Noteworthies
posted Dez 18, 2011
subm. by Simon KANER
Public lectures on disaster and recovery in Japan
Time: Friday, March 9, 9.30-12.10
Room: Michael Griffiths building, 1F09A, Heath Park Campus, Cardiff University
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posted Dez 18, 2011
subm. by Simon KANER
Archaeological Heritage and the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake
A personal view (by KANNO Tominori)
posted July 9, 2011
subm. by Gina BARNES
Open access to Asian Perspectives
pdfs downloadable free for volumes 1-47 (1957-2008) at:
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/14928
posted July 9, 2011
subm. by Gina BARNES
Change of the Senior Management at the Sainsbury Institute
Dear Colleagues, friends and supporters of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures,
Almost four months have passed since the earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan. Our thoughts continue to go to all who are contributing towards the rebuilding efforts and helping towards easing the suffering caused by this terrible disaster. At the Sainsbury Institute, we are continuing with our mission to promote the deeper understanding of Japanese arts and cultures in the UK and Europe. At the same time, we are proactively considering how best to fulfill our commitment to the recovery and reconstruction taking place in Japan, paying particular attention to the arts, culture and heritage.
It is now eleven years since the establishment of the Sainsbury Institute. We are extremely grateful for the generous support we have received up to this point. This support has been crucial in helping the Sainsbury Institute to reach our current level of achievement, enabling research projects and resulting publications, building effective research networks in Japanese arts and cultures in Japan, Europe and North America, helping to facilitate the research and opportunities for younger scholars in the field and building up of a greater public profile and understanding for Japanese arts and cultures in Europe. We offer our sincere gratitude to all of our friends who have supported us to date.
We would like to take this opportunity to explain some changes in the senior management of the Institute approved by the Institute’s Management Board on 28 June 2011. Dr Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, Founder of the Institute and Director since its establishment in 1999 will, as Research Director, continue to be centrally involved in the research directions and projects of the Institute. Mizutori Mami joins the staff as Executive Director, with responsibility for the overall operations of the Institute. From 2005 to 2008, Ms Mizutori served as Minister for Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Japan in the UK. Working with the Institute and other partners, she led many projects promoting Japanese culture in the UK. Dr Simon Kaner, until now Assistant Director, takes up a new half-time secondment as Director of the new Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia. At the Institute, he will now become Head of the newly established Centre for Archaeology and Heritage, further developing the archaeology and heritage strands of the Institute's research. Dr Kaner, together with Mizutori Mami who has also been appointed to be the Special Adviser to the University of East Anglia for Japanese Studies, will foster the relationship between the new Centre for Japanese Studies of UEA and the Institute.
The Institute continues to rely on the invaluable guidance of our Management Board, chaired by Professor Edward Acton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, and our senior advisors in Japan, Professor Kawai Masatomo, Professor Kobayashi Tadashi, and Professor Kobayashi Tatsuo. We are grateful for all of your continued support as the Sainsbury Institute moves forward in an integrated fashion, continuing to build on the strengths of the first decade and adapting to the challenges of the second decade.
Yours sincerely,
Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere
Research Director
Mizutori Mami
Executive Director
Simon Kaner
Head, Centre for Japanese Archaeology and Heritage
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posted May. 8, 2011
subm. by Walter EDWARDS
Annual overviews of Japanese archaeology (new web resource)
The Japanese Archaeological Association has begun publishing English translations of selections from its annual review of Japanese archaeological research, contained in its yearly bulletin, "Archaeologia Japonica". Two items available at this time are overviews of research trends for the 2007 and 2008 Fiscal Years.
Each is accessible for viewing or downloading as a pdf file (under 400 kb,
approximately 15 pages) from the following URL.
http://archaeology.jp/publication/trends/index.html
posted May. 8, 2011
subm. by Gina L. BARNES
New Developments at the Sainsbury Institute
NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT THE SAINSBURY INSTITUTE AND IN JAPANESE STUDIES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) is
delighted to announce the appointment of Mami Mizutori as Executive Director of
the Institute from 1 May 2011. Ms Mizutori is currently a Senior Fellow at
SISJAC and previously worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, her
last post being Director for Financial Affairs, following appointments in London
and Washington.
