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

ACRONYM	LONG NAME	CATEGORY	A PART OF	COUNTRY

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AA	Artibus Asiae	periodical	---	Switzerland
AA	Arts Asiatiques (Annales du Musee Guimet et du Musee Cernuschi)	periodical	Paris	France
AAA	Asian Art Archive	body	---	Hong Kong
AAA	Australian Archaeological Association	group	---	Australia
AAACU	Asian Association of Agricultural Colleges & Universities	group	SEARCA	Philippines
AAAPS	Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies	group	---	Australia
AAARI	Asian American / Asian Research Institute	body	City U. of New York	US
AAAS	Association for Asian American Studies	group	---	US
AABC	Australian Association for Byzantine Studies	group	---	Australia
AABS	Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies	group	---	Australia
AACAI	Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists	group	---	Australia
AACaPS	Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies	group	---	Australia
AAEC	La Asociacion Argentina de Estudios Coreanos / Argentina Association for Korean Studies	group	---	Argentina
AAEI	l'Association pour l'Avancement des Etudes Iraniennes / Association for the Advancement of the Iranian Studies	group	---	France
AACS	American Association for Chinese Studies	group	---	US
AAERI	Association of Australian Education Representatives in India	group	---	India
AAGS	Asia Association for Global Studies	group	---	Japan
AAI	Asia-Australia Institute	---	U. of New South Wales	Australia
AAI	Asien-Afrika-Institut	body	Hamburg U.	Germany
AAMH	Australian Association for Maritime History	group	---	Australia
AAIOFI	Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions	body	---	Bahrain
AAJ	Akademischer Arbeitskreis Japan	group	---	Austria
AAKKL	Aasian ja Afrikan Kielten ja Kulttuurien Laitos	body	U. Helsinki	Finland
AALCO	Asian African Legal Consultative Organisation	body	---	India
AAN	Art Autonomy Network	body	---	Japan
AANM	Arab American National Museum	body	---	US
AAOU	Asian Association of Open Universities	group	---	US
AAPI	Australia Asia Pacific Institute	body	Victoria U.	Australia
AAPI	Asian and Asian American Pacific Islanders collections	resource	Library of Congress	US
AAPS	Asian Association of Police Studies	group	---	South Korea
AAR	American Academy of Religion	group	---	US
AAR	American Asian Review	periodical	St John's U., New York	US
AARDO	Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization	body	---	India
AAS	Association for Asian Studies, Inc.	group	---	US
AAS	Asian and African Studies(Bratislava)	periodical	---	Slovak Republic
AAS	Asian American Studies	body	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	US
AAS	Asian American Studies	body	U. of Minnesota	US
AAS	Asian American Studies	body	Stanford U.	US
AASC	Asian American Studies Center	body	U. of California, Los Angeles	US
AASN	Asian Studies Newsletter	periodical	AAAS	US
AASP	Asian American Studies Program	program	U. of Wisconsin-Madison	US
AASP	Asian American Studies Program	program	Cornell U.	US
AASP	Asian Association of Social Psychology	group	---	Australia
AASR	Australian Association for the Study of Religions	group	---	Australia
AASRN	Asian Australian Studies Research Network	group	---	Australia
AAST	Asian American Studies Program	program	U. of Maryland	US
AATA	American Association of Teachers of Arabic	group	---	US
AATJ	Alliance of Association of Teachers of Japanese	group	---	US
AATK	American Association of Teachers of Korean	group	---	US
AATT	American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages	group	Princeton U.	US
AAUJ	Arab American University-Jenin	body	---	Israel
AAVAA	African & Asian Visual Arts Archive	body	---	UK
AAWH	Asian Association of World Historians	group	U. of Osaka	Japan
AB back
ABAC	Australian Business Association of Cambodia	group	---	Australia
ABERU	Asian Business and Economics Research Unit	body	Monash U.	Australia
ABF	Asia Business Forum	group	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark
ABI	Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for socio-cultural research	body	U. of Freiburg	Germany
ABIA	South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index formerly: Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology	resource	Kern Institute, Leiden	The Netherlands
ABMC	Asian Business and Management Conference	meeting	IAFOR	Hong Kong / Japan
