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International association for Ladakh studies

http://www.ladakhstudies.org/

This is the website of the international association for Ladakh studies, an organisation established in 1987 to further the study of Ladakh and to provide a forum in which scholars could establish networks and links around the world. The site contains details of academic events, cultural activities and publications. The publication pages give details of books and journals published under the aegis of the association, along with contents and abstracts. Details of how to order are also provided, as well as contact details for the authors in many cases. The gallery contains only four images, although they are all very striking. News seminars and an annual colloquium are also provided. This is a simple, easy-to-use guide to the activities of a significant and truly international organisation.
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Pakistan link

http://www.pakistanlink.com/

Pakistan Link is a very useful site for those interested in Pakistani current affairs, culture, religion society, economics and politics. The site is targetted at the Pakistani community in the United States, but is of interest to scholars of diasporic communities and to those of Pakistani origin around the world. There are a large number of news articles presented on the site, alongside which are also commentaries on cultural events, arts, education and Pakistani society. The site is updated with a new edition every week with a new edition and a full archive dating back to the first issue in 2002 is accessible for free from a link on the home page.
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Pali text society

http://www.palitext.com/

This is the website of the Pali Text Society, founded in 1881, which exists to promote the study of the Pali canon, the principal works of Theravada Buddhism. The website gives details of the work of the society and has a list of society members which scholars new to the field will find particularly useful. There are also a number of translation exercises and tutorials on the site which will be helpful for new learners. The principal focus of the website are the lists of publications. None of these are available online, but the site gives details of prices and how to place an order, which can be done directly through the site.
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Photophormations

http://www.munen-mushin.com/

Photophormations is a documentary film production company working in Africa and Asia. In particular their work focuses on Tibet and Southern Africa (especially Zimbabwe). The website gives free access to images, documentary films and notes and papers about Southern Africa and South Asia - the documentary 'Capturing Tibet, 200-2008', for example, is a beautifully filmed and interesting piece of work - as well as a number of photographic essays. The site is well designed, visually pleasing and the contents interesting and well presented. As a result this is a site which will interest scholars from a number of disciplines as well as the informed casual observer.
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Perspectives Chinoises

http://perspectiveschinoises.revues.org/

Perspectives Chinoises (Chinese Perspectives) is a French language quarterly revue of modern Chinese politics, economics, society and culture published by The French Centre For Contemporary China (CEFC). From a menu bar on the main page, users can access the mission statement of the publication, along with links to full text online versions of articles from the journal from 2003 to 2005. Summaries of articles from 2006 to 2008 are also provided, with plans to publish full text versions of more recent articles in the near future. Subjects covered by revue and discussion articles include: political economy of rural China; politics in sport; migration; Taiwanese nationalism; and subjectivity in contemporary Chinese literature. Articles are simple to access via links on the title page of each issue, which can be browsed by a series of arrows. Each issue includes book reviews, and all articles, summaries and reviews can be e mailed, or presented in a print view. The journal has a bias towards political, economic and social issues, so is suitable for social scientists from higher education communities. As of 2009, only one issue is available in English translation, therefore an intermediate level of French is required.
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Young and restless in China

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/youngchina/

Young and Restless In China is an accompanying online resource to a television film broadcast by Frontline, a current affairs series from US broadcaster PBS. This edition, directed by Sue Jones, focused on young Chinese coming of age in a country moving further and further away from its Communist past. From the main page, users can read introductions to the young people featured in the programme, watch the entire programme online, read a roundtable discussion with top academics about the economic, cultural and politics future of young Chinese, and read about the background to the programme. It is also possible to listen to the music (from rapper Wang Xiaolei) featured in the programme, and read its transcript. Teachers will also find a classroom resource with lesson plans based on the issues featured in the film.

The website would be of value to anyone interested in the variety of experiences undergone by young people across China, from rural migrant workers to artists and business people in the cities.
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MusicWeb International : Garlands index

http://www.musicweb-international.com/garlands/index.htm

Part of the MusicWeb site, this database by music and literature critic Philip Scowcroft has a large number of articles arranged as an untitled list. Each article opens on a new scroll-down page and titles include 'British Composers in Literature', 'Crime Fiction and Music', 'Music inspired by Sherlock Holmes', 'Music and the Brontes', 'The Cafe Orchestra in Fact and Fiction', 'Jane Austen and Music' and 'Elgar in Crime Fiction'. The articles vary in length and detail but are all fully referenced and offer an excellent starting point for research on the broad subject of music in literature, as well as more focused analysis of particular genres and authors. The garlands almost reach 380 (May 2003) with many still in manuscript awaiting transcribing. There is a search facility.
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Ama, a story of the Atlantic slave trade

