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: Volume 22 - Special Issue 1 - January 2025
Changing Dynamics in Southeast Asia-China Relations
Editorial
- Introduction to the special issue: changing dynamics in Southeast Asia-China relations, Mingjiang Li
Research Article
- Deference and defiance in Malaysia’s China policy: determinants of a dualistic diplomacy, Cheng-Chwee Kuik, Yew Meng Lai
- How regime legitimation influences Vietnam’s strategy toward US–China strategic rivalry, Phan Xuan Dung, Benjamin Tze Ern Ho
- Getting our piece of the “national cake”: the Islamists’ attitude toward Yudhoyono’s and Jokowi’s China policies, Ardhitya Eduard Yeremia, Klaus Heinrich Raditio
- Local rivalries, foreign entanglements: the role of domestic politics in Cambodia’s Chinese embrace, Sebastian Strangio, Mingjiang Li, Xirui Li
- Failure of China’s COVID-19 health diplomacy in wining hearts and minds in Thailand and the Philippines: political efficacy constrained by local politics, Xirui Li, Zi Yang, Mingjiang Li
- Revisiting Naomichi Ishige and the development of Asian food culture studies in Japan, Haruka Ueda
- Embodied national history: leaders, regime change, and regional historiographical trends of independent Cambodia, Theara Thun
- Social status, chaste widowhood, and trends in marital age gaps in post-Imjin Korea, 1606–1630, Sangwoo Han, Byung-Ho Lee
- Emergency, narratives, and pandemic governance, Panch Rishi Dev Sharma
Book Review
- Connectivity and Trust Building in Islamic Civilization, Vol. 1: An Invitation to Islamic Trust Studies (イスラームからつなぐ 1イスラーム信頼学へのいざない). Edited by Hidemitsu Kuroki and Emi Goto. Tokyo University Press, 2023. 292 pages. Hardback, ￥4,180 JPY, ISBN: 9784130343510., Naoki Sudo
- Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan By Chris McMorran. University of Hawai’i Press, 2022. 220 pages. Hardback, $64.00 USD, ISBN: 9780824888978. Paperback, $25.00, ISBN: 9780824892272., Kaeko Chiba
- Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China By Jesse Rodenbiker. Cornell University Press, 2023. 264 pages. Hardback, $125.00 USD, ISBN: 9781501768996. Paperback, $24.95, ISBN: 9781501769009. Ebook, free, ISBN: 9781501769016, Lisa M. Hoffman
- Chinese English: Names, Norms and Narratives By Zhichang Xu. London: Routledge, 2023. 301 pages. Hardback, £145 GBP, ISBN: 9781138630345. Ebook, £38.99, ISBN: 9781315209463., Siyuan Sun, Weihong Wang
- 30 Years of North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Records and Lessons of North Korean Nuclear Diplomacy (전봉근. 북핵위기 30년: 북핵외교의 기록과 교훈) By Bong-Geun Jun. Myungin Books, 2023. ISBN: 9791161930671., Seongwon Yoon
- Another India: The Making of the World’s Largest Muslim Minority, 1947-77 By Pratinav Anil. London: Hurst, 2023. 432 pages. Hardback, £25.00 GBP, ISBN: 9781787388086., Prem Singh Gill
Back issues
- Vol. 22, Special Issue 1 (Jan 2025) , current
- 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.