Fw: H-ASIA: Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
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Subject: H-ASIA: Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)

> H-ASIA
> January 4, 2010
>
> Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)
> ***********************************************************************
> From: Naomi Standen <naomi.standen@ncl.ac.uk>
>
> Ian Welch points out some of the undoubted and increasing problems
> attendant upon trying to dispose of individual scholarly book collections,
> but I hope that people in the position of selling off or donating private
> libraries will nevertheless not be put off from doing so. Those of us at
> institutions with no prior tradition in our fields are *extremely*
> grateful for the opportunity to begin collections or plug gaps that is
> represented by sales such as Professor McKnight's (from whose first batch
> of sales my own institution has benefitted greatly).
>
> It is obvious that such disposals give us access to material (old,
> out-of-print, obscure) that is otherwise extremely difficult, if not
> impossible, to get hold of, and which, if it is available commercially,
> tends to carry a prohibitive price (Ian's misfortune with trying to get a
> decent price for missionary items notwithstanding). It is true that your
> university library needs to be understanding, sensible and committed, but
> most librarians are glad to ally with academics who share the view that
> it's important to buy books, and especially so when money is short (and
> when is it ever not?) because evidence of demand helps the librarians
> argue for more budget. It tends to require goodwill, patience and
> determination, but the hurdles can be overcome.
>
> So please: those who are thinking of selling or donating, don't despair -
> if your first choice of destination proves unreceptive, be assured that
> there are others out there who would be only too glad to find ways to
> achieve a satisfactory outcome for all concerned.
>
> Naomi Standen (who has helped to start two East Asia collections from
> scratch, facilitated by marvellous librarians and generous senior
> colleagues)
> Newcastle University
> <naomi.standen@ncl.ac.uk>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:03 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)

> H-ASIA
> January 4, 2010
>
> Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)
> ***********************************************************************
> From: Naomi Standen <naomi.standen@ncl.ac.uk>
>
> Ian Welch points out some of the undoubted and increasing problems
> attendant upon trying to dispose of individual scholarly book collections,
> but I hope that people in the position of selling off or donating private
> libraries will nevertheless not be put off from doing so. Those of us at
> institutions with no prior tradition in our fields are *extremely*
> grateful for the opportunity to begin collections or plug gaps that is
> represented by sales such as Professor McKnight's (from whose first batch
> of sales my own institution has benefitted greatly).
>
> It is obvious that such disposals give us access to material (old,
> out-of-print, obscure) that is otherwise extremely difficult, if not
> impossible, to get hold of, and which, if it is available commercially,
> tends to carry a prohibitive price (Ian's misfortune with trying to get a
> decent price for missionary items notwithstanding). It is true that your
> university library needs to be understanding, sensible and committed, but
> most librarians are glad to ally with academics who share the view that
> it's important to buy books, and especially so when money is short (and
> when is it ever not?) because evidence of demand helps the librarians
> argue for more budget. It tends to require goodwill, patience and
> determination, but the hurdles can be overcome.
>
> So please: those who are thinking of selling or donating, don't despair -
> if your first choice of destination proves unreceptive, be assured that
> there are others out there who would be only too glad to find ways to
> achieve a satisfactory outcome for all concerned.
>
> Naomi Standen (who has helped to start two East Asia collections from
> scratch, facilitated by marvellous librarians and generous senior
> colleagues)
> Newcastle University
> <naomi.standen@ncl.ac.uk>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Member publication "Islam in Contention: Rethinking of State and Islam in Indonesia"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:59 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Member publication "Islam in Contention: Rethinking of
State and Islam in Indonesia"

