Journal of Persianate Studies (JPS)
The journal publishes articles on the culture and civilization of the geographical area where Persian has historically been the dominant language or a major cultural force, encompassing Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, as well as the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of the former Ottoman Empire. Its focus on the linguistic, cultural and historical role and influence of Persian culture and Iranian civilization in this area is based on a recognition that knowledge flows from pre-existing facts but is also constructed and thus helps shape the present reality of the Persianate world. Such knowledge can mitigate the leveling effects of globalization as well as counteract the distortions of the areafs common historical memory and civilizational continuity by the divisive forces of modern nationalism and imperialism.
ASPS welcomes papers from members and other scholars for the Journal of Persianate Studies. Please send your submissions to:
Said Amir Arjomand, Editor-in-Chief.
The JPS replaces our annual publication, Studies on Persianate Societies, the last (3rd) volume of which appeared last fall.
JPS, 1.1 (2008) contains the following articles:
From the Editor: Defining Persianate Studies.
Said Amir Arjomand
The Salience of Political Ethic in the Spread of Persianate Islam.
Said Amir Arjomand
To Forge a Book in the Medieval Age: Nezam al-Molk's Siyar al-Moluk (Siyasat-Nama).
Alexey A. Khismatulin
Central Organisation, Tabarrokat and Succession among the Early Cheshtis in India.
Ishtiyaq Ahmad Zilli
Flowers of Persian Song and Music: Davud Pirniy'a and the Genesis of the Golha Programs.
Jane Lewisohn
Persian Rap: The Voice of Contemporary Iran's Youth.
Sholeh Johnston
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Editor-in-Chief:
- Saïd Amir Arjomand, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Editorial Board:
- Iraj Afshar, Tehran
- Oleg Akimushkin, Institute of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg
- Sajida Alvi, McGill University
- Muzaffar Alam, The University of Chicago
- Garnik Asatrian, Yerevan State University
- Grigol Beradze, Javakhishvili Tblisi State University
- Anne H. Betteridge, University of Arizona
- Habib Borjian, Hofstra University
- Houchang Chehabi, Boston University
- Charles-Henri de Fouchécour, University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Bert Fragner, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Jo-Ann Gross, The College of New Jersey
- Edmund Herzig, Oxford University
- Manouchehr Kasheff, Columbia University (Associ-ate Editor)
- Irina Koshoridze, National Museum of Georgia
- Robert McChesney, New York University
- Rudi Matthee, University of Delaware
- Charles P. Melville, Cambridge University
- Sheldon Pollock, Columbia University
- Hasan Rezai Baghbidi, University of Tehran
- Sunil Sharma, Boston University
- Asom Urunbaev, Academy of Sciences of the Re-public Uzbekistan
- Ishtiyaq Ahmad Zilli, Aligarh Muslim University