Welcome to H-Asia, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. The primary purpose of H-ASIA is to enable historians and other Asia scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching. H-Asia is especially committed to discussing region wide, comparative and professional issues important to scholars of Asia.

Reviewer: Lakshmi Subramaniam Author: Michael N. Pearson Title: The World of the Indian Ocean, 1500-1800: Studies in Economic, Social and Cultural History Reviewer: Anirudh Deshpande Author: Rakesh Batabyal Title: Communalism in Bengal: From Famine to Noakhali, 1943-1947 Reviewer: T. B. Subba Author: Hayami Yoko Title: Between Hills and Plains: Power and Practice in Socio-Religious Dynamics among Karen

- H-ASIA: Position Teaching East Asia Projects Coordinator, Univ of Colorado - Boulder  Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> - H-ASIA: Reminder - CFP Deadline (1 Sep 2008) for the Int'l Conference on Heritage in Asia to held on 8-10 Jan 2009, Singapore  Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> - H-ASIA: CFP Rhetoric of the Image-Visual Culture in Political Islam, Copenhagen, March 21-22, 2009  Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> - H-ASIA: Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition, UC Irvine 31 Oct - 2 Nov, 2008  Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> - H-ASIA: CFP Politics of Spectacle, Gwangju Biennale 24-27 Sep 08  Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> - H-ASIA: Fulbright Scholar Program Opportunities Now  Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> - H-ASIA: 2008 Annual Conference of the Philippine Historical Association, Manila, Sept 19, 2008  Frank Conlon <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>