> H-ASIA
> January 4, 2011
>
> Member publication "Islam in Contention: Rethinking of State and Islam
> in Indonesia"
> ************************************************************************
> From: Atsushi Ota <ota@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I wish to announce the publication of _Islam in Contention: Rethinking of
> State and Islam in Indonesia_ (Jakarta: Wahid Institute, Kyoto: CSEAS, and
> Taipei: CAPAS, 2010; ISBN: 978-602-95295-3-1; x + 468pp), a book I
> co-edited with Okamoto Masaaki and Ahmad Suaedy.
>
> Over the last decade, Islamic awakening among people in large Muslim
> countries such as Indonesia has attracted attention. In Indonesia, Islam
> has become more deeply rooted in society while Islamic parties have been
> weakening, even as social conflicts over Islam have been gaining new
> intensity. Prevalent dichotomic views such as 'conservative vs. modern'
> and 'moderate vs. radical' have proved inadequate in efforts to better
> analyze these complicated developments. This book delves into the more
> diverse dynamism at play between current Islamic movements and the
> historical development of Islam in Indonesia.
>
> This five-part book starts with a correspondence between an Islamic leader
> and a sociologist regarding the relationship between Islam and the state.
> The next part discusses hot issues in contemporary Indonesian Islam, such
> as the implementation of Islamic bylaws, the formation of the Counter
> Legal Draft to Islamic Law Compilation, the law to regulate pornography,
> and collective violence against religious minorities. This is followed by
> a discussion of the strategies of three contrasting (so-called radical,
> moderate, and centrist) political institutions, that is, HTI, PKS, and the
> Yudhoyono government, to seek mass support. The next part discusses social
> Islamization, focuses on the groups susceptible to the Islamization in
> Indonesia (women and the Chinese), and the localization of Islam in
> Islamic medical healing. Finally the book questions the conventional view
> of the strong Islamic tradition in the Banten region. All the chapters
> provide new findings based on firsthand sources, either through
> interviews, including those conducted with controversial HTI and Ahmadiyah
> figures, or rigid examination of contemporary source materials.
>
> The contents are as follows:
>
> Introduction, Okamoto Masaaki, Ota Atsushi, and Ahmad Suaedy
>
> Part I: Islam and Social Justice
> 1. Islam and the State: The Social Justice Perspective, Masdar F Mas'udi
> 2. Islam and the State: Teachings and the Political Reality, Hsin-Huang
> Michael Hsiao
>
> Part II: Contemporary Contentions over Islam
> 3. Pancasila and the Perda Syari'ah Debates in the Post-Suharto Era:
> Toward a New Political Consensus, Abubakar Eby Hara
> 4. Reformation of Islamic Family Law in Post-New Order Indonesia: A Legal
> and Political Study of the Counter Legal Draft of the Islamic Law
> Compilation,
> Marzuki Wahid
> 5. The Pornography Law and the Politics of Sexuality, Abdur Rozaki
> 6. Religious Freedom and Violence in Indonesia, Ahmad Suaedy
>
> Part III: Strategies in Struggle
> 7. Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia: The Rhetorical Struggle for Survival, Fahlesa
> Munabari
> 8. The Rise of the 'Realistic' Islamist Party: PKS in Indonesia, Okamoto
> Masaaki
> 9. The Politics of Moderate Islam: From the Rise of Yudhoyono to the
> Ahmadiyah Decree, Sasaki Takuo
>
> Part IV: Discourse and Practice of Islam in Society
> 10. Ulama's Changing Perspectives on Women's Social Status: Nahdlatul
> Ulama's Legal Opinions, Kobayashi Yasuko
> 11. Contested Legacies of Chinese Muslims and the Appropriation of Zheng
> He's Muslim Images in Contemporary Indonesia, Syuan-yuan Chiou
> 12. Medical Theory and Practice of Tariqah: Islamic Healing and Religious
> Chant in Java, Tsung-Te Tsai
>
> Part V: Islam in a Region in the Longue Duree: The Case of Banten
> 13. Orthodoxy and Reconciliation: Islamic Strategies in the Kingdom of
> Banten, c. 1520-1813, Ota Atsushi
> 14. The Kiai in Banten: Shifting Roles in Changing Times, Abdul Hamid
>
> The book is distributed by the Wahid Institute in Jakarta. Interested
> parties may contact Alamsyah M. Dja'far, alam@wahidinstitute.org, or the
> undersigned, ota@gate.sinica.edu.tw
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Atsushi Ota
> ------------------
> Atsushi Ota, Ph.D.
> Assistant Research Fellow
>
> Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies
> RCHSS, Academia Sinica
> 128 Academia Road, Section 2
> Nangang, 115 Taipei, Taiwan
> Tel: +886-(0)2-2652-3359
> E-mail: ota@gate.sinica.edu.tw
> Website: http://www.rchss.sinica.edu.tw/organization/t_05.htm
> http://www.rchss.sinica.edu.tw/capas/doc/researcher/researcher02.htm
>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Member publication "Islam in Contention: Rethinking of State and Islam in Indonesia"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:59 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Member publication "Islam in Contention: Rethinking of
State and Islam in Indonesia"

