The Best of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: November 2006

* tmc * in patientia vestra habetis animam vestram * tmc *

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.

29 November 2006

Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)

http://www.coac.org.my/

4star

29 Nov 2006

Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)

COAC, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

Self-description: "This site is committed to information and commentary on the Orang Asli, the indigenous minority peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. We are still fine-tuning the site and uploading base content. As such, we welcome suggestions to improve the portal. [...] The Center for Orang Asli Concerns was established in 1989 to advance the cause of the Orang Asli -- whether via the greater dissemination of Orang Asli news and views, assisting in court cases involving Orang Asli rights, or in developing arguments for lobbying and advocacy work. That is to say COAC functions primarily as a center to facilitate Orang Asli initiatives at self-development and in defense of their rights, and to support those who want to promote such initiatives."

Site contents:
* Info and Current Issues (Current News and Opinions, Basic Data on Orang Asli, Introduction to the Orang Asli); * Papers on the Orang Asli (Biodiversity, Local Livelihoods & Politics, Indigenous Spirituality and Governance, Remaining Indigenous, Acting on the Knowledge, Orang Asli Land Rights Upheld, Integration and Modernization of the Orang Asli, Orang Asli and Education, Health Care for the Orang Asli, Mahathir and the Invisible Minority, Stories of a People, Orang Asli and the Bumiputera Policy, Natural Resource Laws and the Orang Asli, Who Can Protect the Forests Better?, The Malaysian Timber Industry Celebrates, Certifying the Oil Palm Plantation Business, For the Good of All: Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge and the Orang Asli, Affidavit of Expert Witness in Sagong Tasi case, Orang Asli Leadership, Orang Asli Resource Politics, On Community Organizing, Orang Asli as Stakeholders in the Management of Protected Areas, and earlier articles written before 2000); * Orang Asli Initiatives (Community Projects, Orang Asli Voices); * Image Galleries; * COAC Publications [incl. * Adela Baer, Karen Endicott, Rosemary Gianno, Signe Howell Barbara S. Nowak, Cornelia van der Sluys (2006) Orang Asli Women of Malaysia: Perceptions, Situations & Aspirations. ISBN 983-43248-0-4 * CPA, PACOS TRUST, COAC, ANTHROWATCH (2005) Indigenous Peoples and Local Government: Experiences from Malaysia and the Philippines. ISBN: 87-91563-06-2 / ISSN: 0105-4503 * Alberto G. Gomes (2004) Looking for Money: Capitalism and Modernity in an Orang Asli village. Co-published with Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne].

URL http://www.coac.org.my/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by:
Timothy Pwee (timothypwee--at--nlb.gov.sg), forwarded by H-Net Discussion List on History and Study of Southeast Asia (h-seasia--at--h-net.msu.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* 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 the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

27 November 2006

Song Research Tools

http://sunsite.utk.edu/songtool/

5star

27 Nov 2006

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, US

Supplied note:
"Song Research Tools is an online research guide [est. 2003 - ed.] that lists and describes reference materials relating to all aspects of Song society. The online edition, last updated in November 2006, is a revised edition of Peter Bol's Sung Research Tools, which appeared first in 1990 and in a second edition in 1996. This online edition, maintained since 2003 by Hilde De Weerdt, contains more than 200 new titles. - hdw."

