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Digital Himalaya Project

2010-12-13T11:54:00.000+11:00

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 available ethnographic materials from the Himalayan region. Based at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, the project was established in December 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the project moved to the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University and began its collaboration with the University of Virginia. As of 2009, Digital Himalaya is back in Cambridge. [...] All material on this site is available for non-commercial use under Creative Commons licence."

Site contents:
COLLECTIONS
* Census of Nepal (2001);
* Christoph von Fuerer-Haimendorf film collection ([four videoclips] # Excerpts from an interview with Fuerer-Haimendorf, conducted in Cambridge by Professor Alan Macfarlane in 1987. # Excerpt from 'The Land of the Gurkhas,' filmed in Nepal by Fuerer-Haimendorf in 1957. # Excerpts from Fuerer-Haimendorf's Arunachal Pradesh footage fillmed in 1944 and 1945. # Excerpt from 'Among the Sherpas,' filmed in Nepal by Fuerer-Haimendorf in 1971);
* Films ("Digital Himalaya is presently expanding its online collections to include contemporary film and video. Our first such collections are trailers from the films 'The Angel of the Aboriginals', 'The Way of the Road', 'Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army', 'Journey from Zanskar', 'Shining Spirit Project', 'I Will Find You, Punam' and the 'Journey of a Red Fridge', and full viewing copies of the Lepcha film 'Tendong Lho Rum Faat', 'Glance of Genius: The Life and Work of B.H Hodgson', 'The Hidden Treasure of Bön', the Minhe Mangghuer Torch Festival, images from Danba, the Alama Ritual and the Wutu Collection.");
* Journals (Scanned copies of: # Ancient Nepal, # Adarsa, # The Bhutan Review, # Bulletin of Tibetology, # Center for Constitutional Dialogue, # Contributions to Nepalese Studies, # Carter Center, # Crisis Group, # European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, # Gochali, # Himal, # Himal Southasian, # Himalayan Journal of Sciences, # International IDEA, # Journal of Bhutan Studies, # Journal of Newar Studies, # Journal of the Tibet Society, # Kailash, # Martin Chautari Policy Briefs, # Midweek, # Mother Tongue Pipal Pustak, # Mulyankan, # Nation Weekly, # Nepalese Linguistics, # Nepali Aawaz, # Nepali Times, # Newsfront, # Occasional Papers in Sociology and Anthropology, # Ogmios, # Peace and Democracy in South Asia, # Purnima, # Read, # Regmi Research Series, # Revue d'Etudes Tibetaines, # Samaya, # Saptahik, # Sharada, # Shikshak);
* Maps (Himalayan Maps, Nepal Maps, Himalayan Atlas, Great Himalayan Trail Dolpo Map, Great Himalayan Trail Route Map of Nepal);
* Music ("Our first music and audio collections include songs from Laya, Bhutan; Thangmi songs from Nepal; Yari Aso's songs, the Mangghuer Folktale Literature, and songs from Gcig sgril County, from Qinghai Province; the Jizong and Minyak collections from Sichuan and songs from Tha Rgyas in Tibet.");
* Naga Videodisk ["ethnographic material about the Naga ethnic groups living in the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh districts of India and parts of Burma. Approximately 30 minutes of moving film, some sound, seven thousand black and white photographs, 1200 photographs of artefacts were made available. There were also over six thousand pages of text from published works and unpublished diaries, fieldnotes, tour diaries and other materials."];
* Rare Books and Manuscripts (over 50 documents and publications, in PDF format, incl: #Tibetan-English Folktales - Edited by Tshe dbang rdo rje, Allie Thomas, Kevin Stuart, dPal ldan bKra shis and 'Gyur med rgya mtsho (281 pages); # Tibetan-English-Tibetan Dictionary - By Huadan Zhaxi, Kevin Stuart, Rinchen Dorji, Gesang Norbu, Dorji Zhaxi, Rinchen Khar, Gongbu Caireng, and Sandra Benson, 2007.; # Where the gods are mountains: Three years among the people of the Himalayas - By Rene de Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Published 1957 by Reynal in New York. (280 pages); # The Women of Baragaon - By Sidney Schuler, The Status Of Women In Nepal Volume II, Part 5, 1981 (first printing) (185 pages));
* Thak Archive ["a multimedia archive of ethnographic records collected from 1969 to the present by Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison in the Gurung village of Thak, located in central Nepal."];
* Thangmi Archive ['a collection of photographs, films, linguistic data, field notes, newspaper clippings, audio files, and other data about the Thangmi ethnic group of northeastern Nepal. Long overlooked by scholars, politicians, and development workers alike, the Thangmi remain one of the least known ethnic groups of Nepal."];
* Frederick Williamson ["Frederick Williamson was a British Political Officer stationed in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet in the 1930s. He was also an ardent photographer. Between December 1930-August 1935, he and his wife, Margaret Williamson, shot approximately 1700 photographs throughout the Himalayan region.";
* Wutu Collection ["The wutu ritual is an exorcism ritual held during winter by the Monguor (Tu) people of Gnyan thog Village (Tongren County, Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China). These eighteen short films, shot by Zhu Yonzhong in 1996 and edited by Gerald Roche, show the ritual process step-by-step."].

ABOUT THE PROJECT
* Overview;
* Project team (Core Members, Advisory Board, Trustees);
* Publications [free online access] (# 'Digitizing and Distributing Visual Footage from the Himalayas', in Nepali Aawaz, 07 December, 2006; Volume 2, Number 19, p. 21., # 'A regional ethnographic archive in the digital age', in NOW! Daily, Gangtok, Sikkim, Wednesday, 01 November, 2006; Volume 5, Number 255, p. 2., # 'A regional ethnographic archive in the digital age (continued)', in NOW! Daily, Gangtok, Sikkim, Thursday, 02 November, 2006; Volume 5, Number 256, p. 2., # 'Digitizing and distributing visual footage from the Himalayas', in SnowLion Newsletter, Volume 17, No. 2, p. 23. # 'Digitizing and distributing visual resources from the Himalayas', in South Asia Newsletter: A Publication of Cornell University's South Asia Program, Spring 2003, # 'Returning Footage to the Himalayas' in Viewfinder, the magazine of the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC), # Sara Shneiderman's account of returning to Lubra in Mustang with a DVD of Haimendorf's 1962 film of the village., # 'Haimendorf's laptop: An ethnographic archive in the digital age', in IIAS Newsletter, No. 26, November 2001, p. 20. # 'Digital Himalaya: An Ethnographic Archive in the Digital Age', in European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EHBR), Issue 20-1, pp.136-141., # 'Digital Himalaya', in Interachive: Archival Practices and Sites in the Contemporary Art Field, Koeln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter Koenig, pp. 359-361. [ISBN 3-88375-540-0]);
* Technologies (Design and Coding of the Digital Himalaya website, Slide and Negative Scanning, Video Tape, 8mm and 16mm film, Video and Audio Compression Online);
* Support;
* Register;
* Contact us;
* News;
* Links (Anthropology, Himalayan/Tibetan/Central Asian Area Studies, Digitisation of Cultural Resources).

URL http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/

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

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents / Study / News / Links / Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential

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Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC), Bhutan

2010-09-16T15:55:00.001+10:00

http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/index.en.html
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 independent organisation established by the Fourth King of Bhutan, His Majesty the King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, in 1986.
To preserve and promote the use of Dzongkha, the office carries out planning for the implementation of Dzongkha through the education system and public service of the country as well as codification and elaboration of the language. Codification essentially takes the form of writing grammars, dictionaries, and orthographical rules, etc. in order to standardize the language. Elaboration or functional development includes terminological modernisation and the coining of new words as required.
The office is also continually dedicated to developing standards based support and increased functionality for Dzongkha on all popular computing platforms. The most widely used computing system for Dzongkha is the Unicode based system developed and delivered by this office, which works well on all recent versions of the MS Windows, Linux, & Apple OSX operating systems; on the Internet and in applications such as OpenOffice, Microsoft Office and Adobe's InDesign. In future we hope to develop support for Dzongkha on mobile computing and communications devices."

Site contents:
* Introduction (Background, Missions & Objectives, Plans & Policies, Strategies, DDC Staff);
* Commission;
* Reference Material (Dzongkha Dictionaries, Dzongkha Grammar, Other Reference Material);
* Research (Research & Archive Section, Lexicography Section, Promotion & Dissemination Section);
* Literary (Literary Section, Translation & Editorial Section, Design & Publication Section);
* IT (# Instructions for Installation of Dzongkha Unicode [MS Windows 7 and Windows Vista, MS Windows XP, Apple Macintosh OSX, Linux], # Instructions for Configuring Applications [Open Office, Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2007, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer]; # Download Dzongkha Unicode Files [Dzongkha Fonts, Dzongkha Locale (for Windows 7 & Vista), Dzongkha Keyboard for Windows (all versions), Dzongkha Keyboard Layout Diagram - pdf format, Update Uniscribe (for Windows XP only), Dzongkha Templates for OpenOffice, Dzongkha Templates for Word]);
* Publications (Recent Publications [incl. Dawai Ozer. 2009. A Dzongkha Spelling Guide for Beginners, ISBN 978-99936663127], List of Publications 1998-2010);
* News (News, Announcements);
* Online Dzongkha Dictionary [http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/online/dictionary.php];
* Online Dzongkha-English Dictionary [http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/online/dictionaries/dz-en-dict/index.html#English];
* Links [incl. The National Library & Archives of Bhutan];
* Contact.

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

URL http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/index.en.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt

Link reported by: Christopher Fynn (chris.fynn--at--gmail.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate info. / Study / News / Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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The Tibetan Political Review (TPR) E-journal

2010-07-02T14:47:00.000+10:00

http://sites.google.com/site/tibetanpoliticalreview/
02 Jul 2010

sites.google.com, USA.

Supplied note:
"24 June 2010 -- A unique new online journal, The Tibetan Political Review (TPR), has been launched at www.TibetanPoliticalReview.org. At a time when Tibetans are beginning to choose their next Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister), this journal aims to advance constructive discussion of the important political issues facing the Tibetan nation.
The Tibetan people are confronting a series of critical issues including the Kalon Tripa election, improving democratization, independence versus autonomy, and visions for the future of Tibet. TPR is an attempt to create a forum where these issues can be subjected to reasoned, analytical, and unhampered discussion.
The journal's current featured issue is the Kalon Tripa election. TPR sets out all the nominated candidates for Kalon Tripa and their available policy positions, provides editorials and an open forum for public commentary, and offers a chance for the candidates to respond. The journal's only rule is that unfounded personal attacks are not permitted.
The journal's goal is to ensure that political debates are about issues, not personalities. The Editorial Board members do not hold themselves out as any sort of "experts" but simply as Tibetans who hope to contribute to the national discussion and who invite all other Tibetans to join them.
TPR is founded and run by an Editorial Board consisting of Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa II, Nima R.T. Binara, Bhuchung D. Sonam, and Tenzin Wangyal. - ts."

Self-description:
"An online journal dedicated to constructive discussion of the important political issues facing the Tibetan Nation."

Site contents:
* About This Journal
* ISSUE: Democratization
* ISSUE: Kalon Tripa Election
* ISSUE: Rangzen & Middle Path
* ISSUE: The Future Tibet
* Letters to the Editor
* Recent Articles: Democratization (# Chinese Nitpicking on Tibetan Democracy - By Dhundup Gyalpo, 21 June 2010; # Improving Elections, Improving Democracy - By Nima R.T. Binara, 9 April 2010);
* Recent Articles: The Future Tibet (# Foundations for a Modern Tibet (Part III) - By Tsewang Namgyal, Jun 28, 2010; # Foundations for a Modern Tibet (Part II) - By Tsewang Namgyal, Jun 29, 2010);
* Recent Articles: Rangzen & Middle Path (# Independence as Tibet's Only Option: Why the "Middle Path" is a Dead End - By Ketsun Lobsang Dondup, Jun 29, 2010).
* Join the discussion.

URL http://sites.google.com/site/tibetanpoliticalreview/

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

Link reported by: Tsoltim Shakabpa (shakabpa--at--verizon.net)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Tibet - American Geographical Society Library

2010-02-19T13:02:00.000+11:00

http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/tibet/index.cfm
18 Feb 2010

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Milwaukee, WI, US

Self-description:
"This digital collection presents a selection of historical maps and photographs of Tibet from the holdings of the American Geographical Society (AGS) Library. The collection consists of 1,090 images. It includes a unique set of 50 photographs of central Tibet and Lhasa taken by two Mongolian Buddhists, G. Ts. Tsybikoff and Ovshe Norzunoff, who visited Tibet in 1900 and 1901. The photographs represent the first photographic images of Potala Palace in Lhasa and other Tibetan monasteries. In addition, over 1,000 images of Tibet have been drawn from the extensive photographic collection of Harrison Forman. Photojournalist and explorer, Forman undertook three expeditions to remote areas of northern Tibet between 1932 and 1937. The photographic collection is supplemented by four plans of the city of Lhasa and six historical maps of Tibet selected from the map collection of the American Geographical Society Library."

Site contents:
* About (# Scope and Content (1900-1901 Central Tibet, 1932-1937 Northern Tibet), # The Digital Project, # Credits, # Copyright and Permissions, # Contact Information);
* Browse (# Browse all 1090 items, incl. 1878 A-K's Plan of Lhasa, 1885 Map illustrating the explorations of Pundit A-- K-- in Great Tibet, 1879-1882, 1891 Rockhill's Plan of Lhasa, 1891 View of Lhasa, 1900-1901 Cutting stone at the sacred Phabongka cemetery, 1900-1901 Gadan monastery, 1900-1901 Gyantse Jong (Gyangze), general view of town, 1900-1901 Hermitage in Gechen, 1900-1901 Kichu river west of Lhasa, 1900-1901 Lhasa street during the Tsog Chod festival, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Amban's yamen (residence of Chinese official) from SE, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Bar Chorten, the Western Gate or Pargo Kaling gateway, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Chagpori (iron mountain) from SE, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Chja shi tan, fortified Chinese camp, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Depung monastery [...];
# Browse collections: 1900-1901 Central Tibet and Lhasa 1932-1937 Northern Tibet Maps & Plans
# Browse cities: Chengde (Jehol), Gyangze (Gyantse Jong), Lhasa, Xiahe (Labrang), Zetang (Tsetan);
# Browse provinces: Gansu, Hebei, Qinghai);
# Browse [all 240] subjects: Actors, Altars, Amulets, Animals, Archaeological sites, Architectural decorations, [...] Goldwork, Grains, Guards, Guides & Scouts, Hair, Hair ornaments, [...] Votive offerings, Vultures, Warriors, Water, Wheels, Wind instruments, Women, Wood carving, Wool, Writing systems, Yokes);
* Search Collection & Advanced Search
* Other AGSL Collections (Afghanistan [http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/afghan/index.cfm], AGSL Digital Map Collection [http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/afghan/index.cfm], AGSL Digital Photo Archives [Asia and Middle East http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/agsphoto/index.cfm], Cities Around the World, Georgia & Russia [1929-1933 http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/georgia/index.cfm], Transportation Around the World).

URL http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/tibet/index.cfm

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

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness of the online resource [essential - v.useful
- useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Daniel Winkler [medicinal plants & mushrooms of] Tibet

2010-02-11T16:13:00.001+11:00

http://www.danielwinkler.com/

11 Feb 2010

www.danielwinkler.com, Kirkland, WA, US

Self-description:
"Daniel Winkler's Web Site - Welcome to Eco-montane Consulting: Environmental Consulting for the Tibetan Plateau, Southwest China and the Himalayas Environment, forests, medicinal plants & mushrooms and rural development in High Asia."

Site contents:
* Photo Essays (Sersha - Floccularia luteovirens, Yartsa Gunbu Cordyceps, Matsutake, Morels, Other Tibetan Fungi, Medicinal Plants, Wildflowers, Mountain Forests, Mushrooming [in general], Forestry, Nomads, People, Stupas, Temples, Villages, Plateau Wildlife, Reforestation Nurseries, Hot Springs, Jiuzhaigou Dzitsa Degu, Modernization [in Tibet])
* Publications ([Papers for downloading, HTML format]: Himalayan Gypsy - 2009, Cordyceps Nyamnyi Dorje Morels in Tibet - 2007, Infested by Caterpillar Fungus - 2006, Medicinal Mushroom Journal - 2005, Cordyceps East Tibet - 2005, Matsutake Conservation - 2004, Litang Forest Use & NTFPs - 2003, Participation in Forestry - 2002, Jiuzhaigou Vegetation Study - 1998, Major Threats to Tibetan Forest Ecosystems - 2001, Forest Distribution & Impact of Fire and Pastoralism - 2000, Sustainable Development in the Tibetan Areas - 2000, Forestry, Floods and Hydroelectricity - 1999, Deforestation in Eastern Tibet - Past and Present - 1998, Riwoqe Paper - 1997, CFR Paper - 1996, Jiuzhaigou Thesis Summary - 1994, Jiuzhaigou Erdkunde Studie - 1998, Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen - 1997)
* Translation of 15th Century Tibetan text on Cordyceps (revised Nov. 2008) ['An Ocean of Aphrodisiacal Qualities', an essay on Yartsa Gunbu mushrooms by Nyamnyi Dorje Palden Zurkhar (1439-1475)]
* Presentations [a list of seminar and presentation's topics]
* Consulting ["Eco-Montane Consulting offers research and consulting services on issues related to the environment, conservation and development of the Tibetan Plateau, Southwest China, and the Himalayas."]
* Links (NGOs / INGOs, References, Botany / Vegetation, Tibetan Medicine, Research Projects, Expedition Travel Service).

URL http://www.danielwinkler.com/

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

Link reported by: Daniel Winkler (me-at--danielwinkler.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/ Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness of the online resource [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

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Old Tibetan Documents Online (OTDO)

2010-01-15T15:25:00.000+11:00

http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/
15 Jan 2010

Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan

Self-description:
"Old Tibetan Documents Online (OTDO) is a corpus of selected old (VIIth to Xth centuries) Tibetan texts: Dunhuang manuscripts [digitised and published by The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) http://idp.bl.uk/], Inscriptions and related materials. We provide critically edited texts together with search and KeyWord In Context (KWIC) facilities."

Site contents:
* Introduction [under construction];
* Acknowledgements;
* About Us;
* Online Texts [as of 15 Jan 2010 - 89 texts; an example of the data structure and contents of the record "ITJ_1379" follows:
1. Content : Receipt for the repayment of loaned wheat. 2. Note : sheet. The top left part of the main text is missing. Recto, 9 lines with two illegible vermilion seals at the bottom. Verso, 1 line.
3. References : Thomas (1951: 43-44) [I.Translit., I.Trans.], T?y? bunko (part 10, 65-66) , Takeuchi (1995: 262-263) [I.Translit., I.Trans.].
4. Transliteration: (r1) [---] stsang / / mngan rnying lo byis brtsan gyi sug pa na /\[...] - ed.]
* Search the Texts [incl. search for text patterns];
* References (Abbreviations, Bibliography [in European and Asian languages]);
* Links;
* Search [the site].

URL http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

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Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, US

2010-01-08T13:01:00.000+11:00

http://www.latse.org

08 Jan 2010

Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, New York, NY, US.

Self-description:
"Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, a project of Trace Foundation [www.trace.org], is a forum of open inquiry for all audiences interested in Tibetan culture. The library conducts programs and makes available a unique collection of up-to-date texts, multimedia and other research materials in relevant languages that represent the extent and character of Tibetan cultural diversity. It is an active center of modern Tibetan cultural studies and provides a forum for meaningful interaction, learning and the exchange of ideas. We assist those with interests in the humanities, arts, and sciences in order to promote a deeper understanding and wider appreciation of Tibetan culture and its contribution to the world's cultural heritage."

Site contents:
* About Latse (Mission Statement, Overview and Description, Collections, Programs, Why Latse, Services, Staff, How to Find Latse, Library Hours);
* Brochure English version, Tibetan version);
* Newsletter (Vol 1, No. 1, Fall 2003 - Vol 5, No. 1, Fall 2007);
* Databases (Byara Database, Library Catalog, Image library, Gyalrong Texts Project);
* Conferences (Gedun Choephel);
* Lecture Series (Professor Drongbu Tsering Dorje, Sherab Nyima - Vice President, Central Nationalities University, Beijing, Sang Dhak - Chinese Center for Tibetan Studies, Beijing);
* Events (Losar 2008 - Celebration, Losar 2004 - Stand up comedy, Selected works of Dorje Basang, Losar 2005 - A concert by the masters, Tibetan Yak Cheese Week, Innovations in Tibetan Information Technology);
* Film Series [under construction].

