Acronyms Used by Asian / Pacific Studies' Scholars:
a Dictionary

ACRONYM	LONG NAME	CATEGORY	A PART OF	COUNTRY

T

| TA | TB | TC | TD | TE | TF | TG | TH | TI | TJ | TK | TL | TN | TO | TP | TR | TS | TT | TU | TV | TW | top |

TA back
TAARII	The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (formerly: American Association for Research in Baghdad, AARB)	body	---	Iraq
TAASA	The Asian Arts Society of Australia	group	---	Australia
TADC	Tibetan Architecture Documentation Centre	body	---	India
TADIA	The African Diaspora in Asia	periodical	---	UK
TAHK	Terminology Association of Hong Kong	group	City U. of Hong Kong,	HK
TALID	Türkiye Arastirmalari Literatür Dergisi / Turkish Studies Review	periodical	---	Turkey
TANAP	Towards a New Age of Partnership in Dutch East India Company Archives and Research	project	---	The Netherlands
TANC	Tibetan Association of Northern California	group	---	US
TAPJA	The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology	periodical	RSPAS	Australia
TARS	Taiwan Association for Religious Studies	group	---	Taiwan
TASAM	Turk Asyja Stratejik Arastirmalar Merkesi / Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies	body	---	Turkey
TASC	Taoist Alchemical Studies Center	body	---	Belgium
TASC	Thai APEC Study Center	body	Thammasat U.	Thailand
TASJ	Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan	periodical	ASJ	Japan
TB back
TBC	The Beijing Center for Language and Culture	body	Loyola Marymount U., Los Angeles	US
TBF	The Bridge Fund	---	---	US/The Netherlands
TBRC	Tibetan Buddhist Resources Center	body	---	US
TBSA	Theravada Buddhist Society of America	group	---	US
TBTK	Turkish Society for History of Science	group	---	Turkey
TC back
TCA	The Times of Central Asia	periodical	---	Kyrgyzstan
TCC	Twentieth-Century China History Journal	periodical	Ohio State U.	Japan
TCHRD	Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy	body	---	India
TCMO	Talen en culturen van het Midden-Oosten	body	Leiden U.	The Netherlands
TCMO	Talen en Culturen van het Nabije en Midden-Oosten	---	Katholieke U. Nijmegen	The Netherlands
TD back
TDRI	Thailand Development Research Institute	---	---	Thailand
TDW	Terrorist Death Watch	---	---	US
TE back
TEA	Program for Teaching East Asia	program	U. of Colorado at Boulder	US
TECO	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Canada	body	---	Canada
TEAP	Teaching East Asia Program	program	U. of South California	US
TEAS	The European Azerbaijan Society	group	---	UK
TELDAP	Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program	program	Academia Sinica	Taiwan
TERI	The Energy and Resources Institute	body	---	India
TEW	Tibet Environmental Watch	body	---	Canada
TF back
TFBA	Foundation for Biblical Archaeology	body	---	---
TG back
TGN	Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names	resource	---	US
TH back
THA	Tongan History Association	group	---	Australia
Thai WAC	Thai World Affairs Center	body	Chulalongkorn U.	Thailand
THDL	Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library  (now Tibetan and Himalayan Library, THL)	resource	U. Virginia	US
THF	Tibetan Heritage Fund	body	---	Germany
THL	Tibetan and Himalayan Library (formerly: Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library, TDL)	resource	U. Virginia	US
TI back
