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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.
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Framing Corruption: The Discourse in Operation Lava Jato and the Judicial Activism in Brazil
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- For years, Operation Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash) was the “spectacle” of Latin American politics. From 2014 to 2021, the world watched as a group...
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Re-imagining Landscapes through Indigenous Literature
- 12 December 2025,
- “Maize Landscapes in Indigenous Literatures: Toward Alternative Cartographic Imaginaries” discusses the work of four 21st century poets who write bilingually...
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The Chilean Christians for Socialism Movement: Liberationist, Third Worldist, and Utopian
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Why did early Muslims write local history?
- 10 February 2026,
- In the mid-tenth century ce, two Muslim scholars were having a chat in Baghdad. One of them, called Ibn al-Jiʿābī, was well known to contemporaries as a fairly The post Why did early Muslims write local history? first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....
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When Elections Meet External Finance: Why Even “Good” Financiers Fund Political Favoritism
- 10 February 2026,
- In 2012, Zambian President Michael Sata launched “Link Zambia 8000,” pledging 8,000 kilometers of new roads. Billions flowed from China, the World The post When Elections Meet External Finance: Why Even “Good” Financiers Fund Political Favoritism first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....
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Law and Torture
- 06 February 2026,
- Departures This book, at its core, is a renouncement of a belief system: doctrinal legal approaches to ‘law and torture’ research and practice. At the same The post Law and Torture first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....
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