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The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in the field of Asian studies for over 75 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, and literary research. The journal also publishes clusters of papers that present new and vibrant discussions on specific themes and issues.
The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in the field of Asian studies for over 75 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, and literary research. The journal also publishes clusters of papers that present new and vibrant discussions on specific themes and issues.
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Do You Know Your South?: How Magazine Readers Shaped one of the South’s Most Successful Novels
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Framing Corruption: The Discourse in Operation Lava Jato and the Judicial Activism in Brazil
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Common Ways to See Differently: Race, Mestizaje, and Criollismo as Seen by Blind People in Chile and Venezuela
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Are we only a dream the bacteria are having?
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Piecing Together Market Regulation and Private Law: The Reconciliation Puzzle
- 26 March 2026,
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The Fraying Bonds of Peace
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- As we live through the transformation of the post-Cold War international order, politicians, diplomats, and scholars have fastened upon the pre-First World The post The Fraying Bonds of Peace first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....
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