The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Dec 2008, Vol. 15, No. 16 (290)

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22 Dec 2008

Netaji [Subhas Chandra Bose] Research Bureau, Calcutta
Netaji Research Bureau, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Self-description:
"Netaji Bhawan, Calcutta, where the museum, archives and library of Netaji Research Bureau [The NRB, founded by Dr Sisir Kumar Bose in 1957 - ed.] are located is the ancestral house of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose [1897-1945] owned and managed by the Bureau. Netaji is regarded as a national hero in India and widely respected in the whole of Asia for his struggle and sacrifice for the liberation of India and all Asian peoples and the establishment of an international order based on justice, friendship and cooperation. The house is a national shrine and visited by thousands of Indians and many Asians all the year round. It is thus the right place in the whole of Eastern India to be developed into a world-class international institute for promoting political, economic and cultural cooperation in Asia."
SIte contents:
* Netaji (Netaji early life, Netaji as Leader of Congress, Netaji as Leader of the INA [Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj - ed.]); * About NRB; * Publication (Books, CD &Amp; DVDs, The Oracle); * News and Events; * Online Shopping; * Gallery [under construction]; * Contact.
URL http://www.netaji.org/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [it is not clear whether the site has been archived at the time of this abstract]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 - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

22 Dec 2008

The European Journal of Turkish Studies (EJTS)
www.ejts.org, Paris, France
Self-description:
"Our objective is to publish an online review that will serve as a valuable research instrument for social scientists working on contemporary Turkey.
Following the lead of the preceding generation of social scientists, we rejectĘ'orientalist' essentialisms, for example, the view of Turkey as representative of an 'Islamic' country or an 'eastern' culture. We also wish to move away from familiar but exhausted approaches to the study of Turkish society, such as those that would describe this country as a bridge between East and West."
SIte contents:
* Thematic Issues (No. 1 - Gecekondu (2004), No. 2 - Hometown Organisations in Turkey (2005), No. 3 - Being a MP in contemporary Turkey (2005), No. 4 - The social practices of kinship. A comparative perspective (2006), No. 5 - Power, ideology, knowledge - deconstructing Kurdish Studies (2006), No. 6 - Ill-literate Knowledge (2007)); * Articles (# Gilles Dorronsoro and Olivier Grojean - Engagement militant et phenomenes de radicalisation chez les Kurdes de Turquie, Erol Ulker - # Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934), S. Ulas Bayraktar - # Turkish municipalities: Reconsidering local democracy beyond administrative autonomy, Jeanne Hersant and Nepheli Yatropoulos - # Mobilisation identitaire et representation politique des 'Turcs' en Thrace occidentale : les elections legislatives grecques de mars 2004, Bayram Demir and Aytul Kasapoglu - # Nurse Physician Relations: A Qualitative Case Study in the Emergency Department of a Hospital in Ankara, Turkey); * Reviews; * About EJTS; * Announcements; * Notice to contributors; * Author's index; * Keyword's index; * Links; * Search.
URL http://www.ejts.org/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

