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African & African-American Studies

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources

A searchable list of links, also arranged by subject and countries/regions. Prepared by Karen Fung for the Electronic Technology Group, African Studies Association, USA, and housed at Standford University Library.
http:// www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html

Artsite Africa

An online guide to the art of Africa. Over 800 permanent links leading to African art resouces worldwide. http://www.artsiteafrica.com/

Best of the Web: African American

Online links to arts and culture, history, literature and much more.
http://botw.org/top/Society/ Ethnicity/African/African-American/

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Part of the New York Public Library, the Schomburg is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. Site includes online exhibitions.
http://www.nypl.org/ research/sc/sc.html

Selections from The African-American Mosaic

A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
http://lcweb. loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html

American Studies

American Memory

Maintained by the Library of Congress, this site consists of collections of primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history. Includes photographic, recorded sound, manuscript, and early motion picture collections accessible via the internet.
http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html

Archives of American Art

Tthe largest source in the world of primary documentation on the visual arts in America. Collections include letters, diaries, sketches and sketchbooks, photographs, exhibition catalogs, scrapbooks, business records, art periodicals, and other types of documents, over three thousand interviews done for AAA's oral history program, and nearly one thousand photographs
in AAA's Photographs of Artists Collections. Site provides an online catalog and plenty more.
http:// americanhistory.si.edu/archives/ac-i.htm

Archeology

ABZU: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet

A project of The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago. Includes online journals, library catalogs, museum collections, and directories, in addition to subject and regional indexes. An Associate Site of the Argos search engine.
http://www.etana.org/abzu/

National Park Service's Links to the Past

A site for all of the historical places, archaeology, museums and collections among other programs of the National Park Service.
http://www.nps.gov/history/

Oriental Institute - The University of Chicago

The venerable OI online complete with the latest goings on and a memo from a mummy. It includes a photo archives compete with map. The photos are mostly the wonderful black and white expedition photos of the thirties.
http://www-oi.uchicago. edu/OI/OI_TOC.html

Perseus Project

Located in the Department of the Classics at Tufts University, The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world. Includes online primary texts, images and object info from a variety of museum collections, tools for word searches, resources for teaching, and plenty more. Ever wondered just what the Objective Genitive really was? Check out Allen and Greenough Latin Grammar. This is an amazing site!
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Seven Wonders of the World

A trip through the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World with pictures and even a section on "other wonders" of the Medieval World and the New Seven Wonders of the World. http:// www.design-training.com/art/wonders-of-the-world/

University of Michigan Papyrus Collection

Site provides a description of papyrus, a history and overview of the collection, and related resources. Also includes digital images of selected papyri. The site is currently being overhauled.
http://www.lib.umich. edu/papyrus-collection

Art History on the Web

ALLEXPERTS.COM Art History

Experts in many subjects, including art history, answer your one-on-one questions for free!
http://www. allexperts.com/cl1/27/artshumanities/

Artchive

Over 2,000 high quality scans of artwork by Mark Harden. From Abakanowicz to Wyeth. CD of the archive available to patrons.
http://artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

ARTEGUIAS

The most complete information on the Internet about romanesque, mudejar, mozarabe,
etc. art in Spain (Castilla, Catalonia, Aragon, Galicia...) with thousands of photos and descriptions of medieval monuments. In Spanish.
http://www.arteguias.com

Art History Resource Centre

A really useful site, hosted at Concordia University in Canada. Includes newsgroups, mailing lists, library catalogs, article indexes, online collections, art history & arts web servers, and links on citing sources.
http://www.harmsen.net/ahrc/

Art History Resources on the Web

Absolutely massive - definitely worth a look around. Maintained by Chris Witcombe, Professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College, Virginia
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ ARTHLinks.html

Art Images for College Teaching

A royalty-free image exchange resource for the educational community, Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) began as a personal project dedicated to the principle of free exchange of image resources for and among members of the educational community. Maintained and distributed under the general auspices of the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD). Includes textbook concordances.
http://www.arthist.umn.edu/aict/

Artist's Biographies, 1001.org

Biographies and portraits of the major 20th century and contemporary visual artists.
http://www.the-artists.org/

Art in Flux

A directory of resources for research on contemporary art. Elegantly designed. Sponsored by Boise State University and Idaho ArtNet, and developed by Cheryl K. Shurtleff, Professor of Art and Art History at Boise State University.
http://www. boisestate.edu/art/artinflux/index.html

ArtSource

Links to resources on Art and Architecture. Includes programs, journals, libraries, exhibitions, events, image collections, and museum information. Initially created by an art librarian, the site is housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries.
http://www.ilpi.com/ artsource/welcome.html

