Northeast African Studies

Editors

General Editor —Jonathan Miran, Western Washington University
Book Review Editor — Matteo Salvadore, American University of Sharjah

Editorial Board

Belete Bizuneh, Addis Ababa University
Lee V. Cassanelli, University of Pennsylvania
James De Lorenzi, CUNY John Jay College
Elizabeth Wolde Giorgis, Addis Ababa University
Gebru Tareke, Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Alessandro Gori, University of Copenhagen
Ali Moussa Iye, UNESCO
Meron Zeleke Eresso, Addis Ababa University
Heather J. Sharkey, University of Pennsylvania
Ahmad Sikainga, Ohio State University
Jay Spaulding, Kean University
Irma Taddia, Università degli Studi di Bologna
Uoldelul Chelati Dirar, Università degli Studi di Macerata

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FOLLOW ABOVE LINK FOR DETAILED SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS.

This distinguished journal seeks to publish scholarly articles on all aspects of Northeast African studies, including but not limited to works in the social sciences and humanities. We particularly welcome contributions that rethink established debates and paradigms in the field, that address issues with comparative implications for scholars working in other parts of the world, or that draw upon new or underutilized source materials and disciplinary methodologies.

We consider Northeast Africa to include the Nile Valley, the Red Sea, and the lands adjacent to both, and so invite articles on patterns and processes that characterize the region as a whole. We hope to make Northeast African Studies a “must-read” journal not only for other area specialists but also for those engaged in comparative and transnational studies.

We will actively encourage submissions from Africa-based researchers, as well as papers based on collaborative research by African and overseas scholars.

For a detailed guide to NEAS style, please see the in-depth NEAS Style Guidelines.

For a detailed guide to the journal’s standards for book reviews, please consult NEAS Book Review Guidelines.

Articles accepted for publication cannot go to print without agreeing to the terms of the NEAS publishing agreement.

Images & Derivative Materials

It is the author/researcher’s obligation and responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright and/or other use restrictions prior to submitting materials to MSU Press for publication. Citations, permissions, and captions are required upon submission for all images. Use the NEAS Permission Request Letter to obtain permission from the rightsholder—we cannot publish such materials until written clearance is obtained.  Electronic files are accepted; all images must be minimum 300 dpi at planned publication size.

CALL FOR PAPERS and for SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSALS (PDF download)

Northeast African Studies (NEAS) is a biannual interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research in the social sciences and the humanities on the Horn of Africa and its neighbors. The region covers primarily Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia/Somaliland. We welcome submissions from a range of academic disciplines including history, anthropology, political science, sociology, religion, literature and the arts. NEAS editors seek contributions that rethink established debates and paradigms in the field, that address issues with comparative implications for scholars working in other parts of the world, or that draw on new source materials and disciplinary methodologies. We are highly interested in studies adopting transnational, transregional and comparative perspectives as well as a regional approach to Northeast Africa that transcends the conventional borders of individual countries. Studies that explore the region’s broader interactions with the Red Sea and Indian Ocean areas, the adjacent Arabian Peninsula, relevant Trans-Saharan connections, or that converse with global history approaches are particularly welcome.

At this time we are inviting . . .

1.  Submission of article-length manuscripts accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 150 words.
2. Proposals for special issues on specific themes. Prospective Guest-Editors should directly contact the Editor.

POSSIBLE ISSUE THEMES INCLUDE, BUT ARE IN NO WAY LIMITED TO :

• Women, gender, history, and politics in Northeast Africa
• Connected histories of Northeast Africa and South Asia
• Pilgrimage and Northeast Africa/Red Sea area: local, regional, global (Mecca, Jerusalem, local sites)
• The Ottoman Empire and Northeast Africa/the Red Sea area
• New sources for the study of Islam and Muslims in the Horn of Africa
• Commodity chains and translocal histories (coffee, textiles, marine products)
• The Red Sea region as a source of ‘religious commodities’: frankincense, mother-of-pearl, coffee
• New visual cultures in Northeast Africa
• Intellectual networks, scholarly traditions, knowledge production and transmission
• Cartographic Northeast Africa: maps, spaces, histories, politics
• Slavery and the slave trades in Northeast Africa/the Red Sea area
• Diasporic communities in Northeast Africa (South Asians, Arabs, Jews, Armenians, Greeks)
• Entangled histories of Northeast Africa and Yemen
• Piracy, smuggling, contraband and other illicit mobilities/circulations

For SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS visit the Northeast African Studies website

EDITOR

Jonathan Miran |  Jonathan.Miran@wwu.edu

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

Matteo Salvadore | msalvadore@aus.edu