19 Dec 2008

Asian Business and Economics Research Unit (ABERU)
ABERU, Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Self-description:
"The Asian Business and Economics Research Unit (ABERU) is a broad faculty-based research unit encompassing all the Departments in the Faculty of Business and Economics: Accounting and Finance, Business Law and Taxation, Econometrics and Business Statistics, Economics, Management and Marketing. ABERU draws on the experience and expertise of its members to produce inter-disciplinary research covering China, East Asia and South Asia, researching the Asian economies from a business or economics perspective."
SIte contents:
* Search; * Research Projects (Business social protection in China, China's migrant labour shortage, Effects of intergroup contact on attitudes of Chinese migrant workers to urban locals, English language self-efficacy among Chinese market vendors: Impact on bargaining with international customers, Financial markets reform in Asia, Financial risk management, Foreign exchange exposure and competition in Taiwanese manufacturing, Globalization and labour mobility in China, Industrial organisation in Japan: Evidence from the manufacturing sector, The social and business implications of extending China 's social security system, Subjective quality of life and job satisfaction among Chinese urban and migrant workers, Tourism and travel in Asia, Urban affluent consumers in China - their adoption and usage of credit cards);
* Prato Conference 2008;
* South Asia Research Program (Staff Research Interests, Publications [bibliographical details only]);
* East Asia Research Program (Staff Research Interests, Publications [bibliographical details only]);
* China Research Program (Staff Research Interests, Publications [bibliographical details only]);
* Past Events;
* Discussion Papers (2004- 2008. [The 2008 full-text downloadable papers are: P51 (2008) Change and Restructuring in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises - Russell Smyth and Zhai Qingguo; P52 (2008) An Emerging Credit Reporting System in China - Guibin Zhang and Russell Smyth; P53 (2008) Computable General Equilibrium Estimates of the Impact of the Bali Bombing on the Indonesian Economy - Djauhari Pambudi, Nathalie McCaughey and Russell Smyth; P54 (2008) Islands in the Stream: Chinese Internet Points in Prato - Graeme Johanson and Tom Denison; P55 (2008) Environmental Attitudes and Subjective Well-Being in Urban China - Russell Smyth and Xiaolei Qian; P56 (2008) New Empirical Evidence on Capital Mobility in Two Southeast Asian Economies: Malaysia and Singapore - Goh Soo Khoon, Tuck Cheong Tang and Koong Seow Shin; P57 (2008) Determinants of Job Satisfaction Among Chinese Off Farm Migrants - Russell Smyth, Qingguo Zhai and Xiaoxu Li; P58 (2008); Private and Public Financing of Education and Regional Disparities in Education Inputs in Contemporary China - Xiaolei Qian and Russell Smyth; P59 (2008) Exchange Rate and Stock Price Interaction in Major Asian Markets: Evidence for Individual Countries and Panels Allowing for Sturctural Breaks - Hooi Hooi Lean, Paresh Narayan and Russell Smyth; P60 (2008) Educational Expenditure in Urban China: Income Effects, Family Characteristics and the Demand for Domestic and Overseas Education - Xiaolei Qian and Russell Smyth; P61 (2008) The Costs to Business of Providing Social Security in China - Russell Smyth; P62 (2008) Are International Visitor Arrivals to the Home of World Heritage (Cambodia) Sustainable? An Empirical Analysis - Tuck Cheong Tang and Koi Nyen Wong; P63 (2008) Aggregate Import Demand Function for Japan: A Cointegration Re-Investigation - Tuck Cheong Tang; P64 (2008) Domestic Saving and Economic Growth in China - Hooi Hooi Lean and Yingzhe Song; P65 (2008) Inequality and Happiness in Urban China - Russell Smyth and Joanne Xiaolei Qian; P66 (2008) The Savings and Investment Nexus: Evidence from Rolling Windows Bounds Test - Chor Foon Tang and Hooi Hooi Lean; P67 (2008) Making Indonesia More Attractive to Foreign Investors: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Reducing the Risk Premium in Central Java - Djauhari Pambudi and Russell Smyth; P68 (2008) Exchange Rate Volatility and International Visitor Arrivals to the Home of World Heritage - Cambodia: Fresh Empirical Evidence - Koi Nyen Wong and Tuck Cheong Tang; P69 (2008) Are Shocks to Real Output Permanent or Transitory? Evidence from a Panel of Pacific Island Countries - Vinod Mishra, Susan Sharma and Russell Smyth; P70 (2008) Are Fluctuations in Energy Consumption Per Capita Transitory? Evidence from a Panel of Pacific Island Countries - Vinod Mishra, Susan Sharma and Russell Smyth]);
* ABERU Newsletters (monthly, 2004-2008);
* ABERU Publications [bibliographical details only];
* Contact us; * Links.
URL http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/units/aberu/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/units/aberu/
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]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Dec 2008

Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP)
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Self-description:
"The 'Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program' (TELDAP) was officially launched on January 1, 2008. TELDAP is aimed to creatively promote national digital archives and e-learning applications and facilitate the development of Taiwan's culture, society, industry and economy, followed by disseminating Taiwan's experience in the international community to expand Taiwan's international space and sustainably maintaining important cultural assets of our nation and the development of e-learning's application in industry, academic research and education."
SIte contents:
* Overview (Introduction, History & Development, Organization & Responsibilities, Objectives, Open Requests for Proposals Projects);
* Division Projects (Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project, Research and Development for Digital Archives and e-Learning Technologies Project, Core Platforms for Digital Contents Project, Academic and Social Promotions and Applications for Digital Archives and e-Learning Project, Industrial Development and Promotion of Digital Archives and e-Learning Project, ICT in Education and e-Learning Project, e-Learning for Chinese Language Project, International Collaboration and Promotion of Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Project);
* Achievements & Contributions, (Achievements & Contributions);
* Platforms, (Taiwan e-Learning & Digital Archives Portal, Union Catalog of Digital Archives,Taiwan, Digital Taiwan - Culture & Nature, Exhibition of Cyber Island, Taiwan, Learning Object Repository in Taiwan, e-Learning Standards Website, e-Learning Quality Certification Center);
* Members.
URL http://teldap.tw/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]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000

17 Dec 2008

National [Web] Portal of India
National Portal Secretariat, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
Self-description:
"This is the National Portal of India, developed with an objective to enable a single window access to information and services being provided by the various Indian Government entities. The content in this Portal is the result of a collaborative effort of various Indian Government Ministries and Departments, at the Central/State/District level. This Portal is Mission Mode Project under the National E-Governance Plan."
SIte contents:
* Search;
* Government (Constitution of India, Who's Who, Parliament, Govt. Websites, Rules, Acts, Policies, Schemes, Publications, Employees Corner);
* Know India (Profile, National Symbols, Culture & Heritage, States/UTs, Districts of India, Photo Gallery, Kids Corner);
* Sectors (Agriculture, Rural Development, Education, Health & Family Welfare, Commerce and Industries, Finance, Science and Technology, Transport);
* Citizen (Health, Education, Employment, Taxes, Senior Citizen Corner, Agriculture, RTI Complaint & Appeal);
* Business (Starting a Business, Growing Business, Indian Economy, Managing a Business, FAQ's, Business Update);
* Overseas (Visit India, Study in India, Indian Diaspora, Passport/VISA, Embassies & Consulates, Travel Advisory);
* News Update;
* How do I? (Obtain a Birth Certificate, Obtain a Driving License, Apply for a Passport, Apply for a Ration Card);
* Press Release;
* Weather (Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi);
* Web Directories (Indian Government websites, [Indian] Telephone Directories, Government [Ministry / Department, State / UT] Contacts, STD [Subscriber Trunk Dialing Code] Codes, ISD [International Subscriber Dialing] Codes, PIN [Postal Index Number] Codes);
* Documents [Ministry / Department, State / UT];
* Forms [Ministry / Department, State / UT];
* Maps (India Map, States of India, Demographic Maps; Sectoral Maps);
* Tenders.
URL http://www.india.gov.in/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.india.gov.in/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide / Documents / News
* 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]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 17,900]