URL http://www.latse.org

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.latse.org

Link reported by: Robbie Barnett (rb25--at--mindspring.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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The Berzin Archives The Buddhist Archives of Dr. Alexander Berzin

2009-09-07T13:42:00.000+10:00

http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/index.html

07 Sep 2009

www.berzinarchives.com, Berlin, Germany.

Self-description:
"The Berzin Archives is a collection of translations and teachings by Dr. Alexander Berzin [B.A. degree in 1965 from the Department of Oriental Studies, Rutgers University in conjunction with Princeton University; M.A. in 1967 and Ph.D. in 1972 from the Departments of Far Eastern Languages (Chinese) and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University. - ed.] primarily on the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Covering the areas of sutra, tantra, Kalachakra, dzogchen, and mahamudra meditation, the Archives presents material from all five Tibetan traditions: Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu, Gelug, and Bon, as well as comparisons with Theravada Buddhism and Islam. Also featured are Tibetan astrology and medicine, Shambhala, and Buddhist history."

Site contents:
* Approaching Buddhism (Spiritual Teachers, Introduction to Buddhism, Buddhism in the World Today, Modern Adaptation of Buddhism);
* Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism (Level 1: Getting Started, Level 2: Lam-rim (Graded Stage) Material, Level 3: Lojong (Mind Training) Material, Level 4: Deepening the Understanding of the Path, Level 5: Analysis of the Mind and Reality, Level 6: Major Indian Mahayana Texts);
* Advanced Meditation (Tantra Teachings, Kalachakra, Dzogchen, Mahamudra);
* Daily Practice (Vows and Commitments, Prayers and Tantra Practices);
* Historical, Cultural, and Comparative Studies, (History of Buddhism and Bon Comparison of Buddhist Traditions, Buddhism and Islam, Asian Non-Buddhist Traditions, Tibetan Astrology and Medicine);
* eBooks (Published Books, Unpublished Manuscripts, Bibliographies);
* Audio (Weekly Courses, Approaching Buddhism, Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, Advanced Meditation, Daily Practice, Historical, Cultural, and Comparative Studies);
* Author (Short Biography of Alexander Berzin, Becoming Involved with Buddhism, Published Works of Dr. Berzin, Dr. Berzin's Teaching Schedule);
* About Us (Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Message from Ling Rinpoche, Message from Tsenzhab Serkong Tulku, About the Berzin Archives, Berzin Archives Team, Acknowledgments, Accessibility);
* News (New Material, Work in Progress, Dr. Berzin's Teaching Schedule);
* Help Us (Appeal for Support, Donations, Urgent Needs, Practical Help, Remaining Work);
* Glossary (Glossary English Terms, Glossary Tibetan Terms, Glossary Mahamudra Tibetan Terms, Glossary Astro Tibetan Terms);
* Miscellaneous
* Search.

[A site in English. Also available in German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese and Russian - ed.]

URL http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/index.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/index.html

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

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Royal Government of Bhutan - Cabinet Secretariat

2009-08-19T11:53:00.001+10:00

http://www.cabinet.gov.bt/

19 Aug 2009

Cabinet Secretariat, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan

Supplied note: "The Bhutan Government has established its own web site, [at the URL below], and to date has posted some decisions of the Cabinet, the PMs state of the nation report to the 3rd session of the Parliament, a few Press Releases, and some other documents. It is expected that in due course the site will be further expanded and improved in the interests of transparency for the new government. - bcs."

Site contents:* Prime Minister (Call On, Message Sent, Message Received, Speeches); * Cabinet (Cabinet Functions, Executive Orders & Directives, Executive Orders, Directives, Members, Rules of Procedures, Sub Committees); * Highlights Cabinet Decisions, Events/News, Info / Announcements, CDG); * Reports; * Press Release; * Web-mail; * Contact Us (Public Feedback, Staff Information); * Bhutan Portal (Government, Citizen, Business, Overseas, News, Forms Download).

URL http://www.cabinet.gov.bt/

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

Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

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Bhutan - Election Commission website

2009-08-19T11:48:00.001+10:00

http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/

19 Aug 2009

Election Commission, Thimphu, Bhutan

Supplied note:
"The Election Commission of Bhutan has improved its website (still at http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/), and viewers can download items of e-legislation and other items of interest. - bcs."

Site contents: * Organization; * E-Legislation; * Downloads; * Photo Gallery; * E-Roll Search [under construction]; * From Chief Election Commissioner's Desk; * Press Releases (Top 5, View All); * Notifications (Top 5, View All); * Announcements; * News and Events.

URL http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/

Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 14,400 external links]

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National Assembly of Bhutan (NAB)

2009-08-19T11:39:00.000+10:00

URL http://www.nab.gov.bt/

19 Aug 2009

The Parliament of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan

Self-description:
"1. It was the farsighted vision of the Third King His Majesty Jigme Dorji Wangchuck which laid the foundation of modern Bhutan. The very first of many visionary initiatives taken by His Majesty the King was the establishment of the Tshogdu (National Assembly) in 1953.
2. The National Assembly was established to discuss issues of national interest, promote public welfare and develop political consciousness among the people so that they could play a greater role in the decision making process and running of the country.
3. The National Assembly in 1953 started as a body with just 38 members. [...]."

Site contents:
* About Us (About NAB, Vision and Mission, The Speaker, Committees, Visit to NAB);
* Secretariat (About Secretariat, Organisation Chart, Staff Information, Tshodrungs);
* Publications (Agenda, Newsletter, Brochure);
* Downloads (Legislation, Resolution, Acts, Forms, CDG, Parliamentary entitlements rules);
* News (News, Tender, Announcement);
* Members (Profile, Attendance, Constituency List);
* Business Order (Business, Synopsis, Question Hour);
* Bills For Public View;
* Links (Constitution, Cabinet, National Council, Political Parties, IPU, More...);
* Press release;
* Photo Gallery;
* Forums;
* Webmail;
* Contact Us;
* FAQ;
* Feedback.

URL http://www.nab.gov.bt/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.nab.gov.bt

Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

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National Council of Bhutan (NCB)

2009-08-19T11:37:00.000+10:00

http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/
19 Aug 2009

The Parliament of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan

Supplied note:
"The National Council (upper house of Bhutan's Parliament) has its own website, [at the URL below], where viewers can download the texts of various acts, bills and resolutions, as well as the NCs views on pending legislation (eg the Civil Service Bill, the Local Government Bill) as well as NC's reservations on eg 'constituency development grants' concept, and on modalities for passing the annual Budget (http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/mainpage.php?code=4). Summary Resolutions of the 2nd session of the NC (Dec 2008-January 2009) are downloadable from [the Business pages at] http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/subpage.php?pagecode=3&code=107 by clicking on 'Synopsis' and further linking on the link that comes up. - bcs."

Self-description:
"The Parliament of Bhutan is the highest legislative body in the country. It consists of the Druk Gyalpo, the National Council and the National Assembly. The National Council has both legislative and review functions and is also referred to as the House of Review. Establishment: -Established in 2008 under Article 11 of the Constitution of Bhutan. -The first joint sitting of Parliament was held from May 8-30, 2008. -The first session of the National Council was held in the Banquet Hall at Langjophakha from June 17 to July 24, 2008. [...]."

Site contents:
* Members (Vision & Mission, Chairperson, Committees, Visit to NC);
* Secretariat (Who is who, NC Organogram);
* News;
* Forum;
* Feedback;
* Downloads (Acts Bills, Resolutions, Others, Forms);
* Business (Agenda, Business Order, Synopsis, Question Time);
* Site Map;
* WebMail;
* FAQ;
* Photo Gallery [at http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/index11.php - ed.]

URL http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/

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

Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

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Bhutan Textiles

2009-08-12T15:08:00.000+10:00

http://www.bhutantextiles.com/

12 Aug 2009

Bhutan Sacred Buddhist Art - The Bartholomew Collection, www.bhutantextiles.com, Laos.

"For 25 years the largest Private Buddhist Art Heritage Collection from Bhutan has been stored away and never seen by anyone! This Collection consists primarily of antique Buddhist textiles and some sacred religious artifacts from Bhutan. Recently this unique collection was endangered in California by major fires and earthquakes... What a tragic loss to the Buddhist world and to Buddhist Art Cultural Heritage IF this sacred Collection, which has never been seen and fully documented in its entirety, were to perish. The next vital step is to seek funding for the Collection's rescue!

The collector Mr. Bartholomew is a world renowned cultural anthropologist and published author of the first definitive book on Bhutan Textile Art and Culture 'Thunder Dragon Textiles from Bhutan,' Shikosha (Publisher), Kyoto, Japan, 1985. Mr. Bartholomew has collected nearly all of his pieces between 1976-1982. This is a period of time when Mr. Bartholomew alone was negotiating primarily through barter exclusively with the Bhutanese Royal Families, high-ranking members of the Royal Government of Bhutan, and top religious leaders/Rimpoches of Buddhism in Bhutan. Most of this Collection was acquired outside of Bhutan in India and Nepal. - mb."

Self-description:
"Tragically, a series of National Archive fires and a major earthquake in the late 19th century all but destroyed Bhutan's written history. Despite the loss of such significant records, the unique and magnificent textile art of Druk Yul [i.e. Bhutan - ed.] has survived as an important cultural legacy. Compared to other textile producing cultures, however, few of these historical artifacts remain; a 19th century textile in relatively undamaged condition is now considered extremely rare."

Site contents:
* Kingdom of Bhutan [introductory notes to the website];
* Bartholomew Collection ("Presently, the Bartholomew Collection encompasses an unparalleled collection including the most historically significant Bhutanese textiles known: # The oldest known 'Triple Jewels' in the world, which comprise the Tikhep, or royal throne cover; the Shingkha, or appliquee shaman's tunic, and the Kishung, the brocaded shaman's tunic. # The widest array of the best-preserved Royal Throne Covers in the world # The Throne Cover of the first King of the Wangchuck Dynasty. # An original silk Dragon Crown of the 2nd King of the Wangchuck Dynasty. # Ceremonial shaman tunics formerly worn by some of the most revered holy people of Himalayan Buddhism. # Rare ceremonial dress pieces worn by nobles and royalty."
* GreenHeart Art to Heart Project (GreenHeart 'Art to Heart' Overview, 'Art to Heart' Benefactor Sought for World Cultural Heritage and Humanitarian Opportunity - Mission Statement, Provenance of The Bartholomew Collections, Facts, plus colour, small size images of: Tikhep (2 x) [two royal throne covers], Shingkha [an appliquee shaman's tunic], Kishung [a brocaded shaman's tunic], Kira [the national dress for women in Bhutan], Chaksi Pankhep [a royal hand towel or lap cover], and Charkhab [a cloak]);
* Bhutan Textile Art Museum Proposal; * Contact.

URL http://www.bhutantextiles.com/

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

Link reported by: MarkO Bartholomew, GreenHeart Foundation (admin--at--bhutantextiles.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./ Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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The snooping dragon: social-malware surveillance of the Tibetan movement

2009-03-30T14:40:00.001+11:00

ttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.html
30 Mar 2009

Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Self-description:
"Computer Laboratory: Technical reports: UCAM-CL-TR-746
The snooping dragon: social-malware surveillance of the Tibetan movement
Shishir Nagaraja, Ross Anderson
March 2009, 12 pages.
Abstract:
In this note we document a case of malware-based electronic surveillance of a political organisation by the agents of a nation state. While malware attacks are not new, two aspects of this case make it worth serious study. First, it was a targeted surveillance attack designed to collect actionable intelligence for use by the police and security services of a repressive state, with potentially fatal consequences for those exposed. Second, the modus operandi combined social phishing with high-grade malware. This combination of well-written malware with well-designed email lures, which we call social malware, is devastatingly effective. Few organisations outside the defence and intelligence sector could withstand such an attack, and although this particular case involved the agents of a major power, the attack could in fact have been mounted by a capable motivated individual. This report is therefore of importance not just to companies who may attract the attention of government agencies, but to all organisations. As social-malware attacks spread, they are bound to target people such as accounts-payable and payroll staff who use computers to make payments. Prevention will be hard. The traditional defence against social malware in government agencies involves expensive and intrusive measures that range from mandatory access controls to tiresome operational security procedures. These will not be sustainable in the economy as a whole. Evolving practical low-cost defences against social-malware attacks will be a real challenge. Full text PDF (0.3 MB) http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.pdf."

Excerpts:
"Email attachments appear to have been the favoured strategy to deliver malicious pay-loads. This worked because the attackers took the trouble to write emails that appeared to come from fellow Tibetans and indeed from co-workers. The use of carefully-written email lures based on social context to get people to visit bogus websites has been called 'social phishing'; in this incident, such email was used to spread malware and we therefore call this strategy social malware. [...]
In this note we described how agents of the Chinese government compromised the computing infrastructure of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They used social phishing to install rootkits on a number of machines and then downloaded sensitive data. People in Tibet may have died as a result. The compromise was detected and dealt with, but its implications are sobering. It shows how diffcult it is to defend sensitive information against an opponent who uses social engineering techniques to install malware.
[...] Although the attack we describe in this case study came from a major government, the techniques their agents used are available even to private individuals and are quite shockingly effective. In fact, neither of the two authors is confident that we could keep secrets on a network-connected machine that we used for our daily work in the face of determined interest from a capable motivated opponent. The necessary restrictions on online activity would not be consistent with effective academic work. [...]."

Site contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Attacks on the Dalai Lama's Private Office (2.1 The attack vector, 2.2 The payload, 2.3 The attackers' operational security) 3. Analysis and Countermeasures (3.1 Countermeasures for NGOs, 3.2 Countermeasures for companies); 4. Conclusions.

[See also a recent newspaper article: Christian Science Monitor, http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0329/p99s01-duts.html
Cyber spy network with global reach raises alarms. By Tom A. Peter, posted March 29, 2009.
A group of hackers based almost exclusively in China has hacked into 1,295 computers in 103 countries. Canadian researchers at the University of Toronto revealed that cyber spies infiltrated systems in foreign ministries, embassies, international organizations, [...]. Thirty percent of the targeted computers could be considered "high-value" targets. [...] - ed.]

URL http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.html

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

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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Creating Buddhas: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas [a documentary film]

2009-03-21T11:41:00.000+11:00

http://www.creatingbuddhas.com
21 Mar 2009

www.creatingbuddhas.com, US

Supplied note: "Hello. My name is Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost. I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a not-for-profit documentary filmmaker. I recently created and produced a new Tibetan film about the rare tradition of fabric thangkas titled: 'Creating Buddhas: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas' - igl."

Self-description:
"Fabric thangka is a silk embroidered and appliqued art form in Tibetan Buddhism and is also known as Applique Thangka, Brocade Thangka, and Silk Thangka. [...] Trained in Dharamsala, India for nine years, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo [aka Leslie Freilich. Her richly illustrated web site, 'Silk Thangka' is at http://silkthangka.com/ - ed.] is one of the few female makers in world and one of the only fabric thangka makers in the west. This film also explores Leslie's life-changing journey of discovering fabric thangka, her apprenticeship in Dharmasala, India, the step-by-step by process of producing a fabric thangka, and the history and spiritual importance in Tibetan Buddhism. [...] 'Creating Buddhas' is a one hour not-for-profit film."

Site contents:
* About; * Trailer; * DVD; * Screenings; * Filmmaker; * Cast; * Contributors; * Acclaim.

URL http://www.creatingbuddhas.com

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

Link reported by: Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost (leiden49--at--yahoo.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Project Orazio [about Fr. Orazio della Penna (1680-1745), Capuchin missionary in Tibet]

2009-01-29T12:00:00.001+11:00

http://www.oraziodellapenna.com
26 Jan 2009

Fra Orazio Della Penna Association, Italy.

Self-description:
"'Father Francesco Orazio remained in the monastery of Sera for nine months, from April 1717 to January 1718. However, for a period of four years he continued to learn the common and literary language under the tuition of a qualified Lama. It was at the monastery of Sera that Father Orazio started the writing out of a Tibetan-Italian dictionary, done directly on the Tibetan texts and therefore referred to the literary language. In 1732 the dictionary was consisting of about 33000 words.'
Source: The story of Father Orazio della Penna Short notes about the life of Father Orazio Olivieri della Penna (1680-1745), Capuchin Missionary and Prefect of the Tibetan Mission. (by Elio Marini) http://www.montefeltro.net/pennabilli/tibeteng.htm "

Site contents:
* Work in Progress and Documents (# The [old Christian] Bell of [Jokhang temple,] Lhasa; # The first dictionary from Tibetan into an Occidental language; # A copper engraving [dedicated to friar Orazio of Pennabilli by Pietro Santi (1737-1812) of Rimini] dated 1780 (?); # [Plans and details of the] Capuchin friary opened in Lhasa in 1725; # A letter written by Pho-lha-nas to friar Orazio during his journey in Nepal, dated 1st of September 1732; # A letter written by the VII Dalai Lama to friar Orazio; # A letter by Pho-lha-nas to friar Orazio; # A letter by friar Orazio to his brother Pierleone dated 4th of October 1741)
* Tibet in the [Orazio della Penna's] town of Pennabilli (Tenzin Gyatso, XIV Dalai Lama - 15th of June 1994, Fosco Maraini - 5th of May 2000, Jetsun Pema - 24th of September 2004).
* Stories (My research about the Capuchins of the Marche Region who went to Tibet during the 18th Century - by E. Marini; From the Montefeltro county to Tibet following the toll of a bell - by E. Marini, June 1994).
* Links.

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

URL http://www.oraziodellapenna.com

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

Link reported by: Elio Marini (eliomarini--at--yahoo.it)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet, Feb 2009

2009-01-14T12:14:00.000+11:00

http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen

14 Jan 2009

Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet, Feb 2009

The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY, US.

Supplied note:
"The Rubin Museum of Art is organizing its first scholarly conference, 'Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet,' February 7 and 8, 2009. The brilliant polymath Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774) was influential in multiple domains of cultural and institutional life in 18th-century Tibet. Situ made major contributions to the fields of painting, the literary arts, and medicine. He was also a charismatic leader during a particularly volatile period in Tibetan history, as well as the senior court chaplain in the culturally significant Kingdom of Derge on the Sino-Tibetan border.
We have invited eight scholars to present on the many aspects of his cultural production and engagement with the social world of his time in their respective fields, including: patronage and print culture, authenticity and Indic roots, artistic impact in China, politics and sectarian relations, medicine, and literary scholarship. We hope that such a well-rounded and multidisciplinary approach will constitute a significant contribution to an understanding of Tibetan intellectual history in the pivotal 18th century.

The conference schedule, abstracts, and registration information can be found at: [the URL below] [...].

This program coincides with opening weekend of the exhibition 'Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style' (February 6-August 17 [2009]) at the Rubin Museum of Art: http://www.rmanyc.org/exhibitions/upcoming.xml?context=exhibitions/upcoming.xml

The conference is being held in conjunction with Columbia University's 'Tibet and the Social Sciences Workshop' http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/ We hope that these two back-to-back events will draw the academic community into NYC for this exciting weekend of programming! - kd."

Site contents:
* Program: Sat, Feb 7, 2009; * Program: Sun, Feb 8, 2009;
* Conference Abstracts: (# Remi Chaix (Societes et Cultures en Himalaya, CNRS, Paris) - Situ Panchen and the House of Derge: A Demanding but Beneficial Relationship, # Karl Debreczeny (Rubin Museum of Art) - Situ Panchen' s Artistic Legacy in Yunnan, # Frances Garrett (University of Toronto) - Medical Literature in the Situ Panchen Tradition, # Nancy G. Lin (University of California, Berkeley) - Situ Panchen and the Re-enactment of Buddhist Origins, # Jann Ronis (University of Virginia) - Situ Panchen and Sectarian Relations in Eighteenth-Century Derge: Precursor to the Ecumenical Movement (ris med), # Kurtis R. Schaeffer (University of Virginia) - Situ the Scholar).

URL http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen

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

Link reported by: Karl Debreczeny (kdebreczeny--at--rmanyc.org)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Museum
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Columbia Online Research Guide For Modern Tibetan Studies

2009-01-14T12:12:00.003+11:00

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/guide/index.html

14 Jan 2009

Columbia Online Research Guide For Modern Tibetan Studies

Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University, New York, NY, US.

Self-description:
"The COLUMBIA ONLINE RESEARCH GUIDE FOR MODERN TIBETAN STUDIES was compiled by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, and published for use on Library Web by Lauran Hartley, Tibetan Studies Librarian. It is a navigational tool for library patrons at Columbia University and elsewhere to access bibliographies and other noteworthy resources covering a wide range of subjects in the field of Tibetan Studies. Drawn from an extensive syllabus compiled by Professor Tuttle for his seminar 'Sources for Modern Tibetan History,' the Online Guide in its current version is exceptionally strong in its survey of resources for historical research."

