tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142630122024-03-08T18:24:50.532+11:00The Best of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor<b>The top 1000 resources from "<u><a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html">The Asian Studies WWW Monitor</a></u>" (ISSN 1329-9778)
<br />
selected and edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek
<br />
<a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au">coombs.anu.edu.au</a> and
<a href="http://www.ciolek.com">www.ciolek.com</a>
<p />
</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger667125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-74595001229836141882011-01-21T15:26:00.001+11:002011-01-21T15:28:05.659+11:00The Electronic Anthropologist: on sources of information, strategies, techniques and timing of online research [A Farewell Gift]http://www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/e-anthropologist.html21 Jan 2011 www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia.Supplied-note:"With 5,869 reviews of the Asian Studies internet resources successfully dispatched, the time has come to say goodbyes -(1) So, thank you, all my 9,260 wonderful online- and off-line collaborators, colleagues and friends.(2) It was your steadfast love of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-65005100408017671102011-01-21T10:56:00.002+11:002011-01-25T18:48:40.167+11:00The Ricksha Arts of Bangladeshhttp://www.artsricksha.com21 Jan 2011 www.artsricksha.com, USA Self-description: "This website is dedicated to celebrating one of Bangladesh's unique popular arts, the paintings and decorations on the three-wheeled cycle ricksha -- or "rickshaw", as spelled in English dictionaries. This site is based on my anthropological field visits to Bangladesh between 1975 and 1998, when I traveled about, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-49867773571583901872011-01-20T12:19:00.002+11:002011-01-20T12:21:46.158+11:00Trade Routes Resources Blog [an electronic notebook]http://trade-routes-resources.blogspot.com/20 Jan 2010 www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia Supplied note: "The blog 'Trade Routes Resources' has been constructed in Nov 2005. It started its existence as a test of efficacy of blogs as shared electronic notebooks. Since then I can wholeheartedly confirm that a public blog with a disabled comments' section [to protectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-54854858666661160192011-01-20T11:17:00.002+11:002011-01-20T11:26:45.407+11:00Asianart.com - The on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asiahttp://asianart.com/20 Jan 2011 Asianart.com, Santa Fe, NM, USA / Kathmandu, Nepal. Self-description: "Asian Arts, the on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia. [The site, est. early 1996, is an official Associate of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library, http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html - ed.]. Asianart.com is dedicated to all aspects of Asian art. It isUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-13166208150434553092011-01-19T14:02:00.003+11:002011-01-19T14:12:35.306+11:00WWW Hmong Homepage [17 years online!]http://www.hmongnet.org19 Jan 2011 Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA. Self-description: "The WWW Hmong Homepage, first made available on the Internet in March, 1994 [Happy forthcoming 17th birthday! - ed.], is a volunteer effort bringing together a collection the Internet-based resources related to Hmong news and current-events, issues, history, publications, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-4096868558030980072011-01-18T10:50:00.003+11:002011-01-18T10:56:54.675+11:00Mapping Buddhist Monasteries 200-1200 CE Projecthttp://monastic-asia.wikidot.com/18 Jan 2011 monastic-asia.wikidot.com, Ann Arbor: Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan, USA; Canberra: www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online, Australia; & Newton, MA: Lasell College, USA.Self-description: "GORDON, Stewart, T. Matthew Ciolek & Lizabeth H. Piel, Work in progress, 2009-present, Mapping Buddhist Monasteries 200-1200 CE Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-58805013004917710862011-01-14T17:07:00.006+11:002011-01-17T10:31:46.909+11:00Digital Atlas of Indonesian History [by Robert Cribb] [an interlinked CD-WWW edition]http://www.indonesianhistory.info/14 Jan 2011 NIASPress, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark. Self-description: "Welcome to the 'Digital Atlas of Indonesian History' by Robert Cribb. This work is based on the author's landmark 'Historical Atlas of Indonesia' (published in 2000) [Historical Atlas of Indonesia Robert Cribb, Curzon Press, 2000, 266 pp., 327 maps, Hbk, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-53092848189010588592011-01-14T15:22:00.001+11:002011-01-14T15:24:03.927+11:00History of Chinese science and technology - printed and online works by Don Wagnerhttp://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/ 14 Jan 2011 Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, Denmark. Supplied note: "Hello - Trying to get in there before the deadline. Here are three more www-articles. I think you may already have seen the first.