14 Dec 2008

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
CAORC, Washington, DC, US.
Self-description:
"American Overseas Research Centers foster international scholarly exchange, primarily through sponsorship of fellowship programs which allow pre-doctoral and senior scholars to pursue independent research important to the increase of knowledge and to our understanding of foreign cultures.
These non-governmental institutions are seen by their host countries as the official arm of American higher learning. The private structure of the centers and the unbiased research they promote make them respected foci of American academia in the countries in which they operate. [...] The members of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers have centers in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Iraq, Jordan, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, West Africa, West Bank/Gaza Strip and Yemen. They serve as a base for virtually every American scholar undertaking research in the host countries."
SIte contents:
* About Us;
* News;
* Centers (American Academy in Rome (AAR), American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS), American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR), American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS), American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS), American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS), American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS), American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS), American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS), American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT), American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI), Center for Khmer Studies (CKS), Center for South Asia Libraries (CSAL), Mexico-North Research Network (MNRN), Palestinian American Research Center (PARC), The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII), West African Research Association (WARA)); * Programs;
* DLIR [Digital Library for International Research]: (Online Catalog, E-Book Collections, Photo Archives, Map Collections, Journal Collections, Local Archives & Libraries, Participants, News and Notes, Program Funding, Contact Information, Staff Website). Highlights (Including: AIAS Kabul Center Hosts Lecture Series, CAARI Celebrates 30 Years, WARA Lecture Series - Spring 2008, Former AISLS Fellow Publishes New Book on Conflict in Sri Lanka's Eastern Region, ACOR Celebrates 40 Years, Pakistan Lecture Series 2008);
* Announcements.
URL http://www.caorc.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.caorc.org/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

14 Dec 2008

Handbook to the collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the UK
The British Museum, London, UK.
Supplied note:
"The updated and expanded edition of the Handbook to the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the UK (edited by Helen Wang and John Perkins) has just been published (December 2008) on the British Museum website [in PDF format, 921KB - ed.]. This new online edition is available free of charge to everyone, and has a convenient search facility, as well as active website [...] Sir Aurel Stein, Proceedings of the British Museum Study Day, 23 March 2002 (unchanged since its appearance as a hard copy publication in 2004) is also available on the British Museum website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_publications/online_research_publications/sir_aurel_stein.aspx - hw."
Site contents:
* Preface (2008); * Foreword (1999); * The Stein Collections In London (British Academy (BA), British Library (BL), British Museum (BM) National Archives (Kew), National Portrait Gallery (NPG,) Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), Royal Geographical Society (RGS), Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA), University College London (UCL), Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A)); * The Stein Collections in Oxford (Bodleian Library, Corpus Christi College (CCC), Oxford University Press (OUP), University of Oxford); * The Stein Collections In Cambridge 37 (Cambridge University Library); * Appendices (Appendix 1 Reports of the Stein Days held in 1995 and 1996, Appendix 2 Sir Aurel Stein -- Obituary, Appendix 3 Sir Aurel Stein -- Chronology, Appendix 4 Sir Aurel Stein -- Bibliography, Appendix 5 Sir Aurel Stein -- Correspondence, Appendix 6 The People who worked with Aurel Stein on his Central Asian Expeditions).
URL http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_publications/online_research_publications/handbook_stein_collection.aspx
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Helen Wang (hwang--at--thebritishmuseum.ac.uk), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

12 Dec 2008

South Asian Independence Movement Project (SAIM)
SASC, MacMillan Center for International And Area Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, US.
Self-description:
"The South Asian Studies Council (SASC) of the MacMillan Center for International And Area Studies at Yale has launched the SAIM research project to preserve the broadest historical record of the independence struggle in colonial South Asia involving people in today's nations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. [...] Help Us Write History! Share your personal recollections, Share memorabilia, Fill gaps in the published record."
SIte contents:
* Memorabilia; * Personal Recollections; * Published Record; * Participation; * Sponsors + Giving; * Resources [links to libraries and research centers]; * Contact; * South Asian Studies Council; * The MacMillan Center; * Yale University Library.
URL http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/southasia/saim/index.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/southasia/saim/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 - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

