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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Jan 2009, Vol. 16, No. 1 (291)

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15 Jan 2009

The Great [China-Russia] Tea Route
www.tearoad.ru, Ulan-ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia.
Self-description: "The project 'Great Tea Route' aims to use the rich cultural and historical heritage of the vast territory of Eurasia, associated with the [bygone] era of the trade routes for tourism development, [...]."
Site contents:
* Events (Baikal meeting of the project, The Fifth International Tourism Forum, Business meeting of the project participants in the Perm region, 2009); * Documents [on tourism development]; * On the Tea Route (History, Geography [incl. a map of the 19th c. Asia's tea routes at http://tearoad.ru/WT/sites/tearoad/misc/map2.jpg], Sights, Bibliography [96 articles and books, all in Russian - ed.]); * News (Shooting a video on the Great Tea Route, The proposal for tourist-member project). * Contacts. * Great Way of Tea (The Development Phase of the project); * Participation in the project (Organizing Committee Participants); * Plans (The plan of action for 2008, The plan of action for 2009); * Tours (Tours of Buryatia, Tours in Russia); * All about tea
[A site exclusively in Russian. Can be translated into other languages via http://translate.google.com/ or other online tools - ed.]
URL http://www.tearoad.ru/
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]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

14 Jan 2009

Columbia Online Research Guide For Modern Tibetan Studies
Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University, New York, NY, US.
Self-description:
"The COLUMBIA ONLINE RESEARCH GUIDE FOR MODERN TIBETAN STUDIES was compiled by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, and published for use on Library Web by Lauran Hartley, Tibetan Studies Librarian. It is a navigational tool for library patrons at Columbia University and elsewhere to access bibliographies and other noteworthy resources covering a wide range of subjects in the field of Tibetan Studies. Drawn from an extensive syllabus compiled by Professor Tuttle for his seminar 'Sources for Modern Tibetan History,' the Online Guide in its current version is exceptionally strong in its survey of resources for historical research."
Site contents:
* Tibetan Studies (Survey Articles, Journals, Book Reviews, Scholarly Blogs, Listservs);
* General Bibliographies; * Library Catalogs (North America, Western & Eastern Europe, East Asia, South Asia);
* Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (Tibetan Dictionaries, Chinese Dictionaries, Encyclopedias);
* Tools, Maps, Images (Maps & Social Data, Photo Images & Archives, Tibetan Fonts & Software, Library Search Conventions);
* Periodicals (Western Language, Tibetan & Chinese Post 1950, Tibetan & Chinese Pre 1950);
* History (Biography, Religious & Geographic Surveys, Local Histories, Imperial Records, Archival Materials);
* Social Sciences [under construction]; * Religious Studies [under construction]; * Language & Literature [under construction]; * Art & Material Culture (Engaging Digital Tibet [http://digitaltibet.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/], Research Materials For the Study of Tibetan and Himalayan Art [under construction]); * Music [under construction]; * Contact; * Search.
URL http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/guide/index.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful [It will be an Essential resource, once it is completed]
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

14 Jan 2009

Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet, Feb 2009
The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY, US.
Supplied note:
"The Rubin Museum of Art is organizing its first scholarly conference, 'Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet,' February 7 and 8, 2009. The brilliant polymath Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774) was influential in multiple domains of cultural and institutional life in 18th-century Tibet. Situ made major contributions to the fields of painting, the literary arts, and medicine. He was also a charismatic leader during a particularly volatile period in Tibetan history, as well as the senior court chaplain in the culturally significant Kingdom of Derge on the Sino-Tibetan border.

We have invited eight scholars to present on the many aspects of his cultural production and engagement with the social world of his time in their respective fields, including: patronage and print culture, authenticity and Indic roots, artistic impact in China, politics and sectarian relations, medicine, and literary scholarship. We hope that such a well-rounded and multidisciplinary approach will constitute a significant contribution to an understanding of Tibetan intellectual history in the pivotal 18th century.

The conference schedule, abstracts, and registration information can be found at: [the URL below] [...].