http://www.ama.africatoday.com/

The website 'Ama' is essentially an advertisement for a book of the same name by the American author Manu Herbstein. As such it contains two sample chapters from the book as a taster, as well as details of how to order the book. There are also details of the writing of the book and background information detailing the research which went into its writing. The site also provides reviews of the text (not all favourable). Of most interest to scholars of Africa and the slave trade, however, are the 'enhancements' section and the very useful links which the site offers. There are a number of maps and images of Africa during the slave trade, all provided in reasonably high resolution, as well as links to films and other resources examining the Atlantic slave trade.
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Meter down

http://meterdown.wordpress.com/

The meter down blog contains a collection of interviews (in Hindi), writing in English and audio feeds documenting a number of conversations with Bombay taxi drivers. The interviews are explorations into the issues of migration and are a collection of sub-altern voices in a city consumed with the narrative of globalisation and rapid change. This non-academic project, is slowly, conversation by conversation, assembling a repository of oral histories. At the time of this review (December 2008) there were sixteen interviews on the site, each giving an interesting context to the interview and the interviewee, with photographs and a personal history of each informant. A podcast is also available so that new interviews can be automatically downloaded as they are created. An RSS feed allows similar warning of new content for those wishing to view, rather than hear the content. An ambitious project which could become quite significant, this is a fascinating site which should interest urban historians, social scientists and political commentators alike.
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Seeing Tibetan art

http://www.seeingtibetanart.org

This site is a survey canvassing opinions of American, Swiss and Tibetan participants about their impressions of a number of works of Tibetan art. Whilst this may not be of direct relevance to visitors to the site from outside of these regions, the website is nonetheless of interest due to the variety of works it displays which cover a range of periods and styles. There is also the promise of future results from the survey, which should prove useful to any scholar of South Asian art and the perceptions of its meaning among different audiences. Those wishing to view the artworks will have to create an account with a user name and password.
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Kalasampada digital library : resources of Indian cultural heritage

http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm

The website Kalsampada comprises an impressive and very large databank of resources, publications and ephemera relating to Indian art and culture. The site gives information about and access to the extensive holdings of the Indira Gandhi national centre for the arts, many of which are available freely for download through links available on the home page. There are collections of photographs, ebooks, papers, research reports, essays, bibliographies and audio recordings, all with annotations and notes and a great number freely accessible. While this is only a pilot project, the scope and scale of what is available is very impressive and the promise of what might be possible in the future is very great. The design is not fantastic, and the home page could be less cluttered to make searching more simple, but this is a laudable project which should become a very important research tool in the future.
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Valencian Institute of Modern Art

http://www.ivam.es/

The "Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM)" website offers pertinent information about this museum of contemporary art. The site, available in English, Spanish and Valencian, is divided into several sections presented in a tabular form. The collections section describes the main features of the permanent collection of the museum. It consists of over 10,000 pieces representing Cubism, Surrealism, Informalism, Pop Art and other expressions of modern art during the last century. There is also an extensive collection of graphic design and photography, although none of the collections or exhibitions is displayed on the webpage. In addition to further information about past and future temporary exhibitions, conferences and publications, the user can access the bibliographic catalogue of the IVAM's library, which holds more than 40,000 documents and other resources relating to modern art. Researches may be interested in the Data search tool (in the "Collections" section), as it allows the user to consult information about the collections of the museum too. This last option is only available after completing a registration form.
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China and the media

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/chinathemedia

The UK's Guardian newspaper publishes this resource of collected news stories relating to Mainland China and its control of and expression in contemporary media. Content is updated along with news stories, but consistent topics include: blogging in contemporary China; government control and censorship of media resources; internet firewalls in China; and contemporary television culture.

