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| Journal of Middle East Studies | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Middle East Studies |
| Discipline | Middle Eastern studies |
| Abbreviation | JMES |
Journal of Middle East Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to scholarship on the peoples, polities, societies, cultures, and histories of the Middle East. It publishes original research, review essays, and book reviews engaging topics across the region from antiquity to the contemporary era, intersecting with fields and institutions such as Harvard University, University of Oxford, American University of Beirut, Princeton University, and University of Chicago. The journal attracts submissions by scholars affiliated with centers like the Middle East Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brookings Institution, and museums such as the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Established in the late 20th century amid expansions in area studies influenced by institutions including Columbia University, Yale University, Stanford University, and funding bodies such as the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, the journal emerged alongside peer publications like International Journal of Middle East Studies, Middle East Journal, Middle Eastern Studies (journal), and Die Welt des Islams. Its editorial evolution reflects debates tied to events such as the Suez Crisis, the Iranian Revolution, the Gulf War (1990–1991), the Arab Spring, and the Syrian Civil War, while contributors have included scholars trained at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and İstanbul University. Institutional affiliations and editorial boards have shifted across universities and learned societies including the American Oriental Society, Royal Asiatic Society, British Academy, and the American Historical Association.
The journal covers history and historiography from the Achaemenid Empire and Umayyad Caliphate through the Ottoman Empire, Safavid dynasty, Mamluk Sultanate, and modern states such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. It publishes research on social and cultural life connected to figures like Saladin, Suleiman the Magnificent, Atatürk, Reza Shah Pahlavi, and Gamal Abdel Nasser; on movements such as Pan-Arabism, Islamism, Zionism, and Kemalism; and on events including the Treaty of Sèvres, Sykes–Picot Agreement, Balfour Declaration, and Camp David Accords. Interdisciplinary work links to archaeology from digs at Tell Brak and Çatalhöyük, literary studies engaging Naguib Mahfouz and Tayeb Salih, legal history involving the Ottoman Tanzimat reforms and Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1930), and economic histories tied to British East India Company legacies and OPEC politics.
Managed by an editorial board drawn from universities such as University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, New York University, University of Edinburgh, and University of Toronto, the journal uses a double-blind peer review model common in journals like Comparative Studies in Society and History and Past & Present. Editors coordinate with section editors for fields including Islamic studies, Byzantium, modern history, archaeology, and cultural studies, and rely on reviewers based at institutions such as University of Pennsylvania, Heidelberg University, Leiden University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Ain Shams University. Ethical and conflict-of-interest protocols reflect standards endorsed by organizations like the Committee on Publication Ethics and scholarly associations such as the Middle East Studies Association.
Published on a regular schedule by academic presses and societies affiliated with centers such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, or university presses, the journal is available in print and online alongside comparable outlets like Journal of Near Eastern Studies and Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Subscriptions and institutional access are managed through library consortia including JSTOR, Project MUSE, and university library systems at Library of Congress, British Library, and national libraries across France, Germany, Japan, and Canada. The journal participates in contemporary debates on open access, embargo policies tied to funders such as the Wellcome Trust, and archiving with repositories like PORTICO.
The journal is indexed in bibliographic services and citation databases used by scholars at Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and JSTOR, and appears in regional and thematic bibliographies curated by institutions such as the British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Library of Congress. Abstracting services used by researchers working on topics related to the Levant, Maghreb, Mesopotamia, and Horn of Africa include specialized indexes maintained by area centers at SOAS, American University of Cairo, and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
The journal’s influence is visible in syllabi at universities like Harvard, Princeton, SOAS, and American University of Beirut, citations in monographs published by presses including Cambridge University Press and Princeton University Press, and reviews in venues such as Times Literary Supplement and The New York Review of Books. Its articles contribute to policy discussions referenced by think tanks like Chatham House, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, RAND Corporation, and Atlantic Council, and they inform museum exhibitions at institutions such as the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Scholarly reception has engaged debates about methodology and regionalism alongside controversies linked to events such as the Iraq War and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The journal has published influential articles on subjects including nationalism and state formation tied to the Young Turks, analyses of sectarianism examining Alawites and Shi'a Islam, studies of colonial mandates referencing the Mandate for Palestine, and archival work drawing on materials from the Ottoman Archives, British National Archives, and French colonial archives. Special issues have focused on themes like diasporas and migration involving Palestinian diaspora and Lebanese migration to the Americas, oil politics related to OPEC and Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, urban studies centered on Cairo, Istanbul, and Tehran, and gender history concerning figures such as Huda Sha'arawi and Khalida Said.
Category:Middle Eastern studies journals