This program coincides with opening weekend of the exhibition 'Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style' (February 6-August 17 [2009]) at the Rubin Museum of Art: http://www.rmanyc.org/exhibitions/upcoming.xml?context=exhibitions/upcoming.xml

The conference is being held in conjunction with Columbia University's 'Tibet and the Social Sciences Workshop' http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/ We hope that these two back-to-back events will draw the academic community into NYC for this exciting weekend of programming! - kd."
Site contents:
* Program: Sat, February 7, 2009; * Program: Sun, February 8, 2009;
* Conference Abstracts: (# Remi Chaix (Societes et Cultures en Himalaya, CNRS, Paris) - Situ Panchen and the House of Derge: A Demanding but Beneficial Relationship, # Karl Debreczeny (Rubin Museum of Art) - Situ Panchen' s Artistic Legacy in Yunnan, # Frances Garrett (University of Toronto) - Medical Literature in the Situ Panchen Tradition, # Nancy G. Lin (University of California, Berkeley) - Situ Panchen and the Re-enactment of Buddhist Origins, # Jann Ronis (University of Virginia) - Situ Panchen and Sectarian Relations in Eighteenth-Century Derge: Precursor to the Ecumenical Movement (ris med), # Kurtis R. Schaeffer (University of Virginia) - Situ the Scholar).
URL http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Karl Debreczeny (kdebreczeny--at--rmanyc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Jan 2008

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - January, 2009
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Self-description:
"APJ probes geopolitics, political economy, society, culture, and international relations, offering perspectives on historical and contemporary issues and conflicts. In addition to articles prepared for the journal, it offers translations from Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. This peer-reviewed open source journal draws on the contributions of researchers, journalists, policy analysts and writers worldwide. Its website with more than 1,400 articles is a fully indexed resource. "
Supplied note:
"Here are the offerings of the last two weeks at The Asia-Pacific Journal.
* Peter Dale Scott - Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and the Afghan and Iraq Wars.
* Mark Beeson - East Asian Regionalism and the End of the Asia-Pacific: After American Hegemony.
* John Feffer - Japan: The Price of Normalcy.
* Immanuel Wallerstein interviewed by Jae-Jung Suh - Capitalism's Demise?.
* Elizabeth Van Kampen - Memories of the Dutch East Indies: From Plantation Society to Prisoner of Japan.
* Justin McCurry & David McNeill - Japan's King of Fish Faces Extinction.
* Shoko Yoneyama - The Era of Bullying: Japan under Neoliberalism.
* Lawrence S. Wittner & David Samuels - Atomic John: The Bomb as Fetish.
* Alain Gresh - The West's Selective Reading of Eastern History and Values: From Thermopylae to the Twin Towers.
* Kim Hyo-sun - Allied and Korean Forced Labor at the Aso- Mining Company and Japan-South Korea Relations.
Find them and many more at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
[A left-wing/liberal and 'progressive' politics & history e-journal - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000

13 Jan 2009

International Society for the History of East Asian Science Technology and Medicine (ISHEASTM)
Institute of Historical Metallurgy and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China.
Self-description:
"The Society serves, represents, and speaks for scholars of the history of East Asian science, technology, and medicine worldwide. It was founded on 4 August 1990, on the occasion of the Sixth International Conference on the History of Science in China, held at the Needham Research Institute [http://www.nri.org.uk/], Cambridge, England."
Site contents:
* Announcements; * Latest News; * About Us (Introduction, Board Officers, Bylaws, Newsletter (in PDF format: Apr 2004, Apr 2005, Aug 2006, Dec 2007); * Current Members; * Directory; * Member Forum; * Become a Member;
* Our Journal [East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine (ESTM), http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/sinologie/eastm/];
* Society Meeting;
* Members' Publications (# The Suan shu shu 'Writings on reckoning': Rewriting the history of early Chinese mathematics in the light of an excavated manuscript - Cullen, C., 2007; # Technology Transfer from the Soviet Union to the People's Republic of China (1949-1966) - Baichun Zhang, JiuChun Zhang, and Fang Yao, 2006; # Redrawing the Map: Science in Twentieth-Century China - Fa-ti Fan, 2007];
* Prizes, Fellowships, and Jobs; * Prizes; * Fellowships; * Jobs; * Links and Resources; * Contact Us; * Sign In.
URL http://isheastm.ihns.ac.cn/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