> H-ASIA
> January 4, 2011
>
> Member publication "Islam in Contention: Rethinking of State and Islam
> in Indonesia"
> ************************************************************************
> From: Atsushi Ota <ota@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I wish to announce the publication of _Islam in Contention: Rethinking of
> State and Islam in Indonesia_ (Jakarta: Wahid Institute, Kyoto: CSEAS, and
> Taipei: CAPAS, 2010; ISBN: 978-602-95295-3-1; x + 468pp), a book I
> co-edited with Okamoto Masaaki and Ahmad Suaedy.
>
> Over the last decade, Islamic awakening among people in large Muslim
> countries such as Indonesia has attracted attention. In Indonesia, Islam
> has become more deeply rooted in society while Islamic parties have been
> weakening, even as social conflicts over Islam have been gaining new
> intensity. Prevalent dichotomic views such as 'conservative vs. modern'
> and 'moderate vs. radical' have proved inadequate in efforts to better
> analyze these complicated developments. This book delves into the more
> diverse dynamism at play between current Islamic movements and the
> historical development of Islam in Indonesia.
>
> This five-part book starts with a correspondence between an Islamic leader
> and a sociologist regarding the relationship between Islam and the state.
> The next part discusses hot issues in contemporary Indonesian Islam, such
> as the implementation of Islamic bylaws, the formation of the Counter
> Legal Draft to Islamic Law Compilation, the law to regulate pornography,
> and collective violence against religious minorities. This is followed by
> a discussion of the strategies of three contrasting (so-called radical,
> moderate, and centrist) political institutions, that is, HTI, PKS, and the
> Yudhoyono government, to seek mass support. The next part discusses social
> Islamization, focuses on the groups susceptible to the Islamization in
> Indonesia (women and the Chinese), and the localization of Islam in
> Islamic medical healing. Finally the book questions the conventional view
> of the strong Islamic tradition in the Banten region. All the chapters
> provide new findings based on firsthand sources, either through
> interviews, including those conducted with controversial HTI and Ahmadiyah
> figures, or rigid examination of contemporary source materials.
>
> The contents are as follows:
>
> Introduction, Okamoto Masaaki, Ota Atsushi, and Ahmad Suaedy
>
> Part I: Islam and Social Justice
> 1. Islam and the State: The Social Justice Perspective, Masdar F Mas'udi
> 2. Islam and the State: Teachings and the Political Reality, Hsin-Huang
> Michael Hsiao
>
> Part II: Contemporary Contentions over Islam
> 3. Pancasila and the Perda Syari'ah Debates in the Post-Suharto Era:
> Toward a New Political Consensus, Abubakar Eby Hara
> 4. Reformation of Islamic Family Law in Post-New Order Indonesia: A Legal
> and Political Study of the Counter Legal Draft of the Islamic Law
> Compilation,
> Marzuki Wahid
> 5. The Pornography Law and the Politics of Sexuality, Abdur Rozaki
> 6. Religious Freedom and Violence in Indonesia, Ahmad Suaedy
>
> Part III: Strategies in Struggle
> 7. Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia: The Rhetorical Struggle for Survival, Fahlesa
> Munabari
> 8. The Rise of the 'Realistic' Islamist Party: PKS in Indonesia, Okamoto
> Masaaki
> 9. The Politics of Moderate Islam: From the Rise of Yudhoyono to the
> Ahmadiyah Decree, Sasaki Takuo
>
> Part IV: Discourse and Practice of Islam in Society
> 10. Ulama's Changing Perspectives on Women's Social Status: Nahdlatul
> Ulama's Legal Opinions, Kobayashi Yasuko
> 11. Contested Legacies of Chinese Muslims and the Appropriation of Zheng
> He's Muslim Images in Contemporary Indonesia, Syuan-yuan Chiou
> 12. Medical Theory and Practice of Tariqah: Islamic Healing and Religious
> Chant in Java, Tsung-Te Tsai
>
> Part V: Islam in a Region in the Longue Duree: The Case of Banten
> 13. Orthodoxy and Reconciliation: Islamic Strategies in the Kingdom of
> Banten, c. 1520-1813, Ota Atsushi
> 14. The Kiai in Banten: Shifting Roles in Changing Times, Abdul Hamid
>
> The book is distributed by the Wahid Institute in Jakarta. Interested
> parties may contact Alamsyah M. Dja'far, alam@wahidinstitute.org, or the
> undersigned, ota@gate.sinica.edu.tw
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Atsushi Ota
> ------------------
> Atsushi Ota, Ph.D.
> Assistant Research Fellow
>
> Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies
> RCHSS, Academia Sinica
> 128 Academia Road, Section 2
> Nangang, 115 Taipei, Taiwan
> Tel: +886-(0)2-2652-3359
> E-mail: ota@gate.sinica.edu.tw
> Website: http://www.rchss.sinica.edu.tw/organization/t_05.htm
> http://www.rchss.sinica.edu.tw/capas/doc/researcher/researcher02.htm
>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA Reducing a personal library - suggestion for donating materials

