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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Jul 1999
Vol. 6, No. 90
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 18
Entries rejected: 12
30 Jul 1999
Islamic Pakistan: Illusions & Reality
Kuwait TV News, Kuwait
Supplied note:
"A [...] book on Pakistan's political history."
Site contents: Preface; Introduction; Ch.I Jinnah's Vision of
Pakistan; Ch.II Ulema and Pakistan Movement; Ch.III The First Islamic
Republic; Ch.IV The First Martial Law; Ch.V The Second Martial Law;
Ch.VI What led to the break-up?; Ch.VII The Third Islamic Republic;
Ch.VIII The Third Martial Law; Ch.IX The Fourth Republic; Ch.X Nawaz
Sharif's second stint in Office; Ch.XI What is the true state of
affairs?; Chronology of Pakistan; Select bibliography;
[A sampler of a 1997 book by A.S.Ghazali, currently the Editor-in-Chief of
the Kuwait TV English News. The site offers (in full) a detailed
timeline of Pakistan's history - ed.]
URL http://www.ghazali.net/book1
Link suggested by: Abdus Sattar Ghazali (asghazali@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
30 Jul 1999
Armenian Society for Cultural Relations and Co-operation with Foreign
Countries (AOKS)
AOKS, Yerevan, Armenia
Self-description: "A self-controlled, self-financed public
organization [est 1992]. It uses channels of national diplomacy for
representing the culture and history of Armenian people abroad [...]
The Society promotes establishment and development of cultural,
scientific, economic and business links between individuals and
organizations."
URL http://www.acc.am/~aoks
Link suggested by: AOKS (aoks@acc.am)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
29 Jul 1999
World Hongming Philosophical Quarterly (WHPQ)
www.whpq.com, USA
Self-description: "WHPQ [ISSN 1562-059X] is a genuine free, academic,
multilingual, electronic periodical that published on the Internet
[...]. It aims to, through publishing various papers, including
theses, proceedings and dissertations, promote and strengthen the
academic research and exchange in traditional Chinese philosophy and
the related fields, and push forward the modernization and
internationalization of the traditional Chinese philosophy. Issues
will be published in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec each year.
[A bilingual (CN,EN) publication commenced in Jun 1999. The quarterly
has an Asian site at http://www.bigfoot.com/~whpq/ - ed.]
URL http://www.whpq.com
Link suggested by: (whpq@bigfoot.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
28 Jul 1999
Falun Gong (Falun Dafa)
Falun Dafa, USA
Self-description:
"An advanced system of cultivation and practice introduced by Master
Li Hongzhi. Since its introduction in 1992, Falun Dafa has attracted
more than 100 million people over the world. In addition to being a
powerful mechanism for healing, stress relief and health improvements,
Falun Dafa is different from other qigong techniques in having a
higher objective of cultivation and practice towards enlightenment."
Site contents: Statement of Li Hongzhi of July 22, 1999; Introduction,
Start to Learn, Books Online, Multimedia, Urgent Reports from China,
Falun Dafa In North America, Falun Dafa Bulletin Board
[A useful list of F-G resources has been provided in The
Scout Report of July 23, 1999 (scout-report@hypatia.cs.wisc.edu)
and includes the following links to media articles and subsidiary links collections:
'People's Daily': China Bans Falun Gong
http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/special/fagong/home.html
'China Daily': Falun Gong Prohibited
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/falun/index.html
'South China Morning Post': Creating A Vacuum
http://www.scmp.com/news/Comment/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19990723013051904.asp
'Inside China Today': Elusive Falun Gong Leader Says Mass Following Rattles China
http://www.insidechina.com/features.php3?id=80918
'BBC': The Complex Web of Falun Gong
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_401000/401268.stm
- ed.]
URL http://www.falundafa.org/
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
27 Jul 1999
Indian Travel Directory
IndiaMart, India
Site contents: Cities (Bodh Gaya, Haridwar, Bikaner, Gwalior,
Varanasi, Calcutta, Aurangabad, Chennai | Bhubaneshwar, Vaishali,
Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram, Nalanda, Pachmarhi); Zones (North India,
South India, West India, East India); States (Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Orissa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh, Goa) Discover India (Monuments, Wild life, Adventure
sports) Interesting Places (Forts & Monuments, Places of Worship,
Mountaineering & Trekking, Wild Life Sanctuaries & National
Parks, Holiday & Beach Resorts); Search box.
URL http://travel.indiamart.com/places/
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
27 Jul 1999
Shamanic Dimensions: Traditional Shamanism & Transformation
Shamanic Dimensions, USA
Self-description:
"Rich with hard-to-find information, databases, and images (and still
growing), this is the first website to create an integrated view of
shamanism from an applied anthropological perspective that is based on
fieldwork, experiences of shamanic journeys, and a general ontological
approach. Among others, this website includes pages on Siberian and
Mongolian shamanism, an extensive bibliographic database, and image gallery
of interest to Central Asian scholars."
