Spring 2010


1 Cover


2 - 3 Contents | From the Editor





The Study


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The future of village elections in China Kerry Brown


6 - 7 Iran: social revolt and prospects for change (part 1) Mehdi Parvizi Amineh


8 Beyond Copenhagen: what role for Asia? Bram Buijs


9 Haitian disaster relief: Implications of Chinese and Taiwanese assistance Timothy S. Rich


10 - 11 �Merdeka�: images of hostile territory Louis Zweers


12 - 13 Rediscovering the royal capital of Majapahit Amrit Gomperts / Arnoud Haag / Peter Carey


14 - 15 Van Gulik and the Chinese lute Mei-Yen Lee


Indigenous India


16 - 17 Indigeneity as a cultural practice: �tribe� and the state in India Markus Schleiter / Erik de Maaker


18 �Tribes�, tradition and state Virginius Xaxa


19 'You know, we are Indians too!': Tribal displacement and violent encounters with a 'blind' state in Andhra Pradesh Bert Suykens


20 - 21 The rise and fall of 'tribal' development in Orissa Prasanna Kumar Nayak


22 - 23 Between nurture and neglect: providing welfare to the Ongees of Little Andaman Island Vishvajit Pandya


24 - 25 Taking root in Bangladesh: states, minorities, and discourses of citizenship Ellen Bal


26 Indigenous identity: burden or liberation? Reflections on �adivasi� politics in Kerala Luisa Steur





The Review


27 New For Review


28 Bookmarked


29 The rise of China: setting the alarm bells ringing? Bram Buijs


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The sound of modern Chinese poetry Maghiel van Crevel


32 The Russian Protocols of Zion in Japan Ben-Ami Shillony


33 �Twice forgotten�; �twice suppressed� Otto van den Muijzenberg


34 The socialist revolution in Mongolia Anna Portisch


35 �Meaningless� mantras and birdsong?: discovering the Vedas Annette van der Hoek


36 A history of Bangladesh Bob van der Linden


37 Ancient glass from the Silk Road Brigitte Borell


38 - 39 A moderniser with a firm foot in the Classical world Bradley Camp Davis





The Network


40 - 41 News


42 - 43 ICAS


44 Announcements


45 IIAS Research


46 IIAS Fellows


47 Colophon





The Portrait


44 Siebold�s flower garden. Botanical paintings of the Siebold collection