10 Dec 2008

IndCat: Online Union Catalogue of Indian Universities
Inflibnet Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Self-description:
"[U]nified Online Library Catalogues of books, theses and journals available in major university libraries in India. The union database contains bibliographic description, location and holdings information for books, journals and theses in all subject areas available in more than 112 university libraries across the country. A Web-based interface is designed to provide easy access to the merged catalogues. The IndCat is a major source of bibliographic information that can be used for inter-library loan, collections development as well as for copy cataloguing and retro-conversion of bibliographic records. The IndCat consists three components available in open access to users and librarians.
* Books: Over ten millions bibliographical records of books from more than 112 university libraries.
* Theses: [220 206] Doctoral theses submitted to various Indian universities till date.
* Serials: Currently subscribed journals by the universities and holdings information on [22,471] serials available in various university libraries."
URL http://indcat.inflibnet.ac.in/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Pankaj Jain (pankajaindia--at--gmail.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

10 Dec 2008

globalEDGE (TM)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, US.
Self-description:
"Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), globalEDGE (TM) is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE (TM) is your source for global business knowledge."
# SIte contents:
* Home [about the globalEDGE (TM) project]; * Resource Desk;
* Countries (the whole world, including: Asia and Middle East - Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, North, Korea, South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen);
* States [of the USA]; * Industries; * Blog; * Academy; * Diagnostic Tools.
# Structure of the information for each listed country:
* Key Facts: (GDP (ppp) per capita, Inflation Rate, Population, Country Risk Ratings, Ease of Doing Business, Global Competitiveness);
* Introduction;
* Statistics [modelled on the CIA World Factbook - ed.];
* Economy (Economic Policy, Banking Sector, Exports and Trade, Oil and Minerals Sector, Investment);
* History;
* Government [modelled on the CIA World Factbook - ed.];
* Culture [business etiquette and culture];
* Risk;
* Corporations [major banks and businesses];
* Competitive Rankings: (Politics and Freedom: Press freedom index (Freedom House), Corruption: Corruption perceptions index (Transparency International), Country Risk Ratings, Global Competitiveness Report, Index of Economic Freedom, Foreign Policy Globalization Index, Ease of Doing Business Rankings, Tax Misery & Reform Index, E-readiness Rankings, Global Services Location Index);
* Resources [web sites];
* Headlines [news];
* gE network;
* Country Memo.

URL http://globaledge.msu.edu/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://globaledge.msu.edu/
Link reported by: "FITA's Really Useful Sites" (newsletter--at--fita.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

