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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Dec 1999
Vol. 6, No. 101

13 Dec 1999

Tibetan edition of the Bon Tengyur
Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria
Supplied note: "We are happy to inform you that the Bon Tengyur [380 volumes], the canonical collection of our masters' teachings, has been printed [by Dan Ba Ni Ma Printing House, Lhasa] from the original manuscripts in Tibet."
Self-description: "The canonical scripture of Bon is contained in the Bon Kagyur and Tengyur (or 'Katen'). Whereas the Kagyur is the basic work on our philosophy, containing all teachings of Buddha Tonpa Sheurab, the founder of Bon religion. In the Tengyur teachings on all the topics of the Kagyur (i.e. Sutra, Tantra, DzogChen, Medicine, Astrology, Arts & Crafts, Linguistics, etc.) are collected, as they were given by the most famous teachers and fully realized disciples of our tradition."
[An advertising leaflet - ed.]
URL http://homepage.boku.ac.at/seibert/tengyur.htm
Link suggested by: Petra Seibert (petra.seibert@boku.ac.at)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

11 Dec 1999

Teach Vietnam: Learning Experience
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, USA
Self-description: "History, Learning and Leadership Through the Lens of The Vietnam War Era. The Vietnam War Era - a tumultuous period in American history - continues to cast a lingering shadow on politics and culture. Echoes From The Wall, an interactive educational tool, goes beyond the history of that era, enabling every high school student to gain a heightened sense of responsibility, leadership and global understanding. This website will help create generations of enlightened historians and informed citizens."
Site contents: Echoes from the Wall, Educators, Students, Resources, FAQ, Search.
URL http://www.teachvietnam.org/
Link suggested by: Steve Leibo (leibo@cnsvax.albany.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

10 Dec 1999

Chinese Ancient Maps
Geography Dept., HK Baptist University, Hong Kong, PRC
A series of unannotated images of historical maps of China.
Contents: Seven Nations to Tang Dynasty; Five generations to Yuan Dynasty; Ming Dynasty; Qing Dynasty.
URL http://geog.hkbu.edu.hk/GEOG1150/Chinese/index.html
Link suggested by: Merrick Lex Berman (lex@rpcp.mit.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

09 Dec 1999

Detours Along the Silk Road
www.worldmedia.fr, France
A nine-part series of documentary notes and annotated images. All material for this 'Witness Online Documentary' was gathered in Central Asia in the summer of 1997 by Gary Matoso and Randall Koral. The Witness series was created by Gary Matoso, and co-produced with World Media Live in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Contents: Slouching towards Samarkand; Timur is back; In the wake of war; Too quiet in Dushanbe; Southern blues; Yaks, yourts and yetis; Tangled threads; No time to waste; Almaty faces West.
URL http://www.worldmedia.fr/witness/III_Stans/html/toc/toc_contents.html
Link suggested by: Paksoy (paksoy@babbage.franklin.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

07 Dec 1999

Islamic Area Studies Project
Islamic Area Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan
Self-description: "The project is divided into six main research units, which in turn are organized into study groups. However, the different research units of the project intend to work as a whole through the joint meetings of several units and groups. The research units and their affiliated institutions are as follows: Project Management Unit; (1) Thought and Politics in the Islamic World; (2) Society and Economy in the Islamic World; (3) Nations, Regions, and Islam; (4) Geographic Information Systems for Islamic Area Studies; (5) Islamic History and Culture; (6) Source Materials for the Study of Islamic Civilization."
Site contents: Introduction; Newsletters; Event Reports; Upcoming International Conferences; Foreign Dispatch; Reports; Research Papers; Previous Websites (Unit2, Unit3, Unit4, Unit5, Old HP) Japanese HP; Links.
URL http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IAS/
Link suggested by: Islamic Area Studies (i-inr@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Dec 1999

