International Journal of Asian Studies
Aims and scope
The International Journal of Asian Studies (IJAS) is an interdisciplinary, English-language forum for research in the humanities and social sciences. Its purpose is to foster multi-directional communication in the global Asian studies community. IJAS examines Asia as a region, emphasizing patterns and tendencies that go beyond the borders of individual countries. The Editors welcome theoretical and empirical research, including interdisciplinary approaches that cross methodological boundaries, comparative perspectives that draw on data from multiple regions, and the development of new methodologies. The committee encourages submissions from Asian studies researchers globally, and especially welcomes the opportunity to introduce the work of Asian scholars to an English-language readership.
IJAS is published by Cambridge University Press in association with the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo.
Current issue: (vol 22:2, Jul 2025)
Research Article
- Responding to epidemics: the case of the Nguyễn Dynasty, focusing on the period 1802–1883, Thị Oanh Nguyễn, Thị Minh Trần
- Answering the challenges: the surge of political violence in North Korea and militarisation of North Korean police force in the first half of 1946, Vasilii Vladimirovich Lebedev
- From the Mandate of Heaven to the modern state: the nation according to Wei Xiaobao, David Hazard
- Banking on distant shores: a comparison of the development of foreign banks in pre-World War I China and Japan, Ghassan Moazzin
- Surveying, mapping, and translating: how property rights were created in Shanghai, 1860–1900?, Fusheng Luo
- Less panda, more dragon – Moving towards realism in EU–China relations, Frédéric Krumbein
- Beyond words: decoding power structures and rhetorical legitimating categories within Xinjiang White Papers (2003–2019), Belén García-Noblejas Floriano
- Along the Shiite lines of sufi authority: revisiting Solṭānᶜalīshāh and the Valāyat-nāme, Matthijs van den Bos
Book Review
- Japan Marches South: Pioneer Emigrants in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, 1940–1945 (「大東亜共栄圏」における南方国策移民―「南方雄飛」のゆくえ). By Yuri Okubo. Kyoto: Kōyōshobō, 2023. 204 pages. ISBN: 9784771037205., Eri Kitada
- Rethinking Interreligious Dialogue: Orality, Collective Memory, and Christian-Muslim Engagements in Indonesia By Izak Y.M. Lattu. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 2023. 231 pages. Hardback, €110.28, ISBN: 978-3506790200. Ebook, €110.28, ISBN: 978-3657790203, Sumanto Al Qurtuby
- China and the Indo-Pacific: Maneuvers and Manifestations Edited by Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, 244 pages. Hardback, ISBN: 978-9811975202. Paperback, ISBN: 978-9811975349. Ebook, ISBN: 978-9811975219., Sidhyendra Sisodia
- Nuclear Ghost: Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima’s Gray Zone By Ryo Morimoto, 2023. p. 356. Hardback, $85.00 USD, ISBN: 9780520394100. Paperback, $29.95, ISBN: 9780520394117. Ebook, $29.95, ISBN: 9780520394124, Chiara Ramponi
- Hokkaido Dairy Farm: Cosmopolitics of Otherness and Security on the Frontiers of Japan By Paul Hansen. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2024, p. 320. Hardcover, $99.00, ISBN: 9781438496474., Dylan H. O’Brien
- Imagined China: Research on Chinese Films in the 1980s By Wang Haizhou. Trans by Jin Haina. Abingdon: Routledge. 246 pages. Hardcover, £120.00 GBP, ISBN: 9781032254418. Paperback, £29.59, ISBN: 9781032254449. Ebook, £29.59, ISBN: 9781003283201., Chen Xuan Gao, Yu Xiao, Guangjian Yan
- Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States By John Zubrzycki. London: Hurst (dist. Oxford University Press), 2023. 352 pages. Hardback, £25.00 GBP, ISBN: 9781805260530., Prem Singh Gill
- Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva By Janaki Bakhle. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2024, p. 501. Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-691-25036-6, Amol Saghar
- Sensory Anthropology: Culture and Experience in Asia By Kelvin E. Y. Low. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. p. 232. Hardback, £90.00 GBP, ISBN: 9781009240833. Ebook, £95.00, ISBN: 9781009240826, Gwyn McClelland
Correction
- Responding to epidemics: the case of the Nguyễn Dynasty, focusing on the period 1802–1883 – CORRIGENDUM, Thị Oanh Nguyễn, Thị Minh Trần
