International Journal of Asian Studies
※ The IJAS Journals is "Online Publication" FROM Vol.18. No.2.
Lastest Issue: Vol. 23, No. 2 (July 2026)
- Special Issue: Imperialism and the riverine environment in modern Asia
- Introduction: Imperialism and the riverine environment in modern Asia
- River of fire and ice: infrastructure, territoriality, and the colonization of eastern Hokkaido, Japan, 1600s–1900s
- Imperial ambition left high and dry: the failure of the East India Company’s steam-powered dredging vessel
- Rapids as compasses: the riverine environment, experiential knowledge, and steam navigation on the Upper Yangzi River
- Constrained river, constrained choices: seasonal floods and colonial authority in the Red River Delta
- Research Article
- Rural resistance under a golden dictatorship, part 1: the Myitsone villages
- Rural resistance under a golden dictatorship, part 2: the suspended villages
- Rethinking disconnection as in-betweenness: Nepal in Chinese knowledge production (1910s–1940s)
- Why is Ku Hung-Ming peripheralized in the Chinese historiography of translation? The politics of translation historiography
- “No revolutionary songs”: Yellow music and everyday resistance in Maoist China and after
- Demarcating “religion” in relation to Islam and Communism: the Japanese Imperial Diet debates on the inclusion of Islam in the Religious Organizations Law of 1939
- The death of Wang I-lü: modern Chinese women in high heels, 1920s–1940s
- Global resources and the Qing empire’s war preparations in the 1874 Taiwan Incident
- Swing of the pendulum: identity politics and the ideological strife over Rabindranath Tagore and the national anthem in Bangladesh
- Localization of cultural production in the New Korean Wave Era: a case study of reality programs
- Transnational panorama on Netflix: from a Korean Indie documentary to the Netflix original series My Love: Six Stories of True Love
- Fan engagement, community, and belonging: K-pop fans in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand
- Asian Perspectives
- Mapping Global Asian Studies: shared visions, institutional variations, and the local conditions in studies on Asia
- Book Review
- Waiting for the Cool Moon: Anti-imperialist Struggles in the Heart of Japan’s Empire By Wendy Matsumura. Duke University Press, 2024, 288 pp. Cloth, ＄104.95 USD, ISBN: 978-1478020950. Paperback, ＄27.95, ISBN: 978-1478025696. Ebook, 978-1478027829
- Rama X: The Thai Monarchy under King Vajiralongkorn By Pavin Chachavalpongpun. Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, 2024. 306 pages. Hardback, £30.00 GBP, ISBN: 9781732610231
- Picture bride, war bride: the role of marriage in shaping Japanese America By Sonia C. Gomez. New York University Press, 2024. 200 pages. Hardcover, $35.00 USD, ISBN: 9781479803071. Ebook, $35.00, ISBN: 9781479803095.
- Teaching Japan: A Handbook Edited by Ioannis Gaitanidis and Gregory S. Poole. Amsterdam University Press, 2024. 334 pages. Hardback, €198.00, ISBN: 9789048568147. Ebook, €197.00, ISBN: 9789048568154.
- Muslim transnationalism in modern China: debates on Hui identity and Islamic reform By Hale Eroğlu. New York: Columbia University Press, 2025. 325 pages. Paperback, $37.00 USD, ISBN: 9780231211796. Hardcover, $145.00, ISBN: 9780231211789. Ebook, $36.99, ISBN: 9780231559065
- Transpatial Modernity: Chinese Cultural Encounters with Russia via Japan (1880–1930) By Xiaolu Ma. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2024. 360 pages. Hardcover, $59.95 USD, ISBN: 9780674295834.
- The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union’s Anticolonial Empire By Masha Kirasirova. Oxford University Press, 2024. 416 pages, Hardback, £71.00 GBP, ISBN: 9780197685693. Paperback, £19.99, ISBN: 9780197685709.
- Sufi women and mystics: models of sanctity, erudition, and political leadership By Minlib Dallh. London: Routledge, 2023. 186 pages. Hardback, ISBN: 9781032433073, £135.00 GBP. Paperback, ISBN: 9781032433080, £42.99. Ebook, ISBN: 9781003366720, £42.99
- Of Piety and Heresy: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ghazzālī’s Persian Treatises on Antinomians By Ali-Asghar Seyed Gohrab. De Gruyter, 2024. 238 pages. Hardcover, €99.95, ISBN: 9783111446929. Ebook, €99,95, ISBN: 9783111448053.
- The Birth of State Healthcare in the Modern Ottoman Empire (近代オスマン帝国における国家医療の誕生：湾岸都市イズミルの衛生と感染症) By Shingo Suzuki . Tokyo: Keio University Press, 2024. 312 pages. Hardback, ¥7,000 JPY, ISBN: 9784766430011.
- Front Cover (OFC, IFC) and matter
- ASI volume 23 issue 2 Cover and Front matter
- Back Cover (IBC, OBC) and matter
- ASI volume 23 issue 2 Cover and Back matter
International Journal of Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed journal in Asian Studies, co-edited by the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo, and Cambridge University Press.
We welcome submissions of articles in Asian Studies.
Instructions for Contributors:https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-asian-studies/information/instructions-contributors
Back Numbers
- Vol. 23, No. 2 (July 2026)
- Vol. 23, No. 1 (January 2026)
- Vol. 22, No. 2 (July 2025)
- Vol. 22, No. 1 (January 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 (January 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)
- Submission of Articles
Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
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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.
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
- Chief Editor
- Sebastian Veg, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan, and Centre de Recherches Historiques, EHESS, France
- Deputy Chief Editor
- Waka Aoyama, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- Managing Editor
- Sam Bamkin, The University of Tokyo, Japan
- Associate Editors
- Yuto Kawamura, 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
- Book Reviews Editor
- Yuto Kawamura, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- Regional Editors
- Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- Sébastien Billioud, University Paris-Diderot, France
- Maria Adele Carrai, University of Oxford, UK
- Prasenjit Duara, Duke University, USA
- Patrick Flores, University of the Philippines, Philippines
- Christopher Gerteis, SOAS University of London, UK
- Syed Najaf Haider, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
- Soyeun Kim, Sogang University, South Korea
- Cheng Chwee Kuik, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
- Helen J. S. Lee, Yonsei University, South Korea
- Dilip M Menon, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National University, Australia
- Mansur Sefatgol, University of Tehran, Iran
- Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University, USA
- Gabriele Vogt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
- Tuong Vu, University of Oregon, USA
- Christine Yano, University of Hawai’i, USA
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