Asian Ethnology
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Open access, peer-reviewed journal on the peoples & cultures of Asia. Published at Nanzan University, edited by Benjamin Dorman & Frank J. Korom. New site: https://asianethnology.scholasticahq.com Archives: https://asianethnology.org .. more
Open access, peer-reviewed journal on the peoples & cultures of Asia. Published at Nanzan University, edited by Benjamin Dorman & Frank J. Korom. New site: https://asianethnology.scholasticahq.com Archives: https://asianethnology.org
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Asian Ethnology is dedicated to the promotion of scholarly research on the peoples and cultures of Asia.
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Asian Ethnology is now open for submissions!
Submit via Scholastica → asianethnology.scholasticahq.com/for-authors
US$10 submission fee (no APCs).
Please read the guidelines + browse recent issues before submitting.
Submit via Scholastica → asianethnology.scholasticahq.com/for-authors
US$10 submission fee (no APCs).
Please read the guidelines + browse recent issues before submitting.
A new Scholastica–Maverick report warns big publishers are tightening control of key tools. AE supports scholars across Asia. See our 67-1, 2008 Editors' Introduction: “Introducing Asian scholars’ work… to compensate for the imbalance.”
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Asian Ethnology Podcast: Moving Asian Ethnology to Scholastica
In this episode, Asian Ethnology co-editor and managing editor Ben Dorman discusses the journal’s ongoing move to the Scholastica publishing platform and the broader commitment to open access and sust...
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🎧 The latest episode of the Asian Ethnology Podcast is now live!
Benjamin Dorman discusses the journal’s move to the Scholastica platform—streamlining submissions, peer review, and open access.
Listen here: asianethnology.libsyn.com/moving-asian...
#AsianEthnology #OpenAccess #Scholastica
Benjamin Dorman discusses the journal’s move to the Scholastica platform—streamlining submissions, peer review, and open access.
Listen here: asianethnology.libsyn.com/moving-asian...
#AsianEthnology #OpenAccess #Scholastica
Outside the meetings, Frank explored some of Nagoya’s cultural landmarks — Atsuta Shrine, Shirotori Park (with its beautiful suikinkutsu), and Inuyama Castle.
#AsianEthnology #Japan #Scholastica
#AsianEthnology #Japan #Scholastica
Last week we welcomed co-editor Frank Korom to Nagoya for the 2025 Asian Ethnology editorial meeting — a key step in our transition to Scholastica.
Productive discussions, renewed collaboration, and shared commitment to open-access scholarship.
#AsianEthnology #OpenAccess #Scholastica
Productive discussions, renewed collaboration, and shared commitment to open-access scholarship.
#AsianEthnology #OpenAccess #Scholastica
📚 Archives are still on our old site for now, but we’ll migrate them to Scholastica in the coming months. Excited to begin this new era of Asian Ethnology!
All new submissions now go through Scholastica’s peer-review system:
💠 US$10 submission fee (paid to Scholastica by authors)
💠 No APCs — authors publish free & readers access free
💠 US$10 submission fee (paid to Scholastica by authors)
💠 No APCs — authors publish free & readers access free
From this issue onward, Asian Ethnology is on Scholastica:
📖 PDF | 🌐 HTML | 🗂 XML
❌ No more print editions
🌏 Digital-first for wider access & sustainability
📖 PDF | 🌐 HTML | 🗂 XML
❌ No more print editions
🌏 Digital-first for wider access & sustainability
This special issue highlights ritual, poetics, and the religious sensorium across Asia. Huge thanks to Karen Ruffle & all contributors for their scholarship and patience during our platform transition. 🙏
Vol. 84, Issue 1, 2025 | Published by Asian Ethnology
This special issue examines how Shiʿa communities in Asia embody Karbala and Muḥarram through sensory rituals, memory, and material practices, transforming distant history into present, lived spiritua...
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🎉 Asian Ethnology 84-1 is out! Guest edited by Karen G. Ruffle: Sensing Muḥarram in Asia: Shiʿi Poetics of Place and the Religious Sensorium.
👉 asianethnology.scholasticahq.com/issue/12523
👉 asianethnology.scholasticahq.com/issue/12523
Vol. 84, Issue 1, 2025 | Published by Asian Ethnology
This special issue examines how Shiʿa communities in Asia embody Karbala and Muḥarram through sensory rituals, memory, and material practices, transforming distant history into present, lived spiritua...
asianethnology.scholasticahq.com
🎉 New issue of Asian Ethnology (84-1) is out! Guest edited by Karen G. Ruffle: Sensing Muḥarram in Asia. Now on Scholastica—digital access, continuous publication, no print, and always open access.
👉 asianethnology.scholasticahq.com/issue/12523
👉 asianethnology.scholasticahq.com/issue/12523
This special issue brings fresh perspectives on ritual, poetics, and the religious sensorium across Asia. Huge thanks to Karen Ruffle & all contributors for their dedication and patience during this transition. 🙏
👉 Archives remain on our old website for now. In the coming months, all back issues will migrate to Scholastica, providing seamless access to both legacy & new content.
Welcome to a new era of Asian Ethnology!
Welcome to a new era of Asian Ethnology!
All new submissions will go through Scholastica’s peer-review system.
💠 US$10 submission fee (payable to Scholastica)
💠 No APCs — publication stays free for authors & readers.
💠 US$10 submission fee (payable to Scholastica)
💠 No APCs — publication stays free for authors & readers.
With this issue, Asian Ethnology moves to @scholasticahq.
Articles now in PDF, HTML, XML
❌ No more print editions
Digital-first publishing for access & sustainability 🌏
Articles now in PDF, HTML, XML
❌ No more print editions
Digital-first publishing for access & sustainability 🌏
This special issue explores ritual, poetics, & the religious sensorium across Asia. Our thanks to Karen Ruffle & contributors for their scholarship and patience during this transition. 🙏
With co-editor Frank Korom and proofs of the next issue of Asian Ethnology. Featuring articles on ritual whips in Taiwan, rock fights and violence in early modern China, folklore in Assamese film, and fish-shaped streamers and festivals in Japan. Estimated publication Dec. 2024.
All open access.
All open access.
Asian Ethnology
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Volume 83/1. Special issue - "Rethinking Regions: Locality and Circulation in South Asia" Open access.
Volume 83/2, featuring articles on Japanese Buddhist families, rock fights in early modern Canton, ritual whips in contemporary Taiwan, and others coming soon.
asianethnology.org/volume/83-1
Volume 83/2, featuring articles on Japanese Buddhist families, rock fights in early modern Canton, ritual whips in contemporary Taiwan, and others coming soon.
asianethnology.org/volume/83-1