JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS

The Contemporary Pacific

The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs is a semiannual journal published by the University of Hawaii Press for the Center for Pacific Island Studies. The journal covers the entire Pacific Islands region and provides specialised analyses and commentary from a wide range of disciplines. It also publishes special issues focusing on a single topic of particular importance. Issues of the journal contain political reviews, resource articles, dialogue sections and book reviews. For further information contact: David Hanlon, Editor, The Contemporary Pacific, University of Hawaii Press, Journals Department, 2840 Kolowalu Street, HI 96822, USA.

Focus

Focus is published quarterly by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB). It aims to make Australia's overseas aid programme more widely known and to encourage discussion on development issued. Contributions are welcome and should be sent to: Janine Constantine (Editor) or Connie Leikas (Assistant Editor), Focus, GPO Box 887, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Fax: (06)- 276-4695.

The Centre for South Pacific Studies Newsletter

This informative and widely distributed newsletter is published by the Centre for South Pacific Studies at the University of New South Wales. For further information contact: Mungo McCall, Newsletter Editor, Centre for South Pacific Studies, The University of New South Wales, PO Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia. Fax: 61-2-313-6337; E- mail: j.lodewijks@unsw.edu.au.

Northeast Wantok System Newsletter (N.E.W.S.)

This is a quarterly bulletin focusing on the anthropology of the southwest Pacific; Papua New Guinea, the Solomons and Vanuatu in particular. 'While hard-copy distribution within the NE quadrant of North America is available by surface mail, others may receive the newsletter electronically. Research notes and news are welcome, as subscription requests.' (Anthropology Today, 9(5), October 1993). For further information contact: Dan Jorgenson, Editor, N.E.W.S. Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2. Fax: (519) 661- 2157; E-mail: wj@julian.uwo.ca.

Europe-Pacific Solidarity Bulletin

The Europe-Pacific Solidarity Bulletin is published by the European Centre for Studies, Information and Education on Pacific Issues (ECSIEP). The latest issue (number 10, October/November 1993) opens with a report on the fifth Annual Europe-Pacific Solidarity Seminar, where representatives from church-organisations, NGO's, scientists and journalists with special interest in the Pacific met. The seminar took place on October 22-24, 1993 in Brussels, Belgium. The bulletin also contains news updates, with special attention to the ongoing Bougainville crisis. For further information contact: Peter van der Vlies, Editor, The Europe-Pacific Solidarity Bulletin, P.O. Box 151, 3700 AD Zeist, The Netherlands. Fax: +31-3404-25614.

IIAS Newsletter

This new newsletter is published by the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) at Leiden University, The Netherlands. The IIAS Newsletter contains sections on South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and on Asian Studies in general. Some news on the Pacific can be found in the section on Southeast Asia. The newsletter is available free of charge. For further contact: Paul van der Velde, Editor- in-chief, IIAS Newsletter, PO Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. Fax: +31-71-272632.

Australia News

Australia News is distributed regularly in The Netherlands by the Australian Embassy in The Hague. Its issues consist of newspaper clippings on Australian issues. For further information contact: Peter Fuller, Information Australia (Australian Embassy in Brussels), c/- Australia News, Australian Embassy, Carnegielaan 12, 2517 KH The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel. +31-70-3108200.

Indonesian Environmental History Newsletter

This new newsletter is published twice a year by members of the EDEN (Ecology, Demography and Economy in Nusantara) project at the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology in Leiden, The Netherlands. This newsletter is aimed at a broad readership of those interested in the ecological history of Indonesia. The first issue appeared last June. For further information contact Luc Nagtegaal and David Henly, Editors, IEH Newsletter, KITLV, PO Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. Fax: +31-71-272638.

ISIR Newsletter

Newsletter of the ISIR (Irian Jaya Studies - a programme for Interdisciplinary Research) project, in which a wide range of Dutch and Indonesian universities and/or institutions participate. The first issue appeared last September. It provides an overview of actual and planned activities and developments since the start of the ISIR project in January 1993, including both general information and information according to discipline (anthropology, archaeology, botany, demography, development administration, geology and linguistics). For further information contact Jelle Miedema, ISIR Newsletter, Project Irian Jaya Studies, Leiden University, Rapenburg 35, 2311 GG Leiden, The Netherlands. Fax: +31-71-272632.

Deutsch Pazifische Gesellschaft Bulletin

Quarterly bulletin, mainly consisting of newspaper clippings published by the German Pacific Society. The annual membership of the German Pacific Society is DM 70.-. For further information contact Friedrich Steinbauer, Feichtmayerstr. 25, 8000 München 50, Germany. Fax: 089-15- 18-33.