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THE ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
ISSN 1329-9778
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
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Edited by: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek
"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778)
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Jan 2010, Vol. 17, No. 1 (306)
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Entries accepted for publication: 12
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15 Jan 2010
Old Tibetan Documents Online (OTDO)
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan
Self-description:
"Old Tibetan Documents Online (OTDO) is a corpus of selected old (VIIth to Xth centuries) Tibetan texts: Dunhuang manuscripts [digitised and published by The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) http://idp.bl.uk/], Inscriptions and related materials. We provide critically edited texts together with search and KeyWord In Context (KWIC) facilities."
Site contents:
* Introduction [under construction];
* Acknowledgements;
* About Us;
* Online Texts [as of 15 Jan 2010 - 89 texts; an example of the data structure and contents of the record "ITJ_1379" follows:
1. Content : Receipt for the repayment of loaned wheat.
2. Note : sheet. The top left part of the main text is missing. Recto, 9 lines with two illegible vermilion seals at the bottom. Verso, 1 line.
3. References :
Thomas (1951: 43-44) [I.Translit., I.Trans.], T?y? bunko (part 10, 65-66), Takeuchi (1995: 262-263) [I.Translit., I.Trans.].
4. Transliteration:
(r1) [---] stsang / / mngan rnying lo byis brtsan gyi sug pa na /\ [...] - ed.]
* Search the Texts [incl. search for text patterns];
* References (Abbreviations, Bibliography [in European and Asian languages]);
* Links;
* Search [the site].
URL http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/
Link reported by: T Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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 3,000
13 Jan 2010
Bulletin of the Asia Institute (BAI)
www.bulletinasiainstitute.org, Bloomfield Hills, MI, US
Supplied note:
"Dear Colleague,
[...] The Bulletin of the Asia Institute is pleased to announce the publication of vol. 19
IRANIAN AND ZOROASTRIAN STUDIES IN HONOR OF PRODS OKTOR SKJAERV¯ [SKJAERVØ - ed.].
# Duan Qing - "'Mulberry' in Khotanese: A New Khotanese Loan Deed in the Hetian Museum";
# Yaakov Elman - "The Other in the Mirror: Iranians and Jews View One Another: Questions of Identity, Conversion, and Exogamy in the Fifth-Century Iranian Empire, Part One";
# Richard N. Frye - "Church and State in Iranian History";
# Rika Gyselen, "Vahram III (293) and the Rock Relief of Naqsh-i Rustam II: A Contribution to the Iconography of Sasanian Crown Princes in the Third Century";
# Valerie Hansen - "The Tribute Trade with Khotan in Light of Materials Found at the Dunhuang Library Cave";
# Prudence O. Harper - "From Earth to Heaven: Speculations on the Significance of the Form of the Achaemenid Censer";
# Almut Hintze - "The Cow that Came from the Moon: The Avestan Expression mah- gaociÆra-";
# Stephanie W. Jamison, "Poetic Self-Reference in the Rig Veda and the Persona of Zarathustra";
# Jean Kellens et Philippe Swennen - "Le sacrifice et la nature humaine";
# Hiroshi Kumamoto - "Paul Pelliot and the Desana-parivarta of the Suvar?abhasa-sutra";
# Judith A. Lerner - "An Alan Seal";
# Maria Macuch, "The Herbedestan as a Legal Source: A Section on the Inheritance of a Convert to Zoroastrianism";
# Mauro Maggi - "Annotations on the Book of Zambasta, II: Khotanese ma?kya-";
# Antonio Panaino, "Sheep, Wheat, and Wine: An Achaemenian Antecedent of the Sasanian Sacrifices pad ruwan";
# Rong Xinjiang - "The Name of the So-called "Tumshuqese" Language";
# James R. Russell - "The Demon Weed";
# Lore Sander, "Remarks on the Formal Brahmi Script from the Southern Silk Route";
# Martin Schwartz - "Apollo and Khshathrapati, the Median Nergal, at Xanthos";
# Shai Secunda - "Studying with a Magus/Like Giving a Tongue to a Wolf";
# Shaul Shaked - "Aramaic Loan-words in Middle Persian";
# M. Rahim Shayegan - "Nugae Epigraphicae";
# Daniel Jensen Sheffield, "The Wizirgerd i Denig and the Evil Spirit: Questions of Authenticity in Post-Classical Zoroastrianism";
# Nicholas Sims-Williams - "Before the Quarrel: A Bactrian Purchase Contract";
# Ursula Sims-Williams, "The Strange Story of Samuel Guise: An 18th-Century Collection of Zoroastrian Manuscripts";
# Werner Sundermann, "The Emperor's New Clothes";
# Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina - "Resurrecting the Resurrection: Eschatology and Exegesis in Late Antique Zoroastrianism";