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:48 PM
Subject: H-ASIA Reducing a personal library - suggestion for donating
materials

> H-ASIA
> January 4, 2011
>
> Reducing a personal library - suggestion for donating materials
> ***********************************************************************
> From: "Reilly, Chrissie Tate Ms CIV USA AMC"
> <chrissie.tate.reilly@us.army.mil>
>
> Dear H-Asia Community,
>
> After reading the initial post from Brian McKnight, and the follow-up
> comment by Ian Welch, I hope that the suggestion I propose will be helpful
> to some fellow H-Asia readers.
>
> One possible recipient of donated materials is US Department of Defense
> archives and libraries. My main research area is food in modern Japan
> (especially WWII), but I work as a historian for the US Army. I know that
> our small library in the archive where I work contains materials that are
> not easily found elsewhere, and some of the larger libraries - like the US
> Army Heritage and Education Center - have extensive collections, and
> excellent policies for those wishing to visit and do research.
>
> Typically, if someone is interested in donating materials to our archive:
> (1) we only accept what we will use; (2) we make recommendations for where
> materials we are not interested in could go; and (3) these materials are
> then made available to everyone, pretty much worldwide. Occasionally, our
> office will even scan in & make searchable entire books, and then these
> can be emailed or otherwise disseminated to people geographically distant
> from where we are (which happens to be Northeastern Maryland, USA).
>
> For example, when we get a new book, we add it to our internal resource
> guide, but we make sure it gets listed on our website, too:
> http://cecom.army.mil/historian/books.php
>
> And sometimes we have the chance to even feature the collections or
> donations in their own blog entry:
> http://cecomhistorian.armylive.dodlive.mil/2010/06/04/historical-office-accessions-rare-wwi-era-photographs
>
> I know that our office does not sell off surplus materials, and all other
> Army, Navy, and Air Force archives I've interacted with do not, either.
> Typically, if something is no longer needed (or was accessioned as part of
> a bulk donation and not relevant to our mission), we find another archive
> that is interested in it. We sent out 125,000+ microfiche to the Air
> Force and 50,000+ of them to the Navy in 2010 this way. Our philosophy is
> that just because *we* don't need it, doesn't mean someone else out there
> wouldn't be thrilled to have it.
>
> Of course, this is not immediately relevant to Ian Welch and missionary
> history, but sometimes less "traditional" places like this make good homes
> for books.
>
> Happy New Year, and good luck to everyone with their collections!
>
> Chrissie Reilly
> US Army Staff Historian
> Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
> Phone: (443) 861-6737
> Website: http://cecom.army.mil/historian
> Blog: http://cecomhistorian.armylive.dodlive.mil
>
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Fw: H-ASIA Reducing a personal library - suggestion for donating materials