ABORI	Annals of The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute	periodical	BORI	India
ABTHIS	Departement d'Etudes Arabes, Berberes, Turques, Hebraiques, Iraniennes et Semitiques	body	U. Provence, Marseille	France
ABZU	A Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web	resource	Oriental Institute	US
AC back
ACA	Armenian Cultural Association / Ormianskie Towarzystwo Kulturalne	group	---	Poland
ACAES	American Committee on Asian Economic Studies	group	---	US
ACAH	Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities	meeting	IAFOR	Hong Kong / Japan
ACAM	Association Culturelle Armenienne de Marne-la-Vallee	group	---	France
ACAPA	Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art	body	Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art	Australia
ACARI	Afghanistan and Central Asia Research Information	resource	Indiana U.	US
ACARP	Aceh Community Assistance Research Project	project	---	Australia
ACAS	Asian Conference on Asian Studies	meeting	IAFOR	Hong Kong / Japan
ACAS	Ateneo Center for Asian Studies	body	Ateneo de Manila U.	Philippines
ACAS	Association of Central Asian Students	group	U. of Washington	USA
ACASIAN	Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network	body	Griffith U.	Australia
ACBC	Australia China Business Council	body	---	Australia
ACBUT	Association for Computerization of Buddhist Texts	group	---	Japan
ACC	Australia-China Council	body	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)	Australia
ACC	Arts of China Consortium	resource	---	US
ACCP	Association of Chinese Canadian Professors	group	---	Canada
ACCU	Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO	body	UNESCO	Japan
ACE	Asian Conference on Education	meeting	IAFOR	Hong Kong / Japan
ACEA	Association Canadienne des Etudes Asiatiques	group	---	Canada
ACEA	Association Canadienne des Etudes Asiatiques	group	---	Canada
ACES	Association of Central Eurasian Students	group	Indiana U.	US
ACGA	Asian Corporate Governance Association	group	---	Hong Kong
ACIC	Academic Conferences in China	resource	Wanfangdata Co.,Ltd	China
ACICIS	Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies	group	Murdoch U.	Australia
ACIP	Asian Classics Input Project	project	Princeton U.	US
ACLK	Association of Chinese Linguistics in Korea	group	---	South Korea
ACM	Asian Civilisations Museum	body	---	Singapore
ACMR	Association for Chinese Music Research	group	U. of Hawaii	US
ACMS	American Center for Mongolian Studies	body	---	US
ACOR	American Center of Oriental Research	body	---	Jordan
ACORN	Asia-Pacific Cross-Border Online Rights Network	group	RSPAS	Australia
ACPR	Ariel Center for Policy Research	body	---	Israel
ACPS	Association of Chinese Political Studies	group	USCS	US
ACPSS	Association of Chinese Professors in Social Sciences	group	USCS	US
ACRLI	Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity	body	---	Lebanon
ACRP	Asian Conference on Religion and Peace	meeting	---	---
ACRSN	Asian Century Research School Network	group	NIAS	Denmark
ACSAA	American Council for Southern Asian Art	body	---	US
ACSI	Association for Chinese Studies in Ireland	group	---	Ireland
ASCJ	Asian Studies Conference Japan	meeting	AAS	US
ACSS	Asian Cinema Studies Society	group	---	US
ACSS	Asian Conference on the Social Sciences	meeting	IAFOR	Hong Kong / Japan
ACWF	All-China Women's Federation	group	---	China
ACWS	Asian Center for Women's Studies	body	Ewha Woman's U., Seoul	South Korea
ACYA	Australia-China Youth Association	group	---	Australia
ACYD	Australia-China Youth Dialogue	program	---	Australia
AD back
ADA	Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy	body	---	Azerbaijan
ADB	Asian Development Bank	body	---	Philippines
ADFS	The Library of Congress, Asian Division and its Friends Society	group	The Library of Congress	US
ADI	Asian Dynamics Initiative	program	U. of Copenhagen	UAE
ADIAS	Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey	project	---	UAE
ADR	Asian Development Review	periodical	ADB	Philippines
ADRI	Asian Development Research Institute	body	---	India
ADT	Australasian Digital Theses Program	resource	---	Australia
AE back
AEAS	Academy of East Asian Studies	body	Sungkyunkwan U.	South Korea
AEB	L'Asia Economic Brief d'Asia Centre	body	---	France
AEC	Asia Europe Centre	body	---	France
AECA	European Association of Cooperation With Asia	group	---	Brussels, Belgium
AEEP	Asociacion Espanola Estudios del Pacifico	group	---	Spain
AEF	Asia Education Foundation	body	U. of Melbourne	Australia
