<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012</id><updated>2011-12-15T14:08:03.815+11:00</updated><category term='technology'/><category term='iron'/><category term='metallurgy'/><category term='indonesia digital history'/><category term='China'/><category term='science'/><title type='text'>The Best of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor</title><subtitle type='html'>&lt;b&gt;The top 1000 resources from "&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html"&gt;The Asian Studies WWW Monitor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;" (ISSN 1329-9778)
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selected and edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek
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&lt;a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au"&gt;coombs.anu.edu.au&lt;/a&gt;  and
&lt;a href="http://www.ciolek.com"&gt;www.ciolek.com&lt;/a&gt; 
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This site is based on my anthropological field visits to Bangladesh between 1975 and 1998, when I traveled about, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6500510040801767110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6500510040801767110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/ricksha-arts-of-bangladesh.html' title='The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-4986777357158390187</id><published>2011-01-20T12:19:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T12:21:46.158+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Trade Routes Resources Blog [an electronic notebook]</title><summary type='text'>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 protect</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4986777357158390187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4986777357158390187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/trade-routes-resources-blog-electronic.html' title='Trade Routes Resources Blog [an electronic notebook]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5485485866666116019</id><published>2011-01-20T11:17:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T11:26:45.407+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Asianart.com - The on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia</title><summary type='text'>http://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 is</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5485485866666116019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5485485866666116019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/asianartcom-on-line-journal-for-study.html' title='Asianart.com - The on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1316620815043455309</id><published>2011-01-19T14:02:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-19T14:12:35.306+11:00</updated><title type='text'>WWW Hmong Homepage [17 years online!]</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1316620815043455309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1316620815043455309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/www-hmong-homepage.html' title='WWW Hmong Homepage [17 years online!]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-409686855803098007</id><published>2011-01-18T10:50:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T10:56:54.675+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Mapping Buddhist Monasteries 200-1200 CE Project</title><summary type='text'>http://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; &amp; Newton, MA: Lasell College, USA.Self-description: "GORDON, Stewart, T. Matthew Ciolek &amp; Lizabeth H. Piel, Work in progress, 2009-present, Mapping Buddhist Monasteries 200-1200 CE </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/409686855803098007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/409686855803098007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/mapping-buddhist-monasteries-200-1200.html' title='Mapping Buddhist Monasteries 200-1200 CE Project'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5880501300491771086</id><published>2011-01-14T17:07:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T10:31:46.909+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='indonesia digital history'/><title type='text'>Digital Atlas of Indonesian History [by Robert Cribb] [an interlinked CD-WWW edition]</title><summary type='text'>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, 978-</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5880501300491771086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5880501300491771086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/digital-atlas-of-indonesian-history-by.html' title='Digital Atlas of Indonesian History [by Robert Cribb] [an interlinked CD-WWW edition]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5309284818901058859</id><published>2011-01-14T15:22:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-14T15:24:03.927+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='metallurgy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iron'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>History of Chinese science and technology - printed and online works by Don Wagner</title><summary type='text'>http://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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5309284818901058859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5309284818901058859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/history-of-chinese-science-and.html' title='History of Chinese science and technology - printed and online works by Don Wagner'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3069190189812071099</id><published>2011-01-13T10:59:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T11:00:14.793+11:00</updated><title type='text'>China Agricultural Economics Group (CAEG)</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3069190189812071099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3069190189812071099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/china-agricultural-economics-group-caeg.html' title='China Agricultural Economics Group (CAEG)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-7114422628971347725</id><published>2011-01-12T13:17:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T13:18:21.916+11:00</updated><title type='text'>El Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa (CEAA) / Center for Asian and African Studies</title><summary type='text'>http://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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7114422628971347725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7114422628971347725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/el-centro-de-estudios-de-asia-y-africa.html' title='El Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa (CEAA) / Center for Asian and African Studies'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-8277080504644434498</id><published>2011-01-11T12:25:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T12:26:49.269+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Crossroads - Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World [New E-journal]</title><summary type='text'>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 to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8277080504644434498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8277080504644434498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/crossroads-studies-on-history-of.html' title='Crossroads - Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World [New E-journal]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5115281886269819146</id><published>2011-01-10T18:53:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T18:54:07.980+11:00</updated><title type='text'>The South China Sea WWW Virtual Library</title><summary type='text'>http://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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5115281886269819146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5115281886269819146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/south-china-sea-www-virtual-library.html' title='The South China Sea WWW Virtual Library'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2952454139512808005</id><published>2011-01-10T09:35:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T10:54:09.524+11:00</updated><title type='text'>AsiaPacific Films.com - An Asia Pacific Online Film Library</title><summary type='text'>http://www.AsiaPacificFilms.com10 Jan 2011  iFilm Connections Asia &amp; 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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2952454139512808005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2952454139512808005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/asiapacific-filmscom-asia-pacific.html' title='AsiaPacific Films.com - An Asia Pacific Online Film Library'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-14801172382293779</id><published>2011-01-07T13:32:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T13:33:17.057+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Asian Food Regulation Information Service</title><summary type='text'>http://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 in</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/14801172382293779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/14801172382293779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/asian-food-regulation-information.html' title='Asian Food Regulation Information Service'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2478867362136907547</id><published>2011-01-06T15:20:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T15:22:35.379+11:00</updated><title type='text'>DK: A reliable source for Indian Books, South Asian books and MARC 21 records</title><summary type='text'>http://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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2478867362136907547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2478867362136907547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/dk-reliable-source-for-indian-books.html' title='DK: A reliable source for Indian Books, South Asian books and MARC 21 records'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-559572115233004598</id><published>2011-01-05T13:55:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-05T13:57:43.985+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)</title><summary type='text'>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. Radicalization</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/559572115233004598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/559572115233004598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/pak-institute-for-peace-studies-pips.html' title='Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-7556584132250643145</id><published>2011-01-04T14:11:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T14:12:08.703+11:00</updated><title type='text'>China Biographical Database Project (CBDB) [New Release]</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7556584132250643145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7556584132250643145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2011/01/china-biographical-database-project.html' title='China