Site contents:
* I. GUIDES TO THE STATE OF THE FIELD SOCIETIES, NEWSLETTERS, AND JOURNALS; RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE FIELD (Scholarship in the People's Republic of China, Scholarship in the Republic of China and Hong Kong, Scholarship in Japan and Korea, Scholarship in the West, Scholarship in Particular Fields, Intellectual and Religious History, Literature and Art, Social and Economic History, Political History and International Relations); INTRODUCTIONS TO THE STUDY OF SUNG HISTORY.
* II. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND ABSTRACTS OF RECENT SCHOLARSHIP IN WESTERN LANGUAGES; IN CHINESE; IN JAPANESE AND KOREAN; SPECIALIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIES (General, Historiography, Government, Biographical information, Geography, Social and economic history, Philosophy and religion, Literature, Arts).
* III. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND ABSTRACTS OF SUNG-PERIOD SOURCES MODERN COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHIES; MODERN SPECIALIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND SERIES (Literati Writing, Literary Collections, Poetry, Notes on Poetry, Drama, Historical Writings, Commentaries on the Classics, Painting, Calligraphy, and Ceramics, Taoist Writings, Buddhist Writings); SUNG-PERIOD BIBLIOGRAPHIES; SUNG EDITIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.
* IV. HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND MODERN CHRONOLOGIES IV.A. HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES (Sung History, General Encyclopedias of Chinese History, Topical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries: All Periods of Chinese History, Series, Encyclopedias of Literature, Other Encyclopedias); IV.B. CHRONOLOGIES (Political Chronologies, Reign Dates, Other Chronologies).
* V. BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES AND INDEXES TO BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES; INDEXES TO COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; DATES OF SUNG FIGURES; PERSONAL-NAME INDEXES (Personal-name Indexes to Historical Works, Personal-name Indexes to Other Works); BIOGRAPHICAL SERIES.
* VI. INDEXES AND CONCORDANCES TO SUNG TEXTS THE SUNG SHIH; OTHER HISTORICAL WORKS; LITERARY WRITINGS AND MISCELLANIES; NEO-CONFUCIAN AND BUDDHIST TEXTS; INDEXES TO SUNG TEXTS WHOSE CONTENTS ARE MAINLY PRE-SUNG; COMPREHENSIVE INDEXES AND ELECTRONIC DATABASES.
* VII. ATLASES, MAPS AND PLACE-NAME INDEXES ATLASES AND MAPS (Historical Atlases and GIS Tools, Various Maps); GUIDES TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INDEXES TO SUNG-PERIOD GEOGRAPHIES; PLACE-NAME INDEXES TO OTHER WORKS; MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES AND SERIES.
* VIII. RESOURCES ON THE GOVERNMENT THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT; BUREAUCRATIC RANKS; INCUMBENTS IN CERTAIN OFFICES; OFFICES AND OFFICIAL TITLES.
* IX. DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES MODERN DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES (General Language, Institutional Terms and Usage, Documentary Terms and Usage, Literature, Religious and Intellectual Life); SUNG-PERIOD DICTIONARIES AND ANNOTATED GLOSSARIES (Indexed Dictionaries, Glossaries, Encyclopedias and Manuals).
* X. SUNG WORKS WITH DETAILED TABLES OF CONTENTS.
* APPENDIX List of Library of Congress Subject Headings Related to the Song Dynasty.

URL http://sunsite.utk.edu/songtool/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sunsite.utk.edu/songtool/

Link reported by: Hilde De Weerdt (hdeweerd--at--utk.edu),
forwarded by H-Net list for Asian History and Culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/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 300

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

24 November 2006

Himal Southasian magazine

http://www.himalmag.com

4star

23 Nov 2006

The Southasia Trust, Kathmandu, Nepal

Supplied note:
"Himal Southasian is a monthly review magazine [ISSN 10129804 - ed.] published from Kathmandu. Through its print and online editions, the magazine provides in-depth reviews and commentary on key issues of Southasia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Bhutan, Burma, Tibet and Afghanistan. The website [at the URL below] includes full-text articles, as well as an exhaustive archive of past issues. Himal Southasian is a unique and pioneering publication, with writing that reflects both the socio-economic and political landscape of the region. For two decades, it has been a repository of development-based insights, assessments of current political and social trends, and explorations on diverse subjects of art, culture and history. Himal publishes several regular sections, including analyses and reports, opinions, interviews, photo features, book reviews, as well as more personalised essays. - no."

