour Rights Litigation; * Workers' Representation and Collective Contracts;
* English Language Reports:
(# No Way Out: Worker Activism in China's State-Owned Enterprise Reforms (Sep 2008) # Bone and Blood: The Price of Coal in China (Mar 2008), # Speaking Out: The Workers' Movement in China, 2005-2006 (Dec 2007), # Breaking the Impasse: Promoting Worker Involvement in the Collective Bargaining and Contracts Process (Nov 2007), # Small Hands: A Survey Report on Child Labour in China (Sep 2007), # Falling Through the Floor: Migrant Women Workers' Quest for Decent Work in Dongguan, China (Sep 2006), # Deadly Dust: The Silicosis Epidemic among Guangdong Jewellery Workers (Dec 2005), # The Liaoyang Workers' Struggle: Portrait of a Movement (July 2003), # Public Interest Litigation in China: A New Force for Social Justice (Oct 2007), # Help or Hindrance to Workers: China's Institutions of Public Redress (April 2008)).
* Chinese Language Reports:
(# Operating Outside the Law: The Labour Contract Law and the role the Trade Unions, # No Legal Recourse: Why collective labour protests lead to conflict with the law, # Help or Hindrance: An analysis of public protection procedures in three occupational injury cases, # Breaking the Impasse: Promoting Worker Involvement in the Collective Bargaining and Contracts Process, # Speaking Out: The Workers Movement in China, 2005-2006, # Putting People First: A Critique of China's Compensation System for Bereaved Coalminers' Families, # Small Hands: Survey Report on Child Labour in China, # Bloody Coal: An Appraisal of China's Coalmine Safety Management System, # Deadly Dust: The Silicosis Epidemic in the Guangdong Jewellery Processing Industry, # Standing Up: The Workers Movement in China, 2000-2004, # Falling Through the Floor: Migrant Women Workers' Quest for Decent Work in Dongguan, China, # Occupational Health and Safety in China - Labour Rights Lose Out to Government and Business, # Conflicts of Interest and the Ineffectiveness of China's Labour Laws);
* Imprisoned Workers; * Resource Centre [PDF files] (# Migrant workers in China, # Children of migrant workers, # Reform of state-owned enterprises, # Unemployment, # Wages, # Compensation); * Press Centre; * News, Analysis and Featured Articles; * CLB In The News; * Workers' Voices; * Links (Organizations and Unions, Labour Blogs and Links, China Blogs and Links, Campaigns);
* Who We Are; * What We Do; * What You Can Do; * RSS; * Blog; * Donate; * Contact Us; * Search.
URL http://www.clb.org.hk/en/
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/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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 3,000

24 Oct 2008

Global Aging Initiative (GAI)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC, US.
Self-description:
"GAI remains optimistic that informed leaders and voters will confront the challenge of global aging. But it also warns that the problem is worse than is generally supposed - and that the time for corrective action is running out.
What is Global Aging? For most of human history, until about a century ago, the elderly (people aged 65 and over) never amounted to more than 2 or 3 percent of the population. Today, in the developed world, they amount to 15 percent. By the year 2030, they will be around 25 percent. As recently as 1980, the median age of the oldest society on earth (Sweden) was 36. By the year 2030, the median age of the entire developed world is projected to be 45. In Japan and much of southern and eastern Europe, it will be over 50. As a whole, the developing world will remain much younger for the foreseeable future. Yet it too is aging - hence the term 'global aging.' Several major countries in East Asia and Latin America, including China, South Korea, and Mexico are projected to reach developed-world levels of old-age dependency by the middle of the century."
Site contents:
* Research Agenda [from 2007 onwards, including: The Graying of the Middle Kingdom Revisited, Human Resources in an Aging World, Demography and Financial Markets, Demography and Globalization - ed.]; * GAI Events; * GAI Publications; * GAI News; * GAI Staff; * The Commission on Global Aging; * GAI Mailing List; * Projects (The Global Aging Forum, The CSIS Aging Vulnerability Index Project, Demographics and Human Capital Development in Mexico, Future of U.S. Immigration, Demographics and Geopolitics in the 21st Century); * Quick Links;
* [Reports] (Several reports and studies, including:
# The Graying of the Great Powers: Demography and Geopolitics in the 21st Century (CSIS, 2008)
[http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4453/type,1/],
# The Aging of Korea: Demographics and Retirement Policy in the Land of the Morning Calm (CSIS and MetLife, 2007)
[http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,3787/type,1/]),
# Preparing for China's Aging Challenge: The Demographics and Economics of Retirement Policy in the 21st Century (CSIS, 2005)
[http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&task=view&id=885], and
# The Graying of the Middle Kingdom: The Demographics and Economics of Retirement Policy in China (CSIS and Prudential Foundation, 2004)
[http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&task=view&id=887]).