# Dieter Weber, "A Pahlavi Papyrus from Islamic Times";
# Yutaka Yoshida - "Visa' Sura's Corpse Discovered?" - cb."
Self-description:
"Studies in the art, archaeology, numismatics, history, and languages of ancient Iran, Mesopotamia, and Central Asia and connections with China and Japan along the Silk Route are presented in a scholarly journal, the Bulletin of the Asia Institute [ISSN 0890-4460]."
Site contents:
* About the Bulletin;
* Ordering Information;
* BAI Abbreviations;
* Links;
[TOCs for the following subject areas:]
* Iranian Studies;
* Central Asia;
* China and the West;
* Gandhara / Buddhist Art / India;
* Islamic Art;
* Near East;
* Asia Minor;
* Archaeology;
* Metalwork / Ceramics / Glass;
* Textiles / MSS / Wall Painting;
* Coins / Seals;
* Sculpture;
* Inscriptions;
* Literature / Language;
* Manichaeism / Zoroastrianism;
[TOCs and abstracts of selected articles from:] * Vol. 1 (Jan 1987) - Vol. 18 (Dec 2008).
URL http://www.bulletinasiainstitute.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bulletinasiainstitute.org/
Link reported by: Carol Bromberg (bai34--at--comcast.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000
11 Jan 2010
The Society for Advancing South Asian History (SAHSA)
SAHSA, c/o University of Chicago, IL, US
Self-description:
"SAHSA was founded to promote scholarship on the history of the South Asian region in the United States. The organization
(1) enhances the profile of South Asian history within the wider historical profession;
(2) fosters the study of South Asian history across disciplinary and methodological boundaries;
(3) encourages the study of South Asian history in relation to global histories;
(4) provides venues for scholars to communicate with one another;
and (5) promotes excellence in scholarship.
Membership is open to all teachers and scholars of South Asian history. SAHSA resources for scholars include regular conferences and an email discussion list. SAHSA intends to promote discussion on South Asian history and historiography through this website as well as more traditional publication avenues."
Site contents:
* About
(SAHSA By-Laws);
* Navigation
(Contact,
Discussions,
Blog,
Polls,
Recent posts);
* User login.
URL http://sahsa.uchicago.edu
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Anupama Rao (arao--at--barnard.edu), 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 30
11 Jan 2010
The Z. Shahidi International Cultural Foundation (ZSHICF), Tajikistan
Z. Shahidi Museum of Musical Cultures, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Self-description:
"The Ziyodullo Shahidi International Foundation for Culture (ZSHIFC) was organized in February 1992 by the Z. Shahidi Museum of Musical Culture, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education, the Academy of Science, the National University, and the Kayra-Kum Carpet Factory. At that time, Tajik society had split into two contradictory ideological fronts which threatened to annihilate the values created by the previous generation, and there was a distinct need for a foundation of this kind.
The Foundation aimed to overcome the conflicts in the country's cultural life which had been hidden during Soviet times, but which came to light in the post-Soviet period, causing a re-evaluation of societal values. A timely conference worked out a program of the rehabilitation and development of pre-existing intellectual interaction and cooperation, with the aim of using that as an ideological instrument in the transition period. A process of consolidation of the creative part of society was begun, and the Foundation's work forms part of that process. Its transformation into sustainable development will be a task for society as a whole."
Site contents:
* News ([in early Jan 2010:] Framed Knowledge as an obstacle for creativity and transition,
Parliament of Cultures,
Tajik-Indian intercultural relations,
Press-release,
Tajikistan-Turkey intercultural relations,
Tajik-Norvegian intercultural relations);
* Fonus [info. about the Fonus journal, no actual online issues];
* Biography (Ziyodullo Shahidi,
Munira Shahidi,
Farangis Nurullo-Khoja);
* Foundation [about the Z. Shahidi Foundation];
* Links (Other Foundations, Tajik Music);
* Photo gallery;
* Museum [about the Z. Shahidi Museum].