08 Dec 2008

Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Self-description:
"The Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST [Institut fuer Ostasienwissenschaften - ed.], established in 1994, is a Research Center of the University of Duisburg-Essen, engaged in both research and graduate edudation on East Asia. With more than 25 scholars from different disciplines in the social and economic sciences, IN-EAST is the most comprehensive university institute committed to contemporary East Asian studies in Germany. Chinese and Japanese Studies are the main focus of the research program and graduate curriculum."
SIte contents:
* About us; * Study Programs; * Information for Students; * Research (several projects, including: # Korean foreign direct investment in Europe; # Gender and comparative institutional studies in embedded capitalism - the cases of Japan and Germany; # Expats or locals? On the choice of senior management in German subsidiaries in Japan; # General analysis of areas of competitiveness of EU industrial and service sectors vis-a-vis China; # Evaluation of the European Commission's co-operation and partnership with the People's Republic of China; # Industrienahe Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik der chinesischen Regierung; # VIP-NET Virtual working and learning in project-based networks; # Globalization, gender and work transformation; # Recent developments at KOPRA - International Internship Platform (www.kopra.org); # Intraregional and interregional economic relations in East Asia; # New mechanisms of economic policy in Japan; # Administrative reforms in Germany and China in comparison (2): decentralised policies, environment policy as a case study; # Innovation of local administration in China and Germany in comparison; # Theory and application of the concept of Strategic Groups - scope and limitations of a social science paradigma between structure and action; # Ethnic entrepreneurs between market behaviour and social morality. The impact of ethnic entrepreneurship on social change and ethnicity. A case study among the Yi in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in China; # Demographic ageing and shrinking in old industrial areas in Germany (Ruhr area, Emscher zone) and Japan (Northern Kyushu): challenges, adjustment strategies, and development options; # Public housing and urban development in Singapore - ethnic groups between residential segregation and residential integration; # Career formation and the development of vocational competencies in international comparison);
* Publications
(# Institute Report no. 1, 1993 - no. 15, 2008, # Green Series [Duisburg Working Papers on East Asian Studies, downloadable, in PDF format - ed.] (no. 1- no 76) [Titles of the last 10 working papers: 76 - Yu Keping - China's Governance Reform from 1978 to 2008; 75 - Thomas Heberer - Taskforce "Entwicklungspolitik in China: Herausforderungen, Loesungsstrategien und deutsch-chinesische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit"; 74 - Markus Taube - Oekonomische Entwicklung in der VR China - Nachholendes Wachstum im Zeichen der Globalisierung; 73 - Norifumi Kawai und Manja Jonas - Ownership Strategies in Post-Financial Crisis Southeast Asia: The Case of Japanese Firms; 72 - Werner Pascha, Cornelia Storz, Markus Taube (eds.) - Institutional Foundations of Innovation and Competitiveness in East Asia; 71 - Norifumi Kawai - Spatial Determinants of Japanese Manufacturing Firms in the Czech Republic; 70 - Werner Pascha und Cornelia Storz (eds.) - Workshop Institutionen in der Entwicklung Ostasiens I - Offenheit und Geschlossenheit asiatischer Wirtschaftssysteme; 69 - Christian Goebel - The Peasant's Rescue from the Cadre? An Institutional Analysis of China's Rural Tax and Fee Reform; 68 - Thomas Heberer - Institutional Change and Legitimacy via Urban Elections? People' Awareness of Elections and Participation in Urban Neighbourhoods (Shequ); 67 - Momoyo Huestebeck - Tanaka Makiko: Scharfzuengige Populistin oder populaere Reformerin?; 66 - Momoyo Huestebeck - Park Geun-hye: Als Praesidententochter zur ersten Staatspraesidentin Suedkoreas?; 65 - Werner Pascha und Cornelia Storz (eds.) - Workshop Organisation und Ordnung der japanischen Wirtschaft V - Themenschwerpunkt: Deutschlandjahr in Japan - Eine Zwischenbilanz; 64 - Christian Goebel und Thomas Heberer (eds.) - Task Force: Civil Societal Developments in China; 63 - Thorsten Nilges - Zunehmende Verschuldung durch Mikrokredite - Auswertung eines Experiments in Suedindien; 62 - Jun Imai - The Rise of Temporary Employment in Japan: Legalisation and Expansion of a Non- Regular Employment Form);
* Media; * News; * Contact; * Intranet / bscw; * Sitemap; * Search.
[A bi-lingual (DE, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.uni-due.de/in-east/index.php
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archive 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]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

07 Dec 2008

Center for Information on Korean Culture (CIKC)
The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Self-description:
"The Center provides financial support to various civic groups and academic societies involved in projects to take countermeasures against historical distortions by Japan and China, in activities to introduce Korean culture and history to a wider audience outside Korea, or in the development of Korean studies teaching materials for overseas use."
SIte contents:
* Textbook Analysis [analyses of references to Korea in textbooks worldwide]; * Korean Studies (Grant, Cultural program, Conference, Korean Studies Net); * Material Development (Understanding Korrea materials, Journal [The Review of Korean Studies], Translation Grant, Group Support); * Resources (Publications, Photographs, Animations, Foreign Educational Systems, Resource Request); * Textbook Library [a collection of over 2,800 textbooks from 73 countries]; * Webzine [in Korean, http://www.ikoreawebzine.com/]; * Photographs [stock photographs - history, culture, business]; * E-books [11 titles from 2005 onwards]; * CIKC (Director's Greetings, Mission, History, Organization, Notice, Activities, Location).
URL http://www.ikorea.ac.kr/english/index.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ikorea.ac.kr/english/index.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]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

