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The Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is a quarterly peer reviewed journal hosted by the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at Villanova University and published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue) Kanjwal gestures toward scholarship emerging from the “margins & peripheries of the nation-state", as a step away from “reproducing the territorial logic of both colonial modernity & (post)colonial governance.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue) In this contribution, Anderson shines a light on the poverty of the social sciences reflected in the vocabulary use where “we identify research objects by what they are not.” Read the full article: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue) Petiwala projects a future vision where al-Maydan features community-based digital archives, that she argues "must be addressed not as sites of study but as equally important spaces of knowledge production.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue) Vora encourages us to “interrogate region-making as an active, contested, and sometimes violent process—one in which borders, languages, subjects, and epistemic traditions are continually negotiated.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue): Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, maps out the potential & limitations ahead in adopting transregional interdisciplinary theoretical approaches to studying the Middle East. Read at: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue) Building on David Ludden’s reference to a “nameless Asia”, historian of modern Afghanistan @maryahannun.bsky.social refers to a historically connected geography beyond the constructed frames of area studies. Read more here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue): In this essay, Lutfi guides us through possible futures of South Asia & Middle Eastern Studies building toward an understanding of the region beyond the shadows of imperialism muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue): @esmat.bsky.social critically examines the intellectual origins of JSAMES and the role that its founding editor, Hafeez Malik, played in shaping knowledge about the Middle East and South Asia. Read here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue): Reflections on the Future of JSAMES by Samer Abboud (Villanova University) Read the prompt that contributors responded to in this exercise reenvisioning the Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In Issue 2, Volume 49, editorial board members and other guest contributors reflect on the JSAMES transition and its future space within the landscape of area studies knowledge production. Read more from Samer Abboud’s From the Editor in this issue at: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Structured by an insistence on interdisciplinarity, ‘Iraq: The State of the Field since 2003’ proceeds with the conviction that the Invasion of Iraq marked an epistemological watershed. Learn about JSAMES and help pass the call to critical scholars working on #Iraq.
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Vol 49, Number 1 (Spring 2026 issue): In this first Al-Maydan contribution, Dina Baslan holds a Q&A with Pakistani visual artist Hafsa Ashfaque to reflect on belonging, displacement, and survival as a woman. Read the open access research article here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Vol 49, Number 1 (Spring 2026 issue): Femicide in the Context of Palestinian Medico-Legal Postmortem Practices: The Entanglement of Patriarchy and Colonialism by Suhad Daher-Nashif Read the open access research article here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Vol 49, Number 1 (Spring 2026 issue): Femicide and Domestic Violence in Contemporary India by Nishi Mitra vom Berg. Read the open access research article here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is accepting abstracts for a virtual workshop on the theme: Iraq: The State of the Field Since 2003. Use bit.ly/IRAQCRP or scan the QR code to access the submission form.
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Vol 49, Number 1 (Spring 2026 issue): Collision and Collusion: Colonial Laws and Postcolonial Ecclesiastical Reasoning in Pakistan by Afiya Shehrbano Zia. Read the open access research article here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Vol 49, Number 1 (Spring 2026 issue): The Construction of the Grave and Sudden Provocation in Bangladesh: Law, Colonialism, and Male Control Over the Female Body by Anusar Rahman (The Independent University). Read the open access research article here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
From Vol 49, Number 1 (Spring 2026 issue): Archiving Femicide: The Company State and Ritual Burnings of Hindu Widows in Early Colonial India by Tanika Sarkar (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Read the open access research article here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In issue 1, scholars from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan & Palestine seek to frame our understanding of the concept of femicide in social, legal and historical terms as Elizabeth Kolsky explains. Read her introduction here: bit.ly/4mLUSP9
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (JSAMES) relaunches with a new vision and editorial team. We welcome manuscript submissions that align with our interdisciplinary approach and research interests. For more, visit our Scholastica page: jsames.scholasticahq.com/for-authors
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Submit your proposal on the theme of political & socio-economic transformations in South & Central Asia to participate in our development writing workshop in Lahore in collaboration with Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS): bit.ly/JSAMESCFP
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jsames-vu.bsky.social @jsames-vu.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Visit JSAMES website to learn about open calls for submissions to our recently relaunched, peer reviewed journal, published by @pennpress.bsky.social: bit.ly/jsames-opencalls
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