URL http://www.shahidifoundation.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Farangis Nurulla-Khoja (farangis--at--yahoo.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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
08 Jan 2010
Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, US
Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, New York, NY, US.
Self-description:
"Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, a project of Trace Foundation [www.trace.org], is a forum of open inquiry for all audiences interested in Tibetan culture. The library conducts programs and makes available a unique collection of up-to-date texts, multimedia and other research materials in relevant languages that represent the extent and character of Tibetan cultural diversity. It is an active center of modern Tibetan cultural studies and provides a forum for meaningful interaction, learning and the exchange of ideas. We assist those with interests in the humanities, arts, and sciences in order to promote a deeper understanding and wider appreciation of Tibetan culture and its contribution to the world's cultural heritage."
Site contents:
* About Latse
(Mission Statement,
Overview and Description,
Collections,
Programs,
Why Latse,
Services,
Staff,
How to Find Latse,
Library Hours);
* Brochure
English version,
Tibetan version);
* Newsletter (Vol 1, No. 1, Fall 2003 - Vol 5, No. 1, Fall 2007);
* Databases
(Byara Database,
Library Catalog,
Image library,
Gyalrong Texts Project);
* Conferences
(Gedun Choephel);
* Lecture Series
(Professor Drongbu Tsering Dorje,
Sherab Nyima - Vice President, Central Nationalities University, Beijing,
Sang Dhak - Chinese Center for Tibetan Studies, Beijing);
* Events
(Losar 2008 - Celebration,
Losar 2004 - Stand up comedy,
Selected works of Dorje Basang,
Losar 2005 - A concert by the masters,
Tibetan Yak Cheese Week,
Innovations in Tibetan Information Technology);
* Film Series [under construction].
URL http://www.latse.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.latse.org
Link reported by: Robbie Barnett (rb25--at--mindspring.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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 300
08 Jan 2010
International Summer School for Jain Studies (ISSJS), India
International Summer School for Jain Studies, New Delhi, India.
Self-description:
"The International Summer School for Jain Studies (ISSJS) provides an important link between the Jain community and the academic world by providing students and scholars the opportunity to study Jainism during an intensive summer program in North India. Despite its small numbers, the Jains have, and continues to have, a large impact on Indian religious and cultural life. Since its inception in 2005, ISSJS had been consistently making in roads in introducing Jain academic studies and inquiry in the universities of North America.
The ISSJS is a program run by two separate but collaborating organizations; the International School for Jain Studies (ISJS) India and ISJS North America. ISJS North America is a sub committee of the Mahavir Vision Inc., a non-profit, (tax exempt,) 501 C (3) organization. ISJS North America works in collaboration with the Committee on the Academic Studies of Jainism in North America (ASJNA), the Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA), the World Council of Jain Academies, U.K (WCJA), the Jain Academic Foundation of North America (JAFNA)."
Site contents:
* Our Program (ISSJS Program 2010 [May-July 2010]: Itinerary, Daily Schedule, Lectures and Courses, Community Interaction, Independent Study/Research Project, Indian Language Tutorials);
* Prospective Students;
* Admitted Students;
* Gallery [Photos from the Summer Schools 2005-2009];
* Jainism (About Jainism, Online Resources [Basic principles of Jainism,
Calendar,
Jain Centers & Organizations,
Mantras & Prayers,
Rituals & Symbols,
Sites with a large number of articles and books,
Tirthas/Pilgrimage,
Vegetarianism & Ahimsa], Jain Scholars India, Jain Scholars Overseas);
* Contact;
* Alumni;
* Community;
* Study Notes (Preview, Download).
URL http://www.jainstudies.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.jainstudies.org
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]: 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 1,000
07 Jan 2010
Strategic Information and Research Development Center (SIRD), Malaysia
GB Gerakbudaya Enterprise Sdn Bhd, Selangor, Malaysia.
Self-description:
"Strategic Information and Research Development Center, better known as SIRD, is an independent scholarly publishing house in Malaysia. We cater predominantly to the needs of academics; and occasionally, to a wider audience of activists and policy-makers. We are working towards expanding links between Malaysian and regional/international publishers with the aim of making non-mainstream writers more accessible to a local/international audience and vice-versa.
