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Museums and Exhibitions

AsiaEVENTS: Asia-related exhibitions, conferences, readings, screenings, performances, and discussions happening around the searchable world by date, location, or keyword

Newsletter for East Asian Art and Archaeology: exhibitions, conferences, lectures, workshops.

Orientations: calendar of Asian art events

AUSTRALASIA

Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Lee Kong Chian Art Museum, National University of Singapore

National Palace Museum, Taipei
Singapore Art Museum

CHINA

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Art Museum
Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware, Hong Kong
Henan Museum, Luoyang

Hong Kong Museum of Art

Hong Kong Museum of History
Museum of Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Xi'an

The National Museum of Chinese History (Zhongguo lishi bowuguan), Beijing
Palace Museum, Beijing
University of Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery

Visible Traces: Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China: on-line exhibition, teacher's guide, etc.

EUROPE

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford: Eastern art
British Library, London
British Museum, London

Croydon Museum, UK: Riesco Collection of Chinese Pottery

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg: Oriental Art
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (Museum of East Asian Art), Berlin-Dahlem
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (Museum of East Asian Art), Köln (Cologne) (in German)
Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum of Ethnology), Berlin-Dahlem
Kibo Foundation, London: The Khalili Collection of Japanese Art (mainly Meiji decorative art)

Musee National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, Paris

The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Ostasiatiska Museet), Stockholm
Museum Rietberg Zürich
National Museums of Scotland

Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (National Museum of Ethnology), Leiden

University of Durham, Oriental Museum
University of Sussex, The Barlow Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Jades and Bronzes

Victoria & Albert Museum of Art, London

JAPAN

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
Art Tower Mito (Tokyo Contemporary Art Center)
Asuka Historical Museum,
Chiba City Museum of Art

Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art (in Japanese)
Chihiro Art Museum, Tokyo and Azumino
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
, Tokyo

Hiroshima Museum of Art
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo
Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, Matsumoto City

Itsuo Art Museum
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History, Yokohama (in Japanese)
Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa-Bunko Museum (in Japanese)
Kawasaki City Museum
Kuroda Memorial Hall, Tokyo
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
Kurokawa Institute of Ancient Cultures, Nishinomiya
Kushigata Shunsen Museum of Art
Kyoto National Museum: a fabulous site including reproductions of over 2000 Chinese and Japanese paintings, indexed
Kyushu National Museum (in Japanese)
Miho Museum, Shiga Prefecture
Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum (in Japanese)
Museum of Contemporary Art Sapporo (in Japanese)
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Nagoya City Museum
Nara National Museums (in Japanese)
Nara National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
National Museum of Art, Osaka
National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo
Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka
Niigata Prefectural Museum of History, Nagaoka: with links to articles on Japanese archaeology and English abstracts for Kokogaku Kenkyu

Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki
Okayama Prefectural Museum (in Japanese)
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (in Japanese)
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki (in Japanese)
Saga Prefectural Museum/Art Museum
Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo

Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
Shimane Art Museum
Shinshushinmachi Art Museum, Nagano
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
Takaoka Art Museum, Toyama
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo
Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya City
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
University Museum, University of Tokyo: Image-World of East Asia
Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
Watarium (The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art), Tokyo
Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo (in Japanese)
Yokohama Museum of Art (in Japanese)
Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall, Tokyo

NORTH AMERICA

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, OH: Asian art
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia
Art Institute of Chicago
and its online exhibition "Taoism and the Arts of China"
Asia Society, New York, and Asia Society's site on New Chinese Art
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson State University, Towson, MD
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, CA
Kaikodo
, New York
China Institute in America, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art
Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX
Denver Art Museum
Detroit Institute of Arts
Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin
Field Museum, Chicago
Freer Gallery and Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Guggenheim Museum, New York: the modern art component of the exhibit 5,000 Years of Chinese Art
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Japan Society of New York
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
The Ruth & Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art (formerly the Clark Center for Japanese Art), Hanford, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Manyo'an Collection of Japanese Art: Edo-period (1615-1868) works of Zenga, Nanga, Rinpa, Maruyama-Shijo, Ukiyoe, and Eccentric styles
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, FL
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Newark Museum
, Newark, NJ
New York Scholar's Garden, Staten Island Botanical Garden
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, and its Yin Yu Tang, a late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) house
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phoenix Art Museum
Portland Art Museum
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto

Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and its Collections Online
Freer Gallery and Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Saint Louis Art Museum
Seattle Art Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum
Shin'enkan Foundation, Los Angeles: The Etsuko and Joe Price Collection
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
The Tacoma Art Museum
Taipei Gallery, New York
The Textile Museum, Washington, DC
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT


Books

ABQ Asian Books: books in English, Chinese, and Japanese formerly in the collection of Profs. Karen L. Brock and Robert L. Thorp (ret., Washington University, St. Louis)

Asian Rare Books, New York

Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden

CAA.Reviews & ArtsBiB: detailed information on newly published art history books; recent and archived peer reviews, available to CAA members only, include:

Han-Shan Tang Books, London: East Asian Art, Archaeology and Area Studies

The Old Bookroom, Portland: out of print, antiquarian, and uncommon new books on Asia

Paragon Books, Chicago: specializing in Asian art materials
Check the News section for digests of recent articles from Oriental Art, Orientations, and the Asian Art Newsletter

Persimmon: Asian Arts, Literature, and Culture book reviews Geremie R. Barmé, An Artistic Exile: A Life of Feng Zikai (1898-1975), reviewed by Pieter Holstein

"Researching Histories of Art in the Tokyo Area": an invaluable guide to libraries and book-buying in Tokyo, compiled by Lisa Claypool (Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University)

Timezone 8 Art Books: specializing in contemporary exhibition catalogues and mainland China publications

Ukiyo-e Books, Leiden


Research and Reference

TEXTS

Bibliographies

Bibliography of Contemporary Chinese Art , including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and diaspora, compiled by Britta Erickson, 1998-1999

China Bibliography: Collections of Resources, maintained by Marilyn Shea (Department of Psychology University of Maine at Farmington)

Chinese History Research Site, UCSD: sources, archives, bibliography, current research

Chinese popular religion: bibliography of Western-language publications (1995 to present) compiled by Philip Clart

Classical Historiography for Chinese History, compiled by Benjamin A. Elman (Professor of East Asian Studies and History, Princeton University)

Culture and Society of Hong Kong: A Bibliography, Anthropology Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: groupings include 1. Belief Systems; 2. Cultural Symbolism; 3. Ethnicity; 4.Food and Health; 5. Gender and Sex; 6. Human Ecology; 7. Language; 8. Marriage and Family; 9. Migration; 10. Political life; 11. Popular Culture; 12. Social Development; 13. Socialization and Education; 14. Work and Economics; 15. Related Bibliographies

Digital Buddhist Library and Museum, National Taiwan University and Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Taipei: Translations from the Chinese Buddhist canon into Western languages; bibliography of Buddhist studies bibliographies in Western languages; list of Buddhist periodicals

"International Exhibitions, Expositions Universelles and World's Fairs, 1851-1951: A Bibliography": a comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources on the history of world's fairs updated and expanded mid-2002 by Alexander C. T. Geppert, Jean Coffey, and Tammy Lau

A Reader's Guide to the Arts of Japan: an introductory-level syllabus provided by the Asia Society, New York

Song Research Tools, "a guide to bibliographies, indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases and chronologies of use to those interested in all aspects of Chinese society during the Song Dynasty (960-1279)," edited by Hilde De Weerdt

Tôyôgaku bunken ruimoku (Annual Bibliography of Oriental Studies): full text searchable database version of the important bibliography, covering books and articles in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and English, published since 1981(in Japanese)

Databases

Aardvark: Asia's Web Resource for Librarians: "... more than 2,500 links including 910 Asian universities, 103 preprint archives, 594 library science ejournals (the biggest on the Web), 146 Asian databases (the only list on the Web), 130 conferences (25 in Asia), 252 publishers..."

Academica Sinica, Taiwan, and its Chinese text retrieval system (in Chinese)

Asian Studies WWW VL Search Engine: search the hundreds of web pages belonging to the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library project

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts and its predecessor, IIC Abstracts, compiled by the Getty Conservation Institute, in association with London's International Istitute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (36 volumes)

Australian Dissertations on Asia, 1999-2001, compiled by the Asian Studies Association of Australia

China Historical Geographic Information System: a "database of historical administrative units for different periods in Chinese history, and... a base GIS platform for researchers to use for spatial analysis, temporal statistical modeling, and representation of selected historical units as digital maps"; includes a gazetteer search engine and searchable (in Pinyin and Chinese) webmaps of 1820 and 1900 maps of China.

