The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Feb 2009, Vol. 16, No. 3 (293)

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13 Feb 2009

Le Centre de Recherches sur la Coree (CRC)
CRC-EHESS, Paris, France
Self-description:
"EHESS Center for Korean Studies (aka CRC or Centre Coree) was founded in 1998 to become a pole of Korean studies in harmony with EHESS original state of mind and specific way of operating. It strives to hold joined tightly together teaching and research; centers on the social sciences (in a French larger scope) and the modern world (as a problem area); hinges crosswise on disciplines, other area studies, and themed questionings; opens on international exchanges and civil society at large. [...]
Le Centre de Recherches sur la Coree (CRC ou Centre Coree) de l'EHESS est un lieu d'enseignement et de recherche appuye sur un fonds documentaire ou dominent savoirs et sources en langue coreenne. Il constitue a partir de 2006 la partie coreenne autonome d'un laboratoire commun Chine-Coree-Japon UMR 8173 CNRS-EHESS instituant la demarche comparative a l'echelle de l'Asie du Nord-Est avec le Centre de recherches sur le Japon (CRJ) [http://crj.ehess.fr/] et le Centre d'etudes sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine (CECMC) [http://cecmc.ehess.fr/]"

Site contents:
* Actualites; * Accueil; * Presentation; * Membres; * Enseignements; * Recherches (Les interfaces Nord/Sud dans la peninsule coreenne, Etudes coreennes : Traductions, Rapports hommes et femmes de Coree, Analyse des textes et documents, Chamanisme coreen, Violence socio- culturelle et politique en Coree, Histoire socio-culturelle de la Coree des 18e et 19e siecles); * Documentation (Fonds coreens a Paris, Fonds coreens : histoire et etat general, Signets, Ressources numeriques et Outils de veille : Riss Intl, DBpia, KISS); * Publications; * Materiaux (Bibliographie sur le chamanisme coreenne, Manziarly-Peregrinations asiatiques 1931: Coree, Repertoire de Maurice Courant); * Archives (Seminaires d'Alain Delissen 1995 - 2006, Conferences du CRC-EHESS, AFPEC-Recensions de publications sur la Coree en francais).
[A site mainly in French, with a dash of Korean and English - ed.]
URL http://crc.ehess.fr/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://crc.ehess.fr/
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 1,000

09 Feb 2009

The China Elections & Governance (CEG)
China Program, The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, US and Institute of International Comparative Political Economy, Renmin University, China.
Self-description:
"The China Elections & Governance Website was jointly launched in 2002 by the Carter Center China Program and the Institute of International Comparative Political Economy of Renmin University of China. It has been maintained and updated by the Beijing Center for Policy Research since 2004. The site, available in both Chinese and English, provides Chinese officials at all levels a resource center for governance and election affairs and gives scholars worldwide the opportunity to study Chinese politics and offer reform measures."
Supplied note:
While "The Carter Center's China Program has recently launched the new Chinaelections.net, which monitors political and policy reform efforts in the People's Republic. In 2009 China is set to cement its socio-economic and political leadership by being forced to deal with many domestic and global obstacles to growth and stability. Our website will continue to build momentum for change by offering in-depth articles reflecting this transformation as seen by pre-eminent journalists, professionals, and scholars in China as well as abroad. [...] While our staff consistently updates the site, we welcome other perspectives and are currently soliciting bloggers to take advantage of our interactive blog feature. We look forward to receiving contributions on any of the following topics: Good Governance, China and the International System, Grassroots Democracy, (Village elections, Urban-Residential Elections, Township Elections), History of Political Reform in China, Intra-Party Democracy, Deliberative Democracy, Rule of Law and Security, Administrative Reform, Political Economy and Development Economics, Media and Literature, Public Health and Social Welfare, Chinese Reformers/Activists, Civil Society, Technology and Innovation, Energy and the Environment, Human Rights, Culture and Values. - il."