Site contents:
* Tibetan Studies (Survey Articles, Journals, Book Reviews, Scholarly Blogs, Listservs);
* General Bibliographies; * Library Catalogs (North America, Western & Eastern Europe, East Asia, South Asia);
* Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (Tibetan Dictionaries, Chinese Dictionaries, Encyclopedias);
* Tools, Maps, Images (Maps & Social Data, Photo Images & Archives, Tibetan Fonts & Software, Library Search Conventions);
* Periodicals (Western Language, Tibetan & Chinese Post 1950, Tibetan & Chinese Pre 1950);
* History (Biography, Religious & Geographic Surveys, Local Histories, Imperial Records, Archival Materials);
* Social Sciences [under construction]; * Religious Studies [under construction]; * Language & Literature [under construction]; * Art & Material Culture (Engaging Digital Tibet [http://digitaltibet.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/], Research Materials For the Study of Tibetan and Himalayan Art [under construction]); * Music [under construction]; * Contact; * Search.

URL http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/guide/index.html

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

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful [It will be an Essential resource, once it is completed]
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Tibet Environmental Watch (TEW)

2008-11-10T11:31:00.001+11:00

http://www.tew.org/

10 Nov 2008

Tibet Environmental Watch, Berkeley, CA, US.

Self-description:
"Welcome to the Tibet Environmental Watch (TEW) site [est. 1998 - ed.]. This site will be used to update important Tibetan environmental information as new data becomes available and to build upon the concept of a "Zone of Peace" as presented by His Holiness the Dalai Lama."

Site contents:
* What's New (Environment: The Real Story Behind the 'Roof of the World' August 21, 2008, Yulong Copper Mine in Tibet to be operational August 22, 2008, China to Relocate over 73,700 Nomadic Tibetans in Kanlho intopermanent homes: state media August 18, 2008, Nomadic Tibetans in NW China's Gansu to settle into permanent homes August 16, 2008, Environment China: The third pole. Climate change is coming fast and furious to the Tibetan plateau. Jane Qiu reports on the changes atop the roof of the world. July 23, 2008, Development China: Temblor Throws Shadow on Big Dam Ambitions. China Dams List Wed, June 25, 2008);
* Reports (Archived Reports on Tibet's Environment, Development Reports on Tibet, TIBET: Outside the TAR - by Steven D. Marshall and Susette Ternent Cooke, Racial Discrimination in Chinese-Occupied Tibet, Background on Tibet's Environment, TIBET 2003: State of the Environment, TIBET 2000: Environment and Development Issues, Photographic Essay: Rangelands and Pastoral Production on the Tibetan Plateau in Western China, Options For Tibet's Future Political Status: Self-Governance Through An Autonomous Arrangement, Photographic Essay: Tibet: Environmental Destruction, Tibet: Human Rights and the Rule of Law - International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Interviews, Visitors' Observations);
* Wildlife (Biodiversity of the Tibetan Plateau - by Tsultrim Palden Dekhang);
* Geography (# Maps of Tibet (Physical Map of Tibet), # Maps of Lhasa (Introduction: Travel Ethics in Tibet, Lhasa: Key to Lhasa Map, Lhasa: West Area, Lhasa: Central Area, Lhasa: East Area, Lhasa: Barkhor Area), # Tibet: Environment and Development Issues Maps (About Environment and Development Issues Maps, Tibet: Under PR China 1949-1999, Tibet: Hydrographic System, Tibet: Agricultural Regions, Tibet: Forest & Vegetation Types, Tibet: Distribution of Principal Minerals, Tibet: Location of Nuclear Arsenals), # Satellite Maps Series (About The Satellite Maps Series, Tibet and Asia, Satellite Map of Tibet, Tibet: Northwest Quadrant, Tibet: Northeast Quadrant, Tibet: Southwest Quadrant, Tibet: Southeast Quadrant), # Historical Maps Series (About The Historical Maps Series, Historical Map of Tibet I: Yarlung Dynasty, c. 7th-9th centuries., Historical Map of Tibet II: From the Late Yarlung Period to the Beginnings of Chinese Expansion into Eastern Tibet., Historical Map of Tibet III: The Western Extent of the Manchu Empire, c. 1800., Historical Map of Tibet IV: The End of Isolation, 1940-49, Historical Map of Tibet V: Chinese Administrative Control of Eastern Tibet, c. 1995));
* Development (Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Appropriate Technologies, Communications, Dams and Waterways, Economic Aid, Economy, Enviromental Damage, Energy (solar etc), Mining, Miscellaneous Issues, Mutiple Issues, Nature Preservation, Power, Population Transfer, Rural Development, Tourism, Transportation, United Nations Development Role, Wildlife);
* Zone of Peace (Introduction, Five Point Peace Plan Statement, 1989 Nobel Statement, Nobel Lecture, Norway, Future Polity, 1994, Tibet Dossier, Tibet As A Zone of Peace, NewsHour Interview: Zone of Peace);
* Dalai Lama; * Publications (incl. Environment and Development In Tibet - A Crucial Issue, 2008, Environment and Development Desk, DIIR, Central Tibetan Administration);
* Announcements; * Links; * Editorials & Op Ed Articles; * Site map; * Search.

URL http://www.tew.org/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tew.org/

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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The Tibet Album: British Photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950

2008-11-07T15:24:00.000+11:00

http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php

07 Nov 2008

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK.

Self-description:
"The Tibet Album presents more than 6000 photographs spanning 30 years of Tibet's history. These extraordinary photographs are a unique record of people long gone and places changed beyond all recognition. They also document the ways that British visitors encountered Tibet and Tibetans. Featuring photographs taken by Charles Bell, Arthur Hopkinson, Evan Nepean, Hugh Richardson, Frederick Spencer Chapman, Harry Staunton and the previously unidentified photographs of Rabden Lepcha. Our specially designed functions (maps, zoom, album) enable you to browse this site in many different ways."

Site contents:
* Photographers and Photography;
* Collections: # Pitt Rivers Museum Collections - (The Charles Bell Collection, The Spencer Chapman Collection, The Harry Staunton Collection, The Hugh Richardson Collection, The Evan Nepean Collection), # British Museum Collections - (The Hopkinson Collection, Richardson Colour Transparencies) # Albums - (by Richardson, Staunton, Nepean), # Lantern Slide Lectures - (by Bell), # Expeditions - (A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse 1927-28, A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as Indian Political Officer 1947-48, Richardson's 1948 tour of the East Kyichu Valley, Richardson's 1949 tour of the Yarlung and Chyongye valleys, Richardson's 1950 Lhodrag tour, Richardson's visit to Talung 1939);
* Places (Maps of Tibet, Index of Tibetan Places [by region, alphabetically], Maps of Tibet photographed by Bell);
* Dates;
* People (Biographies of key Tibetans Biographies of British photographers, Who Was Who in Tibet?, Individuals in these photographs);
* Search;
* Maps (interactive maps of: Central Tibet, Lhasa);
* Diaries and Documents (1936 Lhasa Mission Diary, The personal accounts of: Bell, Chapman, Richardson);
* Find People (British photographers, Portraits of named Tibetan people, Biographies and photographs).

URL http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php

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

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

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

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

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

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Tibet's tea trade with Szechuan and other regions in the Ch'ing dynasty

2008-10-17T17:13:00.000+11:00

http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31946422

An electronic copy of a thesis

Author: Wong, Hong-hin, Owen
Title: A historical analysis of Tibet's tea trade with Szechuan and other regions in the Ch'ing dynasty
Persistent Link:
http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31946422
Date/Publisher: 1966 by University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong)
Pagination: 458 leaves : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: Chinese
Dept/Program: Chinese
Degree: Master of Arts
LC Subject: Tea trade - China.
Tea trade - Tibet.
China - Commerce - History.

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The Kern Institute, Leiden

2008-09-19T13:29:00.000+10:00

http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/

19 Sep 2008

Faculty of Arts, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Self-description:
"The Kern Institute is the national centre of expertise for South Asia and the Himalayan region, more specifically India and Pakistan, Tibet and Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The institute houses the Department of Indian & Tibetan Studies of Leiden University, as well as an excellent library. The research and teaching at the Kern Institute focus on the study of the languages and history, philosophy and religions, arts and material culture of South Asian and the Himalayan region. The Kern Institute library offers excellent resources for a broad range of approaches to the study of India and surrounding countries."

Site contents:
* News; * Teaching; * Staff; * Kern Institute Library; * Special Collections (Photo Collection [Over 70,000 historic and modern photos on art and archaeology of South and Southeast Asia, over 13,000 of them are now mounted online at http://beeldbank.wsd.leidenuniv.nl/kern - ed.], Microfilms, Tibetan Collection, Archives, Sanskrit Manuscripts, Maps, Lepcha Manuscripts, Rubbings); * Projects (Van Kinsbergen, Catalogue Sanskrit Manuscripts, Tibetan Block Prints, ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index database [at http://www.abia.net/ - ed.]); * Publications; * Friends of the Institute; * Links (Indological course materials, Indological databases, Indology and courses on India elsewhere); * Contact; * Search.

URL http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/

Link reported by: Marion Frenger, Bonn, Germany.

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate info./Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essentiall
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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"Recollecting Tibet" [Online Documentary Film, 2005-2008]

2008-08-18T14:20:00.000+10:00

http://www.munen-mushin.com/film%20tibet.html

18 Aug 2008

Photophormations, VDB Films Ltd, Oakville, ON, Canada

Self-description:
"'Recollecting Tibet' - Documentaries Memories: Chronicles from a camera: A perpetual History.
Over three years from 2005 to 2008, Photophormations worked with the Tibetan government living in exile in Dharamsala, India making 'Recollecting Tibet'. The Documentary examines and questions the state of the Tibetan people living away from the spiritual homeland, surrounded by westernization and how tourism has been assimilated into their culture. The film travels to Tibet documenting the Chinese occupation and the current climate of oppression. With religious practises being restricted in Tibet by the Chinese and many Tibetan women financially forced into prostitution, how can the Tibetans preserve their heritage? The documentary travels to Kathmandu to hear first hand accounts from Tibetans escaping into Nepal each year by risking their lives on the treacherous journey crossing over the Himalayas. Traversing through differing locations and times, the film becomes a visual chronicle of stories and events undertaken by one observer and camera. The narration reflects back upon the histories witnessed leading up to the demonstration in March 2008 and beyond to the perpetual past and future histories of the Tibetans. [...]

Photophormations is a small non profit organisations: an investigative team who work in unstable environments around the world producing documentary, journalism, photojournalism and promotional media for individual groups, NGO and organisations."

Supplied note:
"Hello Photophormations has just finished our documentary on The Tibetan situation which has been made over the last 3 years. To watch film go to link: [at the URL below]. We worked with the Tibetan Government and many organisation's like the TYC and TWA in Dharamsala. We would like to offer the film for your use in any way you wish to help promote the Tibetan situation during this time of the Chinese Olympics to help show what is happening in Tibet now. The film has been on-line [at http://www.munen-mushin.com/tibetfilm.html - ed.] for the last 3 days [i.e. since 15 Aug 2008 - ed.], and caused a massive reaction world wide [...]. If you would like a copy [on DVD - ed.] please fill out the attached form [Not attached to this abstract. However, it can be obtained from (k69hagakure--at--yahoo.co.uk) - ed.] and we can get you a copy. We have screenings on 17 differing [sic] television channels so far around the world from Japan to Canada. [...] - ks."

URL http://www.munen-mushin.com/film%20tibet.html

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

Link reported by: Karin Stowe (k69hagakure--at--yahoo.co.uk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS)

2008-08-10T10:18:00.000+10:00

http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/

10 Aug 2008

Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, US.

Self-description:
"[...] (ANHS), formerly the Nepal Studies Association (NSA) joins people with wide-ranging interests in the Himalayan region, adjacent highland areas and the Tarai. Our goal is to raise the profile of the world's highest region, increasing awareness of the unequaled diversity of human and natural worlds within the Himalaya-Hindukush. ANHS members include scholars from various academic disciplines, students, resource and development professionals, and a variety of other Himalayan residents and enthusiasts."

Site contents:
* Membership; * Himalaya e-journal [formerly known as The Himalayan Research Bulletin--HRB] (Subscribe, Archives [Vol XXIV No 1 & 2, Vol XXIII No 1, Vol XXIII No 2, Vol XXI No 2, Vol XXI No 1, Vol XX No 1 & 2, Vol XIX No 1, Vol XVIII No 2], Future Issues, Projects, Links, About Us, Contact Us, Bazaar); * Journals [a link to e-journals catalogued by www.digitalhimalaya.com - ed.] * Resources (Resources for Teaching and Research, The Ethnology of Nepal, South Asia Area Centers and Programs in the United States, South Asia Area Centers and Programs Elsewhere).

[Since Feb 15, 2005 the ANHS also manages a "Himal-Research" e-group [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Himal-research/], a listserv with over 180 subscribers. - ed.]

URL http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 100

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Routing the Commodities of Empire through Sikkim (1817-1906)

2008-08-06T09:15:00.002+10:00

Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:40:28 +0200
From: Jonathan Curry-Machado (j.currymachado--at--londonmet.ac.uk)
To: [...]
Subject: New Commodities of Empire working paper

Dear all,

The Commodities of Empire project is pleased to announce the publication of the latest addition to the Commodities of Empire Working Papers series:

No.9, Vibha Arora, 'Routing the Commodities of Empire through Sikkim (1817-1906)'

This can be downloaded from the Commodities of Empire website, at http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/ferguson-centre/commodities-of-empire/working-papers/abstract-vibha-arora-aug08.htm

Best regards,

Jonathan

Jonathan Curry-Machado
Coordinator
Commodities of Empire Project

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Institute Kern Library is in danger of losing its independent location and its unique facilities

2008-08-05T16:03:00.008+10:00

VERENIGING VAN VRIENDEN VAN HET INSTITUUT KERN

Instituut Kern, Postbus 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Accountnr: ABN/AMRO 45.17.84.308, Vereniging Instituut Kern, Houten.
Secretariat: Alied de Cock/Victor van Bijlert, e-mail: alied@vanede.nl.

This is an urgent appeal for your help

Leiden, July 23, 2008

To colleagues, library visitors and friends of the Kern Institute,

The Leiden University’s Faculty of Arts is presently carrying out a major reorganization
of its Department of Asian Studies. The plan proposes a system in which the various
schools (e.g. South Asia or Tibet) will be replaced by an Institute of Area Studies. In the new
concept India will be included as a regional area, but Indology and Tibetology will no
longer exist as an independent school for education and research.

As a result of this new concept the Institute Kern Library is in danger of losing its
independent location and its unique facilities. Many of you have made use of the
open-stacks while visiting the library. Since its foundation in 1925 this form of storage
has offered optimum accessibility to the almost unparalleled collection of books,
monographs and journals on ‘every’ aspect of South Asia. The Kern Institute also contains
important Tibetan block prints and Indian palm leaf manuscripts and rich collections of
archaeological and art historical photographs, slides, microfilms and microfiches.

These sources have always been available for integrated research to students and
scholars from all parts of the world. If the collection is placed under the jurisdiction
of the University Library, it will be stored in special vaults. Access will only be available
via application through a digital catalogue. This will make effective browsing practically
impossible and does exclude direct access to our wonderful special collections of
manuscripts, photographs, slides.

The association ‘Friends of the Kern Institute’ evolved from the original Kern Institute
founded by Prof. J.Ph. Vogel in 1925. The association has requested the University to
safeguard the uniqueness of the Kern Institute Library and its open-stacks policy, but so far
without lasting positive results.

We now turn to you for your support and urge you to send a letter, preferably before
August 15th, 2008 via the Kern Institute Library. Either by post to Dept. of India and
Tibet, POB 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. Or by e-mail, please on paper of
your organization and signed, to
D.Heilijgers@let.leidenuniv.nl.
The letter itself is to be addressed to: The Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Leiden University,
Prof. W. van den Doel, POB 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.

In your letter please emphasize the importance of the Kern Institute Library as an
unique deposit of scholarship in the multidiscipline of Indology. Throughout the years
easy access and a helpful staff have served a multitude of international scholars. Help us
to keep this service available and this centre visible!

Thank you in advance for your support,

[signature]

Ellen M. Raven
Chairman, Friends of the Kern Institute

Kern Institute

"The Kern Institute [http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl] is the national centre of expertise for South Asia and the Himalayan region, more specifically India and Pakistan, Tibet and Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The institute houses the Department of Indian & Tibetan Studies of Leiden University, as well as an excellent library."

Himalaya Atlas of Aerial Panoramas

2008-08-04T12:43:00.000+10:00

http://130.166.124.2/himalaya_atlas1/index.html
01 Aug 2008

California Geographical Survey, Department of Geography, California State University Northridge, CA, US
Supplied note:
"I am pleased to announce the preliminary release of the Himalaya Atlas of Aerial Panoramas, the latest in a series of collections of photorealistic aerial views created [by Dr. William A. Bowen, professor emeritus of the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge - ed.] for Web distribution. The atlas contains over 700 computer generated panoramas that portray every square foot of the vast range between Arunachal Pradesh on the east and Uttar Pradesh on the west, including all of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and portions of Tibet and the lowlands of India. Seeing the Earth from a high place allows us to grasp quickly the essential geography of vast regions that eludes those who are earth bound. Most of these panoramas were created between virtual elevation of 50 to 200 kilometers above sea level with a virtual 35 mm camera equipped with a 22 mm lens. Normally the vistas encompass much more than a thousand square miles (259,000 hectares) of the earth's surface. Images are 2100 x 900 pixels and are best viewed on a reasonably large monitor. [...] As always, please contact me with suggestions and any errors you may discover. Regards, Bill."

Site contents:
* Atlas Introduction; * Reference Maps; * High Peaks of the Himalaya; * 200 km looking North; * 200 km looking South; * Tibet Border South; * Tibet Border North; * 100 km looking North; * Himalaya Crest looking West; * Himalaya Crest looking East; * Himalaya South Slopes W; * Himalaya South Slopes E; * 35 km looking North; * 35 km looking North 2; * Technical Data.

URL http://130.166.124.2/himalaya_atlas1/index.html

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

Link reported by: William Bowen (william.bowen--at--csun.edu)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30

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TIBETBLOGS.COM - Feeds

2008-06-16T11:23:00.000+10:00

http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/
16 Jun 2008

Domains by Proxy, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, US

Self-description: "Tibet Blogs displays blog updates from tibetan bloggers and serves as an online directory for tibet related weblogs. If you run a blog site, feel free to Add Your Blog to our directory."

Site contents:
* Recently Updated Blogs [Jun 14/15th 2008] (Jun 15 - False Flag Fenqing: Menace or Myth? - Angry Chinese Blogger, Jun 15 - Do they protest too much? - RFA Unplugged, Jun 15 - Video: Man Claims to Be Spy during Flushing March - Boycott 2008 Games, Jun 15 - Religion - Refuge of the Weak and Powerless? - Thoughts From The Hat, Jun 15 - Biography of Marcher: Shingza Rinpoche - Tibet Will Be Free, Jun 15 - Biography of Marcher: Shingza Rinpoche - Tibetan Uprising, Jun 14 - Recycle To Raise Awareness on World Refugee Day - Precious Metal, Jun 14 - China human rights website founder kidnapped by police in earthquake capital city - China View, Jun 14 - [blank headline] - Grupo de Apoio ao Tibete, Jun 14 - Best Online Dharma Videos - Lotsawa House, Jun 14 - Gordon Brown must meet the Dalai Lama at Downing Street - SFT UK - From London to Lhasa, Jun 14 - Small Protests Met With Big Force - Agam's Gecko, Jun 14 - Lufer fr Team Tibet gesucht! - Tibet News in German);

* Current Headlines [Jun14-15th 2008, News powered by Phayul.com]
(China clampdown for Olympic torch in Xinjiang: residents, exiles; Nepal police break up Tibet protests, 182 held; Evans gears up for a free Tibet tour; Tibetan exiles protest outside UN office in Kathmandu);

* Blog Directory
(Human Rights Watch; Tibetan Studies Resources; Tibet Sites Blog; Boycott 2008; The Soul of Tibet; Tibet Toons; Life on The Tibetan Plateau; Sft Canada; Mark Winwood; Tibetan Bridges; The Secret Tibet; Tibetan Altar; Tibet Mirrow; SFT France; Voice of Ambition; Tibetan Technology; SFT Madison; Global-drokpa; Tibeto-logic; Tibet Will Be Free; Travels in Tibet; Jigtenmig; Tibet Talk; Yingsel2008; Dalai Lama Blog; Tashiling Potala Fc; Good Speaks in a Whisper; Early Tibet; Nyamrup; Buddhist Studies Weblog; Beijing Wide Open; The Tibet Connection; China Spy; Tibetan Vanguard; Lotsawa House; Jonangpa; Tibetspace; Echoes in Exile; Voice For Tibet; SFT , Delhi; Yale Free Tibet Society; Die 4 Tibet; RFAUnplugged; China View; The Interdependent; Precious Metal; Free Tibet; Windhorse Blog; Tshering's Blog; Friends of Tibet; Global Voices; Agam's Gecko; Free Tibet Campaign; Tibetan Uprising; Campaign Tibet; Tricycle Editor's Blog; Essential Spirit; Paradise Now; Boycott 2008 Games; Boycott Beijing 08; Angry Chinese Blogger; SFT UK - From London To Lhasa; Crafted Resistance; B B Chi; Tibet Information Office - Australia; Meyul: in Exile; Human Rights Torch Relay; Kadfly; Chinese Occupation of Tibet; Jamyang Norbu; Tibet News in German; Thoughts From The Hat; Kuala Lumpur For a Free Tibet; Yak Butter Tea; American Buddhist Net; Tsering Woeser's Blog; Aqua's Dreamscapes; Tibettruth's Podcast; Bob Thurman Podcast; Grupo De Apoio Ao Tibete; Molaganji);

* Forums; * Events; * About Tibet (Marginalisation and exclusion, Religion and culture, Political repression, Environment); * Shop.