Collections of Chinese Painting, compiled by the Department of East Asian Art, Institute for Oriental Culture, and originally published in the multi-volume publication Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings (First Series, 5 volumes, 1980; Second Series, 4 volumes, 2001); searchable by painter, subject, collection in English and Japanese

Collections of Japanese Art Online and in Print, compiled by Rosina Buckland (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University)

Dao House... of discourses and dreams: a compendium of online Daoist resources, with descriptions of and quotations from hundreds of sites, organized into sections on: The Basics; Laozi; Zhuangzi; Metaphysics?; Early History (The Philosophical Tradition); Later History (The Religious Tradition); Yijing; Fengshui; Practical Dao; Therapeutic Dao; Political Dao; Daoist Art; Daoist Poetry; Daoist Literature; Sermons and Such; Resources

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous; Charles Muller [ed. digitized version]

Dissertations in Central Asian Studies: grouped by author, institution, subject

East Asian Buddhist Texts: electronic Taisho Tripitaka, Taiwan University sutra archive, and more

Garden Archaeology in Japan: Archaeologically Excavated Japanese Gardens Database, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara: based on the list of excavated gardens, Hakkutsu Teien Shiryo (Archaeologically Investigated Japanese Gardens), published by the Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute in 1998

Gateway Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications: provides free delivery of full-text copies of Chinese-language academic journal articles to any researcher in the U.S.; articles are transmitted electronically from the following institutions: Peking University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fu Ssu-nien Library of Academia Sinica, University of Pittsburgh, Qinghua University, Fudan University

Getty Institute Introduction to Vocabularies : Art & Architecture Thesaurus, Union List of Artist Names, and Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, among a wide variety of resources

Hanquan Database of Ancient Texts (in Chinese): free, searchable database containing the following texts (with more to be added in the future):

Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong (in traditional Chinese): Chinese/bilingual periodicals published in Hong Kong

International Dunhuang Project, British Library, UK: Access to Manuscripts; Highlights of the Dunhuang Collection; Bookbinding Site; IDP News [a paper/electronic newsletter, 15 issues published by Spring 2000]

Japanese Pottery Information Center: Glossary of Terms, Living National Treasures, Exhibitions and Reviews, Links to Japanese Museums

Kunstchronik: searchable index of 26,000 German dissertations, 1985-1998

Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC) Resource Center: contains, among other things, an image archive of 20th-century Chinese culture and bibliographies of mostly English-language materials on modern Chinese literature, film, art, and culture

Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database: includes Chinese index of bamboo names, Chinese index of mushroom names, Japanese index of Fungi names, citrus in Chinese & Japanese, prunus in Chinese & Japanese, zea (corn/maize) in Chinese & Japanese, perilla (herbal/medicinal) in Chinese & Japanese, phaseolus and Vigna (beans/peas) in Chinese & Japanese, capsicum (chillies/peppers) in Chinese & Japanese

Mundus Gateway, SOAS: on-line guide to missionary-related resources

Old China Hands Archive, California State University, Northridge: "established in the fall of 1996 to preserve and publicize the heritage of the many people from other countries and cultures who have resided and worked in China"

PhdData, Universal Index of Doctoral Dissertations in Progress

Resources for East Asian Language and Thought, by Charles Muller: links to CJK-English dictionary/database, a dictionary of East Asian CJK Buddhist terms, and other resources relating to the study of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism

Resources in Art History for Graduate Students: updated newsletter of grants, fellowships, internships and study abroad opportunities for graduate students in art history edited by Adrienne DeAngelis

Sanseido On-line Japanese Dictionary: 1.2 million terms from 16 dictionaries including Daijirin, Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten, Konsaisu Nihon Chimei Jiten, and Eiwa Jiten, Futsuwa Jiten, Dokuwa Jiten, etc. (in Japanese, launch scheduled for 12 January 2001)

"Researching Histories of Art in the Tokyo Area": an invaluable guide to libraries and book-buying in Tokyo, compiled by Lisa Claypool (Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University)

Shuhai Wenyuan: Classical Chinese Digital Database (Department of Philosophy, University of Hawai'i), with content contributed by:

Silk Road Narratives: A Collection of Historical Texts, University of Washington, includes the following texts:

Taisho Tripitaka (in Japanese)

The Taoism Information Page: English-language scholarly and philosophical information

Teaching Buddhism: papers & articles, Buddhist Studies programs, syllabi, book & film reviews, links to related resources