Site contents:
* Features (CEG Blog, Guancha Review, Selected Translation, Commentary, China Scope, Democracy Report);
* About Us;
* Program News;
* Research Tools (Bibliographies, Documents & Reports, Quotes from Leaders, Chinese/English Glossaries, Books on China);
* Browse by Issue;
* Get Involved;
* Contact Us;
* Tags;
* Site Map;
* Search.
[A bi-lingual (CN, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.chinaelections.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.chinaelections.org/
Link reported by: Irene Lai (oilam.lai--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 15,900 external links]

06 Feb 2009

Japanese Student Movement Printed Materials, 1959-2003, bulk 1960-1979
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Durham, NC, US.
Self-description:
"Collection [72 Linear Feet, 3000 Items - ed.] consists of Japanese books, periodicals and other printed materials relating to the Japanese student movement of the 1960s and later. The materials derive from the first confrontations of 1960 provoked by the Anpo treaty, through the protest movement's years of crisis and decay in the 1970s, but there are more recent materials as well. Original order of groupings arranged by format has been retained; within groupings, materials are in date order with a few exceptions. Items of interest include radical left-wing student newspapers, large flyers and smaller protest handouts, special issues from mainstream media outlets, clippings, and North Korean and former Soviet Union Communist propaganda. Notably, the collection includes a full 12-month run of the Japanese magazine, Kisetsu. Protest movement ephemera also includes original writings, chiefly mimeographed essays and manuscript submissions for publication. The collection is strong in material relating to the BUND movement (Kyosan Shugisha Domei), the rise of Zengakuren radicalism, and the birth of the Japanese Red Army Faction (Sekigun-Ha). Materials and this collection guide are in the Japanese language. Romanized titles are given for books and serials. Part of the collection's original printed material was featured in the landmark "1960s Graphism" exhibit curated by the Tokyo Printing Museum (Insatsu Hakubutsukan) in 2002. Other visual material of interest is available in the dedicated issues of Asahi Graph and Shiso included in the collection. The collection is part of a larger gift pertaining to the radicalization of the student movement in Japan, including books which are available as part of the holdings of the East Asian Collection in Duke University's Perkins Library. Searching the subject headings below will bring up these and other related titles."
Site contents:
* Ask a Question; * View Full Inventory; * Descriptive Summary; * Administrative Information; * Collection Overview; * Subject Headings; * Detailed Description of Collection.
URL http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/japanesepams/inv/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Kristina Troost Ph.D. (kktroost--at--duke.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* 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 30

06 Feb 2009

International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS)
c/o Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan.
Self-description:
"The International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies was founded in the spring of 1982 by a group of scholars in Kyoto in response to the mounting international attention to Shin Buddhism. The association has approximately 200 members in the Japan District and 150 members within its 5 districts in the rest of the world. The members include not only academics, priests, and laypersons affiliated with Shin Buddhism but also those of other academic expertise and religious tradition. The IASBS welcomes participation of those with wide range of interests and specialization within and beyond Pure Land Buddhism. The IASBS presidents have been chosen among internationally renowned scholars involved in Pure Land Buddhist studies. In chronological order, they have been: Shinsho Hanayama (Professor, Tokyo Univ.), Masatoshi Nagatomi (Professor, Harvard Univ.), Hisao Inagaki (Professor, Ryukoku Univ.), Kenneth Tanaka (Professor, Musashino Univ.)."
Site contents:
* About Us; * Membership;
* Publications (# IASBS Newsletter: Vol. 19 No.2 / Oct 2009, Vol. 19 No.1 / Apr 2009, Vol. 17 No.3 / Nov 2007, Vol. 17 No.2 / Nov 2006, Vol. 17 No.1 / Feb 2006).
# [Academic Journal] The Pure Land - The Journal of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies, ISSN 0911-7660. Table of Contents: New Series No. 17, Dec 2000 - New Series No. 22, Dec 2006);
* Activities;
* Links [to Shin Buddhism sites] (International, Academic Societies, Research Institute, Foundation, University/Colleges, Headquaters of each Shin Buddhist denomination);
* Renewal Record [i.e. a list of updates to the site - ed.];
* What's New [incl. info about 'IASBS Japan District Workshop', 7 Mar 2009 - ed.];
* 2009 (the 14th) IASBS Conference [starting 12 Jun 2009 - ed.].
[A bi-lingual (JP, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://iasbs.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://iasbs.net/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./Online Guide
* 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

04 Feb 2009

Korean War Historical Images
IMCOM-Korea Photo Collections, The Installation Management Command-Korea Region (IMCOM), US Army Korea
Self-description:
"Historical images from the Korean War. Public Domain - not for commercial use. Please credit Department of Defense and photographer (see attached captions.) 511 photos, 133,701 views [as of early Feb 2009 - ed.], items are from 07 Oct 2008."
Sample caption [from image Korean War - HD-SN-99-03136]:
"Long trek southward: Seemingly endless file of Korean refugees slogs through snow outside of Kangnung, blocking withdrawal of ROK I Corps. January 8, 1951. Cpl. Walter Calmus. (Army) NARA FILE #: 111-SC-356475 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1477
Cleared for public release. This image is generally considered in the public domain - Not for commercial use. U.S. Army Korea - Installation Management Command."
URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/imcomkorea/sets/72157607808414225/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Moo-Young Han (myhan--at--phy.duke.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: 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 300