URL http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/

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

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

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Plateau [Tibetan, Naxi and Pumi] Music Project

2008-06-13T15:13:00.000+10:00

http://www.plateaumusicproject.org

13 Jun 2008

Plateau [Tibetan, Naxi and Pumi] Music Project

Gerald Roche, Nationalities Department, Qinghai Education College, Xining, Qinghai, PRC

Self-description:
"The Tibetan Endangered Music Project was founded in order to preserve endangered songs on the Tibetan Plateau. Most of this music will disappear in the next decade. Our members, all local volunteers from the English Training Program at Qinghai Normal University, Qinghai Province, PR China, have since 2005 recorded more than five hundred Tibetan traditional songs. Beginning in late 2007, our project expanded to record endangered songs of other ethnic minority groups such as the Naxi and Pumi ethnicities in China's Yunnan Province. To reflect this new diversity, we have changed our name to the Plateau Music Project."

Supplied note:
"We are pleased to announce that the Plateau Music Project has two more posts on our website. One post contains a paper in English and Chinese, introducing the history, methods and achievements of the project. The other post contains three songs recorded by one of our members from Mianning County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Suchuan Province, PR China. - tm."

Site contents [in Jun 2008]:
* Songs recorded by Luodu Aga; * The Plateau Music Project: Grass-roots Cultural Preservation on the Tibetan Plateau [a paper by Tsering Bum and Gerald Roche]; * Welcome to the Plateau Music Project;

[A tri-lingual (EN, CN, TIB) site - ed.]

URL http://www.plateaumusicproject.org/

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

Link reported by: Tibetan Music (tibetanmusic--at--gmail.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300
=====
http://www.plateaumusicproject.org
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:16:57 +0800
From: "Tibetan Music" (tibetanmusic--at--gmail.com)
Subject: Plateau Music Project
Dear friends,

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Plateau Music Project website. We will be updating our webpage regularly, featuring text, audio, and video about our work. All entries are in English, Tibetan and Chinese.

We welcome comments and suggestions from you to make our better.

To see the website, please follow the link below:
www.plateaumusicproject.org

To donate to our project, please follow the link below:
http://www.givemeaning.com/project/plateaumusic

Sincerely

Tsering Bum
Project Officer
Plateau Music Project

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"Life and Marriage in Skya rgya, a Tibetan Village," 2008.

2008-06-11T09:45:00.001+10:00

Volume one of a new series of six volumes of Tibetan ethnography is just published.

"Life and Marriage in Skya rgya, a Tibetan Village" [2008, by Blo brtan rdo rje with Charles Kevin Stuart, New York: YBK Publishers, Inc.] is ethnographic research presented in autobiographical format by Blo brtan rdo rje. His candid rendering of the details of his family life and his experiences conducting field research is a compulsively readable account of life in a rural Tibetan culture that is vanishing. This snapshot of the last days of Tibetan village life before its integration into a commercial economy and the national educational system are invaluable.

The careful attention to the entire social course of courtship and marriage, and the recording of attending songs and speeches, makes this book of enduring value for students of Tibetan culture, ethnomusicology, and kinship.

By offering the unfiltered and largely uninterpreted voices of four village residents speaking on the deeply entangled and embodied meanings of marriage, this book also presents a polyphonic view on the reproduction of social life.

To view the table of contents and to read excerpts from the book please go to http://www.qurl.com/2thwp where you can also purchase the book for shipment anywhere in the world.

If you want to be sure to be notified when the remaining five volumes in the series are published, please go to

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Enter your name and email address (other information is optional) and we will notify you as they are published.

Thank you.

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Seeing Tibetan Art Through Social Tags

2008-06-04T12:26:00.000+10:00

http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/papers/mannion/mannion.html
04 Jun 2008

Archives & Museum Informatics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Self-description:
"Mannion, S., Seeing Tibetan Art Through Social Tags, in J. Trant and D. Bearman (eds.). Museums and the Web 2008: Proceedings, Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. Published March 31, 2008.
Abstract: Most current efforts in social tagging by museums focus on how to improve public access to on-line collections. Indeed, tags do supplement existing documentation by providing an alternative vocabulary to describe works of art. But what can tags tell us about how images are perceived? Are the same images perceived differently by viewers from diverse cultures? Taking its cue from the Steve Project's (http://steve.museum) research agenda, an ongoing study funded by the Rubin Museum of Art explores what tags reveal about the ways native communities respond to their own cultural iconography. Begun in March 2007, the study is collecting tags on Tibetan artworks from Tibetans and Westerners in Switzerland and New York on a customized steve installation (http://www.seeingtibetanart.org).
Preliminary findings based on the Swiss data reveal: 1) different tagging and viewing patterns among Tibetans and Westerners; 2) complex and often awkward feelings young Tibetans experience when viewing traditional artworks; 3) clearly discernible levels of cultural pervasiveness of traditional images; and 4) shared misunderstandings about specific types of images. [...] Keywords: social tagging, tags, native communities, diaspora, Tibetan Buddhist art, perception, mixed methods."

Site contents:
* Abstract; * Museums and the Tibetan Community: A Reciprocal Relationship; * Seeing Tibetan Art Through Social Tags; * Mixed Methods Research Design; * Selected Artworks; * The Tagging Platform; * Data Collection in Native Communities; * Demographic Profile of Participants; * Preliminary Findings; * Tagging and Viewing Patterns; * Tagger Agreement; * Cultural Pervasiveness of Traditional Images; * Implications and Conclusions; * Acknowledgements; * References.
[In 2007 Shelley Mannion was a graduate student, TEC-CH program, University of Lugano, Switzerland. Steve Project, founded in 2005, is "a collaboration of museum professionals and others who believe that social tagging may provide profound new ways to describe and access museum collections and encourage visitor enagement with museum objects." - ed.].

URL http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/papers/mannion/mannion.html

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site will be archived in the next few months].

Link reported by: Shelley Mannion (shelley.mannion--at--gmail.com)

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China['s] Kham & Khampa Tibetan [People]

2008-05-20T15:30:00.000+10:00

http://www.camptour.com/khampa/index.htm
20 May 2008

Sichuan China Int'l Travel Service, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Self-description:
"www.Camptour.com offer travel & tour information and consultant service in China Tibet, special for Tibetan culture and monastery in Kham (Khampa, Kangba) area such as Changdom in Tibet, Yunshu in Qinghai, Dechen in Yunnan, Ganzi in Sichuan."

Site contents:
* Khampa & Amdo Tibetan Monastery Gonpa List [a list of approx. 50 monasteries, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Kham & Amdo Town and City List [a list of approx. 120 villages, towns, or areas, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Sightseeing Scenery & Attraction[s] in Khampa and Amdo [a list of approx. 60 natural and man-made features, with the following details: Chinese Name, Other Name, Location - ed.];
* Festival List for Tibetan area [a list of approx. 100 colourful folk events in 2004 and 2005, with the following details: County & Location, Festival, Date, Duration (days) - ed.];

URL http://www.camptour.com/khampa/index.htm

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.camptour.com/khampa/index.htm

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

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Study
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Business
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Interesting
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Chronology of Sino-Tibetan [Diplomatic] Contact

2008-05-04T12:44:00.000+10:00

http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/240/sino-tibetan-contacts-to-resume/

04 May 2008

Chennai Centre For China Studies (C3S), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Self-description:
"[...] His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China on May 3, 2008 for informal talks with representatives of the Chinese leadership. During this brief visit, the envoys will take up the urgent issue of the current crisis in the Tibetan areas. [...] 2. Annexed for background information is a chronology of the past history of contacts between the representatives of His Holiness and the Chinese authorities. This has been prepared and updated periodically by the Dharamsala office of His Holiness."

[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]

Site contents:
* Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Hopes and Suspicions (1978-1987); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: A Row over the Internationalisation of the Tibet Issue (1987-1990); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Stalemate in Dialogue (1990-1993); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Confrontation (1994-2001); * Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: Renewed Contacts (2002- ).

URL http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/240/sino-tibetan-contacts-to-resume/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.c3sindia.org - ed.

Link reported by: B. Raman (ram1994--at--vsnl.net)

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Study
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Asian Classics Input Project (ACIP) Release 6

2008-04-28T15:08:00.000+10:00

http://asianclassics.org/research_site/index.html

17 Apr 2008

ACIP (www.asianclassics.org), New York, NY, US

Self-description: "This is our first major text release in five years. During this time, we have concentrated largely on accumulating new materials, much of which is slated to be released in the near future. The new material on this release includes more than 100,000 catalog entries of works held at the libraries in St. Petersburg; 35,000 catalog entries of works held in libraries in Mongolia; as well as some of the newly qualified and catalogued Tengyur works, listed by volume. Finally for the first time, this release includes English translations of some of the texts, for the benefit of our supporters who don't yet understand the Tibetan language. In future releases, we hope to expand this effort to include all of the languages into which our staff has translated this material."

Site contents:
* User Manual [a PDF file 6.8 MB]
* Search Programs;
* Using Tibetan Fonts;
* ACIP Master Catalog;
* Texts in Romanized Tibetan: (Texts by Subject, Kangyur by Title, Tengyur by Title or Volume, Sungbum by Author);
* Texts in Tibetan Script: (Kangyur by Title, Tengyur by Title or Volume, Sungbum by Author or Title, Reference Texts);
* English Educational Courses;
* Selected Texts from the ACIP Collection, in English
(# Analysis of the Art of Interpretation by Kedrup Tenpa Dargye (1493-1568), # The Garland of White Lotuses, the Essence of Eloquence, being an Overview of Dependent Origination by Kedrup Tenpa Dargye (1493-1568), # The Lamp for Those of Clear Minds, being an Overview of the Great Classical Commentary known as Entering the Middle Way, and an Illumination of the True Thought of The Illumination of the True Thought by Kedrup Tenpa Dargye (1493-1568), # The Jewel of the True Thought, a Commentary on Valid Perception by Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk, # Sunlight on the Path to Freedom by Choney Lama Drakpa Shedrup (1675-1748), # The Key to a Zillion Places, the Open Jaws of the Five-Faced Lion who Destroys the Elephant of Mistaken Opponents, a Guide through the Gate to Every Knowable Thing, The Logic Primer of Rato by Master Chok-hla U-ser (c. 1500), # The Key that Opens the Door to the Excellent Path, being Notes of an Explanation Granted when the Holder of the Diamond, the Good and Glorious Pabongka, Granted Profound Teachings upon The Three Principal Paths by Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941), # Part Three of The Lovely Jewel for the Mountain Peak of the Teachings of the Able One, being a Survey of the Schools of Philosophy by Master Changkya Rolpay Dorje, # Brief Notes Taken on the Occasion of Profound Teachings upon The Source of All My Good by Pabongka Rinpoche (1878-1941), # An Explanation of the Steps to the Path for Entering into the Precious Teachings of Those Who Have Gone to Bliss by Kadampa Geshe Drolungpa (c. 1100 AD), # Instructions on Developing the Good Heart, in Eight Verses by Dorje Senge of Langri Tang (1054-1123) [...]);
* Coming Attractions; * ACIP Directors and Advisers.

URL http://asianclassics.org/research_site/index.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://asianclassics.org/research_site/index.html

Link reported by: Kramer Benjamin (benjaminennokramer--at--yahoo.com)

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Documents/Study
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NGO
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Beijing-Vetted Tibetan Monks Turn Against Beijing

2008-04-07T11:46:00.000+10:00

http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/228/beijing-vetted-tibetan-monks-turn-against-beijing/
07 Apr 2008

Chennai Centre For China Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Extract:
"Beijing-Vetted Tibetan Monks Turn Against Beijing, B.Raman, C3SPaper No.142 dated April 7, 2008. After a relative lull of about nine days from March 19 to 27, 2008, there has again been unrest in Tibet and the adjoining Tibetan-inhabited areas of Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai in the form of public demonstrations by the Tibetans and clashes with the security forces when they tried to disperse them. 2. Since March 27, 2008, the anti-Beijing and pro-Dalai Lama incidents have been more frequent and widespread in Sichuan and Gansu than in Tibet. [...] It is the younger monks ordained under the strict supervision of the Communist Party and the Public Security Bureaux after 1979, who have been in the forefront of the demonstrations and violent incidents. They have been effectively networking with the local members of the TYC [the Tibetan Youth Congress - ed.], which has reportedly set up many sleeper cells. 12. The Chinese authorities have been adamant that they would take the Olympic Torch to Tibet whatever be the consequences. They intend taking the torch twice. On the first occasion in the last week of April and the first week of May, it will be taken to the top of the Everest. It will then be taken to other Chinese provinces. It will be brought back to Tibet between June 19 and 21, 2008, and taken across Lhasa and some other towns. A further escalation of violence can be expected during these two periods." - b.raman
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]

URL http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/228/beijing-vetted-tibetan-monks-turn-against-beijing/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/* /www.c3sindia.org - ed.

Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)

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China Mobilises Han Diaspora To Counter Tibetan Diaspora

2008-03-31T11:39:00.001+11:00

http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/224/china-mobilises-han-diaspora-to-counter-tibetan-diaspora/

B.Raman, The Chennai Centre For China Studies, c3spaper No.138 dated March 31, 2008

The Chinese Ministry of Public Security, which is responsible for internal intelligence and security and oversees the administration of Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, is reported to have issued instructions to the Chinese Embassies in countries having a large number of Tibetan refugees to mobilise the local Han residents to counter the anti-Beijing propaganda and activities of the Tibetan refugees and to prevent any attempt by the refugees to disrupt the passage of the Olympic torch through different countries.They have been advised to counter them through the Internet as well as on the ground. [...]

7.The Chinese Foreign Office is also reported to be unhappy with the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi for failing to closely monitor the activities of the Dalai Lama’s set-up and the TYC and forewarn the Government in Beijing of their plans to create incidents before the passage of the Olympic flame through Tibet. The purge may eventually affect the staff of the Embassy too.

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Tibet in Crisis: The Latest Analyses from SAAG, India

2008-03-25T11:32:00.001+11:00

http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/
25 Mar 2008

South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, India

* 24 Mar 2008 - Tibet: Lhasa Uprising: China's Actions Crossing Its Boundaries - by Bhaskar Roy
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2642.html
* 24 Mar 2008 - China: Lessons From Tibet - by B. Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2641.html
* 22 Mar 2008 - Radicalisation of Tibetan Youth - by B. Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2639.html
* 21 Mar 2008 - Tibetan Agitation: Some Larger Issues - by Col R Hariharan (retd.)
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2638.html
* 21 Mar 2008 - Reactions In Greater Tibet - by B. Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2637.html
* 20 Mar 2008 - Tibetan Youth: "We Want Support & Understanding, Not Pity" - by B. Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2634.html
* 20 Mar 2008 - Tibet Unrest: Counter-measures by Chinese in Lhasa - by D. S Rajan
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2635.html
* 19 Mar 2008 - US Steps up Broadcasts & Telecasts to Tibet - by B. Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2633.html
* 18 Mar 2008 - Chinese Mount Damage Control Exercise - by B. Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2631.html
* 18 Mar 2008 - Chinese Begin Arrests In Lhasa - by B. Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2630.html
* 17 Mar 2008 - Suppression in Tibet, Increased Vigil in Sichuan & Xinjiang - by B. Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2628.html

URL http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the papers were not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time they will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.southasiaanalysis.org - ed.

Link reported by: B. Raman (ram1994--at--vsnl.net)

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News: [March 2008] Unrest in Tibet

2008-03-21T14:41:00.001+11:00

hhttp://www.cbs.columbia.edu/

21 Mar 2007

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

Self-description:
"News: Unrest in Tibet. Here are just a few links to some of the news concerning recent unrest in Tibet. Please feel free to add more links and information via the comments feature below." Supplied note: "Dear Buddhist Studies Enthusiast, I've collated some of the recent news concerning unrest in Tibet and posted it to the Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog. Please feel free to add whatever other news sources and information we've neglected to include. Best wishes, Christopher Kelley."

Site contents:
# The Charlie Rose Show: "A discussion about unrest in Tibet with Pico Iyer, Tashi Rabgey, Orville Schell and Robert Thurman."
# Democracy Now - March 20, 2008 [China Continues Crack Down on Tibet Protests];
# Petition calling on the Chinese government to respect human rights in Tibet;
# [News from The New York Times (Chronological order)] * "During Visit, Pelosi Offers Support to Dalai Lama", * "For Some Young Tibetan Exiles, Dalai Lama's 'Middle Way' Is a Road to Failure", * "China Admits to Wounding 4 Tibetan Demonstrators", * "China Tensions Could Sway Vote in Taiwan", * "In Tibetan Areas, Parallel Worlds Now Collide", * "China Won't Alter Path", * "China Steps Up Its Accusations Against the Dalai Lama", * "Dalai Lama Threatens to Resign", * "In India, Balancing Refugee Care and Relations With China", * "Beijing Says It Is Showing Restraint in Tibet, Even as Outcry Grows", * "Tibetans in India Enraged by Details of Crackdown", * "Chinese Policies Led Slowly to Backlash in Tibet", * "China Terrorizes Tibet", * "Curbs on Protest in Tibet Lashed by Dalai Lama", * "China Blocks YouTube After Videos of Tibet Protests Are Posted", * "Dalai Lama Won't Stop Tibet Protests", * "Tibetans Clash With Chinese Police in Second City", * "Chinese Forces Say They've Secured Tibet's Capital", * "Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police", * "Nepal Puts Everest Off Limits During China's Olympic Torch Relay in May", * "Monk Protests in Tibet Draw Chinese Security";
# Recent Comments.

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

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [The 'Unrest in Tibet' section of the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Christopher Kelley (cdk2001--at--columbia.edu), forwarded by buddhist-seminar--at--columbia.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
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Protests or related events in Tibet during March 2008 [Online Database]

2008-03-21T14:39:00.001+11:00

http://www.tibetinfonet.net/newsticker/entries
21 Mar 2007

TibetInfoNet, Germany

Self-description:
"Currently known protests or related events in Tibet during March 2008. (Work in progress - this table is regularly updated). Incidents in red are those TibetInfoNet could confirm through its own research and analysis. [...] TibetInfoNet is an independent information service that provides news and analysis of the current political, economic, social, environmental and human rights situation in Tibet."

Supplied note:
"TibetInfoNet launches online database about current events in Tibet. The unprecedented flood of information coming out of Tibet about the current events makes it difficult to follow precisely what is happening and thus build an informed opinion. Reporting on the basis of snippets of information is also difficult and not always meaningful. In order to communicate as much of the available information to interested subscribers, TibetInfoNet has made available parts of its research database online. You can find it on our website under [the URL listed below] The information provided here is constantly updated as new research details emerge. [Coverage on 25 Mar 2008: 09 Mar 2008 - 22 Mar 2008 - ed.] [...] You are welcome to send our team your suggestions on the database, or information which you may not find therein. Please contact us under tin--at--TibetInfoNet.net."

Site contents:
* Chronological list of incidents (location [township, county], date, details of the incident, source of the information); * Sort by (location, date); * Select Province (All provinces, Gansu Province, Outside Tibetan Regions, Qinghai Province, Sichuan Province, Tibet Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province); RSS Newsfeed

URL http://www.tibetinfonet.net/newsticker/entries

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

Link reported by: TibetInfoNet (tin--at--tibetinfonet.net)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
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NGO
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Useful
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[Tibetan 2008 Protests] - What witnesses are saying

2008-03-18T14:31:00.001+11:00

hhttp://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2008/03/15/tibet_interviews/
18 Mar 2008

Radio Free Asia (RFA), Washington, D.C., US

Self-description:
"RFA adheres to the highest standards of journalism and strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. In addition to its news programming and commentaries, RFA broadcasts works of literature and nonfiction that have been banned in RFA's target countries."

