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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: mid Nov 1999
Vol. 6, No. 99

19 Nov 1999

Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) Conference, Jan 2000
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Supplied note: "The Registration Website for the PNC Annual Conference and Joint Meeting of PNC, ECAI [Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative], EBTI [Electronic Buddhist Texts Initiative], SEER [Scholars Engaged in Electronic Resources], and ADC [Asian Digital Consortium] to be held at the University of California, Berkeley is available at the [URL below]. [...] The Conference dates are Jan 13-17 [...]. The Jan 17 session will be held at Stanford University. All other sessions will be held at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley."
URL http://pnclink.org
Link suggested by: Caverlee Cary (cari@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Nov 1999

North American Taiwan Studies Conference, Jun 2000
North American Taiwan Studies Association, USA
Supplied note: "The 2000 North American Taiwan Studies Conference. Organized by the North American Taiwan Studies Association [NATSA]. Date: Jun 16-19, 2000. Location: Harvard University, Massachusetts. [...] NATSA promotes the study of Taiwan and the understanding of the changes in all aspects that are being experienced in Taiwanese polity, society, cultural heritage and natural environment. [...] Deadlines [for] Abstract: Dec 1, 1999."
URL http://www.natsc.org
Link suggested by: Chau-Yi Lin (jywang@tpts4.seed.net.tw)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Nov 1999

Kanpo (Kanpou) - Japanese Ministry of Finance
Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Tokyo, Japan
Supplied note: "This is to inform you that the Japanese Government publication called 'Kanpo' published by Okurasho Insatsukyoku is now made available as trial service over the Internet. It is fulltext and requires [Adobe] PDF application programme."
[A site entirely in Japanese - ed.]
URL http://kanpou.pb-mof.go.jp/
Link suggested by: Toshio Takagi (toshio.takagi@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

19 Nov 1999

Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC), Jun 2000
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Supplied note: "The annual meeting of ASIAN Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC) [is] to be held at the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Jun 16-18, 2000. [...] Proposals are invited for panels, workshops, papers, and poster presentations on any aspect of Asia. Special attention will be given to proposals marking the beginning of the Korean War and proposals dealing with the cross-cultural experiences of Americans and Asians. Graduate student participation encouraged. The deadline for complete panel (preferred) or individual paper proposals is Feb 7, 2000."
URL http://mcel.pacificu.edu/aspac/home/aspac.html
Link suggested by: Robert Felsing (felsing@oregon.uoregon.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Nov 1999

The 3rd South Asian Women's Conference, May 2000
U.California at Los Angeles and California State University, Northridge, USA
Supplied note: "The South Asian Women's Conference (SAWC) will be held in Los Angeles May 6-7th, 2000. The SAWC is dedicated to promoting an interactive forum for the discussion of issues relating to South Asian women globally. [...] Participation in the SAWC is not limited to women or to South Asians. Please submit a one-page abstract by Dec 10th to sangeetaucla@yahoo.com"
URL http://www.Indianmall.com/sawc
Link suggested by: Sangeeta Gupta (sangeetaucla@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Nov 1999

Laoqai Research Foundation (LRF)
The Laogai Research Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
Self-description: "A non-profit organization [est. in 1992 by Hongda Harry Wu] dedicated to collecting information about China's vast system of forced labor camps."
Site contents: News; Links; Reports [incl. 'Feb 1998 - The International Sale of Chinese Prisoners' Organs' - ed.]; Pictures; Testimony; Publications; Commentary; About LRF; Laogai Handbook [1998, 5th edition] (This edition documents more than 1,200 camps, past and present. Each listing includes the prison name, its industry name, population, what the camp may produce, and other information gathered by the LRF).
URL http://www.laogai.org/
Link suggested by: Tom Nichols (nicholst@earthlink.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

18 Nov 1999

Romanian Journal of Japanese Studies (RJJS)
Department of Japanese, University of Bucharest, and The Romanian Society of Niponology (Societatea Romana de Niponologie), Romania
Supplied note: "An online scientific journal [est.1999] meant for Japanese studies specialists. The first issue contains papers on Japanese literature, Buddhism, linguistics, writing, economy, society and anthropology."
[RJJS will use mainly English, but papers in French, Italian, Spanish and German will be also accepted - ed.]
URL http://www.opensys.ro/rjjs
Link suggested by: George Sipos (rjjs@opensys.ro)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

18 Nov 1999

'Angst at Large' - a video documentary
The Storytellers, Bombay, India
Supplied note: "Political documentary [60 mins], [which] explores the current [political and natural] chaos in North-East India with special reference to Assam."
[Details of a film by Shankar Borua, an independent filmmaker from Assam, who looks at issues of nationality, identity, and post-colonial history - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Mansion/7572/index.html
Link suggested by: Shankar Borua (gahori@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