AEJF	Association des Enseignants de Japonais en France	group	---	France
AEMS	Asia Educational Media Service	body	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	US
AEN	Aotearoa Ethnic Network	group	---	NZ
AEPR	Asian Economic Policy Review	periodical	JCER	Japan
AETBC	Australia East Timor Business Council	body	---	Australia
AF back
AFA	Advanced Filipino Abroad	program	CSEAS	US
AFAR	Association for Asian Research	group	---	US
AFBC	Australia Fiji Business Council	body	---	Australia
AFCC	Asian Festival of Children's Content	meeting	National Book Development Council of Singapore	Singapore
AFE	Asia for Educators	body	Columbia U.	US
AFEC	Association Francaise d'Etudes Chinoises	group	---	France
AFEMOTI	l'Association Francaise pour l'Etude de la Mediterranee Orientale et du Monde Turco-Iranien	group	---	France
AFO/ AfO/ AOF	Archiv fuer Orientforschung	periodical	Graz/ Berlin	Germany
AFPC	Association Francaise des Professeurs de Chinois	group	---	France
AFPPD	Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development	group	---	Thailand
AFRASE	Association Francaise pour la Recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est	group	---	France
AFS	Asian Folklore Studies	periodical	Nanzan U.	Japan
AFWG	Arab Families Working Group	group	---	US
AG back
AGA / ARG	Arbeitsgemeinschaft Afghanistan / Afghanistan Research Group	group	---	Germany
AGSG	Asian Geography Specialty Group	group	Association of American Geographers	US
AGST	Asia Graduate School of Theology	body	---	Philippines
AH back
AHAD	American Hindus Against Defamation	group	---	US
AHP	Asian Highlands Perspectives	periodical	---	---
AHRC	Asian Human Rights Commission	body	---	Hong Kong, China
AI back
AI	Asian Institute	body	U. of Toronto	Canada
AIA	Axis Information and Analysis	body	---	Russia
AIAS	American Institute of Afghanistan Studies	body	Duke U.	US
AIBC	Australia India Business Council	body	---	Australia
AIBS	American Institute of Bangladesh Studies	body	---	US
AIBS	American Institute of Buddhist Studies	body	Columbia U.	US
AIEA	L'Association Internationale des Etudes Armeniennes	group	---	France
AIEJ	Academia Iberoamericana de Estudios sobre Japon	body	---	Mexico
AIEO	Annales de l'Institut des Etudes Orientales	periodical	U. d'Alger	France
AIGRP	Australia-Indonesia Governance Research Partnership	body	Australian National U.	Australia
AII	Australia-Indonesia Institute	body	DFAT	Australia
AIIA	Australian Institute of International Affairs	body	---	Australia
AIIFL	Asian Institute of International Financial Law	body	U. of Hong Kong	HK
AIIrS	American Institute of Iranian Studies	body	---	US
AIIS	American Institute of Indian Studies	body	---	US
AIJC	Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication	body	---	Philippines
AILS	Annual Indonesia Lecture Series	program	CSEAS	Australia
AIM	Asian Institute of Management	body	---	Philippines
AIM	Australian Islamist Monitor	periodical	---	Australia
AIMA	Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology	body	---	Australia
AIPP	Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation	body	---	Thailand
AIPRG	Armenian International Policy Research Group	group	---	US
AIPS	Asan Institute for Policy Studies	body	---	South Korea
AIPS	American Institute of Pakistan Studies	body	---	US
AIR Japan	Japanese Artist-in-Residence Programs	program	JPF	Japan
AISF	Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation	body	---	Japan
AISLS	American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies	body	---	US
AISRF	Australia-India Strategic Research Fund	body	---	Australia
AISTUGIA	Associazione Italiana per gli Studi Giapponesi	group	---	Italy
AIT	American Institute in Taiwan	body	---	Taiwan
AITPN	Asian Indigenous & Tribal Peoples Network	group	---	India
AIU	Association of Indian Universities	group	---	India
AIYEP	Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program	program	AII	Australia
AIYS	American Institute for Yemeni Studies	body	---	Yemen/US
AJ back
AJAD	Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development	periodical	SEARCA	Philippines
AJAL	Australian Journal of Asian Law	periodical	ALC	Australia
AJAS	American Journal of Arabic Studies	periodical	US
AJBA	Australian Journal of Biblical Archaeology	periodical	---	Australia
AJBA	Australia Japan Business Association	group	---	Australia
AJBI	Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute	periodical	---	Japan
AJBS	Association of Japanese Business Studies	group	---	US
