MCLC: new journal Cross Currents (1)

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Martin Backstrom <backstrom at berkeley.edu>
Subject: new journal Cross-Currents (1)
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Here's more detailed information about the new journal Cross Currents
previously announced on the list.

Martin

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The Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce
that the first issue of its new, interactive e-journal "Cross-Currents:
East Asian History and Culture Review" is now online.

The theme of the inaugural issue is "Territoriality and Space Production
in China" (guest edited by You-tien Hsing, professor of Geography at UC
Berkeley). Visit http://cross-currents.berkeley.edu
<http://cross-currents.berkeley.edu/>and click on the e-journal link to
read articles, book review essays by Robert Weller (Boston University) and
Helen Siu (Yale), and abstracts of readings from Asia. The e-journal also
features a photo essay by Wang Jiuliang documenting the garbage crisis in
Beijing.

The March 2012 issue, guest edited by Kären Wigen (Stanford), will feature
articles on "Japanese Imperial Maps as Sources for East Asian History: The
History and Future of the Gaih? zu."A joint enterprise of IEAS and the
Research Institute of Korean Studies at Korea University (RIKS),
"Cross-Currents" offers its readers up-to-date research findings, emerging
trends, and cutting-edge perspectives concerning East Asian history and
culture from scholars in both English-speaking and Asian language-speaking
academic communities. This English-language journal includes scholarship
on material from the 16th century to the present day that has significant
implications for current models of understanding East Asian history and
culture.

Embedded in a web-based platform with functions for collaboration,
discussion, and an innovative editing and publishing process, the journal
uses new technologies to facilitate a dialogue among East Asia scholars
around the world that is enhanced by audio-visual and multilingual
capabilities. The semiannual print issues of "Cross-Currents" (University
of Hawaii Press) will feature content selected from its peer-reviewed,
quarterly online counterpart for its scholarly excellence and relevance to
the journal's mission. An editorial board consisting of established
scholars in Asia and North America provides oversight of the journal.
"Cross-Currents" is now accepting article-length submissions for review.
Complete information for authors is available on the journal's website.

For further information, please contact:
Keila Diehl, Ph.D. 
Managing Editor 
Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review
Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94720-2318
(510) 643-5104
Email: crosscurrents at berkeley.edu
Visit the website: http://cross-currents.berkeley.edu
<http://cross-currents.berkeley.edu/>