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What's New in WWW Asian Studies Newsletter
Editor:
Dr T.Matthew
Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au),
Coombs Computing Unit, Research Schools
of Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National
University, Canberra.
The "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" online newsletter (ISSN 1323-9368) is a
part of the Asian
Studies WWW Virtual Library. This facility is provided by the Australian
National University (ANU) as a service to
the World Wide Web community.
On-line resources listed in this newsletter are also recorded in the
ANU-Asia-WWW-Gopher-News-L dbase
Past issues of "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" are kept in the
Archives of What's New - WWW Asian Studies
Past issues of "What's New in WWW Social Sciences" are kept in the
Archives of What's New - WWW Social Sciences
What's New in WWW Asian Studies Online Newsletter ISSN 1323-9368
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/WhatsNewWWW/asian-www-news.html
Details of new or significantly improved networked resources are
added to
this newsletter on a request basis.
WWW Asian Studies Announcements: April 1995
28 April 1995
Polynesian Culture Bibliographies
Linguistics, RSSS, Australian National Univ., Australia
Two bibliographies: polynesia-lang-culture-bibl.txt (266 Kb) and
polynesia-mythology-bibl.txt (60 Kb) compiled in 1995 by J.Marck
(jeff.marck@anu.edu.au).
URL: ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/coombspapers/coombsarchives/linguistics/bibliographies/
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
27 April 1995
Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan
Royal British Columbia Museum, Canada
Exibition at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria (March
31 to September 10, 1995) This website holds exhibit information
and images of some of the exquisite artifacts. The exhibit
features more than 200 priceless artifacts from China and Inner
Mongolia - some dating to the second millennium B.C.
URL: http://vvv.com/khan/empires.html
27 April 1995
India - WWW Virtual Library
metro.turnpike.net, USA
India - WWW Virtual Library maintained since 27 Apr 95 by Sergio A.
Paoli (spaoli@fcaglp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar). Major pages of the India
Virtual Library: * Links to India information worldwide * States of
India * Cities and Districts of India * Indian Newsgroups.
URL: http://metro.turnpike.net/S/spaoli/index.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
27 April 1995
Karma Kagyu Buddhist Center
Kamtsang Chling, USA
WWW page of Karma Kagyu Buddhist Center in San Francisco.
Kamtsang Chling USA is a nonprofit organization and part of a worldwide
network of Buddhist centers in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
URL: http://144.92.74.130/
Information supplied by: Ivan Smirnov (smirnov@biostat.wisc.edu)
27 April 1995
Hinduism Today Newspaper
Himalayan Academy, USA
Monthly newspaper reporting current news on Hindu, Hinduism and
Hindu-related eventes and issues worldwide.
URL: http://hookomo.aloha.net/~htoday/htoday.html
Information supplied by: Arumugaswami (htoday@aloha.net)
27 April 1995
Pakistan Information Page
Univ. of Wales, Cardiff, UK
The resource provides information about Pakistan, it's people, economy, history and much more. A page containing a journey through Paksitan is under construction which would include Tourist Information.
The Pages are still under construction
URL: http://131.251.22.137/html/pakintro.htm
Information supplied by: Imran Ali Chaudhry (speia@cardiff.ac.uk)
26 April 1995
Pictures of India
McGill Univ., Canada
Pictures of India, India's famous people, maps & flags.
URL: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~arun/gifjpg.html
Information supplied by: Arun Muthuswami (arun@cs.mcgill.ca)
26 April 1995
Intl.Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Newsletter
IIAS, Leiden Univ.,Netherlands
The IIAS Newsletter reflects the coordinating character of the Institute. It
strives to be a Newsletters' newsletter. The IIASN is in English and it is
published three times a year. It has a circulation of 14,000 and has a
newspaper format featuring many illustrations.
It offers information about Asian Studies in Western and Asian countries,
divided into the following sections: IIAS News; General News; Central Asia;
South Asia; Southeast Asia; East Asia China; East Asia Japan;/Korea; Insular
Southwest Asia; Asian Culture; ESF Asia Committee News; AAS News; Newsletters
on Asia in Europe; Supplements on various aspects of Asian Studies.
The IIASN also carries an agenda with conferences and seminars on Asian
Studies. A special section is devoted to advertisements for staff.
URL: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/iias/newslet.htm
Information supplied by: IIAS@rullet.leidenuniv.nl
25 April 1995
Alternative Business & Project Opportunities in SEAsia
Alternative Trading Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
Welcome to the fast emerging markets of southeast Asia and
Indochina. With over 15 years of first-hand experience in this
region, we have what it takes to be your alternative in Asia.