Ms Mizutori joins the Sainsbury Institute as it embarks upon its second decade of facilitating and delivering innovative research into all aspects of Japanese arts and cultures. The Founding Director, Dr Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere continues to be centrally involved in the research of the Institute, currently primarily focused on an unprecedented study of the Japanese ceramic collections at the British Museum.
The Institute is also pleased to be closely associated with the development of Japanese studies at the University of East Anglia (UEA). UEA is establishing a new Centre for Japanese Studies in spring 2011, which will bring together a number of initiatives fostering Japan-related teaching and research. These include new degree-level Japanese language programmes, based in the School of Language and Communication Studies, supported by Yakult UK Inc., and new plogrammes in Japanese Cultural Heritage and Museology and Japanese Art and Archaeology in the School of World Art Studies and Museology (WAM). These new programmes complement existing strengths in Japanese visual media and contemporary society (including anime and manga) and translation studies.
These developments will facilitate linkages with other developments across UEA, including the new MSc in forensic science. To fuither support this, a new research centre, the Sainsbury Centre for Japanese Archaeology and Heritage (SCJAH) will be created, forming a bridge between SISJAC and WAM
SCJAH will be a fully integrated part of the Sainsbury Institute for Art (SIfA), a new initiative which will enhance collaboration between the various Sainsbury art benefactions in Norwich (the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas) and the School of World Art Studies and Museology at UEA.
The new Centre for Japanese Studies at UEA will be directed by Dr Simon Kaner, currently Assistant Director at SISJAC. Dr Kaner will now divide his time between SISJAC, where he will become Associate Director with responsibility for academic programmes and community engagement, and the new Centre for Japanese Studies.
The Sainsbury Institute takes this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us in realising the vision of our benefactors, Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury. We look forward to welcoming you to our events in the future, and to building on our achievements to date in order to develop a better understanding of Japan and its place in the world, through the finest research into its arts and cultures'
posted March 09, 2011
subm. by Keith KNAPP
Early China Archaeological Digest 2/27
While digging a well, a man in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, found a Western Han tomb
in his backyard. It looks at though it has never been robbed.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2011-02/25/content_12078015.htm
Esther Park pointed out this item on the skeletons of eighty horses found in
two sacrificial pits that are attached to Han Wudi's mauseoleum. Could they
possibly be the sweating horses from Ferghana?
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7295406.html
Baima si in Luoyang is getting a makeover.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-02/21/c_13742199.htm
This news is tailor-made for Harry Rothschild. Yup, Henan authorities are
reconstructing Wu Zetian's Mingtang in Luoyang. Harry, we are expecting a report
on how good the reconstruction is.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2011-02/24/c_13747604_3.htm
This is a long and interesting article on the influence of Eurasian
depictions of celestial phenomena on Japanese tombs. Thanks to Jeff Richey for
bringing this to my attention.
http://heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/lessons-and-resources-for-learning-about-clocks-and-calendars-and-the-birthplace-of-astronomy/
This is another article on the fire that destroyed the main hall of Fahai
temple in Fuzhou. The authorities say no cultural relics were damaged, but the
main hall itself was probably the most important cultural relic.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/07/c_13721733.htm
posted Nov. 30, 2010
subm. by Gina L. BARNES
Robbery reported at Chinese Terracotta Warriors tomb
http://www.gadling.com/2010/11/26/robbery-reported-at-chinese-terracotta-warriors-tomb/
GADLING, Nov. 26th, 2010
posted Nov. 14, 2010
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
A new peer reviewed journal has been launched, focusing on the history of exchange relations in the East Asian world. Papers based on archaeological research are also very welcome.
Crossroads — Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World
縱横 — 東亞世界交流史研究
クロスロード — 東アジア世界の交流史研究
크로스로드 — 東아시아世界의交流史研究
Editor in chief:
Angela SCHOTTENHAMMER (Ghent, Belgium)
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The journal is designed as an international forum for contributions related to the history of exchange relations in the East Asian world. The “East Asian World” in this context comprises geographically speaking the regions of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan (core region) and their neighbours or regions that were considered their “peripheries” (such as for example Mongolia, Tibet, Vietnam etc.), including relevant predecessors (such as the Ryūkyūs, Bohai or Manchuria). Exchange relations and interaction with countries and regions beyond this East Asian world, like India, Russia and all the countries on the Eurasian continent, continental and insular Southeast Asia, regions around the Persian Gulf and generally the macro-region of what is designated as the "Oriental world" - in contrast to "Occidental Europe" - as well as interaction with for example the American or African continent are also part of the focus, as long as there existed important and/or sustainable contacts to the mentioned regions in East Asia. East Asia is thus treated as an entity made up of different countries and regions with similarities, but also with distinctive differences, concentrating on their interconnectedness and exchange relations, while emphasizing its relations to the macro-regions of Asia, Eurasia and the Orient, but also cross-Pacific interchange.