* Cast iron in China and Europe. Revised web version of a talk at the one-day Symposium on Cast Iron in Ancient China, in Beijing, 20 July Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-30691901898120710992011-01-13T10:59:00.001+11:002011-01-13T11:00:14.793+11:00China Agricultural Economics Group (CAEG)http://www.uq.edu.au/sis/caeg13 Jan 2011 School of Integrative Systems, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Supplied-note: "[I]t has been excellent to look at the [Monitor] posts and [reported] sites over the years. As you [= tmciolek] suggest, we'd like to take the last opportunity to be a part of it, so could you please post the following resource, for the China Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-71144226289713477252011-01-12T13:17:00.001+11:002011-01-12T13:18:21.916+11:00El Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa (CEAA) / Center for Asian and African Studieshttp://ceaa.colmex.mx/ 12 Jan 2011 El Colegio de Mexico (COLMEX), Tlalpan, D.F., Mexico. Supplied-note: " I was sad to hear that you will soon be stepping down from your post as the administrator of the Asian Studies WWW Monitor: a web resource which has been exceedingly useful to our faculty and students here in the Center for Asian and African Studies. Given the fact, however, that you have Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-82770805046444344982011-01-11T12:25:00.000+11:002011-01-11T12:26:49.269+11:00Crossroads - Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World [New E-journal]http://www.eacrh.net/ojs/ 11 Jan 2011 Ostasien Verlag, Grossheirath-Gossenberg, Germany. Supplied note: "The online and print journal 'Crossroads - Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World' [est. 2010, ISSN: 2190-8796 - ed.] is designed as an international forum for contributions related to the history of exchange relations in the East Asian world. With an abstract toUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-51152818862698191462011-01-10T18:53:00.000+11:002011-01-10T18:54:07.980+11:00The South China Sea WWW Virtual Libraryhttp://www.southchinasea.org/10 Jan 2011Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, USA.Self-description:"An online resource [Est: April 29, 1999. Last update: Dec 3, 2010 - ed.] for students, scholars and policy-makers interested in South China Sea regional development, environment, and security issues. [...] Introduction:The South China Sea extends from the Strait of Malacca in the southwest, to the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-29524541395128080052011-01-10T09:35:00.003+11:002011-01-10T10:54:09.524+11:00AsiaPacific Films.com - An Asia Pacific Online Film Libraryhttp://www.AsiaPacificFilms.com10 Jan 2011 iFilm Connections Asia & Pacific, Honolulu, HI, USA. Supplied note: "Dear Matthew [...] By now you must have received many warm and appreciative comments from readers across the globe about your contribution to our collective knowledge about Asian resources to be found on the Internet. In honor of your services, I'd like to offer your readers free Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-148011723822937792011-01-07T13:32:00.001+11:002011-01-07T13:33:17.057+11:00Asian Food Regulation Information Servicehttp://www.asianfoodreg.com/07 Jan 2011 Quiddity Asia Pty Ltd, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Self-description: "Welcome to Asia's first comprehensive food regulation website. This website aims to create a database for food regulations across Asia. [...] Where we are able and the regulations are in English, we shall provide the documents free of charge. For those laws and regulations that are not inUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-24788673621369075472011-01-06T15:20:00.000+11:002011-01-06T15:22:35.379+11:00DK: A reliable source for Indian Books, South Asian books and MARC 21 recordshttp://www.dkagencies.com06 Jan 2011 D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd., New Delhi, India Self-description: "With a modest beginning in the international book-market: as promoters of indigenous publications, in 1968, we have gone on to take a leap forward -- without ever looking back. Today, we are among the top-ranking service organizations in India, superbly coping with a global clientele -- ranging from Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5595721152330045982011-01-05T13:55:00.001+11:002011-01-05T13:57:43.985+11:00Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)http://san-pips.com05 Jan 2011 Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), Islamabad, Pakistan. Supplied-note: "Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) [is] pleased to announce the free access to the following papers: 1. Taliban Insurgency in Pakistan: A Counterinsurgency Perspective. 2. Evolution of Counter-Terrorism Legislation in Pakistan. 3. Post-911 Peace Narrative in Pakistan. 4. RadicalizationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-75565841322506431452011-01-04T14:11:00.000+11:002011-01-04T14:12:08.703+11:00China Biographical Database Project (CBDB) [New Release]http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k1622904 Jan 2011 CBDB, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Supplied-note: "China Biographical Database New Release and User's Guide The Jan 1 2011 release of the China Biographical Database provides biographical data on 94,000 men and women, mainly from the Tang through the Qing dynasty. CBDB generates Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-57815266824433380312010-12-22T12:22:00.001+11:002010-12-22T12:23:56.068+11:00Asia Policy Point (APP)http://www.jiaponline.org/22 Dec 2010 Asia Policy Point (APP), Washington DC, USA. Self-description: "Asia Policy Point is an independent, U.S. nonprofit [501(c)(3)] research center that meets the practical needs of executives, scientists, engineers, educators, policymakers, and journalists. Professionals learn to integrate both Japanese information and U.S.-Japan technology and economic Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-50673192232247393602010-12-21T14:25:00.000+11:002010-12-21T14:27:12.187+11:00Asia Bookroomhttp://www.asiabookroom.com/21 Dec 2010 Asia Bookroom, Canberra, Australia. Self-description: "Asia Bookroom [est. 1969 - ed.] is a leading Asian bookselling specialist. We have a large stock of books old and new on China, Japan, India, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma/Myanmar, Laos, Sri Lanka/Ceylon, Malaysia, Singapore, Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Himalayan Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-86155948259414428812010-12-15T11:55:00.001+11:002010-12-15T11:56:18.384+11:00South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR), Weekly Assessments & Briefingshttp://satp.org/satporgtp/sair/index.htm15 Dec 2010 South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi, India Self-description: "The South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR) is a weekly service [a free web and email newsletter with assessments & briefings, launched in Jul 2002 - ed.] that brings you regular data, assessments and news briefs on terrorism, insurgencies Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-76086551261116689732010-12-13T14:55:00.001+11:002010-12-13T14:57:36.983+11:00Japan Air Raids.org - A Bilingual Historical Archivehttp://www.japanairraids.org/13 Dec 2010 www.japanairraids.org, Staten Island, NY, USA. Supplied-note: "New website announcement: japanairraids.org . We are pleased to announce the launching of a new website, japanairraids.org, a bilingual digital archive dedicated to the international dissemination of information about the United States Army Air Force air raids against Japan. While in its Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-74378934784439512422010-12-13T11:55:00.000+11:002010-12-13T11:56:32.513+11:00Digital Himalaya Projecthttp://www.digitalhimalaya.com/ 13 Dec 2010 Dept of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Self-description: "A project to develop digital collection, storage and distribution strategies for multimedia anthropological information from the Himalayan region. The Digital Himalaya project was designed by Alan Macfarlane and Mark Turin as a strategy for archiving and making Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-25288221541347639072010-12-10T12:31:00.000+11:002010-12-10T12:33:53.896+11:00Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)http://www.jiia.or.jp/en/10 Dec 2010 Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo, Japan. Self-description: "Founded in 1959, The JAPAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS is Japan's foremost center for producing and disseminating ideas on international relations. As an academically independent institution affiliated with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Institute is a source of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-17633507136702447592010-12-07T11:27:00.001+11:002010-12-07T11:29:00.306+11:00Researching World Christianity: [a database of] Doctoral Dissertations on Mission Since 1900http://resources.library.yale.edu/dissertations/ 07 Dec 2010 Yale University Library & Yale Divinity School, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Self-description: "This database incorporates compilations of missions-related dissertations published in the July 1983, July 1993, and July 2003 issues of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research [http://www.internationalbulletin.org/], and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-69353092471378674972010-12-06T13:46:00.001+11:002010-12-06T13:48:23.773+11:00Cambridge Shahnama Projecthttp://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/new/jnama/page/06 Dec 2010 Shahnama Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Self-description: "This site brings you a comprehensive collection of manuscripts of the Shahnama, the Persian epic 'Book of Kings', completed by the poet Firdausi in AD 1010, together with a display of the miniature paintings in each one. There are currently about 1500 manuscripts Unknownnoreply@blogger.com