Users access stories (listed in chronological order) through simple links, and the main page also acts as a gateway to collections of news on political and current affairs. Sources are not only written, but also include audio and video reports. No special plug-in is required, although a fast internet connection benefits this material. The resource is of use to anyone interest in the latest developments in Chinese media culture, with particular relevance to the use and censorship of online resources and news coverage in China. The resource is particularly recommended on account of the high quality and frequency of the source newspaper's China reporting and correspondents.
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eDemocracia

http://edemocracia.blogspot.com/

"eDemocracia" is the blog of a Spanish organisation which was created in 2003 to study the impact that new technologies are having on democratic systems and, more precisely, the case of Spain. The site discusses in what ways the internet and new technologies may help to increase political action, transparency and the active participation of people in political decisions. Although there are a few articles and comments about worldwide issues, the site will mainly be of interest to those dedicated to the impact of new media and technology in Spanish society and politics. The site offers the possibility of reading working papers and articles by the members of this organisation. Some examples are: "E-Participación: de la remediación a la simulación"; "Ciberactivismo y alfabetización digital"; "eDemocracia, retos y limites para la Acción, la Participación y la Representación Política". The site also features some information about symposiums on the matter, and an exhaustive list of links. The organisation published a number of bulletins during 2006, which are also available in addition to an archive of previous comments and news.
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London Chinese cultural centre

http://www.chineseculturalcentre.org.uk/

The London Chinese Cultural Centre stages film, education and music and performance events in the capital. Its simple homepage lists a guide to current and future events, of which users are able to read a brief summary, and be navigated to a new page for further visual and textual information (in English and complicated Chinese characters). One of the main annual events run by the centre is the London Chinese Film Festival, which shows Mainland Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwanese films, often without other UK distribution networks. The Centre also stages film shows throughout the year, and it is worthwhile to visit the films section of the website for information on new and recent releases.

The website also offers contact details of the centre, and a short list of links to related websites, although it is need of expansion. The website would be of value to anyone interested in the diasporic Chinese community, and Chinese cultural activities. Its main interest, however, lies in its short descriptions of its film programme.
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Tank Man

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/

The accompanying online resource to the PBS Frontline programme, The Tank Man, follows the image of a young man standing in front of a tank used to quash the Tiananmen protests in 1989 to interrogate the progress of political and ideological freedoms in modern China. Users will find a brief introduction to the programme, and sections on the Tiananmen Square protests and their aftermath, which include: eyewitness accounts and press reactions to the 1989 protests; a timeline of key events in the student movement; discussions of the aftermath of the protests and their government repression; and discussions on censorship and freedom of information in Mainland China. Unfortunately, users in some countries (including the United Kingdom) are not able the view the programme online due to rights restrictions.

The website would be of value to anyone with an interest in modern Chinese political history. It includes a great deal of textual information from respected academics on freedoms and rights in China, and extends the debate about the protests beyond their immediate historical context to their implications on culture in China today. Teachers of secondary level will also fins a teachers' guide with lesson plans, and the site acts as a gateway to related websites and online journalism, although it should be noted that not all links are still active at the time of review.
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Reith Lectures 2008 - Chinese Vistas

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2008/

The online companion to BBC Radio 4's 2008 Reith Lecture series allows users to listen to and read transcripts of talks and discussion from China expert Jonathan Spence. The Reith lectures were inaugurated in order to increase public understanding of important issues of the day, and in 2008 (Beijing Olympic year), Spence delivered lectures on: Chinese ideas of sport and athleticism; the relationship between China and the United States; China and the United Kingdom in the post-Mao era; and Confucius and Confucianism. Users are able to listen to each forty minute lecture in full, and read a full transcript of each lecture, followed by an account of the following question and answer section with the audience and invited guests.

Users can read a short biography of Spence, a Fellow at Clare College Cambridge at the time of the lectures, and the website acts as a gateway to other BBC and Open University resources on Chinese language and culture. The page would be of value to anyone interested in engaging with a debate on contemporary China's place within the wider world.
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International development : inside China

http://www.open2.net/society/international_development/insidechinamenu.html

This section of the online teaching resource from the Open University concentrates upon giving a basic economic, social and political background to modern mainland China. From the main page, users may access textual information on: the influence of China on energy policy in Ghana; the Chinese education system; the economy's impact on the environment; and Chinese social freedoms. The two largest sections of the resource concentrate on China's school system, and an extended lecture on China's economic impact upon the wider world, particularly Africa. From the section on schooling in China, based on a British television documentary, users can access information on the structure of the Chinese education system, and read accounts of Chinese schooldays. In an extended economics and trade lecture from Raphael Klapinsky, Professor of International Development at the Open University, topics are presented in textual form, as well as in audio and visual formats, with no special plugin required to view and listen to material. The resource would be of value to anyone with an interest in China's changing place in the world, and in China's rise as an economic power. The website also acts as a gateway to related online resources from the BBC and the Open University.
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Frontline: Dreams of Tibet

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tibet/

The accompanying online resource to the PBS Frontline programme, Dreams of Tibet, introduces users to the political, religious, and cultural background of this still contentious region, governed by the Chinese state. From the main page, users can: read interviews with historians and public figures (explaining their attitude towards Tibet and Buddhism); read book excerpts and official reports on China's relationship with Tibet; read about contemporary and historical expeditions to Tibet; and learn about Buddhism's evolution in Tibet. Unfortunately, unlike other online resources from Frontline, users are unable to view the original broadcast film online, although it is possible to download a written transcript.