AJCP	Australian Joint Copying Project	project	NLA	Australia
AJCS	American Journal of Chinese Studies	periodical	AACS	US
AJISS	Association of Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies	group	---	Japan
AJISS	American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences	periodical	---	US
AJJ	Anthropology of Japan in Japan	resource	---	Japan
AJLCS	Asian Journal of Literature, Culture and Society	periodical	Assumption U.	Thailand
AJLS	Association for Japanese Literary Studies	group	---	US
AJRC	Australia-Japan Research Centre	body	APSEG	Australia
AJRP	Australia-Japan Research Project	body	Australian War Memorial	Australia
AJS	Association for Jewish Studies	group	---	US
AJSS	Asian Journal of Social Sciences	periodical	--	Singapore / Hong Kong
AJWS	Asian Journal of Women's Studies	periodical	ACWS	South Korea
AK back
AKBC	Australia Korea Business Council	body	---	Australia
AKDN	Aga Khan Development Network	Society	---	Switzerland
AKIP	Australia-Korea Internship	program	RIAP	Australia
AKMR	Association for Korean Music Research	group	---	US
AKPIA	Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture	program	Harvard U. and the MIT	US
AKS	Academy of Korean Studies	body	---	South Korea
AKS	Anglo-Korean Society	group	---	UK
AKSE	Association for Korean Studies in Europe	group	---	---
AKU-ISMC	Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations	body	Aga Khan U.	UK
AKWA	AusAID's Knowledge Warehouse	resource	---	Australia
AL back
ALAA	Applied Linguistics Association of Australia	group	---	Australia
ALADAA	Asociacion Latinoamericana de Estudios de Asia y Africa	group	---	Mexico
ALANZ	Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand	group	---	New Zealand
ALC	Asian Law Center	body	U. Washington	US
ALC	Asian Law Centre	body	U. of Melbourne	Australia
ALIM	Asian Libraries in Melbourne	body	Monash U.	Australia
ALL	Asian Languages and Literatures	body	U. Minnesota	US
ALL	Asian Librarians Liaison Committee	group	AAS	US
ALLEX	Alliance for Language Learning and Educational Exchange	group	---	Japan
ALMISBAH	Database of Internet Resources on the Middle East and Islam	resource	MENALIB	Germany
ALRC	Asian Legal Resource Center	body	---	Hong Kong, China
ALS	Australian Linguistic Society	group	---	Australia
AM back
AMAN	Asian Muslim Action Network	group	ARF	Thailand
AMA	Asia Matters for America	resource	EWC	US
AMBCWA	Australia-Malaysia Business Council (WA Division)	body	---	Australia
AMC	Asian Migrant Centre	body	---	Hong Kong
AMCE	Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia (Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China)	group	EASA	UK
AMES	Asian and Middle Eastern Studies	body	U. Pennsylvania	US
AMEWS	Association for Middle East Women's Studies	group	---	US
AMI	Amnye Machen Institute	body	---	India
AMIC	Asian Media Information & Communication Centre	body	---	Singapore
AMRC	Australia Mekong Resource Center	body	U. of Sydney	Australia
AMRC	Asia Monitor Resource Center	body	---	Hong Kong
AMRC	Afghan Media Resource Center	body	Williams College, MA	US
AMRI	Asian Music Research Institute	body	Seoul National U.	South Korea
AMRT	Timorese Resistance Archive & Museum	body	---	East Timor
AN back
ANCAM	Ankara Center for Turkish Policy Studies	body	---	Turkey
ANELL	Department of Asian & Near Eastern Languages and Literatures	body	Washington U. in St. Louis	US
ANEPR	Asian Network of Economic Policy Research	group	Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry	Japan
ANERI	Academic Network for European Research related to India	group	EIAS	Belgium
ANFREL	Asian Network for Free Elections	group	---	Thailand
ANGED	Arab Network for Gender and Development	group	Center of Arab Women for Training and Research	Tunisia
ANHS	Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies	group	---	US
ANJeL	Australian Network for Japanese Law	group	---	Australia
ANN	Asia News Network	resource	---	Thailand
ANTHSI	Anthropological Survey of India	project	---	India
ANUCAP	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific	body	ANU	Australia
AO back
AOCS	Academy of Overseas Chinese Studies	body	Jinan U.	China
AOH / ActaOH	Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae	periodical	Budapest	Hungary
AOI	Asien-Orient-Institute	body	U. of Tuebingen	Germany
AOS	American Oriental Society	group	---	US
AOV	Acta Orientalia Vilnensia	periodical	Vilnius U.	Lithuania

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