Asian studies and A Guide - Resources and Review

Established in 1962 as a non
profit organisation, the IOP conducts independent research on the history, literature, and concepts of Buddhism, comparative region, and the interrelations between religion and science, and religion and society. The online resource details research topics, lectures and seminars, and publications including The Journal of Oriental Studies which is produced by the Institute itself.
 
Refereed journal for historical and cultural gender studies in Asia. Offers articles such as Crossing Gender Boundaries in China: Nushu Narratives, and Ethnography and Video: Researching Women in China's Floating Population.
 
An RSLP funded project aiming to identify and map national research resources for Caribbean studies, and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain. Outlines project activities, progress reports, and news and events. A fully searchable database and subject gateway is due to be launched in May 2002.
 
Harappa was an ancient city in the Indus Valley that flourished around 2500 BC. Resources include over 90 slides of the Indus Valley and 3D computer recreations of the city's gateway and surrounding topography, plus various audio and visual resources concerning South Asia in general before 1947.
 
The Archive collects materials relating to the resettlement of South
east Asian refugees and immigrants in the United States (and to a lesser extent, worldwide), and the culture and history of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. There is a special focus on materials pertaining to South-east Asians in California, and back issues of the Southeast Asian Archive's quarterly newsletter.
 
The goal of this newsletter is to support, and promote communication among, scholars, librarians and researchers who are developing text and image databases in the various fields of Asian and Eurasian Studies. Includes information on database projects and other Web initiatives, conferences and meetings, technical issues, print and Web resource reviews, and several interest group columns.
 
Links to information resources on aspects of Asian life covering art, business, culture, education, politics, and news. Geographical areas of interest include Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
 
Collection of resources relating to Hmong people, a minority group living in China and throughout the world. Covers various history, publications, culture, news, and current events. Bibliographic references to ongoing research projects, and material addressing Hmong resettlement and repatriation are provided.
 
Resource providing information on Asian society, culture, economy, history, and politics. Includes news stories, a collection of full text articles and speeches organised by geographical area and by subject, maps and statistics for individual countries, a glossary of terms, and an online bookstore.
 
Includes information on galleries and art dealers, forthcoming exhibitions and lectures, museums and auction houses.
 
A book about Oriental costumes originally published in 1922. Includes images of costumes from Afghanistan, Persia, India, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, China and Japan.
 
Hierarchical directory of Web resources providing annotated links to material about Asian countries. Categories include arts and humanities, business and economy, government, news and media, science, society and culture, and travel.
 
UK mirror of JSTOR service, which aims to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature, to improve access to these journals, to help fill gaps in existing library collections of journal issues, to address preservation issues, reduce long
term costs to libraries, and to assist scholarly associations and publishers in making the transition to electronic modes of publication. Online journals are available in several subject areas, including Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, and sociology. Subscription required for journal access. A demonstration database and background information on JSTOR are freely available.
 
Journal devoted to Arabic, Persian, and Turkic studies with PDF articles covering Empires, religion, and politics. Issues are offered free of charge, and an outline of the journal's editorial policy is available.
 
News and views from the homeland of Eelam Tamils, North and East of Sri Lanka.
 
List of contemporary films made in China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan from 1998 onwards. Includes synopses, interviews, educational material, and essays from Asia's leading film journals, and contains images and video clips from selected films. Available in English, Chinese, and Korean.
 
Directory of political, historical, and cultural resources pertaining to the countries of East and Southeast Asia, with essays and reports on topical issues.
 
Collection of maps, travel information, news and articles about culture, arts, human rights, business, media and history in countries throughout Central Eurasia. Covers Mongolia and four countries of the former Soviet Union
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The project aims to establish scholarships, information offices and open forums, and to distribute grants promoting freedom of expression and the free flow of information.
 
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