The website also acts as a gateway to other online resources about the Tibetan independence movement. Although the resource is clearly on the side of those who call for independence for the region, it is a valuable resource for anyone interested in an introduction to the region, and it is a useful online secondary and primary source, with contributions from such figures as Henry Kissinger, and prominent historians Orville Schell and Andrew Nathan.
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Village Works

http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/VillageWorks/index.html

From 1992 to 1993, women in villages of rural north west China were given cameras to record a year of their daily life, as pat of a women's reproductive health programme supported by the Ford Foundation. The resulting pictures not only formed an exhibition, but were used as prompts to discussions with officials on improving conditions in the areas involved. From the main page of the website, users can view a textual introduction to the project, and link to selected photographs, covering: work; family; household chores; community; and social change in the villages. Each photograph is annotated with descriptions from the Chinese photographer, and some include brief contextualisation from Western academic sources. In addition, short HTML essays are provided, which elaborate on themes of Chinese women, rural development, and interpreting visual culture.

Although the website as a whole is showing its age in the expiration of many of its recommended gateways, it remains a valuable insight into rural China, which users can interpret from a Western anhropological eye, or through the self-presentation of the Chinese photographers themselves.
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China and Europe, 1500 - 2000 and beyond

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/chinawh/

In this online teaching and learning resource from Columbia University's Asia For Educators series, professors Bin Wong and Ken Pomeranz debate the comparative development of China and Europe in the five hundred years from 1500. In a series of sections, each with an accompanying video (played through RealPlayer), topics are explored chronologically, charting the relative development of the two regions. Issues explored include the growth in population of the two regions, industrial progress, and political modernity, with a view to examining what is meant by a 'modern' state and economy.

In addition, users will find an extensive bibliography of printed secondary sources, and a comprehensive page on troubleshooting problems with the website. A number of statistical tables are also provided in PDF format. The resource would be of interest to anyone with an interest in historiography, and the comparative development of the Chinese economy and society.
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Creating Buddhas : the making and meaning of fabric thangkas

http://www.creatingbuddhas.com/

The website 'Creating Buddhas: the Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas' is partly a promotional site for a film about a woman working on these Tibetan artworks in north America. The site gives information about the making of the film and a three-minute trailer for the documentary, as well as information about the film maker and those involved in the project. It is included in this database as the film is a not-for-profit production and of academic merit. The site also gives a list of the numerous past and present screenings of the film in public cinemas. These are mostly in the US, although there have been screenings in Europe as well. There are a number of still images taken from the film showing the various stages of the production of the thangkas. It would be nice to have more information about the craft itself, rather than the documentary, but this site presents a taster of what appears an interesting and useful resource.
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The oldest grammar of Hindustani: contact, communication and colonial legacy

http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/~kmach/gicas/Ketelaar/Ketelaar.htm

This is a slightly confusing website which contains an extremely important document in full facsimile. Jean Josua Ketelaar's Hindustani dictionary purports to be the oldest work on the grammar of the language. It is presented here page by page as jpeg files, along with a list of the words included in the book compiled by the site's designers. Unfortunately there is no background information, guide to use of the site or proper index, so it is up to the user to find their own way around the document. The dictionary is organised thematically and two images are given alongside a Dutch and English heading, one headed 'prints' and the other 'microfilms'. The latter are very large, high resolution images taken from rather scratchy microfilms, the former are smaller images, but more easily legible - it would be useful to know why both are included and what the sources are from which they were taken. A very important, useful, but flawed resource.
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Escape into life

http://www.escapeintolife.com/

Escape Into Life is a website that hosts artists profiles and an online art journal. The website is divided into the following categories: poetry, essays, reviews, interviews, artists and writers. The latter two have profiles of writers and artists, including biographical information and samples of their work. The essays, reviews and interviews cover a broad range of people and disciplines, from journalism to painting to illustration. The website is also divided into more specific categories (such as collage, video and art history) to help browsing. The website accepts contributions and in 'Info' there are details of how to submit work and ideas.
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Footsteps project

