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    ITASEAS

    Italian Association for Southeast Asian Studies

    In English

    ITH

    Institute of Taiwan History

    In English

    ITS

    Institute of Turkish Studies

    In English

    IVA

    Indian Vexillological Association

    In English

    IWSAW

    Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World

    In English

    IZMF

    Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalter und Frühneuzeit

    In German

    IZMS

    Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalter-Studien

    In German

    IsMEO

    Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente

    In Italian

    IvEph

    (Die) Inschriften von Ephesos

    In German

    JA

    Journal Asiatique

    In French

    JAAS

    Journal of Asian and African Studies

    In English

    JAAS

    Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies

    In English

    JAAS

    Journal of Asian American Studies

    In English

    JACAR
    Japan Center for Asian Historical Records

    The abbreviation JACAR (Japan Center for Asian Historical Records) includes the abbreviation TSS (Test Suite Structure).

    In English

    JAEH

    Journal of African Economic History

    In English

    JAH

    Journal of African History

    In English

    JAHH

    Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage

    In English

    JAIS

    Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies

    In English

    JANESCU

    Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University

    In English

    JAO

    Jewish Autonomous Oblast

    In English

    JAOS

    (The) Journal of the American Oriental Society

    In English

    JAR

    Jihoafrická republika

    In Czech

    JAR
    Jemenitische Arabische Republik

    = YAR | Yemen Arab Republic | In German
    = JAR | Jemenitische Arabische Republiek | In Dutch
    = RAY | République Arabe du Yémen | In French
    = RAI | República Árabe do Iémen | In Portuguese

    In German

    JAR
    Jemenitische Arabische Republiek

    = YAR, RAY, RAI (see above)

    In Dutch

    JAR

    Jewish Autonomous Region

    In English

    JARCE

    Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt

    In English

    JASAS

    Japanese Association for South Asian Studies

    In English

    JASB

    Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay

    In English

    JAVA

    Japanese Vexillological Association

    In English

    JBRAS

    Journal of the Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society

    In English

    JBS

    Journal of British Studies

    In English

    JCAS

    Journal of Central Asian Studies

    In English

    JCH

    Journal of Contemporary History

    In English

    JCS

    Journal of Cuneiform Studies

    In English

    JDC

    Japan Documentation Center

    In English

    JEA

    (The) Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

    In English

    JEAA

    Journal of East Asian Archaeology

    In English

    JEAS

    Journal of East Asian Studies

    In English

    JEFS
    Jugoslaviako Errepublika Federal Sozialista

    = СФРЈ | Социјалистичка Федеративна Република Југославија | In Macedonian
    = SFRY | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | In English
    = SFRJ | Socijalistička Federativna Republika Jugoslavija | In Serbo-Croatian
    = RFSY | République Fédérale Socialiste de Yougoslavie | In French
    = RFSY | República Federal Socialista de Yugoslavia | In Spanish
    = SFRJ | Sozialistische Föderative Republik Jugoslawien | In German
    = SFRJ | Socialistická Federativní Republika Jugoslávie | In Czech
    = RFSI | República Federal Socialista de Iugoslàvia | In Catalan
    = RSFJ | Repubblica Socialista Federale di Jugoslavia | In Italian
    = SFRJ | Socjalistyczna Federacyjna Republika Jugosławii | In Polish
    = RSFJ | República Socialista Federal da Iugoslávia | In Portuguese
    = RSFI | Republica Socialistă Federativă Iugoslavia | In Romanian
    = СФРЮ | Социалистическая Федеративная Республика Югославия | In Russian
    = SFRJ | Socialistična federativna republika Jugoslavija | In Slovenian

    In Basque

    JEH

    Journal of Economic History

    In English

    JEOL

    Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch genootschap Ex Oriente Lux

    In Dutch

    JESHO

    Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient

    In English

    JGS

    Journal of Geographical Systems

    In English

    JHA

    Journal for the History of Astronomy

    In English

    JHAS

    Journal for the History of Astronomy - Supplement

    In English

    JHG

    Journal of Historical Geography

    In English

    JHI

    Journal for the History of Ideas

    In English

    JHM

    Journal of the History of Medicine and allied sciences

    In English

    JHPh

    Journal of the History of Philosophy

    In English

    JHSN

    Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria

    In English

    JIAP

    Japan Information Access Project

    In English

    JIAS

    Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies

    In English

    JIE

    Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt

    In English

    JIH

    Journal of Interdisciplinary History

    In English

    JIH

    Journal of Indian History

    In English

    JIWE

    Jewish Inscriptions of Western Europe

    In English

    JJASAS

    Journal of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies

    In English

    JJS

    Journal of Jewish Studies

    In English

    JLAS
    Journal of Latin American Studies

    The Journal of Latin American Studies (JLAS) presents research in the field of Latin American studies in development studies, economics, geography, history, politics and international relations, public policy, sociology and social anthropology.

