The Journal of Burma Studies

Established in 1996, The Journal of Burma Studies is the premier peer-reviewed academic print journal that focuses exclusively on Burma. The Journal of Burma Studies is jointly sponsored by the Burma Studies Group and the Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University.

It is published twice a year for the Center for Burma Studies. The Journal seeks to publish the best scholarly research focused on Burma/Myanmar, its ethnic nationalities, stateless and diasporic cultures from a variety of disciplines, ranging from art history and religious studies, to economics and law.

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1997 to present

• Editorial Board

• General Editor

  Catherine Raymond, Center for Burma Studies, Northern Illinois University

  Editor

  Dr. Jane M. Ferguson, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University

  Editorial Assistants

  Katharine Wiegele, University of Northern Illinois

  Carmín Berchiolly, University of Northern Illinois

  International Advisory Board

  Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris

  Michael Charney, SOAS, Center of Southeast Asian Studies, University of London

  Wen-Chin Chang, Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

  Mikael Gravers, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University,  Denmark

  Alexey Kirichenko, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University, Russia

  Jacques Leider, Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, Bangkok/Yangon

  Kei Nemoto, Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

  Ikuko Okamoto, Department of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University

  Juliane Schober, Director of the Center for Asian Research, Arizona State University-Tempe

  James Scott, Department of Political Science, Yale University

  David Steinberg, Specialist on Burma-Myanmar. Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies Emeritus at Georgetown.

  Saw Tun, Center for Burma Studies, Northern Illinois University

  San San Hnin Tun, Asian Studies, Cornell University

  Alice Vittrant, Linguistics, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille

  Hans-Bernd Zollner, Research Fellow, Hamburg University

• Recent Articles

• About the Cover
  Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

  Special Issue Introduction: PopMyanmar
  Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

  Rumblings in Rangoon: Labor, Race, and Nationalism in the Dockworker Riot of May 1930
  Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

  Chinese Culture in Translation: A Case Study of the Multimedia Dissemination of Four Classic Novels of Chinese Literature in Myanmar
  Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

  Music as an Element of Contemporary Courtship in Burma/Myanmar
  Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

  Thingyan Is Here! We Will Fight! Burmese Popular Sounds and Protest Verses for H5K’s “Revolutionary Thingyan Anyeint”
  Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

  Afterword
  Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

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• Author Guidelines

• The Journal of Burma Studies is the premier peer-reviewed academic print journal that focuses exclusively on Burma. The Journal of Burma Studies is composed of three different sections. Refereed Articles, Research Notes that report on broader themes and works in progress and Scholarly Curiosities, short descriptions of objects from various disciplines. We welcome submissions for all three sections.

  Research Articles go through a double-blind review process mediated by the Journal’s Editor. Authors should consult the submission and formatting guidelines at https://jbs.scholasticahq.com/for-authors

   

   

• Indexes

• EBSCOhost

  Current Abstracts, 6/1/2009-
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 6/1/2009-

  Elsevier BV

  Scopus
  Gale
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)

  ProQuest

  International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Core
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  Social Science Premium Collection, 06/01/2017-