http://www.ahrcfootsteps.com/

This is the website of the AHRC funded project 'In the Footsteps of Jesus and the Prophet: Sociality, Caring and the Religious Imagination In the Filipino Diaspora'. The Footsteps Project is a major two year research project funded within the AHRC Diaspora Programme, concerned with the experiences of Filipino carers living and working in the Middle East and the role that Filipino religious congregations play in creating sociality, community and social networks among fellow migrants, both local and transnational; the ways these facilitate relations with their hosts; how faith may empower women negotiating status and identity within and beyond the workplace.
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Jews and the graphic novel

http://www.jbooks.com/common/uploads/graphic_novel/index.html

'Jews and the Graphic Novel' is a 22-page documentary comic book created and written by David Gantz. This comic is free to read online, and offers a condensed history of the immense contribution made by American Jewish men to the art and craft of the comic book in the 20th century. The author has the advantage of having worked in the industry since the 1940s, and there is particular focus on the impact of the Second World War on the industry. In 22 pages, this free online comic can only scratch the surface of a history which is now dealt with in a significant number of scholarly history books - such as 'From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and comic books'; 'The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches'; 'Up, Up, and Oy Vey'; and 'Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero', among others. It does however give a useful outline introduction for those who are just starting to take an interest in the topic.
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Shakespeare searched

http://shakespeare.clusty.com/

Shakespeare Searched is a search tool for quickly searching the complete works of Shakespeare by keyword or phrase. It makes use of the services of the Shakespeare Folger Library. The interface is uncomplicated and contains a single keyword search box, and searches may be limited to a certain character and/or play. My test search for "woodbine" revealed occurrences in two acts of the Dream, and one in Much Ado about Nothing. Search results were simply and elegantly shown as text snippets headed by the name of the speaker and with accompanying line numbers. There is also the option to reveal "surrounding text", showing lines from those speaking before and after the search result. Results were returned very quickly, using the Yippy Labs service. Advertising may be served alongside the results. No analysis, opinions, footnotes, interpretations or minor variant texts are searched or offered by the website.
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Rubin museum of art

http://www.rmanyc.org/

The Rubin museum of art, based in New York, comprises a significant collection of art from Himalaya and the surrounding region. The website gives information about exhibitions at the museum, as well as selections of images from these exhibitions. In some cases there are also interesting interactive online displays showing images of works of art alongside discussions of their meaning and import. The site is visually strong and easy to use and provides good access to a large number of images which will be of use to scholars of the art, culture and history of the Himalayas and its religions.
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J. Sheridan Le Fanu : a database

http://www.jslefanu.com/

'J. Sheridan Le Fanu: a database' is comprehensive website on this Victorian writer of ghost and mystery stories, compiled by Gary William Crawford. This free service serves as an online expansion of the 1995 book 'J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A Bio-Bibliography', and the records are very usefully and copiously annotated. The website also includes the archives of the free full-text academic ejournal, Le Fanu Studies. This database and journal archive will be of great interest to anyone interested in the life and work of the 19th Century's leading writer of ghost stories.
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Entitled opinions (about life and literature)

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/fren-ital/opinions/

The Entitled Opinions (About Life and Literature) website offers a series of podcasts based on a weekly talk show hosted by Professor Robert Harrison of Stanford University. The discussions cover a wide range of topics in literature (especially, though not limited to, the works of English and Italian authors), philosophy, and contemporary music, with occasional forays into other disciplines. The show generally takes the form of an hour-long one-to-one conversation between Harrison and a guest with expertise on the topic or author under discussion. Users can listen to the recordings via the site, or download for later consumption (the podcasts are also available via iTunes). The site's archive offers over 90 shows, dating back to September 2005.
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Kretika chronika

http://64.244.59.70/IMH/index.aspx?l=En

"Kretika Chronika" was a journal published in Heraklion from 1947 onwards by Andreas G. Kalokerinos and the first 14 volumes (I/1947 – XIV/1960) are republished in digital format in this website. The website is available in Greek and English, but most articles are available in Greek only and can be downloaded as PDF files. The journal focused on archaeology, history, folklore and literary scholarship of Crete from ancient times to the early 20th century. Contributors included leading scholars such as Nikolaos Platon, Menelaos Parlamas, Stylianos Alexiou, Doro Levi, George Miles, Manousos Manousakas, Emmanouil Kriaras, Nikolaos Panagiotakis, Gareth Morgan and Spiros Marinatos, and many more. Thanks to the Society of Cretan Historical Studies, 405 articles of scholarship, many still valuable beyond their historical value, are now available free and full-text. Researchers in particular may find this website useful.
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Armenian church