The focus of contributions are both continental (overland) and maritime (overseas)
exchange relations of bilateral and multilateral interaction structures. With
regard to contents, major emphasis will be placed on the transfer of science and
technologies, cultural aspects in their widest interpretation, religions,
commodity and product exchange, trade, as well as migration and the organization
of functioning networks.
From the website (http://www.eacrh.net/ojs/index.php/crossroads/index)
Publisher’s website: http://www.ostasien-verlag.de/zeitschriften/cr/001.html
posted June 4, 2009
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered
CHINA DAILY
02/06/2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2009-06/02/content_7964288.htm
Älteste Keramik der Welt stammt aus China
SPIEGEL ONLINE
02/06/2009
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,627995,00.html
'Oldest pottery' found in China
By Jason Palmer
BBC NEWS
01/06/2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8077168.stm
posted June 1, 2009
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
Final resting place of Himiko discovered?
BY NOBUYUKI WATANABE
30/05/2009
ASAHI SHINBUN
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200905300072.html
Himiko tomb in Nara: group
Experts date site to reign of fabled queen, Kashihara Nara Pref.
30/05/2009
JAPAN TIMES
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20090530a4.html
posted May 20, 2009
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
Prehistoric man's cave found in southwest China
08/05/2009
CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-05/08/content_7758076.htm
China to excavate Peking Man site again
04/05/2009
CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-05/04/content_7742251.htm
Vandalism pits ancient cliff carvings in peril
23/04/2009
CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/23/content_7709620.htm
Some 200 pieces of relics excavated in central China
08/04/2009
CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2009-04/08/content_7658028.htm
Robot to creep into ancient tomb for exploration
08/04/2009
CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/08/content_7659598.htm
Across China: Sichuan - History unearthed
01/04/2009
CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-04/01/content_7636255.htm
Fresh proof of China being cradle of rice cultivation
27/03/2009
CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/27/content_7623278.htm
Reading the rocks
24/01/2009
CHINA DAILY
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2009-01/24/content_7426644.htm
posted July 22, 2008
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
Mayumi-Kansuzuka kofun burial mound
Giant tomb opens up, but its mystery remains
02/09/2008
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200802090072.html
Cover Story: Open ajar
03/24/2008
ASAHI SHIMBUN
NARA--Sixteen archeologists allowed limited access to an imperial mausoleum
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200803240075.html
posted July 8, 2008
Sad news reached us from Seattle/Bangkok. Dr. Roxanna M. Brown, director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University, Thailand, and renowned expert on South East Asian trade ceramics, passed away on May 14th under tragic circumstances.
See:
In Memoriam - Roxanna Maude Brown
http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=92674
Roxanna Brown, Asian art expert, dies in custody
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-art15-2008may15,0,7352492.story
posted May 19, 2008
Support for the Ōsaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture (Izumi, Japan)
Information reached us that claiming financial problems, the Ōsaka prefectural government plans
the closing and sale of two out of four Ōsaka museums, among them the Museum of Yayoi Culture in
Izumi City.
The Ōsaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture was the first full-scale museum to be established specializing in the exhibition of artefacts of Yayoi culture, and opened in the city of Izumi (south of Ōsaka) in February 1991. The museum neighbours the famous Ikegami-sone site, one of the largest settlements of the Yayoi Period, which now forms a historic park featuring the reconstruction of a Yayoi period village around a large-sized central building.
The opposition of many academics and research groups against the plans of the prefectural government recently led into the establishment of the Society for the Support of Ōsaka Museums (Osaka-fu no hakubutsukan o shien suru kai 大阪府の博物館を支援する会).
