Journals

This page contains links to published journals related to the study of art in the Arab world, Iran and Turkey. This list is a work in progress and we look forward to additions from the community to make it a more comprehensive resource. To suggest additions/corrections/updates to this list, please send your suggestions to info@amcainternational.com.

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Focused Art Journals: Art journals and magazines dedicated to the visual arts of the Arab world, Iran and Turkey.
General Art Journals: These arts journals occasionally cover art of the region.
Of Interest: Journals focused on the region that occasionally cover art topics.
Academic Journals: Academic journals focused on a variety of topics of the region.

Focused Art Journals

Art journals and magazines dedicated to the visual arts of the Arab world, Iran and Turkey.

ArtDubai Journal

This online journal seeks to employ a form of critique as a separate entity to the fair. By creating a critical awareness and dialogue this journal intends to achieve a level of awareness of the Middle East and its surrounding regions.

http://www.artdubai.ae/journal/2009

African Arts

Published quarterly by the James S. Coleman African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles and distributed by MIT Press

Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art

Published under the auspices of Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University.
http://www.asrc.cornell.edu/nka/intro.html

Rh+ Sanart, The Art Magazine of Turkey (Turkish, English)
http://www.rhsanat.com.tr/

Review of Contemporary African Art — e-magazine

Quarterly with commentaries and essays on contemporary African art
http://www.vmcaa.nl/vm/magazine/002/index.php3

Revue Noire

http://www.revuenoire.com/

Art Magazines

Artist Modern, (Turkish, English, German)
http://www.artistdergisi.com/

Nafas

Online magazine dedicated to contemporary art from the Maghreb to Southeast Asia, from Central Asia to the Middle East. Richly illustrated articles published monthly in Arabic, English and German. Archive of all contributions sorted by country or by category.
http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas

BIDOUN

Quarterly created as a platform for ideas and an open forum for exchange, dialogue and opinions about arts and culture from the Middle East
http://www.bidoun.com/

Canvas

On the art and culture from the Middle East and Arab world with accompanying guide offering global agenda of upcoming cultural events on Arab and Middle Eastern art
http://www.canvasonline.com/

Contemporary Practices – Visual Arts from the Middle East

Quarterly
http://www.contemporarypractices.com/

Eastern Art Report

An international magazine focusing on the arts of Asia and Africa and the arts practiced by the people of Asian and African origin in North America, Europe and elsewhere.
http://www.eapgroup.com/

Samandal

A multilingual comics magazine based in Beirut, Lebanon.
http://www.samandal.org/aboutus.html

TAVOOS: Iranian Art
http://www.tavoosmag.com/english/about.asp

General Art Journals

Art journals that occasionally cover art from the region. (Return to top.)

Aprior
http://www.aprior.org/

Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism
http://www.vsw.org/afterimage/index.html

Afterall
http://www.afterall.org/

ARTFORUM
http://www.artforum.com/

The Art Newspaper
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

Art History by the Association of Art Historians
http://aah.org.uk/publications/arthistory.php

Cabinet- A Quarterly Magazine of Art and culture
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/

College Art Association’s The Art Bulletin & Art Journal
http://www.collegeart.org/artbulletin

Flash Art
http://www.flashartonline.com/index.html

Frieze Magazine
http://www.frieze.com/magazine/

Fuse Magazine
http://www.fusemagazine.org/current.html

Parkett
http://www.parkettart.com/i

Springerin
http://www.springerin.at/en/

Third Text, Published by Routledge
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09528822.html

Of Interest

Journals in this category focus on the region in general and occasionally cover art topics. (Return to top.)

AL JADID (English)

Quarterly featuring original articles along with many translations of essays and interviews on Arab literature and arts
http://www.aljadid.com/about.html

ARAMCO World Magazine
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com

Babelmed.net

A multicultural network of journalists from the Mediterranean region.
http://www.babelmed.net/

International Journal of Intangible Heritage

A refereed academic and professional journal for the cultural and heritage sectors. First published annually in May 2006, the Journal embraces theory and practice in relation to the study, preservation, interpretation and promotion of intangible heritage. Papers submitted by the end of October each year are refereed and considered by the Editorial Board at its Annual Meeting in January-February. The final selection of papers is published in May-June. However, papers submitted after October are saved and considered for the subsequent volume.
http://www.ijih.org

Mizna

Journal of Arab American Literature; organizes cultural events and art exhibitions.
http://www.amews.org/index.html

La pensée de midi (French)

Literary journal.
http://lapenseedemidi.org/

Qantara

Published by Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
http://www.imarabe.org/temp/publications.html

Academic Journals

Jounals in this category cover areas of general academic interest in the region, occasionally covering art-related topics. (Return to top.)

