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

ACRONYM	LONG NAME	CATEGORY	A PART OF	COUNTRY

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BA back
BA/BS-MAPS	Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies	program	U. of San Francisco	US
BACS	British Association for Chinese Studies	group	---	UK
BACS	British Association for Chinese Studies	group	---	UK
BACSA	British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia	group	---	UK
BAI	Bulletin of the Asia Institute	periodical	---	US
BAJS	British Association for Jewish Studies	group	---	UK
BAKS	British Association for Korean Studies	group	---	UK
BAP	The Bay Area Chinese Churches Research Project	project	ISAAC, S. Francisco	US
BAS	Bibliography of Asian Studies	resource	AAS	US
BAS	Biblical Archaeology Society	group	---	US
BASAS	British Association for South Asian Studies	group	---	UK
BASC	Berkeley APEC Study Center	body	U. of California, Berkeley	US
BASOR	Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research	periodical	ASOR	US
BASP	Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists	periodical	---	US
BASS	Bluegrass Ancient Studies Seminar	meeting	Berea College, KY	US
BATJ	British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language	group	---	UK
BC back
BCAR	British Columbia Asian Review	periodical	U. of British Columbia	Canada
BCBS	Berkeley Center for Buddhist Studies	body	U. of California, Berkeley	US
BCIS	Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies	body	S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike National Memorial Foundation	Sri Lanka
BCLTS	British Chinese Language Teaching Society	group	---	UK
BD back
BD	Bibliografia Internacional Dos Descobrimentos e Encontros Ultramarinos	---	U. of Coimbra	Portugal
BDPRC	Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China	---	Arizona State U.	US
BE back
BEFEO	Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient	periodical	EFEO	France
BEI	Bulletin d'Etudes Indiennes	periodical	U. Paris 5	France
BERITA	Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN Database	resource	Ohio U	US
BESA	Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies	---	Bar-Ilan U.	Israel
BETA	Belgian Taoist Association	group	---	Belgium
BEW	Burma Economic Watch	---	Macquarie U.	Australia
BG back
BGIS	A Searchable Relational Database of Buddhist Monasteries in China	resource	U. of Arizona	US
BGSMCS	Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies	body	---	Germany
BH back
BHS	British Haiku Society	group	---	UK
BI back
BICC	British Inter-University China Centre	body	---	UK
BIDS	Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies	body	---	Bangladesh
BIES	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	periodical	RSPAS	Australia
BIISS	Beijing Institute for International Strategic Studies	body	---	China
BIISS	Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies	body	---	Bangladesh
BILIA	Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs	body	---	Bangladesh
BIPE	Bibliography of Indonesian Politics and Economy	resource	ASIA ROM	Australia
BIPS	The British Institute of Persian Studies	body	---	UK
BIRSA	Bindrai Institute for Research Study & Action	body	---	India
BISA	British International Studies Association	group	---	UK
BITIG	Journal of Turkic World	periodical	SOTA	The Netherlands
BL back
BLSF	Buddhist Manuscripts from Central Asia: The British Library Sanskrit Fragments	---	IRIAB	Japan
BM back
BMA	Burma Media Association	group	---	---
BMF	Bougainville Freedom Movement	---	---	Australia
BMFEA	Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities	periodical	Östasiatiska museet	Sweden
BN back
BNTS	British New Testament Society	group	---	UK
BO back
BOMCA	EU Border Management Programme for Central Asia	program	---	Kyrgystan
BORI	Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute	body	Pune	India
BP back
BPPB	Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica	---	IRIAB	Japan
BR back
BRISMES	British Society for Middle Eastern Studies	group	---	UK
BRJSS	Berkeley Research Journal on South and Southeast Asia	periodical	U. of California, Berkeley	US
BS back
BSANA	Byzantine Studies Association of North America, Inc.	group	---	US
BSEAA	Bulletin of the Society for East Asian Archaeology	periodical	SEAA	---
BSG	Burma Studies Group	group	Northern Illinois U.	US
BSOP	Biblical Seminary of the Philippines	body	---	Philippines
BT back
BTA	British Taoists Association	group	---	UK
BU back
BUDSIR	Buddhist Scriptures Information Retrieval	resource	Mahidol U.	Thailand
BULFP	Berkeley Urdu Language Fellowship Program	program	U. Berkeley	US
BULPIP	Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan	program	U. of California, Berkeley	US

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