Biographical Database Project (CBDB) [New Release]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5781526682443338031</id><published>2010-12-22T12:22:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-22T12:23:56.068+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Asia Policy Point (APP)</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5781526682443338031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5781526682443338031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/asia-policy-point-app.html' title='Asia Policy Point (APP)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5067319223224739360</id><published>2010-12-21T14:25:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T14:27:12.187+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Asia Bookroom</title><summary type='text'>http://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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5067319223224739360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5067319223224739360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/asia-bookroom.html' title='Asia Bookroom'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-8615594825941442881</id><published>2010-12-15T11:55:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T11:56:18.384+11:00</updated><title type='text'>South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR), Weekly Assessments &amp; Briefings</title><summary type='text'>http://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 &amp; briefings, launched in Jul 2002 - ed.] that brings you regular data, assessments and news briefs on terrorism, insurgencies </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8615594825941442881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8615594825941442881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/south-asia-intelligence-review-sair.html' title='South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR), Weekly Assessments &amp; Briefings'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-7608655126111668973</id><published>2010-12-13T14:55:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T14:57:36.983+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Japan Air Raids.org - A Bilingual Historical Archive</title><summary type='text'>http://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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7608655126111668973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7608655126111668973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/air-raidsorg-bilingual-historical.html' title='Japan Air Raids.org - A Bilingual Historical Archive'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-7437893478443951242</id><published>2010-12-13T11:55:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T11:56:32.513+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Digital Himalaya Project</title><summary type='text'>http://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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7437893478443951242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7437893478443951242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/digital-himalaya-project.html' title='Digital Himalaya Project'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2528822154134763907</id><published>2010-12-10T12:31:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-10T12:33:53.896+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)</title><summary type='text'>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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2528822154134763907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2528822154134763907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/japan-institute-of-international.html' title='Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1763350713670244759</id><published>2010-12-07T11:27:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-07T11:29:00.306+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Researching World Christianity: [a database of] Doctoral Dissertations on Mission Since 1900</title><summary type='text'>http://resources.library.yale.edu/dissertations/ 07 Dec 2010  Yale University Library &amp; 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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1763350713670244759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1763350713670244759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/researching-world-christianity-database.html' title='Researching World Christianity: [a database of] Doctoral Dissertations on Mission Since 1900'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6935309247137867497</id><published>2010-12-06T13:46:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-06T13:48:23.773+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Cambridge Shahnama Project</title><summary type='text'>http://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 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6935309247137867497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6935309247137867497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/cambridge-shahnama-project.html' title='Cambridge Shahnama Project'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1106862989517192659</id><published>2010-12-06T10:00:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-06T10:02:33.382+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Journal of South Asia Women Studies (JSAWS)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.asiatica.org/jsaws/06 Dec 2010  Asiatica Association www.asiatica.org, Milano, Italy Supplied note: "Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am very happy to celebrate the 15th year of IJTS [International Journal of Tantric Studies - ed.] and JSAWS publications with the new issue of the Journal of South Asia Women Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, focusing on Human Rights. [...]In this [Dec 2010] issue </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1106862989517192659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1106862989517192659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/journal-of-south-asia-women-studies.html' title='Journal of South Asia Women Studies (JSAWS)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1989317359219203479</id><published>2010-12-03T13:19:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-03T13:26:16.718+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Visualizing [Asian] Cultures - Image-Driven Scholarship</title><summary type='text'>http://visualizingcultures.mit.edu03 Dec 2010 MIT Visualizing Cultures, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USASelf-description:"What is Visualizing Cultures?Visualizing Cultures weds images and scholarly commentary in innovative ways to illuminate social and cultural history. Founded in 2002 by MIT Professors John Dower and Shigeru Miyagawa, Visualizing Cultures exploits </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1989317359219203479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1989317359219203479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/visualising-asian-cultures-image-driven.html' title='Visualizing [Asian] Cultures - Image-Driven Scholarship'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3551102376088167259</id><published>2010-12-02T12:50:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T12:51:49.882+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Japan? 10 Advantages to Investing in Japan</title><summary type='text'>http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/whyjapa02 Dec 2010  Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Tokyo, Japan Supplied note: "Japan's economy [...] is mainly based on services, which constitute two thirds of GDP, with banking, insurance, real estate, retailing, transportation and telecommunications accounting for the largest part. The industrial sector is diversified and contributes nearly 30% to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3551102376088167259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3551102376088167259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-japan-10-advantages-to-investing-in.html' title='Why Japan? 10 Advantages to Investing in Japan'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-7906512215610244706</id><published>2010-12-01T13:50:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T13:52:23.142+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Online Ranking of the Asian Studies Organizations (ORASO)</title><summary type='text'>http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLAsian/VLRankings.html 01 Dec 2010  ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Self-description: "'Online Ranking of the Asian Studies Organizations: a quarterly scorecard (ORASO).' This document [est. Oct 2008 and edited by T. Matthew Ciolek, as a part of the 'Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library' (coombs.anu.edu.au/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7906512215610244706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7906512215610244706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/12/online-ranking-of-asian-studies.html' title='Online Ranking of the Asian Studies Organizations (ORASO)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6476959585349800991</id><published>2010-11-25T16:19:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T16:21:02.460+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Denki Etcetera! [a database of late Tokugawa period Japanese intellectual biographical profiles]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.denki-etcetera.nl/25 Nov 2010  www.denki-etcetera.nl, The Netherlands. Self-description: "This website [est. May 2008 is] a continuation of [Anna Beerens'] PhD research project [...] entitled 'Friends, Acquaintances, Pupils and Patrons, Japanese intellectual life in the late eighteenth century: a prosopographical approach' (ISBN 9789087280017) [2006 Leiden University Press]. [...] [...