We publish books on Malaysian and Southeast Asian Studies that include:
# Current Affairs,
# Economics,
# Gender Studies,
# Social Science,
# Politics and International Relations,
# Memoirs.
Our sister company Gerakbudaya Sdn. Bhd. [www.gerakbudaya.com - ed.] distributes books that embody social awareness, critical and alternative perspectives, and the hidden histories of Malaysia, Southeast Asia and the wider world we live in."
Site contents:
* About SIRD;
* Products Page
(Transaction Results, Verify your Order, Your Account);
* Publishing Partners;
* For Authors;
* Contact Information;
* Blog;
* Search SIRD;
* Shopping cart;
* Books Categories (Arts & Fiction, Asian Studies, Bahasa Malaysia Titles, Biography, Books in the News, Business & Economics, Chinese Titles, Environment & Development, Gender/Indigenous Studies, Global Politics, Islamic & Religious Titles, Malaysian Studies, New Release, Other products, Series & Editions, SIRD new releases, SIRD Titles);
* Download our latest catalogue;
* Forthcoming.
URL http://www.gerakbudaya.com/about-sird/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gerakbudaya.com/www.gerakbudaya.com/about-sird/
Link reported by: Clare Law (clare--at--gerakbudaya.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000
06 Jan 2010
Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka (FDASL) [Project]
Digital Library for International Research (DLIR), Washington, DC, US.
Self-description:
"The Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka (FDASL) is a documentary project that produced an inventory of furniture and other decorative arts that were created in Sri Lanka and are currently owned by Sri Lanka's cultural institutions and private collections. It is sponsored by the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies [www.aisls.org - ed.]. [...]
The inventory is presented in an image database of approximately 1,000 images of 400 unique items that were photographed by the project's principal researcher, Ayesha Abdur-Rahman, from 2006 to 2009. The first collections to be described were the furniture collections of the National Museums of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Galle, Kandy, and at Pettah. These collections primarily consist of furniture from the Portuguese, Dutch and British Periods (17th to 19th centuries)."
Site contents:
* About DLIR;
* About FDASL;
* Essays (Essays by Ayesha Abdur-Rahman:
# Burgomaster Chairs,
# Dating the Furniture of Sri Lanka,
# Woods Used in Sri Lanka Furniture);
* Image database [database fields: # Type of object, # Subject, # Numerical date, # Date of period, # Place of creation, # Measurements (H: W: L:), # Materials, # Techniques, # Inscriptions and marks, # Distinguishing features, # Descriptions, # Location, # Accession ID, # Notes - ed.] (# Search museums or private collections:
National Museum of Sri Lanka (Colombo),
National Museum of Sri Lanka (Kandy),
National Museum of Sri Lanka (Galle),
Dutch Period Museum (Pettah),
Lunuganga Trust (Geoffrey Bawa's Home in Colombo),
Lunuganga Trust (Geoffrey Bawa's Home in Lunuganga),
A. Mohideen Private Collection Furniture,
A. Mohideen and Sheeraz Sellamuttu Private Collection Brasses,
Tea Estate Collections (Sheen-Sheen),
Tea Estate Collections (Bogawantalawa),
Tea Estate Collections (Harrow-Sheen),
# Search the entire Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka);
* Bibliography [Annotated Bibliography by Ayesha Abdur-Rahman, i.e. details of 20 publications in English from the years 1681-2008];
* Credits.
URL http://dlir.aiys.org/LALORC/AISLS/aboutFDASL.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: John Rogers (Rogersjohnd--at--aol.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/ Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30
06 Jan 2010
Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women (SPARROW)
www.sparrowonline.org, Mumbai, India.
Self-description:
"The idea of setting up SPARROW took root in 1988. Before that, those who are now the trustees of SPARROW had met several times and discussed the possibilities of setting up a Women's Archives with a difference. The need for such a specialised archives has emerged from their own work in Women's Studies. The idea was not to set up a Women's Archives as just a collection centre but to create an archives which would be more vibrant and more communicative.
The Women's Archives was conceived as an organisation which would bring people together;
an archive which would be an agent of conscientisation. [...]