http://www.churchinarmenia.com/

The Armenian Church website provides an overview of the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion, in 301 AD, and the site gives a brief history of Christianity in the region, plus background information about the country and details of the church's hierarchy. While the site gives a useful introduction to the subject, it is probably not detailed enough to be of use for more advanced research. It does, however, offer an interesting gallery of several dozen black-and-white images of aspects of church architecture and decoration, and of key personnel and events in the Armenian church, though unfortunately detailed descriptions of these are not provided. The site features text adverts, which some users may find distracting.
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Miranda

http://www.miranda-ejournal.eu/

Miranda is an open access full-text ejournal, published from the University of Toulouse, France. Themed peer-reviewed issues explore... "social and cultural practices of the English-speaking world". At May 2010 there is one issue available, a substantial issue on Charles Darwin and his legacy / Thomas Hardy and Science beyond Darwin. Articles are in either French or English, and are in HTML format. Example English articles in the first issue include: 'Darwin in Wonderland: evolution, involution and natural selection in The Water Babies (1863)'; 'Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles : facts and metaphors'; and 'From the Fossil to the Specter : or the drift of knowledge in Thomas Hardy's works', among others. The journal also publishes 'occasional papers' and reviews. The website has full details of the editors, Editorial Board, and calls for papers. There is an associated discussion forum.
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Digital comic museum

http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/

Digital Comic Museum is a very large website archive of U.S. comic books known to be in the public domain. As such, it includes a wealth of high-quality scans of vintage ("Golden Age", in the terminology of comic book collectors) comics, freely available for reading. Most comics are from the 1940s and 1950s. Some newspaper comic strips are also included. Files are in the standard CBR (Comic Book Reader) format, for which Comical is possibly the best free viewer. Free registration is required to download the comics, but not to search the website. The Digital Comic Museum will be a valuable resource for those researching the history of comics in the U.S., as well as for those interested in the dynamic hand-made typography of the medium, the depiction of stereotypes during the 20th century, and the ways that the standards and politics of the time were presented to children. Adverts in the comics may also be of interest to those researching the history of advertising or the history of toys.
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Kritike

http://www.kritike.org/

Kritike is an open access online philosophy journal. Based in the Philippines, it has a broad remit, covering all philosophical topics, but with a particular focus on analytic philosophy, continental philosophy, and East-West comparative philosophy. Interdisciplinary contributions are also encouraged. In addition to articles (which are peer-reviewed), the journal also accepts creative works (e.g. fiction or poetry) with strong philosophical content. Guidelines for potential contributors are provided. The journal has been published twice yearly since 2007.
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Papers : explorations into children's literature

http://www.paperschildlit.com/index.php/papers/index

'Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature' is an open full-text ejournal. Published since 1990, at May 2010 only the most recent four issues (2007-2009) are available online. Papers are freely available as PDF files, with abstracts. Example article titles include: 'Abandoned Boys and Pampered Princes: Fantasy as a Journey to Reality in the Harry Potter Sequence'; 'Haunted Histories: Time-slip Narratives in the Antipodes'; 'Fantasy Motif Metaphors: Magical Powers as Exceptionality in Disney's The Incredibles and Zixou Corder's Lion Boy Trilogy'; and 'Roald Dahl's Reception in America: The Tall Tale, Humour and the Gothic Connection', among others. The website has details of the Editors, Editorial Board, and the submissions process.
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Godišnjak za društvenu istoriju

http://www.udi.rs/annual.asp

The website Godišnjak za društvenu istoriju (Annual for Social History) is the online presence of this annual published in Belgrade, Serbia since 1994 by the Association for Social History. The publication focuses on social history issues of Serbia and the Balkans from the medieval period onward and appears in three issues per annum. The language of the annual is Serbian, although some articles are in English. Articles have English language abstracts. The annual publishes research articles, book reviews and a review of academic websites with a focus on history. Issues can be accessed from a drop-down menu. The presentation of the annual is not consistent for all issues: some articles are listed with their original Serbian title with an English translation, others not, just as some studies are presented in Cyrillic script, while others with Latin characters. The available online articles follow a similar inconsistent approach: while all issues have their tables of contents posted, they vary greatly in the number of available full-text articles. Each article is a separate PDF file. The site is easy to navigate and is bilingual, Serbian and English. The "Godišnjak za društvenu istoriju" is a valuable resource for those interested in Serbian history with the proviso that they have a medium command of Serbian.
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BBC Radio 4 : Woman's hour : women's poetry in the first world war