Addendum
- International Journal of Asian Studies Cover Details, 21.1 – ADDENDUM,
- International Journal of Asian Studies Cover Details, 21.2 – ADDENDUM,
- International Journal of Asian Studies Cover Details, 22.1 – ADDENDUM,
Front Cover (OFC, IFC) and matter
Back Cover (IBC, OBC) and matter
Back issues
- Vol. 22, No. 2 (July 2025) , current
- Vol. 22, Special Issue 1 (Jan 2025)
- Vol. 21, No. 2 (July 2024)
- Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 2024)
- Vol. 20, No. 2 (July 2023)
- Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 2023)
- Vol. 19, No. 2 (July 2022)
- Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2022)
- Vol. 18, No. 2 (July 2021)
- Vol. 18, No. 1 (January 2021)
- Vol. 17, No. 2 (July 2020)
- Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jaunuary 2020)
- Vol. 16, No. 2 (July 2019)
- Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 2019)
- Vol. 15, No. 2 (July 2018)
- Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2018)
- Vol. 14, No. 2 (July 2017)
- Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 2017)
- Vol. 13, No. 2 (July 2016)
- Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2016)
- Vol. 12, No. 2 (July 2015)
- Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2015)
- Vol. 11, No. 2 (July 2014)
- Vol. 11, No. 1 (January 2014)
- Vol. 10, No. 2 (July 2013)
- Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 2013)
- Vol. 9, No. 2 (July 2012)
- Vol. 9, No. 1 (January 2012)
- Vol. 8, No. 2 (July 2011)
- Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2011)
- Vol. 7, No. 2 (July 2010)
- Vol. 7, No. 1 (January 2010)
- Vol. 6, No. 2 (July 2009)
- Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 2009)
- Vol. 5, No. 2 (July 2008)
- Vol. 5, No. 1 (January 2008)
- Vol. 4, No. 2 (July 2007)
- Vol. 4, No. 1 (January 2007)
- Vol. 3, No. 2 (July 2006)
- Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 2006)
- Vol. 2, No. 2 (July 2005)
- Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 2005)
- Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 2004)
- Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 2004)
Call for papers
The Journal seeks both original papers and survey articles that fall within its scope, broadly defined.
Papers are accepted in English, with a word limit 12,000 words, including footnotes. Submissions should be submitted online via the journal information page on the Cambridge University Press website.
Instructions for authors can be found on the the website of Cambridge University Press website.
Email enquiries may be send to ijas[@]
Editorial board
- Norihisa Baba
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Editor-in-chief
- Sebastian Veg
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan; and Centre de Recherches Historiques, EHESS, France
Executive Editor
- Sam Bamkin
the University of Tokyo, Japan
Managing Editor
- Waka Aoyama, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- Michihiro Ogawa, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- Lloyd Ridgeon, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- Pattajit Tangsinmunkong, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- Shoko Watanabe, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Associate Editors
- Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- Sébastien Billioud, University Paris-Diderot, France
- Prasenjit Duara, Duke University, USA
- Patrick Flores, University of the Philippines, Philippines
- Christopher Gerteis, SOAS University of London
- Najaf Haider, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
- Soyeun Kim, Sogang University, South Korea
- Cheng Chwee Kuik, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
- Dilip M Menon, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National University, Australia
- Mansur Sefatgol, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran, Iran
- Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University, USA
- Tuong Vu, University of Oregon, USA
- Christine Yano, University of Hawai’i, USA
Regional Editors
All inquiries to
International Journal of Asian Studies Office,
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo,
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For information about the Journal, also see the website of Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-asian-studies.