["(CSIS) [est. 1962] provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. A bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, CSIS conducts research and analysis and develops policy initiatives that look into the future and anticipate change."]
URL http://www.csis.org/gai/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.csis.org/gai/
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]: 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 1000

23 Oct 2008

SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research
SETA, Ankara, Turkey.
Self-description:
"[A] non-profit research institute dedicated to innovative studies on national, regional, and international issues. The objective of SETA is to produce up-to-date and accurate knowledge and analyses in the fields of politics, economy and society and to inform policy makers and the public on changing political, economic, social and cultural conditions. SETA evaluates national and international issues in an historical and cultural context. [...] SETA conducts research projects on current political, economic and social issues with a view towards providing policy recommendations. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, SETA takes into account the growing interdependence of political, economic and socio-cultural issues at the national, regional and international levels and seeks to generate knowledge conducive to a social vision based peace, justice, equality, and the rule of law."
Site contents:
* About us; * SETA Researchers; * Contact us; * Op-Eds & Articles;
* Policy Briefs (# Turkish-Armenian Relations: Will Football Diplomacy Work? (2008), # Ahmedinejad's Visit to Turkey (2008), # Turkey Discovers Africa: Implications and Prospects (2008), # Joe Biden:A Realist Cold War Liberal (2008), # Saakashvili Pulled the Trigger: Turkey between Russia and Georgia (2008), # AK Party Survives Closure Case: What Is Next? (2008), # New Action Plan for Southeastern Turkey (2008), # Turkey and Northern Iraq on the Course of Raprochement (2008), # The Turkish Constitutional Court and Civil Liberties (2008), # Turkey between Syria and Israel: Turkey's Rising Soft Power (2008), # The AKP and the Kurdish Issue: What Went Wrong? (2008), # Constitutional Court and the Closure of Political Parties in Turkey (2008), # Turkish Policy toward Central Asia (2008), # Kosovo Independence: An Albanian Perspective (2008), # The AK Party Closure Case: Domestic Situation and International Reactions (2008), # Does Turkey Need a New Standby Agreement? (2008), # The Headscarf Ban: A Quest for Solutions (2008), # Iran's Nuclear Ambitions and Turkey (2008), # Turkey: Energy Status and Expectations (2008), # From Ankara to Annapolis: Turkey and the Middle East Peace Process (2007), # 2007 EU Progress Report on Turkey: A Step Forward? (2007), # The Strategic Benefits of Turkey's Admission Into East Asian Summit (2007), # Turkey's War on Terror (2007), # Turkey's Bid for the New Constitution (2007)); * Reports (# A Collective Initiative For Universal Peace, # The New Iraq, The Middle East and Turkey: A Turkish View (Apr 2006);
* Insight Turkey [a quarterly, TOCS of issues from 1999-2008]; * Projects (Distribution of Wealth and Global Inequality: Conference and Project, Higher Education in Turkey: A Comparative Study, A Study on the Problems of Cultural Identity and Integration among Turks); * Events; * SETA in News.
[A bi-lingual (TR, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.setav.org/lang%5Fen/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.setav.org/lang%5Fen/
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]: 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]: over 3,000 [in fact, 3620]