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/30_07_01/monday/ram/item3.ram

The website "BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour: Women's poetry in the First World War" is an audio clip of 10'26'' featuring an interview with Michele Fry about her presentation at a conference (2001) about women's poetry during World War One. The discussion explores briefly the literary contributions of women poets: Mary Boden; Rose Macaulay; and Jessie Pope, contrasting them against the better known male poets of WWI, such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Antonia Beamish reads excerpts from poetry: Mary Boden's "Mud"; Rose Macaulay's "Picnic"; and Jessie Pope's "The Call". This is a good resource for English literature students. The clip is a RealAudio file. .
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South Asian diaspora

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/diaspora.html

The South Asia Diaspora website hosted by the South / Southeast Asia Library at the University of California, Berkeley, contains several useful resources for scholars researching the Indian diaspora. The site briefly describes the relevant archives held at Berkeley, and includes images from the archive illustrating aspects of the diaspora in California. An essays section summarises the history of Indian immigration to California during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and links to further materials. There are a large number of bibliographies available from the site, concerning not just the Asian diaspora but also various other immigrant groups. The bibliographies are structured by country or region of destination, and by topic. The site also hosts the diaspora project database of research, which provides abstracts of current research being undertaken in the field of diaspora studies around the world. Scholars may submit details of their own research. A large list of annotated links is provided to other relevant websites. This site should be of interest not just to those researching the Indian diaspora, but diaspora studies more broadly.
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Acta historica Tallinnensia

http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/publicationdetails.aspx?publicationid=08beb924-4918-11

The website "Acta Historica Tallinnensia" is the electronic version of this Estonian academic annual hosted in the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) database. The journal is peer reviewed and published in Estonian and English; it focuses on the history of Estonia, the Baltic Sea region and North Eastern Europe from the middle ages onward. The website give pay per view access to the following issues: 8/2004; 10/2006; 11/2007; 12 and 13/2008; and 14/2009. Summaries of articles can be consulted on the site free of charge.
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Homepage of G. C. Kálmán

http://gckalman.honlapepito.hu/

The website "Homepage of G. C. Kálmán" is the personal page of the Hungarian literary theorist and critic György C. Kálmán. The page provides personal information on Kálmán and detailed information on his academic activity. A full list of publication is posted, arranged in various groups: before 1990 and after 1991 (that is before and after the author's PhD title); major and minor publications; and citations. The author posts on this web page several of his papers on literary theory and interpretation, under the sections: theory; other literatures; Hungarian literature; and the book "Te rongyos (elm)élet! / You Freakin' Theory, which is available from an external site. Papers include: "On Happiness - A reply to Derrida"; "Literariness of Theory"; or "On Metacriticism". The author has also published on this page several critical writings against the Hungarian Academy.
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European bibliography of Slavic and East European studies (EBSEES)

http://ebsees.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/

The website European Bibliography of Slavic and East European studies (EBSEES) is a bibliographic database combining two older databases of Western European scholarship published between 1991-200 and 2001-20078 in eight countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland), focussing on Eastern Europe, the former Soviet union and the Balkans. Currently EBSEES is a joint project of the Staatsbibliothek of Berlin (Berlin State Library) and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris. The site is searchable by author, title, editor, key word, country, language or subject. It contains details of books, journal articles, theses and reviews. The database has been frozen in December 2007.
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Doomed soldiers : Polish underground soldiers 1944-1963 : the untold story

http://www.doomedsoldiers.com/

The website "The Doomed Soldiers. Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1936: The Untold Story" is a project dedicated to the Polish Underground organisations that fought against the Nazi and Soviet occupations. There are several sections: Historical Background; Soldiers; and Units and Operations. The Historical Background offers a vast array of information on the anticommunist armed fight in the underground. Numerous cases are described, with contemporary official documents; propaganda; press releases; and photographs. Lists of soldiers and of people arrested and murdered by the occupying Soviet forces are provided on the site. A subsection investigates the Polish Secret Police force, which was the main repression force of the communist state, resorting to torture and murder of opponents to the regime. The sections focusing on Soldiers contains personal stories of five men involved in the underground movement (two biographies and three interviews) as well as a touching photo gallery. Photographs of torturers and state prosecutors are also present on the site. Each story on the site can also be accessed directly from the list on the bottom of the page on the screen. The site is updated regularly.
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Raymond Carver review

