A long history, responsive to change
The Society has published a printed serial publication since the 1820s. Publication continued uninterrupted throughout the two World Wars of the 20th Century. The present form of the journal is known as the JRAS Third Series; it is published in conjunction with Cambridge University Press and was begun in 1990. In 2001 the Journal went on-line although we continued, and continue, to produce a paper edition. In 2007 it expanded from 3 issues per year to 4 issues per year.
Content
The Journal consists of articles which detail original and previously unpublished research, as well as book reviews of newly published titles. The opinions of two peer referees are sought before an article is accepted and unsolicited reviews are not published. The autumn issue contains details of the Society's AGM, its Councils Report and Accounts. From time to time obituaries of outstanding scholars are published.
Current issue
Volume 20 Part 3 July 2010 contains the following:
Literary Approaches to Medieval and Early Modern Arabic Biography: Julia Bray.
The Manichaean Turkish Texts of the Stein Collection at the British Library: Peter Zieme.
The First Flight Above Egypt: The Great Week of Aviation at Heliopolis, 1910: Gary Leiser.
A Zazaki Alevi Treatise from Diyarbekir: Mustafa Dehqan.
Doctrinal Dispute with Interdenominational Missions: The Shanghai Tract Committee in the 1840s: John T. P. Lai.
Cold Food, Fire and Ancestral Production: Mid-Spring Celebrations in Central China: Göran Aijmer.Buddhism and Insurrection in Burma, 1886-1890: Jordan Carlyle Winfield.
Volume 20 Part 2 contains the following:
Patriarch Timothy I and the Metropolitan of the Turks: Mark Dickens.
Jurisdictional Politics in Canton and the First English Translation of the Qing Penal Code (1810): S. P. Ong
Laissez-faire or Active Intervention? The Nature of the British and Foreign Bible Society's Patronage of the Translation of the Chinese Union Versions: George Kam Wah Mak.
The Buddha's 'skill in means' and the genesis of the five aggregate teaching: Alexander Wynne.
January 2010
Volume 20 Part 1 contains the following:
Editorial Introduction: Romanisation in Comparative Perspective: Ilker Ayturk.
The Literati and the Letters: A Few Words on the Turkish Alphabet Reform: Laurent Mignon.
Alphabet Reform in the Six Independent ex-Soviet Muslim Republics: Jacob M. Landau.
Politics of Romanisation in Azerbaijan (1921-1992): Ayca Ergun.
Romanisation in Uzbekistan Past and Present: Mehmet Uzman.
Romanisation of Bengali and Other Indian Scripts: Dennis Kurzon.
The Romaji movement in Japan: Nanette Gottlieb.
Postscript from the JRAS Editor: Sarah Ansari.
October 2009
Volume 19 Part 4 contains the following:
Yemen, Aden and Ethiopia:Jewish Emigration and Italian Colonialism: Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman.
The Decline and Fall of the Mongol Empire: David Morgan.
The Oeconomy of Human Life: An 'Ancient Bramin' In Eighteenth-Century Tibet: John Bray.
Religious Origin of the Terms Dao and De and Their Siginification in the Laozi: Jinhua Jia.
The Tributary System in China's Historical Imagination: China and Hunza, ca. 1760-1960: Hsiao-Ting Lin.
July 2009
Volume 19 Part 3 contains the following:
'A Sublime Treasure of Pretious Manuscripts': the Schultens's legacy in the Leiden University Library and the elusive purchase of 1806: Arnoud Vrolijk.
Jahangir as Francis Bacon's Ideal of the King as an Observer and Investigator of Nature: Ebba Koch.
Crisis of Authority: Crisis of Islam?: Francis Robinson.
Mongol Siege Warfare on the banks of the Euphrates and the Question of Gunpowder (1260-1312): Kate Raphael.
A comparison of the Pali and Chinese versions of the Brahmana Samyutta, a collection of early Buddhist discourses on the priestly Brahmanas: Choong Mun-Keat.
Obituary: Saroj Nalini Arambam Parratt (1933-2008): John Parratt.
April 2009
Volume 19 Part 2 contains the following:
Khan al-Zahir - bi-Zahir al-Quds!: Katia Cytryn-Silverman.
The Emperor Jahangir and the Pursuit of Pleasure: Lisa Balabanlilar.
Why Sarus Cranes epitomize Karunarasa in the Ramayana: Niels Hammer.
'Insolence and pride': problems with the representation of the South-East Asian Portuguese communities in Alexander Hamilton's 'A New Account of the East Indies' (1727): Stefan Halikowski-Smith.
How to submit to the Journal
Scholars and researchers who wish to have their work considered should submit a draft in double spacing by email attachment in Word to Charlotte de Blois All non-European alphabets and special characters should be rendered in Arial Unicode MS. Hardcopy should also be sent to Charlotte de Blois, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD; hardcopy is particularly important when diacritics are used. The editorial team is committed to appraising submissions as quickly as possible.