05 Dec 2008

Journal of Chinese Australia (JCA)
Journal of Chinese Australia, Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Self-description:
"The Journal of Chinese Australia (JCA) is an online journal [ISSN 1832-5823 - ed.] edited and produced by the JCA editorial committee on a voluntary basis. JCA aims to provide access to research, resources and discussion on the history and culture of Chinese people and Chinese communities in Australia. The first issue of JCA was published in May 2005. Issues are published on an ad hoc basis. We welcome contributions and suggestions for themes from our readers."
SIte contents:
* View current issue (Issue 2 - Oct 2006); * Back issues [downloadable] (Issue 1 - May 2005 - The Northern Territory, Issue 2 - Oct 2006 - Rituals, ceremonies and processions); * Feedback; * To contribute; * Index; * About; * Copyright; * Contact us; * Subscribe.
URL http://www.purl.org/jca
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.purl.org/jca
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]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

04 Dec 2008

Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies
Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan
Self-description:
"In the age of globalisation, Asia and Africa are experiencing dramatic economic development alongside frequent wars and armed conflict. At the Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, we aim to carry out interdisciplinary research in the area of conflict resolution as a key to comprehensively understanding, and practically solving, conflict situations. [...] Our four research teams carry out research into the following areas; 1) conflict resolution: nations & international relations, 2) environments & resources, 3) culture & networks, and 4) poverty & development."
SIte contents:
* About the Afrasian Centre;
* Research Activities (#The Afrasian Centre, # Research Group 1 - An Agent or a Barrier? The Role of the Nation in Conflict Resolution, # Research Group 2 - International Political Economy and Conflict Resolution: Conflicts over resources and energy, U.S foreign policy towards Middle East and the relationship with oil, Dimensions of conflicts over resources and prospect of regime formation as a means to resolve existing disputes and frictions, Regional and international disputes over Iran's nuclear development policy, WTO negotiations on agricultural production in Asia, Global warming and its impact on Asia and Africa, Problems surrounding Asian migrant workers in the Middle East, The prospect of regional cooperation on energy in Asia. # Research Group 3 - Is Culture the Answer? The Role of Networks and Culture in Conflict Resolution, # Research Group 4 - Poverty and Regional Development in the Process of Conflict Resolution);
* Symposium; * Newsletters;
* Publications (Afrasia Working Papers [downloadable] - 37. Migration and Mosques: The Evolution and Transformation of Muslim Communities in Manila, the Philippines (Akiko Watanabe) 2008; 36. The Increasing Enclosure of Mangrove Wetlands: Towards Resource Management in Frontier Areas (Shinji Suzuki) 2008; 35. Multiplicity of Community Forestry as Knowledge Space in the Northern Thai Highlands (Anan Ganjanapan) 2008; 32. Useful or Useless Relics: Today's Strange Monarchies (Benedict Anderson) 2007; 31. The "Invention of Tradition" in Java under the Japanese Occupation: The Tonarigumi System and Gotong Royong (Kazuo Kobayashi) 2007; 30. "Iriai Forests Have Sustained the Livelihood and Autonomy of Villagers": Experience of Commons in Ishimushiro Hamlet in Northeastern Japan (Kokki Goto) 2007; 29. Land Ownership for the Preservation of Environment and Livelihood (Hiroyuki Torigoe) 2007; 28. Reconciliation, Restitution and Healing: The Role of Vietnam Veterans in Facilitating a New Era in U.S.