http://dept.kent.edu/english/RCR/

The Raymond Carver Review is a full-text ejournal published from Kent State University. At April 2010 there are two issues online, and details of two forthcoming issues. Articles are freely offered in PDF format. The articles include a variety of scholarly investigations into aspects of the writings of Raymond Carver. Example titles include: 'Raymond Carver and the Temperance Tradition'; 'Existential Connections: The Influence of Raymond Carver on Haruki Murakami'; 'Masculinity as Homosocial Enactment in Three Stories by Raymond Carver'; and 'I Don’t Do Motion Shots: Photography, Movement, and Change in Raymond Carver’s Stories', among others. There are also short reviews. The website has full details of the editors, Editorial Board, and submissions process. The journal is published with the help of The International Raymond Carver Society. This will be a vital free resource for those interested in the fiction and influence of Raymond Carver.
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Fossils : the historians of amateur journalism

http://www.thefossils.org/

The Fossils: The Historians of Amateur Journalism is a North American organisation and archive dedicated to research on the amateur journalism movement and its authors. The organisation gives free online access to 'The Fossil', a full-text ejournal. At April 2010 the free online issues of The Fossil run from 2004 to January 2010. Some issues are made up largely of short association news, obituaries and notes - but others contain substantial scholarly articles (e.g.: a ten page article on Lovecraft in the July 2009 issue). The website also contains archived articles from the American Private Press Association, and a history of the Library of Amateur Journalism, together with the expected details of membership fees and contact details. The Fossils website will be a useful contact point for researchers interested in the history of fan cultures, fantasy and science-fiction fandom, and the history of small press publishing in the USA.
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Rhetorical theory

http://virtualology.com/rhetoricaltheory/

Rhetorical Theory is a website providing information on classical and modern rhetoric and rhetoricians. The site also acts as a gateway to a great many related but independent sites offering additional information, criticism, and debate on the subjects covered. Specific authors featured include: Socrates; Plato; Aristotle; Cicero; Quintilian; and Augustine. In addition to these there is a long list of other 'rhetorical scholars' from all periods. The site includes definitions of the various rhetorical divisions, and links are provided to some of the classical treatises on rhetoric. This website forms part of virtualology.com, an educational service aimed primarily at pre-university students, and which publishes students' class assignments on the web. This particular part of the site is however evidently aimed at the more advanced student. Unfortunately commercial advertising on the site is somewhat distracting.
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ENPI Info Centre

http://www.enpi-info.eu/

'This portal is one of the main communication tools of the ENPI Information and Communication Support Project, launched by the European Commission in January 2009 to make more known the relationship between the EU, its nine partner countries in the Mediterranean and six partner countries in the East.' It is a follow-on from the EuroMed Info Centre, which lasted from 2005 to January 2009. It is a three year project . Main areas of activity are Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and partnerships with the East. ENPI stands for ' European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.' There is full information about projects, the EU's neighbours and EU delegations.
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Savifadok: digital repository of South Asian Studies

http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/index.php?la=en

Savifadok is a digital repository maintained by the Savifa - the Virtual Library South Asia. It a joint project of the University Library of Heidelberg and the South Asia Institute (SAI) at the University of Heidelberg. It aims to provide free access to information, and where copyright allows full text access to documents covering all aspects of South Asian studies. These include books, articles, reports, theses, dissertations and multimedia. All topics from the humanities and social sciences are covered. These include religion, anthropology, South Asian history, culture, languages and politics. Excellent coverage of German language publications.
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Skemman

http://skemman.is/?locale=en

Skemman is a major open access research repository based in Iceland. It combines the results from the University of Iceland and other major university and institutional repositories in Iceland offering information (and where copyright allows) access to the full text of research outputs from staff and researchers. These include monographs, journal articles, theses and research reports. All topics from the humanities, sciences and social sciences are covered with a particular emphasis upon Icelandic history, culture, economics and politics. Many items are offered in Icelandic only.
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Observatorio europeo de los bicentenarios latinoamericanos

http://www.red-redial.net/bicentenario.html

A special site created by REDIAL (Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina) y CEISAL (Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina) during 2010 to commemorate the 200th bicentenary of the start of the process that led to political independence for many Latin American nations. It also commemorates the centenary of the Mexican revolution. The site includes a chronology of Latin American history, and free access to several online digital libraries. The latter include photos and texts on General San Martin, the crossing of the Andes and the emancipation of Chile. Links to an online exhibition from the British Library on Hispanic-American independence; a free online library of eBooks relating to Mexican independence and an online library on the bicentary of Impendence for Columbia. Some items are offered in Spanish only. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website.
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