Find more information and a Call for Support at http://osakahakubutukan.blog.shinobi.jp/.
posted Jan 19, 2008
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
The Japan Times online, Jan. 18, 2008:
Mitsubishi strikes deal with British Museum
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080118f4.html
China Daily.com, Jan. 16, 2008:
2,500-year-old sword excavated from tomb
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-01/16/content_6399567.htm
Beijing Review.com, Jan. 10, 2008:
Destroying the Dragon Kilns
http://www.bjreview.com/print/txt/2008-01/04/content_94616.htm
China Daily.com, Dec. 28, 2007:
Ancient merchant boat arrives at purpose-built museum:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-12/28/content_6357328.htm
China Daily.com, Dec. 26, 2007:
Treasures that went down with ships continue to dazzle
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-12/26/content_6348310.htm
Asahi.com, Dec. 28, 2007:
Ruins point to site of Nobunaga's suicide
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200712280063.html
China Daily.com, Dec. 13, 2007:
Legal action mulled over German terracotta army fakes
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-12/13/content_6320094.htm
China Daily.com, Dec. 08, 2007:
2,200-year-old imperial tombs found in Henan
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-12/08/content_6307449.htm
China Daily.com, Nov. 30, 2007:
Digging to start on horse-chariot chamber
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-11/30/content_6288904.htm
JoongAng Daily, Nov. 17, 2007:
Sacred reliquaries unearthed
사리함 발굴돼
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2883998
posted Dec 23, 2007
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
BBC News, Dec. 21, 2007:
Ancient ship raised from S China Sea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7156581.stm (with video)
Spiegel-online, Dec. 22, 2007:
Die letzte Fahrt der "Nanhai"
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,525079,00.html (with video)
Korea Times, Nov. 10, 2007:
Wooden Invoices Found in Shipwreck
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/nation_view.asp?newsIdx=11733&categoryCode=117
Asahi.com, Oct. 4, 2007:
Ancient pollen adds to legend of queen Himiko
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200710040071.html
posted Dec 14, 2007
Bulletin of the Asia Institute
The following notice reached us from the editor of the "Bulletin of the Asia Institute", C. A. Bromberg:
"A number of articles and reviews in the latest volume of the scholarly journal ‘Bulletin of the Asia Institute,’ just published, may be of interest. Please share this with SEAA members. The price of the volume is $70 + shipping; earlier volumes are offered at a 50% discount.“
[For further information see:
www.bulletinasiainstitute.org/]
posted Dec 10, 2007
From the media
N. Korea building conservation center for ancient tomb murals
By Kim Yoo-seung
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is constructing a center for preserving the tomb murals of
Korea's ancient kingdom of Koguryo in its capital city through close cooperation with the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a pro-Pyongyang newspaper
published in Japan said Sunday.
According to the Chosun Shinbo, North Korea is building the four-story conservation center in Pyongyang, which will exhibit Koguryo's tomb murals. Some of the murals were listed by UNESCO on the 2004 World Heritage List.
from: Yonhap News Agency
posted Nov 27, 2007
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
From the media
Japan Times, Sept. 21, 2007:
Scholars to get OK to survey two Imperial mausoleums
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070921a5.html
Yomiuri Shinbun, Nov. 3, 2007:
Family pics show old shell mounds
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20071103TDY15001.htm
National Geographic News, Sept. 26, 2007:
Stone Age Rice Fields Discovered in China Swamp
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070926-china-rice.html
The Korea Times, oct. 24:
Historical Discovery of Baekje Urns
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/12/148_12499.html
posted Oct 14, 2007
Submissions sought for WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY
Submissions are currently being sought for WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY 40(4) on the theme: Debates in World
Archaeology. Debates issues (the first one was published in December 2004) are forums for discussion
of controversial archaeological topics and for responses to papers previously published in the
journal. Papers may respond to earlier contributions, but we also welcome joint submissions that
consider a problem from different perspectives. Submissions are due by April 2008 for publication in
December 2008. For further information, or to submit a paper, contact the editors of this issue:
Elisabeth A. Bacus (eabacus@msn.com), or Michael J. Shott
(shott@uakron.edu)
posted July 30, 2007
subm. by REN Xinyu
MS program in Archaeology Resource Management
Beginning in the fall of 2007, University of Georgia will be offering a new one-year MS program
in Archaeology Resource Management.
http://www.anthro.uga.edu/
posted May 7, 2007
subm. by Helen LEWIS
World Archaeological Congress, Dublin 2008:
WAC-6 First Announcement
The organising committee of the Sixth World Archaeology Congress (WAC-6) are delighted to now invite colleagues from across the globe to come to University College Dublin, Ireland from June 29-July 4, 2008 for this spectacular archaeological conference. We are planning a varied and engaging thematic programme and a wide range of social events that will provide opportunities to experience the cultural and social 'life' of Dublin and Ireland and to sample this island's outstanding archaeological heritage.
