Call for Papers:

The editors of Critical Asian Studies welcome contributions from scholars and activists in the following categories:

Articles: (5,000 to 10,000 words, with illustrations). Recent titles include: ¨ Engineering the Philippine Uplands ¨ Diffusing Democracy? People Power in Indonesia and the Philippines ¨ Kashmir: A Dangerous Flashpoint in South Asia ¨ Islamic Students in the Indonesian Student Movement, 1998-1999: Forces for Moderation ¨ Dalit Christians and Identity Politics in India ¨ The Cause of the Acute Food Crisis in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ¨ The Japanese Movement to “Correct” History.

Debates: (3,000 to 5,000 words). Topics of debates in recent issues include: ¨ Development Theory and Practice in Kerala, India ¨ The “Faces” of Capitalism in Asia ¨ Sex and Gender in China ¨ Big Dams in India.

Review Essays: (2,000 to 4,000 words). Titles of recently published essays include: ¨ Statism and Asian Political Economy ¨ Trotskyism in China ¨ Gender and Ethnicity: Interventions in China Studies ¨ Political Culture and Democratic Change in Southeast Asia ¨ Nukes as a Way of Life? Contextualizing the Nuclear Madness in South Asia.

Critical Asian Studies also features reviews of single books and films, photo essays, notes from the field, research notes, interviews, and translations of literary or other works that are of social, political, economic, ideological, or historical significance.