04 Feb 2009

Historical Photographs of China
Historical Photographs of China Project, School of Humanities, University of Bristol, UK & Institut d'Asie Orientale (IAO), Lyon, France
Self-description:
"A collaboration between scholars at the University of Bristol [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/], University of Lincoln [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/], and the Institut d'Asie Orientale [http://iao.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/francais/index.html], this project aims to locate, archive, and disseminate photographs from the substantial holdings of images of modern China held mostly in private hands overseas. These are often of even greater historic interest than might ordinarily be the case, as the destruction of materials inside China in war and revolution in the twentieth century, and especially during the 1966-69 Cultural Revolution, means that there is a relative dearth today of accessible photographic records in China itself. [...]

The photographs archived here come from the collections of a Chinese diplomat, foreign businessmen, staff of the administrations in the Chinese treaty ports, missionaries, and officials of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. They shed light on political events such as the 1925 May Thirtieth incident, on working and social life, on treaty port architecture, commercial history, the history of dress and fashion, and of course the history of photography in China. They were taken by talented amateur photographers, by foreign snap-shotters, professional studio photographers, and others. These images were taken, acquired or bought by those living or visiting China.

These digital copies of the images are made available here for educational, reference and research purposes. As well as a variety of modestly sized collections, this project has worked with a number of larger bodies of material including photographs related to the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, diplomat Foo Ping-sheung (Fu Bingchang), holdings relating to the Shanghai Municipal Police, the G. Warren Swire collection, and the J.C. Oswald collection (SOAS)."
Supplied note:
"May I recommend that you look at the Historical Photographs of China. Many of the photographs were taken by Fu Bingchang, the last ambassador Chiang Kaishek sent to Soviet Russia. Fu was a keen amateur photographer, and he captured hundreds of images of Kuomintang society during the 1920s to 1940s. Virtually none of them have been seen or published.- ywf."
Site contents:
* Fu Bingchang - Images; * Chinese Maritime Customs - Images; * Shanghai Municipal Police - Images; * G. Warren Swire - Images; * All Images [4,900 photographs, 327 pages; also incl. J.C. Oswald collection, and Other Collections - ed.]; * Objectifs [i.e. About the project]; * Related Works; * Photographers.
URL http://chp.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://chp.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/
Link reported by: Yee-Wah Foo (ywfoo--at--lincoln.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: 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 300
* Information about the 'Historical Photographs of China' was kindly supplied by Dr Yee-Wah Foo to mark the forthcoming 15th Anniversary (1994-2009) of the AS WWW Monitor e-journal. - ed.]

03 Feb 2009

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Washington - Moscow - Beijing - Beirut - Brussels. Washington, DC, US.
Self-description:
"The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results."
Site contents:
* Issues (# Democracy & the Rule of Law: Democracy and Human Rights in Post-Soviet Societies, Democracy Promotion, Middle East Democracy Promotion, Rule of Law, # International Organizations: , United Nations, # Nonproliferation: Anti-Missile Systems, Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, CTBT / Nuclear Testing, Disarmament, Export Controls, Illicit Networks, Iranian Proliferation, Missile Proliferation, Nonproliferation Regime / NPT, Nuclear Arsenals, Nuclear Fuel Cycle / Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Terrorism, Russian Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Sanctions, Interdiction, Enforcement, Threat Reduction Programs, U.S.-India Nuclear Deal, # United States Foreign Policy: Afghanistan-U.S. Relations, China-U.S. Relations, East Asia-U.S. Relations, Europe-U.S. Relations, Foreign Policy for the Next President, Iran-U.S. Relations, Iraq-U.S. Relations, Latin America-U.S. Relations, Middle East-U.S. Relations, Russian-U.S. Relations, South Asia-U.S. Relations, # Energy and Climate: Adaptation / Mitigation, Clean Energy, Consumption Behavior, Energy Efficiency, Market Distortions, Market-Based Mechanisms, Russian and Caspian Energy Policy, U.S.-China Energy and Climate Cooperation, # Trade, Equity and Development: Arab Economic Reform, Chinese Economic Development, Food Price Crisis, Global Trade Policy, Globalization and Employment, Globalization and Inequality, International Financial Institutions, Latin American Economic Development, Middle Eastern and North African Economic Development, Migration, Post-Soviet Economies, South Asian Economic Development, U.S. Trade Policy, # Society and Politics: Arab Political Reform, Chinese Domestic Politics, Chinese Social Development, Iranian Domestic Politics, Islam and Society in Russia and Central Asia, Islamist Movements, Political Reform, Russian Domestic Politics, U.S. Domestic Politics, # Security and Military Affairs: Chinese Security and Military, Gulf Security, Islam and Terrorism in Russia and Central Asia, Narco Trafficking in Russia and Central Asia, NATO Expansion, Russia Foreign Policy, Terrorism and Counter-Radicalization, U.S. Military Strategy, U.S. National Security, # International Hot Spots and Crises: Afghanistan at a Crossroads, Cross Straits Relations, Global Financial Crisis, Israel-Palestine Crisis, Mumbai Attacks, Peacekeeping, Russia-Georgia Crisis);