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6476959585349800991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6476959585349800991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/11/denki-etcetera-database-of-late.html' title='Denki Etcetera! [a database of late Tokugawa period Japanese intellectual biographical profiles]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1252125003661069986</id><published>2010-11-22T15:30:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T15:33:52.909+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Inventory of the South Asian Pamphlets Collection, 1920-2005</title><summary type='text'>http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/southasianpams/inv/22 Nov 2010  Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Supplied note: "Announcement of a new archival Asian Studies resource at Duke University Libraries: The results of a collaborative five-year effort to provide title-level access to a collection of over 7,500 hard-to-find 20th </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1252125003661069986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1252125003661069986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/11/inventory-of-south-asian-pamphlets.html' title='Inventory of the South Asian Pamphlets Collection, 1920-2005'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1895134584283341231</id><published>2010-11-15T15:22:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T15:24:48.720+11:00</updated><title type='text'>One Free Korea [Blog]</title><summary type='text'>http://freekorea.us/15 Nov 2010  www.kpajournal.com, USA. Self-description: "Why blog about North Korea? North Korea's nuclear program and the diplomacy that has attempted to end it for decades are widely covered in the media, but the media has done a poor job reporting the wider North Korea story: its people and their suffering, the society in which they live, and what these things say about the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1895134584283341231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1895134584283341231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/11/one-free-korea-blog.html' title='One Free Korea [Blog]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-8001846698177789096</id><published>2010-11-14T15:18:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T15:20:25.735+11:00</updated><title type='text'>KPA [North Korean Army] Journal</title><summary type='text'>http://www.kpajournal.com/14 Nov 2010 www.kpajournal.com, USA. Self-description: "[W]elcome to KPA Journal. The goals of this modest publication are to allow myself and others to freely share new, interesting or updated information concerning: all aspects of the Korean People's Army (KPA, more commonly known as the North Korean Army) from its birth until present; ballistic missile development; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8001846698177789096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8001846698177789096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/11/kpa-north-korean-army-journal.html' title='KPA [North Korean Army] Journal'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2874571290698810021</id><published>2010-11-03T14:09:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-11-16T14:12:43.451+11:00</updated><title type='text'>South Asian Legal History Resources</title><summary type='text'>http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/03 Nov 2010  UW Law School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. Supplied note: "I have started a South Asian Legal History Resources website: [at the URL below] It includes a number of research tools on the history of law in South Asia, particularly for the colonial period. Among these are: * a research guide to using case law from colonial </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2874571290698810021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2874571290698810021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/11/south-asian-legal-history-resources.html' title='South Asian Legal History Resources'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5670666065255080024</id><published>2010-11-01T12:34:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T12:39:00.142+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Asia Deposit Rates - Top Bank Deposit Accounts in Asia</title><summary type='text'>http://asia.deposits.org01 Nov 2010  Asia Deposit Rates - Top Bank Deposit Accounts in Asia International Deposit Rates Exchange (IDRE), Australia / UK / USA. Supplied note: "Dear Asia Studies WWW Virtual Library, My name is Peter Fiasco and I would like to suggest the following free international financial information web resource http://www.deposits.org &amp; http://asia.deposits.org It provides </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5670666065255080024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5670666065255080024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/11/asia-deposit-rates-top-bank-deposit.html' title='Asia Deposit Rates - Top Bank Deposit Accounts in Asia'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5885959748938885647</id><published>2010-10-29T10:16:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T10:18:03.183+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Maritime Security in Southeast Asia: U.S., Japanese, Regional, and Industry Strategies</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nbr.org/publications/element.aspx?id=46729 Oct 2010  The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Seattle, WA, USA Supplied note: "NBR has just released a new report on maritime security in Southeast Asia. The report will be free to download for the next two months, so I wanted to pass along some info in case this may be of interest to Asian Studies WWW Monitor readers. Below is the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5885959748938885647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5885959748938885647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/maritime-security-in-southeast-asia-us.html' title='Maritime Security in Southeast Asia: U.S., Japanese, Regional, and Industry Strategies'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-4106355326013175455</id><published>2010-10-27T15:46:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T15:59:31.446+11:00</updated><title type='text'>EALRGA (East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia) Newsletter [full text issues Jul 2010 - May 1995]</title><summary type='text'>http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/NLA/EALRGA/newsletter.html27 Oct 2010  Australian National University Library, Canberra / National Library of Australia, Canberra / University of Melbourne Library, Melbourne, Australia. Supplied note: "Wed, Sep 01, 2010 [...] Dear EALRGA readers, On behalf of the EALRGA Committee, I am pleased to advise you that the EALRGA (East Asian Library Resources Group </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4106355326013175455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4106355326013175455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/ealrga-east-asian-library-resources.html' title='EALRGA (East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia) Newsletter [full text issues Jul 2010 - May 1995]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-7517618447639133344</id><published>2010-10-26T13:22:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T13:29:13.781+11:00</updated><title type='text'>India-Israel Relations: Strategic Interests, Politics and Diplomatic Pragmatism</title><summary type='text'>http://web.hevra.haifa.ac.il/~ch-strategy/index.php?lang=en26 Oct 2010  Israel National Defense College, Herzliya &amp; University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. Supplied note: "This monograph is published by Israel National Defense College* with the partnership of the Reuven Chaikin Chair** in Geostrategy, University of Haifa, Israel. *Israel National Defense College is the highest educational institute </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7517618447639133344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7517618447639133344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/india-israel-relations-strategic.html' title='India-Israel Relations: Strategic Interests, Politics and Diplomatic Pragmatism'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-9133382281399587438</id><published>2010-10-25T09:30:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T09:32:21.825+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society</title><summary type='text'>http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_JRA25 Oct 2010 Cambridge Journals Online, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.Self-description:"The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society [ISSN: 1356-1863 EISSN: 1474-0591 - ed.] has been published by the Society since 1834 and is distinguished not only by its longevity but also by its consistency in providing a forum for scholarly articles of the highest </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/9133382281399587438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/9133382281399587438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/journal-of-royal-asiatic-society.html' title='Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-127113231498028373</id><published>2010-10-22T12:01:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-22T12:04:27.659+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.areu.org.af/22 Oct 2010  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul, Afghanistan. Self-description: "The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research institute based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to inform and influence policy and practice through conducting high-quality, policy-relevant research and actively disseminating the results, and to promote a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/127113231498028373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/127113231498028373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/afghanistan-research-and-evaluation.html' title='Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3502990418705771011</id><published>2010-10-21T11:31:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T11:34:11.965+11:00</updated><title type='text'>AcademicInfo: Area &amp; Country Studies Gateway</title><summary type='text'>http://www.academicinfo.net/subarea.html21 Oct 2010  www.academicinfo.net, Lynnwood, WA, USA. Self-description: "AcademicInfo is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides, video courses and distance learning information. Our mission is to provide free, independent and accurate information and resources for prospective and current students (and other researchers). </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3502990418705771011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3502990418705771011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/academicinfo-area-country-studies.html' title='AcademicInfo: Area &amp; Country Studies Gateway'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-262152938130017880</id><published>2010-10-19T13:39:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T13:40:53.727+11:00</updated><title type='text'>International Directory of Southeast Asia Librarians [by CORMOSEA]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.cormosea.org/SoutheastAsiaLibrarians.html19 Oct 2010  Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA), USA. Self-description: "International Directory of Southeast Asia Librarians, Compiled by Virginia Jing-yi Shih, University of California, Berkeley, February 2009. [...] This International Directory of Southeast Asia Librarians supersedes the International Directory of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/262152938130017880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/262152938130017880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/international-directory-of-southeast.html' title='International Directory of Southeast Asia Librarians [by CORMOSEA]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5276625003006191701</id><published>2010-10-18T13:52:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-18T13:54:06.244+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL)</title><summary type='text'>http://sea.lib.niu.edu/index.html18 Oct 2010  Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb, IL, USA. Self-description: "The Southeast Asia Digital Library began work in 2005 as a result of funding provided by the United States Department of Education's