The Colonial Heritage of Human Rights in Indonesia: The Case of the Vote...

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies;  March 1, 1999 ;   Locher-Scholten, Elsbeth;   787 words ......Already the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first statement on the issue by...and African countries often consider human rights as an artefact of Western civilisation...reinforced by the Western linkage of human rights and financial support. The Bangkok Declaration...

Do Asian studies know where they are going?

NIAS Nytt;  July 1, 2006 ;   Bech, Martin;   498 words ......the recent years, researchers in the Asian Studies environment have become increasingly...drown under the weight of raw data, Asian studies must face the challenge in a constructive...represent. Neither can researchers in Asian studies hide behind closed doors, speaking...

GRANT WILL FUND EXPANDED OFFERINGS IN ASIAN STUDIES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 2, 2008 ;     220 words ......political science and the director of Asian studies in the J. William Fulbright College...Department of Education to strengthen Asian studies at the University of Arkansas. The...concentration and to develop the existing Asian studies minor into a major. "The Asian ...

Plea made for focus on Asian studies

The Press;  April 8, 2006 ;   BENNETTS, Janine;   668 words ......trading relationships. According to Asian studies advocates, preparing for this future...this year adopted a strategy to make Asian studies a priority in schools. This involves...resources, teacher training and making Asian studies part of the national core curriculum...

Asia in the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Case for Asian Studies in Liberal...

China Review International;  March 22, 2001 ;   Yu, Renqiu;   787 words ......Undergraduate Curriculum: A Case for Asian Studies in Liberal Arts Education. Armonk...this book attempts to make a case for Asian studies in a liberal-arts education. The book...from liberal-arts colleges. Chapter 2, Asian Studies at American Private Colleges, 1808...

Shanghai focus at Asian studies convention

China Daily;  August 23, 2005 ;   Li Xiaowei;   537 words ......Ren said. Initiated by the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in the Netherlands, the US-based Association for Asian Studies and half a dozen European Asian studies associations with the aim of internationalizing Asian studies...

Globalization and Human Rights.(Book Review)

Journal of East Asian Studies;  May 1, 2005 ;   Chan-Tiberghien, Jennifer;   787 words ...Globalization and Human Rights. Edited by Alison Brysk. Berkeley: University...311 pp. What is the impact of globalization on human rights, and how has the idea and practice of human rights influenced the process of globalization? Such...

U. Pittsburgh's Asian studies to receive $1.7 million grant

University Wire;  January 30, 2002 ;   Marty Flaherty;   296 words ......four years to University of Pittsburgh's Asian studies program. The Asian studies program, part of the University Center for...as part of the foundation's Undergraduate Asian Studies Funding Initiative program, which is dedicated...

Politics Major Wins First Gladys Brooks Scholarship in Asian Studies

Italian Voice, The;  May 27, 2004 ;     577 words ......Brooks Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Asian Studies to Julia Cunico, '05, of Long Valley...politics and director of the Program in Asian Studies. The Gladys Brooks Foundation awarded...component in an expanding program in Asian Studies at the Jesuit university. Cunico has...

Links and resources on Asian studies

New Straits Times;  September 25, 2000 ;   Ellen Whyte;   741 words ......Times 09-25-2000 Links and resources on Asian studies Byline: Ellen Whyte Edition: Computimes...Smart@school THE Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) at Unimas offers a range of...Sarawak and Borneo Studies & East Asian Studies. Subjects covered include Ethnography...

Egyptian, Chinese experts hold seminar on human rights

Xinhua News Agency;  December 26, 2002 ;     146 words ......Chinese experts hold seminar on human rights CAIRO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua...exchanged views on a seminar on human rights here on Thursday. During the...culture, legal protection of human rights and Islamic view of human rights. Jin Jian, vice president of the China Society ...

Asian studies closure decision ill-judged.(Features)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  August 8, 2003 ;     258 words ......University has closed its Department of East Asian Studies, scrapping its 50-year history of specialised...decision to close the departments of East Asian studies and linguistics is part of an pounds...about 10pc were once part of the East Asian Studies department. The region's ...

PROFESSOR AMMARELL TO LEAD SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 25, 2006 ;     479 words ......Ohio University's Southeast Asian Studies Program. One of only seven National...Resource Centers in Southeast Asian Studies in the United States, the program...member of the Association for Asian Studies and is the editor of Antara...

Southeast Asian Studies: Debates and New Directions.(Critical essay)

Pacific Affairs;  June 22, 2007 ;   Placzek, Jim;   675 words ...SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES: Debates and New Directions. Edited by Cynthia...Vincent Houben. Leiden: International Institute for Asian Studies; Singapore: Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, 2006. ix, 205 pp. US$19.90, paper. ISBN 981...

Asian studies professor to speak at Y. Tuesday

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 4, 2005 ;     102 words ......Mark Peterson, a professor of Asian studies and anthropology at Brigham...member of the Association for Asian Studies, serves as the head of the Korean section in the Department of Asian Studies and Anthropology. Live broadcasts...