Russian Collections at Hamilton Library University of Hawai'i
	ROBERT B. VALLIANT Director of Student Academic Services (SHAPS) phone: (808)956-7814 fax: (808)956-6345 e-mail: valliant@hawaii.edu

Current Projects
Former researcher SUPAR, 1986-1992
Director of CeRA, 1992-2003
Assistant to Dean of SHAPS, 2003-

Educational Background
PhD University of Hawaii, History, 1970
MA University of Hawaii, 1968
BA University of Texas at Austin, 1966

Expertise
Northeast Asia, Russian Far East, Japan (politics, economics, social affairs)

Publications
SUPAR/RA Report, compiler and editor, 17 issues (1986-1994)
      Work continued as "Database on Russia in Asia," covering 1988 to date.
      Available at: http://russia.shaps.hawaii.edu/dbadv.html

"Vladivostok: 'City and Ocean' in Russia's Far East." In Broeze, Frank, ed. Gateways of Asia: Port Cities of Asia in the 13th-20th Centuries   London, New York: Kegan Paul Internationl, 1997, p. 265-293.

"Moscow and the Russian Far East: The Political Dimension." In Akaha, Tsuneo, ed. Politics and Economics in the Russian Far East: Changing Ties with Asia-Pacific.  London, New York: Routledge, 1997, p. 3-22.

"Chronology of Events, 1985-1994." In Goodby, James E., Vladimir Ivanov, and Nobuo Shmotomai, eds. "Northern Territories" and Beyond: Russian, Japanese, and American Perspectives.   Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995, p.313-339.

"The Western United States, Hawaii, and the Soviet Union." In Valencia, Mark J., ed. The Russian Far East and the Northe Pacific Region: Emerging Issues in International Relations   Honolulu: East-West Center, 1992, p.93-110.

"Inner Mongolia, 1912: The Failure of Independence." Mongolian Studies   4 (1977): 56-92.

"The Selling of Japan: Japanese Manipulation of Western Opinion, 1900-1905." Monumenta Nipponica 29, no.4 (Winter 1974): 415-438.

"Japanese Involvement in Mongol Independence Movements, 1912-1919." Mongolia Society Bulletin  11, no.2 (Fall 1972): 1-32.