URL: http://taygate.au.ac.th/web/cosmo/index.html
24 April 1995
Hong Kong Club
Virginia Tech., USA
Homepage for both the members of Hong Kong Club of Virginia Tech,
and everyone in the WWW. Serves as the gateway to
almost all the Hong Kong related Web pages in the world.
URL: http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/org/hkclub/hkclub.html
24 April 1995
Vietnamese Web Magazine
www.deltanet.com, USA
Non-commercial, no-ad magazine (titled: NGUOI DAN WEB MAGAZINE) in Vietnamese & English. Aims to provide a forum for serious political, social, cultural discussions about Vietnam.
URL: http://www.deltanet.com/nd/nguoidan.htm
Information supplied by: Tong Nhiem (nguoidan@ix.netcom.com)
24 April 1995
Economic Planning Agency, Government of Japan
Economic Planning Agency, Japan
Economic Survey of Japan, list of Economics related servers in Japan
and other WWW publications by EPA
URL: http://www.epa.go.jp
Information supplied by: Yuji Onuki (yonuki@epa.go.jp)
24 April 1995
Hong Kong Stocks
InTechTra, Inc., USA
Hong Kong Stocks Report, a concise daily report
delivered by email about 4 hours after market closing.
Readers in more than 20 countries.
Abridged daily report and sample data reports FREE.
Date reports by fee-based subscription.
Timely, cost-effective information.
URL: http://www.ganet.net/~ITTI/index.html
Information supplied by: S. L. Lee (sllee@infinet.com)
24 April 1995
Intersect Japan
Tokyo, Japan
This site provides an introduction to the magazine
Intersect Japan through sample stories and graphics
from its pages. There is also an "interactive"
page through which users can respond to a topical
"question of the month."
URL: http://www.apic.or.jp/Intersect/
Information supplied by: Rich Pavonarius (richard@phoenix.apic.or.jp)
24 April 1995
Macau Home Page
M.I.G.S. - Macau Internet Gateway Services, Macau
The main objective of Macau Home Page is to
promote:
* Macau image to the Internet Users
* Macau tourism industry
* Macau Culture, Tradition & History
* and many many more information about Macau
URL: http://202.64.33.201/
Information supplied by: Antonio M. L. Inacio (ainacio@macau.ctm.net)
24 April 1995
Multilingual PC Directory
Knowledge Computing, U.K.
The Multilingual PC Directory, a source guide to
multilingual and foreign language software for
IBM PCs and compatibles, including many that
support Asian languages.
URL: http://www.knowledge.co.uk/xxx/
Information supplied by: Ian Tresman (72240.3447@compuserve.com)
24 April 1995
WFC Consortium
Assumption Univ. (ABAC), Bangkok, Thailand,
This is a home page of the Water Supply Project for Cambodia
URL: http://taygate.au.ac.th/web/cosmo/cambodia.html
Information supplied by: Werner K. Kubesch (cosmo@ksc.net.th)
13 April 1995
Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations
Griffith Univ., Australia
Research on Australia's political, economic and strategic
relations with Asia from both an historical and contemporary
perspective; Conferences and workshops on contemporary issues;
Publications on Australia-Asia relations; The Asia-Pacific
business training program.
URL: http://www.gu.edu.au/gwis/csaar/csaar_home.html
13 April 1995
Nichiren Buddhists
www.envisionet.net, US
Kempon Hokke of America is bringing the Orthodox teachings of
Shakyamuni Buddha and Nichiren Shonin to the US. Groups are being
formed for study, chanting and discussion.
URL: http://WWW.Envisionet.net/bmaltz/nichiren.html
13 April 1995
Faculty of Education, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong
Chinese U. of HK, Hong Kong
Inf.about the faculty, online catalog of articles published in
several Hong Kong journals in education, schedule of academic
activities, a photo gallery, as well as other related information
about Hong Kong education.
URL: http://www.edu.cuhk.hk
13 April 1995
Snow Lion Publications
www.well.com, Snow Lion, USA
A publisher of trade and scholarly books on Tibet, Tibetan
culture, Tibetan Buddhism and the Dalai Lama. The site will
offer: several pages featuring news about Snow Lion projects,
news articles about Tibet and Tibet-related issues, a "Where is
the Dalai Lama?" column, tidbits about Tibet and Tibetan culture,
a calendar of Tibet-related events, a production schedule for
forthcoming titles, a "New and Exciting" page, and in-depth
reviews of books, all updated fortnightly. The site has just
been set up and will be fully-developed by July 1.
