Fw: H-ASIA: Call for Nominations For Damle-Fatehlal Awards 2011

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Subject: H-ASIA: Call for Nominations For Damle-Fatehlal Awards 2011

> H-ASIA
> May 4, 2011
>
> Call for nominations for the Damle-Fatehlal Awards 2011
> **********************************************************************
> From: IPSCR <ipscr1@gmail.com>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution (IPSCR) is a Mumbai
> based organization working for Communal harmony and Peace. IPSCR in this
> mail is calling for Nominations for the Damle- Fatehlal Award. This award
> is
> presented to remarkable and hard working grassroots worker (Having direct
> engagement with the community) working for peace and communal harmony, in
> the form of a memento and an amount of Rs. 5,000 as a token of
> encouragement
> and appreciation for these unsung heroes. Last year this award was given
> to
> National Alliance of Women's Organizations (NAWO), Orissa for its profound
> work in rehabilitation of Kandamal violence victims and Peace initiatives
> to
> bring dialogue and reconciliation in the region. NAWO also demanded
> accountability of State in the process of rehabilitation. The esteemed
> Jury
> for this years Award is Justice Suresh Hospet, Adv Mihir Desai and Dr. Ram
> Puniyani.
>
>
>
> About the Award:
>
> Damle- Fatehlal award is given in the fond memory of Vishnupanth Damle and
> Sheikh Fatehlal. Vishupanth Damle was a renowned film producer and sound
> recordist. Sheikh Fatehlal, popularly known as Saheb Mama was also a film
> producer, Cameraman and director. Both these multi faceted personalities
> were the founding partners of the famous Prabhat Film Studio which is
> today
> known as the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, recognized as
> a
> premier institute in film making. Prabhat Film Studio made many socially
> relevant pre independence as well after that like Sant Tukaram, Manus,
> Padosi, Ayodhya Ka Raja. This Award is today relevant because it sets an
> exemplary of Hindu Muslim friendship. Damle was a Konkanasta Brahmin and
> Fatehlal a Muslim who withstood pressure of the and didnt let religious
> boundaries divide them or their friendship. Padosi was a film made on the
> friendship of these two film makers. It won't be an exaggeration to call
> them pioneers of Indian film industry since they have contributed
> immensely.
> More importantly, their legendary friendship withstood the communal
> tensions
> and social divisions of those times. This award is instituted by their
> great
> grandchildren in their memory to perpetuate their message of Peace and
> communal harmony.
>
> Rules and Regulations:
>
> 1) Selection by the Jury will be based only on the CVs sent. Thus we would
> urge and encourage all nominations to be complete with a detailed CV
> comprising of Experience in field work, Highlights, Success stories etc.
> The
> CVs should be neatly typed and can be in Hindi or English.
>
> 2) Two references are to be sent with the nominations of maybe
> academicians,
> Prominent or well known activists or any accomplised persons
>
> 3) The decision of the Jury will be final and irrevocable
>
> 4) The organizers have the liberty to seek for further details or
> clarifications on the CVs if found necessary
>
> 5) Nominations can be sent through post too or on the email
>
> 6) The last dates for the nominations is 15th June 2011
>
> We request everyone who reads this mails and particularly all state
> coordinators to circulate this mail and the infomation as widely as
> possible
> to have more nominations.
>
>
>
> Neha Dabhade,
> Programme Coordinator
> Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
> 603, New Silver Star, Prabhat Colony Road, Near Railway Bridge, Behind Bus
> Depot, Santacruz East, Mumbai - 400055
> Tel: +912226149668; 26102089; 26135098
> Fax: +912226100712
> e-mail: ipscr1@gmail.com
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: TOC Twentieth-Century China 36:1

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Subject: H-ASIA: TOC Twentieth-Century China 36:1

> H-ASIA
> May 4, 2011
>
> Table of contents: _Twentieth-Century China_ Volume 36, no. 1
> ***********************************************************************
> From: James Carter <jcarter@sju.edu>
>
> Volume 36, Number 1 of Twentieth-Century China.
>
> Jan Kiely, "Shanghai Public Moralist Nie Qijie and Morality Book
> Publication Projects in Republican China"
>
> Diran John Sohigian, "Confucius and the Lady in Question: Power Politics,
> Cultural Production and the Performance of Confucius Saw Nanzi
> in China in 1929"
>
> Margaret Kuo, "The Legislative Process in Republican China: The 1930
> Nationalist Family Law and the Controversy over Surnames for
> Married Women"
>
> Michael Sheng, "Mao and Chinese Elite Politics in the 1950s: The Gao Gang
> Affair Revisited"
>
> For more information, please refer to
> http://www.maney.co.uk/index.php/journals/tcc/
>
>
> James Carter, PhD
> Professor of History & Director of International Relations
> Saint Joseph's University
> Chief Editor, Twentieth-Century China
> http://www.maney.co.uk/index.php/journals/tcc/
> jcarter@sju.edu
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Fw: H-ASIA: Desperately seeking 1860s Shanghai newspaper, redux

