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PUBL.- Papers on Inner Asia Series, RIFIAS, Indiana University

The Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (RIFIAS) at Indiana
University invites contributions to the series PAPERS ON INNER ASIA.

The series PAPERS ON INNER ASIA consists of scholarly papers of variable

size (from 25 to 110 pages), each published and bound separately.  Inner

Asia is defined as the region that includes Islamic Central Asia (the
areas
sometimes called Western, Eastern, and Afghan Turkestan), Mongolia,
Manchuria, and Tibet.  The papers can deal with various topics related
to
this vast region: history, philology, linguistics, anthropology,
archaeology, contemporary problems, and so on.  Works on certain
subjects
that transcend the boundaries of Inner Asia in its strict sense, but are

relevant for the study of its languages, history, and culture, are also
included, for instance, the ancient and medieval history, etc. of the
peoples of the East European steppes.

The series is divided into the following subseries:

1) General
2) Ancient Inner Asia
3) Central Asia
4) Mongolia, Manchuria, and Tibet
5) Altaic Linguistics.

The series PAPERS ON INNER ASIA is designed to ensure prompt publication
of
scholarly papers and to facilitate the publication of longer papers,
which
are large enough not to be accepted by most scholarly journals. The
language
of the paper can be English, French, or German.  As a rule, no stylistic

editing is done, with possible exceptions for papers written in a
language
other than the author's native tongue. After the manuscript submitted
for
publication is reviewed (by outside reviewers or by consulting editors),
it
is returned to the author whose responsibility is to prepare a
camera-ready
copy of the text in accordance with technical requirements set up by the

Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, which undertakes to publish
the
paper within one month, after the receipt of the camera-ready copy.  The

size of the camera-ready copy can be from 25 to 110 pages (single
spaced).
Authors are entitled to 15 free copies of their papers.

The Research Institute began publishing this series in 1987, as of now
36
issues have appeared. During the last seven years the following papers
appeared in the series:

 * No. 28 Y. Bregel, Notes on the Study of Central Asia, 1994
 * No. 29 D. Wright, The Ambassadors Records: Eleventh-Century Reports
of
   Sung Embassies to the Liao, 1998
 * No. 30 C. Melville, The Fall of Amir Chupan and the Decline of the
   Ilkhanate, 1327-37: A decade of discord in Mongol Iran, 1999
 * No. 31 R. von Mende-Altayli, Die Beziehungen des Osmanischen Reiches
zu
   Kashghar und seinem Herrscher Ya'qub Beg, 1873-1877, 1999
 * No. 32 J. Michael Thurman, The "Command-Administrative System" in
Cotton
   Farming in Uzbekistan 1920's to Present, 1999
 * PAPERS ON INNER ASIA SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT [No. 1] Historical Maps of
   Central Asia  (11 maps from the 9th to the 19th Century) prepared by
Yuri
   Bregel, 2000
 * No. 33 D. Prior, Patron, Party, Patrimony: Notes on the cultural
history
   of the Kirghiz epic tradition, 2000
 * No. 34 Y. Bregel, The Administration of Bukhara under the Manghits
and
   some Tashkent Manuscripts, 2000
 * No. 35 V. Trepavlov, The Formation and Early History of the Manghit
Yurt,
   2001
 * No. 36 J. Krueger, Ancient Oirat Books about Oriental Medicine, 2001

The price of individual copies is $4.50 for papers up to 50 pages in
length
and $6.50 for papers of more than 50 pages plus postage charges
(determined
by weight, destination, and mail class specified. Within U.S. choose
Media
Mail, First Class, or Priority. Overseas specify Economy Letter Post or
Airmail Letter Post).  Prepayment is required.

All correspondence related to the PAPERS ON INNER ASIA SERIES (requests
for
the copies of the technical requirements, proposals of papers for
publication, submission of manuscripts, orders for single papers and
standing orders) should be addressed to:

The Editor, PAPERS ON INNER ASIA SERIES
Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies
Indiana University, Goodbody Hall 344
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7005
U.S.A.

E-mail: <bregel@indiana.edu> or <blgardne@indiana.edu>
Fax: (812) 855-7500