[Bilimsel Haber] CALL FOR PAPERS: The Shingetsu Electronic Journal of Japanese-Islamic Relations Volume 2 (September 2007)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: The Shingetsu Electronic Journal of Japanese-Islamic
Relations Volume 2 (September 2007)

Overview

The Shingetsu Electronic Journal of Japanese-Islamic Relations (SEJJIR)
focuses on Japanese-Muslim relations and related topics. Japan's
relations with the Islamic world is 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.

SEJJIR welcomes papers on past and present relations between Japan and
the Muslim world. Suggested main themes are:

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.

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.

Content

welcome. Manuscripts should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, Selcuk
Esenbel <esenbel at boun.edu.tr>, 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.

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.

The journal is posted biannually (March and September) at the Shingetsu
Institute website. All papers are available on PDF files to ensure
proper formatting. The first volume is scheduled for release in March
2007, and will include several exciting contributions from scholars
based in Japan, Singapore, and the United States.

Deadlines for Volume Two

March 31, 2007 -- Deadline for one-page proposals
June 30, 2007  -- Deadline for completed manuscripts


Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief:

Selcuk Esenbel, Bogazici University

Editors:

Christopher Len, Uppsala University
Michael Penn, Shingetsu Institute
John Edward Philips, Hirosaki University
Keiko Sakai, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Keiko T. Tamura, The University of Kitakyushu
Shintaro Yoshimura, Hiroshima University

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