Extract:
"Following are interviews with Tibetan and Chinese sources on Monday, March 17 [2008]:
"Today is better, so I can go out. Many people have come out to buy food, too. But there are many armed police standing guard on the street and checking the identification of some passers-by. There are many police on the street. The local government hasn't asked us foreigners to leave Lhasa, but if you want to go, the Foreign Office will help you." -- Hong Kong businesswoman in Lhasa
"There are about 2,000 students in the Tibetan studies department of the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing -- about 40 of them staged a silent protest to mourn the people killed or injured in other parts of Tibet. The police came in, and they are being held now in their classrooms." -- Protest participant, Tibetan, in Beijing
"The Lhasa People's Hospital has been damaged. The local Tibetans suspect it was damaged by the Chinese so that injured Tibetans couldn't receive treatment. Tibetans who are taken to Lhasa hospitals are now being turned away." -- Tibetan source who declined to be identified. [...]"

Site contents:
* What witnesses are saying;
* Original reporting in Tibetan [http://www.rfa.org/tibetan/] (Tibetan service home page);
* Related news in English [http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/] (China Clamps Down on Tibetan Protests As Many Deaths, Injuries Reported, Tibetan Monks in Critical Condition After Attempted Suicide, as Protests Mount, Chinese Police Fire Tear-Gas at Protesting Tibetan Monks, China Detains Tibetan Monks Protesting on Key Anniversary, Tibetan Monks Warned To Return to Monastery, Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash at Festival, Two Monks from Panchen Lama's Monastery Commit Suicide);
* RFA Tibetan message board [http://www.rfanews.org/tibbs/] (Tibetan message board: Tibetan Forum, Arts and Culture, Tibetan Contemporary Music; Politics; Religion) [1485 posts on 18 Mar 2008]);
* Blog: RFA Unplugged [http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/category/tibetan/] (RFA Unplugged on Tibet).

URL http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2008/03/15/tibet_interviews/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - [the archiving details are currently not available - ed.]

Link reported by: Joanna Kirkpatrick (jkirk--at--spro.net), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
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Government
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V.Useful
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"Here Be Yaks: Travels in Far West Tibet."

2008-01-17T12:13:00.000+11:00

http://www.intrepidtraveler.com/herebeyaks
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:48:01 -0500
Subject: Another Online Tibet Resource
From: Kelly Monaghan kelly--at--intrepidtraveler.com
To: "Dr. Ciolek" tmciolek--at--ciolek.com

Tashi dalek!

I thought you might like to know about the series of photographs of
Tibet that we have posted to promote the U.S. edition of Manosi
Lahiri's book, "Here Be Yaks: Travels in Far West Tibet."

You will find them here:

http://www.intrepidtraveler.com/herebeyaks

For more information about Ms. Lahiri's books, please visit:

http://www.intrepidtraveler.com/media/frontlist.html#hby

Sincerely,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KELLY MONAGHAN, CTC ~ THE INTREPID TRAVELER
Tel: (203) 469-0214 ~ Fax: (203) 469-0430
P.O. Box 531 ~ Branford, CT 06405-0531 ~ USA
INTERNET ~ http://www.intrepidtraveler.com

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List of books on Tibet/Tibetan language

2008-01-08T16:08:00.000+11:00

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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:43:59 +0000
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Subject: List of books on Tibet/Tibetan language

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[092355HK] Beyer, Stephan,. The Classical Tibetan Language. ( S U N Y
Series in Buddhist Studies) Among Asian languages, Tibetan is second
only to Chinese in the depth of its historical record, with texts dating
back as far as the eighth and ninth centuries, written in an alphabetic
script that preserves the contemporaneous phonological features of the
language. The Classical Tibetan Language is the first comprehensive
description of the Tibetan language and is distinctive in that it treats
the classical Tibetan language on its own terms rather than by means of
descriptive categories appropriate to other languages, as has
traditionally been the case. Beyer presents the language as a medium of
literary expression with great range, power, subtlety, and humor, not as
an abstract object. He also deals comprehensively with a wide variety of
linguistic phenomena as they are actually encountered in the classical
texts, with numerous examples of idioms, common locutions, translation
devices, neologisms, and dialectal variations. "Beyer's work is the
first grammar of classical literary Tibetan that adopts a genuinely
fresh approach to the language, abandoning the tired (and often
inaccurate) conventions of Indo-European grammar that dominate the
available textbooks. Though some of his conclusions and assertions may
be controversial, Beyer forces us to think about the distinctive
features of Tibetan in a challenging and animated fashion. His many
examples, drawn from all branches of the literature, are superb. "The
fields of Buddhist Studies, Asian History, and Comparative Literature
have all suffered as a result of the limited access to Tibetan primary
sources. Beyer's book will significantly contribute to rectifying this
state of affairs." -Matthew Kapstein, Columbia University. Albany: SUNY
Press, 1992, xxiv,503pp., Hardback The spine of this volume is slightly
worn at top and bottom , the text is fine. £65.00

[092627HK] Das, Sarat Chandra,. An Introduction to the Grammar of the
Tibetan Language.: With the texts of Situ Sum-Tag, Dag-je sal-wai melong
and Situi Shal Lung.. Book I: Introduction to the grammar of the Tibetan
language. xxvii,62pp., followed by Specimens of Tibetan composition
which is illustrated a.o. by a Tibetan marriage deed, a road bill
etc...50pp., followed by a photograph of Sramana Ekai Kawaguchi. And his
account of the pilgrimage to the great sanctuaries of Tibet vipp., Book
II contains: Situ Panchem: The text of Situ sum-Tag, (pages 1-88) being
A commentary on Sum-Chu-pa, Tag-jug-pa and Dag-je-Salwai Melong of
Thonmi SamBhota with an Index of grammatical terms by Shramana Ekai
Kawaguchi. Book III: On spelling Dag-je Sal-wai Melong. The pages of
book II and II are numbered in Tibetan script. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidas
reprint 1996, good hardback in d/j which is torn at the top. £9.50

[092469HK] Das, Sarat Chandra,. A TIBETAN ENGLISH DICTIONARY WITH
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS. Revised & Edited under the orders of the Bengal
government by Graham Sandberg & A. William Heyde . Reprint Edition.
Motilal Banarsidas, 1902/1976, 1353pp. heavy hardback, no d/j . The
Tibetan words are given in alphabetical order, with their accepted
Sanskrit equivalents, followed by the English meaning; all the technical
terms are illustrated from extracts from Sanskrit-Buddhist and Tibetan
works. The author has included modern Tibetan words which were not given
by Koros and Jaschke. With alphabetical plan of the Tibetan language.
hardback in protecting cellophane jacket, £15.00

[092632HK] Goldstein, Melvyn C. (Editor). Tibetan-English Dictionary of
Modern Tibetan. ( Bibliotheca Himalayica series II, volume 7 )
Kathmandu, Nepal, Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1994, 1234pp., 4th edition.
approx. 40,000 entries. untitled hardback in sl. frayed d/j binding a
bit warped and wrinkled, sl. staining on inside of boards. £35.00

C.A. Bell: Grammar of colloquial Tibetan. 3rd edition. Curzon Press,
1996, [16]184[6]pp., reprint of the 1919 edition, good paperback, covers
sl. creased. £9.00

Hannah: A Grammar of the Tibetan Language : Literary and Colloquial .
With Copious Illustrations and Treating Fully of Spelling, Pronunciation
and the Construction of the Verb and Including Appendices of the Various
Forms of the Verb. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidas, reprint 1912/1996, xviii,
399pp., good hardback in d/j; £12.50

Anil gupta: Conversational English-Tibetan dictionary. Delhi, Sri
Satguru publications, 1992, 131pp., good paperback. £5.50

[092412HK-B] Goldstein, Melvyn C. With Gelek Rimpoche and Lobsang
Phuntshog. Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: a Reading Course and
Reference Grammar. Half of the words are read by implications. " This
Tibetan saying explains the main difficulty Westerners face in learning
to read Tibetan fluently. Unlike previously available materials, this
book will allow beginners to understand the logic of Tibetan grammar and
syntax through graded reading and narrative explanations. The large
glossary, which includes particles and is indexed by page, will serve as
an invaluable reference for readers of Tibetan at all levels. The
reading course includes the Tibetan alphabet and its pronunciation, as
well as a wide range of modern literary styles from literature, history,
current affairs, newspapers, and even communist political essays.
University of California Press, 1991, xx,493pp., sm4to., glossy hardback
as issued . prelims sl. spotted, o/w/ fine copy [ WB ] £22.50

[092241HK] GOLDSTEIN, MELVYN C., and NGAWANGTHONDUP NARKYID.
English-Tibetan Dictionary of Modern Tibetan.. Reprint of the 1984 Univ.
of California edition. . Dharamsala, Library of Tibetan Works &
Archives, 1986. 4to. xxvi,485 pp.hardback in d/j. Binding & edges sl.
bumped, d/j v.g. 16,000 main entries, treats 45,000 lexical items. Each
entry includes both the written Tibetan orthography and a phonemic
notation to indicate pronunciation £9.50

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Trade Routes between Bhutan and Assam

2007-09-28T14:15:00.000+10:00

* Ray, Indrajit and Ratna Sarkar. 2005. Reconstructing Nineteenth Century Trade Route between Bhutan and Assam: Evidences from British Political Missions. Journal of Bhutan Studies, (2005) Vol. 13.
http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/jbs/JBS_13_01.pdf

* Pommaret, Francoise. 2000. Ancient Trade Partners: Bhutan, Cooch Bihar and Assam (17th - 19th centuries). Journal of Bhutan Studies, (2000) Vol. 2, No. 1.
http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/jbs/JBS_02_01_02.pdf

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TibetBlogs.com - Feeds

2007-09-18T15:08:00.000+10:00

http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/
18 Sep 2006

tibetblogs.com

Self-description: "Tibet Blogs displays blog updates from tibetan bloggers and serves as an online directory for tibet-related weblogs. If you run a blog site, feel free to add your blog to our directory."

Site contents:
* Tibet News via phayul [www.phayul.com] (The Dalai Lama attends inter-faith dialogue at Lisbon Mosque (2007/9/17); Indian diplomacy after globalisation (2007/9/17); China tightens grip ahead of congress (2007/9/17; Tibetan rights trump trade with China say Canadians (2007/9/17));
* Recently Updated Blogs [published time, name, headline]
2007/9/17 14:29, Beijing Wide Open, Interview with Jamyang Norbu part 2;
2007/9/17 12:31, Pema, Dalai Lama attends inter-faith dialogue at Lisbon Mosque;
2007/9/17 12:03, Pema, Human Rights Torch Relay welcomed in Slovak Republic;
2007/9/17 9:54, SFT, Tibetan Students Used as Olympic Props;
2007/9/17 8:51, Pema, Authorities in Beijing demolish village of petitioners;
2007/9/17 8:28, Pema, Tibetan rights trump trade say Canadians;
2007/9/17 3:02, Tibetan Studies Resources, Bhutan - Institute of Traditional Medical Services (ITMS);
2007/9/17 1:30, Jigtenmig, phyir 'ong ba - Once Returner;
2007/9/16 20:48, mbymrc, Harmonic Healing Night;
2007/9/16 18:25, Attitudezen, Une des cles du bonheur;
2007/9/16 12:21, Tibet Toons, Caricature Sketch;
2007/9/16 11:17, The Secret Tibet, China Detains Tibetans in Lhasa Trader Dispute;
2007/9/16 11:00, The Secret Tibet, Dalai Lama to Meet German Chancellor Merkel in Berlin;
2007/9/16 10:51, The Secret Tibet, Put Tibet On The World Agenda;
2007/9/16 10:49, The Secret Tibet, Spiritual connection with Tibet leads author to novel;
2007/9/16 8:23, Pema, China's worsening human rights.

URL http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/

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

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* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1000 [in fact, 610 links]

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Bhutan - Institute of Traditional Medical Services (ITMS)

2007-09-16T16:57:00.000+10:00

http://www.health.gov.bt/Indigenous/07kingdom/07htm/07kingdom.htm
16 Sep 2007

Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

Supplied note:
"The initial pages of the Institute (ITMS) are at [the URL below] and include brief sections on the National Traditional Medicine Hospital (NTMH), National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), the Pharmaceutical and Research Unit (PRU), Herb, and Medicine. Location maps for the NTMH are included. Herbs (dictionary) is still 'Under Construction'. Under 'Medicines' [temporarily unavailable - ed.], there is a detailed listing (A-Z) of many compounds, with their Dzongkha names, details of dose and administration, indications (for use), ingredient listing of the compound with Latin names, comment on the 'intrinsic nature' of the compound (cool, neutral etc), and reference (usually Traditional Medicine National Formulary second edition).
The PRU pages offer a link to Menjong (Sorig) Pharma, the trading arm of the ITMS, at www.menjongpharma.com.bt where details of several products are given. - bcs."

URL http://www.health.gov.bt/Indigenous/07kingdom/07htm/07kingdom.htm

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

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* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Bhutan - National Statistical Bureau

2007-08-28T13:24:00.000+10:00

http://www.nsb.gov.bt:8080/
28 Aug 2007

National Statistical Bureau, Thimphu, Bhutan

Supplied note:
"Bhutan's National Statistical Bureau has its website at [the URL below] and offers (at present) a PDF of the Statistical Yearbook 2006 (including full tables of population breakdown from the 2005 census), a PDF (27MB!) of Result of Population and Housing census of Bhutan 2005" (now in readable/printable format), and recent Consumer price Index (CPI) reports.

It's a slow site, especially during Bhutan working hours (BST = GMT+6). Weekends may be best for relatively speedy access. - bcs."

Site contents:
* Latest Publications For 2007 (CPI Report Quater 1); * Latest Publications For 2006 (CPI Reports Quater 1-4, Statistical Year Book, National Accounts Report, Bhutan At A Glance); * Downloads (Population fact Sheet, Result of Population and Housing Census of Bhutan 2005); * Population and housing Census Gewog Maps; * Population and housing Census Dzongkhag Maps.

URL http://www.nsb.gov.bt:8080/

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

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* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Himalayan Art Resources (HAR)

2007-06-22T15:02:00.000+10:00

http://www.himalayanart.org/

22 Jun 2007

Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, NY, US.

Self-description:
"An online educational resource with over 25,000 images. The mission of the Himalayan Art Resources website (HAR) is to create a comprehensive education and research database and virtual museum of Himalayan art: First, the website exhibits images of art from museum, university and private collections throughout the world. Second, the website documents all Himalayan art objects that are known through past or present collections or publications. Third, the database identifies and catalogues all images (comprised of painting, sculpture, ritual objects, murals, etc.). When an object image is not available for lack of permission from the copyright holder, the database uses a place card image. Book cover images are used for publications and generic place cards for collections.

Submitting Images - Museums, institutions and private collectors of Himalayan art are invited, and encouraged, to submit images for cataloguing and display. To submit an image for consideration, please send a digitized image, by e-mail or CD, preferrably 1000 dpi in size. Additionally, you must submit a written statement attesting to your ownership of either the object itself or the rights to the image being submitted."

Site contents:
* About us;
* Colllections [in America, Asia, Europe] (Museums and Institutions, Photographic Archives, Private Collections, Publications);
* Index (General People Iconography (GENERAL INDEX, INDEX OF ART SUBJECTS, PEOPLE: Indian Names, Tibetan Names, ICONOGRAPHY: Bon Buddhist Female Deities Hindu);
* Search (Bhutanese Art, Bon art; Gandharan art; Nepalese art; Sculpture and Artifacts; Tibetan Buddhist Art; Search by ID number; Search by keyword);
* Introduction (INTRODUCTION: Maps of Enlightenment by James Shaheen, A Virtual Museum: Himalayan Art Resources by Barry Boyce, Virtual Treasures: The Himalayan Art Project to the rescue by Joan Duncan Oliver, Buddhist Artifacts as the Support of Spiritual Realization by Tulku Thondup, Tibetan Religious Thangkas and their Religious Significance by Tulku Thondup, Visual Dharma: The Buddhist Art of Tibet by Chogyam by Trungpa Rinpoche, ART HISTORY: The Development and Symbolism of Tibetan Buddhist Art and Iconography by Peter Della Santina, Painting Styles in the Rubin Collection: Identifications and Clarifications by David Jackson, Myth and Symbolism by Peter Della Santina, The Identification of Individual Teachers in Paintings of Sa-skya-pa Lineages by D.P. Jackson, PHOTO ALBUMS: Tibet in black and white: The images presented here reflect aspects of journeys in 1990 and 2002 by Matthew T. Kapstein, Chortens in Amdo: A Photographic Album by Rob Linrothe, The Great Applique Tangka of Drepung Monastery a photo essay by Nancy Jo Johnson, Historical Photographs of Tibet primarily made by Sonam Gyatso Thartse Khen Rinpoche (1930-1988), Recent Photos of Tibet Ancient sites in Tibet and the Himalayas by Michael Katz, Images of Kham Photos from the 1990's of the monasteries, people and landscape of Eastern Tibet by Joseph Duane, Shalu Association Photographs documenting conservation and restoration projects in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR));
* New on the site;
* Links (Geographic Region: Bhutan, Gandhara (ancient), India & South Asia, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet (China), Subject: Academic Studies, Archaeology, Architecture, Arhats, Art - Iconography, Art Exhibitions, Biography, Block Print Images, Conservation, Dance, Jataka - Previous Life Stories, Mahasiddha, Mandalas, Miscellaneous, Museums (Asia), Museums (Europe), Museums (North America), Organizations, Painting, Photo Exhibits, Sculpture, Textiles, Texts & Manuscripts);
* Collection Help;
* Paintings with Chinese descriptions;
* Glossary;
* Newsletter (March - April 2007, January - February 2007, November - December 2006, September - October 2006, Summer 2006);
* Sitemap.

URL http://www.himalayanart.org/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [Not archived. Access to the site has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt]

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* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000 [in fact, 1120]

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Bibliography of Tibet / Bibliographie du Tibet

2007-06-19T12:33:00.000+10:00

http://www.bibliographietibet.org
19 Jun 2007

www.bibliographietibet.org, Les Eyzies de Tayac, France

Self-description:
"This 'Bibliography of Tibet / Bibliographie du Tibet' lists the existing publications in western and eastern languages (Chinese and Japanese publications only) : books, thesis, book sections and articles published from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. This electronic bibliography is part of the karma dgon tibetan bibliography database project which was started in the early 1980s, and up to now approximately 36,000 entries have been collected. For the moment, topics included on line are indo-tibetan buddhism, tibetan arts and history. Updates are regularly done."

Site contents:
* Introduction; * Recherche - Search (Global, Autor, Title); * Contact; * Liens - Links; * Documents PDF (Pawo Rinpoche 02 collected works index, Situ Rinpoche 08 collected works index).

URL http://www.bibliographietibet.org

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bibliographietibet.org

Link reported by: Erwan Temple (erwan.temple--at--wanadoo.fr)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
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- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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RangjungYesheWiki: Tibetan-English Dictionary, Dharma Glossaries, and Resources

2007-06-18T13:32:00.000+10:00

http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page
18 Jun 2007

Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications, Kathmandu, Nepal and Trace Foundation, New York, NY, US

Self-description:
"The Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture from Rangjung Yeshe Version 4 [aka The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dharma Dictionary - ed.] presents Dharma terminology as a free lotsawa-tool for translations of Buddhist literature especially Mahamudra and Dzogchen. It aims to assist translators of Dharma scriptures of the three vehicles - Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana. Containing essential vocabulary for meditation texts, this Tibetan-English dictionary is a compilation from numerous translators and translation-groups in the tradition of Shakyamuni and Padmasambhava. Background history: Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications, located in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal is an ongoing project involved in compiling Buddhist terminology and translation terms to bridge the Tibetan and English languages, this Buddhist dictionary helps translation of Dharma terminology. Begun in 1979, it has slowly grown to a collection of more than 276,000 entries. Comparatively, the original Tibetan-English Dictionary of Sarat Chandra Das had approximately 27,000 entries. The current version includes the dictionary of James Valby and Ives Waldo, and the vocabulary of Richard Barron."

Site contents:
* Buddhist Masters, Lineages & Teachings; * Present day Tibetan Buddhist Teachers; * The Rangjung Yeshe Gilded Palace of Dharmic Activity; * Literature - Data on important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and collections; * Translators & Translations - Present day lotsawas, translation groups and their work; * Resources for the study and translation of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Literature; * Study Programs related to Buddhist study and practice; * Categories on this website.