Site contents:
* Current issue [Volume 19, No 8 November 2006 has the following structure] Cover Story, Commentary, Reflections, Profile, Mediafile, Southasian Briefs, Contributors, Opinion, Analysis, Report, Review, Photo Feature, Southasiasphere, Editorial); * About us; * Subscribe; * Advertise; * Himal Southasian Archive (South Asian Links, Search HSA, archived issues from years 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996).

URL http://www.himalmag.com

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

Link reported by: Nadeem Omar (notarar--at--gmail.com),
forwarded by H-Net list for Asian History and Culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Study
* 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]: over 3,000 [in fact, 3210]

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

23 November 2006

THDL Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas

http://www.thdl.org/collections/cultgeo/gazetteer/

5star

23 Nov 2006

Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (THDL), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US.

Self-description (1): "The Gazetteer is designed to provide information about all varieties of places in Tibet and the Himalayas, in past and present times - nations, provinces, counties, monasteries, villages, mountains, natural regions and more. The current 2.0 [i.e. Oct/Nov 2006 - ed.] release includes administrative units in contemporary China that have ethnic Tibetan populations, with detailed information only for the subunits of the Tibet Autonomous Region. We are now working on release 3.0 which will include details for all five provinces in China with Tibetan populations, and all politicial districts of Nepal as well. In the subsequent phase we will begin to incorporate our extensive data on Tibetan monasteries. [...] Note: You will need a Unicode font to view the Chinese characters, and another Unicode font to view Tibetan words.

Self-description (2): "We are now in the final weeks of the release of the first major update of the Gazetteer in three years. This new version will have much more rapid searching, display of Tibetan script and Devangari script as well as Chinese characters, improved interface, and a lot of improvements in the technology that will allow us from the fall of 2006 to finally begin to put all of our content into it. In addition, it will have administrative units for contemporary Nepal, as well as add all contemporary administrative units for Tibetan areas of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunan, in addition to the earlier data for the Tibet Autonomous Region."

[A fast, useful and most informative sub-section of the larger THDL (www.thdl.org/) project, which comprises : * COLLECTIONS (Audio/Video, Images, Immersive Resources, Texts, Journals, JIATS, Cultural Geography, Gazetteer, Interactive Map, Asia Map, Maps & Models, Monasteries, GIS, Special Collections, Cultures, Architecture, Art, Environment, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Music, Religion); * REFERENCE (Bibliography, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Tibetan, Nepali, Thangmi, Translation Tool, Timelines, Gazetteer, Rosters, Participants); * COMMUNITY (Rosters, Participants, Community Development, Tibetan-Himalayan Studies, Communication, Conferences, Mailing Lists, Discussion Forums, Announcements); * EDUCATION (Courses, Languages, Tibetan, Nepali, English, Programs); * TOOLS (Preparing Computer, Fonts, Tibetan Fonts, Software, Scholar's Toolbox, Developer's Toolbox, Technologies); *THDL INFORMATION (New Users, Introduction, Spotlight, Status, Site Map, Searching, Troubleshooting, Participation and Support, Participants, Donors, Guide to Resources, Contact Us) - ed.]

URL http://www.thdl.org/collections/cultgeo/gazetteer/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org): [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

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

* Resource type [news/comments - 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 100

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

22 November 2006

Digital Resources for Myanmar (Burma) Studies

http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dcl33/cmrg.html

4star

22 Nov 2006

Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US

Self-description:
"Compiled [since 2003/2004 - ed.] by Dietrich Christian Lammerts, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US."

Site contents:
1. Cornell University Myanmar (Burma) Studies; 2. Other Research Centers and Institutes; 3. Manuscript Collections and Archives; 4. Library Catalogs and Databases; 5. Bibliographies; 6. Conferences; 7. Language and Fonts; 8. Dictionaries and Reference Works; 9. Online Texts and Text Resources; 10. Myanmar Buddhism; 11. Burmese and Southeastern Asian Legal History; 12. Pali Nissaya Dictionary Database; 13. Myanmar (Burma) News Media; 14. Regional News Media; 15. Radio and Music; 16. Publishers and Book Vendors; 17. Varia; 18. Cornell Myanmar (Burma) Studies Mailing List.