18 Nov 1999

Thanarbaid Health Care Centre, Bangladesh
Thanarbaid Health Care Centre, Bangladesh
Self-description: "A religious and humanitarian motivated health movement, or the stimulus to such a movement among the rural poor. It strives for the health of the poor of 3 communities: Bengali Muslim, Tribal Hindu, Tribal Christian - rendering services of teaching, disease prevention and disease treatment."
[The site needs to improve legibility of its pages across multiple web browsers. It text-only page almost fails to work with Mac Netscape 3.01 - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/4235
Link suggested by: Jason Morgenson (jwmorgen@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

18 Nov 1999

East Asia WWW Virtual Library
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA, USA
Site Contents: Direct links to relevant WWW VLs (incl. China; Eastern Turkistan; Hong Kong; Japan; Macau; Mongolia; North Korea; Russian Far East & Siberia; South China Sea; South Korea; Taiwan; Tibet); Catalogs of EA region WWW resources (Religion, Library and Journals, Listservs, Institutes and Resources); Search WWW Asian Studies.
[The site, until recently maintained at Harvard U., has now moved to a location at Sweet Briar College where is being revised and enhanced by John Goulde (goulde@sbc.edu). The EA WWW VL is an official section of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) collaborative archipelago of quality online resources for Asian Studies teaching and research - ed.]
URL http://ea-vl.sbc.edu/
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]: V.Useful

17 Nov 1999

Central-Asia-Harvard-List
Forum for Central Asian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Supplied note: "If you would like to be aware of what is happening in Central Asian studies at Harvard and in the Harvard area, you may subscribe to the Central-Asia-Harvard-List. This list carries regular notices on the following, among other things: The Central Asia Seminar Series [...]; The Inner Asian and Altaic Lecture Series [...]; The Caspian Studies Program [...]; Central Asia-related events in other series sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Davis Center for Russian Studies, the Asia Center, and other programs.
To subscribe to [the mailing list you can do so through] an archive of past announcements carried by this list at [the URL below]:"
[The list complements activities of the superb CentralAsia-L@fas.harvard.edu - ed.]
URL http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~centasia/cahl_arch.html
Link suggested by: John Schoeberlein (schoeber@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

16 Nov 1999

Essential Jain Texts
www.jainism.free-online.co.uk, UK
Supplied note: "[A] constantly expanding treasure-chest of original Jain literature translated into various modern languages. This reference library (of literature such as Samaysaar, Moksh Marg Prakashak, Chha Dhala, Principles of Jainism, etc.) has been structured to aid navigation for beginners as well as people more familiar with Jainism."
URL http://www.jainism.free-online.co.uk
Link suggested by: Rajesh Shah (rajesh.shah@talk21.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

16 Nov 1999

Shixue Lianxian (History On-line)
Liu Zenggui, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Supplied note:"Contrary to the dates shown on the pages this site is still updated regularly. It contains a wealth of important starting points to on-line resources on Chinese and Taiwanese history. Not to be missed!"
Site Contents: (1) History Research Institutes; (2) Search Engines, Indices, and Mailing lists; (3) Chinese History; (4) World History; (5) Taiwan History; (6) Topical History (General; Thought; Culture; Ethnics; Art; Music; Science; Astronomy; Architecture; Mathematics; Military Science; Women; Medicine; Religion; Economics); (7) Museums; (8) Libraries; (9) Electronic Texts; (10) Full-text databases; (11) Periodicals; (12) Geographic Aids; (13) Search; (14) Discussion Groups; (15) Miscellaneous.
[A site entirely in Chinese - ed.]
URL http://saturn.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~liutk/shih/
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

15 Nov 1999

Journal of Central Asian Studies
Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, OK, USA
Self-description: "The Journal [formerly AACAR Bulletin - ed.] is the publication of the Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research. It is the only scholarly, peer-reviewed journal published in North America devoted exclusively to the region of Central Asia. AACAR considers Central Asia to consist of the emerging states of Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia, southern Russia (particularly those areas having a large Muslim or Turkic population). Turkey, and Xinjiang. Articles focused on issues in the social sciences and humanities of Central Asia are welcome."
[A very short note about the paper publication - ed.]
URL http://www.geog.okstate.edu/journals/jcas/jcas.htm
Link suggested by: Reuel Hanks (hreuel@okway.okstate.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

