''Middle Eastern Studies'' is a bimonthly

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Middle-Eastern studies Middle Eastern studies (sometimes referred to as Near Eastern studies) is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is gene ...

. It was established in 1964 by

Elie Kedourie Elie Kedourie (25 January 1926, Baghdad – 29 June 1992, Washington) was a British historian of the Middle East. He wrote from a liberal perspective, dissenting from many points of view taken as orthodox in the field. From 1953 to 1990, he t ...

, who served as

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from 1964–1992, and is published by

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. From 1992–2016, the journal was edited by Sylvia Kedourie. It is now co-edited by Saul Kelly and Helen Kedourie.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is

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in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 0.443.

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* {{Authority control Area studies journals Bimonthly journals Taylor & Francis academic journals Publications established in 1964 English-language journals