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Subject: H-ASIA: Desperately seeking 1860s Shanghai newspaper, redux

> H-ASIA
> May 4, 2011
>
> H-ASIA: Desperately seeking 1860s Shanghai newspaper, redux
> ************************************************************************
> From: LAM Nga-li <lamngali@netvigator.com>
>
> With reference to Frederick Schodt's query
>
> If I am not wrong, the Hong Kong University seems to have the daily
> version, starting from Jan, 1864.
>
> http://hkall.hku.hk/search~S0?/tNorth-China+daily+news/tnorth+china+daily+news/1%2C3%2C21%2CB/frameset&FF=tnorth+china+daily+news&10%2C%2C18
>
> best,
>
> Ngali
>
> Hong Kong University of Science & Technoogy
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Fw: H-ASIA: Report on 4th Annual Convention of the Consortium of NTS-Asia 2010

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Subject: H-ASIA: Report on 4th Annual Convention of the Consortium of
NTS-Asia 2010

> H-ASIA
> May 4, 2011
>
> Report on Fourth Annual Convention of the Consortium of Non-Traditional
> Security Studies in Asia 2010
> ************************************************************************
> From: RSIS Centre for NTS Studies <nts_centre@ntu.edu.sg>
>
> NTS Report
>
> 4th Annual Convention of the Consortium of NTS-Asia 2010
>
> This report details the proceedings of the 4th Annual Convention of the
> Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia) that was
> held on 25-–26 November 2010 in Singapore. As in previous years, the
> Annual Convention brought together all 20 NTS-Asia member institutes of
> NTS-Asia to take stock of salient non-traditional security (NTS) issues
> in the Asia-Pacific region. Topics that were discussed include climate
> change and security, food security, conflict prevention and resolution,
> global architecture and NTS, human rights and human security, and
> transnational crime.
>
> To read the report link to:
> http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/resources/policy_briefs_and_reports/4th%20NTS-Asia%20Annual%20Convention%20Report%202010.pdf
>
> Terms of Use:
>
> You are free to publish this material in its entirety or only in part in
> your newspapers, wire services, internet-based information networks and
> newsletters and you may use the information in your radio-TV discussions
> or
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> to the author(s) and the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS)
> Studies,
> S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). Kindly inform the
> publisher (NTS_Centre@ntu.edu.sg) and provide details of when and where
> the
> publication was used.
>
> About the Centre:
>
> The Centre for NTS Studies of the S. Rajaratnam School of International
> Studies was inaugurated by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
> (ASEAN) Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan in May 2008. The Centre
> maintains research in the fields of Food Security, Climate Change, Energy
> Security, Health Security as well as Internal and Cross Border Conflict.
> It
> produces policy-relevant analyses aimed at furthering awareness and
> building
> capacity to address NTS issues and challenges in the Asia-Pacific region
> and
> beyond. The Centre also provides a platform for scholars and policymakers
> within and outside Asia to discuss and analyse NTS issues in the region.
>
> In 2009, the Centre was chosen by the MacArthur Foundation as a lead
> institution for the MacArthur Asia Security Initiative, to develop policy
> research capacity and recommend policies on the critical security
> challenges
> facing the Asia-Pacific.
>
> The Centre is also a founding member and the Secretariat for the
> Consortium
> of Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia). More
> information on the Centre can be found at www.rsis.edu.sg/nts
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> Copyright © 2011 NTS-Centre
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Fw: H-ASIA: Interview with Ahmed Rashid on Pakistan and the Muslim world

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Subject: H-ASIA: Interview with Ahmed Rashid on Pakistan and the Muslim
world

