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The Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is hosted by the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at @VillanovaU and published by @Pennpress

villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/scholarship/journals/jsames.html
Joined April 2026
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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/article/…
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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/article/…
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From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue) @adapetiwala 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/article/…
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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/article/…
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The relaunched Journal of South Asian and Middle East Studies. My contribution draws from Eqbal Ahmad, who observes American writing on Iran and concludes: "You can't believe that these people are serious scholars. So area studies had been a disaster area in many ways."
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From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue): 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/article/…
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From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue) Building on David Ludden’s reference to a “nameless Asia”, historian of modern Afghanistan @MaryaHannun refers to a historically connected geography beyond the constructed frames of area studies. Read more here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/…
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From Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue): In this essay, @AmeemLutfi 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/article/…
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Vol. 49, Number 2 (Summer 2026 issue): @thaqafatalhind critically examines the intellectual origins of JSAMES & the role its founding editor, Hafeez Malik, played in shaping knowledge about the Middle East & South Asia. Read here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/…
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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/article/…
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Disaster Areas — my contribution to the relaunch of the Journal of South Asian and Middle East Studies. I write about the journal's founder Hafeez Malik and his milieu.
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Featuring this image of Prof. Malik.
Esmat Elhalaby@thaqafatalhindJul 8
Disaster Areas — my contribution to the relaunch of the Journal of South Asian and Middle East Studies. I write about the journal's founder Hafeez Malik and his milieu.
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A Global South Journey: @ipsa_aisp ,Tracking Dignity Demands, and the World - @JsamesVU muse.jhu.edu/article/992663
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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 Samer Abboud’s From the Editor in this issue at: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/…
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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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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/article/…
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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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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/article/…
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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/article/…
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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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