The Middle East

Arab Studies Journal

Published by scholars affiliated with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University and the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University .
http://www.arabstudiesjournal.org/

Bulletin for Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra

Biannual
http://arts.anu.edu.au/cais/pubs.asp

The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

Biannual journal published by The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES).
http://www.dur.ac.uk/brismes/publications.htm

BRISMES Newsletter

Published three times a year with the aim to keep the members informed of developments in Middle Eastern Studies
http://www.dur.ac.uk/brismes/publications.htm

The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African

Published on behalf of the School by Cambridge University Press.
http://www.soas.ac.uk/research/publications/journals/soasbulletin/

Cultural Studies Association

E-Newsletter published by Indiana University.
http://www.indiana.edu/~cstudies/main/news5.html

East Asia Journal: Studies in Material Culture

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of material culture in East Asia -- China, Japan and Korea -- as well as the countries of the Southeast Asian region.
http://www.eapgroup.com/

The Forum
A monthly newsletter for the Institute of Turkish Studies.
theforum@turkishstudies.org

Historians of Islamic Art Newsletter

Published bi-annually as a forum for the exchange of news between members
http://www.historiansofislamicart.org/newsletter

The International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics (MCP)
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals

The International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES)

Quarterly published by Cambridge University Press under the auspices of the Middle East Studies Association of North America.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MES

Iranian Studies

A peer-reviewed journal devoted to Iranian and Persian history, literature, and society, published on behalf of the Society for Iranian Studies . Its scope includes all areas of the world with a Persian or Iranian legacy, especially Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and northern India. It welcomes submissions in all disciplines. Published 5x per year.
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/iranian-studies/journal/

Jerusalem Quarterly

Published by the Institute of Jerusalem Studies (IJS), an affiliate of the Institute for Palestine Studies. The journal is dedicated to providing scholarly articles on Jerusalem’s history and on the dynamics and trends currently shaping the city
http://palestine-studies.org/final/en/journals

Journal of American Studies of Turkey

Publishes work in English by scholars of any nationality on American literature, history, art, music, film, popular culture, institutions, politics, economics, geography and related subjects.
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~jast/

The Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies

Covers all aspects of Arabic and Islamic studies. The Journal is published on the Internet by the editors and cooperating institutions and on paper by Edinburgh University Press.
http://www.uib.no/jais/

Journal of the International Society for Iranian Studies
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/iranian-studies/journal/

Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford University
http://jis.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

Triannual journal published by Indiana University Press under the auspices of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS).
http://www.amews.org/jmews.html

The Journal of Palestine Studies, Institute for Palestine Studies

Published and distributed for the Institute by the University of California Press, Berkeley, the Journal is the only English language quarterly devoted exclusively to the study of Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
http://palestine-studies.org/final/en/journals

Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Published under the auspices of the Pakistan American Foundation, Villanova, Pennsylvania

Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Published under the auspices of the Pakistan American Foundation. A forum for scholars engaged in study of the modern Islamic and non-Islamic societies, covers a wide range of areas and disciplines. Four times per year.
http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/college/publications/journals.htm#asian

Libyan Studies

Annual journal of record of the Society for Libyan Studies, appearing in November each year.

The McGill Journal of Middle East Studies

Published annually by the (undergraduate) Middle East Studies Students' Association (MESSA)
http://www.mcgill.ca/mes/mjmes/

MESA Bulletin

Bi-annual journal of review of the Middle East Studies Association
http://mesa.wns.ccit.arizona.edu/

Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication

Published bi-annually to provides a transcultural academic sphere that engages Middle Eastern and Western scholars in a critical dialogue about culture, communication and politics in the Middle East. It also provides a forum for debate on the region’s encounters with modernity and the ways in which this is reshaping people’s everyday experiences. Eds. Lina Khatib, Tarik Sabry, Dina Matar, John L. Esposito. For more info contact: Dina Matar dm27@soas.ac.uk
http://www.brill.nl/mjcc

The Middle East Journal

Published quarterly by the Middle East Institute
http://www.mideasti.org/middle-east-journal

The MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies (MIT-EJMES)

An internet-based journal published bi-annually. Book and media reviews are posted all year round
http://web.mit.edu/CIS/www/mitejmes/intro.htm

Revue d'études palestiniennes

Independently edited and produced by Institute for Palestine Studies, Paris. .
http://palestine-studies.org/final/en/journals

Turkish Studies Association Journal
(formerly, Turkish Studies Association Bulletin)

Published semi-annually
http://www.h-net.org/~thetsa/journals

UCLA Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/jusur/

Yemen Update Online

Electronic bulletin of Yemeni studies. Published once a year by the American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS)
http://www.aiys.org/webdate/update.html

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