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. It is the publisher of scholarly books on

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and East Asia in fields such as History, Martial Arts, Arts and Literature. In April 2010 it was acquired by Brill publishers of Leiden, The Netherlands.

''Inner Asia'' Journal

In 2005, Global Oriental formally took over publication of ''Inner Asia'', the journal of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit (MIASU) at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. MIASU was founded in 1986 as a group within the Department of Social Anthropology to promote research and teaching relating to Mongolia and Inner Asia on an inter-disciplinary basis. The unit aims to promote and encourage study of this important region and to provide training and support for research to all those concerned with its understanding. MIASU is currently one of the very few research-oriented forums in the world in which scholars can address the contemporary and historical problems of the region. The unit is also concerned with how "Inner Asia" as an object of study is being reconfigured, from the late-nineteenth century discourse of orientalism to contemporary critical studies of economic and cultural transformation. ''Inner Asia'' is published twice yearly and edited by the MIASU's principal scholars,

Caroline Humphrey Caroline Humphrey, Baroness Rees of Ludlow, (''née'' Waddington; born 1 September 1943) is a British anthropologist and academic. Biography Humphrey's father was the biologist Conrad H. Waddington. Her mother was her father's second wife, ar ...

, David Sneath and Uradyn E. Bulag.

Specialized subjects

* ''Inner Asia'' Journal * Anthropology * Arts * China - General Reference * Comparative & Cross Cultural Studies * Education * Environment * Gender Studies * Geography * Health * History * Inner Asia * Korea – General Reference * Lafcadio Hearn Studies * Languages of Asia * Literature * Martial Arts * Media & Cultural Studies * Memoir & Biography * Military History * Mongolia * Philosophy * Politics & Economics * Psychology * Rediscovering Series * Religion * Science & Technology * Sociology * Transport * Travel * 20th Century Japanese Writers Series

References

External links

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