• Critical Pakistan Studies will be the first international journal devoted to the study of Pakistan and its people
• Journal will be interdisciplinary and open access
• Aims to give the widest possible understanding of Pakistan, past, and present

Cambridge University Press is to publish the world’s first international journal devoted to the study of Pakistan and its people.

The first issue of Critical Pakistan Studies will arrive in January, in a joint launch with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, The University of Exeter South Asia Centre, UK, and Le Centre d’ Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud, France.

The interdisciplinary journal will be published open access, meaning anyone will be able to read the research it publishes online and free of charge.

It will publish primary source, interpretive social science, and humanities research that, in addition to Pakistan and Pakistanis, tackle broader interdisciplinary issues, such as colonialism, nationalism, integration, marginalization, devotion, institutionalization, vernacularism, cosmopolitanism, development, environment, popular culture, diaspora, gender, representation, and others.

The journal’s interdisciplinary approach will analyze, discuss, and seek to understand the varied and multi-layered contexts that constitute Pakistan and its people, in both the past and present, in South Asia and the wider world.

Its global editorial board represents and supports the publication of scholarship on Pakistan and the diaspora from within Pakistan itself as well as Europe, North America and elsewhere in Asia.

The journal’s editorial collective of Kamran Asdar Ali, Michel Boivin, Matthew A. Cook, and Amina Yaqin said: “Until recently, Pakistan studies was a small interdisciplinary research area. However, this is no longer the case and there is no international journal devoted to the study of Pakistan. Critical Pakistan Studies will fill this gap and be the flagship publication in its field of study.”

Ann Avouris, Cambridge University Press’s Head of Journals, North America, said: “We are looking forward to working with the editors and with the partner institutions on this exciting new journal in what is a significant and growing field of research.

“We believe the journal will also benefit from the strength of our existing Asian Studies journals list and books publishing, with its strong focus on South Asia and the diaspora, and are particularly keen to bring new authors and readers to our program from Pakistan itself.”

About the American Institute of Pakistan Studies:

The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS), established in 1973, is a bi-national research and educational organization with a mission to promote academic study of Pakistan in the US and to encourage scholarly exchange between the US and Pakistan. To fulfill this mission, AIPS provides research fellowships to American researchers, administers lectureships, and sponsors academic conferences. www.pakistanstudies-aips.org

About the Centre d’ Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud

The CEIAS (Centre d’ Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud – Centre for South Asian Studies) is the largest French research institute dealing with the Indian subcontinent. The Centre is a joint research unit, combining scholars from the EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales – School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) and the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – French National Centre for Scientific Research). http://ceias.ehess.fr

About the Exeter South Asia Centre, University of Exeter

The South Asia Centre brings together a dynamic group of students, teachers, and researchers, to foster and sustain interdisciplinary collaborations across the University of Exeter. Its core membership reflects a number of departments, including Archaeology, Drama, Economics, Engineering, English and Film Studies, Geography, History, and the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. A unique feature of the Centre is its emphasis on direct engagement with colleagues and organizations in South Asia, whether through fieldwork, archival research, or performance practice. The researchers and postgraduate students in the Centre conduct research that relates wholly or in part to the wider Indian subcontinent and global South Asian communities with their associated diasporas. https://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/southasiacentre

Learn more about Critical Pakistan Studies by visiting cambridge.org/cps