Professional Associations
ASIA
- American Oriental Society The American Oriental Society is the oldest learned society in the United States devoted to the study of the Orient.
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Asia Pacific Library Conferences Details of conferences and similar
activities relating to the Asia-Pacific region which are of interest
to librarians and other information managers.
- Asia Society
The Asia Society is an international organization dedicated to strengthening relationships and deepening understanding among the peoples of Asia and the United States. Founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, the Society reaches audiences around the world through its headquarters in New York and regional centers in Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Hong Kong, Manila, Melbourne and Shanghai.
- Asian-Nation 'One-stop information source on the historical, political, demographic, and cultural issues that make up todays diverse Asian American community.'
- Asian Studies Association of Australia, Inc. Professional organisation for research and teaching about Asia in Australia.
- Asian Studies Groups
and Organizations
- Asiatica Association This association is not affiliated with any university, it is a non-profit, non-governmental, cultural association , which has been established to promote and diffuse the study of the Asian cultures. It invites scholarly contributions and provides links to academic events and publications.
- Ask Asia Resource Center Locator for non-profit associations related to Asia.
- Association for Asian Studies
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS)the largest society of its
kind in the worldis a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional
association open to all persons interested in Asia.
- Canadian Asian Studies Association Distributes a newsletter and provides information about student fellowships and job opportunities as well as links to other Asia-related web sites.
- International Association of Orientalist Librarians The IAOL was founded at the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists (now the International Congress for Asian and North African Studies), Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A., 1967.
- International Institute of Asian Studies:
The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Our main objective is to encourage the interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and to promote national and international cooperation in the field. The institute focuses on the human and social sciences and on their interaction with other sciences.
- National Bureau of Asian Research A non-profit, non-partisan research institute that focuses on policy relevant issues in Asia.
- The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 'The Royal Asiatic Society exists to encourage and facilitate Asian Studies and is Britain's senior learned society in the fiel.'
MIDDLE EAST
- Association for Middle East Women's Studies The Association for Middle East Women's Studies is a private, non-profit, non-political, international organization of scholars and other persons interested in the study of women in the Middle East.
- The European Association for Middle Eastern Studies Eurames is an association of national scholarly societies for Middle Eastern studies, which each carries out extensive networking and research-related activities. On this web page, they and their activites are linked and presented.
- MESA Middle East Studies Association of America is dedicated to promoting high standards of scholarship and instruction, to facilitating communication among scholars through annual meetings and publications, and to promoting cooperation among those who study the Middle East.
NEAR EAST
AFGHANISTAN
SOUTH ASIA
- British Association for South Asian Studies BASAS is the largest UK academic association for the study of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and the South Asian Diaspora.
- Center for Research Libraries CRL makes its vast collections of newspapers, microform, journals, dissertations and other materials available via interlibrary loan, through electronic document delivery or in its reading room.
- European Association for South Asian Studies EASAS is a professional, non-profit organisation of scholars engaged in research and teaching concerning one or more South Asian countries with regard to all periods and fields of study. The objective of EASAS is to support and promote these studies in all countries in Europe.
- Nordic Association for South Asian Studies 'The purpose of NASA is to promote humanistic and social scientific studies of South Asia, and to contribute to exchange and contact between researchers and students working on South Asia'.
- South Asia.Net: Academic : Professional Societies
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South Asia Studies Networks and Professional Associations
- Swedish South Asian Studies Network 'A non-partisian, apolitical mailing-list whose goal is to inform members about current events of potential interest to people who deal with South Asia in some capacity'.
BANGLADESH
- The American Institute of Bangladesh Consortium of U.S. Institutions of Higher Education involved in research on Bangladesh; institutional development of educational institutions in Bangladesh; faculty exchanges; and sending U.S. graduate as well as undergraduate student to Bangladesh.
I N D I A
- American Institute of Indian Studies 'American knowledge of India is shaped by the American Institute of Indian Studies, a consortium of universities and colleges in the United States at which scholars actively engage in teaching and research about India.'
- Fullbright-India Fellowships for Indian Citizens.
PAKISTAN
- The American Institute of Pakistan Studies 'Its mission is to encourage and support research on issues relevant to Pakistan and the promotion of scholarly exchange between the United States and Pakistan. To fulfill this mission, AIPS provides research fellowships to American researchers, administers lectureships, and sponsors academic conferences.
- The British Association for Pakistan Studies'Since its foundation in London in late 1989, the British Association for Pakistan Studies (BAPS) has sponsored a number of special seminars and lectures on areas of academic and contemporary interest and has provided a forum for unbiased debate and discussions on Pakistan'.
FAR EAST
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