Last verified April 24, 1999

Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/southasia/

This site contains a list of South Asian documentary films and South Asian publications covering a wide range of topics.

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/ctrseasia

This is the web site of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies which consists of 25 core faculty members in 15 disciplines that include anthropology, business, communications (journalism), education, economics, forestry, geography, history, linguistics, literature, music and dance (performing arts), political science, public health, sociology, and urban and regional planning

GENERAL ASIAN STUDIES WEB SITES

World Wide Web Virtual Library of Asian Studies
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html

This is one of the most comprehensive resources for Asian Studies information. Information is organized by region, country, or theme. Use the search engine to find specific information. A great place to start!

Asia Source
http://www.asiasource.org/

Asia Source is a wonderful web site developed by the Asia Society. It features links to a wide range of information about Asia from current events to history and culture.

Asian Educational Media Service
http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/

The Asian Educational Media Service at the University of Illinois offers a variety of resources for all areas of Asia. They provide a section specifically for K-12 resources, as well as information to help educators of all levels locate media materials that can be used in learning and teaching about the cultures and peoples of Asia.

ASIANetwork
http://www.asianetwork.org/

The ASIANetwork features a nice collection of Asian Studies links.

International Institute for Asian Studies
http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/

This web site features a large quantity of information and resources related to Asian studies including information about art, museums, research, and general links.

Ask Asia
http://www.askasia.org/

The Ask Asia web site provides access to high-quality, classroom-tested resources and cultural information, engaging games and activities, and links to other relevant people, places, and institutions with Asian teaching resources. This is a good place to start for general Asian studies resources.

Asia Society Education Center
http://www.asiasociety.org/education/education1.html

The Asia Society web site offers a wealth of information and resources for teaching about Asia including multimedia resources for teachers, TeachAsia grants, and links to hundreds of resources related to Asian studies. This is an excellent starting point.

The Association for Asian Studies
http://www.aasianst.org/

This web site introduces you to numerous resources for teaching about South Asia, including the biannual publication, Education About Asia, a magazine designed as a resource for teachers at all educational levels who wish to bring information about Asia into their classrooms.

China: 50 Years of Communism
http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/index-china.html

THis site, developed by the NY Times, features an interactive timeline with links to articles from the NY Times archives, articles written by prominent scholars, a photo album commemorating 50 years of communism in China, an interactive map, and much more.

GENERAL SOUTHEAST ASIAN WEB SITES

ASEAN Homepage
http://www.aseansec.org

This web site for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations includes information on and links to the following: ASEAN Online Newspapers, ASEAN Official Web Sites, Internet Service Providers in ASEAN, ASEAN Time Zone , Military, Contemporary Conflicts & Diplomatic Rows, Human Rights in ASEAN, ASEAN Society Culture - Usenet Newsgroups

The Economist
http://www.economist.com

This is the official web site for the international weekly journal of news, ideas, opinion, and analysis. A good source for current information about Asia.

Southeast Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/wwwvl/southeas.html

The South East Asia section of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library covers online resources dealing with: General Information on Southeast Asia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

WWW Hmong Homepage
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/cdr/hmong

The quintessential page to over 80 links to information on the Hmong.

Burma Internet Resources
http://www.soros.org/burma/burmares.html

This page features several links to Burmese-related sites including the Burma Net News and the Free Burma homepage.

Muslims of Burma
http://www.nayzak.com/~aliburma/muslims.htm

A small but impressive site featuring a few essays on the muslims of Burma and "recent oppression."

LuntarWeb: Malay Studies Web Site
http://lontarweb.umlib.um.edu.my

This site, sponsored by the University of Malaya Library, Malaysia, features an online searchable bibliography, Directory of Expertise and Collection of Malay Studies Related Links. English version coming soon.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC WEB SITES FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA

Thailand

The Bangkok Post
http://www.bangkokpost.net/

This web site will take you one of the leading newspapers in Thailand.

Chiang Mai University
http://www.chiangmai.ac.th/

This site is the home page of Chiang Mai University in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Indonesia

United Nations Member States - Indonesia
http://www.undp.org/missions/indonesia

This site offers various Indonesian position statements on various issues discussed and deliberated in the United Nations in New York together with statements on a variety of other issues. Some other Southeast Asian countries have similar sites through the United Nations.

The Ethnologue is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries, including each country in Southeast Asia. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over 39,000 language names, dialect names, and alternate names. The Ethnologue Language Family Index organizes languages according to language families. In addition, this site provides information population and maps.

Tempo Interaktif
http://www.tempo.co.id/

Tempo Ineraktif is the web site for Tempo magazine, an equivalent to Time Magazine in the U.S.

Philippines

St. Norbert's Philippine Studies
http://www.snc.edu/philippines

This site is the web site of the Philippine Studies program at St. Norbert's College in DePere, Wisconsin.

The National Filipino American Youth Association (NFAYA)
http://www.geocities.com/~nfaya/

The National Filipino American Youth Association (NFAYA) is a non-profit organization that provides technical assistance and resources, and promotes networking opportunities for individuals and organizations at the local and national levels.

Country Information - Philippines
http://emailhost.ait.ac.th/Asia/infoph.html

A comprehensive site with links to Business World Online Edition, The Philippine Reporter, human rights and law in the Philippines, and the Philippines Archives.

AKDA
http://www.europa.com/~ria/index2.html

The Philippine Literature Web Site featuring prose, poetry and other creative imaginings by Filipino writers on the web.

US Agency for International Development-Mission in the Philippines
http://www.usaid-ph.gov/

Philippines partnership for democracy and development is a shared commitment to mutual economic interest, democracy, and a common concern for global issues of environmental degradation, population, and the AIDS epidemic. In addition to several other issues, these are the main focus of this web site for USAID.

Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre
http://irdu.nus.sg/amic/country/philip/philip.html

Data on: Demographic Profile, Economic Indicators -not up-to-date - some data dates back to 1989, Social Indicators, Philippine Advertising, Philippine Broadcasting Media, Philippine Cinema, Philippine Print Media, Philippine Telecommunications

Tanikalang Ginto
http://www.filipinolinks.com/geography/country.html

The Philippines' most comprehensive web directory provides categories or a search engine that will find anything about the Philippines one wants to know.

Vietnam

Vietnam
http://www.mpce.mq.edu.au/~tran/vietnam.html

General Information, History, Vietnamese Press, Vietnamese Organizations, Vietnamese Professionals, Religions, Vietnam Archives, Vietnam Pictures, Music, Poetry, Vietnamese Language, Vietnamese Culture, Vietnam War, Refugees, Food, Astrology, Travel Vietnam Current Affairs, Everyone's Thoughts, Vietnam and Internet, Social Matters, Martial Arts, Other Web Pages

Contemporary Art of Vietnam
http://www.viettouch.com/art_cont/art_fs.htm

This site, developed by Chi D. Nguyen, includes relevant information on Vietnamese painters and art school. The page is divided by time period: Pre-1945, 1950-70 in North VN, 1960-70 in South Vietnam, 1970-1990, but also includes photos of sculpture.

Vietnam News
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn

This is the web site of the national English daily paper.

Vietnamese Economics Network
http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~vecon/index.html

The main purpose of the Vietnamese Economics Network (VECON) is to further communications among economists doing research on Vietnam. The network is open to anyone (economist and non-economist, Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese) who has a serious interest in the economics of Vietnam.

World Wide Web Virtual Library Vietnam
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/VietPages/WWWVL-Vietnam.html

The World Wide Web Virtual Library Vietnam is hosted by the Australian National University, and offers numerous links and resources.

Vietnam Embassy in the United States
http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org

This is the official web site of the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

ONLINE TEACHING RESOURCES FOR SOUTH ASIA

South Asia Children's Books section
http://members.socketis.net/~sab/children.htm

This site features an extensive list of children's books about life in South Asia. You can also browse the entire list of over 6,000 titles. Available books are organized by topic, and feature information about anything from religion to art.

SAWNET: South Asian Women's Net
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/kidsbooks.html

The South Asian Women's Net web site maintains a list of recommended South Asian books & software for kids. This site also features a section of related links, which provide additional resources.

K-12 Teaching Resources on South Asia at Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai/

SARAI: South Asian Area Resources, which is sponsored by Columbia University, features an extensive list of multimedia resources for teaching South Asian topics.

South Asian Studies Virtual Libraries
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/ind/slibrary.htm

This site offers links to the many South Asian Studies Virtual Libraries around the world. Use this site to visit libraries for Asia, South Asia, Tibet, India, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

University of Virginia South Asian Studies Teaching Resources
http://www.virginia.edu/~soasia/videos/teaching.html

The Center for South Asia at the University of Virginia features a number of teaching resources on their web site including lesson plans, curriculum resources, and online resources.

Cornell University Teacher Training and Outreach Activities Page
http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/SouthAsia/outreach.html

Cornell University offers a number of professional development programs for teachers, as well as a variety of outreach services including a lending library.

World History Archives--History Articles on South Asia
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/52/index.html

The World History Archive on South Asia provides an extensive collection of information about all areas of South Asia. This site provides background historical information for Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Indian Ocean and South Asia as a whole.

The South Asia Microfilm Project (SAMP)
http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/info/samp.htm

One of five cooperative microfilm programs located at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) in Chicago, which catalogs, stores, and lends these microfilm resources to the projects' member libraries. UW-Madison is a member.

GENERAL SOUTH ASIA LINKS AND SEARCH ENGINES

UC Berkeley's Electronic Resources for South Asia
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/wsaonlin.html

UC Berkeley has compiled an outstanding collection of Internet links related to South Asia. The information presented on this web site is organized regionally and thematically. This site also provides links to a large variety of online publications related to or published in South Asia. This is a great place to explore, if you have some time.

South Asian Milan
http://www.samilan.com/

This site offers a good collection of online resource to the countries, cultures, and communities of South Asia.

South Asia Net
http://southasia.net/

South Asia Net is an index of resources and links to South Asian art, culture, music, food, and much more. Use the search engine to locate information about a specific topic.

SPECIALIZED SOUTH ASIA INTERNET SITES

Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion Online Teachers' Guide
http://www.si.edu/asia/puja/start.htm

Hindu worship known as puja is the act of showing reverence to a god or to aspects of the divine. This online guide for educators offers background information, activities, a bibliography and resource list about puja.

Chaitime: Your South Asian Home on the Web
http://www.handsonworld.com/

This interesting site, which is similar to Women's World or other online, family-oriented publications, has a South Asian twist that might be worth a visit.

Harappa.com
http://www.harappa.com/

Harappa.com offers a collection of sounds, images, and artifacts from South Asia before 1947. This is an interesting site to explore.

SITES FOR SOUTH ASIA YOUTH

DAWN Young World
http://dawn.com/weekly/yworld/yworld.htm

Pakistan's Weekly Magazine for young people features links, stories, games, and activities meant to encourage communication and understanding among children.

A School for Iqbal
http://mirrorimage.com/iqbal/

This site tells the story of a child sold into bonded slave labor.

Teens Today
http://www.india-today.com/ttoday/021999/index.html

This segment of the India Today online publication is designed for teens, and certainly lives up to its billing. Teens Today is a hip site that claims to be the "Now Generation Mag." Students may be interested in exploring what is "cool" in India, and how it might be similar or different from trends here in the United States.