The Gordon W. Prange Collection
McKeldin Library, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Self-description: "The Prange Collection is the most comprehensive collection of Japanese-language materials dating from the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952. The Collection comprises virtually everything published on all subjects during the first four years of the Occupation, 1945-1949; it includes books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, and related archival materials. The holdings of the Collection are vast and extremely rare and cover virtually all subject areas. The Collection includes: 82,000 books and pamphlets; 16,000 newspaper titles; 640 maps; 13,000 magazine titles; 2,000 newspaper photos; 90 posters. The Collection also contains approximately 600,000 pages of censorship documents, as well as extensive holdings of news dispatches (700,000 pages)."
Site contents: The Importance of the Prange Collection; Use of Books, Manuscripts and Archives; Collection Availability; Guides to the Collection; Preserving the Prange Collection.
URL http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/PRC/prange.html
Link suggested by: Charles C. Kolb (ckolb@neh.gov)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Dec 1999

Basic Cebuano/Visayan Phrase Book
The Budo Ji, USA
Supplied note: "Phrase Book and Vocabulary of the Visayan/Cebuano Language. Visayan is the largest of the 'mother tongues' in the Philippines. Tagalog is only the state imposed language. It is extremely important to over 65% of the population, more than any of the other sub languages. [...] It was the only resource in the world for 2 years."
Site contents: Pronunciation; Salutation and Farewells; Interjections & Exclamations; Beginning Conversations; Statements; Polite Phrases; Requests; Questions; Hotels and Lodging; Foods and Eating; Travel; Shopping and Bargaining; Body Needs; Feelings; Body Parts; Traits of People; Relations; Around The House; Antonyms; Time and Weather; Days of The Week; Months; Numbers; Vocabulary; Links and Mail.
URL http://www.netwalk.com/~shoni/ceb.html
Link suggested by: Stephen Hudson (stevephudson@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

05 Dec 1999

Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC., USA
Supplied note: "The Analyst provides a rigorous, concise and nonpartisan forum where specialists can assess issues and events in the Central Asia-Caucasus region for a broad audience of business people, journalists, policy makers, government officials, diplomats and academics. The Analyst seeks regional specialists, journalists, economists, and political scientists to join its pool of authors who are then asked to contribute short, timely, analytical articles, 500-800 words in length, and receive an honorarium of US $100-350 per article. The Analyst also seeks local experts and NGO representatives from the region to write Field Reports for an honorarium of US $100."
[A free bi-weekly online journal launched in Nov 1999. It's integrity and usefullnes will become apparent in the next few months - ed.]
URL http://www.cacianalyst.org/
Link suggested by: Justin Rudelson (jrudelson@jhu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

05 Dec 1999

New York Conference on Asian Studies, Oct 2000
College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, USA
Supplied note: "The New York [AAS] Conference on Asian Studies [...] will be held at the College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY 12203 during Oct 19-21, 2000. Theme: "Asian Discourses Before and After Western Colonization and in the Next Millenium." The theme would explore the past values in Asian societies prior to Orientalism, Eurocentrism, and Westernization."
URL http://academic.strose.edu/nycas/
Link suggested by: Shahid Refai (srefai@juno.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

05 Dec 1999

Ethnic Tension on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
www.geocities.com, USA
Supplied note: "Collected primary and secondary sources [for the period 1998-1999 - ed.] on the above subject in a single document with chronological table of contents (178 pages, 50,000 words)."
[A geocities.com product marred by random navigation/display problems - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Harbor/2946/sources.html
Link suggested by: Max Broodryk (qbe@welkam.solomon.com.sb)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

04 Dec 1999

American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)
South Asia Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Self-description: "AIPS, est. in 1973, is a non-profit, tax-exempt, non-partisan educational organization and a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. Its mission is to encourage and support research on issues relevant to Pakistan and the promotion of scholarly exchange between the United States and Pakistan. [...] AIPS provides research fellowships to American researchers, administers lectureships, and sponsors academic conferences."
Site contents: Member Institutions (with links); Board Of Directors; How to Become a Member, How to Apply for an AIPS Fellowship, Links to Other Sites with Pakistan Info, Pakistan Studies News Online.
[A site under construction - ed.]
URL http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/soasia/AIPS/aipshome.htm
Link suggested by: Keith Snodgrass (snodgras@u.washington.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

