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History

The journal came into existence in 1993 as an expansion of ''South Asia Bulletin'' journal which was established in 1981. In 1993 and 1994, the issues of ''South Asia Bulletin'' were published with the sub-title ''Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East''. In 1995, ''South Asia Bulletin'' was merged with the journal.

Editors-in-chief

*Marwa Elshakry and Steven Pierce (2021–present) *Marwa Elshakry, Steven Pierce and Anupama Rao (2020–2021) *Anupama Rao and Marwa Elshakry (2019–2020) *

Timothy Mitchell Timothy P. Mitchell is a British-born political theorist and student of the Arab world. He is a professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Columbia University. He was previously Professor of Politics at New York University.New Columbia Hire Backed Ac ...

and Anupama Rao (2014–2018) *

Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi (; born 1957) is an Iranian-born Canadian scholar, editor, author, professor, and program director. He is a professor of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, and he serves as the Director of Elahé Omidyar Mir ...

(2001–2012) *Sucheta Mazumdar and Vasant Kaiwar (founding editors)

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