SEJJIR Submissions

 

SEJJIR welcomes papers on past and present relations between Japan and the Islamic 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, Afghanistan, and Sudan as 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.

Scholarly papers on any of these suggested topics and beyond are quite welcome. Proposals and Manuscripts should be sent to the main e-mail address of the Shingetsu Institute (shingetsu_institute@hotmail.com), 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.

Deadlines

We are currently working on Volume Five of SEJJIR, which is scheduled to be posted in March 2009. The following deadlines apply to those who wish to contribute their research to Volume Five:

September 30, 2008 -- Deadline for One-Page Proposals
December 31, 2008 -- Deadline for Completed Manuscripts

Style Guide

The best guidance that we can offer is to print out an earlier research paper carried in SEJJIR and to follow the examples of style found therein. We are not currently considering any major stylistic changes for our next volume.