Career Alternatives for Art Historians

An index of possible occupations for underemployed art historians. Compiled by Charles M. Rosenberg. Always good to know the options! A very useful site.
http://www.nd.edu/~crosenbe /jobs.html

Famous Paintings Reviewed

This award-winning blog, geared toward students and teachers in art history and art appreciation classes at the collegiate levels, analyses in-depth the paintings which haveshaped art history.
http://www.themasterpiececards.com/famous-paintings-reviewed/

Getty

The Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Getty Villa in Malibu and the Research Institute.
http://www.getty.edu/

Links to Go: Art History

Collection of link sites related to Art History and more.
http://www2.links2go. com/topic/Art_History

Piero Project

This project addresses the problem of bringing electronic technology into the teaching of humanities subjects in a manner that will challenge traditional methods of pedagogy and benefit the learning process in a fundamental way.
http://etcweb.princeton.edu/ art430/

Smarthistory

This website has videos, timelines, articles, podcasts, and so much more to increase engagement and understanding. Well-organized and full of information to help both students and teachers as they explore the role that art has played throughout history.
http://www.smarthistory.org

Social History of Art

Over 200 essays, lectures, bibliographies, and interdisciplinary syllabi on Western Art with a focus on late Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque art.
http://www.socialhistoryofart. com

Voice of the Shuttle: Art and Art History

An excellent place to start and one of the more widely-linked pages related to humanites research. Includes Museums, Galleries, Auctions, Artists and Works, course syllabi and teaching resources.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Yahoo - Arts: Art History

Cut through the list levels and just go straight to what you want.
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/ Art_History/

Asian Studies

Academia Sinica

The Academia Sinica was founded in Nanking on June 9, 1928. As the highest academic institution in the Republic of China, the Academia Sinica has two basic missions: conducting scientific research in its own institutes, and providing guidance, channels of communication, and encouragement to raising academic standards in the country.
http://www.sinica.edu.tw/

Asian Studies - WWW Virtual Library

Edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek. A global collaborative project which provides access to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems relevant to Asian Studies.
http://coombs. anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html

Association for Asian Studies

The homepage of the Association for Asian Studies, a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia. Site includes job listings, grants and fellowships, conference announcements, and info on the publications of the AAS.
http://www.aasianst.org/

Chinese Media Guide

A comprehensive guide on overseas Chinese media. It contains a complete list and descriptions of major overseas Chinese newspaper, Chinese TV stations, Chinese radio stations, and Chinese websites. As Los Angeles and New York have the most Chinese population and a variety of Chinese media, we decide to list them separately.
http://www. chineseadvertisingagencies.com/mediaguide/

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

An on-line course supplement for students and teachers of ancient and medieval cultures, including the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, the Roman Empire, the Islamic World, and Medieval Europe. Also includes a substantial index of internet sites, divided into a chronology, an essay index, an image index, an internet site index and an electronic text index. EAWC is an associate site of the Argos Project, an internet search engine that limits the range of its responses to ancient and medieval resources, and was funded by grants from the University of Evansville. http://eawc.evansville. edu/eawcindex.htm

History on the Web

eserver: collections in the arts and humanities

The EServer attempts to provide an alternative niche for quality work, particularly writings in the arts and humanities. An offering on such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia and current social issues.
http://eserver.org/

Hitorical Text Archive

Resource list of articles, books, diaries and links on a variety of hitorical topics.
http:// www.aprendelo.com/rec/historical-text-archive.html

Medieval Western Sources

Dante, Chaucer, and the Currency of the Word: Money, Images, and Reference in Late Medieval Poetry

A "postprint" electronic edition courtesy of the author, R. A. Shoaf.
http:// web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rashoaf/currency/dccw.html

ARTEGUIAS

LABYRINTH: Resources for Medieval Studies

One of the best, if not the best source for Medievalist research resources on the Web. Housed at Georgetown University. Not to be missed.
http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/ labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html

Medieval Feminist Index

The Medieval Feminist Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Compiled by librarians and scholars since July 1996 (books written by a single author are not indexed in MFI), and maintained by the Haverford College Library.
http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html

Medieval History

Informational site about the history of Medieval Society such as Medieval games, castles, war, knights, games, houses, churches, and much more.
http://www.medieval-spell.com

WWW Medieval Resources

A list of links to other sites including disscussion lists, archives, art sites, and databases.
http:// ebbs.english.vt.edu/medieval/medieval.ebbs.html