URL http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dcl33/cmrg.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dcl33/cmrg.html

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog (CBS Blog)

http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/

4star

21 Nov 2006

Center for Buddhist Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, US

Supplied note:
"The CBS Blog is an online space for news and notes on Buddhist Studies in the Academy. In conjunction with the university seminar on Buddhism, the CBS Blog hosts podcasts and 'minutes' of all meetings. The blog also features writings, information, and digital media on other related events in and around the Metropolitan area.

The following podcasts are now online: LOBSANG RAPGAY, PhD "Going Beyond Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: New ideas in the theory and practice of Classical Mind- fulness with Integrative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for GAD" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/11/the_case_for_ti.html *With extended introduction by Dr. Joseph Loizzo MATTHEW KAPSTEIN, MORRIS ROSSABI, ELLIOT SPERLING, & TSERING SHAKYA "The Tibetans" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/11/the_tibetans.html DAVID GRAY "The Illumination of the Hidden Meaning: Tsong Khapa and the Art of Interpretation." www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/10/a_new_look.html JOSEPH WALSER "To Publish or Perish:Nagarjuna, Mahayana, and Monastic Law" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/10/to_publish_or_p.html DANIEL DENNETT & ROBERT THURMAN "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomena" www.cbs.columbia.edu/weblog/2006/02/breaking_the_go.html YAO CHONGXIN (COMING SOON!) Chongshan University, Guantong, PRC "A Reexamination of Northern Qi Buddhist Stone Sculptures of Qingzhou, Shantong.""

Self-description:
"The Center for Buddhist Studies was founded in 1988, under the Religion Department of Columbia University's institutional umbrella, with a grant connected with the Jey Tsong Khapa professorship endowment from the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. Its goal is to support Buddhist Studies at Columbia and foster greater understanding among students and faculty. To that end, the center has launched [in Oct 2005 - ed.] a new multi-media weblog. [...] Contributions (i.e. posts, essays, digital media, etc . . . ) to the CBS Blog are always welcome. Please contact Christopher Kelley (cdk2001--at--columbia.edu) - ck."
Site contents: * Buddhism & Philosophy; * Buddhism & Science; * Buddhism & Technology; * Indian Buddhism; * Indo-Tibetan Buddhism; * Seminar 1999-02; * Seminar 2006-07; * Search;

URL http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Christopher Kelley (cdk2001--at--columbia.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Comments/Study
* 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 100

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog (CBS Blog)

http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/

4star

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

15 November 2006

The Institute for Conflict Management (ICM), India

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/icm/index.html

4star

14 Nov 2006

ICM, New Delhi, India.

Self-description:
"The Institute for Conflict Management is a non-Profit Society set up in 1997 in New Delhi, and is committed to the continuous evaluation and resolution of problems of internal security in South Asia. The Institute was set up on the initiative of, and is presently headed by, its President, Mr. K.P.S. Gill, IPS (Retd). The core areas of research on which the Institute focuses include: Continuous appraisal of internal security and the state's responses in all areas of existing or emerging conflict in South Asia; Planning for Development and Security in India's Northeast; Administrative Reforms for Restoration of Effective Civil Governance in Terrorism Affected Areas; Emerging Internal Security Challenges in South Asia; Judicial, Legal and Legislative Reforms in Terrorism Affected Areas and areas of widespread civil disorders; Evolution and Dynamics of the Underground Terrorist Economy and its Disruption; Identification and Evaluation of the Impact of Emerging Technologies for Terrorism and Counterterrorism; Emergency Response Codes and Protocols in Terrorism Affected Areas, Security Parameters and Procedures for Installations and Establishments Under Threat of Terrorist Attack, the 'Peace Dividend' and the Reconstruction of Societies affected by widespread collective violence, Impact of Terrorism on Child Victims, etc.