04 Dec 1999

Online Store of Indian Publications
K. K. Agencies, New Delhi, India
Self-description: "Established in 1996, we are pioneers in becoming the first online bookstore from India. Though the name K.K. Agencies may sound new, the people here are old hands in book trade having over three decades of first hand knowledge and experience in meeting the requirements of international bookmarket. We decided to build this export-oriented enterprise with an avowed object of supplying the best in Indian publications to libraries, academics and trade through the Web in a real customer-oriented way."
[The e-commerce site has an excellent online database with combinations of fields: Title; Author; ISBN; Publisher; Year of Publication; Place of Publication - ed.]
URL http://www.kkagencies.com/
Link suggested by: K. R. Mittal (kkagen@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

04 Dec 1999

Center for Economic Research (CER), Uzbekistan
United Nations Development Program, Uzbekistan
Supplied note: "The objectives of the Center [est. Jan 1998] are to research social and economic processes, prepare proposals to deepen the economic reforms conducted in the republic as well as efficiently use international experience and programs of technical assistance provided by international organizations."
Site contents: Working Plans; Working Papers [online collection]; Training Activities; 'Uzbekistan Economic Review' Magazine [online journal]; NHDR; Gender; Evaluation Report; Technical Cooperation; Uzbekistan: General Information; Uzbekistan: Statistics; Uzbekistan: Legislation; Uzbekistan: Internet Links;
URL http://www.undp.uz/cer/index.htm
Link suggested by: Bakhodur Eshonuv (bakhodur@cer.uz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

03 Dec 1999

Allama Mashriqi and The Khaksar Movement
Office of Allama Mashriqi, Pakistan
Supplied note: "Allama Mashriqi [aka Inyat Ullah Khan, 25 Aug 1888-29 Aug 1963 - ed.] was a scholar and founder of the Khaksar Movement [A Movement For the Welfare of Muslims - ed.] in Indo-Pakistan. He had a large number of followers who were devoted to his movement. He was a genius and earned many different types of degrees and broke all previous records at the Punjab University in Pakistan, and at the Oxford and Cambridge Universities of England. He was respected by everyone, including Heads of State, despite their differences on political issues."
URL http://allama-mashriqi.8m.com
Link suggested by: Office of Allama Mashriqi (office@allama-mashriqi.8m.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Dec 1999

Widya Mandala Catholic University, Indonesia
Widya Mandala Catholic University, Surabaya, Indonesia
Supplied note: "One of big universities in Surabaya. There are 9500 students in 6 faculty and 1 diploma."
URL http://www.wima.ac.id/
Link suggested by: Peter R. Angka (peter@mail.wima.ac.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Dec 1999

India Update and Resource Guide
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Supplied note: "For the 1999 Indian elections results, both in seats and percentages of vote [see the URL below]."
Site contents: The Kargil (Kashmir) War: May-July 1999; 1999 Election Update; Recommended New Books; Indian Politics on the Internet: A Resource Guide.
URL http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/cas/indiaupdate.html
Link suggested by: Robert L. Hardgrave (rlh@uts.cc.utexas.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Dec 1999

The Tanaduk Foundation for Tibetan Medicine
Tanaduk Foundation, USA
Supplied note: "The Tanaduk Foundation is the umbrella organization for establishing the seat of Tibetan Medicine & Philosophy, The Clinic of Tibetan Medicine and The Tibetan Medicinal Plant Cultivation Program. It's purpose is to establish a platform in the West for Tibetan medicine and the teachings of The Medicine Buddha to flourish."
URL http://TibetanDoctors.org/
Link suggested by: Dr. Bradley Dobos (diamvajra@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Dec 1999

Clemson Summer Study Abroad, 2000
Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
Supplied note: "Enjoy 40 days of travel in the summer [May-Jun] of 2000 with a group of twenty students and two faculty members through China, Hong Kong, Japan and Thailand, all while taking up to 6 credit hours worth of University credit hours. Trip includes cultural visits, business tours and free travel time."
URL http://business.clemson.edu/OIA/asia.htm
Link suggested by: Christopher Thornberg (cthornb@clemson.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Dec 1999

Malaysian Elections Special Report
Asia Source, Asia Society, New York, NY, USA
Supplied note: "A news archive, original commentary, and annotated links to resources on Election Coverage, Government Sites, Political Parties, Commentary, and Related Books."
URL http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=5761
Link suggested by: Jon Lackman (jonl@AsiaSoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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