14 Nov 1999

Evgeny Torchinov: Chinese and Buddhist studies
www.members.tripod.com, St. Petersburg, Russia
Supplied note:"My personal home page (at the URL below) has been updated. It contains different materials on Chinese and Buddhist studies in Russian (including the complete translations of Zongmi's 'Yuan ren lun' and pseudo-Asvaghosa's 'Mahayana sraddhotpada sastra' / 'Da sheng qi xin lun'). The English part ('Publications') contains such materials as (1) 'Science and magic in Ge Hong's 'baopu-zi nei pian''; (2) 'The Buddhist doctrine of 'self' (from Theravada to Tathagatagarbha)'; (3) 'Numerology and Classification in Sefer Yezirah and in the Chinese Tradition'; (4) 'Cybele, Attis, and the mysteries of the 'suffering gods': a transpersonalistic interpretation' (5) 'The Doctrine of the 'Mysterious Female' in Taoism'; (6) 'The Yogacara School of the Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy (trends and subdivisions)'; (7) 'The Doctrine of the Origin of Evil in Lurianic and Sabbatian Kabbalah and in the 'Awakening of Faith' in Mahayanistic Buddhism'; (8) 'External and internal in Ge Hong's alchemy'. [There is also] my CV and annotations of my books."
[Professor Torchinov teaches at the St. Petersburg State University, Russia - ed.]
URL http://www.members.tripod.com/~etor_best/ie4.html
Link suggested by: Evgeny Torchinov (blade@comset.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

14 Nov 1999

Falun Gong - Evaluation and further references
Barend ter Haar, Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Self-description:"A short scholarly evaluation, followed by a brief personal comment, a bibliography, a list of the resources available at our [U.Heidelberg] Sinological Institute, as well as links to various relevant sites in the Internet maintained by the Falun Gong itself, by scholarly institutions or by its adversaries (specifically in the People's Republic of China)."
URL http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/staff/bth/falun.htm
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

14 Nov 1999

Artmantra
Artmantra, Lombok, Indonesia
Supplied note: "Art, art painting, mantra, indonesia, contemporary art, lombok, angel,indonesian art, modern art, humanity, humanism, artist."
Site contents: contact; search; what's new; my collector; water color; oil color; about me.
URL http://www.artmantra.com
Link suggested by: Mantra (art@artmantra)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

13 Nov 1999

Cambodian Artists Assistance Project (CAAP)
http://www.en.com, USA
Self-description: "A small, grassroots project organized by Cambodian holocaust survivors now living in the United States and American-born artists and writers. CAAP offers practical, financial and moral support to Khmer artists living in Cambodia and builds appreciation of Cambodian culture in the United States CAAP is in the process of becoming a 501(c)3 not-for-profit charitable and educational corporation organized and operating under the laws of the State of Massachusetts. We are donation and volunteer supported and entirely non-commercial."
Site contents: [Artwork by Khmer Artists Now Living in Cambodia]: Series 1: Witness to Genocide; Series 2: Growing Up Cambodian American; [Notes by ex-prisoners]: The Artists of Tuol Sleng Prison ('The Security Regulations' at Tuol Sleng Prison, The Sculptor, The Painter); Interested in exhibiting CAAP artwork?; A [Jun 1995] Letter From the College of Fine Arts in Cambodia (in English and Khmer).
URL http://www.en.com/khmer/
Link suggested by: (max@asiart.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

12 Nov 1999

Asian Nationalisms in an Age of Globalization, Nov 1999
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Self-description: "The University of Otago will host the 13th International NZASIA [The New Zealand Asian Studies Society] Conference from Wednesday, Nov 24, to Saturday, Nov 27, 1999. The theme of the conference will be 'Asian Nationalisms in an Age of Globalization'. This will be the overarching, integrating theme but papers on other topics will be welcome."
URL http://www.otago.ac.nz/Japanese/NZASIA.html
Link suggested by: Roy Starrs (roy.starrs@stonebow.otago.ac.nz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

12 Nov 1999

International Journal of Central Asian Studies
Institute of Asian Culture and Development, Seoul, Korea
Self-description: "An international periodical for languages, literature, history, culture, society and archaeology of the Central Asia which comprises of the Altaic World and its vicinity, i.e., Turkey, Hungary, Caucasus, the Soviet Central Asia, Siberia, Eastern Turkistan, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchu, Korean Peninsula and Japan, etc. The journal is focusing on the Altaic World, encouraging comparative studies among the Altaic peoples as well as between the Altaic civilization and the other neighbouring civilizations, i.e., Chinese, India, Uralic, Arab, and so on."
[Details of a paper journal. TOCs of issues since 1996 - ed.]
URL http://www.centralasia.org/
Link suggested by: Prof. Dr. Han-Woo Choi (iacd@chollian.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

11 Nov 1999

Middle EurAsian Books
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Supplied note: "Middle EurAsian Books imports and distributes publications from the Caucasus, Trans-Caucasia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, as well as Russia, particularly its out-of-the-way regions and ethnic republics. We also sell publications on Central Asia and the Caucasus published elsewhere, e.g. in Turkey or Iran."
URL http://www.meabooks.com/
Link suggested by: MEABooks Staff (info@meabooks.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

11 Nov 1999

Moneesh Ltd. on-line bookstore
Moneesh Ltd. Hurleyville, New York, USA
Supplied note: "New York state based bookstore containing several thousand good quality indological books."
URL http://www.moneesh.com
Link suggested by: Harry Spier (harryspier@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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