Current SPARROW Holdings:
12745 photographs,
5969 media slides,
609 documentaries in 7 languages,
585 popular films in 11 languages,
4700 books in 12 languages,
3500 journal articles in 7 languages,
17500 newspaper clippings in
8 languages,
1925 brochures in
9 languages,
3031 print visuals,
1362 posters,
118 calendars,
8000 cartoons by Maya Kamath,
649 music audio-cassettes / C.Ds,
1093 oral history recordings."
Site contents:
* Profile;
* Trustees (SPARROW Trustees, Advisory Committee, External Advisors from Outside Mumbai, External Advisors from Outside India);
* Projects (1. Oral History Recording Programme (OHRP), 2. Digital Video Recording Project, 3. Photography Project, 4. Media-Watch Project, 5. Multilingual Collection Project, 6. NGO Documentation, 7. Project Maya Kamath, 8. Global Feminisms);
* Archives (# Oral History Recordings: Freedom Movements, Practitioners of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Traditional Healers, Ambedkar Movement & Experiences of Dalit Women, Policymakers, Women In Progressive Movements, Women in the Left & Progressive Movements, Artistes/Artists, Bani Basu, Mona Zote, # Media Watch: Advertisements, Documentaries by women on women, Films by women on women, # Video Documentation, # Photographic Project: Activists at work, Selected works of women photographers, Sangli Event coverage, Performers, Vanmala, # Multi-Lingual Collections, The Word: Books, journals, The Image: posters, ritual designs, cartoons and jokes, diaries , The Sound: Folk) ;
* Publications (Booklets,
Books,
Reports,
Translations,
Publication Pricelist);
* Worshops (Oral History,
Visual History,
Film Viewing);
* Outreach (Events and Expansion Plans);
* Newsletter (SPARROW Newsletter No. 1
Nov, 2003 to Newsletter No. 18
Sep, 2009 [free download, PDF format]);
* Annual Reports [donloadable reports, from 1997-1998 till 2008-2008];
* Downloads (Selected Sparrow Films about: # Homai Vyarawalla [photo journalist], # Ambika [actress], # Malathamma [actress], # Ritha [dancer], # Pramila Esther Victoria Abraham [oral historian], # Kanaka [sculptor], # Damayanti Menaka's Daughter [dancer], # Sushma Vhay, Mee Savitriba [actress], # Maya [actress], # Neela - Colours of Tradition [painter], # Vithabai [actress]);
* Contact Us;
* How to Participate.
URL http://www.sparrowonline.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sparrowonline.org/
Link reported by: Geraldine Forbes (geraldine.forbes--at--oswego.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/ Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300
04 Jan 2010
Chinese Names of Western Scholars: a directory
Ostasiatisches Institut - Sinologie, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Self-description:
"This listing aims to facilitate communication between Western and Asian China-scholars. As anyone who has attended a bi- or multilingual conference can attest, some amount of confusion is occasioned by the fact that Western sinologists are usually known in Chinese-speaking academia primarily by their Chinese names. As the latter, however, are not in common use in Western academic circles, it often takes a while to figure out that, for example, the professor Du Zanqi, whom a Chinese conference participant keeps citing, is in fact better known in the English-speaking world as Prasenjit Duara.
With a view towards tackling this particular barrier to scholarly communication, I have compiled a preliminary list of several hundred Chinese names of Western scholars. "Western" here does not refer to any sort of ethnic identity, but merely indicates that the person in question publishes (or published) on some aspect of Chinese culture in a Western language. Thus, the list also includes, for example, Chinese, Taiwanese, Singaporean, Malaysian, Japanese, and Korean scholars whose names typically only appear in transcription in their publications.
No particular search criteria were applied in compiling this list so that the result is a somewhat heterogeneous mix of scholars from all over the world, most of them alive, some already deceased. It is hoped that the publication of the list will result in submission of additional entries by scholars the world over. I expect to expand and update the listings on a regular basis. Of course, other comments as well as corrections are always welcome and should be directed by email to clart [at] uni-leipzig.de."
Site contents:
[As of 6 Jan 2010, an alphabetic list of 603 "Western" names of scholars and the corresponding Chinese "nicknames/pen-names." At this stage there is no separate ordered listing of Chinese signifiers and their "Western" correspondences. Also, the document uses a surprisingly rudimentary data format: # Surname, # Name, # Ideograph. Finally, there is no list, whether detailed or general, of consulted sources. Therefore, any possible typos or factual errors cannot be readily confronted and rectified. Definitely, the present directory is an early draft of a more thorough future work. - ed.]
