General On 27 October 2000, Deepak Lal was welcomed to Leiden to deliver the IIAS Annual Lecture, entitled'Aia and Western Dominance: Retrospect and Prospect'. Asian Frontiers Frontiers are the borderlands between two, or perhaps more, different and geographically separate groups. Guest editors Freek Colombijn and Reed Wadley have compiled eight case studies of the frontier concept showing its broad application throughout Asia. Regions Central Asia 'O respectful father, village elder and shaman of high-standing...'I proclaimed unnaturally loudly in my Í'm speaking to a foreigner voice''..your red hat is beautiful'. My first sentence was complete. Mark Turin reports form the field. South Asia 'The Bandars of Saharan' were the twin towers of the royal residence of Raja Shamsher Sing. Gerda Theuns-de Boer describes how the Indian photographer Babu Pindi Lal paid tribute to them... Southeast Asia Highly original research on Thai historical murals of the Ayudhya period provide Alec Gordon and Napat Sirisambhand with insights into the history of Thai gender. East Asia Videke Børhdal examines the art of Chinese storytelling, an art that serves to entertain and educate the ordinary Chinese even today. Asian Arts She did pionering work in such diverse fields as the plastic arts, poetry, and music in the sixties. Sebastian Lopez warmly welcomes the exhibition 'YES' about Yoko Ono.