    In English

    JMAS

    Journal of Modern African Studies

    In English

    JMH

    Journal of Modern History

    In English

    JNES

    Journal of Near Eastern studies

    In English

    JP-SAS

    Japanese Network for South Asian Studies

    In English

    JPACS

    Journal of Pacific Studies

    In English

    JPH

    Journal of Pacific History

    In English

    JPP

    Jerusalem Prosopography Project

    In English

    JPS

    Journal of Palestine Studies

    In English

    JPS

    Journal of the Polynesian Society

    In English

    JQR

    Jewish Quarterly Review

    In English

    JRAS

    Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

    In English

    JRC

    Japanese Studies Centre

    In English

    JRS

    Journal of Roman Studies

    In English

    JSA

    Journal de la Société des Africanistes

    In French

    JSA

    Journal de la Société des Américanistes

    In French

    JSAA

    Japanese Studies Association of Australia (www.jsaa.org.au)

    In English

    JSAC
    Japan Studies Association of Canada (http://buna.yorku.ca/jsac/)

    The purpose of the Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) is to promote Japan Studies in Canada and to contribute towards increase in knowledge about Japan and Canada-Japan relations, especially by encouraging Canadian scholars and other interested persons to conduct research on Japan in all academic fields.

    In English

    JSAS

    Journal of Southern African Studies

    In English

    JSAWS

    Journal of South Asia Women Studies

    In English

    JSGRP

    Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period

    In English

    JSGRP

    Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period

    In English

    JSJ

    Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period

    In English

    JSSEA

    Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities

    In English

    JUMP

    Japanisches Universität Mannheim Portal

    In German

    JVC

    Journal of Victorian Culture

    In English

    JWUDF

    Jahns Wöchentliche Unterhaltungen für Dilettanten und Freunde der Astronomie, Geographie und Witterungskunde

    In German

    JbLA

    Jahrbuch für Geschichte von Staat, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Lateinamerikas

    In German

    KITLV

    Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (www.kitlv.nl)

    In Dutch

    KL

    Konzentrationslager

    In German

    KNAG

    Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (www.knag.nl)

    In Dutch

    KRIHS

    Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (www.krihs.re.kr)

    In English

    KRSS
    Kesatuan Republik Sosialis Soviet

    = URSS | Unaniezh ar Republikoù Sokialour Soviedel | In Breton
    = URSS | Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques | In French
    = USSR | Unie van Sosialistiese Sowjetrepublieke | In Afrikaans
    = USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | In English
    = СССР | Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик | In Russian
    = CCCP | Съюзът на съветските социалистически републики | In Bulgarian
    = SSSR | Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik | In Russian
    = URSS | Unión de Republicas Sozialistas Sobieticas | In Aragonese
    = XRSS | Xunión de les Repúbliques Socialistes Soviétiques | In Asturian
    = SSRİ | Sovet Sosialist Respublikaları İttifaqı | In Azerbaijani
    = TSRS | Tarybu Socialistiniu Respubliku Sajunga | In Baltic languages
    = SSSR | Savez Sovjetskih Socijalističkih Republika | In Serbo-Croatian
    = URSS | Unió de Repúbliques Socialistes Soviètiques | In Catalan
    = SSSR | Svaz sovětských socialistických republik | In Czech
    = USSR | Unio de Sovetaj Socialismaj Respublikoj | In Esperanto
    = CCCP | Социаллă Совет Республикисен Союзĕ | In Chuvash
    = USSR | Unionen af Socialistiske Sovjetrepublikker | In Danish
    = URSS | Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche | In Italian
    = ZSRR | Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich | In Polish
    = SSKS | Szovjet Szocialista Köztársaságok Szövetsége | In Hungarian
    = UdSSR | Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken | In German
    = ΕΣΣΔ | Ένωση Σοβιετικών Σοσιαλιστικών Δημοκρατιών | In Greek
    = URSS | Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas | In Spanish
    = NSVL | Nõukogude Sotsialistlike Vabariikide Liit | In Estonian
    = SESB | Sobietar Errepublika Sozialisten Batasuna | In Basque
    = USSR | Uny fan Sosjalistyske Sowjetrepublyken | In Frisian
    = ԽՍՀՄ | Խորհրդային Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետությունների Միություն | In Armenian
    = URSS | Unión das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas | In Galician
    = სსრკ | საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკების კავშირი | In Georgian
    = URSS | Unio Rerum Publicarum Socialisticarum Sovieticarum | In Latin
    = CCPC | Советтик Социалисттик Республикалар Союзу | In Kirghiz
    = UdSSR | Unioun vun de Sozialistesche Sowjetrepubliken | In Letzeburgesh
    = PSRS | Padomju Sociālistisko Republiku Savienība | In Latvian
    = СССР | Сојуз на Советските Социјалистички Републики | In Macedonian
    = УРСС | Униуня Републичилор советиче Сочиалисте | In Moldavan
    = USSR | Unie van Socialistische Sovjetrepublieken | In Dutch
    = SSSR | Sambandet av Sosialistiske Sovjet-Republikkar | In Nynorsk
    = SSSR | Samveldet av sovjetiske sosialistrepublikker | In Norwegian
    = URSS | Unnion d'Républyiques Socialistes Soviétiques | In Norman
    = URSS | União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas | In Portuguese
    = URSS | Union de las Republicas Socialistas Sovieticas | In Occitan
    = SSRH | Susyalista Suwit Republikakunap Huñun | In Quechuan languages
    = ССРЦ | Советон Социалистон Республикæты Цæдис | In Ossetian
    = URSS | Uniunea Republicilor Sovietice Socialiste | In Romanian
    = URSS | Unioni dî ripùbblichi sucialisti suviètichi | In Sicilian
    = ZSSR | Zveza sovjetskih socialističnih republik | In Slovenian
    = СССР | Савез Совјетских Социјалистичких Република | In Serbian
    = SSCB | Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyetler Birliği | In Turkish
    = СРСР | Союз Радянських Соціалістичних Республік | In Ukrainian
    = SSRB | Sovet Sosialistik Republiklar Berlege | In Tatar
    = SSRI | Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikalar Ittifoqi | In Uzbek

