Silk Roads Project website
The International Dunhuang Programme has launched a new website. It features materials and learning guides relating to the history and culture of the East silk roads. It includes digital manuscripts, prints, textile photographs and more relating to trade in the region. Contributors to the website include the British Library and other institutions in Europe and […]
Southwest Asia and North African literature
Kotobli is a book discovery platform and database for authors, books, publishers and literary magazines from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. It aims to highlight works by writers from this region and to “challenge anti-colonial recommendation algorithms.” See more information on their work in this explanatory blog posting which highlights their specialist reading […]
September is East and South East Asian Heritage Month
Getting ready for East and South East Asian Heritage Month https://www.eseaheritagemonth.co.uk/ South East Asia Digital Library Provides free access to primary and secondary materials created in and about Southeast Asia. Covers Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. South east Asia visions A collection of over 350 European travel accounts of […]
The #MeToo Asia Thinking Aloud Series
Available via Youtube This series explores the way that #MeToo Movement was translated and transformed in China, India, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It is curated by Dr Monika Winarnita of Deakin University and associated with The Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network, an initiative of Deakin University with partners from Tsinghua and Wuhan Universities […]
Asian Development Outlook 2018
The Asian Development Bank has just released its latest annual review which has a special focus on the impact of technology upon employment and jobs in the region. It also has projects for economic growth and household debt. There are predictions by sub-region
Unshackling expression – A study on laws criminalising expression online in Asia
Free access to this special issue from GISWatch. It focuses on conditions in six Asian states: Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand.
Asian Development Bank launch Public-Private Partnership Monitor
The Public-Private Partnership Monitor was launched at the end of 2017 by the Asian Development Bank. This new publication monitors developments in 9 nations of the ADB: Bangladesh, the People’s Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It examines four main areas of interest: Regulatory Framework, Institutional Capacity […]
Digital Asia Hub – Launched
A new independent, non-profit Internet and society research think tank based in Hong Kong. It is supported by The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and seeks to discuss digital society in Asian context. The site has just launched with a useful collection of essays grouped into five broad chapters: “Connecting the […]
Conflict in the Philippines
The new Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System from Alert and the World Bank is collecting current and historic data on incidences of political violence in the region. It includes reports and charts of conflicts.
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCAP digital publications Free access to its flagship publication Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific starting with the first edition published in 1948 and continuing until the present day. It contains articles and surveys on regional economics. There are particularly good tables of statistics and the website’s link can also be found […]
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