-Vietnam Relations, 1985-2005 (Michael Furmanovsky) 2007; 27. Forced Removals, Land Struggles and Restoration of Land in South Africa: A Case of Roosboom (Chizuko Sato) 2007; 26. The Social Process of Migration from the Eastern Visayas to Manila (Naomi Hosoda) 2007; 25. The Hegemony of Tabloid Geopolitics: How America and the West Cannot Think International Relations beyond Conflict, Identity, and Cultural Imposition (Francois Debrix) 2007; 24. Human Security, Universality, and National Interest: A Critical Inquiry (Kosuke Shimizu) 2007; 22. The Place of the United States in the Triangle of Japan, China and India (Takashi Inoguchi) 2007; 21. Participatory Community Development and a Role of Social Statistical Analysis: Case of the JICA-Indonesia Project-Takalar Model (Yoshio Kawamura) 2007; 19. Not the Most Popular Decision: Japan's Ground Self Defense Force Goes to Iraq (Kazuo Takahashi) 2007; 18. International Energy Regime: Role of Knowledge and Energy and Climate Change Issues (Kenichi Matsui) 2007; 17. Macroeconomic Impacts of Terrorism: Evidence from Indonesia in the Post-Suharto Era (Tomoya Suzuki) 2006; 16. The Middle East, the Middle Kingdom and Japan (Kazuo Takahashi) 2006; 15. An Overview of the Debate on the African State (Masahisa Kawabata) 2006; 14. Regional Security in Africa (Takehiko Ochiai) 2006; 13. Asia and the Rise of the Early Modern World Economy (Om Prakash) 2006; 12. The United States and the United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) (Takuya Misu) 2006; 11. The Composition and Job Structure of Female-Headed Households: A Case Study of a Rural Village in Siemreap Province, Cambodia (Nao Sato) 2006; 10. Discourses of Leadership and Japanese Political Economy: Three Phallus-centrists (Kosuke Shimizu) 2006; 9. East Asia, Middle East and the World Economy: Further Notes on the Oil Triangle (Kaoru Sugihara) 2006; 8. The Kurdish Situation in Iraq (Kazuo Takahashi) 2006; 7. Ethnicity and the State in Africa (Eghosa E. Osaghae) 2006; 6. Regional Governance and State Reconstruction in Africa (Daniel C. Bach) 2006; 5. Political Liberalization or Armed Conflicts? Political Changes in Post-Cold War Africa (Shin'ichi Takeuchi) 2006; 4. WTO/FTA and the Issues of Regional Disparity (Yoshio KAWAMURA and Zhan JIN) 2006; 3. Satyagraha as a Non-violent Means of Conflict Resolution (Nobuko Nagasaki) 2006; 2. Sustainable Management of Tank Irrigation Systems in South India (K. Palanisami) 2005; 1. Future of the Dairy Industries in China, Japan and the United States: Conflict Resolution in the Doha Round of WTO Agricultural Trade Negotiations (James R. Simpson) 2005.
Proceedings, Others); * Visiting Researchers; * Media Articles; * Links; * Contanct Information; * Miscellaneous.
URL http://www.afrasia.ryukoku.ac.jp/eng/info/index.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.afrasia.ryukoku.ac.jp/eng/info/index.html
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]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Dec 2008

Long Before Gutenberg: the Oldest Book in the [National] Library [of Australia]
The National Library of Australia (NLA), Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The latest print and online National Library of Australia News, December 2008, contains an article by Andrew Gosling [NLA's Chief Librarian, Asian Collections from 1985 to 2003 - ed.] on the Fang Collection about China's history and culture, including the oldest printed work held by the National Library, a Chinese Buddhist volume dated 1162
http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2008/dec08/story-1.pdf
Chaoying Fang (Fang Zhaoying),1908-1985, was a distinguished historian and bibliographer, whose collection of around 6,000 books in Chinese and Western languages was acquired by the National Library in 1961. The article briefly outlines Fang's life in China, the United States and the period he spent at the Australian National University (1961-1963). It also describes his collection, particularly the 1162 Chinese volume from the Da ban ruo bo luo mi duo jing ('Greater sutra of the perfection of transcendent wisdom',) as well as rare early European works on China. - ag."
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2008/dec08/dec08news.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/
Link reported by: Andrew Gosling (andrewgosling--at--netspeed.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* 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

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