    In Malay

    KVV
    Kevarzhe Vannielouriezh Vreizh

    = SBV | Société Bretonne de Vexillologie | In French

    In Breton

    KZ

    Konzentrationslager

    In German

    LA

    Los Angeles

    In many languages

    LA3M

    Laboratoire d’Archéologie Médiévale et Moderne en Méditerranée

    In French

    LAHM

    Laboratoire d’Archéologie et Histoire Merlat

    In French

    LAI

    (Österreichisches) Lateinamerika-Institut (www.lai.at)

    In German

    LAMOP

    LAboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

    In French

    LBI

    Leo Baeck Institute (https://www.lbi.org)

    In English

    LCD

    Least Developed Country

    In English

    LCL

    Loeb Classical Library

    In English

    LDC

    Less Developed Country

    In English

    LDCs

    Least Developed Countries

    In English

    LEDC

    Less Economically Developed Country

    In English

    LIS

    Landinformationssystem

    In German

    LLZ

    Lazaro Ludoviko Zamenhof

    In Esperanto

    LMEI

    London Middle East Institute (https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/)

    In English

    LVF

    Légion des Volontaires Français

    In French

    Lexicon der Ägyptologie

    In German

    MAA

    Medieval Academy of America (www.medievalacademy.org)

    In English

    MAI

    Monash Asia Institute (http://www.monash.edu.au/mai/)

    In English

    MAP

    Maison Asie-Pacifique

    In French

    MAP

    Medieval Association of the Pacific

    In English

    MARAAS

    Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies

    In English

    MARC

    Modern Asia Research Centre

    In English

    MARLC

    Melbourne Asian Research Libraries Consortium

    In English

    MCAA

    Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs

    In English

    MCHC

    Monroe County History Center (www.monroehistory.org)

    In English

    MCPA

    The Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs

    In English

    MDAIK

    Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Institutes, Abteilung Kairo

    In German

    MEARC

    Modern East Asia Research Centre

    In English

    MEAS

    Middle Eastern and African Studies

    In English

    MEC

    Middle East Center

    In English

    MECACS

    (Institute of) Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies

    In English

    MEF

    Middle East Forum

    In English

    MEI

    Middle East Institute

    In English

    MEISP

    Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program

    In English

    MEJ

    Middle East Journal

    In English

    MEJ

    (The) Middle East Journal

    In English

    MEM

    Middle East Medievalists

    In English

    MEMP

    Middle East Microform Project

    In English

    MENA

    Middle East and North Africa

    In English

    MENARG

    Middle East and North Africa Research Group

    In English

    MERIA

    Middle East Review of International Affairs

    In English

    MERO

    Middle East Report Online

    In English

    MESA

    Middle East Studies Association

    In English

    MESAS

    Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies

    In English

    MESC

    Middle Eastern Studies Center

    In English

    MFEA

    Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (https://www.ostasiatiskamuseet.se/en/)

    In English

    MGWJ

    Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums

    In German

    MH

    Medical History

    In English

    MH

    Museum Helveticum

    In Latin

    MHA

    Mormon History Association

    In English

    MIALS

    Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies

    In English

    MIDÉO
    Mélanges de l’Institut Dominicain d’Études Orientales du Caire

    The abbreviation MIDÉO (Mélanges de l’Institut Dominicain d’Études Orientales du Caire) includes the abbreviation IDÉO (Institut Dominicain d’Études Orientales du Caire).