23 Oct 2008

The Great Britain - China Centre (GBCC)
GBCC, London, UK.
Self-description:
"The Great Britain - China Centre is a centre of excellence in the promotion of understanding between Britain and China particularly in the areas of legal and judicial reform, and labour reform. The Centre has an unparalleled experience of running exchange projects with Chinese partners and working with many different UK organisations. The Centre is able to respond rapidly and effectively to the need for dialogue in a particular area and is recognised on both the Chinese and UK sides as being a trusted facilitator. Examples of UK & European organisations with which the GBCC has recently worked are the Department for Constitutional Affairs, the FCO's Global Opportunities Fund, the All-Party Parliamentary China Group, the EU Delegation in Beijing, the British Council, and the Ford Foundation. The Centre's core activities are the development and management of an exchange programme with Chinese partners."
Site contents:
* About; * Projects (Judicial Studies Training Programme, Death Penalty Project, Combating Torture Project, Lawyers Code of Conduct Project, Judicial Management, Corporate Social Responsibility Review, Improving Mutual Legal Assistance); * China Review (Issues: 43 (9/08), 42, 41, 40, 39, 38 (2/07), 37, 36, 35, 34 (2/06)); * Educational trust; * Events; * Links (UK Academic Research, UK Government & Supranational Org, Arts, Ecomony, Environment Development & Trade, Law, Libraries, Other Academic, News & General); * FOI; * Contact us.
URL http://www.gbcc.org.uk/index.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gbcc.org.uk/index.htm
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 - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

21 Oct 2008

[Philippine Linguistics] Publications To Download
Summer Institute of Linguistics Philippines (SIL), Manila, Philippines.
Self-description:
"Founded over 70 years ago, SIL International is a faith-based organization that studies, documents, and assists in developing the world's lesser-known languages. SIL's staff shares a Christian commitment to service, academic excellence, and professional engagement through literacy, linguistics, translation, and other academic disciplines. SIL makes its services available to all without regard to religious belief, political ideology, gender, race, or ethnic background. SIL (initially known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) has grown from a small summer linguistics training program with two students in 1934 to a staff of over 5,000 coming from over 60 countries. SIL's linguistic investigation exceeds 1,800 languages spoken by over 1.2 billion people in more than 70 countries."
Supplied note:
"The SIL Philippines web site now has almost 500 academic and vernacular items in more than 70 Filipino languages available for free download. Go to: [the URL below] The academic items include all issues of Studies in Philippine Linguistics (SIPL), selected issues of Studies in Philippine Languages & Cultures (SPLC), 10-ICAL abstracts and/or papers, some out-of-print academic publications, as well as links to papers by SIL personnel on other web sites.
The vernacular items available are languages from "A to K-Kankanaey". As the materials in languages from "K-Kankanay, Northern to Z" are scanned, they also will be added. These include literacy primers & readers, four-language phrase books, health materials, Pilgrim's Progress, Tariri story.
Presently the publication date of each item is not listed in the general information. We will be adding this, however, as some of these materials are quite old and in some cases the orthography used is not that recommended now. However, the materials remain of value.
As SIL Philippines continues to make such material available, we welcome your comments, corrections, and suggestions. - Sue McQuay."
Site contents: * Philippine Languages; * Other Languages; * General Anthropology; * General Linguistics; * Historical Linguistics; * Language Survey.
URL http://www.sil.org/asia/philippines/plb_download.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sil.org/asia/philippines/plb_download.html
Link reported by: Sue McQuay (acad-pub_philippines--at--sil.org), forwarded by Geoff Wade (arigpw--at--nus.edu.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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 100

