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

Joined April 2026
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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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.
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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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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“Ashfaq’s cover art is an artistic expression of the artist’s fear of sexual violence in her native city of Karachi & represents a broader critique of murderous violence against women in Pakistan & the global struggle for gender justice in South Asia, the Middle East, & beyond.”
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 @ElizabethKolsky explains. Read her introduction here: bit.ly/4mLUSP9
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