[The site in 1998 has operated on http://www.nitartha.org/Technology/Dictionary/dictionary.html address (now defunct). It's alternative current address is http://www.dharmadictionary.net - ed.]

URL http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page

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

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes (CEH)

2007-06-16T14:54:00.000+10:00

http://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/ceh/index.htm
16 Jun 2007

CEH, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Villejuif, France

Self-description:
"The Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes (CEH) [Centre of Himalayan Studies] is a library and documentation centre of the CNRS covering the entire Himalayan region (Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim and northeast India). It is primarily intended for the use of researchers and students in the humanities and social sciences (anthropology, religion, geography, history, economics, politics, linguistics, the arts, etc.). The Centre's holdings include 15,000 books, dissertations, theses and reports; more than 1,000 maps and 600 periodical titles. All documents are catalogued and indexed; articles in periodicals and chapters in collective works are selectively indexed. The library is in the process of computerization; more than 40,000 bibliographic records may currently be consulted. The CEH is part of the new Andre-Georges Haudricourt documentation centre. It brings together the holdings of several CNRS units : LACITO - Langues et Civilisations a tradition orale; LLACAN - Langues et Cultures d'Afrique noire; EREA - Ethnologie amerindienne; LASEMA - Asie du sud-est et monde austronesien; CELIA - Linguistique amerindienne; LEAPLE - Acquisition et pathologie du langage chez l'enfant; OSTERLITS : Oral/Oural : Systemes en transit et recherches linguistiques sur la traduction du sens; LMS : Langues - Musiques - Societes."

Site contents:
* Publications (TOCs of the last four issues of periodicals on the Himalayas received by the Centre: Ancient Nepal; Contributions to Nepalese Studies; European Bulletin of Himalayan Research; Himalayan Research Bulletin; Kailash; Mountain Research & Development; Studies in Nepali History and Society; The Tibet Journal. Online catalogues: catalogue of the Centre's books; acquisitions list 58 (January-June 2003); acquisitions list 59 (July-September 2003); list of periodicals) * Related sites * Address.

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

URL http://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/ceh/index.htm

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* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Buddhist Temple 'Datsan Gunzechoinei' in St.Petersburg, Russia

2007-06-01T11:47:00.000+10:00

http://www.marhotin.ru/marhotin-datsan-eng/

01 Jun 2007

www.marhotin.ru, St.Petersburg, Russia

Supplied note:
"My name is Andrei Marhotin, I am a photographer from St.Petersburg (Russia). In 2004-2005 I did photography in the Buddhist Temple 'Datsan Gunzechoinei' in St.Petersburg, which resulted in exhibition 'The Buddha's Temple on the Neva Banks'. I am writing to inform you that exhibition on-line is on my personal website: www.marhotin.ru - am."

Self-description:
"The Buddhist Temple in St.Petersburg was constructed by Agvan Dorjiev (1853 -1938), Buryat lama one of the XIIIth Dalai Lama's teachers [...] In 1909 A.Dorjiev set up the Building Committee which members were: Academicians V.V. Radlov and S.F. Oldenburg, Prince E.E.Ukhtomsky, professors of St.Petersburg University V.L.Kotvich, A.D.Rudnev, F.I.Stcherbatskiy, artists N.K Roerich and V.P.Schneider. G.V. Baranovskii worked as an architect. His other famous works in St.Petersburg are the Eliseyev Trade House and the Geographical Society's building. [...] The first act of worship was conducted on 21 February 1913, on the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty when the Temple was still in its scaffolding. In August 1915 the Temple was consecrated to 'The Source of the Holy Teaching of the Buddha, Compassionate to All Beings'. ('Gunzechoinei' for short). In 1919 the Temple was vandalized by the Red Army. In 1927 public worship in the Temple was resumed but for a short time only. In 1935-1937 lamas were arrested and the Buddhist community ceased to exist. In 1938 the Temple buildings were municipalized and then used as youth physical training centre. In 1941-1960 the Temple housed a radio station, and some laboratories of Zoology Institute later. In 1990 the Temple [with own web site at http://www.dazan.spb.ru/ - ed.] was returned to the city's Buddhists."

Site contents: * Part I [photographs] * Part II [photographs] * About the Temple * About the [photo] exhibition * Guestbook

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

URL http://www.marhotin.ru/marhotin-datsan-eng/

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

Link reported by: Andrei Marhotin (andrei--at--marhotin.ru)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
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Innovations in Tibetan Information Technology, May 26-27, 2007, New York

2007-05-22T12:57:00.000+10:00

http://www.latse.org/calendar/index.html
22 May 2007

Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, New York, NY, US

Supplied note: "Trace Foundation's Latse Library is pleased to announce: Innovations in Tibetan Information Technology: A Workshop on Tibetan Unicode and Tibetan Language Support in Windows Vista

May 26-27, 2007 at Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, 132 Perry St., #2B, New York, NY

The Workshop on Tibetan Unicode and Tibetan Language Support in Windows Vista will explore the history of computing in Tibetan, the development of Tibetan Unicode by dedicated IT professionals, organizations, and individuals, and finally the commitment to Tibetan Unicode by Microsoft with the inclusion of Tibetan language support in the Windows Vista operating system. The two-day workshop will include demonstrations on how to implement Tibetan Unicode in a variety of applications, and how to use the Tibetan features in Vista.

General schedule and topics covered:
Saturday, May 26 Morning Session (9:15 am - 12 pm) Brief history of computing in Tibetan; Implementation of Tibetan Unicode; How Windows Vista supports Tibetan; Tibetan Unicode supported in other major operating systems (Mac and Linux); Tibetan OpenType font; Tibetan keyboards; Himalaya Unicode font.
Saturday, May 26 Afternoon Session (2 pm - 5 pm) Using Tibetan in Office 2007; Web pages, blogs, and instant messaging in Tibetan; Discussion, practice and consultation.
Sunday, May 27 Morning Session (10 am - 12:30 pm) Converting legacy Tibetan data to Unicode data; Bugs in Tibetan language features of Windows Vista and Office 2007; Developing OpenType fonts for other types of traditional Tibetan fonts; Designing your own Tibetan keyboard; Developing a Tibetan spelling and grammar checker; Tibetan web page and blog development; Tibetan capable search engine; Designing software with Tibetan interface.
Sunday, May 27 Afternoon Session (2 pm - 3:30 pm) Discussion, practice and consultation.

Schedule subject to change. Please check our website calendar for updates: [at the URL below]

The Workshop on Tibetan Unicode and Tibetan Language Support in Windows Vista will feature presenters Tashi Tsering, Christopher Walker and Yeshi Tashi. Tibetan-English / English-Tibetan translation will be provided as needed. The workshop is designed to provide practical information to a general audience, as well as more detailed discussion for professional applications. Each day will close with a Discussion, Practice and Consultation period, so please feel free to bring along your laptop and any questions.

The workshop is free and open to the public. - ec."

URL http://www.latse.org/calendar/index.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.latse.org/calendar/index.html

Link reported by: Eric Colombel (ecolombel--at--trace.org)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000
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China Historical GIS datasets [Version 4]

2007-04-27T15:52:00.000+10:00

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:31:37 -0700
Sender: H-Net list for Asian History and Culture
Subject: H-ASIA: China Historical GIS Datasets available, Harvard Univ.

H-ASIA
April 13, 2007

China Historical GIS Data sets project available, Harvard University
************************************************************************
From: H-Net Announcements :

CHGIS China Historical Geographic Information System [Version 4]
We are pleased to announce the release of the China Historical GIS -
Version 4, providing a fully documented database of historical
administrative units in China. The new datasets may be downloaded
free of charge for academic use.

Contents of the new release include:

Updated! Time Series datasets (from 222 BCE to 1911 CE) for the
region covered by modern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi,
Guangdong, and Hunan and partial coverage for Guangxi, Shandong,
Sichuan, Yunnan & Zhili

Qing Dynasty Datasets circa 1820.

Updated! Late Qing Datasets circa 1911 for the region covered by
Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan,
Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Yunnan,
Zhejiang, Zhili (Including more than 35,000 town and village points)

New! ChinaW Dataset (with more than 150 variables related to Cities,
County Seats, and Yamen) circa 1820-1893, produced by Regional
Systems Analysis Project (G. W. Skinner, Zumou Yue, Mark Henderson at
UC Davis)

New! Physiographic Macroregions of China produced by Regional Systems
Analysis Project (G. W. Skinner, Zumou Yue, Mark Henderson at UC
Davis)

Updated! CITAS 1990 data (Provinces, Prefectures, and Counties)
joined with basic census statistics.

New! USGS Geographic Names Data circa 1990 for all Provices (over
140,000 named features)

New! Digital Elevation Model plus Topographic Background Image
(derived from GTOPO-30).

Frontier Regions datasets (circa 1875 - 1900) covering areas in
Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Mongolia, as digitized from Russian
historical maps.

Digital Scans of Southwest China Maps by Joseph Rock

The complete contents of the datasets listed above are available for
free download by registering your name, institution and email address
at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis

CD-ROM is available ..... For price and postage information please
contact CHGIS...

Editors:: Peter K. Bol [pkbol@fas.harvard.edu] and Jianxiong Ge
Executive Editors: Merrick Lex Berman [mberman@fas.harvard.edu] and Zhimin Man

Chair, China Historical Geographic Information System Project
Center For Geographic Analysis
Institute for Quantitative Social Science
1737 Cambridge Street
Harvard University
+1 617-496-6222
Email: pkbol@fas.harvard.edu
Visit the website at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis

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Photos of Tibet in the early 1940's

2007-03-06T13:06:00.000+11:00

http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/TibetanPhotos/Snaps.html
06 Mar 2007

Art History, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, US

Self-description:
"These photos were taken in Tibet by members of the Tolstoy expedition of 1942-43. Two U.S. Army officers, Lt. Col. Ilya Tolstoy and Capt. Brooke Dolan were sent to Tibet from India to explore the possibility of getting military supplies to Chiang Kai-shek's Republican Chinese government, via Tibet. [...] A number of [... these photographs] were featured in a book by Rosemary Jones Tung, A Portrait of Lost Tibet: Photographs by Ilya Tolstoy and Brook Dolan (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980), a few were reproduced in Tibet: The Sacred Realm: Photographs 1880 - 1950 (Aperture Books, 1983), in a National Geographic [August, 1946 - ed.] magazine article and a few other places here and there. Many of them are still unidentified. [... Alltogether there ... ] are some [230] amazingly beautiful photographs [... that have been scanned] so far. Some have considerable historical interest, particularly in the light of the transformation of Tibet over the past 50 years."

Site contents:
B&W PHOTOGRAPHS: * The Americans (The Expedition Scenes of Travel, Camping, Tolstoy and Dolan); * Tibetan Art (Painters and Carvers, Mural paintings, Sculpture, Chortens (stupas), Temples and other architecture, The Potala, Gyantse, Yemar, Textiles: Carpets and Cloth); * Tibetan Religion (The Ch'am/Masked Dance Festival, Monks and Monastic Life, The Regents Procession, The Potala, Gyantse, Other monastic sites, Pilgrims and Prostration); * Tibetan Society (Nomadic Pasturalists, Ordinary Tibetans, Pilgrims and Prostration, The Tibetan "Army", Urban Scenes, The Wealthy and Aristocrats); * The Chinese (The Chinese Army, On the Road to Gansu, Scenes of Western China); * Miscellany (A Postcard from Heinrich Harrer);
THE TOLSTOY-DOLAN EXPEDITION (Bibliography, Background Notes).

[A 1999 web site by Dr Rob Linrothe, Associate Professor and Director of Art History at Skidmore College. In addition to the Tibet Photographs site he also published the following web pages: * Karsha's Chuchikjyal Temple, Zangskar, 1996 (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/Karsha/Chuchikjyal.html) * Tibetan Art at Skidmore, 1998 (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/TibetArtDisplay/Display.html) * Monks and monasteries in Amdo, 1998 (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/Qinghai/TongrenSi.html) * Petroglyphs near Karsha, in Zangskar, 1998 (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/Petroglyphs/RockArt.html) * QuickTime video of Ladakh and Mangyu chorten, 1994. (http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/new2/linrothe/Mangyu/Webpage.html) - ed.]

URL http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/TibetanPhotos/Snaps.html

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/asianstudies/TibetanPhotos/Snaps.html

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
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Bibliography of Photo-albums and Materials related to the History of Photography in China and Tibet before 1949

2006-12-14T12:42:00.000+11:00

http://gatheringmountains.net/Photoweb/index.html
14 Dec 2006

Thomas H. Hahn, Ithaca, NY, US

Self-description:
"Bibliography of Photo-albums and Materials related to the History of Photography in China and Tibet before 1949. Compiled by [Dr] Thomas H. Hahn. 299 annotated entries, file size now ca. 530kb. [Document created:] April 1997. Last update: November 22, 2006. Arranged in alphabetical order according to the name of the author, publisher or editor. Note: a print-out of this bibliography will generate ca.110 pages of text (using regular fonts and 1" print margin settings)."

Site contents:
Bi-lingual (in English, with several elements in Chinese) entries describing: * Author, Editor Or Corporate Body; * Year Of Publication; * Title Of Item; * Subtitle; * Photographer(s); * Preface Or Epilogue; * Publisher/Place/Pages; * Format Of Items; * Details About Images; * Regions Or Provinces; * Cities; * Other Topics Covered; * Notes.

URL http://gatheringmountains.net/Photoweb/index.html

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

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
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Savifa - The Virtual Library South Asia

2006-12-12T13:11:00.000+11:00

http://www.savifa.de
10 Dec 2006

DFG-Projekt "Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Suedasien", Suedasien-Institut / Bibliothek Im Neuenheimer, Heidelberg, Germany

Self-description:
"The information gateway for South Asia Studies, which offers you a comprehensive access to professionally selected and annotated internet resources as well as other scientific information."

Supplied note:
"Savifa offers access to information and literature from and about South Asia as a subject gateway within the broad range of the regional sciences. So far the following elements are available: * SavifaGuide: [...] Up to now 1300 resources have been catalogued and annotated in SavifaGuide; mostly in English, but also in many Indian languages, e.g. Urdu, Bengali/Assamese and Tamil. * SavifaDok: an [Open Access - ed.] electronic platform for publishing and archiving academic literature in the field of South Asian studies. [...] We publish books, articles and research papers as well as multi media documents. * OLC-SSG South Asia: a bibliographical article database which provides access to table of contents of about 220 journals relevant to the study and research on culture, politics and languages of South Asia. The journals are usually indexed back to the year 1993. [...] * Acquisition lists: our monthly lists inform you about new acquisitions of the South Asia Institute's library. [...] For all these and other services we offer to the South Asian research community, please visit our website at [the URL below] - nm &rg.]

Site contents:
* New (Newsletter, New Acquisitions); * Search (Metasearch, SavifaGuide, OLC-Article Databases, E-Journals, Document Server); * Interactive (Publishing, Directory of South Asian Scholars, Suggest a Website, Comments); * About Savifa (Special Subject Collection, Project Description, Publications).

URL http://www.savifa.de

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

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

Link reported by:
Nicole Merkel (merkel--at--sai.uni-heidelberg.de) and Robby Geyer (geyer--at--sai.uni-heidelberg.de), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China, and Mongolia, 1921-1925

2006-12-05T11:17:00.000+11:00

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/vk/
04 Dec 2006

Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China, and Mongolia, 1921-1925

Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, US

Supplied note: "'Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China, and Mongolia, 1921-1925,' is an exhibit of 39 compelling color images of rare colored lantern slides taken by two young American explorers, Janet E. and Frederick R. Wulsin, Jr., from the collections of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Janet was one of the first American women explorers to reach western China, Inner Mongolia, and Tibet. Together they produced this series of superb photographs of the Ta'er, Labuleng and Zhuoni lamaseries, religious ceremonies, and landscapes they encountered during their expedition for the National Geographic Society in 1923. Shown publicly for the first time, this traveling exhibit is organized by PEM in conjunction with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. The Silkroad Foundation is a co-sponsor of the exhibition. The exhibition runs from November 4, 2006-February 7, 2007. Further information may be found on the Burke Museum website [at the URL below].

Sacred Portraits from Tibet - Augmenting the photographs of Vanished Kingdoms through February 4, is 'Sacred Portraits from Tibet,' [www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/exhibits/sacred/ - ed.] a display of Burke Museum thangkas, large, delicately painted Tibetan religious paintings. Thangkas typically feature portraits of arhats or Buddhist saints and important lamas or Buddhist teachers. Paintings made between the 17th and early 20th centuries demonstrate not only the rich iconography of Tibetan Buddhist tradition, but also the exquisite painterly skills in portraiture and illustration. - dcw."

Site contents: Exhibit; Events; Resources; Blog; Sponsors.

URL http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/vk/

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

Link reported by: Daniel C. Waugh (dwaugh--at--u.washington.edu),
forwarded by Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian Studies (central-eurasia-L--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Museum
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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Himal Southasian magazine

2006-11-24T10:22:00.000+11:00

http://www.himalmag.com

23 Nov 2006

The Southasia Trust, Kathmandu, Nepal

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

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

URL http://www.himalmag.com

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

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

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, 3210]

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THDL Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas

2006-11-23T17:00:00.000+11:00

http://www.thdl.org/collections/cultgeo/gazetteer/
23 Nov 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog (CBS Blog)

2006-11-22T13:48:00.000+11:00

http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/
21 Nov 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Comments/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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The Eastern Tibetan Language Institute (ETLI)

2006-11-10T15:36:00.000+11:00

http://www.etli.org/
10 Nov 2006

ETLI, Zhongdian, Yunnan Province, China

Self description:
"A non-profit training centre staffed by volunteers [from Australia, Austria, China, UK, and US - ed.] that is dedicated to fighting poverty in Tibetan and other ethnic minority communities in southwest China. ETLI is a not-for-profit training center located in Eastern Tibet (Northwest Yunnan Province, China) providing training to unemployed youths from Tibetan and other ethnic minority backgrounds. The training program includes courses in English conversation, computer literacy, customer service and tourism management. ETLI also offers a range of other English language classes for local students and will soon offer Chinese and Tibetan language courses to foreign students."

Site cntents:
* Courses; * News; * ETLI Background; * Our Scholarship Students; * The ETLI Team; * Teaching at ETLI; * How to Help; * Our Supporters; * Our Projects; * The Region.

URL http://www.etli.org/

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

Link reported by: Geoff Chan (g.geoff.chan--at--gmail.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Tibetbook.net - Online Bookshop

2006-11-09T11:59:00.000+11:00

http://www.tibetbook.net/
08 Nov 2006

Tibetbook.net, Berlin, Germany

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

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

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

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

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Louis Schram's 'Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan Frontier' (orig pub. 1955-61)

2006-10-31T13:12:00.000+11:00

http://www.lulu.com/content/406799
30 Oct 2006

Louis Schram's 'Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan Frontier' (orig pub. 1955-61)

www.lulu.com, Morrisville, NC, US

Supplied note:
"Louis Schram's classic 3-volume study of the Monguor has now been combined into one volume, new introductions have been written, and made available in very affordable hardback and paperback versions as well as a FREE download on http://www.lulu.com/content/plateaupubs. [Note: the cited address appears to malfunction. For a reliable access try http://www.lulu.com/content/406799 - tmciolek.] - ks."

Self-description:
"[A 2006] Republication in a single volume of Schram's classic study of the Monguor: (V.1) Their origins, history, and social organization; (V.2) Their religious life, and (V.3) Records of the Monguor clans: history of the Monguors in Huangchuang and the chronicles of the Lu family. New introductions by Juha Janhunen, Paul Neitupski, Gray Tuttle, Keith Slater, Jeroom Heyndrickx, and Limusishiden & Kevin Stuart."

Site contents: [a note by Prof Frank Conlon]:
"The new publication, as at the website URL cited above is: _The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan Frontier_ by Louis M. J. Schram Republication in a single volume of Schram's classic study of the Monguor: (V.1) Their origins, history, and social organization; (V.2) Their religious life, and (V.3) Records of the Monguor clans: history of the Monguors in Huangchuang and the chronicles of the Lu family. New introductions by Juha Janhunen, Paul Neitupski, Gray Tuttle, Keith Slater, Jeroom Heyndrickx, and Limusishiden & Kevin Stuart [PAPERBACK]. Product Details: Printed: 695 pages, 8.50" x 11.00", perfect binding, black and white interior ink Publisher: Kevin Stuart Copyright: © 2006 by Kevin Stuart Standard Copyright License The original publication was in three parts of the _Transactions of the American Philosophical Society between 1954 and 1961. Father Louis Schram spent some twelve years in residence in the area documented. The original bibliographical citations that I have located are: Louis M. J. Schram, _The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan Frontier: Their Origin, History and Social Organization (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1954) 138pp. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society_ (New Series) Vol. XLIV, part 1] _The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan Frontier: Part II, Their Religious Life_ (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1957) 164pp. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society_ (New Series) Vol. XLVII, part 1] _The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan frontier. Part III, Records of the Monguor clans: History of the Monguors in Huangchung and The chronicles of the Lu family_ (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society,, 1961). 117 pp. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) Vol. LI, part 3. - fconlon.]"