On-line Journals

The Ancient East Asia Website: formerly China Archaeological News, devoted to the archaeology and prehistory of China, Japan and Korea, inviting contributions from archaeologists, scholars and interested members of the public; recent papers posted include CAO Bingwu's "Chinese Archaeology in the 20th Century and Beyond"

The Art Newspaper on-line

Asian Arts E-Journal

Chinese Art News Net (Zhongguo yishu xinwen wang, in Chinese): art news, artist profiles, and information on the Chinese art educational system, museums, research materials, art books, and the art market

Chinese-art.com: sites for Contemporary and Traditional art feature new scholarship and events, especially in mainland China

E-Journal on Hong Kong Cultural and Social Studies, Hong Kong University

Ex/Change, the Newsletter of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies at the City University of Hong Kong

Renditions: database of Chinese authors translated on Renditions, with over 470 bios

Sino-Collector (Zhongguo Shoucangjia): news and other resources on the art market in China (in Chinese and some English)

Yishu - Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art: some articles can be downloaded in .pdf format

IMAGES

General

Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO): Anyone, including scholars whose institutions do not yet subscribe to The AMICO Library and commercial users ineligible for AMICO educational licenses, can now request reproductions directly from AMICO Members through an on-line Reproduction Request Form now available from the public Thumbnail catalog: (1) Search the Thumbnail Catalog (2) Find the work you're interested in (3) Choose 'Rights' to request reproduction details (4) Complete the online form (5) You'll hear directly from the appropriate AMICO member.

Asian Historical Architecture: "over 5700 photos of 404 sites in fifteen countries,with extensive background information and 'virtual tours'"

Asianart.com: focus on Himalayan art

Cities/Buildings Archive, University of Washington, Department of Architecture: photographic database of Chinese architecture (imperial & vernacular, temples & gardens)

Davis art slide catalogue: look under "Countries/Cultures" page

Fotoasia.com: royalty-free images of Asia for creative and publishing needs at competitive prices

Himalayan Art: database of images and links to related sites

International Directory of Art Libraries, the product of a survey undertaken for the Section by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)

China

Antique Chinese Porcelain Collector's Page: 500+ pages on the history of and research on Chinese pottery and porcelain

The China Collection: research and licensing location devoted to contemporary Chinese art and culture, featuring the Hefner Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art

Chinese Jade in Context: On-line exhibition on jade in Chinese culture compiled by The Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art, The Ohio State University

Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages WWW compiled by Stephan Landsberger

Classical Chinese Furniture

Hedda Morrison Photographs of China, 1933-1946, Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, with the following picture categories: Buddhist nuns ca. 1933-1946; Chung Hai ca. 1933-1946;;Fa-hai ssu ca. 1933-1946; Forbidden City, temples, walls, Ming 1933-1946; Funerals, weddings, Miao-feng Mountain 1933-1946; Handicrafts 1933-1946; Hua Shan 1935; Jehol 1934-1935; Lost Tribe 1936; Nan-hai ca. 1933; Pai-yun kuan ca. 1933-1946; Pao-ting Fu 1940; Pei-hai ca. 1933-1946; Portraits ca. 1933-1946; Shantung 1942; Shop signs, calls, houses, fields 1933-1946; Street life 1933-1946; Summer Palace, Jade Fountain, hills temples 1933-1946; Tai miao ca. 1933-1946; Temple of Heaven ca. 1933-1946; untitled ca. 1933-1946; Wei Hai Wei 1937; Yün-kang 1933

Lienu zhuan: woodblock-printed volume made available on-line

"The Long March Project - A Walking Visual Display": "The curatorial team along with two camera crews will accompany the trek of 100+ artists for four months documenting and archiving the experience. Local and international artists will join the team at different venues. Twenty historically, politically, and geographically significant locations have been carefully selected for exhibitions and lectures. Original artworks and secondary sources (slides, videos, exhibition catalogues) will be displayed."