URL http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~clartp/ChineseNamesWesternScholars.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Philip Clart (clart--atuni-leipzig.de), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30
04 Jan 2010
Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts (DLLM)
National Library of Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Self-description:
"The Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts makes images of almost 12,000 texts from throughout Laos easily accessible for study. Collaborating institutions are the National Library of Laos, the University of Passau, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
There is a wide diversity in the manuscript collection, covering a large geographical area and historical timeframe, different literary traditions and schools of scribes, and different languages and scripts. The majority of the texts are from the Lao, Lan Na and Tai Lue traditions, with smaller numbers in Tai Nuea, and Tai Dam, etc.
The DLLM database can be searched by title, ancillary term, language, script, category, material, location, date, and code number. Grey-tone images of the manuscripts (digitised from microfilm) can be viewed online or copied to your desktop, and complete sets of images of inventoried texts can be downloaded.
The DLLM website also provides information about the Lao literary tradition, the Preservation of Lao Manuscripts Programme, study resources, and a gallery of photographs showing the manuscript preservation work of the National Library of Laos.
[...]
The DLLM website was launched in September 2009. At present 6,173 texts are searchable. More texts will be added regularly until the full collection of almost 12,000 texts becomes available in late 2010. Feedback on the functionality of the site and suggestions for improvement are welcome."
Supplied note:
"The National Library of Laos is pleased to announce the Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts (DLLM), a web application which will make images of almost 12,000 texts from throughout Laos easily accessible for study. We hope that this collection may be if interest to users of the Asian Studies WWW VL.
[http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html - ed.]
The digital library can be viewed at [the URL below].
Please note that the website will not be available on 07 and 08 January 2010. - DLLM Project."
Site contents:
* About (Background,
DLLM Project,
DLLM Collection);
* Resources (# Languages and Scripts
[information about the languages and scripts found in the DLLM collection, including resources such as primers, dictionaries, grammars and other reference works, together with selected articles and links to further resources.],
# Research Papers
[collected papers in Lao, Thai and English from the international conference 'The Literary Heritage of Laos: Preservation, Dissemination and Research Perspectives', held in Vientiane in January 2004, and other research papers.],
# PLMP Newsletter
[digital copies of the 22 volumes (issued biannually 1993-2003, PDF format - ed.) of a Lao-language newsletter Khao bai lan published during the Preservation of Lao Manuscripts Programme, containing news from the various field sites where the survey and microfilming took place, together with short extracts from palm-leaf manuscripts which had been found in those locations.],
# Gallery
[a gallery of photographs: Lao Buddhist temples, Buddha images and murals, village life, festivals, making palm-leaf manuscripts, and subsequent related fieldwork conducted in Northern Laos.],
# Links [online dictionaries and reference works for Pali and other languages, online resources for Buddhist texts in Pali and in translation, and links to universities and other institutes with relevant courses and programmes, etc.]);
* Help (General Help, Site Help, Search Help, Results Help, Text Overview Help);
* Site Map;
* Contact Us;
* Search the Database (Search by Title, Ancillary Term, Language, Script, Category, Material, Location, and Date);
* Site Search [Google custom search];
* PLMP Code [Number] Search;
* DLLM Glossary [terminology used in the context of the DLLM database and website];
* DLLM Bibliography;
* DLLM Directory [Names,
Institution/Organisations, and
Areas of interest of researchers who registered themselves with the DLLM project];
* View Favourites.
[The documents and other information published online by the DLLM Project are the most wonderful Christmas/New Year present that librarians, researchers, and students worldwide could ever hoped to receive so freely, so elegantly, and so amply. Congratulations, hoorays and words of deep gratitude to the National Library of Laos, the University of Passau, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, the German Research Foundation, and the German Federal Government; felicitations and assurance of endless vicarious delight to all present and future visitors to the DLLM website - ed.]
URL http://www.laomanuscripts.net
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: DLLM Project (laomanuscripts--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/ Study/ Online Guide/ Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30
04 Jan 2010
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 2,390 [2,240 acronyms were listed in Jan 2009 - 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
Copyright (c) 2010 by T. Matthew Ciolek
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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