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28 September 2006, Cambridge, England, UK & New York, USA
Cambridge University Press to publish The Journal of Asian Studies
Cambridge University Press Journals in association with the Association
for Asian Studies is pleased to announce their partnership, beginning in
2007, to publish The Journal of Asian Studies.
The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in the field
of Asian studies for over 65 years. JAS publishes the very best empirical
and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history,
literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies. Experts around the
world turn to this quarterly journal for the latest in-depth scholarship
on Asia's past and present, for its extensive book reviews, and for its
state-of-the-field essays on established and emerging topics.
With coverage reaching from South and Southeast Asia to China, Inner Asia,
and Northeast Asia, JAS welcomes broad comparative and transnational
studies as well as essays emanating from fine-grained historical,
cultural, political, or literary research and interpretation. The journal
also publishes clusters of papers representing new and vibrant discussions
on specific themes and issues.
Geoff Nuttall, Editorial Director at Cambridge University Press Journals,
said; ?We are delighted to partner with the Association for Asian Studies
to publish this magnificent journal, the strong presence of which
complements our distinguished list of journals in the field. We look
forward to developing the journal?s online visibility, increasing usage
and readership still further.?
Ken George, Professor of Anthropology at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and Editor of The Journal of Asian Studies, sees the
partnership as a wonderful opportunity to expand the intellectual reach
and influence of the Association for Asian Studies and its flagship
journal. ?Our partners at Cambridge will help us take advantage of the
very latest print and digital technologies, and also give us the presence
in Asia that the Association has long sought. We look forward to
attracting new members, new readers, and new authors, and to enriching the
intellectual and collegial conversations between scholars of Asia.?
With the move to publication by Cambridge, The Journal of Asian Studies
will be hosted on Cambridge Journals Online (CJO). Full-text articles in
Volume 66 will be available to subscribers. Back volumes currently
available on JSTOR, from Volume 1 (1941) through Volume 62 (2003), will
remain there, and the existing three-year moving wall will continue. But,
Cambridge will ?fill in the gap?: Volumes 63-65 (2004-2006) will also be
on CJO, and subscribers to the online version of the current volume will
have access to those volumes as well.
For further information please go to:
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_JAS
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About Cambridge University Press Journals
Cambridge University Press publishes over 200 peer-reviewed academic
journals across a wide spread of subject areas, in print and online. Many
of these journals are the leading academic publications in their fields
and together they form one of the most valuable and comprehensive bodies
of research available today.
About Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing division of the University of
Cambridge, one of the world?s leading research institutions and winner of
80 Nobel Prizes. Cambridge University Press is committed by its charter to
disseminate knowledge as widely as possible across the globe. It publishes
nearly 200 journals and over 2,500 books a year for distribution in more
than 200 countries.
About the Association for Asian Studies
The Association for Asian Studies is the largest society of its kind in
the world. This scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional
association is open to all persons interested in Asia. It seeks through
publications, meetings, and seminars to facilitate contact and an exchange
of information among scholars to increase their understanding. It counts
among its members scholars, business people, diplomats, journalists, and
interested lay persons.
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For Cambridge University Press please go to: http://www.cambridge.org
For The University of Cambridge please go to: http://www.cam.ac.uk
For the Association for Asian Studies please go to:
http://www.aasianst.org/
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Cambridge University Press, Americas
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