TIAP	Transparency International Asia Pacific	---	Transparency International	Germany
TICFA	Teacher In-Country Fellowships to Asia	---	U. of Melbourne	Australia
TIER	Taiwan Institute for Economic Research	body	---	Taiwan
TIF	Technology + Imagination + Future	project	Yonsei U.	South Korea
TIN	Tibet Information Network	body	---	UK
TIN	TibetInfoNet.Net	body	---	Germany
TIPA	Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts	body	---	India
TISS	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	---	---	India
TITUS	Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien	resource	U. Frankfurt	Germany
TJ back
TJA	Taiwan Journal of Anthropology	periodical	Academia Sinica	Taiwan
TJSEAS	Taiwan Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	periodical	CSEAS	Australia
TK back
TKR	Tamkang Review	periodical	National Taiwan Normal U.	Taiwan
TL back
TLB	Thesaurus Literaturae Buddhicae	resource	Universitetet i Oslo	Norway
TLC	Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Group	group	AAS	US
TLI	Tibetan Language Institute	body	---	US
TLS	Thesaurus Linguae Sericae	resource	---	Germany
TLSA	Timor-Leste Studies Association	group	---	Australia
TN back
TNM	Tokyo National Museum	body	---	Japan
TO back
TOHAP	Tibet Oral History and Archive	resource	Case Western Reserve U.	US
ToRS	Institut for Tvaerkulturelle og Regionale Studier / Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies	body	U. of Copenhagen	Denmark
TOSCCA	The Oxford Society for the Caspian and Central Asia	group	---	UK
TP back
TPC	The Pacific Centre	body	RSPAS	Australia
TPIC	Taiwan Philanthropy Information Center	body	---	Taiwan
TPR	Tibetan Political Review	periodical	---	US
TPPRC	Tibetan Parliamentary & Policy Research Centre	body	---	Germany
TPQ	Turkish Policy Quarterly	periodical	---	Turkey
TPW	Tibet Press Watch	periodical	---	US
TR back
TRACECA	Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia	body	---	---
TRAS	Trans-Himalayan Aid Society	group	---	Canada
TRI	Taipei Ricci Institute / L'Institut Ricci de Taipei	body	---	Taiwan
TRI	Taiwan Research Institute	body	---	Taiwan
TRRG	Taiwan Research Reading Group	association	U. of Melbourne	Australia
TRS	Taoist Restoration Society	group	---	US
TS back
TSAC	Triangle South Asia Consortium	group	North Carolina State U.	US
TSDA	Timor Sea Designated Authority	---	---	Australia
TSE	Tokyo Stock Exchange	body	---	Japan
TSEC	Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation	body	---	Taiwan
TSIN	Tibetan Studies Internet Newsletter	periodical	Case Western Reserve U.	US
TSR	Taiwan Security Research	resource	National Taiwan U.	Taiwan
TSS	T'ang Studies Society	group	---	US
TT back
TTAV	Turkish Teacher Association of Victoria	group	---	Australia
TTK	Turk Tarih Kurumu / Turkish Historical Society	group	---	Turkey
TU back
TUFS	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies	body	---	Japan
TUJ	Temple University Japan Campus	body	---	Japan
TULP	Turkology Update Leiden Project	project	Leiden U.	The Netherlands
TURKSAM	Turkish Centre for International Relations & Strategic Analysis	body	---	Turkey
TV back
TVU	Tamil Virtual University	---	---	India
TW back
TWR	The Washington Review of Turkish and Eurasian Affairs	periodical	---	US
TWSC	Third World Studies Center	body	U. of the Philippines	Philippines

