Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East is a triannual peer-reviewed[1] academic journal covering Comparative Studies on Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.[2] It provides a "critical and comparative analyses of the histories, cultural productions, social and gender relations, politics, and economies" of these regions.[3] It is published by the Duke University Press,[4] and since 2012, edited at Columbia University.[5]
The journal came into existence in 1993 as an expansion of South Asia Bulletin journal which was established in 1981.[9] In 1993 and 1994, the issues of South Asia Bulletin were published with the sub-title Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.[10] In 1995, South Asia Bulletin was merged with the journal.[2][11]
Editors-in-chief
Marwa Elshakry and Steven Pierce (2021–present)[12][13]
Marwa Elshakry, Steven Pierce and Anupama Rao (2020–2021)[14]
^ abHartmann, Jürgen; Sanders, Luise (2013). "Zeitschriften: Politische Systeme – Interdisziplinäre Zeitschriften über Länder und Regionen – Regionen im Vergleich" [Journals: Political Systems – Interdisciplinary Journals on Countries and Regions – Regions in Comparison]. Literaturkompass Politikwissenschaft: Einführung in die politikwissenschaftliche Literatur [Literature Compass Political Science: Introduction to Political Science Literature] (in German) (illustrated ed.). Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer. ISBN978-3658001636. OCLC857645361. p. 191: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East; 1996 ff., Hrsg. Illinois State University, Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Früherer Titel: South Asia Bulletin (1981–1995). [..] Diese Zeitschrift, die seit 1995 mit dem ehemaligen Südasien Bulletin fusioniert ist, publiziert vergleichende Studien aus einem kulturwissenschaftlichen Blickwinkel und berücksichtigt die lokale Geschichte. [Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East; 1996 ff., Hrsg. Illinois State University, Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Former Title: South Asia Bulletin (1981–1995). [..] This journal, which merged with the former South Asian Bulletin in 1995, publishes comparative studies from a cultural perspective and takes account of the local history.]
^Alering, Alisa; Almand, Nancy; Homo, Kira; Jones, Christina (2003). Journals – Globalization Journals and Special Issues(PDF). Bloomington, Indiana, USA: Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University. pp. 79–98. Retrieved 14 May 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ ab"Persian and Iranian Studies in Honor of Heshmat Moayyad". Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago. Chicago, USA. Retrieved 14 May 2021. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi is Professor of Historical Studies, History, and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto. He was the founding Chair of the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto-Mississauga (2004-07), and has served as President of the International Society for Iranian Studies (2008-10). In addition to serving as Editor-in-Chief of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2001-2012), a Duke University Press journal, he was the Editor of Iran Nameh (2011-2015).
^Kaiwar, Vasant (2007). Malik, Hafeez; Ellis, Kail C.; Ramazani, Rouhollah K. (eds.). "Philosophy and Politics in the Hind Swaraj of Mohandas Gandhi". Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. 31 (1). Pennsylvania, USA: Pakistan American Foundation. Editors' Footnote. p. 50: Vasant Kaiwar teaches modern South Asian and world history at Duke University. In 1981, he co-founded and co-edited, with Sucheta Mazumdar, the journal South Asia Bulletin, expanded in 1993 to Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, which he continued to edit until 2002.