12 Jan 2009

[The 19th c. Images of] Formosa
Reed College, Portland, OR, US
Self-description:
"This digital library gathers together a large body of primarily European and American images of the island of Taiwan -- called 'Formosa' by foreign visitors in the 19th Century -- and its various peoples. These textual representations, woodcuts, maps, and linguistic data were originally published in European and North American books and journals during the 19th Century, but are not easily accessible to those interested in the history of Taiwan today. Users are encouraged to examine the engravings, woodcuts, etchings and sketches of landscapes, people, architecture, boats and implements by selecting increasing magnifications of those Images included in the library."
Site contents:
* Introduction;
* Maps (Island maps, Place-name maps, Locality maps, Map catalog);
* Texts [19th-Century European & North American Encounters with Taiwan: A Bibliography of Texts Input - 59 references];
* Images [by Category: Architecture, Landscape, Implements, People, Boats; by Individual Portfolio: Thomson - 1875, Fischer - 1900, Garnot - 1894, Ibis - 1877, Taylor - 1888, The Illustrated London News - 1859];
* Linguistic data;
* Timeline; * Search; * Feedback; * Credits.
URL http://academic.reed.edu/formosa/formosa_index_page/Formosa_index.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://academic.reed.edu/formosa/formosa_index_page/Formosa_index.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

12 Jan 2009

Japan Publications Guide Service (JPGS)
IMCBook, Tokyo, Japan
Self-description:
"The Japan Publications Guide Service (JPGS) collects and catalogs information on currently available English books, periodicals, other publications and information products that are published in, on, or for Japan and East/Southeast Asia. Countries and territories covered include: Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Russian Far East, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. Publications listed by the JPGS include those from commercial publishers, associations, university presses, government agencies, small and vanity publishers, individuals and other sources. Unpriced publications and those with limited or restricted circulation may be included. Discontinued titles are kept in the database for several years or until there is no longer any interest in them."
Site contents:
* JEPP Standard [Free details of title, author, ISBN]
* JEPP - Japan English Publications in Print [Free details of over 25,000 published-in-English published-in-Japan books, magazines, monographs, journals, annuals, directories, proceedings, and other publications are listed. Extra details such as publisher address and contact information are available only to paid subscribers.]
* JDPA - Japan Directory of Professional Associations [Free details of Organization name in English, Address, Phone and Fax nos. Extra contact and organisational details are available only to paid subscribers. Over 9,000 Associations (kyokai), Societies (gakkai), Institutes (kenkyujo), Centers and similar organizations in Japan are included.]
[A valuable site, which was last updated in Feb-Mar 2007 - ed.]
URL http://jpgsonline.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://jpgsonline.com/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