The Institute is a registered non-profit, non-governmental organisation supported by voluntry contributions and project aid. Current Projects are supported by, among others, the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). The Institute has provided consultancy services on terrorism & internal security to a number of governments within India and abroad. [...]

PROJECTS: * South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), * South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR) * Faultlines: Writings on Conflict & Resolution, * Database and Documentation Centre on Conflict & Development in India's Northeast, Guwahati * North East Portal, * Planning for Security and Development in India's Northeast, * Insurgency and Special Challenges to Policing in India's Northeast: A Case Study of the Tripura Police, * Estimation of the quantities and impact of influx of small arms and explosives in India, * The Impact of Frequency of Transfers on Efficiency and Effectiveness of Superintendents of Police."

Site contents:
[For each of the countries separate pages on: Assessment, Backgrounder, Bibliography, Documents, Data Sheets, Timelines, Terrorist Groups - ed.]
* Bangladesh; * Bhutan; * India; * Nepal; * Pakistan; * Sri Lanka; * SAIR [www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/index.htm]; * Terrorism Update; * Latest; * South Asia; * Publication; * Maps (South Asia; Countries; States of India, Terrorist Camps, Afghanistan, USA-Afghanistan War Map); * ICM; * Profile; * Seminars; * Projects; * Support Us; * Feedback; * Search.

URL http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/icm/index.html

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* 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 the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

09 November 2006

Tibetbook.net - Online Bookshop

http://www.tibetbook.net/

4star

08 Nov 2006

Tibetbook.net, Berlin, Germany

Supplied note:
"Tibetbook.net, based in Berlin, Germany, is a venture trying to open the Tibetan language book market to an interested audience worldwide. We offer both contemporary books and recent (re)prints of traditional dpe cha at reasonable prices and shippment worldwide. To give you an idea of the range of texts we offer find a list of currently available blockprints attached to this mail [these materials are *not* reproduced in this AS WWW Monitor abstract - ed.] You are most welcome to visit us at [the URL below] or contact us at info--at--tibetbook.net. regards, Xaver Erhard and David Holler."

Self description:
"In 2005 we founded tibetbook.net as we realized the growing demand for someone able to provide the community of tibetologists, librarians, Tibetans and Buddhists outside China with books written in Tibetan language. With Tse Lhamo we found a reliable partner in Lhasa. Our interest is mainly in keeping track of new publications, such as books, magazines and journals as well as the bulk of scattered independent publications. Tibetbook.net will provide lists informing about recent publications as well as sell these publications. Additionally, tibetbook.net can assist you in any Tibetan or Tibetan Studies related issue, such as researching, transscribing of interviews or computerising texts, organising travel and the like.
David Holler obtained his M.A from Central Asian Seminar of Humboldt University of Berlin where he studied anthropology and tibetology. Franz Xaver Erhard studied Philosophy, German Literature, and Tibetology in Dresden, Berlin and Lhasa. He got his M.A. from Free University Berlin in 2001."

Site contents:
NEWS; SERVICES; CATALOGUE ["The following lists represent all titles we were able to provide to our customers in recent years. These more than 1400 titles include besides regular publications a great variety of privately published and circulated books as well as some hard-to-find-publications. Most of these we are still able to provide. We arranged the books into 11 rough categories (just follow the links): * Medicine, * Gesar Epos , * Language and Linguistics (including books on grammar, language, dictionaries), * Buddhism and Bon, * Culture and Society (containing books on law, politics, folklore, education), * Literature and Art, * History (and historiographic resources), * Pictorials (these include picture albums on sites and landscapes as well as books on art), * Collections (gsung 'bum but also edited books on certain topics by various authors). However, some titles will appear in two or more categories, e.g. the hor chos 'byung would appear both in Buddhism and Bon as well as in History. Additionally we compiled a list of some important Series and are currently working on a list of *Journals.]; CD, VCD & DVD; ABOUT; CONTACT; DOWNLOADS [tibetbook.net list 2006.10 dpe cha (pdf), tibetbook.net list 2006.07 (pdf), tibetbook.net list 2006.03 (pdf), list of Tibetan journals (pdf), list of Bon-related publications (pdf).

