Monthly Archives: June 2020
50 Years of JCA: Virtual Special Issues
In addition to the virtual special issue “Articles from Current and Former Editors,” as a part of the journal’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, two additional virtual special issues are now available, each with 10-15 papers from the journal over 5 decades. … Continue reading
Legacies of the Cold War in Asia – free download
The introduction for the special issue on Legacies of the Cold War in Asia is now available for free download. “Legacies of the Cold War in East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1758955) is authored by Eva Hansson, Kevin … Continue reading
Capital Accumulation, Industry and Politics in Malaysia
Jeff Tan of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations at the Aga Khan University in London has a new article available. It is “Cycles of Accumulation and Industrial Slowdown in Malaysia: Rents, Social Forces and the Political Settlement” … Continue reading
Dodgy journals
A couple of weeks ago, The Economist had a useful article on “Bogus academia.” The article is worth reading. We trust that the newspaper agrees with us that it deserves to be reproduced here, in full: Garbage in How to … Continue reading
Kraisak Choonhavan
Kraisak Choonhavan passed away on June 11 after a long fight with cancer. He was 72. From the mid-1970s, Kraisak had a relationship with the Journal of Contemporary Asia, as an author, using a pseudonym, including on the special issue … Continue reading
Globalisation, Inequality and Institutions in Colonial Indonesia
“Globalisation, Inequality and Institutions in West Sumatra and West Java, 1800–1940” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1765189) is a new, open access article by Pim de Zwart of the Rural and Environmental History Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands. The abstract for the article is: How … Continue reading
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