* Regions (# Americas: Latin America, United States, # Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, # East Asia: China Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Diaspora, Japan, Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, # Eastern Europe: Kosovo, Ukraine, # Gulf Countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, # Levant: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, # Middle East: Iran, Israel, Turkey, # North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, # Russia and Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caspian, Chechnya, Georgia, Russia, # South Asia: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, # South East Asia: # Sub-Saharan Africa: # Western Europe: France, Germany, United Kingdom);

* Programs (China, Democracy & the Rule of Law, Energy & Climate, Middle East, Nonproliferation, Russia & Eurasia, South Asia, Trade, Equity & Development, US Role in the World);

* Experts ("The Endowment offers leading experts on international affairs, including Russia and Eurasia, Middle East, China, South Asia, democracy, nonproliferation, trade, globalization, and security affairs. Below is an alphabetical listing of our experts. View experts by country, View experts by issue.");

* Events;

* Publications Publications (# NUCLEAR PRIORITIES: Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities, # U.S.-MIDDLE EAST RELATIONS: Obama's Middle East Policy: What the Arab World Expects, # ECONOMIC CRISIS: China's Stimulus Lesson for America, # ARAB POLITICAL REFORM: Islamists in Politics: The Dynamics of Participation, # NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS: Are New Nuclear Bargains Attainable? # ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS: In the Shadow of the Brothers, # FEATURED PUBLICATION: Foreign Policy for the Next President, # ENEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS: eNews, Arab Reform Bulletin, Proliferation News, Russian and Eurasian News, South Asian Perspectives, ChinaNet Insight News, Hong Kong Journal);

* RSSS; * Search site; * About; * Comments and Feedback.

URL http://carnegieendowment.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://carnegieendowment.org/
Link reported by: Manuel Abrantes Goncalves (ArnaldoG--at--iacm.gov.mo)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

02 Feb 2009

Folhas de Historia [Leaves of Portuguese History: a blog]
wordpress.com, Redwood City, CA, US.
Supplied-note:
"[... 'Folhas de Historia', est. Mar 2008 - ed.] http://gloriainacselsis.wordpress.com/ [...] is a blog in Portuguese but [it] promotes Asian studies. It is directed primarily to History graduates of Portuguese speaking regions, and picks [...] on historical themes related to the Portuguese colonial empire in Asia and its post-colonial relations. The other and older forum [... 'Goa Research Net (GRN)', est. Sep 2005 - ed.] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net/ [ ...] concentrates primarily on studies related to Goa, the former Portuguese colony till 1961, but since 1986 an autonomous State within the Union of India. It is a specialised forum which has been well utilized by many researchers [over 250 members in Feb 2009 - ed.] delving on that region of Western India over the past 11 years. [...] - trs."
['Folhas de Historia' is a site in Portugese, GRN is a site in English - ed.]
URL http://gloriainacselsis.wordpress.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract. Access to http://gloriainacselsis.wordpress.com/ has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt. ]
Link reported by: Teotonio R. de Souza (teodesouza--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* 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
* Information about the 'Folhas de Historia' was kindly supplied by Dr Teotonio R. de Souza to mark the forthcoming 15th Anniversary (1994-2009) of the AS WWW Monitor e-journal. - ed.]