21 Oct 2008

The Centre For Social Cohesion (CSC), UK
The Centre For Social Cohesion, London, UK.
Self-description:
"The Centre for Social Cohesion is an non-partisan think-tank that studies issues related to community cohesion in Britain. Headquartered in London, it was founded in 2007 by Civitas to promote new thinking that can help bring Britain's ethnic and religious communities closer together while strengthening British traditions of openness, tolerance and democracy. The CSC undertakes on-the-ground research into ethnic and religious communities and organisations in the UK and publishes impartial, detailed analyses. Of diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds, the CSC staff bring years of field experience in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and East Asia to this task. They include speakers of Arabic, Bengali, Urdu and other Asian and European languages."
Site contents:
* About us; * People; * The Blog;
* Latest report (# John Thorne and Hannah Stuart. 2008. Islam on Campus: A survey of UK student opinions [http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/IslamonCampus.pdf, 6MB file]);
* Publications [In PDF format] (# James Brandon. 2008. Virtual Caliphate: Islamic extremists and their websites [http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/VirtualCaliphate.pdf, 1.2 MB file], # James Brandon and Salam Hafez. 2008. Crimes of the Community: Honour-based violence in the UK. [http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/CrimesOfTheCommunity.pdf], # Douglas Murray and James Brandon. 2007. Hate on the State: How British libraries encourage Islamic extremism [http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/HateOnTheState.pdf]);
* Press Releases; * Email Briefings; * Contact Us.
URL http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3000 [in fact, 9450]

20 Oct 2008

OpenDOAR: The Directory of Open Access Repositories - Asia
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Self-description: "OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories. Each OpenDOAR repository has been visited by project staff to check the information that is recorded here. This in-depth approach does not rely on automated analysis and gives a quality-controlled list of repositories. As well as providing a simple repository list, OpenDOAR lets you search for repositories or search repository contents."
Site contents: * Search for repositories; * Search repository contents; * List of repositories (Africa, Asia [e-prints and e-catalogues in: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey]. Australasia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, North America, South America); * Repository Statistics; * Suggest * Tools; * FAQ; * About; * Contact Us.
URL http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Asia
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=Asia
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - 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 30

20 Oct 2008

Hong Kong University Theses Online (HKUTO)
Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China.
Self-description: "The Hong Kong University Theses Collection holds [...] theses and dissertations submitted for higher degrees to the University of Hong Kong since 1941. The first recorded thesis was dated 1928, though all theses prior to 1941 were lost during the occupation of WWII. HKUTO includes works in the arts, humanities, education and the social, medical and natural sciences. Many of them deal entirely with or focus on subjects relating to Hong Kong. The collection is primarily in English, with some in English and Chinese, and others in Chinese only. Almost all HKU theses are included in HKUTO. Missing ones might be located in HKU departmental libraries. HKUTO now includes 14,481 fulltext electronic theses."
Site contents: * Search; * Full-text Search; * Browse by Degree; * Browse by Dept / Program (Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Applied Geosciences, Applied Statistics, Architecture, Asian Studies, Behavioral Health, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Botany, Buddhist Studies, Business, Business Administration, Chemistry, Children's Dentistry and Orthodontics, China Area Studies, China Development Studies, Chinese, Chinese Historical Studies, Chinese Language and Literature, Chinese Medicine, Chinese and Comparative Literary Studies, Civil Engineering, Clinical Oncology, Clinical psychology, Community Medicine, Comparative Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, Computer Science and Information Systems, Conservation, Corporate Environmental Governance, Criminology, Curriculum Studies, Curriculum and Educational Studies, Dental Surgery, Dentistry, Diagnostic Radiology, Earth Sciences, Ecology and Biodiversity, Economics, Economics and Finance, Education, Educational psychology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, English, English Centre, English Studies, English Studies and Comparative Literature, Environmental Management, Fine Arts, Geography, Geography and Geology, Gerontology, History, Housing Management, Human Performance, Humanities, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Japanese Studies, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Language Studies, Law, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Sciences, Medicine, Mental Health, Microbiology, Modern Languages and Cultures, Modern Languages and Cultures, Molecular Biology, Music, Nursing Studies, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oral Biology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Paediatrics, Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pathology, Periodontology, Pharmacology, Philosophy, Physical Education and Sport Science, Physics, Physiology, Politics and Public Administration, Politics and Social Administration, Professional Legal Education, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Management, Radiation Oncology, Radio Chemistry, Radioisotope, Radioisotope Techniques, Real Estate and Construction, Space, Social Sciences, Social Service Management, Social Work, Social Work and Administration, Social Work and Social Administration, Sociology, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Sports Science, Statistics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, Surgery, Surveying, Transport Policy and Planning, Transport Studies, Urban Design, Urban Planning and Environmental Management, Zoology); * Theses at HKU; * Relevant Links (HKU, Some ETD [Electronic Theses & Dissertations] Initiatives [worldwide], Commercial, Others); * Authors' questions on scanned theses; * User Survey.
URL http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