TICFIA (Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access) Program. The project is based at Northern Illinois University </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5276625003006191701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5276625003006191701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/southeast-asia-digital-library-seadl.html' title='Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3462136071171622918</id><published>2010-10-15T11:11:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T11:13:11.895+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR)</title><summary type='text'>http://elar.soas.ac.uk/14 Oct 2010  School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK. Self-description: "Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) - Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project, School of Oriental and African Studies, London ELAR preserves and disseminates digital documentation of endangered languages around the world. ELAR provides archiving for all endangered </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3462136071171622918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3462136071171622918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/endangered-languages-archive-elar.html' title='Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3920336939671668592</id><published>2010-10-07T11:59:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-07T12:00:34.958+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Bibliographie zur historischen Japanforschung [History of Japan - a Bibliography]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.historische-japanforschung.de/07 Oct 2010  www.historische-japanforschung.de, Bochum &amp; Halle (Saale), Germany. Self-description: [A 2003-2010 bibliography by Jan Schmidt, M.A. [c/o Sektion Geschichte Japans, Fakultaet fuer Ostasienwissenschaften, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum] and Dr. Maik Hendrik Sprotte [c/o Internationales Graduiertenkolleg, 'Formenwandel der Buergergesellschaft. Japan </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3920336939671668592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3920336939671668592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/10/bibliographie-zur-historischen.html' title='Bibliographie zur historischen Japanforschung [History of Japan - a Bibliography]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-719444408727524663</id><published>2010-09-30T15:40:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T15:41:32.379+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Asian Reading Room (Area Studies, Asian Division, Library of Congress)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.loc.gov/rr/asian/30 Sep 2010  Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA. Self-description: "From an 1869 presentation of 933 volumes to the United States by the Emperor of China, the collections of the Asian Division have grown to represent one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian language materials in the world. Housed in the John Adams Building, the collections of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/719444408727524663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/719444408727524663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/asian-reading-room-area-studies-asian.html' title='Asian Reading Room (Area Studies, Asian Division, Library of Congress)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2877739110993402052</id><published>2010-09-28T15:35:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-28T15:54:35.971+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Digital Library of India (DLI) [with over 230,000 online books]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.dli.ernet.in/28 Sep 2010  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Self-description: "Digital Library of India [est. circa 2003 - ed.] - Hosted by: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in co-operation with CMU, IIIT, NSF, ERNET and MCIT for the Govt. of India and 21 participating centers. [...] The primary long-term objective is to capture all books in digital format. It is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2877739110993402052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2877739110993402052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/digital-library-of-india-dli-with-over.html' title='Digital Library of India (DLI) [with over 230,000 online books]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1791965135006340164</id><published>2010-09-23T13:56:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-23T13:57:30.344+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia / National Library of Indonesia</title><summary type='text'>http://www.pnri.go.id/en/default.aspx23 Sep 2010  Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia (PNRI), Jakarta, Indonesia. [The PNRI does not seem to carry a note of self-description. However, a Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Indonesia] contains the following words: "The origins of the national library date back to the 1778 foundation of the Royal Batavian Society </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1791965135006340164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1791965135006340164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/perpustakaan-nasional-republik.html' title='Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia / National Library of Indonesia'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-8943590739115430842</id><published>2010-09-22T13:19:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T13:20:38.172+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Donald B. Wagner (dbwagner) on Scribd [= Miscellaneous documents on traditional Chinese iron-production techniques and science]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.scribd.com/dbwagner21 Sep 2010  www.scribd.com, USA. Supplied note: "[... There is also] the various random stuff that people put on scribd, facebook, youtube, etc. [...] On my own scribd page I have put scans of a number of things that I need to refer to in teaching and/or web publications: [see the URl below - ed.]. [Please also note that] "takamiyama100" has the full index to Du shi</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8943590739115430842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8943590739115430842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/donald-b-wagner-dbwagner-on-scribd.html' title='Donald B. Wagner (dbwagner) on Scribd [= Miscellaneous documents on traditional Chinese iron-production techniques and science]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5225730195851781348</id><published>2010-09-21T12:42:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-21T12:50:26.048+10:00</updated><title type='text'>[The Art of] Chinese Storytelling</title><summary type='text'>http://www.shuoshu.org/21 Sep 2010  www.shuoshu.org, Aaneby, Norway. Self-description: "Initiators: # Vibeke Bordahl - Text; # Jette Ross (1936-2001) - Photos; # Jens-Christian Sorensen - Design; [....] The creation of this website was funded substantially by the S.C.Van Foundation (Daloon Foundation), Denmark." Site contents: * About the website; * Chinese Storytelling (# A Short Introduction, #</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5225730195851781348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5225730195851781348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/art-of-chinese-storytelling.html' title='[The Art of] Chinese Storytelling'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-4369510136568688006</id><published>2010-09-20T12:22:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T12:25:32.663+10:00</updated><title type='text'>UDL Online Theses and Dissertations [from Malaysia]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.udltheses.com/Universe Digital Library (UDL), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Self-description:[There are no published details of this commercial web site with over 10,000 full-text theses and dissertations, all accessible via a subscription and password - ed.]Site contents:* Search (by Title, by Author, by Publisher, by Date, by Keywords, Advanced search);* Browse by(# Content Type - </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4369510136568688006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4369510136568688006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/udl-online-theses-and-dissertations.html' title='UDL Online Theses and Dissertations [from Malaysia]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6664505135189977149</id><published>2010-09-16T15:54:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T16:11:00.851+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC), Bhutan</title><summary type='text'>http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/index.en.htmlThe Asian Studies WWW Monitor:  Sep 2010, Vol. 17, No. 11 (316)--------------------------------------------------------------16 Sep 2010  Dzongkha Development Commission, Thimphu, Bhutan Self-description: "The Dzongkha Development Commission is the leading institute in the country for the advancement of Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan. It is an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6664505135189977149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6664505135189977149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/dzongkha-development-commission-ddc.html' title='Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC), Bhutan'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5689498685375359440</id><published>2010-09-14T12:12:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T12:12:15.435+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Securing the Future for Elephants in India - The Report of the Elephant Task Force</title><summary type='text'>http://www.moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/ETF_REPORT_FINAL.pdf14 Sep 2010Ministry of Environment &amp; Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, India.Supplied note:"Dear colleagues, As you may know, India despite a human population density now approaching 400 per sq.kilometer or 1000 per square mile, supports several rare macrofauna including the only surviving Asian lions, and most of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5689498685375359440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5689498685375359440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/securing-future-for-elephants-in-india.html' title='Securing the Future for Elephants in India - The Report of the Elephant Task Force'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-8456212683944024937</id><published>2010-09-13T12:21:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T12:29:38.787+10:00</updated><title type='text'>History of Gardens in East Asia</title><summary type='text'>http://inside.bard.edu/~louis/gardens/index.html13 Sep 2010  Francois Louis, Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA Self-description: "The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture is a graduate institute affiliated with Bard College that opened in New York City in 1993. Today the BGC offers two programs of study, one leading to a master of arts degree and the