U

| UC | UD | UH | UJ | UK | UM | UN | UR | US | UU | UZ | top |

UC back
UCA	University of Central Asia	body	---	Kyrgyzstan
UCLL	Universities' China Committee in London	body	---	UK
UCRN	Urban China Research Network	group	State U. of New York	US
UD back
UDLV	Ustav Dalneho Vychodu / Institute of East Asian Studies	body	Charles U.	Czech Republic
UDRI	Urban Design Research Institute, Mumbai	body	---	India
UH back
UHRP	Uyghur Human Rights Project	body	Uyghur American Association (UAA)	US
UJ back
UJCA	Ustav Jizni a Centralni Asie / Institute of South and Central Asia	body	Charles U.	Czech Republic
UK back
UKABS	UK Association for Buddhist Studies	group	---	UK
UkrAMES	Ukrainian Middle East Studies Association	group	---	Ukraine
UM back
UM	University of Macao	body	---	China
UN back
UNEAC	University of New England Asia Centre	body	U. New England	Australia
UNIMAS	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak	body	---	Malaysia
UNPO	Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization	body	---	The Netherlands
UNTL	National University of Timor-Lorosae	body	---	East Timor
UR back
URBAMA	Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur l'Urbanisation dans le Monde Arabe	body	U. Tours	France
URC	Urdu Research Center	body	---	India
US back
USCAP	University of Sydney Central Asian Programme	program	U. of Sydney	Australia
USCI	U.S. - China Institute	body	U. of Southern California	US
USCS	United Societies of China Studies	group	---	US
USINDO	United States Indonesia Society	group	---	US
USJWJ	U.S.-Japan WomenÕs Journal	periodical	Josai U., Saitama	Japan
USP	University of the South Pacific	body	---	Fiji
UU back
UUSP	United States-South Pacific Scholarship Program	program	---	US
UZ back
UZICUL	Uzbek Initiative Center for Uzbek Language	body	---	US

V

| VA | VC | VE | VH | VI | VN | VP | VR | VS | VT | VV | top |

VA back
VAALA	Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association	group	---	US
VAIS	Venetian Academy of Indian Studies	body	Ca'Foscari U. of Venice	Italy
VALEASE	Valorisation de l'ecrit en Asie du Sud-Est / Books Enhancement in Southeast Asia	---	---	Vietnam
VASS / ASSV	Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences / Academie des Sciences Sociales du Vietnam	body	---	Vietnam
VAWW-NET Japan	Violence Against Women in War-Network Japan	group	---	Japan
VC back
VCAS	Virginia Consortium of Asian Studies	group	Washington and Lee U., VA	US
VCDS	Vietnam Culture Development Society	group	---	US
VCEA	Visual Cultures in East Asia	project	---	France
VE back
VEAP	Visiting East Asian Professionals Program	program	Washington U. in St. Louis	US
VH back
VHKP	Viking Hong Kong Publications	resource	---	Hong Kong, China
VI back
VIA	Volunteers in Asia	program	---	US
ViFF	Vietnamese International Film Festival	meeting	---	US
VILTA	Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers' Association	group	---	Australia
VN back
VNLC	Vietnamese Language and Culture	body	---	US
VP back
VPS	Vietnamese Professionals Society	group	---	US
VR back
VRAS	Virginia Review of Asian Studies	periodical	Mary Baldwin College, VA	US
VS back
VSAA	Vietnam Studies Association of Australia	group	ASAA	Australia
VSG	Vietnam Studies Group	group	AAS	US
VSJF	Vereinigung fuer sozial- wissenschaftliche Japanforschung / German Association for Social Science Research on Japan	group	---	Germany
VSSS	Vietnam Studies Summer School	program	ANU	Australia
VT back
VTAV	Vietnamese Teachers' Association of Victoria	group	---	Australia
VV back
VVIK	Vereniging Vrienden van het Instituut Kern / Association of Friends of the Kern Institute	group	---	The Netherlands