Site contents: Ethno-Shamanism; Science & Shamanism; Entheogens
& Ethnobotany; Workshops & Seminars; Shamanism Courses Online;
Bibliographic Database; Our Publications; Shamanic Explorers Club;
Conference on Science & Shamanism; Image Gallery; ResourceNet;
E-Mail Us; Ecstatic Universe of Chilam Balam.
[A site edited by Dr Michael Ripinsky-Naxon of the Royal Asiatic
Society, and the American Anthropological Association - ed.]
URL http://www.shamanicdimensions.com/
Link suggested by: Shamanic Dimensions (staff@shamanicdimensions.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
25 Jul 1999
An Interactive Tibetan Language Tutorial
Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Self-description:
[The interactive web site] was adapted from: William A. Magee and Elizabeth Napper;
Jeffrey Hopkins, general editor. Fluent Tibetan: A Proficiency
Oriented Learning System. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1993.
Multimedia design by Alex Chapin. Web programming provided by the
Digital Media and Music Center."
URL http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dmmc/FluentTibetan/
Link suggested by: Alex Bunjes (alex.bunjes@wxs.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
25 Jul 1999
Japanese Text Initiative - Update
Electronic Text Center, Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Supplied note:
"The Japanese Text Initiative [... added]: (a) three versions of 'Genji
monogatari': a text based on original manuscripts; a modern
translation; and a Romaji version of the original text. The texts
were created by Professor Eiichi Shibuya of Takachiho Shoka
University. The three texts can be displayed individually or in
parallel. With the JTI online search facility, you can look up any
characters or words in Genji and in the other JTI online texts. The
Genji texts
are at http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/genji
(b) a Japanese-English dictionary portal. Click on any characters (kanji or
kana) in Web pages, and the Portal automatically looks up entries for the
characters in Jim Breen's online Japanese dictionary called WWWJDIC. The
Portal can be used with the JTI online Japanese texts (with the caution that
the modern definitions in the online dictionary must be handled with care
with the classical JTI texts). Experimentally, the Portal also lets you go
to *any* Japanese Web page, click on any characters in the page, and
automatically look up meanings. You can even highlight paragraphs to get
definitions of a series of characters.
The Portal is at
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/japan/index.html"
URL http://etext.virginia.edu/japanese/
Link suggested by: Kendon L. Stubbs (kstubbs@virginia.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
23 Jul 1999
History of the Chinese in British Guiana 1853-1900
Trev Sue-A-Quan, Vancouver, Canada.
Supplied note:
"A book has just been published about the original group of Chinese
who immigrated between 1853 and 1879 to work as indentured labourers
on the sugar plantations of Guyana (then British Guiana), replacing
the freed slaves of African origin. Entitled 'Cane Reapers' the book
[by Trev Sue-A-Quan, 1999, 384 pages incl. 36 pages of
maps, illustrations and photographs, ISBN 0-9680447-5-1 - ed.]
describes the reasons for and the methods used in procuring Chinese
labourers as well as the experiences encountered on the ocean journey
and on the new land."
Site contents: Research (History, Contract, Voyage, Passengers,
Distribution); Rooting (Rooting, Reach Out, FAQ); Reading (Cane
Reapers, Reviews, Author)
[Site, associated with a recently published book, provides tables
with valuable statistical data - ed.]
URL http://members.tripod.com/~CGRoots/
Link suggested by: Trev Sue-A-Quan (trevsaq@sprint.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Jul 1999
The Human Science and The Asian Experience, Feb 2000
Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore, India.
Supplied note:
"The Centre [...] is organizing an exploratory conference on 'The
Human Sciences and the Asian Experience', from Feb' 18-20, 2000, in
Bangalore. Abstracts (1-2 pages) are invited for consideration
(Abstracts should reach us by Aug 30 [1999])."
URL http://www.cscsban.org/html/confer.html
Link suggested by: Vivek Dhareshwar (vivek@cscsban.org),forwarded by
Frank F. Conlon (conlon@u.washington.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
24 Jul 1999
Chinese Military History Group, Mar 2000
Department of History, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Supplied note:
"The Chinese Military History Group will hold its next conference at
the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on 18 Mar,
2000. The [...] Group invites Chinese military historians and scholars
in other fields to present papers on the warfare, strategic thought,
military institutions, Chinese/Non-Chinese military encounters, and/or
civil-military relations of any period of Chinese history. Proposals
for organized panels are highly encouraged, though individual papers
are also welcome. [...] Send [...] abstract[s] by 15 Dec, 1999 to
Maochun Yu [...] yu@nadn.navy.mil"
URL http://www.fau.edu/divdept/hist/Chinese.Military.History.htm
Link suggested by: David Graff (dgraff@ksu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Jul 1999
Syria Times - An English language Daily
Teshreen Foundation for Press and Publication, Damascus, Syria.
