The flagship journal in the field of gender studies in the Middle East and North Africa, the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS) is the official journal of the Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS) and is published in three issues annually. Subscription to JMEWS includes membership in AMEWS.
JMEWS publishes area-specific research informed by transnational feminist, sexuality, masculinity, and queer theory and studies. JMEWS publishes anonymously reviewed academic articles that employ historical, ethnographic, literary, textual, and visual analyses and methodologies. The journal also publishes book and film reviews, review essays, and dissertation abstracts that highlight theoretical innovation in gender and sexuality studies focused on the Middle East. The Third Space section features shorter editor-reviewed or curated pieces. JMEWS received the 2015 CELJ Award for Best Journal Design.
JMEWS editors are committed to formative and efficient expert review. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be in English and run 7,500–10,000 words, including endnotes and references.
They must be based on original research in the humanities or interpretive social sciences and the careful analysis of primary and secondary source materials. Submission of an article implies that it has not been previously published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Please see our full submission guidelines
JMEWS publishes book and film reviews and review essays (focused on art exhibits, panels of significance, films, two or more scholarly books, fiction, or state of the field) that highlight theoretical innovation in region-focused gender and sexuality studies. JMEWS does not publish unsolicited reviews. For more information, please contact JMEWS’s Reviews Editor Sertaç Sehlikoglu.
The Third Space section offers a forum for 500- to 2,000-word artistic, intellectual, and activist interventions relevant to the field. For more information, please contact Third Space Editors, Lucia Sorbera and Tamar Shirinian.
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