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From Vol 49, Number 1 (Spring 2026 issue): Archiving Femicide: The Company State and Ritual Burnings of Hindu Widows in Early Colonial India by Tanika Sarkar (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Read the open access research article here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

@JsamesVU @samer_abboud @dinabaslan consider submitting your paper on #SouthAsia and the middle east jsames.scholasticahq.com open access if you are in the global South

“Ashfaq’s cover art is an artistic expression of the artist’s fear of sexual violence in her native city of Karachi & represents a broader critique of murderous violence against women in Pakistan & the global struggle for gender justice in South Asia, the Middle East, & beyond.”

In issue 1, scholars from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan & Palestine seek to frame our understanding of the concept of femicide in social, legal and historical terms as @ElizabethKolsky explains. Read her introduction here: bit.ly/4mLUSP9

The Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (JSAMES) relaunches with a new vision and editorial team. We welcome manuscript submissions that align with our interdisciplinary approach and research interests. For more, visit our Scholastica page: jsames.scholasticahq.com/for-authors

Submit your proposal on the theme of political & socio-economic transformations in South & Central Asia to participate in our development writing workshop in Lahore, in collab with @LifeAtLUMS: bit.ly/JSAMESCFP (@AASAsianStudies conference attendees encouraged to apply)

Visit JSAMES website to learn about open calls for submissions to our recently relaunched, peer reviewed journal, published by @PennPress: bit.ly/jsames-opencal…