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Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA)

2006-10-18T12:35:00.000+10:00

http://www.ltwa.net/
17 Oct 2006

Tibetan Government in Exile, Dharamsala, India

Supplied note:
"The webpage gives free, live and downloadable access to the daily Buddhist Philosophy Class taught at the Library. The teacher for this class, Geshe Sonam Rinchen, holds the degree of Geshe Lharampa, which he received in 1980. He also holds an Acharya degree (equiv. to Master's Degree) from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (hereinafter CIHTS) in Sarnath, Varanasi. He has taught classes at LTWA since 1978. - pa."

Self-description:
"Library of Tibetan Works & Archives (LTWA) is an autonomous body under direct supervision of H.H. the Dalai Lama. It is registered with the Government of India under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860. LTWA is recognized by Himachal Pradesh University as a Centre for Tibetan Studies in 1991 and was accorded status of National Library, Archives and Museum by the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile in 1996."

Site contents:
* DEPARTMENTS (Administration, Library (Tibetan Manuscript [more than 80,000 manuscripts, xylographs, documents, illuminated manuscripts, and microfilm records - ed.], Foreign Language), Archive (Audiovisual & Sound [over 26,000 hours of audio recordings - ed.] Photographic [over 7,000 photos, negatives and slides of Tibet - ed.], Architectural (TADC)), Museum, Research & Translation, Oral History [several thousands transcripts of recordings of interviews with senior Tibetans, both religious and secular - ed.] Publications, (Tibetan Publication [150 publications to date concerning Buddhist philosophy and other aspects of Tibetan culture, incl. two periodicals 'gTam Tshog' (Tibetan history, art, philosophy, literature and language) and 'Bod Kyi Tsen Rig Dus Deb') Non-Tibetan Publication [217 titles published, incl. a scholarly periodical 'The Tibet Journal'); * ANNOUNCEMENT (Buddhist Philosophy, Tibetan Language); * BOOKS PUBLISHED - English Publications [450 titles published]; * EDUCATION - Courses Provided (Buddhist Philosophy (Session I, Session II), Tibetan Language (Beginners, Advance, Intensive)); * PROJECTS (Project List, Cholka-sum Project [sub-regional and regional histories of Tibet, namely U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo regions - ed.], Digitisation Project [digitisation of historical documents], Narthang Project [digitisation of the mid-18th c. block printed Narthang edition of a complete set of 102 volumes of Kangyur, and 224 volumes of Tengyur], Science Project, Sung-Bum Project, Manuscript Project); *JOURNALS (Journals Published, Tibet Journal [est. 1971, the index of Tibet Journal from 1975-2005 is available online in PDF format] gTam Tshog, Science Journal [Journal - pdf version (in Tibetan), Newsletter - pdf version (in Tibetan) are available online] Hindi Journal); * AUDIO (Power of Compassion, Online Buddhist Philosophy Class); * CONTACTS.

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Sky Burial set in Northern Tibet

2006-09-11T15:38:00.000+10:00

http://brunofilms.com/sky.html
H-ASIA--at--H-NET.MSU.EDU
September 10, 2006

Resource: New Asian Documentary Film Series
**************************************************
From: Ellen Bruno (ellen--at--brunofilms.com)
In following up to my earlier post, I am pleased to report that I have now completed a new film "Sky Burial set in Northern Tibet."
Sky Burial follows the ritual of "jha-tor", the giving of alms to birds in a northern Tibetan monastery. The bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living beings.

To view a clip: http://brunofilms.com/sky.html

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Tibetan Weddings in Ne'u na Village, a 2006 book

2006-08-28T11:36:00.000+10:00

http://www.lulu.com/plateaupubs
From: Kevin Stuart koknor--at--hotmail.com

I am pleased to announce a new publication which has availability as a hard copy printed work or as a download.

_Tibetan Weddings in Ne'u na Village_ by Tshe dbang rdo rje, Alexandru Anton-Luca and Kevin Stuart
(Xining City: Plateaupubs, 2006)
--Distributed via http://www.lulu.com/plateaupubs

Focusing on a single Tibetan village in east-central Qinghai Province,
China, the book has three distinct sections: a brief socio-historical
introduction to Ne'u na Village, a detailed, sequenced description of a
generalized Ne'u na wedding accompanied by related songs and speeches,
and three interlinked case studies breathing life into and bringing
specificity to the description. In this context, the authors provide a
detailed introduction of the village and describe pre-engagement
activity, engagement, the wedding day, after the wedding day and three
voices (individual experiences with weddings). This is a pioneering study
in its presentation of wedding speeches and songs as sung in
International Phonetic Alphabet, an oral form of Tibetan, literary
Tibetan and English translation--the overall result achieves a suppleness
of expression able to maintain the narrative's lucid, unassuming tone
while busily sifting through rich bundles of concepts by properly probing
phenomenological weight.

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3 Films from Tibetan villages and monasteries, in an e-shop

2006-06-05T11:48:00.000+10:00

http://people.lulu.com/users/index.php?fHomepage=236029

Tibetan Woman's Life
34-year old Sgrolmamtsho married Don'grub at the age of 21 (in 1993) without experience of housework, fieldwork, and fetching wood. Filmed by her husband's younger brother, 'phagspadon'grub, in Amdo, the film concentrates on the daily life of Tibetan village women--fetching water, feeding livestock (swine, a cow, a mule), milking, cleaning the stables, cooking, household religious activity, weeding fields, transporting manure to fields, fetching wood for fuel--along with commentary by Sgrolmamtsho about her life and family. (Rare insight into Tibetan village women's lives. Tibetan soundtrack; English subtitles. 52 minutes. Color.)

The Perfection of Wisdom
"The Perfection of Wisdom" (Phar phyin) is the one of the five treatises of Buddhist philosophy. Ngag dbang 'jam dbyangs, a monk at Bla brang Monastery in Gansu Province, China, earned this degree in 2004. This documentary, filmed and edited by his younger brother, documents the graduation ritual for the thirty monks who achieved this degree. The documentary features Ngag dbang 'jam dbyangs making 1,000 packages of sugar and raisins, given away at the ritual's end; debating Buddha's deeds in La Kha Lama's quarters the night before the formal ritual; and visiting the monastery halls early the next morning; the formal examination with an assembly of all monastic leaders and monks in the great hall; and congratulations from friends, family members, and teachers. A rare look into a contemporary large Tibetan Buddhist monastery. (Tibetan soundtrack; English subtitles. 27 minutes. Color.)

Tibetan Village Wedding
22-year old Lha dpa' tshe ring married 19-year old Tshe ring mtsho in rural 'ber gtsang mo Tibetan Village, located in east central Mtsho sngon (Qinghai) Province, northwest China. Both have some primary school education. Both are farmers, cultivating wheat, barley, beans, potatoes and edible oil crops. The documentary includes activities the night prior to the formal wedding party; the groom and his companion's arrival at the bride's home; women from the bride's village attacking the groom and his companion and pulling their ears; the companion singing to thwart the women's attack; the bride and her companions’ arrival at the groom's home; the bride prostrating three times to the groom's home's door protective deity, family god, and the fire deity; gifts; wedding food; orations; singing; the bride's entourage's departure; evening celebration. (Rare insight into village Tibetan life. Tibetan soundtrack; English subtitles. 35 minutes. Color.)

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The Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research (SCHR)

2006-04-21T09:54:00.000+10:00

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/schr/
21 Apr 2004

Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Self-description:
"The Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research unites staff from across Scotland in a collaborative and interdisciplinary area studies centre at the University of Aberdeen. We offer two taught postgraduate programmes, an MRes in Himalayan Studies and an MSc in Himalayan Ethnobotany. PhD research is possible in a wide range of fields and along the entire length of the Himalayas. Researchers draw on expertise and resources from all the Scottish universities."

[SCHR's areas of expertise: anthropology, Buddhism, botany, conflict, development, ethnobiology, global warming, Hinduism, history, Islam, law, Nepali, Newari, politics, public health, Sanskrit, Tibetan, terrorism. Research projects underway in 2006 include: Tibetan divination, Tantric medicine, 17th century Scots in the Himalayas, plant collecting expeditions in the Solu Khumbu region, and spirit categories in Afghanistan. - ed.]

URL http://www.abdn.ac.uk/schr/

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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR)

2006-04-12T10:45:00.000+10:00

http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/workgroups/ebhr/ebhr.php
10 Apr 2006

Dept. of Ethnology, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Supplied note:
"The European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR) ISSN 0943 8254 is one of the major scientific periodical on the Himalayan region. It was founded in 1991 and has appeared twice yearly ever since. It is edited on a rotating basis between France (CNRS), Germany (South Asia Institute) and the UK (SOAS). We take the Himalayas to mean: Karakorum, Hindukush, Ladakh, southern Tibet, Kashmir, north-west India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and north-east India. The subjects we cover range from geography and economics to anthropology, sociology, philology, history, art history, and history of religions. In addition to scholarly articles, we publish book reviews, reports on research projects, information on Himalayan archives, news of forthcoming conferences, and funding opportunities. - pr.]

Site contents:
Subscription Form; Information for Authors; Content of Recent Issues; News; Back Issues for Download.

EBHR Back Issues in PDF format archived online:
[access via http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/journals/ebhr/ Alternative access via http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/ebhr/] #1 - 1991 [4.1 MB]; #2 - 1991 [7.8 MB]; #3 - 1992 [10.7 MB]; #4 - 1992 [11.2 MB]; #5 - 1993 [10.6 MB]; #6 - 1994 [9.1 MB]; #7 - 1994 [8.7 MB]; #8 - 1995 [9.2 MB]; #9 - 1995 [8.3 MB]; #10 - 1996 [8.6 MB]; #11 - 1996 [11.2 MB]; #12 & 13 - 1997 Double Issue [29.8 MB]; #14 - 1998 [14.9 MB]; #15 & 16 - 1999 Double Issue [36 MB]; #17 - 1999 [19.4 MB]; #18 - 1999 [19MB]; #19 - 2000 [2 MB]; #20 & 21 - 2001 Double Issue [2.2 MB]; #22 - 2002 [19 MB]

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http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/workgroups/ebhr/ebhr.php

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Ellen Bruno Films: Documentaries on Tibet, Cambodia and Burma

2006-04-12T10:40:00.000+10:00

http://www.brunofilms.com/
05 Apr 2006

Bruno Films, San Francisco, CA, US

Supplied note: "[I have produced] films about human rights issues in [Tibet,] Burma/Thailand, Cambodia and Nepal. Below are some descriptions as well as direct links to five minute clips of the films.

SAMSARA: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia - documents the Cambodian's efforts to reconstruct a shattered society in a climate of war, bringing a humanistic perspective to a country in deep political turmoil. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/samsara.html

SATYA: A Prayer for the Enemy - documents human rights abuses in Tibet, focusing on the non-violent activism of Tibetan Buddhist nuns in the struggle for basic human rights and religious freedom. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/satya.html

SACRIFICE: The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma - examines the political and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution in Thailand. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/sacrifice.html

LEPER: Life Beyond Stigma - offers a rare and intimate glimpse into a village of lepers in rural Nepal. Villagers speak openly and emotionally about the myriad stigmas and misunderstandings that surround the disease that has marked their bodies and their lives. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/leper.html

SKY BURIAL - documents a common burial custom in Tibet where the bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living beings... the ultimate gesture of generosity. To merge with the sky is a holy event, one that replaces the sufferings of this world with peace. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/sky.html - eb."

[The filmaker, Ellen Bruno, completed a masters degree in documentary film at Stanford University in 1990. She held a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1997, Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998, fellowships from the Western States Media Arts and a Shenkin Fellowship from Yale University School of Art. - ed.]

URL
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Tibskrit - A Bibliography of Tibetan Philology, released

2006-04-05T12:50:00.000+10:00

ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/coombspapers/otherarchives/asian-studies-archives/tibetan-archives/tibet-culture/
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Supplied note: "Dear Tibet List [i.e. Tibetan-Studies--at--coombs.anu.edu.au - ed.], [... Tibskrit is] a bio-bibliographical work that may be found useful for anyone who can make use of it critically, which I think might include persons doing research in areas in some way related to Indian and Tibetan religion, philosophy, grammar, literature and so forth. Tibskrit [TibskritRTF.rtf file is 3.6MB long - ed.] was compiled (and typed) by myself over a number of years. Earlier this year it was edited by Alexander Cherniak of Jerusalem.

It is 'open' and freely available to anyone who would like to have it (and if you know of anyone who might like to have it, please forward this message to them right away). Its remaining imperfections can be fixed. It can be used in any way you find useful.

[...] Another warning - If you do not have a fairly recent computer setup, it is possible you may not be equipped to handle Unicode fonts (Mac systems starting with OS X do support Unicode, as do recent PCs). Tibskrit is being made available, at present, only in Unicode fonts. Kindly let me know if you need a pre-Unicode font version. Perhaps this could be made available, too. [...] Yours sincerely, Dan Martin, Jerusalem."

URL
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Tibetan Sky Burial in China, photographed

2006-03-15T11:19:00.000+11:00

http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-7890.html
14 Mar 2006

Rotem Eldar, www.travelblog.org, Israel

Supplied note:
"Hello I have witnessed a burial [in April 2005, in Litang, Eastern Tibet - ed.] and even got permission to take pictures and join the family. Have a look here [at the URL below]. Will be more than happy if you add this link to your article [i.e. Dr Mondo Secter's 1999 field note in www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/TibPages/tib-burial.html - ed.] [...] Will be also happy to share some more photos and movie clips I have which are harder to watch, if needed. thanks, Rotem."

URL
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www.tibetanmedicine-edu.org, announced

2006-03-02T14:36:00.000+11:00

http://www.tibetanmedicine-edu.org
www.tibetanmedicine-edu.org, Milano, Italy

Supplied note:
"Tibetanmedicine-edu.org [..] website is dedicated to the transmission of Sowa Rigpa, the Tibetan art of healing. An extensive resource on Tibetan medicine, astrology, history, materia medica, and other related sciences. - sb."

Self-description:
"Prof. Pasang Yonten Arya Tendi Sherpa's website is an informative and educational site dedicated to the transmission of the Tibetan culture's world heritage to the West. Its contents go from Tibetan shamanism to Buddhist philosophy, and its healing knowledge and practices. The goal of the website is to become a source of information as well as a meeting point between interested people, serious students and specialized professionals."

Site contents:
* History (Short History of Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism & Medicine, Schools & Training, Development in the West, Current legal status of Tibetan Medicine in the West); * Theory & Teachings (Tibetan Medicine, Tibetan Astrology, Tibetan Buddhist Psychology, Tantric Yoga, Dreams, Bardo, Tsa-rlung Therapy, Tibetan Gynecology, Materia Medica, Moxibustion, Body/Mind Cleansing, Medicine Buddha practice, Buddhist Philosophy); * Practice (Medical practice; Self-evaluation; FAQs); * General Information (Dr P.Y. Arya, Publications, Events, Medicine Buddha Hall, Library Project, Links, Contact, Newsletter, Website map).

[Dr P.Y. Arya is the author of "History of Tibetan Medicine" (published in Tibetan, India, 1988); "Dictionary of Tibetan Materia Medica" (published in English and Tibetan, India, 1994; and in German as "Handbuch aller Heilmittel der Traditionelle Tibetischen Medizin", Scherzverlag, Deutchland, 2001); and "Handbook of common illnesses and their treatments in Tibetan medicine" (published in Tibetan, Delhi, India, 1995) - ed.]

URL http://www.tibetanmedicine-edu.org

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Tibet: Rare and Out of Print Titles, located

2006-02-08T16:46:00.000+11:00

http://www.globalsourcenetwork.org/catalog_tibet_rare.htm
Tibet: Rare and Out of Print Titles from "The Global Source Catalog"

Books, and magazines incl.

Life Magazine (original issues)
------------------
Miraculous Escape of The Dalai Lama (Cover Story). May 4, 1959.
Tibet takes on Red China: An Incredible Land's Incredible Revolt. April 6, 1959.
The Dalai Lama I Knew (text and photographs by Heinrich Harrer). February 22, 1954.
Step by Step to the Top of Everest with Hillary and Tenzing (Cover Story). July 13, 1953.
Flight of The Dalai Lama (Cover Story). April 23, 1950.

Time Magazine (original issue)
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The Escape That Rocked the Reds (Cover Story). April 20, 1959.

National Geographic Magazine (original issues)
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Our Man in China (Joseph Rock Story). January 1997.
Himalayan Caravans. December 1993.
Tibet's Remote Chang Tang (by George B. Schaller). August 1993.
Bhutan, Kingdom in the Clouds. May 1991.
The Remote World of Tibet's Nomads (by Melvyn Goldstein). June 1989.
Himalaya. November 1988.
A Journey Through Tibet (by Sorrel Wilby). December 1987.
In Long-Forbidden Tibet. February 1980.
Ladakh, The Last Shangri-la. March 1978.
Pilgrimage to Nepal's Crystal Mountain. April 1977.
Little Tibet in Switzerland. November 1968.
Sherpaland, My Shangri-la. October 1966.
Mustang, Nepal's Lost Kingdom (by Michel Peissel). October 1965.
Sikkim, Tiny Himalayan Kingdom in the Clouds. March 1963.
Beyond Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary). November 1955.
My Life in Forbidden Lhasa (by Heinrich Harrer). July 1955.
Triumph on Everest (by Sir Edmund Hillary). July 1954.
A Journey to "Little Tibet". May 1951.
Across Tibet from India to China (by Ilia Tolstoy). August 1946.
Sungmas, Living Oracles of the Tibetan Church (by Joseph Rock). October 1935.
Kongka Risumgongba (by Joseph Rock). July 1931.
On the World's Highest Plateaus. March 1931.
The Glories of the Minya Konka (by Joseph Rock). October 1930.

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Tiger's Trail [a smuggling route from India to eastern Tibet], investigated

2006-02-03T11:35:00.000+11:00

http://www.tibetinfonet.net/updates/2006/3101.htm
TibetInfoNet - www.tibetinfonet.net, Germany

Site contents:
* Introduction;
* The geography of the trade in skins of tigers and leopards;
* Operators of the trade - 1. Couriers and traders;
* Operators of the trade - 2. The syndicates;
* 'Prosperity' and the reinvention of traditions;
* PR and environmental protection - Is the tiger the winner?;
* Footnotes.

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The Website of The Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama, launched

2005-12-24T21:11:00.000+11:00

http://www.dalailama.com/

From: TibetInfoNet tin--at--tibetinfonet.net
Subject: [TIN] Tibet News Digest 10 December 2005 - 23 December 2005

TibetInfoNet - www.tibetinfonet.net
Tibet News Digest 10 December 2005 - 23 December 2005

10 December 2005
Website on Dalai Lama launched
(Phayul; AFP) The office of the Dalai Lama launched a new website on the occasion of International Human Rights day and the 16th anniversary of theDalai Lama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The website features information on the Dalai Lama's teaching dates, speeches, meetings with dignitaries, life in exile, photo gallery, contact details and news. The address of the new website is www.dalailama.com. The domain name was donated by jcrows.com, an American company, to the Tibetan government in 1999. The company also donated another domain name, panchenlama.com, which is not yet operational.