Middle East and Islam

ABZU: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet

Ancient History Sourcebook

The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is a companion to the Internet Medieval Sourcebook and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. The Medieval Sourcebook is both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online medieval texts.
http://www. fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

Oriental Institute - The University of Chicago

Philosophy on the Web

HIPPIAS: Limited Area Search of Philosophy on the Internet

A peer-reviewed search engine. Nice if you can't deal with 9,000 hits.
http://hippias.evansville .edu/index.htm

Voice of the Shuttle: Philosophy Page

An excellent place to start and one of the more widely-linked pages related to humanites research. Includes philosophers and works, fields (ethics, logic, etc.), movements, course syllabi, teaching resources, jobs, and more.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse .asp?id=2724

Photography

American Museum of Photography

The American Museum of Photography site includes several exhibitions drawn from the collection of William B. Becker. The collection concentrates on the first 75 years of photography, from shortly after the invention in 1839 until WWI. A Research Center provides information on early photographic processes.
http://www.photographymuseum. com

The Daguerrian Society and the Daguerreotype

All you wanted to know about daguerreotypes and so much more! There are galleries to browse, historical information, a daguerreian bibliography, an illustrated description of the process, and 19th and early 20th century texts.
http://www.daguerre.org

George Eastman House

The focus of this site is the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. It includes a basic timeline of photography and a way to telnet to the George Eastman House Database.
http://www.eastmanhouse.org

HyperArt.com - Digital Art and Modern Art Photography, New York

Check out some digital artwork and if you really like it, you can buy it!
http://hyperart.com

International Center of Photography

Here you will find information about the International Center of Photography's current exhibitions, including several images, as well as a sampling of their archives dedicated primarily to photojournalism and documentary photography.
http://www.icp.org

Masters of Photography

Less than three dozen "masters" are currently represented, but there are lots of images on this site, as well as articles, and other resources for the photographers that did make the list.
http://www.masters-of- photography.com

The New York Public Library Photography Collection

The Photography Collection drqws from the medium's 150+ year history, with online exhibitions representing an international range of photographers and comprising a thorough survey of subjects and processes.
http:/ /www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/photo.html

The New York Public Library Shomburg Collectionhttp:// digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/toc.html - Digital Schomburg Images of 19th Century African Americans. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library offers a selection of images of 19th century African-Americans. Various types of visual images on the African-American experience that document social and political worlds of African-American people from slavery to various stages of quasi freedom

The Library of Congress

Research the Library of Congress collections. They have many resources available. In the american Memory Collections is the Prints and Photographs Division which houses a variety of interesting browsable collections, from Daguerreotypes to Farm Security Administration to portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies. Information on how to order photoduplication services is also provided.
http://www.loc.gov

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/ pphome.html - takes you right to the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/ rr/print/bibsguid.html - links directly to Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Guides, Reference Aids, and Finding Aids.

PhotoArts - Fine Art Photography

A gallery site with interesting exhibitions of contemporary photographers. A special Journal section contains several photo essays.
http://www.photoarts.com

The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University

The PRC is guided by a philosophical inquiry into the role of photographic media in the formation of knowledge and experience. Interesting online exhibitions.
http://www.bu.edu/prc

UCR California Museum of Photography

Take a tour of thier current exhibitions, and browse through their collections of cameras and viewing devices, vintage stereographs, and photos of California Missions. Check out new work being made for the web and a selection of images from the many photographers they collect.
http://www.cmp.ucr.edu

Women in Photography Archive

The Women in Photography International Archive (WIP) is a grassroots, research-oriented agency. It's origins date from 1971, starting with a systematice study of the women photographers of California. Currently, the emphasis has shifted to include data concerning the role of women in photography globally.
http://www.sla .purdue.edu/WAAW/Palmquist/index.htm

Women's Studies

Medieval Feminist Index

n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal

Includes a list of Women's Art Organisations Worldwide, articles, and a great collection of related international links. Founded in 1998, n.paradoxa publishes scholarly and critical articles highlighting feminist art and feminist art theory written by women critics, art historians and artists on and in relation to the work of contemporary women artists post-1970 (visual arts only) working anywhere in the world.
http://www.ktpress.co.uk/

Women's Studies Database

Begun in September 1992, the University of Maryland Women's Studies Database serves interests in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues. Contains conference announcements, calls for papers, arts and humanities links, employment opportunities, as well as a picture gallery (of uncredited photos), and a significant number of government documents. A really great resource!
http://www. inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies

The World's Women Online

Based at the Institute for Studies in the Arts, Arizona State University, this is an electronic art networking project originally established to be presented at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, in 1995.
http://wwol.inre.asu.edu

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