> H-ASIA
> May 4, 2011
>
> Interview with Ahmed Rashid on Pakistan and the Muslim world
> ************************************************************************
> From: Enrica Garzilli <garzilli@asiatica.org>
>
> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
> I am glad to inform you that is freely available on the Asiatica
> Association site a talk with Ahmed Rashid.
>
> Mr Rashid is the famous Pakistani journalist and bestselling author of
> "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia" (2000),
> and "Descent into Chaos" (2008).
>
> In this interview Rashid talks about the so called "Arab spring", and
> particularly Libya, about the role of Europe in managing immigrants who
> are not political refugees from Africa, about the importance of solving
> the Israel-Palestine dispute for the Middle East and the Muslim world at
> large, and about the current situation in Pakistan and the possibility of
> a modern and moderate Islam.
>
> Mr Rashid also talks about new initiatives by the US government that
> should bring Pakistan to a special understanding on the future of
> Afghanistan, and about a collaboration between the two countries on
> Afghanistan. All this two days before the US forces killed Osama bin
> Laden in a blitz near Abbottabad, in Pakistan, officially without the
> Pakistan government knowledge.
>
> This is the interview http://bit.ly/ix7bWX
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Dr Enrica Garzilli
> University of Turin
> Asiatica Association
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Fw: H-ASIA: RESOURCE The Early Tours of the Dalai Lama

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Subject: H-ASIA: RESOURCE The Early Tours of the Dalai Lama

> H-ASIA
> May 4, 2011
>
> RESOURCE The Early Tours of the Dalai Lama
> ******************************************************************
> From: Bill Magee <billmagee@ddbc.edu.tw>
>
> Dear H-Asia members,
>
> The UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies and Dharma Drum Buddhist College are
> pleased to announce an online series of digital audio recordings of
> sixty-five of the talks given by the Dalai Lama during his early tours in
> the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain between 1979 and
> 1984.
>
> They can be accessed either at the UMA Institute web pages
> (http://uma-tibet.org/dl_tours.php) or through the Hopkins Tibetan
> Treasures Multimedia Archive hosted by Dharma Drum Buddhist College
> (http://haa.ddbc.edu.tw/DL_000.php).
>
> The languages of the recordings are Tibetan and English. Except as noted,
> the introductory interpreters are Tenzin Geyche Tethong and Tenzin Namgyal
> Tethong and the general interpreter is Jeffrey Hopkins.
>
> These early tour recordings are of special interest both for historians of
> the Dalai Lama's career and for those interested in his essential
> teachings. During these talks His Holiness speaks about numerous Buddhist
> topics, the need for inter-religious dialogue, his hopes for the future,
> world peace, and so forth.
>
> (A book of the Dalai Lama's talks drawn from lectures in the United and
> Canada, titled, "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight" is available for download
> or purchase from Snow Lion Publications.)
>
> --
> William Magee, Ph.D.
> Dharma Drum Buddhist College
> Jinshan, Taiwan
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Dissertation workshop on Gender in South Asia, Syracuse, Aug 23, 2011

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Subject: H-ASIA: Dissertation workshop on Gender in South Asia, Syracuse,
Aug 23, 2011

> H-ASIA
> May 4, 2011
>
> Dissertation workshop on Gender in South Asia, Syracuse University,
> August 23, 2011
> ***********************************************************************
> From: Susan S Wadley <sswadley@syr.edu>
>
> The National Resource Center for South Asian Studies, a consortium of
> Syracuse University and Cornell University, invites applications for a
> one-day workshop for doctoral students from the Northeast region of the
> U.S. currently writing dissertations on issues of gender in South Asia. To
> be held at Syracuse University on August 23, 2011, this workshop will
> bring together a small group of students currently in the writing phase
> (all research completed, at least one chapter drafted) of their
> dissertations. Susan Wadley at Syracuse is the primary organizer. She
> will be joined by Durba Ghosh of Cornell and others (tba) will serve as
> discussants. Applicants must submit a two page proposal (500 word)
> outlining the main themes of their dissertation, a probable dissertation
> outline, and a draft of one chapter to Susan Wadley,
> sswadley@syr.edu<mailto:sswadley@syr.edu>, by June 10, 2011. Limited
> travel and housing funds are available.
>
>
> Susan S. Wadley
> Ford Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, Maxwell School
> Professor of Anthropology
>
> Office: 327 Eggers, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY 13244
>
> Mailing address:
> Anthroplogy, 209 Maxwell
> Syracuse University
> Syracuse NY 13244
>
> Phone: 315-443-4198 (email is way better than phone to reach me)
>
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