Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Editorial Office:
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Duke University Press
905 W. Main St., Suite 18B
Durham, NC 27707
dup_cssaame@duke.edu

Senior Editors:
Manan Ahmed, Columbia University
Rosie Bsheer, Harvard University
Steven Pierce, University of Manchester

Managing Editor:
Karen Dutoi, Duke University Press

Founding Editors:
Vasant Kaiwar, Duke University
Sucheta Mazumdar, Duke University

Contributing Editors:
Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University
Kamran Ali, University of Texas at Austin
Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Columbia University
Debjani Bhattacharyya, University of Zurich
Fred Cooper, New York University
James De Lorenzi, John Jay College, CUNY
Michael Gilsenan, New York University
Onur Günay, Princeton University
Mona Harb, American University in Beirut
Kajri Jain, University of Toronto
Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town
Julie Kleinman, Fordham University
Kai Kresse, Freie University of Berlin
Louisa Lombard, Yale University
Benedito Machava, Yale University
Wendell Marsh, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Ndubueze Mbah, University of Buffalo
Maya Mikdashi, Rutgers University
Alan Mikhail, Yale University
Lisa Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania
Durba Mitra, Harvard University
Basile Ndjio, University of Douala
Sonali Perera, Hunter College, CUNY
Christine Philliou, University of California, Berkeley
Sara Pursley, New York University
Zakia Salime, Rutgers University
Samah Selim, Rutgers University
Tunç Şen, Columbia University
Gerardo Serra, University of Manchester
Shobana Shankar, Stony Brook University
Genese Sodikoff, Rutgers University
Ajantha Subramanian, CUNY Graduate Center
Meltem Toksoz, Brown University
Alden Young, Yale University

CSSAAME aims to produce content that is not only thoughtful but also well written and accessible to a multidisciplinary audience. Therefore, clear, well-articulated, jargon-free prose will be highly valued when submissions are evaluated. The editors strive to determine if an article will go out for peer review within four to six weeks. If so, the review process can take seven to eight months. We try our best to respond to author queries in a timely manner. CSSAAME has a blind submissions policy. Submit manuscripts as Microsoft Word files online at https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/dup-csa. Send correspondence to dup_cssaame@duke.edu.

Call for Papers
The interdisciplinary journal Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (CSSAAME) has become a key site for new directions in the critical study of decolonized spaces and histories. Recent work we have published has explored third-worldisms, poetics and technics of war, and capital’s degradation of environments. We welcome new research and theoretical studies, as well as thematic and trans-regional special issues, from scholars who work across the journal’s geographic range. We especially seek early career scholars, collaborations across academic silos, and work that challenges existing categories. The senior editors are happy to respond to queries, discuss potential publications, and give guidance as needed: dup_cssaame@duke.edu. CSSAAME is an internationally renowned journal that strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space for critically important new research.

Manan Ahmed, Columbia University
Rosie Bsheer, Harvard University
Steven Pierce, University of Manchester
Senior Editors

Submission Types and Length
As a general guideline, full-length articles are approximately 8,000 to 10,000 words. However, all manuscripts must be no longer than 11,000 words, including the notes and bibliography. Due to space restrictions, articles that exceed the word limit will be returned to the author with a request to edit the text and resubmit. Other types of submissions for which word count is not an adequate measure (for instance, photo essays) should be between ten and twenty-five pages.

We encourage the submission of work that incorporates other media, such as images, video, or sound. If you would like to submit such work for consideration, please contact the editorial office directly. For more information on submitting special section and Kitabkhana proposals, please consult the special section submission guidelines.

Citations
Please note that we do not use author-date style. Submissions are required to have both endnote citations and a bibliography. Provide a shortened citation in the endnotes rather than the full citation, which is included only in the bibliography. For reference, see the style guide below and section 13.18 of The Chicago Manual of Style, eighteenth edition. Authors are encouraged to limit the use of endnotes to acknowledgment of sources and parenthetical or tangential ideas. Self-citation is unnecessary.

Transliteration
In general, a word should be transliterated only if there is no acceptable English equivalent. If no such equivalent is available, authors should follow the ALA-LC romanization tables for the respective language (www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html) when possible. Translated Arabic and Persian text includes no diacritical marks except for ayn and hamza.
Forms for authors:

• Style Guide
• Art Guidelines

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