---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 12 Nov 2001 (Hanno Lecher) New in IGCS - On-line Journals: Critical Asian Studies Ed./Corp.: Critical Asian Studies, Cedar, MI, USA URL: http://csf.colorado.edu/bcas/ ISSN: 1467-2715 (1968-1969: 0898-7785; 1969-2000: 0007-4810). Numbering: 1.1 (May 1968) - 1.3 (Mar 1969) (appeared as: CCAS Newsletter); 1.4 (May 1969) - 32.4 (2000) (appeared as: Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars); 33.1 (2001) -. Frequency: Quarterly. Language: English. Self description: "Beginning in 2001 (Vol. 33, No. 1) the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars became Critical Asian Studies and the peer-reviewed quarterly journal is being published by Routledge. We have a new title and a new publishing arrangement but the mission of the journal remains as it was framed in 1969 by the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars: to develop a humane and knowledgeable understanding of Asian societies and their efforts to maintain cultural integrity and to confront such problems as poverty, oppression, and imperialism [; and] to create alternatives to the prevailing trends in scholarship on Asia, which too often spring from a parochial cultural perspective and serve selfish interests and expansionism." Description: The Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) was founded in 1968 "in opposition to the brutal aggression of the United States in Vietnam and to the complicity or silence of our profession with regard to that policy" (original statement of purpose, Boston 1969). The initial focus of its bulletin "[...] was on the impact of U.S. power on the peoples of Southeast and East Asia -- and the efforts of Asian people to define their own past, present, and future along different lines, including anti-imperialist and revolutionary ones. [...] Our goals explicitly included examining the intellectual approaches by which Asia was understood in the West and the ways in which reigning theoretical frameworks in universities and professional institutions excluded Asian aspirations and experiences. Those goals, spelled out in our original statement of purpose, remain central to our scholarship" (latest statement of CAS, January 2001). Site contents: (1) Aims and Scope; (2) CAS Statement; (3) Editors, Editorial Board, and Advisory Board; (4) Contents and Abstracts; (5) Search Contents (by author, title, or full text); (6) Full-Text Access (for institutional subscribers or for purchase); (7) Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars Highlights (incl. back issues etc.); and more. Availability: Beginning with 33.1 (2001) table of contents and absctracts are freely available, full-text access only for subscribed institutions and individuals. For back issues prior to vol.32 no.4 (2000) only table of contents available. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/igcs-l.html