18 Oct 2008

NewsLab Eurasia [digital archive of television news]
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US.
Self-description: "The NewsLab Eurasia project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to create a unique digital archive of television news from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Established with funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison International Institute, the Department of Political Science, the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at the UW-Madison, and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at the University of Texas at Austin, NewsLab Eurasia aims to be a valuable resource for scholars in the social sciences, as well as teachers and students of world languages. [...] The first phase of NewsLab Eurasia, NewsLab Russia, is now [Oct 2008 - ed.] on-line. In the future we plan to expand the scope of the project to digitally archive and code television news broadcasts from other parts of Eurasia and Central and Eastern Europe. Future projects may include news from Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania, and Uzbekistan."
Site contents: * Sign In; * Project Overview; * Newslab Russia [Archived broadcasts since March 1, 2007 of Russia's three national television networks: Channel One, NTV, and Rossiya - ed.]; * Register; * Contact Information.
URL http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/newslabeurasia/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Serguei A. Oushakine (oushakin--at--princeton.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-L--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Documents
* 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 30

17 Oct 2008

The FITA Asia Trade Mini-Portal
The Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA), Reston, VA, US
Self-description: "FITA, founded in 1984, fosters international trade by strengthening the role of local, regional, national and global associations that have an international mission. FITA provides resources, benefits and services to the international trade community and useful tools to help you do business globally. The 450,000+ organizations that are linked to FITA through their membership in a FITA member association represent a broad cross-section of the international trade and business community: manufacturers, trading companies, contractors, freight forwarders, custom house brokers, airlines, shipping companies, port authorities, banks, insurance brokers and underwriters, associations and a wide range of service providers including telecommunications companies, law firms and consultants."
Site contents:
* Country Profiles [General Information, Market Access, Practical Information, Economic Indicators, Market Research, Country Risk, Doing Business, Agriculture, Taxes, accouting, Labour Market, Media, Useful Links] (Azerbaijan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam);
* FITA Really Useful Links for Other Asian Countries [not featured as country profiles] (Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan); * Suggested Reading on Trade with Asia; * Trade Leads; * Market Research; * Tools of Trade (Really Useful Links, Transportation & Logistics, Trade Finance & Currencies, Documentation, Trade Software, Trade Glossaries, Maps and Geography, Weights and Measures, Security, Trade Law, Books & Publications, Getting Started in Importing or Exporting?, Directories); * Travel Services; * Career Center; * Member Associations.
URL http://fita.org/countries/asia.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://fita.org/countries/asia.html
Link reported by: "FITA's Really Useful Sites" (newsletter--at--fita.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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

17 Oct 2008

Korea Research Hub (KRH)
East Asian Studies, University of Leeds, UK.
Self-description: "The Korea Research Hub, or KRH, is a collaborative project between the University of Leeds and the University of Sheffield, both institutions being located in the county of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Established in June 2007, the KRH seeks to promote the study of Korea, one of the world's oldest and most fascinating nations."
Site contents: * About Us; * Postgraduate Study; * Research & Knowledge Transfer (details the KRH staff: Research interests and expertise, Current research projects, Publications list, Knowledge transfer experience and services); * Member Profiles; * News; * Links (Academic Bodies, Foundations and Korean Studies Organisations, Business, Culture and Arts, Embassies, Government (South Korea), International Organisations, Media, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), North Korea, Research Institutes); * Funding; * KRH Message Board; * Contact Us; * Search.
URL http://www.leeds.ac.uk/krh/index.htm
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.
* 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