09 Jan 2009

Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Washington, DC, US
Self-description:
"The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) was founded in 1998 in Washington, DC to bridge the language gap between the Middle East and the West by monitoring, translating, and studying Arab, Iranian and Turkish media, schoolbooks, and religious sermons. MEMRI is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has branches in Baghdad, Tokyo and Jerusalem, and a staff of over 70 working around the globe. MEMRI's research is translated into English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish with a subscriber list of over 75,000."
Site contents:
* Latest Reports (Jan 8 ANNOUNCEMENT# 89 - Exclusive MEMRI Viral Video Release For Free Download "Hamas: In Their Own Voices", Jan 8 SD# 2180 - The Current Crisis in Gaza and the Salafi-Jihadi Dilemma, Jan 8 SD# 2179 - In Open Letter to Barack Obama, the Chief of Tora Bora Battlefield In Afghanistan Warns: The Flames of this Fire will Blow Up on Washington, Jan 7 SD# 2178 - Hamas TV Blooper: Erotic Footage During Night Shift WARNING: Clip Contains Nudity, Jan 7 SD# 2177 - Hamas: The Tahdiah (Calm) Benefits Israel, Not the Palestinian People, Jan 6 IA# 490 - Recent Attempts to Form Strategic Regional Bloc: Syria, Turkey and Iran, Jan 6 SD# 2176 - Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi on Hamas TV: Dispatch Those Sons of Apes and Pigs to the Hellfire - On the Wings of Qassam Rockets, Jan 5 IA# 489 - Pakistan's Army Thwarts a Historic Opportunity for Peace in Baluchistan, Jan 5 SD# 2175 - Iranian Student Group: Hamas Is a Terrorist Group and Its Use of Civilians is Inhumane; Those Who Arm Hamas Have Innocent Blood on Their Hands; Ahmadinejad's Government Is Using Gaza Crisis to Settle Political Scores, Jan 5 SD# 2174 - Arab Media Attacks Egypt);
* Subjects (Jihad and Terrorism Studies, U.S. and the Middle East, Reform in the Arab and Muslim World, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Inter-Arab Relations, Economic Studies, Antisemitism Documentation Project, Islamist Websites Monitor Project, Urdu-Pashtu Media Project);
* Countries (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, North Africa, Palestinian Authority, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey);
* Languages (Chinese, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Hebrew, Italiano, Japanese, Russian);
* Video;
* Subscribe;
* About Us;
* Archives (The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) produces original analysis based on Middle Eastern media and distributes them, free of charge, by fax and email. # Inquiry and Analysis [over 470 articles] [Last seven articles: Inquiry and Analysis - No. 490 - Jan 6, 2009 Recent Attempts to Form Strategic Regional Bloc: Syria, Turkey and Iran - by O. Winter, Inquiry and Analysis - No. 489 - Jan 5, 2009 Pakistan's Army Thwarts a Historic Opportunity for Peace in Baluchistan - by Tufail Ahmad, Inquiry and Analysis - No. 488 - Dec 26, 2008 Renewed Power Struggle in Iran as the Presidential Elections Approach: Part I - Ahmadinejad's Revolutionary-Messianic Faction vs. RafsanjaniÐReformist Alliance - by A. Savyon and Y. Mansharof, Inquiry and Analysis - No. 487 - Dec 22, 2008 Rising Inter-Arab Tensions: Saudi Arabia and Egypt versus Syria and Iran, Part III - Syria, Saudi Arabia Clash over Fath Al-Islam - by H. Varulkar, Inquiry and Analysis - No. 486 - Dec 22, 2008 Rising Inter-Arab Tensions: Saudi Arabia and Egypt versus Syria and Iran, Part II - Egypt Trades Accusations with Hamas, Syria, Iran - by L. Azuri, Inquiry and Analysis - No. 485 - Dec 22, 2008 Rising Inter-Arab Tensions: Saudi Arabia and Egypt versus Syria and Iran, Part I - Deepening Crisis in Saudi-Syrian Relations - by C. Jacob, Inquiry and Analysis - No. 484 - Dec 18, 2008 Language as a Tool in the Political-Religious Power Struggle between the Salafi-Jihadists and Their Opponents - by D. Nagy], # Special Dispatch [over 2120 articles], # Special Report [40 articles], # Special Alert [13 articles], # Daily Reports [0 articles]);
* Support MEMRI;
* Search;
* Widget ["a mini-webpage that can be downloaded to a user's desktop or placed into a blog or third party web site. The new MEMRI Widget is a convenient & multi-dimensional way of staying well informed about breaking news in the Middle East."];
* E-tributes;
* MEMRITV (video clips from: Al-Jazeera (Qatar), Al-Arabiya (Dubai), Al-Manar (Lebanon), Iqra (Saudi Arabia), IRINN (Iran), Iran Ch.1, Iran Ch.2, Al-Alam (Iran), Al-Majd (Saudi Arabia), Sahar (Iran), Saudi Ch.1, LBC (Lebanon), New (Lebanon), Syrian, Dream 2 (Egypt), Qatar, MBC, Palestinian Authority, Dubai, IRIB/Jaam-E-Jam1 (Iran), IRIB/Jaam-E-Jam2 (Iran), Al-Iraqiya (Iraq), The Internet, ANB (Lebanon), Al-Aqsa (Hamas TV), Al-Risala (Saudi Arabia/Kuwait), Al-Mamnou' (Jordan), Abu Dhabi, Al-Fayhaa (Iraq/UAE), Mihwar (Egypt), Future/Al-Mustaqbal (Lebanon), Egypt Channel 1, Al-Ekhbariya (Saudi Arabia), Iran Ch.3, Bahrain, Al-Kawthar (Iran), Nile Culture, Libya, Esfahan (Iran), Iran Ch.4, Al-Hurra (US), NBN (Lebanon), IRIB/Jaam-E-Jam3 (Iran), Jordanian, Heya (Lebanon), Al-Hayat (Europe), Al-Baghdadiya (Iraq), Al-Nas (Egypt), UAE, Ein (Saudi Arabia), Al-Rai (Kuwait), Peace (India/UAE), Al-Furat (Iraq), Kerman (Iran), Tanweer (Egypt), Al-Shariqa (UAE), Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Ch.2, Islam (UK), Tehran (Iran), Teleliban (Lebanon), Al-Mustaqila (London), ANN, Oman, Kuwait, Zagros (Taakhi), Salah Al-Din (Iraq), Anwar (Iraq), Noursat (Lebanon), Koran Channel (Iran), Khorasan (Iran), Bushehr (Iran), Al-Jazeera Children's Channel (Qatar), Al-Rafidein (Iraq/Egypt), Rotana Cinema (Saudi Arabia);
* The MEMRI Blog [http://www.thememriblog.org/];
* Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) [http://www.memrijttm.org/] (Alerts, Planning & Training, Global Jihad News, In Depth Threat Analysis, Jihadi Texts, Global Jihad - Opposition & Dissent);
* The MEMRI Iran Blog [http://www.thememriblog.org/iran];
* The MEMRI Urdu/Pashtu Blog [http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu];
* The MEMRI Turkish Media Blog [http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey];
* The MEMRI Economic Blog [http://memrieconomicblog.org/] (Highlights-News of the Day, Intra-Eegional Issues, Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions, Oil and Gas Policy Statements, Islamic Banking, Labor Issues and Employment, Trade Issues, Banking and Finance, Countries);
* The MEMRI Arab Culture Blog [http://thememriblog.org/arabculture].
URL http://http://www.memri.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://www.memri.org/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents / Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact: 299,000 external links]