WAC is committed to diversity and to redressing global inequities in archaeology through conferences, publications and scholarly programs. It has a special interest in protecting the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples, minorities and peoples from a range of countries. WAC-6 will continue the established practice of previous international congresses in facilitating the participation and empowerment of indigenous peoples and researchers from economically disadvantaged countries.
This first announcement is a call for themes, sessions, papers and posters. See www.ucd.ie/wac-6 for details of application, programme, accommodation, costs and grant opportunities.
posted April 1, 2007
subm. by Walter EDWARDS
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM WESTERN SCHOLARS SOUGHT FOR JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
In the interest of obtaining broader international participation in its journal, the Japanese Archaeological Association is welcoming contributions from scholars based professionally in the West (meaning either currently working in, or professionally trained in, North America or Europe) to the Journal of the Japanese Archaeological Association.
Although the Journal normally takes contributions only from members of the Japanese Archaeological Association, this requirement will be waived in the interest in obtaining broader international participation.
For contributions to be considered for publication, the content must focus on some aspect of Japanese archaeology. This may include archaeological examinations of interactions with other cultural spheres at any time in the past.
Contributions must be written in Japanese. If a potential contributor has work worthy of
publication but cannot meet this requirement, the Association is willing to consider the translation
of manuscripts prepared in English.
Submissions and inquiries should be made directly to the Association. Further information about the
Journal's format, etc., may be found on the Association's website:
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jaa2/journal/index.htm#BOSHU
(This posting is being made on behalf of the Japanese Archaeological Association by Walter EDWARDS, a regular member of the Association and also a member of its Committee for International Exchange.)
posted March 16, 2007
subm. by Barbara SEYOCK
Han'guk gogohak gangeui 한국고고학강의
(Lectures on Korean Archaeology) has just been published. Being the first of its kind since Kim
Weonyong's Han'guk gogohak gaeseol 한국고고학개설 (Outline of Korean archaeology) published in 1973,
and revised in 1986, Han'guk gogohak gangeui comprises an outline of Korean archaeological
cultures from the Palaeolithic up to Unified Silla and Ballae. The book is designed as teaching
material for the use at university level and was initiated by the Korean Archaeological Society (for
details:
http://kras.or.kr/news/content.aspx?idx=449).
ISBN : 8956027498
415 p., B5
19,000 Weon
see also:
dongAcom:
http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?f=j_s&n=200703080149&main=1
Yonhap News:
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2007/03/07/0200000000AKR20070307089500005.HTML
posted Jan. 12, 2007
subm. by Gina L BARNES
(from the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA))
Southeast Asian Archaeology Scholarly Website
http://seasia.museum.upenn.edu
The bibliography of the Southeast Asian Archaeology Scholarly Website that Christopher King and Joyce White have developed now has 10,000 references pertinent to Southeast Asian archaeology, human biology, and palaeoenvironment. They have recently upgraded software and hardware for the site. Also the skeletal data from Non Nok Tha are now available for download.
posted Oct. 20, 2006
The new Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo will open on March 10, 2007.
Website at:
http://www.izumo-rekihaku.net/
posted Sept. 29, 2006
subm. by Michael MOOS
To all of you who love old books we have to announce that
one of the most famous and oldest antiquarian bookshops spezialized in books on Asia and the Far East,
Smitskamp Oriental Antiquarium in Leiden, Netherlands (established in 1683),
has closed its doors.
Website at:
http://www.smitskamp.nl/index2.htm
 © M.Moos |
 © M.Moos |
posted Sept. 20, 2006
subm. by Gina BARNES
Opening day of the Institute of Art and Archaeology of China at China
XI'AN Academy of Fine Art
will be on the first of Oct.2006.
Website at:
http://www.xafa.edu.cn/_info/content_970.htm