South Asia Research
South Asia Studies
South Asia Research is an international, multidisciplinary forum which covers the history, politics, law, economics, sociology, visual culture, languages and literature of all countries in South Asia. We publish both work of a more theoretical nature as well as detailed empirical studies by emerging and established scholars from around the world.
Founded in 1980 by young activist researchers at SOAS, University of London, the Journal now attracts a huge number of submissions and follows a rigorous double blind peer review process. Over the years, the editorial team has sought to maintain the Journal’s original focus on promoting the work of young scholars, the next generation of South Asia Area Studies specialists, now a global community with a strong diasporic presence. In the context of decolonisation and the decentring of knowledge, South Asia Research has recognised the need for promoting New Area Studies as a truly interdisciplinary arena not constrained by national boundaries. The Journal has consistently committed itself to empowering the (g)local rather than privileging global neo-colonial forces. Over the years, it has also cultivated new clusters of regional expertise and specific, newly intersecting forms of interdisciplinary scholarship. Consequently, detailed empirical studies have gained prominence, and the Journal increasingly features complex issues of socio-economic and political relevance. Activist engagement with often deeply contested new themes in the study of contemporary South Asia also motivates our collective education-centric efforts to find a viable balance between Social Sciences and Arts subjects.
The Journal constantly updates its operating procedures and has built an expansive profile, growing from two issues per year to three parts, with more pages and a lively Book Reviews section. Run by a truly interdisciplinary team of Editors and Assistant Editors, it is supported by an Editorial Committee and an International Advisory Board.
Electronic Access:
South Asia Research is available electronically on SAGE Journals Online at http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sar
Submit your manuscripts to the Deputy Editor in charge of submissions, Dr. Anubhav Pradhan, at submissions_sar@iitbhilai.ac.in.
South Asia Research is a peer-reviewed international, multidisciplinary forum which covers the history, politics, law, economics, sociology, visual culture, languages and literature of the countries in South Asia. It includes works of theory, review and synthesis as well as detailed empirical studies by both research students and established scholars from around the world.
| Werner Menski | South Asia Institute, SOAS, London, UK |
| D Parthasarathy | Nayanta School of Public Policy, Hyderabad, India |
| Diotima Chattoraj | Migration and Health Studies, James Cook University, Singapore |
| Md. Sadequle Islam | Bangladesh Studies, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| Kalindi Kokal (Reviews Editor) | Law & Society. Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune, India |
| Gaurav J Pathania | Sociology, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA |
| Anubhav Pradhan | Liberal Arts, IIT Bhilai, Raipur, India |
| Anirudh Tagat | Economics, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India |
| Zahoor A Wani | Political Science/Afghanistan, LPU, Phagwara, India |
| Muneeb Yousuf | International Relations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India |
| Neha Adsul | Health Policy, George Institute for Global Health, Mumbai, India |
| Ambika Aiyadurai | Anthropology/Wildlife Studies, IITGN, Gandhinagar, India |
| Nafay Choudhury | Law, Socio-Legal Studies Centre, Oxford University, Oxford, UK |
| Goutam Karmakar | Literature and Culture, NIT Durgapur, Durgapur, India |
| Manav Khaire | Housing Policy Studies, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India |
| Muhammad Asim Khan | Applied Linguistics, NED University, Karachi, Pakistan |
| Vineeth Mathoor | History, Changanacherry, Kerala, India |
| Haripriya Narasimhan | Liberal Arts, Anthropology, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India |
| Saidalavi P C | Sociology, Shiv Nadar University (IoE), Delhi, India |
| Arshid Hussain Peer | Economics/Management, Bennett University, Noida, India |
| Niranjana Prasad | Cambridge Econometrics, Brussels, Belgium |
| Lloyd Price | Modern South Asian History, Independent Scholar, Geoje-Si, South Korea |
| Shubha Ranganathan | Medical Anthropology, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India |
| Amit Ranjan | International Relations/Pakistan Studies, NUS, Singapore |
| Serena C Rattu | Public History, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK |
| Rajnish Saryal | Political Science, Panjab University RC Ludhiana, Chandigarh, India |
| Annapurna Sinha | Communication, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Arun Som | Sociology of Law, Independent Scholar, Muzaffarnagar, India |
| Federica Sona | Law/Minorities in the West, Max-Planck-Institute, Halle, Germany |
| Soni Wadhwa | Liberal Arts, SRM University, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Qaiser Abbas | Energy Economics/Development, Ghazi University, DG Khan, Pakistan |
| Santhosh Abraham | Humanities/Social Sciences, IIT Madras, Chennai, India |
| Chudamani Basnet | Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India |
| Uttam Deb | Agricultural Economics, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR, USA |
| Ayan Guha | School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK |
| Eswarappa Kasi | Tribal Studies, IGNTU, Amarkantak, MP, India |
| Prashant Kidambi | History, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK |
| Nida Kirmani | Urban Studies, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Shashikantha Koudur | Humanities/Social Sciences, NITK Surathkal, Karnataka, India |
| Hawon Ku | South Asian Art History, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea |
| Rama K.R. Kummitha | Entrepreneurship, Essex University, Southend, UK |
| Abhijit Mazumdar | Media Studies, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK, USA |
| Shobna Nijhawan | Languages and Literatures, York University, Toronto, Canada |
| Avinash Paliwal | International Relations, South Asia Institute, SOAS, London, UK |
| Iromi Perera | Urban Studies, Colombo Urban Lab, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Saba Pirzadeh | Environmental Humanities, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Praveen Rai | Electoral Politics, CSDS, Delhi, India |
| Shilpi Rajpal | Social History of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Devapriya Sanyal | Department of English, St Joseph’s University, Bangalore |
| Annika Schmeding | Anthropology of Religion, NIOD Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Kanika Sharma | Law and Gender, SOAS, London, UK |
| Gopika Solanki | Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada |
| Pradip Swarnakar | Environmental Sociology, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India |
| Bina Agarwal | Development Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| Waheeda Amien | Law, Religion and Gender, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Domenico Amirante | Law, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy |
| Padma Anagol | History, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK |
| Raziuddin Aquil | History, University of Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Fardaus Ara | Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
| Ishita Banerjee-Dube | History, El Colegio de México, Mexico |
| Rohit De | History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| Faisal Devji | History, St Antony’s, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK |
| K J Gardner | Anthropology/Bangladesh, LSE, London, UK |
| Charu Gupta | Medieval and Early Modern History, University of Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Farhat Hasan | Medieval and Early Modern History, University of Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Livia Holden | Legal Anthropology, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France |
| Ridwanul Hoque | Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Hiroko Ito | Global Ethics, National Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Japan |
| Ashutosh Kumar | Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India |
| Chris Ogden | Global Studies, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Ashok Pankaj | Development Studies, Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India |
| Susmita Roye | English/Foreign Languages, Delaware State University, Dover, USA |
| Tanika Sarkar | School of Social Sciences, JNU, Delhi, India |
| Sudha Shastri | Literary Studies, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India |
| Gauri Viswanathan | Comparative Literature, University of Columbia, New York, USA |
| Jeanne S Zaino | Political Science, Iona University, New Rochelle, NY, USA |
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