08 Jan 2009

China Dialogue - China and The World Discuss The Environment
www.chinadialogue.net, London, UK / Beijing, China.
Self-description:
"China is growing fast and, as it grows, it is faced with urgent environmental challenges. Environmental costs may account for 10 per cent of China's GDP and the effects of pollution, desertification and climate change are already beginning to be felt within China and outside her borders. Climate change, species loss, pollution, water scarcity and environment damage are not problems confined to one country: they are challenges that concern all the world's citizens, but the rise of China gives them a new urgency. Tackling these challenges will require a common effort and common understanding. Here at chinadialogue we aim to promote that common understanding."
Site contents:
* News (Jun 2006 - till present);
* Articles (# Finding "green" profits in China - Ray Cheung Jan 07, 2009, # New [Barack Obama's presidency] hope for climate cooperation - Zhang Haiban Jan 05, 2009, # Chilling developments in Dubai - Leo Hickman Jan 02, 2009, # Change, but at what price? - John Vidal Dec 29, 2008, # The mission that changed everything - Robin McKie Dec 24, 2008, # Tough goodbye to flimsy bin bags? - Li Siqi Dec 23, 2008, # What happened at Poznan? - Tan Copsey Dec 22, 2008, # Challenging the China model - Leo Horn Dec 19, 2008, # The threat to Vietnam's poor - James Painter Dec 18, 2008, # Averting another toxics disaster - Arlene Blum Dec 17, 2008);
* Books [abstracts of books by the China Dialogue.net];
* Podcasts ( Watch the latest videos on chinadialogue: # Miao papermaking - China Dialogue - Nov 27, 2008, # Hydropower on the Nu River - China's Green Beat - Nov 21, 2008, # Organic China - China Dialogue - Nov 14, 2008, # Cleaning up the kitchen - China's Green Beat - Jul 17, 2008, # More adventures of Sun Zhe - China's Green Beat - Jul 09, 2008, # Less is more - China's Green Beat - Jul 01, 2008, # No car day in Kunming - China's Green Beat - Jun 25, 2008, # Winds of change - China's Green Beat - Jun 13, 2008, # Sun Zhe's public transport adventure - China's Green Beat - Jun 04, 2008);
* Events (Current Events, Past Events); * About; * Search; * Subscribe to email updates.
[A bi-lingual (CN,EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.chinadialogue.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.chinadialogue.net/
Link reported by: Robert Barnett (rb25--at--mindspring.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info. / Study
* 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 3,000 [in fact: 51,100 external links]