W

| WA | WC | WE | WF | WH | WI | WL | WN | WO | WR | WS | WT | WU | WY | top |

WA back
WAGNet	Women and Gender in Chinese Studies Network	group	---	UK
WAMP	Williams Afghan Media Project	project	Williams College, MA	US
WASBC	Western Australian Singapore Business Council	body	---	Australia
WAVBC	Western Australia Vietnam Business Council	body	---	Australia
WC back
WCAAS	Western Conference [of The Association for Asian Studies]	meeting	AAS	US
WCILCOS	World Confederation of Institutes and Libraries for Overseas Chinese Studies	group	c/o Ohio State U.	US
WCJA	World Council of Jain Academies	group	SOAS	UK
WE back
WEAI	Weatherhead East Asian Institute	body	Columbia U.	US
WF back
WFDA	World Forum for Democratization in Asia	body	---	Taiwan
WH back
WHAV	Western Himalaya Archive Vienna	resource	University of Vienna	Austria
WHKMLA	World History at Korean Minjok Leadership Academy	resource	---	Germany
WHPQ	World Hongming Philosophical Quarterly	periodical	---	US
WI back
WIA	Women in Asia Conferences	meeting	---	Australia
WIAPS	Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies	body	---	Japan
WIAS	Women in Asia	group	ASAA	Australia
WIDER	World Institute for Development Research	body	United Nations U.	Finland
WINE	Waseda University Scholary Information Network System	group	---	Japan
WISDOM	Water-related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta	project	U. of Bonn	Germany
WISE	Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation	body	U. of Hull	UK
WWWJDIC	WWW Japanese Dictionary Server	resource	Monash U.	Australia
WL back
WLUML	Women Living Under Muslim Laws	---	---	Nigeria/Pakistan/UK
WN back
WNC	World News Connection	resource	---	US
WO back
WOCMES	World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies	meeting	Jordan
WOTRO	Stichting voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek van de Tropen en Ontwikkelingslanden	body	NWO	The Netherlands
WR back
WREAC	White Rose East Asia Centre	body	U. of Leeds	UK
WA back
WSAP	Women's Studies Association of the Philippines	group	Philippine Women's U.	Philippines
WSC	World Sanskrit Conference	meeting	---	---
WSP	Warring States Project	project	U. of Massachusetts, Amherst	US
WT back
WTN / WTNN	World Tibet News / World Tibet Network News	periodical	---	Canada
WU back
WUC	World Uyghur Congress / World Uighur Congress	group	---	Germany
WY back
WYSGS	Workshop of Young Scholars from the Global South	program	Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva	Switzerland

X

Y

| YC | YI | YJ | YM | top |

YC back
YCAM	Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media	body	---	Japan
YCAR	York Centre for Asian Research	body	York U.	Canada
YCAS	Yemen Language Center and Center for Arab Studies	body	---	Yemen
YCIAS	Yale Center for International and Area Studies	body	Yale U.	US
YI back
YIF	Yale Indonesia Forum	meeting	Yale U.	US
YJ back
YJCS	Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies	periodical	---	US
YM back
YMYSC	Yuan Ming Yuan Society of China	group	---	China

Z

| ZD | ZE | ZI | ZK | ZM | ZS | top |

ZD back
ZDMG	Zeitschrift der Deutsche Morgenlaendische Gesellschaft	periodical	DMG	Germany
ZE back
ZEFAW / CERAW	Zentrum fuer Forschung zur Arabischen Welt / Centre for Research on the Arab World	body	Universitaet Mainz	Germany
ZI back
ZIORI	Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute	---	---	Tanzania
ZK back
ZKP / CSNEC	Zaklad Krajow Pozaeuropejskich / Center for Studies on Non-European Countries	body	Polish Academy of Sciences	Poland
ZM back
ZMO	Zentrum Moderner Orient	body	---	Germany
ZS back
ZSHIFC	Ziyodullo Shahidi International Foundation for Culture	body	---	Tajikistan

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Acknowledgements

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In addition, the dictionary has been enhanced by generous addenda and/or corrections offered by:


• Joschka Bauer, David Blundell, Luke Clossey, Robert Cribb, Dr Cathie Dunsford, Marion Frenger, Peter G. Friedlander, Robby Geyer, Andrew Gossling, Alex Hadary, Rajagopal Iyer, Raymond Lum, Shawn McHale, Jorge E. Malena, Linda NN, Ben Ostrov, Vincent K Pollard, John Potts, Andrew Robson, Stefan Rother, Anjum Siddiqui, Phyllis Tabusa, Dan K. J. Vercammen, and Asma Yaqoob.

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