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:48 PM
Subject: H-ASIA Reducing a personal library - suggestion for donating
materials

> H-ASIA
> January 4, 2011
>
> Reducing a personal library - suggestion for donating materials
> ***********************************************************************
> From: "Reilly, Chrissie Tate Ms CIV USA AMC"
> <chrissie.tate.reilly@us.army.mil>
>
> Dear H-Asia Community,
>
> After reading the initial post from Brian McKnight, and the follow-up
> comment by Ian Welch, I hope that the suggestion I propose will be helpful
> to some fellow H-Asia readers.
>
> One possible recipient of donated materials is US Department of Defense
> archives and libraries. My main research area is food in modern Japan
> (especially WWII), but I work as a historian for the US Army. I know that
> our small library in the archive where I work contains materials that are
> not easily found elsewhere, and some of the larger libraries - like the US
> Army Heritage and Education Center - have extensive collections, and
> excellent policies for those wishing to visit and do research.
>
> Typically, if someone is interested in donating materials to our archive:
> (1) we only accept what we will use; (2) we make recommendations for where
> materials we are not interested in could go; and (3) these materials are
> then made available to everyone, pretty much worldwide. Occasionally, our
> office will even scan in & make searchable entire books, and then these
> can be emailed or otherwise disseminated to people geographically distant
> from where we are (which happens to be Northeastern Maryland, USA).
>
> For example, when we get a new book, we add it to our internal resource
> guide, but we make sure it gets listed on our website, too:
> http://cecom.army.mil/historian/books.php
>
> And sometimes we have the chance to even feature the collections or
> donations in their own blog entry:
> http://cecomhistorian.armylive.dodlive.mil/2010/06/04/historical-office-accessions-rare-wwi-era-photographs
>
> I know that our office does not sell off surplus materials, and all other
> Army, Navy, and Air Force archives I've interacted with do not, either.
> Typically, if something is no longer needed (or was accessioned as part of
> a bulk donation and not relevant to our mission), we find another archive
> that is interested in it. We sent out 125,000+ microfiche to the Air
> Force and 50,000+ of them to the Navy in 2010 this way. Our philosophy is
> that just because *we* don't need it, doesn't mean someone else out there
> wouldn't be thrilled to have it.
>
> Of course, this is not immediately relevant to Ian Welch and missionary
> history, but sometimes less "traditional" places like this make good homes
> for books.
>
> Happy New Year, and good luck to everyone with their collections!
>
> Chrissie Reilly
> US Army Staff Historian
> Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
> Phone: (443) 861-6737
> Website: http://cecom.army.mil/historian
> Blog: http://cecomhistorian.armylive.dodlive.mil
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:39 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)

> H-ASIA
> January 4, 2010
>
> Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)
> ************************************************************************
> From: uma.asher@gmail.com
>
> One possibility is to donate books to the library of one of the smaller
> colleges in India. This can be done on a personal basis, by people
> carrying books when they come here. Domestic shipping would not be too
> expensive, and in some cases there might be a college or institute in the
> town where your research might take you, where digital resources are hard
> to access, and books would still be greatly appreciated.
>
> Some years ago, the Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management in
> Orissa was accepting college-level books. The principal, Dhanada Mishra,
> has since moved on to another organization, but JITM can be contacted via
> its website, and Dhanada via LinkedIn.
>
> When I studied in the US, many of us Indian grads networked online to
> spread the word if we either had books to donate, or were going to India
> with room in our luggage to carry books. I recall hearing that some
> airline (I don't remember which) even allowed some amount of free excess
> baggage if it was a donation to a charitable organization (some colleges
> are run by charitable trusts).
>
> Best wishes for a happy new year.
>
> Uma Asher
> New Delhi
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:39 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)