07 Jan 2009

Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS)
MIDS, Chennai, India.
Self-description:
"Welcome to MIDS - A National Institute for Social Science Research. The Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) was founded by Dr. Malcolm S Adiseshiah and Mrs. Elizabeth Adiseshiah, in January 1971. MIDS was reconstituted as a National Institute of Social Science Research in March 1977 under the joint sponsorship of the Government of Indian through the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the Government of Tamil Nadu. Objectives: To undertake studies and research pertaining to development problems, with special reference to the agro-rural aspects of Tamil Nadu and the socially and economically backward sections of the population throughout the country."
Site contents:
* About MIDS; * Faculty; * Research and Programmes (1. Economic Theory, 2. Development and Planning, 3. Centre-state Relations, 4. Poverty, Inequality, and Social Sector Development, 5. Agrarian Issues and Institutions, 6. Irrigation and Irrigation Institutions, 7. Labour, 8. Village Resurveys, 9. Industry and Infrastructure, 10 Demography, Migration, and Urbanisation, 11. Natural Resources and Environment, 12. [Government] Data System, 13. Education, 14 Social Movements and Social Transformation, 15 Caste, Constitution, Communalism, and Electoral Politics, 16 Social Exclusion, 17. Ideology, 18. Gender, 19 State and Social Policies); * Publications (About Publications, Working Papers [Titles only], Discussion Series [Titles only], Books & Monographs [Titles only], Journal - RDC [REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE] (TOCs of Vol. 1 No 1 Jan-Jun 1996 to Vol 12 No 2. Jul-Dec 2007). Newsletter [in PDF format], Other Reports); * Library; * Computer Centre; * Contact.
URL http://www.mids.ac.in/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mids.ac.in/
Link reported by: A. R. Venkatachalapathy (chalapathy--at--mids.ac.in), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* 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 3000 [in fact, 1260]

07 Jan 2009

Institut fuer Orient- und Asienwissenschaften / Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies (IOA)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Supplied note:
"Institut fuer Orient- und Asienwissenschaften (Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies [...]) at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn is a rather young institute. It includes all formerly independent departments dealing with Asian and Oriental/Islamic Studies (Indology, Sinology, Japanology, Islamic Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Central Asian Languages and Cultures) plus the former departments of Oriental Art History (now Asian and Islamic Art History), Religious Studies and Oriental Languages. - mf."
Site contents:
* Ueber uns; * Abteilungen (Asiatische und Islamische Kunstgeschichte, Indologie, Islamwissenschaft, Japanologie, Mongolistik und Tibetstudien, Orientalische und Asiatische Sprachen, Religionswissenschaft, Sprache und Geschichte Chinas, Suedostasienwissenschaft); * Mitarbeiter; * Bibliotheken; * Warum IOA?; * Studiengaenge; * Lehrangebot; * Studienberatung; * Fachschaften; * Sprachen; * Download [administrative documents and teaching materials - ed.]; * News-Archiv; * FAQ; * Impressum.
URL http://www.ioa.uni-bonn.de/www/IOA.html
[A site in German only - ed.]
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ioa.uni-bonn.de/www/IOA.html
Link reported by: Marion Frenger (frengo--at--web.de)
* 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

