Crossing the Indian Ocean

Emphasizing the transmission of ideas, cultural forms, artistic styles, and design across the Indian Ocean in the early modern and modern periods, this special issue moves beyond the usual focus on economic and political relationships — including labor migration — highlighting the non-material exchanges among societies along the margins of the ocean.

Contributors: Martial Fanga Agbor, Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi, Au Sow Yee, Crispin Bates, Fahad Ahmad Bishara, Rukmini Chakraborty, Uday Chandra, Chen Yow-Ruu, Tamara Fernando, Mohamed Haseeb N, Mayuri Koga, Mandana Limbert, Michael Christopher Low, Sujatha Arundathi Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi Meegama, Manishankar Prasad, Janet Marion Purdy, Abdul Rasheed M., S. Shibinu, Akiko Sugiyama, Nancy Um, Dato’ Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof