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Asian Studies WWW Announcements: early September 1998
Vol. 5, No. 61

10 Sep 1998

Militarism in India: The Army and Civil Society in Consensus
South Asian Area Studies, University of Bradford, UK
Promotional details of the recently published book: 'Militarism in India: The Army and Civil Society in Consensus' by Apurba Kundu (London: Tauris Academic Studies, 1998) ISBN 1-86064-318-3.
[Online access to the introductory chapter (28kb) - ed.]
URL http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/ses/acadak/book1.htm
Link submitted by: Apurba Kundu (a.kundu@Bradford.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

09 Sep 1998

India Club Bookstore
www.indiaclub.com, India
Supplied note: "India Club seeks to promote books published fom India on Indian Thought, Literature, History, Religion and more. It is a co-operative alliance of leading publishers and distributors assisted by a panel of distinguished authors, reviewers, and academicians from prestigious Indian Universities."
Site contents: Search; Review Shopping Cart; Customer Service; Books of My Choice; About Us; Award Winning Authors; Women Writers; Gallery of Art; Books in Translations; Popular Readings.
[A commercial site's which (at present) tracks 179 books on India, 4 books on Pakistan, 2 on Taj Mahal, 1 on Tibetan Buddhism, and no books on either Sri Lanka, Maldives or Bhutan - ed.]
URL http://www.indiaclub.com
Link submitted by: Babita Kapoor (bkapoor@indiaclub.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

09 Sep 1998

Taiwan Security Research
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Supplied note: "A comprehensive collection of Taiwan security information and metarials. TSR includes current news, papers, web site and conference information about Taiwan security issue. Contents of the TSR are divided into: Taiwan, PRC, Cross-Strait, US Policy, Japan Policy, Asia-Pacific, Papers, Media, and Archives."
URL http://www.taiwansecurity.org
Link submitted by: Philip Yang (pyang@ccms.ntu.edu.tw)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

09 Sep 1998

Sultanate of Okusi-Ambeno, West Timor
www.okusi.org, New Zealand?
Supplied note: "Official site of the [West Timor, Indonesia] Sultanate of Okusi-Ambeno, a small enclave located on the island of Timor, facing out into the Savu Sea."
[A joke/parody site of a formerly Portuguese enclave in West Timor - ed.]
URL http://www.okusi.org/oa/
Link submitted by: Gary Dean (gary@omen.net.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

09 Sep 1998

Korean American Historical Society (KAHS)
KAHS, Seattle, WA, USA
Self-description "A nonprofit organization [est. 1985] dedicated to enriching the collective memory of Korean Americans through collecting, maintaining, and transmitting the heritage and achievements of Koreans living in the United States and abroad."
Site contents: Info; Publications; Membership; Announcements; Links.
URL http://deestudios.com/kahs/
Link submitted by: Matthew Benuska (kahs@arkay-intl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

08 Sep 1998

Southeast Asia: Resources for Teachers
Kenyon College, USA
Supplied note: "Developed by 11 college/university teachers in a faculty development seminar sponsored by ASIANetwork (http://www.asianetwork.org/) (a consortium focused on undergraduate Asian Studies) this site has syllabi, bibliographies, film reviews and web resources. It welcomes contributions of such materials from other teachers."
Site contents: Courses & Topics Syllabi: (Southeast Asia in Survey Courses; Prehistory and History; Geography and Environment; Economics; Social Change and Modernization; Anthropology and Sociology; Gender, Family and Social Life; The Arts; Religion and Ideological Frameworks; Politics; Literature in Translation); Bibliographies [books, audio/video, online] (General SEA-wide; Pre- & Early History; Peoples & Languages; Land Use; Colonial History; Gender & Family Life; Material Culture; Religion; Nations & Politics; USA in SEA; SEAsian Diaspora; Literature, Music, Film; Country-Specific Info; Utilities).
[At present, it is largely a blank template for gathering immensely useful online materials. The site has a potential to be a roaring success - ed.]
URL http://topaz.kenyon.edu/projects/seasem
Link submitted by: Rita Kipp (kipp@kenyon.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

08 Sep 1998

ShanghABC
ShanghABC, China
Supplied note: "Information [living, business] and services [relocation, online real estate searches] to managers living and working in Shanghai."
URL http://www.shanghabc.com
Link submitted by: Nicolas Zurstrassen (editor@shanghabc.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

08 Sep 1998

'Asia 2000 and Beyond' - SEC/AAS, Jan 1999
University of Virginia, Athens, GA, USA
Supplied note: "'Asia 2000 and Beyond' - The University of Georgia is the host of the 38th annual meeting of the SEC/AAS [The Southeast Regional Conference of the Association for Asian Studies - ed.] on Jan 15-17, 1999. Proposals for panels on specific topics are expressly solicited [deadline: 2 Oct 1998]; panels devoted to the development of teaching Asian subjects at the secondary or collegiate levels are especially encouraged."
URL http://www.virginia.edu/~eastasia/secaas99/secaas.html
Link submitted by: Jones David (djones@ksumail.kennesaw.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

07 Sep 1998

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, DK
home4.inet.tele.dk, Denmark
Self-description: "A European place for teaching and practice of the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism following the lineage passing through Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. The spiritual head is Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, the abbot of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling, one of the largest monasteries in Nepal."
URL http://home4.inet.tele.dk/gomde/right.htm
Link submitted by: Erik Hein Schmidt (rangjung@earthlink.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

07 Sep 1998

CSPP Analytic Reports about Korea
Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP), University of Strathclyde, UK
Supplied note: "South Korea in comparative perspective with post-Communist countries: mass response to change in state and market. This research programme draws on a unique database of sample public opinion surveys to measure Asian uniqueness against universalism in attitudes to democratization and democracy. Led by Professor Doh C. Shin and Professor Richard Rose."
[A summary of the CSPP research reports - ed.]
URL http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/CSPP/nkbframe.html
Link submitted by: Neil Munro (nmi.munro@strath.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Sep 1998

Science and magic in Ge Hong's 'Baopu-zi nei pian'
The Alchemy WWW VL, Glasgow, UK.
Supplied note: "A paper by Evgueni A. Tortchinov (St. Petersburg State University, Russia) from The 8th International Conference on the History of Science in China. Berlin, August 23 - 27, 1998."
[The paper is published by the Alchemy WWW Virtual Library (http://www.levity.com/alchemy/home.html), which maintains specialist sections on Western, Islamic, Indian, and Chinese alchemy - ed.]
URL http://www.levity.com/alchemy/ge_hong.html
Link submitted by: Evgueni Tortchinov (blade@comset.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

05 Sep 1998

Azerbaijan International Magazine
Azerbaijan International, USA
Supplied note: A printed & online "magazine published quarterly since 1993. Art, music, culture, social issues, business, international relations, more than 550 articles, 1,000 photos, 70 sound samples."
URL http://azer.com/
Link submitted by: Betty Blair (ai@artnet.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

04 Sep 1998

Floating World Prints in the Sweet Briar College Collection
Sweet Briar College, USA
Supplied note: "Contains catalog essays and slideshow of the current exhibition: Ukiyoe in the Sweet Briar Collection: Representations of Women. Also contains digital images of the whole Sweet Briar Collection, links to Internet web sites of ukiyoe, and essays on Japanese woodblock print history and production."
[Simple, coherent, informative site - ed.]
URL http://www.artgallery.sbc.edu/ukiyoe
Link submitted by: John Goulde, Ph.D. (goulde@sbc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

04 Sep 1998

Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia & the Pacific (SUSTRAN)
SUSTRAN Resource Centre (the Secretariat for SUSTRAN), Malaysia
Supplied note: "SUSTRAN is a network of organisations and individuals devoted to promoting more sustainable and people-centred transport policies. SUSTRAN produces an electronic newsletter and manages an electonic discussion list on transport issues in the region."
URL http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2853/
Link submitted by: Paul Barter (sustran@po.jaring.my)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

04 Sep 1998

'Marketing the Dharma' Symposium - Oct 1998
Shaman Drum Bookstore, Ann Arbor, USA
Self-description: "'Marketing the Dharma: The Publishing Industry and the Western Construction of Buddhism' A one-day symposium sponsored by The Program in Buddhist Studies at The University of Michigan and Shaman Drum Bookstore, Ann Arbor October 10, 1998 Henderson Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan."
URL http://www.shamandrum.com/buddhapub.html
Link submitted by: Robert Sharf (rsharf@umich.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