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Tibetan Studies Books, available

2005-12-12T11:23:00.000+11:00

http://www.thorntonsbooks.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:12:36 +0000
From: "Thornton's Bookshop" Thorntons--at--Booknews.demon.co.uk

[009680] Bell, Charles. The People of Tibet. facsimile reprint of the of 1928 Clarendon Press edn. as new 300pp, illus, index, hardcover £15.00

[020689] Bell, G A. Grammar of Colloquial Tibetan.. 200pp. 3r.e. Paperback. Jan 1996 £19.99

[092355HK] Beyer, Stephan, . The Classical Tibetan Language. ( S U N Y Series in Buddhist Studies) Among Asian languages, Tibetan is second only to Chinese in the depth of its historical record, with texts dating back as far as the eighth and ninth centuries, written in an alphabetic script that preserves the contemporaneous phonological features of the language. The Classical Tibetan Language is the first comprehensive description of the Tibetan language and is distinctive in that it treats the classical Tibetan language on its own terms rather than by means of descriptive categories appropriate to other languages, as has traditionally been the case. Beyer presents the language as a medium of literary expression with great range, power, subtlety, and humor, not as an abstract object. He also deals comprehensively with a wide variety of linguistic phenomena as they are actually encountered in the classical texts, with numerous examples of idioms, common locutions, translation devices, neologisms, and dialectal variations. "Beyer's work is the first grammar of classical literary Tibetan that adopts a genuinely fresh approach to the language, abandoning the tired (and often inaccurate) conventions of Indo-European grammar that dominate the available textbooks. Though some of his conclusions and assertions may be controversial, Beyer forces us to think about the distinctive features of Tibetan in a challenging and animated fashion. His many examples, drawn from all branches of the literature, are superb. "The fields of Buddhist Studies, Asian History, and Comparative Literature have all suffered as a result of the limited access to Tibetan primary sources. Beyer's book will significantly contribute to rectifying this state of affairs." -Matthew Kapstein, Columbia University. Albany: SUNY Press, 1992, xxiv,503pp., Hardback £65.00

[NM211] Bibliotheca Buddhica. Sobranie Buddijskich Tekstov. (=collection of Buddhis Texts in Russian ). |, 32 volumes (all ever published) Reprint 1897-1962/1970. 8,902 pages. With numerous plates. flexible Boards, some individual volumes are also available. £750.00

[008578b] Elverskog , J.,. The Jewel Translucent Sutra. Altan Khan and the Mongols in the Sixteenth Century. (Brill's Inner Asian Library, 8) The first full-fledged critical edition and historical study of the Erdeni Tunumal Sudur, the Mongolian history of Altan Khan and his descendants, offering a full-range English-written historical and literary evaluation of this unique and fairly reliable, but long neglected discovery in Mongolian studies. With transcription, word index and English translation, as well as extensive commentary on the historical events of Altan Khan´s reign, especially the 1550 attack on Beijing, the 1571 peace accord with the Ming, and the 1578 meeting with the Dalai Lama and the subsequent Buddhist conversion. In particular, the author shows how Altan Khan´s reformulation of the boundaries of Dayan Khan´s Mongol nation and state catalyzed the political fragmentation of the Mongols with dire consequences in relation to the rising Manchu state. Vital for a better understanding of Mongol history during the late Ming. 2003, 400pp., hardback £85.00

[092412HK] Goldstein, Meelvyn C. With Gelek Rimpoche and Lobsang Phuntshog . Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: a Reading Course and Reference Grammar . Half of the words are read by implications. " This Tibetan saying explains the main difficulty Westerners face in learning to read Tibetan fluently. Unlike previously available materials, this book will allow beginners to understand the logic of Tibetan grammar and syntax through graded reading and narrative explanations. The large glossary, which includes particles and is indexed by page, will serve as an invaluable reference for readers of Tibetan at all levels. The reading course includes the Tibetan alphabet and its pronunciation, as well as a wide range of modern literary styles from literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and even communist political essays. University of California Press, 1991, xx,493pp., sm4to., glossy hardback as issued

[green ink blot in top margin of pp. 422 - 493 and rear end paper. corners sl. bumped £15.00

[092241HK] GOLDSTEIN, MELVYN C., and NGAWANGTHONDUP NARKYID. English-Tibetan Dictionary of Modern Tibetan. . Reprint of the 1984 Univ. of California edition. . Dharamsala, Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1986. 4to. xxvi,485 pp.hardback in d/j. Binding & edges sl. bumped, d/j v.g. 16,000 main entries, treats 45,000 lexical items. Each entry includes both the written Tibetan orthography and a phonemic notation to indicate pronunciation £19.50

[092351HK] HAHN, Michael,. Lehrbuch der klassischen tibetischen Schriftsprache.. ISBN: 3923776101. Siebte, korrigierte Auflage. (Series IeT : Indica et Tibetica Monographien zu den Sprachen und Literaturen des indo-tibetischen Kulturraumes volume 10 ) 7th corrected edition. Swisttal-Odendorf, Indica et Tibetica Verlag, 1996. xv, 376pp., . ISBN 3-923776-10-1 paper v.g copy, with sl crease in top corner front cover £35.00 £35.00

[092240] Jaeschke , H.A., . Tibetan-English Dictionary. ISBN: 070070681X. The publisher Curzon states on his website: Jaeschke's classic work, first published in 1881 and still invaluable to students, is now reprinted in paperback for the first time. The dictionary is essential for textual interpretation, particularly of Buddhist philosophy. Sanskrit equivalents are provided. From the introduction: "During a residence, which commenced in 1857 and extended over a number of years, on the borders of Tibet and among Tibetan tribes, I and my colleagues gathered the materials for this dictionary. " Reprint, Curzon 1881/1998, xxi,671pp.,

[ a better quality reprint ] £35.00

[090974] LaPolla, Randy J.. A Grammar of Qiang. (Mouton Grammar Library 31) This book is a full reference grammar of Qiang, one of the minority languages of southwest China, spoken by about 70,000 Qiang and Tibetan people in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northern Sichuan Province. It belongs to the Qiangic branch of Tibeto-Burman (one of the two major branches of Sino-Tibetan). The dialect presented in the book is the Northern Qiang variety spoken in Ronghong Village, Yadu Township, Chibusu District, Mao County. This book, the first book-length description of the Qiang language in English, is the result of many years of work on the language, and is as typologically comprehensive as possible. It includes not only the reference grammar, but also an ethnological overview, several fully analyzed texts (mostly traditional stories), and an annotated glossary. The language is verb final, agglutinative (prefixing and suffixing), and has both head-marking and dependent marking morphology. The phonology of Qiang is quite complex, with 39 consonants at seven points of articulation, plus complex consonant clusters, both in initial and final position, as well as vowel harmony, vowel length distinctions, and a set of retroflexed vowels. The grammar also is complex, with a paradigm of eight direction marking verbal prefixes, and two paradigms for person marking, one for actor, one for non-actor, and a variety of other verbal prefixes and suffixes, as well as definite and number marking on nouns.. 2003, hardback £145.00

[M949] PETECH, Dr Luciano. A Study on the Chronicles of Ladakh. (Indian Tibet)., The La-dvags-rgyal-rabs (Royal Geneology of Ladakh) which constitutes the subject of this work, is one of the most well-known chronicles of Tibet. This study determines the origin and nature of Tibet and brings out the historical materials contained in it., Low Pice Publications, India, 1999., ii, 189pp., hardback, bounds, faded spine, bumped corners, good condition £15.33

[092010-1] THURGOOD.G & R., LAPOLLA.(Eds). The Sino Tibetan- Languages. This book provides a detailed, reliable account of these languages, It is reliable source of data, arranged according to the natural system of classification: phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, sem antics, dialectology and sociolinguistics. There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them, both diachronic and synchronic, has multiplied in the last few decades. This volume includes overview articles as well as descriptions of individual languages and comments on the subgroups in which they occur. In addition to a number of modern languages, there are descriptions of several ancient languages. 2003, Hardback. Fine copy 752 pages (Dimensions 234X156 mm) 26 illustrations and 92 tables. £195.00

[R55728] TSYBIKOV,G.,. Buddist palomnik u svyatyn' Tibeta. Po dnevnikam' ,vedennym v 1899-1902 gg. Reprint. Petrograd, Izdanie Russkogo Geogr. ob-va, Reprint 1919/1971, 472pp., numerous illustrations in the text and on plates. cloth

[ on opposite title page: Buddist Palomnik u sviatyn' Tibeta (the Buddhis pilgrim at the Holy places of Tibet ) Petrograd 1919 ] entire text in Russian though. fine copy £35.00

[092343HK] Wilson, Joe Bransford. Translating Buddhism from Tibetan. ISBN: 0937938343. An Introduction to the Tibetan Literary Language and the Translation of Buddhist Texts From Tibetan. New York, Snow Lion Pubns 1991, xxxviii,772pp., v.g. hardback £25.00

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Tibetan Medicine and Astrology Books, on sale

2005-12-11T11:13:00.000+11:00

http://www.tibetanmedical-astro.com
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005
From: Tsering Dolma
Subject: Tibetan Medicine and astrology books for sale

Dear Sir/Madam,
This is Drungtso Publication, Dharamsala, H.P., India please to let you know about our publications on Tibetan Medicine and astrology for sale as stock clearance. So, if you are interest to buy or place an order more than 10 copies each, then we will offer you 50% discount. We enclose here the rates, isbn and pages. These price exclude postage and handling.
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1. Tibetan Medicine-The Healing Science of Tibet
By Dr. Tsering Thakchoe Drungtso
Fwd by : Dr. Tsewang Tamdim, Men tsee khang
ISBN: 81-901395-1-7
Price: $ 30
Pages: 521

2. Tibetan Elemental Astrology
By Tsering Dolma Drungtso
Fwd by : Dr. Tsering Thakchoe
ISBN: 81-901395-0-9
Price: $ 15
Pages: 232

3. Tibetan English Dictionary of Tibetan Medicine and Astrology
(Revised and Enlarged edition)
By Dr. Tsering Thakchoe Drungtso and By Tsering Dolma Drungtso
Fwd by : Late Dr. Tenzin Choedrak (Personal Physician
to His Holiness Dalai Lama
ISBN: 81-901395-2-5
Price: $ 30
Pages: 556

Forthcoming books:
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Sufism & Politics between China, Tibet & Turkestan, researched

2005-11-23T10:28:00.000+11:00

Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:04:08 -0500
From: central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu

PUBL.- A. Papas, Sufism & Politics between China, Tibet & Turkestan (in French)

Sufism and Politics between China, Tibet and Turkestan. A Study on the Naqshbandi Khwajas of Eastern Turkestan.
By Alexandre Papas. Paris: Jean Maisonneuve, 2005, in-8, iii-291 p., 22 ill., 3 maps. With a foreword by Marc Gaborieau. (in French)
Caucasian and Tatar World - Central Asia and High Asia series, No 2 (Th. Zarcone, editor) ISBN 2-7200-1150-9 48.00 Euros

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Summer Study Abroad in Tibet 2006, advertised

2005-11-22T12:42:00.000+11:00

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/travel/tibet/
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:00:28 -0500
From: Wright, Cornelius (cornw--at--umich.edu)

SUMMER STUDY ABROAD IN TIBET
May 23 – July 4, 2006

The University of Michigan would like to announce its Summer Study Abroad program for Tibetan Studies, now in its fifth year.

This unique opportunity offers undergraduate students a comprehensive six-week, six-credit program for the study of Tibetan language, history and culture situated in Tibet. It combines three weeks in central Tibet (TAR) including Tibet's capital Lhasa and neighboring areas, and three weeks across the Eastern Tibetan regions of Kham. Course topics range from Tibetan language, Buddhism, and traditional religious history to contemporary social, cultural, and political issues. [...]

Summer 2006 dates are May 23 to July 4. Program fee is $7,500 (includes all international and in-country flights, all land travel costs, room & board and administrative fees). Students will also need to pay U-M tuition or choose the not-for credit option. Some financial aid is available. Applications submitted before December 15, 2005 will be given first consideration.

For additional information and applications, please visit the program website: [the URL above]

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Dalai Lama Foundation, for peace and ethics

2005-11-20T10:11:00.000+11:00

http://www.dalailamafoundation.org

"The Dalai Lama Foundation is a nonprofit organization working to promote peace and ethics through educational initiatives and by partnering with other like-minded organizations. We're non-religious in nature, though we are trying to follow the core values of The Dalai Lama. The Foundation has been endorsed by The Dalai Lama and is comprised of students and friends of His Holiness."

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The Word and the Void: Philosophy of Nagarjuna, published

2005-11-16T16:26:00.000+11:00

http://www.fondodeculturaeconomica.com/editorial.asp

From: Luis Arturo Pelayo (luis.pelayo--at--fondodeculturaeconomica.com)
Subject: A new book on Nagarjuna's philosohy
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:08:13 +0100

Publishing house FONDO DE CULTURA ECONÓMICA is pleased to announce its latest volume, a monograph on the philosophy of the great Buddhist thinker Nagarjuna, written in Spanish:

La palabra frente al vacío. Filosofía de Nagarjuna.
(The word and the void. Philosophy of Nagarjuna)

For further information, see: Fondo de Cultura Económica website (price is in mexican pesos, aprox. 15 US $)
Book’s cover and back cover

Juan Arnau conducted research for this volume in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). Arnau provides a clear and eminently readable interpretation of Nagarjuna’s seminal work, offering those with no prior knowledge of Buddhist philosophy a view into the profound logic of his thought.

Nagarjuna has been central to the work of Buddhist scholars in Asia since his own day. Today, of all the philosophers in the Mahayana tradition, he commands the greatest attention in the Western world.

Luis Arturo Pelayo
Fondo de Cultura Económica Publisher.
México City, November 2005.

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Nepal Study Center e-newsletter, forthcoming

2005-11-16T13:32:00.001+11:00

http://nepalstudycenter.unm.edu

Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:12:09 -0700
Sender: Nepal Study Center L (NEPALSTUDYCENTER-L--at--LIST.UNM.EDU)
From: "Alok K. Bohara, PhD" (bohara--at--UNM.EDU)

"I will take this opportunity to let you know that the Nepal Study Center is working on an electronic newsletter, and an inaugural issue will be reaching to you very soon with some exciting items."

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[TIN] Tibet News Digest 28 Oct-12 Nov 2005, published

2005-11-13T13:47:00.000+11:00

http://www.tibetinfonet.net

Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 12:25:59 +0100
From: TibetInfoNet (tin--at--tibetinfonet.net)
Subject: [TIN] Tibet News Digest 28 October 2005 - 12 November 2005

© 2005 TibetInfoNet (Reg.Nr. BN8490, Germany). All rights reserved.
TibetInfoNet is an independent information service that provides news and analysis of the current political, economic, social, environmental and human rights situation in Tibet.

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Winds of Change - An Autobiography of a Tibetan, printed

2005-10-31T16:02:00.000+11:00

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:45:02 -0800
From: Tsoltim Shakabpa
Subject: Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa's "WINDS OF CHANGE - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TIBETAN"

"Dear Friends:

For your information, [...] my latest book, WINDS OF CHANGE - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TIBETAN [has been] published by Paljor Publications in New Delhi.

To purchase the book, please e-mail the Publisher at: palpub--at--vsnl.com Attention: Mr. Tashi.

To view the book, please log onto the Publisher's website at: www.paljorpublications.com

With best wishes,

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How the Tibet movement can backfire on America, discussed

2005-10-25T14:29:00.000+10:00

http://members.tripod.com/americanmediawatch/id16.htm

"How the Tibet movement can backfire on America

by Alice Ewing, editor of Chinese American Media Watch

This article has been published in the Oct. 2001 issue of Chinese American Forum, and is posted here by its author. Please visit CAF intro, CAF in the news, as well as the article archive section of CAF for further details on CAF.

One of the best books on Tibet history is 'The Making of Modern Tibet', by A. Tom Grunfeld, professor of history at Empire State College of the State University of New York. [...] Grunfeld stated in the preface of his book: The Tibet movement is 'a campaign based on emotional moralism rather than on historical realities'.

Anytime we fabricate moralism at the expense of realities, we risk catastrophic failure. It is time America takes a better look at some realities of the Tibet situation, and realizes how our popular support for the Tibet movement can end up backfiring on us."

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'The Four Thoughts That Turn The Mind To Practice', webbed

2005-10-21T16:09:00.000+10:00

http://www.spacious-passion.org

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 06:39:18 +0100
From: "'o-Dzin Tridral" (tridral--at--gmail.com)
Subject: Suggested Buddhist Resource - Spacious Passion - The Four Thoughts That Turn The Mind To Practice

My wife, Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo has written a book entitled 'Spacious Passion' which explores the sutric teaching 'The Four Thoughts That Turn The Mind To Practice' from the perspective of Inner Tantra.

The book is currently available as a website and is free for anyone to read. Anyone who wishes to can make a donation, but no payment is required in order to read the book.

Name: Spacious Passion
Site: www.spacious-passion.org
Description: 'The Four Thoughts That Turn The Mind To Practice' from the perspective of Inner Tantra.
Categories: Sutra, Tantra, Tibetan, eBooks, Nyingmapa, Vajrayana.

Ngakpa 'o-Dzin Tridral"

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Emory Tibetan Studies Program, 2006, announced

2005-09-23T16:15:00.000+10:00

http://www.cipa.emory.edu

"Emory University is currently accepting applications for the Spring 2006 Tibetan Studies Program in Dharamsala, India. This program, jointly run by Emory and the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, offers undergraduate-level courses in Tibetan language, Tibetan history and culture, and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, as well as the opportunity for students to conduct independent field research. Students also directly experience diverse aspects of Tibetan life by attending the Dalai Lama's annual teachings, living with college students on a Tibetan campus, going on numerous excursions led by instructors, doing internships and volunteer work, and celebrating the Tibetan New Year with friends.

For more information, please visit our website at:
http://www.cipa.emory.edu
Select 'Programs' / 'Semester Year' / 'Asia' / 'India' / 'Emory Tibetan Studies Program' "

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Tibetan Medicine and Astrology Books, for sale

2005-09-19T16:20:00.000+10:00

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:10:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tsering Dolma (tibastro--at--yahoo.com)
Subject: Tibetan Medicine and astrology books for sale

This is Drungtso Publication, Dharamsala, H.P., India
please to let you know about our publications on
Tibetan Medicine and astrology for sale as stock
clearance. So, if you are interest to buy more than
10 copies each, then we will offer you 50% discount.
We enclose here the rates, isbn and pages. These
price exclude postage and handling.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Dolma
Drungtso Publications
R/o 167/3, Temple Road,
Below Nag Mandir,
Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala
Phone: 221031
Mobile: 94181-16627
Email: drdrungtso--at--yahoo.com
tibastro--at--yahoo.com

1. Tibetan Medicine-The Healing Science of Tibet
By Dr. Tsering Thakchoe Drungtso
Fwd by : Dr. Tsewang Tamdim, Men tsee khang
ISBN: 81-901395-1-7
Price: $ 30
Pages: 521

2. Tibetan Elemental Astrology
By Tsering Dolma Drungtso
Fwd by : Dr. Tsering Thakchoe
ISBN: 81-901395-0-9
Price: $ 15
Pages: 232

3. Tibetan English Dictionary of Tibetan Medicine and
Astrology
(Revised and Enlarged edition)
By Dr. Tsering Thakchoe Drungtso and By Tsering Dolma
Drungtso
Fwd by : Late Dr. Tenzin Choedrak (Personal Physician
to His Holiness Dalai Lama
ISBN: 81-901395-2-5
Price: $ 30
Pages: 556

Forthcoming books:
1) Tibetan Fengshui
2) Tibetan Book of Massage
3) Healing power of Mantra ˆthe wisdom of Tibetan
healing science

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Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia U., inagurated

2005-09-11T14:22:00.000+10:00

From: Robbie Barnett (rb25--at--mindspring.com)
Subject: Modern Tibetan Studies - Inauguration & Forum, 26 Sept
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:43:28 -0400

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute & The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
invite you to

The Inauguration of Gray Tuttle as the first
Leila Hadley Luce Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies

followed by a Forum on 'Future Directions in Modern Tibetan Studies'

with presentations by
Robert Barnett (Columbia)
Melvyn Goldstein (Case Western Reserve)
Janet Gyatso (Harvard)
Lauran Hartley (Indiana)
Kurtis Schaeffer (Virginia)
Tsering Shakya (British Columbia)

Monday, September 26, 2005, 2pm-5pm

Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555, Columbia University
(At 115th street and Broadway)

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Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) Publications, available

2005-09-06T14:15:00.000+10:00

http://www.laogai.org

"We would like to inform you about our new 2003-2004 Laogai Handbook, which details information about prison camps throughout China. The Laogai Handbook, published bi-annually and now in its eighth edition, is the world's only independent and publicly available catalogue of the Laogai prison system. It is bilingual in English and Chinese, making it useful for speakers of both languages. The 2003-2004 edition, which is 444 pages long, identifies more information about China's prison camps than ever before, and details camps‚ locations, types of facilities, types of products produced by prisoners, etc."

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Tibet 2000 Exhibition, online

2005-09-06T14:01:00.000+10:00

http://potala.cz/tibet2000/en/index.htm

Tibet 2000, Exhibition 22 Mar - 7 May, 2000
Royal Castle, Prague, Czech Republic

[clothing] [monks' life] [scripts and writings] [household] [lay buddhism] [entertainment] [information] [authors]

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Tibetan Place Names, translated

2005-09-06T13:56:00.000+10:00

http://chinese.yuehan.net/names.php

Tibetan place names in English, Tibetan, Wylie, Chinese, Pinyin, and Czech compiled by Jan Zapotocky (janzap--at--centrum.cz)

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