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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Sep 1999
Vol. 6, No. 95
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 16
Entries rejected: 5
Dear Asian Studies WWW Monitor Colleagues,
Between 1-10 October 1999 I will be away from Canberra.
This means that for about ten days I will not be able to
update the Monitor.
Nevertheless,
do feel free to use the Monitor's automatic input page
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/regasia.html to
announce your new/improved Asian Studies' Web sites.
T.Matthew Ciolek
30 Sep 1999
Rangjung Yeshe Publications
www.rangjung.com, USA?
Supplied note: "Specializes in translations of classical and current
Buddhist books from the Tibetan tradition."
Site contents: New Titles '99; Quick Book Index; Rangjung Yeshe
Publications (complete list); Practice Booklets; The Rangjung Yeshe
Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture 2.0 (New on CD-ROM);
Shedrub Development Mandala, International; Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, USA;
Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, Denmark.
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.rangjung.com/
Link suggested by: Erik H Schmidt (rangjung@earthlink.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
29 Sep 1999
Goa Research Net (GRN)
www.geocities.com, Goa, India
Site contents: News & Events; Research in Progress; Recent
Publications; Goa Related Sites; Scholars & Personalities; Guest
Book.
URL http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1503
Link suggested by: Frederick Noronha (fred@goa1.dot.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
29 Sep 1999
Rural Healthcare in Vietnam
American Academy of Pediatrics, California, USA
Supplied note:
"Humanitarian assistance project to rural healthcare in Vietnam,
focused especially on children. Project Vietnam organizes annual
medical missions to bring reconstructive surgery to children with
orofacial deformities, and eye surgery to children with correctible
eye diseases. It also provides training to healthcare staff, and
develops sustainable projects to improve health outcomes (neonatal
mortality, acute respiratory illnesses, malnutrition, cervical cancer
detection etc.)."
URL http://www.vietnam21.com/projectvietnam
Link suggested by: Quynh Kieu (qkieu@paclink.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
28 Sep 1999
Journal of Modern Chinese
Literature in Chinese (JMLC)
Centre for Literature and Translation, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China
Supplied note: A bilingual (CN,EN) refereed journal "for discussing
issues related to any aspect of modern or contemporary literature in
Chinese. It aims at contributing to the scholarly discourse on Chinese
literature written in and outside of Mainland China."
[A site promoting the paper publication. It offers, so far, TOCs of Volume 1
No 1 (Jul 1997), Vol 1 No 2 (Jan 1998), Vol 2 No 1 (Jul 1998), Vol 2
No 2 (Jan 1999) - ed.]
URL http://www.ln.edu.hk/clt/info/jmlc.htm
Link suggested by: George Chun-wai Cheng, Managing Editor of JMLC
(chengcw@ln.edu.hk), forwarded by Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.d
e)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Interesting
28 Sep 1999
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
Berkeley - Brisbane - Cambridge MA - Columbus OH - London - Sydney - Taipei
Supplied note:
"The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) is an international
research project aimed at the creation of distributed,
spatially referenced, GIS-style cultural databases which can be
accessed seamlessly across the Internet from a common front-end
software. The ECAI project initiated in 1996 and headed by Lewis
Lancaster, Buddhist Program, Univ. of California at Berkeley
constitutes a new dimension in academic research, applications of
digital and networked technologies and international collaboration. At
present (Sep 1999) approx. 200 area specialists from ECAI Atlas Teams
(now comprising Ancient Palestine; Austronesia; Caucasus;
China; Circumpolar; Eurasian Nomads; Japan; Korea; Mexico; North
America; Silk Road; South Asia; Southeast Asia) in conjunction with
ECAI Technical Teams, are producing an interactive electronic atlas of
the world from which selected data from regions, eras, and disciplines
can be instantaneously accessed."
[Disclosure: I am a member of the ECAITech group and am responsible for the
Project's online serials and 'ECAI Activity Forum' web site - ed.]
URL http://www.ecai.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]:
V.Useful
27 Sep 1999
Tsinoy.com: Chinese - Filipinos online community
Quantum X Philippines, Atlanta, GA, USA
Supplied note:
"Tsinoy.com - the premiere online community [launched Jan 1977] for
Chinese - Filipinos. The site features an online magazine, chatroom,
forum, an online language tutorial using audio streaming, free
web-based e-mail and a whole lot more."
URL http://www.tsinoy.com/
Link suggested by: Dux Raymond Sy (dr.sy@quantumx.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
27 Sep 1999
Sinopolis.com - Daily News from China
Sinopolis.com, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Supplied note:
"[The site] translates selected documents from the official presses,
which is useful for those of us 'without Chinese'."
Site contents:
China Quiz; Sinopsis; Lead Story; Education; Business; Technology;
Environment; Life; China Reforms; File X; Home Search and Query tips;
About this Site; SinoFile services.
URL http://www.sinopolis.com
Link suggested by: Daniel F. Vukovich (vukovich@uiuc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
26 Sep 1999
Asia Times Online
Asia Times Online, Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied note:
"A Bangkok-based daily publication covering Asia-Pacific news with an
emphasis on politics, economics and business. Content includes
exclusive editorials and columns, as well as links to articles in
other publications."
URL http://www.atimes.com
Link suggested by: Allen Quicke (allen@atimes.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
26 Sep 1999
Bharat Rakshak Monitor
Bharat Rakshak, India
Supplied note:
"India's first online journal dedicated to the dicussion of military
and strategic issues."