Shanghai in Images, maintained by Institut d'Asie Orientale, Lyon, France and the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley

The Virtual Museum of the Cultural Revolution, created by China News Digest

A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization: an indispensable guide prepared by Patricia Buckley Ebrey "to add to the material teachers can use to help their students understand Chinese history, culture, and society"; topics include geography, ancient tombs, Buddhism, calligraphy, military technology, painting, homes, gardens, clothing, and graphic arts

Japan

artelino: database of ukiyo-e signatures edited by Dieter Wanczura

CBEL: Traditional Japanese Art: 210 links to other websites relating to Japanese art

Dentokogei.com: devoted to showcasing the work of the shokunin, or artisans, still working and carrying on the traditions of handcraft production in Japan

The Japanese Garden: dedicated to the Japanese garden, and specifically to the historic gardens of Kyoto and its environs; includes overview, origins, elements, bibliography, glossary, and links; edited by Clifton Olds (Bowdoin College)

Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period, Nagasaki University Library

Jim Breen's Ukiyo-E Gallery, categorized by artist

Red-Haired Barbarians: 40 rare Japanese prints depicting the Dutch and other foreigners in Nagasaki and Yokohama, 1800-1865 (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam)

Ukiyo-e: The Pictures of the Floating World, compiled by Hans Olof Johansson

Viewing Japanese Prints: John Fiorillo's compilation of images and explanations of Japanese prints, including introductions to ukiyo-e, 20th-c. shin hanga (new prints), sôsaku hanga (creative prints), and modern/contemporary prints

Korea

Korean Archaeology: web museum containing 8900 images of cultural properties, historic sites, and folk items; maintained by the South Korean Ministry of Culture & Tourism

LIBRARIES

"Researching Histories of Art in the Tokyo Area": an invaluable guide to libraries and book-buying in Tokyo, compiled by Lisa Claypool (Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University)

Art Catalog Library, Japan: art catalogs of exhibitions held in museums, galleries, department stores in Japan

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Cornell University East Asia Program Video Lending Library: over 300 feature films and documentaries on China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan and Tibet available to U.S. and Canada teachers and students or educational purposes at no charge for up to one month

International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), Kyoto

Hong Kong Art Archive: promoting awareness and study of Hong Kong artistic achievement, with a particular focus on the work of living artists

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library and its Antique Maps [of China] Database

Library of Congress, Washington, DC, and its "Portals to the World," containing selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information and research links about other nations

"Mapping Asia" provides access to UK library holdings for researchers working in all subject areas of the humanities and social sciences relating to Asia, the Middle East and North Africa

National Archives of Singapore: the search portal Archives and Artefacts Online

National Diet of Japan: on-line public access catalogue

Tôyô Bunko (Oriental Library), Tokyo

University of California, Berkeley, East Asian Library

University of Tokyo: on-line public access catalogue

ORGANIZATIONS

Asia Center, Harvard University

Asia House, London

Asiatic Society of Japan, Tokyo International University, Tokyo, Japan

Association for Art History, "welcoming the prospect of a lively forum free from narrow doctrinal and political orthodoxies"

Association for Asian Studies: newsletter, conferences, positions available

Bulletin of the Asia Institute

Central and Inner Asia Seminar (CIAS), University of Toronto: "dedicated to studying the cultures and activities of ancient and modern nomadic peoples that occupy the region from the China Sea to Eastern Europe, and the relationship they have to the surrounding sedentary cultures"

Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Harvard University: annual conference, Central Eurasian Studies Review, Central-Eurasia-L Announcement List

College Art Association: conference information, listings of new and completed dissertations, book reviews, advice for job applicants, etc.

Consortium of Art and Architectural Historians (CAAH): on-line discussion list run by Marilyn Lavin (Princeton)

The Early Medieval China Group: members, Early Medieval China tables of contents, bibliography

European Association for Japanese Studies

European Association of Chinese Studies: conference information, on-line links to Chinese studies, Chinese collections in Europe, job vacancies in Europe

European Association of Sinological Librarians: includes links to European libraries, conferences, bookdealers, and other research resources

H-ASIA Discussion Network: discussion list for "region-wide, comparative and professional issues important to scholars of Asia."

Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands: Excellent resource for research and scholarship in European institutions

Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University

Japan Art History Forum, affiliated with the College Art Association and the Association for Asian Studies

Japan Studies Association

The International Association of Ryukyuan/Okinawan Studies (IAROS)

New Zealand Asian Studies Society

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

Premodern Japanese Studies Mailing List: interdisciplinary forum moderated by Michael Watson (Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama)

Society for Ming Studies (Ming shi xuehui)

Ukiyo-e Society of America

Universities Service Center for China Studies, City University of Hong Kong: excellent resource for the study of contemporary China; also provides assistance with visa applications and lodging arrangements, and can offer a limited number of small study rooms and carrels for long-term users

Urban China Research Network, a joint venture between the Lewis Mumford Center and the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis (CSDA) in Albany, NY

Warring States Project: methodology, text updates, publications, conference news, and the journal Warring States Papers


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