06 Jan 2009

EUCAM EU-Central Asia Monitoring
The Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE), Madrid, Spain and Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium.
Self-description:
"The main objective of EUCAM is to monitor the implementation of the EU Central Asia Strategy [http://consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/EU_CtrlAsia_EN-RU.pdf], which has been adopted in June 2007. In its monitoring excercise EUCAM will focus on a set of priority areas [...] in order to find a mix between the broad political ambitions of the Strategy and the narrower practical priorities of Commission assistance programmes: * Democracy and Human Rights [...] * Security and Stability [...] * Energy and Natural Resources [...] * Education and Social Relations [...]."
Site contents:
* Events; * Publications (Monitoring of Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan - Autumn 2008, The Path to Europe); * Central Asia Watch Newsletter, Issue no. 1 [Posted November 14th, 2008, in PDF format]; * Links [page under construction]; * About; * Search; * Background [page under construction]; * Structure; * Task Force; * Contact us; * User login.
URL http://www.eucentralasia.eu/
[A site under construction - ed.]
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info / Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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 100

06 Jan 2009

Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu Portal: History of Euro-Asian Cultural Exchange
Faculty of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Self-description: "Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu - Professor, Faculty of Languages and Cultures (University of Kyushu), Research Topics: History of Euro-Asian cultural exchange; medicine and allied sciences in the history of East-West cultural exchange; History of 'Dutch Learning' (rangaku) and 'Western Studies' (yogaku) in premodern Japan."
Site contents:
* Profile, Activities (Profile, Awards, Outline of Research Activities, Related Newspaper Articles, Research Activities (Department of Research and Development, Kyushu University Library), Research Results: Kyushu University Repository)
* Education (Undergraduate Level, Graduate Level);
* Publications (Books and Articles, Miscellanies, Research Notes, Translations, Textbooks and Readers, Notes on Medical Books, Editorial Activities);
* Presentations (Papers, Congresses, other Presentations);
* Databases, Bibliographies (Catalogue: Murakami Archive (Nakatsu), Catalogue: Old Medical Books & Manuscripts, Pictorial Database of Old Medical Illustrations, Old Maps of Japan, Bibliography: Japan in Europe 16th-19th Century, Bibliography: Medical History in Japan, Bibliography: E. Kaempfer);
* Research Resources (Caspar Schamberger, Engelbert Kaempfer Forum, Medical History, Acupuncture and Moxibustion in the History of Euro-Asian Cultural Contacts, Dutch Studies in Nakatsu, History of Cultural Relations: Europe - Japan, VOC and Japan, History of Cultural Relations: Europe - China, Intercultural Communication);
* Public Activities (Exhibitions (Organization, Participation, Cooperation), Newspaper Articles).
[A bi-ligual (JP, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.flc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~michel/index.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.flc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~michel/index.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study / Documents / Online Guide / Corporate Info
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

05 Jan 2009

Acronyms used by Asian / Pacific Studies' scholars: a dictionary
RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Self-description: "This document [compiled since 2004 by T. M. Ciolek and John Noyce - ed.] lists acronyms, names and web addresses of over 2,240 [1,560 acronyms were listed in Jan 2008 - ed.] leading associations, institutes, networks, NGOs, organisations, periodicals, programs, and research projects of relevance to Asian & Pacific Studies. [...] You are cordially invited to send addenda and corrections to this list [...which is] a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html)."
Site contents: [File structure:] * Acronym, * Entity (and its URL), * Category (body, group, meeting, periodical, program, project, resource), * A Part Of, * Country. The recorded entries range from 'AAA' (Australian Archaeological Association, Australia) to 'IAUNRC' (Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana U., US) to 'SUPRA' (Support Program for Advanced Asian Studies, NIAS, Denmark) to 'ZIORI' (Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute, Tanzania), and 'ZMO' (Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany).
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
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]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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