    In French

    MIFAO

    Mémoires de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale

    In French

    MIO

    Mitteilungen des Instituts für Orientforschung

    In German

    MLN

    Mouvement de Libération Nationale

    In French

    MO

    Le Monde Oriental

    In French

    MPRG

    Medieval Pottery Research Group

    In English

    MSR

    Mamlūk Studies Review

    In English

    MSSP

    Micronesia and South Pacific Program

    In English

    MUCMENAS

    Macquarie University: Centre for Middle East and North African Studies

    In English

    MUR

    Mouvements Unis de la Résistance

    In French

    MW

    (The) Muslim World

    In English

    MZT

    Magyarországi Záslo Társaság

    In Polish

    MÄS

    Münchner Ägyptologische Studien

    In German

    NAAAID

    National Association of Americans of Asian Indian Descent

    In English

    NACBS

    North American Conference on British Studies

    In English

    NACS

    Nordic Association for China Studies

    In English

    NAJAKS

    Nordic Association for Japanese and Korean Studies

    In English

    NAJS

    Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society

    In English

    NAP

    Noyautage des Administrations Publiques

    In French

    NASA

    Nordic Association for South Asian Studies

    In English

    NASEAS

    Nordic Association of Southeast Asian Studies

    In English

    NASOH

    North American Society for Oceanic History

    In English

    NASSH

    North American Society for Sport History

    In English

    NATSA

    North American Taiwan Studies Association

    In English

    NAVA

    North American Vexillological Association (https://nava.org/)

    In English

    NBR

    National Bureau of Asian Research (https://www.nbr.org/)

    In English

    NCGIA

    National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (www.ncgia.ucsb.edu)

    In English

    NCHE

    National Council for History Education

    In English

    NCPH

    National Council on Public History

    In English

    NCSAS

    National Centre for South Asia Studies

    In English

    NDIEC

    New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity

    In English

    NDK
    Német Demokratikus Köztársaság

    = GDR | Germana Demokratia Respubliko | In Esperanto
    = RDA | Republik Demokratel Alamagn | In Breton
    = RDA | República Democrática Alemana | In Spanish
    = RDA | République Démocratique Allemande | In French
    = DDR | Deutsche Demokratische Republik | In German
    = DDR | Duitse Demokratiese Republiek | In Afrikaans
    = NDR | Njemačka Demokratska Republika | In Bosnian
    = RDA | República Democràtica Alemanya | In Catalan
    = NDR | Německá demokratická republika | In Czech
    = ГДР | Германи Демократиллĕ Республики | In Chuvash
    = ΛΔΓ | Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Γερμανίας | In Greek
    = GDR | German Democratic Republic | In English
    = AED | Alemaniar Errepublika Demokratikoa | In Basque
    = RDT | Repubblica Democratica Tedesca | In Italian
    = DDR | Duitse Democratische Republiek | In Dutch
    = RDG | Republica Democrată Germană | In Romanian
    = DAC | Demokratik Alman Cumhuriyeti | In Turkish

    In Hungarian

    NDR
    Njemačka Demokratska Republika

    = NDK, GDR, RDA, DDR, ГДР, ΛΔΓ, AED, RDT, RDG, DAC (see above)

    In Bosnian

    NDR
    Německá demokratická republika

    = NDK, GDR, RDA, DDR, ГДР, ΛΔΓ, AED, RDT, RDG, DAC (see above)

    In Czech

    NEA

    Northeast Asia Program

    In English

    NEAAS

    New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies

    In English

    NEAEHL

    New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land

    In English

    NEAF

    Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation

    In English

    NEAS

    Near East Archaeological Society

    In English

    NEHA

    New England Historical Association

    In English

    NES

    Near Eastern Studies

    In English

    NEV

    Nombre d’Équivalent Vases

    In French

    NEVA

    New England Vexillological Association

    In English

    NFF

    National Flag Foundation (www.americanflags.org)

    In English

    NGF

    Nivellement Général de la France

    In French

    NGJS

    Nederlands Genootschaap voor Japanse Studien

    In Dutch

    NH

    New Hampshire

    In English

    NH

    Noord-Holland

    In Dutch

    NIAP

    National Institute for Asia and the Pacific

    In English

    NIAS

    Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

    In English

    NINO

    Netherlands Institute for the Near East

    In English

    NIOD

    Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (www.niod.nl)

    In Dutch

    NIT

    Namgyal Institute of Tibetology

    In English

    NMES

    Near and Middle Eastern Studies

    In English

    NMI

    Nombre Minimum d’Individus

    In French

    NN

    Nacht und Nebel

    In German

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