> H-ASIA
> January 4, 2010
>
> Reducing a personal library - East Asian subjects (comment)
> ************************************************************************
> From: uma.asher@gmail.com
>
> One possibility is to donate books to the library of one of the smaller
> colleges in India. This can be done on a personal basis, by people
> carrying books when they come here. Domestic shipping would not be too
> expensive, and in some cases there might be a college or institute in the
> town where your research might take you, where digital resources are hard
> to access, and books would still be greatly appreciated.
>
> Some years ago, the Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management in
> Orissa was accepting college-level books. The principal, Dhanada Mishra,
> has since moved on to another organization, but JITM can be contacted via
> its website, and Dhanada via LinkedIn.
>
> When I studied in the US, many of us Indian grads networked online to
> spread the word if we either had books to donate, or were going to India
> with room in our luggage to carry books. I recall hearing that some
> airline (I don't remember which) even allowed some amount of free excess
> baggage if it was a donation to a charitable organization (some colleges
> are run by charitable trusts).
>
> Best wishes for a happy new year.
>
> Uma Asher
> New Delhi
>
> *************************************************************************
> To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to:
> <H-ASIA@h-net.msu.edu>
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Fw: H-ASIA: New online content at The Asia-Pacific Journal

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Subject: H-ASIA: New online content at The Asia-Pacific Journal

> H-ASIA
> January 3, 2010
>
> New online content at The Asia-Pacific Journal (formerly Japan Focus)
> ************************************************************************
> From: "The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus" <info@japanfocus.org>
>
> Newsletter No. 1. 2011, January 3, 2011
> New Articles Posted In This Issue
>
> Gavan McCormack,
> Small Islands - Big Problem: Senkaku/Diaoyu and the Weight of History
> and Geography in China-Japan Relations
>
> Kokita Kiyohito, Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Mark Selden,
> Ko Tae Mun, Ko Chung Hee, and the Osaka Family Origins of North
> Korean Successor Kim Jong Un
>
> What's Hot?
> China and Its Neighbors; Recollections of the World War II Battlefield
>
> Our featured article this week is Gavan McCormack's analysis of the
> historical origins and contemporary geopolitics of the China-Japan
> conflict centered on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, an issue with the
> potential to spin out of control despite the high stakes of
> maintaining peace in the region.
>
> See http://japanfocus.org/
>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: New online content at The Asia-Pacific Journal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Dunch" <ryan.dunch@UALBERTA.CA>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 8:25 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: New online content at The Asia-Pacific Journal

> H-ASIA
> January 3, 2010
>
> New online content at The Asia-Pacific Journal (formerly Japan Focus)
> ************************************************************************
> From: "The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus" <info@japanfocus.org>
>
> Newsletter No. 1. 2011, January 3, 2011
> New Articles Posted In This Issue
>
> Gavan McCormack,
> Small Islands - Big Problem: Senkaku/Diaoyu and the Weight of History
> and Geography in China-Japan Relations
>
> Kokita Kiyohito, Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Mark Selden,
> Ko Tae Mun, Ko Chung Hee, and the Osaka Family Origins of North
> Korean Successor Kim Jong Un
>
> What's Hot?
> China and Its Neighbors; Recollections of the World War II Battlefield
>
> Our featured article this week is Gavan McCormack's analysis of the
> historical origins and contemporary geopolitics of the China-Japan
> conflict centered on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, an issue with the
> potential to spin out of control despite the high stakes of
> maintaining peace in the region.
>
> See http://japanfocus.org/
>
>
> *************************************************************************
> To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to:
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