The Journal of Arabian Studies: Arabia, the Gulf, and the Red Sea is the only internationally-refereed scholarly journal focusing on the Arabian Peninsula, its surrounding waters, and their connections with the Western Indian Ocean, from Antiquity to the present day. The Journal has been cited in the work of leading human development organizations, such as the U.N. agency, the International Labor Organization (ILO), and for other important regional research. The journal is edited by the Centre for Gulf Studies University of Exeter in association with Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Since 2011, Georgetown University’s dean, Dr. Gerd Nonneman has served as Associate Editor of the Journal, which is published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis). The aim and scope of the journal covers a wide range of topics, in all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. It presents the results of new observations and original research, providing authoritative information in an accessible way to appeal to the general reader as well as the specialist. Submissions are welcome in anthropology, archaeology, architecture, Arabic literature, archives, cultural studies, economics, ethnography, gender studies, geopolitics, history (ancient to modern), human geography, Indian Ocean studies, international relations, Islamic studies, linguistics, literature, material culture, maritime culture, media studies, migration studies, political economy, political Islam, political science, security studies, socio-linguistics, sociology, travel literature, and urban studies. The journal also publishes book reviews on the same subjects and asks publishers to send their books to the relevant book review editors.

The Journal of Arabian Studies: Arabia, the Gulf, and the Red Sea is the only internationally-refereed scholarly journal focusing on the Arabian Peninsula, its surrounding waters, and their connections with the Western Indian Ocean, from Antiquity to the present day. The Journal has been cited in...