Self-description: "The Monitor aims to provide a non-specialist
audience with a centrist perspective on issues of importance to
India's security. 'Bharat Rakshak' (www.bharat-rakshak.com) is a
private non-profit venture committed to promoting a greater
understanding and appreciation of India's military and its strategic
environment."
URL http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR
Link suggested by: Rupak Chattopadhyay (rupak@bharat-rakshak.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
24 Sep 1999
DrGill.com - India's first medical portal
DrGill.com, India
Supplied note:
"Latest medical news and information for healthcare professionals and consumers.
Free email, online storage, scheduler and free monthly medical newsletter."
URL http://www.drgill.com
Link suggested by: Harendra Gill (hgill@drgill.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Sep 1999
Korea Institute of Humboldt University Berlin
Korea Institute, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
Supplied note:
"This is the homepage of the Korea Institute of Humboldt-University,
Berlin. Contained are among others a brief description of the history
of our institution, information on classes and conferences, and about
200 links to Korea on the web. Comments are welcome."
Site contents; Wir ueber uns; Veranstaltungen und Termine; Service
fuer unsere Studierenden; Studienordnung fuer das Fach Koreanistik;
Zweigbibliothek Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften der HU Berlin; Korea
im Internet; Studi-Seite der HU-Koreanistik; Wie Sie uns erreichen
koennen.
[A site in German - ed.]
URL http://www2.hu-berlin.de/korea
Link suggested by: Rudiger FRANK (ruediger.frank@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 Sep 1999
Bangladesh
www.geocities.com, Bangladesh
Supplied note:
"All about Bangladesh - History, Independence, Government, Politics,
Economy, Culture, Sports. The age of the site about three (3) years."
URL http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2999/
Link suggested by: Mohammed Zahid Hossain (m_z_h@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Marginal
23 Sep 1999
German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ)
Deutsches Institut fuer Japanstudien (DIJ), Japan
Supplied note:
"The DIJ [est. 1988] carries out [scientific] research relevant to
modern Japan in the fields of the humanities, the social sciences, and
economics; researches and documents Japan-German relations; works
towards building a complete library with the collective focus on
Japan- related literature in the German language."
Site contents: Structure and Function of the Institute; Library; Personalia;
Publications; The DIJ's Scholarly Research; Notices of Outside
Events, Reviews; Announcements; List of Addresses: (DIJ Tokyo, Liaison
Office at the FU Berlin); Links.
[A trilingual (DE,JP,EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.dijtokyo.org
Link suggested by: Julian Dierkes (jdierkes@princeton.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
20 Sep 1999
British Association of South Asian Studies
(BASAS) Conference, Sep 1999
BASAS, UK
Supplied note:
"BASAS Annual Conference [takes place] 23-24 Sep 1999, London
School of Economics, London, UK. The BASAS (British Association of
South Asian Studies) Annual Conference website now [mid Sep 1999]
contains selected *abstracts* of papers scheduled to be presented.
The site also has full contact and registration information."
URL http://basas.homepage.com/basasc99.html
Link suggested by: Apurba Kundu (a.kundu@Bradford.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
20 Sep 1999
"13th Election of India's Lok Sabha (House of the People)"
The Asia Society, New York, USA
Supplied note:
"A [Sep 1999] full-text research and analysis report on the
Indian elections by Phillip Oldenburg, Southern Asian Institute,
Columbia University."
Site contents:
The Pivotal Factor: State-Level Parties and Their Alliances (Party
Characteristics: Geographic Spread, Membership, Leadership); A
Foundation of Consensus: Economic and Foreign Policy; Why Voters Vote
the Way They Do: (Social and Economic Identity; Social Ties,
Particularly Caste; Class Identity; Perennial Elections Issues; Loyalty
to Leaders and Party; 'What Have You Done For Me Lately?'; The
'Anti-Incumbency' Factor) Voting Behavior; Trends and Scenarios of the
1999 Election(Foreign Policy; Economic Performance; Atal Behari Vajpayee
vs Sonia Gandhi; The Anti-Incumbency Factor; State-Level Political
Dynamics; Congress versus BJP) Outcomes Appendix 1: Chronology of Events
(Table 1: Perception; Table 2: Party Alliances in 1999 by Seats Won in
1998 and State); Appendix 2: Major Parties; Specialists
URL http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/indian_elections.13.html
Link suggested by: David Magier (magier@columbia.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
20 Sep 1999
Digitization and the Buddhist and Asian Studies
Toyo Gakuen University, Japan
Supplied note:
"Colleagues, I have posted an article entitled 'Digitization and the
Revolution in the Media of Buddhist and Asian Studies: Where We Have
Come, and Where We Are Going' which some of you may find interesting."
Site contents: Organizing the Information; E-Journals; Databases; Birth of the EBTI
[Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative];
Examples of Application; Not Only Texts; Tasks at Hand; The Future of
Academic Publishing: Some Predictions; Libraries; Acknowledgments.
[Although the need for high quality online scholarly information is
mentioned once or twice, this seems to be a mere ritual as the paper's
masthead forgets to specify its 'raison d'etre', the date of the
publication, and the URL. A note of 21 Sep 99: some of these shorthcomings have
been rectified by the paper's author within minutes of receiving the
Monitor's review - ed.]
URL http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/articles/mediarevolution.htm
Link suggested by: Charles Muller (acmuller@human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
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