The Journal of Asian Studies to be published by Cambridge

[Susan Soule <ssoule@cambridge.org>]

**With Apologies for Cross-Posting**

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

28 September 2006, Cambridge, England, UK & New York, USA

Cambridge University Press to publish The Journal of Asian 
Studies

Cambridge University Press Journals in association with the 
Association for Asian Studies is pleased to announce their 
partnership, beginning in 2007, to publish The Journal of Asian 
Studies.

The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in 
the field of Asian studies for over 65 years. JAS publishes the 
very best empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning 
the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural 
studies. Experts around the world turn to this quarterly journal 
for the latest in-depth scholarship on Asia's past and present, 
for its extensive book reviews, and for its state-of-the-field 
essays on established and emerging topics.

With coverage reaching from South and Southeast Asia to China, 
Inner Asia, and Northeast Asia, JAS welcomes broad comparative 
and transnational studies as well as essays emanating from 
fine-grained historical, cultural, political, or literary 
research and interpretation. The journal also publishes clusters 
of papers representing new and vibrant discussions on specific 
themes and issues.

Geoff Nuttall, Editorial Director at Cambridge University Press 
Journals, said; "We are delighted to partner with the Association 
for Asian Studies to publish this magnificent journal, the strong 
presence of which complements our distinguished list of journals 
in the field.  We look forward to developing the journal's online 
visibility, increasing usage and readership still further."

Ken George, Professor of Anthropology at the University of 
Wisconsin-Madison and Editor of The Journal of Asian Studies, 
sees the partnership as a wonderful opportunity to expand the 
intellectual reach and influence of the Association for Asian 
Studies and its flagship journal.  "Our partners at Cambridge 
will help us take advantage of the very latest print and digital 
technologies, and also give us the presence in Asia that the 
Association has long sought.  We look forward to attracting new 
members, new readers, and new authors, and to enriching the 
intellectual and collegial conversations between scholars of 
Asia."

With the move to publication by Cambridge, The Journal of Asian 
Studies will be hosted on Cambridge Journals Online (CJO). 
Full-text articles in Volume 66 will be available to subscribers. 
Back volumes currently available on JSTOR, from Volume 1 (1941) 
through Volume 62 (2003), will remain there, and the existing 
three-year moving wall will continue.  But, Cambridge will fill 
in the gap: Volumes 63-65 (2004-2006) will also be on CJO, and 
subscribers to the online version of the current volume will have 
access to those volumes as well.

For further information please go to:
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_JAS

Or contact:
ssoule@cambridge.org

About Cambridge University Press Journals

Cambridge University Press publishes over 200 peer-reviewed 
academic journals across a wide spread of subject areas, in print 
and online. Many of these journals are the leading academic 
publications in their fields and together they form one of the 
most valuable and comprehensive bodies of research available 
today.

About Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the publishing division of the 
University of Cambridge, one of the world?s leading research 
institutions and winner of 80 Nobel Prizes. Cambridge University 
Press is committed by its charter to disseminate knowledge as 
widely as possible across the globe. It publishes nearly 200 
journals and over 2,500 books a year for distribution in more 
than 200 countries.

About the Association for Asian Studies

The Association for Asian Studies is the largest society of its 
kind in the world.  This scholarly, non-political, non-profit 
professional association is open to all persons interested in 
Asia. It seeks through publications, meetings, and seminars to 
facilitate contact and an exchange of information among scholars 
to increase their understanding. It counts among its members 
scholars, business people, diplomats, journalists, and interested 
lay persons. Other links:

For Cambridge University Press please go to: http://www.cambridge.org
For The University of Cambridge please go to: http://www.cam.ac.uk
For the Association for Asian Studies please go to:
http://www.aasianst.org/

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Susan Soule
Journals Marketing Manager
Cambridge University Press, Americas
ssoule@cambridge.org