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<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"><STRONG>CALL FOR
PAPERS<BR><BR>The Shingetsu Electronic Journal of Japanese-Islamic
Relations</STRONG><BR><BR>Overview<BR><BR>The Shingetsu Institute announces the
launch of a new academic journal the Shingetsu Electronic Journal of
Japanese-Islamic Relations (SEJJIR) which will focus on Japanese-Muslim
relations and related topics. Japan's relations with the Islamic world are an
exciting field of study that will help enrich understanding of Japan's
historical, political, economic, and cultural role in the world. The topic also
merits special attention in view of the increasing Japanese involvement in
regions of the world with predominantly Muslim populations. The field remains
understudied. The subject of Japanese-Muslim relations also encompasses
transnational and international history. It enables us to understand aspects of
Japanese society, politics, and culture from a different angle.
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<DIV align=justify><BR>SEJJIR welcomes papers on past and present relations
between Japan and the Muslim world. Suggested main themes are:<BR><BR>1. Papers
on contemporary issues in politics, economics, investment, trade, finance,
social and cultural affairs; including Japanese interest and involvement in Iraq
and Afghanistan as two crisis areas. We also include sociological studies of
present-day Japanese and Muslim images of each other, and identity formation.
<BR><BR>2. Papers on historical subjects, especially the modern period, although
earlier periods are not excluded. At present, even the formal diplomatic
relations of Muslim countries with Japan have not been studied in great depth
compared to Japan's relations with the Western countries. Intellectual,
cultural, economic relations also promise to yield an uncharted view of Japanese
modern history, and that of modern Muslim societies as
well.<BR><BR>Content<BR><BR>Scholarly papers on any of these suggested topics
and beyond are quite welcome. Manuscripts should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief,
Selcuk Esenbel (</FONT><A href="mailto:esenbel@boun.edu.tr"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">esenbel@boun.edu.tr</FONT></A><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">), after which they will be reviewed for quality and
suitability. Papers of any length are welcome so long as they meet scholarly
standards of quality. <BR><BR>The language of SEJJIR is English, but we
encourage non-native speakers of English to make proposals even if their English
abilities are not complete. One of the purposes of this journal is to make
available in smooth and readable English scholarship that currently exists only
in other languages. In some cases, it is possible to submit articles to SEJJIR
which are written in Japanese, and we ourselves will take responsibility for the
English translation work, with the authors' approval.<BR><BR>We are currently
planning to post the journal biannually (March and September) at the Shingetsu
Institute website. All papers will be available <BR>on PDF files to ensure
proper formatting. The first volume is scheduled for release in March
2007.<BR><BR><BR>Deadlines for Volume One<BR><BR>September 30, 2006 -- Deadline
for one-page proposals<BR>December 31, 2006 -- Deadline for completed
manuscripts<BR><BR><BR>Editorial Board<BR><BR>Editor-in-Chief:<BR><BR>Selcuk
Esenbel, Bogazici University<BR><BR>Editors:<BR><BR>Christopher Len, Uppsala
University<BR>Michael Penn, Shingetsu Institute<BR>John Edward Philips, Hirosaki
University<BR>Keiko Sakai, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies<BR>Keiko T.
Tamura, The University of Kitakyushu<BR>Shintaro Yoshimura, Hiroshima
University<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>