01 Feb 2009

The SAT Daizokyo Text Database
The SAT Daizokyo Text Database Committee, Dept. of Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Self-description:
"Humanity's repository of the Buddhist wisdom: the full text of 85 volumes of Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo [...], is now available on-line. [...] The SAT Daizokyo Text Database Committee opens this data for public use with the full approval of Daizo Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, the original publisher of the Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo."
Supplied-note:
"[...A]s a scholar of Daoism and early medieval Chinese Religion - I would like to recommend [...] websites [listed below] not only for the obvious use of locating citations from religious scriptures, but because they can function as the much needed but not available 'dictionary' for the often obtruse and undocumented language used in early medieval texts. A parallel search in contemporary texts from the Buddhist Canon and the Daoists canon more often than not clarifies the meaning of difficult words and expressions and helps to contextualize them at the same time.
The site of the 'Taisho Daizokyo' allows full text searches of the Buddhist canon as well as of specified parts of it. [...]
While the complete 'Daozang' to my knowledge is not yet searcheable online, the Academia Sinica has 21 volumes out of 60 - and in particular many of the early medieval texts in the 'Daozang', in a searcheable full text database.
http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~tdbproj/handy1/
This is the list of the Academica Sinica database. Somewhere in the middle of the list is the link to the 'Zhengtong daozang' database. It is quite strong on pre-Tang scriptures. The menu has an option to show several levels of the titles - clicking 2 in the title box gets the list of all the texts contained on the screen.
And last but not least, with a much more limited number of texts, but containing such useful things as the 'Yunqi qijian', 'Daojiao Yishu' and more, and very fast and great to use is the database of some texts from the 'Daozang' on the Dokisha homepage:
http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~dokisha/kanseki.html
Page references are to the standard edition of the Zhentong Daozang, while the 'Academia Sinica' website mentioned before refers to the 60 vol. Taiwanese edition. - fa."
Site contents:
* Database; * Welcome; * Staff [The SAT Daizokyo Text Database Committee]; * Terms of Use; * User's Guide ("The retrieval system has four general functions: 1. Viewing a text by tracing through a tree-outline structure from the top page, 2. Doing a full-text search from a search window, 3. Page reading mode, 4. Links from other sites.").
[A bi-lingual (JP, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Friederike Assandri (friederike_assandri--at--yahoo.com)
* 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]: over 3000 [in fact, 4750 external links]
* Information about the 'SAT Daizokyo Text Database' was kindly supplied by Friederike Assandri to mark the forthcoming 15th Anniversary (1994-2009) of the AS WWW Monitor e-journal. - ed.]

01 Feb 2009

National Museum of Oriental Art "Giuseppe Tucci"
National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome, Italy.
Self-description:
"Established in 1957 by decree of the President of the Republic, the Museum was open to the public in 1958. On May 2005 it was dedicated to Giuseppe Tucci (1894-1984) who promoted its foundation and was one of the most important orientalists in twentieth-century. The Museum is one of the Special Institutes of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, as it carries out tasks of protection and conservation of artistic and archaeological objects from Asian Countries, it controls the customs transit of cultural goods in cooperation with the Local Superintendencies, it tries to avoid the dispersal of state and private collections, it gives advices to State Institutions within matters of its competence and it promotes the knowledge of Asian culture organizing exhibitions, lectures and guided visits to its collections.
The nucleus of the collections is composed by the findings lodged by the former Italian Institute for the Middle and the Far East (IsMEO), today Italian Institute for Africa and the East (IsIAO) [http://www.isiao.it/], coming from its archaeological missions in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, together with goods bought by G. Tucci between 1928 and 1954 in Nepal and Tibet. The property has been gradually growing thanks to State purchases from private owners, to donations made by private citizens or public institutes as well as to exchanges with several Asian Countries.
During the years, the Museum also got new structures, useful to its activities: a specialized Library, a Restoration Workshop, a Photo Archive, an Archive of oriental collections in Italy, a Bioarchaeology and Electronic Microscopy Department and an Educational Service."
Site contents:
* Museum (Overview, Palazzo Brancaccio, Permanent Exhibition, Virtual tour, How to get there, Tickets);
* Collections (Pre-islamic Near East, Islam, Gandhara, India, Tibet Nepal, Southeast Asia, Far East);
* Events (Temporary Exhibitions, Lectures, Guided tours);
* Services (Info and Reservations, Didactic Service, Photo Archive, Oriental Collection Archive, Bioarchaeology Service, Catalogue Office, Library, Restauro [Conservation/Restoration]);
* Links; *Publications; * Press; * Search; * Sitemap; * Contacts.
[A bi-lingual (IT, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.museorientale.it/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.museorientale.it/
Link reported by: M.A.Polichetti (maxlaura.poldim--at--tin.it)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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
International students: ANU CRICOS Provider Number is 00120C