other</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8456212683944024937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8456212683944024937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/history-of-gardens-in-east-asia.html' title='History of Gardens in East Asia'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2923814667291106440</id><published>2010-09-09T12:05:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T12:07:41.539+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.aks.ac.kr/eng_home/main/main.asp09 Sep 2010 The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Self-description: "The Academy of Korean Studies was founded by the Korean Government [...in] June 1978 with the purpose of establishing in-depth research on the essence of Korean culture. [...] We will continue to work hard to maintain the Academy as the international academic </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2923814667291106440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2923814667291106440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/academy-of-korean-studies-aks.html' title='The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-778889233439746563</id><published>2010-09-02T12:58:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-02T13:03:14.011+10:00</updated><title type='text'>OldChinaPhotography.com: Nineteenth-Century Chinese Photography</title><summary type='text'>http://www.oldchinaphotography.com/02 Sep 2010  oldchinaphotography.com, Purley, Surrey, UK. Self-description: "About This Site: Interest in early photography in China is growing rapidly. The purpose of this site is to encourage that growth by giving access to images of and information about Qing-Dynasty photography. This site is for historical photography only; the cut-off date is 1911 - the end</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/778889233439746563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/778889233439746563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/09/oldchinaphotographycom-nineteenth.html' title='OldChinaPhotography.com: Nineteenth-Century Chinese Photography'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-18454577423479548</id><published>2010-08-27T13:41:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-27T13:42:17.192+10:00</updated><title type='text'>ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.iseas.edu.sg/aseanstudiescentre/27 Aug 2010  Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore. Self-description: "The ASEAN Studies Centre is devoted to research on issues that pertain to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as an institution and a process. This is distinct from ISEASÕ broader concerns with respect to Southeast Asia. [...] The Centre aims to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/18454577423479548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/18454577423479548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/08/asean-studies-centre-asc.html' title='ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-8509179425991327475</id><published>2010-08-24T14:04:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-24T14:05:54.429+10:00</updated><title type='text'>China Policy Institute (CPI)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cpi/index.aspx24 Aug 2010  School of Contemporary Chinese Studies (SCCS), The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. Self-description: "The China Policy Institute (CPI) is a think tank set up by the University of Nottingham to expand the knowledge and understanding of contemporary China in the UK, Europe and worldwide and to analyse its global impact and the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8509179425991327475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8509179425991327475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/08/china-policy-institute-cpi.html' title='China Policy Institute (CPI)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2305801287356634022</id><published>2010-08-20T14:06:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T14:09:06.440+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art, U. of Oxford</title><summary type='text'>http://www.jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/20 Aug 2010  The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Self-description: "The Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art provides online access to the Ashmolean Museum's Eastern Art department collections. As part of the University of Oxford, the collections hold particular value for teaching and research, but they </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2305801287356634022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2305801287356634022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/08/yousef-jameel-centre-for-islamic-and.html' title='Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art, U. of Oxford'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2897146275218198197</id><published>2010-08-17T12:48:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-17T12:54:42.872+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Centre for Asian Business (CAB)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.unisa.edu.au/asianbusiness17 Aug 2010  International Graduate School of Business, Division of Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia Self-description: "The Centre for Asian Business is a community of leading academics in the fields of Business, Commerce, Law, Management and Marketing dedicated to producing high-quality research on Asian business, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2897146275218198197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2897146275218198197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/08/centre-for-asian-business-cab-at.html' title='Centre for Asian Business (CAB)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-4589703222634050145</id><published>2010-08-16T11:59:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-16T12:04:42.794+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.acicis.murdoch.edu.au/16 Aug 2010  Faculty of Arts and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia / ACICIS, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Self-description: "The Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS [...]) is an innovative, non-profit, national educational consortium that was established in 1994 to develop and coordinate high-quality, semester-long study </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4589703222634050145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4589703222634050145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/08/australian-consortium-for-in-country.html' title='Australian Consortium for &apos;In-Country&apos; Indonesian Studies (ACICIS)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1033077964920359932</id><published>2010-08-10T10:30:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T15:15:07.563+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Encyclopaedia Iranica Online</title><summary type='text'>http://www.iranica.com/The Asian Studies WWW Monitor:  Aug 2010, Vol. 17, No. 10 (315)--------------------------------------------------------------10 Aug 2010  Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Self-description: "The Encyclopaedia Iranica is dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1033077964920359932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1033077964920359932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/08/encyclopaedia-iranica-online.html' title='Encyclopaedia Iranica Online'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3197521154766189180</id><published>2010-08-09T15:15:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T15:19:06.863+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Afghanistan Digital Library</title><summary type='text'>http://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/index.html09 Aug 2010  New York University Libraries, New York, NY, USA. Self-description: "The immediate objective of the Afghanistan Digital Library is to retrieve and restore the first sixty years of AfghanistanÕs published cultural heritage. The project is collecting, cataloging, digitizing, and making available over the Internet as many Afghan publications from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3197521154766189180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3197521154766189180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/08/afghanistan-digital-library.html' title='Afghanistan Digital Library'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5536097086308127677</id><published>2010-08-05T13:38:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-12T13:39:29.812+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The Avestan Digital Archive (ADA)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.avesta-archive.com/05 Aug 2010  Dpto. de Filologia Clasica e Indoeuropeo, University of Salamanca, Spain. Self-description: "The Avestan Digital Archive (ADA) seeks to be a digital archive containing all Avestan manuscripts spread all over the world. The Avesta, the holy book of the Zoroastrian religion, was last edited at the end of the 90s of the 19th century by the German scholar K.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5536097086308127677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5536097086308127677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/08/avestan-digital-archive-ada.html' title='The Avestan Digital Archive (ADA)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-5240571124557147929</id><published>2010-07-30T13:30:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-30T13:32:10.839+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Candi di Indonesia - [Buddhist and Hindu] Temples of Indonesia</title><summary type='text'>http://candi.pnri.go.id30 Jul 2010  Candi di Indonesia - [Buddhist and Hindu] Temples of Indonesia Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia / National Library of the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Self-description: "This site is developed [2000-2005 ed.] by the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia, particularly offered to the Congress of South East Asian Libraries (CONSAL), [</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5240571124557147929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/5240571124557147929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/07/candi-di-indonesia-buddhist-and-hindu.html' title='Candi di Indonesia - [Buddhist and Hindu] Temples of Indonesia'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1394990352033025445</id><published>2010-07-25T15:24:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T15:29:16.232+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA)</title><summary type='text'>http://irfca.org/ 25 Jul 2010  IRFCA, Teaneck, NJ, USA  Self-description: "Explore our site [est. 1999 - ed.] and learn about Indian Railways, read trip reports, and view our picture gallery! Read articles, browse technical documents about IR and report locomotive sightings! IRFCA is a mailing list for discussing all aspects of railways in India. Learn more about IRFCA. If you want to talk about </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1394990352033025445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1394990352033025445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/07/indian-railways-fan-club-irfca.html' title='Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-8094343205537360834</id><published>2010-07-18T10:21:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-22T10:23:44.596+10:00</updated><title type='text'>[India:] Archive &amp; Access [Project]</title><summary type='text'>http://publicarchives.org/18 Jul 2010  Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore, India Supplied note: "There is little public information about the holdings and collections of libraries and archives in India, particularly those that are not large or prominent enough to appear in existing databases. The Archive and Access project invites you to contribute information about these </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8094343205537360834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8094343205537360834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/07/india-archive-access-project.html' title='[India:] Archive &amp; Access [Project]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6912346667038758313</id><published>2010-07-10T15:03:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T11:09:29.955+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Japanese Garden Dictionary - A Glossary for Japanese Gardens and Their History</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nabunken.go.jp/database/jgd/index.html 10 Jul 2010  Department of Cultural Heritage, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara, Japan. Self-description: "Japanese Garden Dictionary - A Glossary for Japanese Gardens and Their History. Compiled and Edited by ONO Kenkichi and Walter EDWARDS. This online dictionary is based on the Bilingual [Japanese &amp; English] </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6912346667038758313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6912346667038758313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/07/japanese-garden-dictionary-glossary-for.html' title='Japanese Garden Dictionary - A Glossary for Japanese Gardens and Their History'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6887027427952103459</id><published>2010-07-09T12:02:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T12:03:18.553+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Afghanistan: Cultural Crossroad at the Heart of Asia - Cultural Property Training Resource</title><summary type='text'>http://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/afgh01.html09 Jul 2010  U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resource Mangement Program (DoDLRMP) &amp; Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. Self-description:"Situated at the junction that separates India and China to the East from Persia and the Mediterranean world to the West, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6887027427952103459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6887027427952103459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/07/afghanistan-cultural-crossroad-at-heart.html' title='Afghanistan: Cultural Crossroad at the Heart of Asia - Cultural Property Training Resource'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3316054741355980203</id><published>2010-07-05T13:56:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T13:57:53.451+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Select Bibliography on Buddhism in Western Central Asia</title><summary type='text'>http://www.orientarch.uni-halle.de/ca/bud/litera.htm05 Jul 2010  Seminar fuer Orientalische Archaeologie und Kunstgeschichte, Institut fuer Altertumswissenschaften, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. [An extensive list of scholarly papers and monographs published 1927-1998 in Russian, English, and French - ed.]Site contents: * Comprehensive literature; * Literature according to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3316054741355980203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3316054741355980203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/07/select-bibliography-on-buddhism-in.html' title='Select Bibliography on Buddhism in Western Central Asia'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2985720279381975087</id><published>2010-07-02T13:15:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T13:17:01.950+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Digital Gazetteer of the Song Dynasty (DGSD)</title><summary type='text'>http://songgis.ucmercedlibrary.info/02 Jul 2010  Library, University of California, Merced, CA, USA. Supplied note: "The DGSD is a MySQL database that records the 3,828 units that existed at any time in the administrative hierarchy of China's Song dynasty (960-1276 CE); along with attributes such as population, civil and military ranks, and locations of centers of state industry. All of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2985720279381975087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2985720279381975087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/07/digital-gazetteer-of-song-dynasty-dgsd.html' title='Digital Gazetteer of the Song Dynasty (DGSD)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3450578825298375548</id><published>2010-06-30T14:05:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T14:06:39.886+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Ames Library of South Asia</title><summary type='text'>http://ames.lib.umn.edu/30 Jun 2010  University of Minnesota Libraries, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Self-description: "THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL . . . taken by Charles Lesley Ames as reading material on a trip to England in 1907, W. H. Fitchett's The Tale of the Great Mutiny so impressed its reader that he spent the rest of his life building a library on the British-Indian </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3450578825298375548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3450578825298375548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/ames-library-of-south-asia.html' title='Ames Library of South Asia'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1810498123507379</id><published>2010-06-29T14:12:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T14:14:53.638+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Assessing the Operational Capabilities of China's Military</title><summary type='text'>http://nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=6929 Jun 2010  The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Seattle, WA, US Site contents: * An announcement of an Expert Discussion "The PLA at Home and Abroad - Assessing the Operational Capabilities of China's Military". Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 9:30-11:00 a.m., South Congressional Meeting Room U.S. Capitol Visitor Center [1st St NE Washington, DC]; * </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1810498123507379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1810498123507379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/assessing-operational-capabilities-of.html' title='Assessing the Operational Capabilities of China&apos;s Military'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1096533257854110147</id><published>2010-06-25T14:48:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-25T14:50:58.094+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Japanese Digital Resources - Available by Subscription</title><summary type='text'>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ncc/drc/listofdatabases.html25 Jun 2010  North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources, Cambridge, MA, USA. Supplied note: "I am writing to introduce you to-or, I hope, to reacquaint you with-the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (the NCC), especially to its efforts in the area of broadening North American access to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1096533257854110147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1096533257854110147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/japanese-digital-resources-available-by.html' title='Japanese Digital Resources - Available by Subscription'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3959525793158516128</id><published>2010-06-24T13:40:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T13:44:38.694+10:00</updated><title type='text'>South/Southeast Asia Library (S/SEAL)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/24 Jun 2010 University of California Berkeley Library, Berkeley, CA, USA Self-description: "The South/Southeast Asia Library (S/SEAL) is the Berkeley campus library reference center for South and Southeast Asian social sciences and humanities. SSEAL includes an extensive reference collection of bibliographies, indexes, dictionaries, atlases, directories, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3959525793158516128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3959525793158516128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/southsoutheast-asia-library-sseal.html' title='South/Southeast Asia Library (S/SEAL)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-238331761492421792</id><published>2010-06-21T14:10:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T14:16:39.178+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The Anthropology of the Mentawai Islands [West Sumatra, Indonesia]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.mentawai.org/21 Jun 2010  www.mentawai.org, Drums, PA, USA Self-description: "This website [by Glenn Reeves, est. 2000 &amp; last updated in 2009 - ed.] is dedicated to the academic study of the Mentawai Islands. Whilst this specific focus (academic; anthropology) may have the effect of marginalising a proportion of its potential audience it is, nonetheless, intended to be a focal point, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/238331761492421792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/238331761492421792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/anthropology-of-mentawai-islands-west.html' title='The Anthropology of the Mentawai Islands [West Sumatra, Indonesia]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-4979964051304681193</id><published>2010-06-19T11:22:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T11:32:07.287+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS)</title><summary type='text'>https://www.t-e-a-s.eu/the-european-azerbaijan-society.html19 Jun 2010  The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS), London, UK Self-description: "The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) was launched in November 2008, having been initially established four years earlier as the London Azerbaijan Society. Its objective is to promote Azerbaijan to international audiences and create a sense of community </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4979964051304681193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4979964051304681193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/european-azerbaijan-society-teas.html' title='The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-9000610685959517342</id><published>2010-06-12T14:31:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T14:39:39.502+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Jurnal Skrin Malaysia [Screen (Film, TV, Theatre) in