04 Sep 1998

Yangtze Floods and the Environment
US Embassy, Beijing, China
Self-description: "An August 1998 report [22Kb] from U.S. Embassy Beijing. Summary: Sharp declines in natural reservoirs such as forests and lakes, increased silting of rivers and lakes from the de-treed lands in the Yangtze basin, and steady encroachment on river beds by Chinese farmers have combined to push the flood waters to record levels during Summer 1998. [...] Clashing local economic interests, corruption, and poor coordination and communication combine to make land use planning and enforcement difficult."
URL http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/english/sandt/fldrpt.htm
Link submitted by: David Cowhig (dcowhig@public3.bta.net.cn)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

04 Sep 1998

Vietnam National Administration of Tourism
Center for Tourism Information Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Supplied note: "An [...] introduction on the country, the people and tourism of Vietnam."
Site contents: Introduction (Overview, History, People & Customs, Food & Fruits & Flowers, Arts & Crafts); Tourism (Overview, Tourspots, Tourist Companies, Travel Agencies, Hotels, Restaurants); Useful Information (Visa, Language, Currency, Vietnam Time, Post & Communication, Emergency Tel. Numbers); Company (Industry & product, Construction, Transportation); Cultural Heritage (Festivals, Theatre, Music); Service (Shopping, Art Galleries); Useful Addresses (Hospitals, Universities & Libraries, Government Organizations Embassies & Consulates); Finance (Banking, Insurance); Provinces: 61 Provinces.
URL http://www.vietnamtourism.com
Link submitted by: Kitty Chang (g1han@hn.vnn.vn)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Sep 1998

ASIANetwork Annual Conference - Apr 1999
ASIANetwork, USA
Self-description: "ASIANetwork, a consortium of over 125 institutions promoting the development of Asian Studies at liberal arts colleges and an AAS affiliate, invites participation in and panel proposals for its seventh annual conference, which will meet at the Sheraton Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, Washington, April 23-25, 1999."
URL http://www.asianetwork.org/gen/conf99.html
Link submitted by: Charles Ess (cmess@lib.drury.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Sep 1998

Mining, Modernisation and Conflict in South Pacific - Oct 1998
Evangelischen Akademie, Tutzing, Germany
Self-description: A conference on 'Mining, Modernisation and Conflict in South Pacific' "Schatzinseln in der Südsee - Bergbau im Südpazifik Modernisierungskonflikte und Perspektiven nachhaltiger Entwicklung 23. bis 25. Oktober 1998 in der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing [organised by:] Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, European Centre on Pacific Issues, Kirchlicher Entwicklungsdienst Bayern, Missionskolleg des Missionswerk Der Evang.-Luth. Kirche in Bayern, Pazifik Netzwerk E.V."
URL http://www.ev-akademie-tutzing.de/tagungen/98_02_03.htm
Link submitted by: Norbert Braumann (n.braumann@tu-bs.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Sep 1998

Malaysia Education Internet Directory
Cyber Webpage Design & Services Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia
Self-description: "Information related to the education industry in Malaysia [...] schools, institutes, colleges, universities, private corporations, public agencies, non-profit & profit bodies, non-governmental & governmental organisations and etc. will be gathered in this directory."
Site contents: Primary Schools; Secondary Schools; Tertiary Education; Online Resources; Search; About MY Education; Services; Visitor Guestbook.
[A fragmentary and immature (in both senses) site sporting inane animations of bouncing balls, and a flakey search engine - ed.]
URL http://www.my-education.net/
Link submitted by: (tcheng@my-manufacturing.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

02 Sep 1998

Tibet Current Affairs
Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia
Current affairs analyses and news bulletins (ISSN 1355-3313) prepared since 1988 by TIN - Tibet Information Network (http://www.tibetinfo.net), United Kingdom, email: (tin@gn.apc.org).
Recent bulletines: China Floods Force Logging Ban in Eastern Tibet (Aug 98); More Party Control, Tighter Security in Rural Tibet (Aug 98); Monk 'dedicated to spiritual practice' Dies After Torture (Jul 98); Ngawang Choephel, Tibetan music student held in Shigatse after appeal (Jul 98); Lhasa Bomb; More on Drapchi Disturbances (Jul 98); Demolition of Important Religious Sites: Monks and Nuns Expelled (Jun 98); New Protests at Drapchi Prison (May 98); Fifteen Monks Arrested After Re-education Protest in 'Rebellion Monastery' (May 98); Drapchi Protest Highlights 'danger' of Prison Visits in Tibet (Mar 98); Profile : Hu Jintao, former Party Secretary of TAR (Mar 98); Tibet Snowstorm: Aid Agencies and Soldiers Tackle the Crisis (Mar 98); The 10th Panchen Lama's Secret Report on 1960s Tibet Published (Feb 98).
'Tibet Current Affairs' pages, archived online since 1988, are a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and of the Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html).
URL: http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/TibPages/TIN/tin-bulletins.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

