The Asian Studies department of the School of Foreign Service launched the Georgetown Asian Affairs Journal, a new quarterly scholarly journal, on Jan. 22.
According to Director of Asian Studies Victor Cha, the journal is aimed at providing students an outlet to publish their research related to Asia, much of which currently goes to other universities’ journals.
“About 15-20% of the senior theses in Asian Studies certificate program each year end up being published in journals like Asian Survey (Berkeley), Columbia Journal of Politics and Society, and Cornell Journal of International Affairs,” Cha wrote in an email to the Voice.
According to Cha, the journal, which will be the first that focuses on Asian regional studies for Georgetown, will publish student research from across the nation as well as articles and op-eds written by scholars and professionals in the field. A faculty board will supervise the journal, but the Asian Studies department and Georgetown students, including staff of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, will primarily produce the journal.
“GJIA’s current platforms do not offer an appropriate venue to sate this demand [for places to publish student research] … [so] we are attempting to rectify this deficiency through our work on projects like the Georgetown Asian Affairs Journal,” wrote William Handel (SFS ‘14), executive director of GJIA, in an email to the Voice. According to Handel, GJIA will bring technical support through its experience in editing and publishing and its connections with indexers and distributors.
The journal will accept submissions from Georgetown students and faculty and from other universities and professionals in the field. The deadline for submissions for the inaugural issue is Feb. 28.