Malaysia E-journal]</title><summary type='text'>http://rmi.uitm.edu.my/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=57&amp;Itemid=125 15 Jun 2010 Faculty of Artistic &amp; Creative Technology, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Malaysia. Supplied note: "Hi, I am Maszalida from Faculty of Artistic &amp; Creative Technology, UiTM Malaysia. We have produced 10 volumes of Jurnal Skrin [ISSN: 1823-1020 - ed.], the only journal on Screen (Film, TV, Theatre) in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/9000610685959517342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/9000610685959517342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/jurnal-skrin-malaysia-screen-film-tv.html' title='Jurnal Skrin Malaysia [Screen (Film, TV, Theatre) in Malaysia E-journal]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6655333796352062443</id><published>2010-06-11T14:21:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T14:24:57.809+10:00</updated><title type='text'>History of the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) 1961 to 1998</title><summary type='text'>http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/3877411 Jun 2010  Center for South Asia Studies Materials, Center for South Asia Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, US. Supplied note: "Dear All, Maureen Patterson's and my book, A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES, 1961 TO 1998, can now be downloaded. Go to: [the URL below] It's 690 pages long [5.14 MB PDF - ed.]; so you may </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6655333796352062443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6655333796352062443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/history-of-american-institute-of-indian.html' title='History of the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) 1961 to 1998'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-4127468291018774152</id><published>2010-06-09T11:28:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T11:29:56.655+10:00</updated><title type='text'>AccesAsia database [of Asian studies' experts &amp; their websites]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.accessasia.org/ 09 Jun 2010  The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Seattle, WA, US Self-description: "AccessAsia is a free online search resource [est. 1990] that focuses solely on contemporary Asian affairs. One of NBR's longest running projects, since 1990 AccessAsia has tracked thousands of specialists on current Asian affairs. Originally a database on Asian affairs experts, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4127468291018774152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4127468291018774152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/accesasia-database-of-asian-studies.html' title='AccesAsia database [of Asian studies&apos; experts &amp; their websites]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-7693514406831340895</id><published>2010-06-08T12:07:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T12:09:05.684+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Excerpta Indonesica</title><summary type='text'>http://asa2.pica.nl/08 Jun 2010  KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands. Self-description: "This catalogue contains [over 11,000] abstracts in English of periodical articles and chapters in books on Indonesia in the fields of the social sciences and humanities published in the period 1968-2008. Titles may be downloaded to your e-mail </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7693514406831340895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7693514406831340895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/excerpta-indonesica.html' title='Excerpta Indonesica'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6797227612358925686</id><published>2010-06-03T13:19:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-03T13:21:47.600+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Berita [bibliographical] database - Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/Asean</title><summary type='text'>http://sea.lib.niu.edu/berita.html03 Jun 2010   Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL), Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH, US Self-description: "Berita Database [est. 2006 - ed.]: indexes books, book chapters, journal articles, conference papers and selected unpublished sources covering the nations of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Southeast Asia as whole. This database is hosted by the Ohio</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6797227612358925686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6797227612358925686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/berita-bibliographical-database.html' title='Berita [bibliographical] database - Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/Asean'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3782269656222146748</id><published>2010-06-02T11:59:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-02T12:00:29.849+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Strategic Asia database [of indicators for 37 countries in the Asia-Pacific]</title><summary type='text'>http://strategicasia.nbr.org/Data/Info/Coverage.aspx02 Jun 2010  The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Seattle, WA, US Self-description: "NBR's Strategic Asia database is an online portal for scholars, professional researchers, students, and those interested in strategically relevant data on Asia. Updated throughout the year, the database allows users to access data--free of charge--from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3782269656222146748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3782269656222146748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/06/strategic-asia-database-of-indicators.html' title='Strategic Asia database [of indicators for 37 countries in the Asia-Pacific]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6700859984379516842</id><published>2010-05-31T13:50:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T13:51:36.687+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI)</title><summary type='text'>http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/31 May 2010  Library Network, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Self-description: "Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI) contains peer-reviewed journal articles, dissertations, departmental bulletin papers and any kind of scholarly works of Kyoto University. [O]ver 60,000 Articles / over 80 Journals / over 800,000 fulltext downloads </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6700859984379516842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6700859984379516842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/05/kyoto-university-research-information.html' title='Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1761042018310081236</id><published>2010-05-27T12:16:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-27T12:17:46.842+10:00</updated><title type='text'>A to Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Sculpture &amp; Art</title><summary type='text'>http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml27 May 2010  www.onmarkproductions.com, Kamakura, Japan. Self-description: "This photo library and dictionary [est. 1995] is a labor of love. After moving to Kamakura in 1993, I [= Mark Schumacher] became intrigued by the many deities and faces of Japanese Buddhism and Shintoism. There are dozens of temples and shrines near my home, many dating </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1761042018310081236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1761042018310081236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/05/to-z-photo-dictionary-of-japanese.html' title='A to Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Sculpture &amp; Art'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-148483946203127722</id><published>2010-05-26T14:27:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-26T14:34:52.180+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index_en.html26 May 2010  Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Self-description: "The strength of the Center lies in its multi-disciplinary orientation, especially the inclusion of staff in the natural sciences as well as the humanities and social sciences. Since its establishment in 1965, the Center has carried out its activities using a comprehensive approach to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/148483946203127722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/148483946203127722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/05/center-for-southeast-asian-studies.html' title='Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1583874162962338399</id><published>2010-05-24T13:04:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T13:05:43.049+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Online Japanese Dictionaries and Glossaries [An Annotated Catalogue]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/onlinejdic.html24 May 2010  Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton/Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Self-description: "This page [est. before Oct 2003 - ed.] is a collection of annotated links to online Japanese dictionaries. Please send me (Jim Breen) [jimbreen--at--gmail.com] details of any other dictionaries to include, or of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1583874162962338399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1583874162962338399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/05/online-japanese-dictionaries-and.html' title='Online Japanese Dictionaries and Glossaries [An Annotated Catalogue]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-7865917255389080632</id><published>2010-05-19T22:41:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T22:43:09.205+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nbr.org/Publications/issue.aspx?id=202 19 May 2010  The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Seattle, WA, US Self-description: "NBR Project Report, May 2010, Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications - Nicholas Eberstadt. Modern Russia is in the throes of a prolonged depopulation that [...is] "nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe." Eberstadt </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7865917255389080632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/7865917255389080632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/05/russias-peacetime-demographic-crisis.html' title='Russia&apos;s Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-9066419524476815123</id><published>2010-05-06T14:00:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-06T14:02:06.388+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies</title><summary type='text'>http://www.umac.mo/fsh/ciela/06 May 2010  Faculty of Social Sciences &amp; Humanities (FSH), University of Macau, Taipa, Macau (China). Self-description: "Welcome to the Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies. The Centre provides a focus for research in the areas of Linguistics, Historical and Cultural Studies and Translation Studies, especially in relation to Portuguese linguistic and cultural </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/9066419524476815123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/9066419524476815123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/05/research-centre-for-luso-asian-studies.html' title='Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3482386618872491367</id><published>2010-05-03T15:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-03T15:01:13.616+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The East Asia Image Collection</title><summary type='text'>http://digital.lafayette.edu/collections/eastasia03 May 2010 Digital Collections, Lafayette College Libraries, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, US Supplied-note: "The Gerald Warner Taiwan Images Collection, [...] has been re-structured and augmented (considerably). The new version is titled 'The East Asia Image Collection' From Website: The East Asia Image Collection is an open-access archive of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3482386618872491367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3482386618872491367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/05/east-asia-image-collection.html' title='The East Asia Image Collection'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3403758858674252828</id><published>2010-04-29T15:06:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T15:07:57.358+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Asia Security Studies Programme - Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.foi.se/FOI/Templates/ProjectPage____7387.aspx29 Apr 2010  Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm, Sweden. Self-description: "The Asia Security Studies Programme pursues studies in a range of fields within the core geographical focus on East Asia, South Asia and the Persian Gulf. The research programme has the following themes: # Nuclear policy and non-proliferation issues, # </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3403758858674252828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3403758858674252828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/asia-security-studies-programme-swedish.html' title='Asia Security Studies Programme - Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3434909672190042531</id><published>2010-04-26T15:07:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-27T15:09:30.254+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Daruma San in Japan, Japanese Art and Culture</title><summary type='text'>http://darumasan.blogspot.com/26 Apr 2010 darumasan.blogspot.com, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Self-description: "Daruma San in Japan, Japanese Art and Culture . . . The Daruma Museum and Gallery Pages . . . Daruma san (Darumasan, Bodhidharuma, Bodhidharma, Daruma Daishi, Dharuma, Dharma). Daruma san is a unique representative of Japanese Culture and its depictions in the various Arts and Crafts. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3434909672190042531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3434909672190042531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/daruma-san-in-japan-japanese-art-and.html' title='Daruma San in Japan, Japanese Art and Culture'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-4044656751336627731</id><published>2010-04-21T13:27:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-21T13:31:51.271+10:00</updated><title type='text'>[Digitised Colonial] Bengali Periodicals and Newspapers</title><summary type='text'>http://www.savifa.uni-hd.de/thematicportals/periodicals/overview.html21 Apr 2010  The Virtual Library South Asia (SAVIFA), South Asia Institute/Library, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Self-description: "Starting in 1993, the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) [http://www.cssscal.org/ - ed.] has undertaken the task of microfilming and digitising a huge amount </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4044656751336627731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/4044656751336627731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/digitised-colonial-bengali-periodicals.html' title='[Digitised Colonial] Bengali Periodicals and Newspapers'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6435767647066696852</id><published>2010-04-19T11:32:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T11:34:05.012+10:00</updated><title type='text'>www.wanfangdata.com: Chinese Studies; Business; Medicine; Science; Technology</title><summary type='text'>http://www.wanfangdata.com/19 Apr 2010  Wanfangdata Co., Ltd., Beijing, China. Self-description: "Being the leading information contents provider in China, Wanfang Data has been a task force of the Institute of Scientific &amp; Technological Information of China (ISTIC), the Chinese Ministry of Science &amp; Technology, since 1950s. It focuses on digital resources, such as journals, dissertations, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6435767647066696852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6435767647066696852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/wwwwanfangdatacom-chinese-studies.html' title='www.wanfangdata.com: Chinese Studies; Business; Medicine; Science; Technology'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2718219937212685910</id><published>2010-04-14T13:41:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T13:41:54.837+10:00</updated><title type='text'>[Asia-related digital datasets in] UK Data Archive (UKDA)</title><summary type='text'>http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/14 Apr 2010 UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UKSelf-description:"The UK Data Archive (UKDA) is a centre of expertise in data acquisition, preservation, dissemination and promotion and is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK. Founded in 1967, it now houses several thousand datasets of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2718219937212685910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2718219937212685910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/asia-related-digital-datasets-in-uk.html' title='[Asia-related digital datasets in] UK Data Archive (UKDA)'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-1140379039583890349</id><published>2010-04-13T13:37:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T13:39:25.131+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Rebellion, Defeat and Exile: The 1959 Uprising in East Timor [E-book]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.scribd.com/doc/26857195/Rebellion-Defeat-and-Exile-The-1959-Uprising-in-East-Timor13 Apr 2010  www.scribd.com, San Francisco, CA, USA. Self-description: "[Rebellion, Defeat and Exile: The 1959 Uprising in East Timor by Ernest Chamberlain (2009) - ed.] Relates in detail the 1959 'Viqueque' Rebellion in Portuguese Timor - including the background and aftermath. Sources include interviews</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1140379039583890349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/1140379039583890349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/rebellion-defeat-and-exile-1959.html' title='Rebellion, Defeat and Exile: The 1959 Uprising in East Timor [E-book]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-3653669222085084999</id><published>2010-04-13T13:28:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T13:37:45.523+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Forgotten Men: Timorese in Special Operations during World War II [E-book]</title><summary type='text'>http://www.scribd.com/doc/29688334/Forgotten-Men-Timorese-in-Special-Operations-during-World-War-II13 Apr 2010  www.scribd.com, San Francisco, CA, USA. Supplied note: "For those interested in the WWII history of Timor, the recently published (January 2010) text of "Forgotten Men: Timorese in Special Operations during World War II" ( ISBN 978-0-9805623-2-3, about 102,000 words - 185 A-4 pages) has</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3653669222085084999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/3653669222085084999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/forgotten-men-timorese-in-special.html' title='Forgotten Men: Timorese in Special Operations during World War II [E-book]'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-2282841315310380508</id><published>2010-04-12T14:52:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:54:17.348+10:00</updated><title type='text'>[Online] Publications on Indo-Portuguese History and Culture</title><summary type='text'>http://www.scribd.com/teodesouza12 Apr 2010  Professor Teotonio R. de Souza: [Online] Publications on Indo-Portuguese History and Culture www.scribd.com, San Francisco, CA, USA. Supplied note: "Teotonio R. de Souza was born in Goa in 1947. Studied at the University of Poona for Master's and PhD in History (1970-1977). Professed member of the Society of Jesus (1967-1994), collaborated in founding </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2282841315310380508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/2282841315310380508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/httpwww.html' title='[Online] Publications on Indo-Portuguese History and Culture'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-6242326569984416577</id><published>2010-04-09T13:37:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-09T13:37:53.371+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America</title><summary type='text'>http://www.asian-nation.org/09 Apr 2010  www.asian-nation.org, Amherst, MA, USA. Self-description: "Welcome to Asian-Nation, an authoritative, one-stop information resource [est. 26 Apr 2001 - ed.] and sociological exploration of the historical, demographic, political, and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community. You can think of Asian-Nation as an online version of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6242326569984416577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/6242326569984416577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/asian-nation-landscape-of-asian-america.html' title='Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14263012.post-8663624477131345749</id><published>2010-04-08T12:02:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-08T12:03:54.012+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Tools and Resources for Japanese Bibliography</title><summary type='text'>http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/08 Apr 2010 Columbia University in the City of New York, NY, USA. Self-description: [No self-description was provided] Site contents: * Report on Japanese Electronic Dictionaries (Nov. 2005); * Basic Bibliography for Research on Japan; * Japanese Bibliography ("Bib 95"); * Special Projects by members of Bib 2000, 2002, 2003; * FAQ on Nat'l Diet Library's "Digital </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8663624477131345749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14263012/posts/default/8663624477131345749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://asia-www-monitor.blogspot.com/2010/04/tools-and-resources-for-japanese.html' title='Tools and Resources for Japanese Bibliography'/><author><name>tmciolek</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://www.ciolek.com/images/ciolek-matthew-2004.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
