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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

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Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · 25d

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.

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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 @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

📚 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!

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

From this issue onward, Asian Ethnology is on Scholastica:
📖 PDF | 🌐 HTML | 🗂 XML
❌ No more print editions
🌏 Digital-first for wider access & sustainability

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

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. 🙏

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

🎉 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

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 @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

🎉 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

Vol. 84, Issue 1, 2025 | Published by Asian Ethnology

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Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

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. 🙏

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

👉 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!

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

With this issue, Asian Ethnology moves to @scholasticahq.

Articles now in PDF, HTML, XML

❌ No more print editions

Digital-first publishing for access & sustainability 🌏

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Aug 28

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. 🙏

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Nov 21

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.

Asian Ethnology @asianethnology.bsky.social · Nov 12

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.

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