JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
For several decades, the Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (JSAMES) has produced scholarship on the countries of South and Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and the interconnections that bring the people and states of these areas together. Today, a renewed vision of JSAMES moves beyond the geographic, epistemological, and disciplinary boundaries of area studies such as South Asian or Middle East Studies to bring these fields into shared dialogue.
Many scholars of the Middle East and South Asia today deploy complex, multi-scalar analyses that are rooted in interdisciplinary methodologies and varying epistemologies. The journal aims to highlight these varied approaches. In particular, the JSAMES is interested in works that explore the dynamics of region-making, and therefore world-making, including pilgrimage routes, logistics infrastructures, smuggling networks, piracy circuits, informal security providers, and religious networks.
The journal is published quarterly and is edited by Dr. Samer Abboud.
ISSN: 2766-0176
About the Journal
The Journal was established in 1976 by the late Hafeez Malik, PhD, professor of Political Science at Villanova University.
Read JSAMES issues online at Project MUSE (volume 33 to the present).
Subscriptions
Individuals
Print-only: $45
Institutions
Online-only: $130
Print-only: $150
Online + Print: $200
Starting June 1, 2025, the University of Pennsylvania Press manages subscription fulfillment for the JSAMES. Please send claims, orders, and inquiries to journals@pobox.upenn.edu.