02 Sep 1998

Cahiers d'etudes sur la Mediterranee Orientale et le monde Turco-Iranie (CEMOTI)
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France
Self-description: "La zone geographique couverte par la revue est une vaste region qui s'etend des Balkans et de la Mediterranee orientale a l'Asie centrale ex-sovietique et au Xinjiang en passant par le Caucase."
[Partial information on 27 issues of a journal published biannually since 1985 - ed.]
URL http://www.ceri-sciencespo.com/cemoti/presente.htm
Link submitted by: Semih Vaner (semih.vaner@ceri.sciences-po.fr)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

02 Sep 1998

Persia Bridge of Light - CD ROM
Shygun System Co., Canada?
Self-description: "Persia Bridge of Light is the first encyclopedic multimedia of Iran designed for MS Windows. Completely bilingual [English & Farsi], with more than 1000 pictures, sounds, music clips, maps, tables, and diagrams. More than 2000 informative texts on the social, cultural, and economical situation for whole country, provinces and major cities, tourist resorts and Iranian prominent figures."
[Details of a commercial product - ed.]
URL http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/shygun/eProducts.htm
Link submitted by: Reza Samavi (shygunsys@neda.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

02 Sep 1998

Indonesian Acquisitions List - Jun 1998
National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The National Library of Australia's most recent Indonesian Acquisitions List, no.2, June 1998, listing material acquired by the Library's Regional Office in Jakarta between March and May 1998 [...] All issues of Indonesian Acquisitions List since March 1996 are on the Library's server."
Site contents: New Serial Titles; New Monographs; Serials and newspapers acquired for participants in the Indonesian Acquisitions Program; Serials and newspapers despatched by air.
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/pub/ial/0298.html
Link submitted by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Sep 1998

Pencarian Informasi yang Efektif di Internet
Pencarian Informasi Web Site, Indonesia
Supplied note: "This site is for Indonesians who want to know more on how to conduct internet searching effectively and efficiently. In Bahasa Indonesia. It has a monthly newsletter."
[The site includes a register of search engines relevant to Indonesia affairs - ed.]
URL http://www.pencarian-informasi.or.id/
Link submitted by: Muhamad Syukri (pengelola@pencarian-informasi.or.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Sep 1998

East Asian Studies Internet Resources
College & Research Libraries News, The Association of College & Research Libraries, USA
Supplied note: "East Asian studies - Sites to help meet the growing demand for information [a July 1998 review] by Ching Chang, Sheau-yueh J. Chao, and Belinda Chiang."
Site contents: Gateway systems/Meta indexes; Individual countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, and Tibet; Scholarly discussion lists and electronic conferences; Electronic journals and newsletters.
URL http://www.ala.org/acrl/resjul98.html
Link submitted by: Sheau-yueh Janey Chao (sheau-yueh_chao@baruch.cuny.edu) and Maureen Donovan (donovan.1@osu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

01 Sep 1998

Mengajar Bahasa Indonesia
www1.tpgi.com.au, Australia
Supplied note: "A teacher resource for Indonesian teachers with lots of [...] links, worksheets and lesson ideas. [Aimed at] novice language teachers."
URL http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/wendie
Link submitted by: Wendie Walker (wendie@tpgi.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Sep 1998

Smithsonian Folkways Music of Indonesia series
Smithsonian Institution, USA
Supplied note: "Descriptions of the CDs in the 20-volume Music of Indonesia series. Also available at this site, for some albums: song texts, additional bibliography, and amplifications and corrections of the album commentaries."
[Extensive details of 15 volumes of recordings plus online audio samples - ed.]
URL http://www.si.edu/folkways/Indonesia/indonesia_start.htm
Link submitted by: Philip Yampolsky (philip.yampolsky@yale.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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