[A bi-lingual (DE, EN) web site - ed.]

URL http://www.tibetbook.net/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: F.X Erhard (erhard--at--tibetbook.net)

* 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 the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

07 November 2006

Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia - e-journal

http://kyotoreviewsea.org/

4star

06 Nov 2006

Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.

Supplied note: "We are happy to announce a new issue of the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia [est. Mar 2002 - ed.] on a new website: [at the URL below].
This issue features a collaboration with guest editor Alexander Horstmann of the Institute of Ethnology, University of Munster, who has assembled a diverse group of scholars to write about the anthropology of borderlands in Southeast Asia.

We are happy to introduce our new website [formerly at http://kyotoreview.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ - ed.] with this issue, as it allows us to post the photographs accompanying two of our feature articles (on the Burma-Bangladesh border and southern Thailand), as well as a photo album about cash crops in the northern mountain region of Vietnam. The site also includes audio and video streaming, which we will use to disseminate conferences, discussions, and interviews. In this issue, we are posting a 1985 recording of the late Southeast Asia scholar and Cornell University professor George Kahin interviewing Ferdinand Marcos six months before he fell from power.

Notwithstanding these innovations, text remains the primary mode of intellectual discourse and we remain committed to its translation. Therefore, we are pleased that our new site is textually dynamic, both in scrolling through an individual text and in shifting between languages. [...] - pna."

Site contents: * Review Essays; * Features; * Book Reviews * Research and Reports; * Editorial; * Reprints; * Interviews; * Album; * Blog, * Contact us.

[The new web site is published in a mix of HTML and user-unfriendly Flash - ed.]

URL http://kyotoreviewsea.org/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]

Link reported by: Patricio N. Abinales (abinales--at--gmail.com), forwarded by H-Net Discussion List on History and Study of Southeast Asia (h-seasia--at--h-net.msu.edu)

* 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]:
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 the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

06 November 2006

Gilded Splendor: Treasures of China's Liao Empire (907-1125)

http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/liao/

4star

05 Nov 2006

Asia Society, New York, NY, US

Supplied note:
"I would like to bring to H-ASIA list members' attention the extraordinary online exhibition of Liao Dynasty artifacts that the Asia Society has put together on its website. For those of you unfamiliar with the Khitan Liao, this was an empire that flourished in the 10th and 11th centuries (907-1125) and encompassed parts of what is now Mongolia, Siberia, Northeast China, and North Korea. In addition to images of Liao artifacts, the exhibition features outstanding virtual tours of Liao tombs, as well as colored maps and (for a website) substantial textual explanations of the artifacts. This is a must-see for anybody interested in enhancing teaching and learning through interactive web-based technology. I for one have been looking for Liao images ever since I began teaching a course on Chinese Civilization, and I plan to incorporate this exhibition into my teaching program starting next year. The exhibition can be accessed by going to the following web page and clicking on the boots in the lower right hand corner of the image: - af."

Self description:
"Over 200 recently excavated objects from Inner Mongolia that reveal the complex cultural and religious legacy of the Khitan and their reign over China during the Liao Dynasty (907-1125). Organized by the Asia Society. Curated by Hsueh-man Shen, Lecturer, Chinese Art, University of Edinburgh. A catalogue is available at AsiaStore [at] http://www.asiastore.org/exhibition-catalogues.html "

[The online exhibition is accessible via a Flash player 8 or later - ed.]

URL http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/liao/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Andrew Field (andrew.field--at--unsw.edu.au),
forwarded by H-Net list for Asian History and Culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Museum
* 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

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