16 Oct 2008

The "People" in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's Military
Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle, PA, US.
Self-description:
"The "People" in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's Military Edited by Mr. Roy Kamphausen, Dr. Andrew Scobell, Mr. Travis Tanner. Added September 17, 2008, Type: Book, 401 Pages, File Size: 1911KB, Download Time: 10 Minute(s) on dial-up Cost: Free."
Supplied note:
"Table of Contents: Foreword - General John M. Shalikashvili (USA-Ret.) Introduction - Roy Kamphausen (The National Bureau of Asian Research), Andrew Scobell (Texas A & M University), Travis Tanner (The National Bureau of Asian Research); Trends in Education and Training, 1924-2007: From Whampoa to Nanjing Polytechnic - Thomas J. Bickford (CNA); "True is False, False is True, Virtual is Reality, Reality is Virtual": Technology and Simulation in the Chinese Military Training Revolution - James Mulvenon (Defense Group Inc.); PLA Conscript and Noncommissioned Officer Individual Training - Dennis J. Blasko (U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, Ret.); Building the Fighting Strength: PLA Officer Accession, Education, Training, and Utilization - John F. Corbett, Jr. (CENTRA Technology, Inc), Edward C. O'Dowd (Marine Corps War College), David D. Chen (CENTRA Technology, Inc); Reforming the Officer Corps: Keeping the College Grads In, the Peasants Out, and the Incompetent Down - Kristen Gunness (U.S. Navy Staff), Fred Vellucci (CNA); PLA Career Progressions and Policies - Elizabeth Hague (U.S. State Department); Educating "New-Type Military Talent": The PLA's Command Colleges - Nan Li (U.S. Naval War College); The Cradle of Generals: Strategists, Commanders, and the PLA-National Defense University - Paul H. B. Godwin (National War College, Ret.); Shaping China's Next Generation of Military Leaders: For What Kind of Army? - Ellis Joffe (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). - nbr]."
URL http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=858
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: The National Bureau of Asian Research (nbr--at--nbr.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Government
* 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

16 Oct 2008

Early Imperial China [online papers by Prof. Rafe de Crespigny]
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "Online publications [formerly at http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/] about Early Imperial China by Adjunct Professor Rafe de Crespigny."
Site contents: * Dr Rafe de Crespigny's Curriculum Vitae;
* Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling [The complete text of 'Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling: being the Chronicle of Later Han for the years 157 to 189 AD as recorded in Chapters 54 to 59 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang'];
* To Establish Peace volume 1 and 2 [The complete text of 'To Establish Peace: being the Chronicle of the Later Han dynasty for the years 189 to 220 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang'];
* Later Han Civil Administration [Based on the Introduction to 'Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling: being the Chronicle of Later Han for the years 157 to 189 AD as recorded in Chapters 54 to 59 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang'];
* Inspection and Surveillance Officials under the Two Han Dynasties;
* Political Protest in Imperial China: the Great Proscription of Later Han 167-184;
* The Harem of Emperor Huan: a study of court politics in Later Han;
* Later Han Military Organisation [Extract from the 'Introduction to To Establish Peace: being the Chronicle of Later Han for the years 189 to 220 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang'];
* The Government and Geography of the Northern Frontier of Later Han;
* Later Han and the Xiongnu [The Division and Destruction of the Xiongnu Confederacy in the first and second centuries AD];
* Generals of the South: the foundation and early history of the Three Kingdoms state of Wu;
* South China in the Han period;
* Man from the Margin: Cao Cao and the Three Kingdoms;
* A Question of Loyalty: Xun Yu, Cao Cao and Sima Guang;
* Poems and Rhapsodies of the Later Han and Three Kingdoms;
* The Three Kingdoms and Western Jin: a history of China in the Third Century AD.
URL http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/Early_Imperial_China
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/Early_Imperial_China
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]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100