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06 Nov 2009
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
BROMELEY PHILIP of UiTM Sarawak won the best PhD thesis of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He invented a metacognitive strategy instruction model for teaching academic reading in universities that he called SMMSI.
06 Nov 2009
Waseda University
This time, I would like to reflect on the significance of modern literary study by focusing on the appeal of Crime and Punishment, which was written nearly 150 years ago.
26 Oct 2009
Waseda University
Amphetamines are drugs that stimulate the central nervous systems of users and make them feel high, relieve their fatigue, heighten their senses, and give them a feeling of euphoria. These effects subside after a few hours, however, and are replaced by the opposite feelings of severe fatigue, lethargy, and depression.
07 Oct 2009
Asia Research News
THIRTY years of Asian women's involvement in Britain's workplace struggles is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Women's Library in London.
07 Oct 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
In the latest World's Best Design Schools survey, the Master of Design (Design Strategies) programme of PolyU has been rated among the world's best "design thinking programmes".
27 Sep 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Women in Arab countries are making human rights history as they break down barriers to being treated as full citizens in their own countries. In the past few years, women in Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco married to foreigners have won the right to convey their citizenship to their children.
24 Sep 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia is pleased to announce that one of its academics, Professor Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, has been invited by Harvard University to deliver the first lecture in this year’s “Ecologies of Human Flourishing” series.
24 Sep 2009
University of the Philippines Jorge B. Vargas Museum & Filipiniana Research Center
The exhibition features the video installation by London-based Singaporean artist Erika Tan, to be exhibited simultaneously at the NUS Museum, and selected materials from the UP Vargas Museum art and library collections.
04 Sep 2009
Waseda University
OPINION/ COMMENTARY - When reflecting on the passing of Jackson, one cannot help thinking of other public cultural figures whose personal integrity and astounding talent helped paved the way for America’s “crossover” in the election of Barack Obama as president.
04 Sep 2009
Waseda University
OPINION/ COMMENTARY - The ceremony to celebrate the completion of restoration work on the northern library at Bayon was to be held on September 29, 1999. This work was the result of the first phase of the Japanese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor (JSA)’s commitment.
04 Sep 2009
Waseda University
In recent years, environmental and energy issues have been a primary focus in the automotive field, and there has been an increasingly strong public demand for cleaner ICEVs (Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle) and for the development of alternative automobiles.
28 Aug 2009
RIKEN
A double-solvent approach makes electrospray deposition a better choice for fabricating organic light-emitting diodes
30 Jul 2009
IPS Asia Pacific
BANGKOK, Jul 30 - Reflecting the fact that ethnic diversity is a central characteristic of all the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries, ethnographic collections are relatively common, with the exception of Cambodia where museums mainly focus on archaeological artifacts and on experiences of war.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
On June 13th, 1948, Osamu Dazai, who had quickly gained popularity after World War II with such works as “The Setting Sun [Shayo]” (1947), committed double suicide, jumping into the Tamagawa Josui River together with a war-widow.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
Looking back on Japanese history, we notice the extreme significance of the samurai, the warrior class in old Japan. However, it is actually not well understood when and how the samurai was born. In this article, Associate Professor Akio Kawajiri introduces his studies on it.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
This focus on the coal industry, a symbol of capitalist heavy industry, is important in studying the development process of modern capitalism in Japan.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
Shanghai was once known as the “devil’s city”. This image is represented by the modern architecture which exists along the banks of the Huangpu River in the area known as the Bund (Wai Tan), and by Nanking Road, which bustles with people.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
Works from many different fields are exhibited in this gallery including two illustrations based on Hokke-Kyo sutras (Muromachi Period), kohitsugire, as well as calligraphic works and paintings of Zen Buddhist monks such as Shunpo Soki and Ousen Keisan of the Muromachi Period, and Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon of the Edo Period.
26 Jul 2009
Waseda University
The history of archaeology at Waseda University began long ago. In 1882 (the 15th year of the Meiji Era), archaeologist E.S. Morse was invited by Shigenobu Okuma to speak at the opening ceremony of Tokyo Senmon Gakko, which was the precursor of Waseda University.
14 Jul 2009
IPS Asia Pacific
"Changing Borders" contains the work produced by 16 journalists from Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam as part of their fellowship under the sixth cycle of the Imaging Our Mekong media programme (2007-08).
13 Jul 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Professor Timothy W. Tong, President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has recently led a delegation to visit Hangzhou, the city of Zhejiang Province.
06 Jul 2009
Waseda University
It may be a poor choice of words, but I have always lived by going with the flow. I have written what I wanted to at my own pace, and all of the sudden I became known as an author. However, I never even once felt the desire to become an author, and I have never promoted myself or taken actions to become an author.
06 Jul 2009
Waseda University
The situation encompassing Japanese returning from China has changed greatly in the last 20 years. In the past, returning to Japan meant giving up the entire lifestyle built during many years of living in China.
30 Jun 2009
Waseda University
Affairs which may erode trust in the mass media have recently happened one after another. They were not management or sales scandals, but ones casting a doubt on the manner of gathering and reporting news, which are the core operation of the mass media. Many of them were caused by publishing companies and TV stations.
30 Jun 2009
Waseda University
The following quotation is part of the explanation about the new trial process that a judge gave to people who had been selected as citizen judges in a mock court simulating a trial by citizen judges in which I was involved:
30 Jun 2009
Waseda University
Before the Japanese economy rapidly grew, there was an obvious difference between urban (e.g., cities and towns) and rural areas in Japan. When the modern municipality system was established in Japan in 1889, even districts which were regarded not as cities, but as towns had small but condensed urban areas.
23 Jun 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The School of Design of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University launches the "Masters of Mask" Exhibition today (23 June) on campus to showcase a collection of innovative facemasks designed by its students on a master programme. The designs tackle issues of Asian size and fit, material technology, branding strategy and public health policy
23 Jun 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The "Youreable" Fashion Design 2009 event, organized by the Troels H. Povlsen Care Apparel Centre under the Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has come to a fruitful close. The event provides the elderly and the disabled with an opportunity to unleash their talents in fashion design and apparel making.
05 Jun 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The first ever Asia Consciousness Festival was opened today (5 June) by Mr James Tien, Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board; and Ms Florence Hui, Undersecretary for Home Affairs at a ceremony held in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
03 Jun 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
About 300 academics and researchers from Hong Kong and overseas are gathering for the Independent Learning Association Conference 2009 (ILAC2009), which is being held from 3 to 5 June on the campus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
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Giants in history
Through her iconic stories featuring fictional scenes from the history of the Philippines, language teacher and academic Genoveva Matute (3 January 1915 – 21 March 2009) helped strengthen the Filipino identity.
Hwang Hye-seong (5 July 1920 – 14 December 2006) was an expert on Korean royal court cuisine, the knowledge of which she dedicated her career to keeping alive. Formerly an assistant professor of nutritional science, Hwang met the last kitchen court lady in the Joseon Dynasty Han Hui-sun and, from her, learned about the culinary traditions of the royal court.