Self-description:
"An English language political daily."
Site contents: Politics; Local; Arts; Economy; Opinions; Tourism;
Sport Teshreen daily; Teshreen Al-Osboi; Teshreen Club; Gallery;
Teshren Family.
URL http://www.teshreen.com/web/homes.htm
Link suggested by: Nikst (nikst@orc.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Jul 1999
M.A. Program on Central Asia/Caucasus, Humboldt Univ.
Zentralasien-Seminar, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Supplied note:
"The Central Asian Institute of Humboldt University, Berlin, is
planning to offer a post-graduate M.A. studies program 'Central
Asia/Caucasus'. Start: Apr 2000 (or later, depending on financing) The
four-semester program includes: * Crash courses in languages of the
region (Georgian, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek); * Geography and
developmental studies, history, religion, law, economics,
environmental and political studies (12 months); * Research and/or
practical work in the region (6 months); * Project work in two
scientific fields (to be selected from: law, economics, environmental
and political studies). The program will be open for graduates (B.A.
and higher) with a decent command of German. Scholarships available
for specially qualified candidates."
[A site in German - ed.]
URL http://www2.hu-berlin.de/zentralasien/AUFBAUST.htm
Link suggested by: Lutz Rzehak (lutz.rzehak@rz.hu-berlin.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Jul 1999
Orissa
Research Programme
Kiel University, Germany
Supplied note:
"The subject of the Orissa Research Programme (ORP) is the Indian State
of Orissa and its archeological, anthropological, historical,
religious, ethnological, artistic and sociological significance. The
project [...] is funded by the German Research Council (DFG - Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft). Beginning in April 1999 scholars of various
fields of research, mainly from Germany and India, will participate in
this programme."
Site contents: Steering Committee & Associated Institutions;
Background and Outline of the ORP; The Various Research Projects; The
Orissa Newsletter (under construction); Related Links (History &
Politics Culture & Religion; General Information / Present Orissa
/ News; Other international Orissa/India Research Facilities; Other
Orissa Link Collections); The Orissa Bibliography (under
construction); Internal Matters (ORP Members only); Technical
Matters (ORP Members only); Contact the ORP.
[A valuable research site under construction - ed.]
URL http://ikarus.pclab-phil.uni-kiel.de/daten/histsem/orissa/orissa-spp.html
Link suggested by: Joerg Heinke, M.A. (heinke@asian-history.uni-kiel.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Jul 1999
China Avant-Garde
New York, USA
Supplied note:
"Art advisory services to private and corporate collectors focusing on
the acquisition of important contemporary Chinese art."
Site contents: About; Books; Artists; Inquire; Services.
[Commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.china-avantgarde.com
Link suggested by: Howard Farber (chinaimage@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
22 Jul 1999
The history of Tashkent
Tiger Co, Ltd., Uzbekistan
Supplied note:
"You'll see article about the capital of Uzbekistan, also many photos [and] links.
Site is in Russian, you [will] need cirillic character set, windows-1251."
URL http://uzcapital.homepage.com
Link suggested by: Andrew Velichko (veland@mail.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Marginal
22 Jul 1999
United States-Japan Foundation
United States-Japan Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Supplied note:
"Updated web site includes information on program interests and guidelines,
how to apply for a grant, and links to foundation-sponsored programs and
other resources. What's New section features news about the foundation and
its programs."
[A private independent American grantmaking foundation (est. 1980)
dedicated to the mutual interests of the American and Japanese people
- ed.]
URL http://www.us-jf.org
Link suggested by: Nathaniel Bolin (nbolin@us-jf.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
21 Jul 1999
NortheastVigil@onelist.com
(Northeast India News)
www.onelist.com, USA
Supplied note:
"We have just launched an e-zine [est. 18 Jul 1999 - ed.] devoted to
the Northeast (of India) called Northeast Vigil. It would be a weekly
round-up of news pertaining to the Northeast. It should prove to be
interesting for many. Those particularly interested in conflict
studies, ethnic studies etc should find it a good source of
information. [...] Subscribing is easy. You just have to send a blank
e-mail to NortheastVigil-subscribe@onelist.com."
["Shri Ghosh has reported extensively on Northeastern India for
several Indian newspapers on aspects of politics, economy, culture and
the arts." - F.F.Conlon]
URL http://www.onelist.com/viewarchive.cgi?listname=NortheastVigil
Link suggested by: Subir Ghosh (essare@satyam.net.in), forwarded by
Frank F. Conlon (conlon@u.washington.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
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