URL: http://www.well.com/www/snowlion/
Information supplied by: Calvin D. Smith (75061.1026@compuserve.com)
12 April 1995
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Up-to-date, comprehensive information about the organization of
the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Japan's diplomatic policy, and
other matters related to Japan's foreign affairs as well as about
other sources of information about Japan and countries and
peoples of the region. The new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Home
Page is part of MOFA's Web Server Network.
URL: http://infomofa.nttls.co.jp/infomofa
Information supplied by: Sean K. O'Mahony (sko@infoasia.com)
12 April 1995
The Public Authority for Applied Education & Training (PAAET)
The Public Authority for Applied Education & Training (PAAET), Kuwait
PAAET, an educational body is aimed at putting up
Kuwait related information (pictures, tourism, human
rights issues, environment issues).
URL: http://www.paaet.edu.kw/Info/paaet.html
Information supplied by: Rajiv Prakash (raaj@paaetms.paaet.edu.kw)
11 April 1995
Asiatic Society of Japan, Home Page
Tokyo International University, Japan
Home Page of the Asiatic Society of Japan. ASJ holds monthly
lectures in English related to Japan and Asia. The online
resource contains lecture summaries.
URL: http://www.tiu.ac.jp/bduell/ASJ_Home_Page.html
Information supplied by: Barry Duell (bduell@tiu.ac.jp)
11 April 1995
Chechen Republic (Russia) - Detailed Maps
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, U.Texas, USA
Grozny (city map) 1:40,000 U.S. Army Map Service 1959 (827K)
Grozny (topographic) 1:250,000 U.S. Army Map Service 1959 (883K)
Grozny (tactical pilotage chart) 1:500,000 U.S. Defense Mapping Agency 1980
(521K)
URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Chechen.html
10 April 1995
NL.Line
National Library of Singapore, Singapore
Link to the National Library of Singapore's
resources and services. You will have access to an overview of
Singapore's public library system and the activities of the
National Library of Singapore; search the on-line catalogue; read
about new materials bought by the Library and even send enquiries
to the Reference Services Division of the National Library.
URL: http://www.livewire.ncb.gov.sg/library/main.html
Information supplied by: Pang Tong Hup (tonghup@ncb.gov.sg)
10 April 1995
South Asian Newspapers in Australian Collections
National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
A list of 'South Asian Newspapers in Australian libraries'. Compiled
as a joint project between Flinders University, Curtin University of
Technolgy and The National Centre for South Asian Studies.
URL: http://www.nla.gov.au/1/asian/gen/saintro.html
Information supplied by: Ian Dawes (ncsas@latrobe.edu.au)
8 April 1995
Assyria Online
United Assyrian youth of Canada, Toronto, Canada
Information about ancient Assyria as well as Assyrians of today.
URL: http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~jatou/./
7 April 1995
Maps and Images of Tibet
Coombs Computing Unit,Australian National University, Australia
The document provides central access point to online maps and graphics
depicting Tibet and Tibetan culture.
URL: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/TibPages/Map/tibetmaps.html
7 April 1995
BurmaWeb
www.uio.no, Norway
Site sponsored by the Burma Support Group (BSG), Norway, a
politically independent member organization whose main goal is to
support the work for democracy and peace in Burma. BSG gives
technical, financial and humanitarian aid, in addition to
spreading information about the current conditions inside Burma.
URL: http://www.uio.no:80/~tormodl/
Information supplied by: Knut Staring (staring@johnson.cornell.edu)
6 April 1995
Travel to Tibet - Frequently Asked Questions
Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, Australia
Factual and up-to-date information about logistical and political aspects of a
trip to Tibet.
URL: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/TibPages/Travel/travel-faq.html
Information supplied by: andrew@dorje.demon.co.uk
6 April 1995
Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya
www.eunet.fi, Finland
The text is in Finnish, but there are 32 professional photos
with English Captions (1200 internal links to make photo access
fast and easy!)
URL: http://www.eunet.fi/nepal/
Information supplied by: Petri Kaipiainen (petkai@nanda.pp.fi)
3 April 1995
Middle East Resource Center
Global Publishing Group, CA, USA
A growing collection of articles and reports encoded in their native character sets.
URL: http://gpg.com/MERC/
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