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Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.


26 February 2004

Belajar Bersama Indonesian Language Videos

http://www.belajarbersama.com/

4star
Indonesian Language Centre, Mandurah, WA, Australia

Supplied note:
"Belajar Bersama is a series of seven one hour Indonesian language videos created to fulfil the needs of those teaching and learning introductory Bahasa Indonesia There are 60 lessons in total in the series Filmed in East Java, the series introduces and develops language concepts and cultural constructs in an enjoyable and friendly manner. The series is specifically designed as an active teaching resource for teachers of Indonesian at primary and secondary school levels. Full descriptions of each lesson in the series and free Indonesian language scripts of each lesson, 158 pages in pdf format, can be downloaded from website - emcc."

URL
http://www.belajarbersama.com/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.belajarbersama.com/

Link reported by:
Emi McColm (emi@belajarbersama.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 17 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

13 February 2004

Asia Pacific Library Conferences

http://www.geocities.com/asia_pages/asiaconf/APConfTop.html

4star
www.geocities.com, Australia

Self-description:
"A calendar of conferences, seminars and workshops. This Calendar contains details of conferences and similar activities relating to the Asia-Pacific region which are of interest to librarians and other information managers."

Site contents:
Calendar: Events in 2004, Events in 2003, Events in 2002, Events in 2001, Events in 2000, Events in 1999, Events in 1998, Events in 1997, Events in 1996.

[An informative and up-to-date site maintained since 1996 by Susan MacDougall of The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). The site forms a subsection of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) - ed.]

URL
http://www.geocities.com/asia_pages/asiaconf/APConfTop.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.geocities.com/asia_pages/asiaconf/APConfTop.html

Link reported by:
T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 17 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

12 February 2004

Bibliography of Japanese History up to 1912

http://www.oriental.cam.ac.uk/jbib/bibtitle.html

5star
Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

Self-description:
"Bibliography of Japanese History up to 1912. This is a completely revised edition of a bibliography of Japanese history up to the end of the Meiji period which I compiled in 1996 and which was made available to interested parties in a softcover for a nominal fee. There is no copyright attached to it, and you may print it out or use it however you wish. [...] Peter Kornicki, University of Cambridge."

Site contents:
About CSIS * Preface; * Abbreviations; * Bibliographies and General works; * Pre-Heian; * Heian; * Medieval; * Foreign relations: 1200-1800; * Tokugawa political history; * Tokugawa social history; * Tokugawa economic history; * Tokugawa intellectual history; * Meiji Restoration; * Foreign relations 1800-1900; * Meiji political history; * Meiji social history; * Meiji economic history; * Meiji political history; * Meiji intellectual history; * Meiji military history and colonialism;

URL
http://www.oriental.cam.ac.uk/jbib/bibtitle.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.oriental.cam.ac.uk/jbib/bibtitle.html

Link reported by:
Peter Kornicki (pk104@cam.ac.uk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 16 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

11 February 2004

Early Imperial China - a collection of online publications

http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/

5star
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Supplied note:
"Online publications on the history of Later Han and the third century AD China by Professor Rafe de Crespigny - ig."

Site contents:
* 'Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling' - The complete text of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling: being the Chronicle of Later Han for the years 157 to 189 AD as recorded in Chapters 54 to 59 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang.
* 'To Establish Peace', volumes 1 & 2 - The complete text of To Establish Peace: being the Chronicle of the Later Han dynasty for the years 189 to 220 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang.
* 'Later Han Civil Administration' - Based on the Introduction to Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling: being the Chronicle of Later Han for the years 157 to 189 AD as recorded in Chapters 54 to 59 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang.
* 'Later Han Military Organisation' - Extract from the Introduction to To Establish Peace: being the Chronicle of Later Han for the years 189 to 220 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang.
* 'The Three Kindoms and Western Jin: a history of China in the Third Century AD.'
* 'South China under the Later Han Dynasty' - Chapter One from Generals of the South: the foundation and early history of the Three Kingdoms state of Wu.
* 'Some Poems and Rhapsodies of the Later Han and Three Kingdoms.'
* 'Collection of biographies of Ladies of the Court of Emperor Huan of Han.'

URL
http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/

Link reported by:
Irena Goltz (irena.goltz@anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 17 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

02 February 2004

East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources

http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/

4star
University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, US

Supplied note:
"Annotated directory of resources for the political units of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and Mongolia) and Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), Asian Americans, and current hot topics such as the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Avian Flu epidemic. Grouped by country and by political, social, cultural and economic categories. Lists of educational and research resources for Asia, China, Japan, Korea, and Asian American Studies. Completely updated and redesigned. - rye."

[A superb meta-resource - ed.]

URL
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/

Link reported by:
Robert Y. Eng (robert_eng@redlands.edu)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 3,000

Please note that the above details were correct on 17 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

Chinese Maritime Customs Project

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/Customs/

4star
Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Self-description:
"This project is a collaborative venture between historians at Bristol and Cambridge Universities and archivists and researchers at the Second Historical Archives of China in Nanjing (SHAC). It is designed to further understanding of the modern Chinese state, British imperial history, and the history of modern globalization in China, focusing on the role the Chinese Maritime Customs Service played in these historical processes. Our first step was to produce a catalogue of the 55,000 files that make up the archives of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service held at the SHAC. In collaboration with Thomson Gale [www.gale.com - ed.], we are compiling 350 reels of microfilms of archival sources relating to the history of the Customs Service. Handbook to the Customs Service and three other printed volumes of primary sources are also in hand. We are further creating datasets on arms trade, Customs revenue, climate and meteorology, and trade. Research students and research fellows associated with the project are researching the life of foreigners employed by the Customs Service, patterns of consumption and its effects on the Chinese state.
The Chinese Maritime Customs Service (until 1912: the Imperial Maritime Customs Service) [...] was an international, although predominantly British-staffed bureaucracy under the control of successive Chinese central governments from its founding, i.e. in 1854, until 1950 when the last foreign Inspector-General resigned. The present-day Customs General Administration [www.customs.gov.cn] of the PRC, and the ROC Directorate General of Customs [wwweng.dgoc.gov.tw/english.asp] on Taiwan both incorporate the CMCS into their histories. The CMCS was the only bureaucratic organ that continued to operate as an integrated institution throughout the period 1842-1950."

Site contents:
Contact us; CMCS bibliographies (Statistical Series, Special Series, Miscellaneous Series, Service Series, Office Series, Inspectorate Series, Other CMCS publications listed in the 1940 bibliography); China Coast family history; Do you have an ancestor in the Customs?; Discussion board; CMCS Links (Researchers, Research Materials or Papers, Personal and family histories, Miscellaneous)

URL
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/Customs/

Internet Archive
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/Customs/

Link reported by:
Robert Bickers (robert.bickers@bristol.ac.uk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate info./Documents

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 16 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com