IIAS NEWSLETTER
Guideline for contributors to the IIAS Newsletter

The International Institute for Asian Studies publishes the IIAS newsletter three times a year. With a worldwide circulation of 22,000, the IIASn serves as a platform for Asia scholars to share opinion, short research articles, book, journal, film and website reviews, and announcements of events, projects, and conferences to their colleagues in academia and beyond.

The IIAS newsletter is not a specialist journal. We encourage topical articles with an argumentative edge, accessible and of interest to an educated, non-specialist audience.

Please contact the editors with your proposals and questions: iiasnews@let.leidenuniv.nl

Language: The language of all articles is English. Except in quotations, we use British spelling according to Oxford Dictionary. The IIAS house style essentially follows that of Oxford University Press.

Length: Excepting special arrangements, articles cannot exceed 1800 words – one Newsletter page. Length will depend on the type of article (see below), your use of graphics, and available space. The editors are fond of shortening articles.

  • Research articles up to 1800 words
  • Reviews; commentary; opinion up to 1000
  • Announcements: conferences, seminars, call for papers up to 300

    What to include

  • Title
  • Short lead (20-60 words) to inspire further reading
  • Section headings
  • Photos, maps, graphs and illustrations with captions and credits
  • Author: name, institutional affiliation, research interests, e-mail address (optional)
  • box / sidebar for additional information (optional)

    References

  • Citations in the body of the text using the Harvard system: (Smith 1997:66).
  • References (for works cited in the text) or short bibliography at the end of the text
  • Monographs: Dower, John (1986) War Without Mercy, New York: Pantheon.
  • Edited books: Douglas, M. and Roberts, G., eds. (2003) Japan and Global Migration, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
  • Articles: Buruma, Ian (1996) ‘Taiwan’s new nationalism’ in Foreign Affairs 75-4: 77-93.
  • Full reference (for reviews): Farquhar, Judith (2002) Appetites: Food and Sex in Post-Socialist China, Durham and London: Duke University Press, pp.341, ISBN 0-8223-2921-2 (paperback).

    Layout

  • Please keep formatting simple: Times New Roman, 12 point, left-alignment and double-spacing. Please do not centre titles, underline or use boldface. Italics should be used for titles and for non-English words only.
  • Please enter notes, references, captions and credits, and author’s information as normal text at the end of the article.
  • Only for articles with diacritics: we need a PDF-version alongside the Word document, and files containing PC fonts.

    Illustrations

  • It is the author’s responsibility to obtain copyright permission for all illustrations.
  • We prefer our illustrations in digital format: JPEG or TIF, as high resolution as possible. Sharp contrast is essential for successful b/w reproduction.
  • Captions and credits

    Upcoming deadlines

  • IIASN 35 – 15 September 2004
  • IIASN 36 – 15 January 2005
  • IIASN 37 – 15 April 2005

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    IIAS Newsletter:
    Attn: David Hymans & John O’Sullivan, editors
    International Institute for Asian Studies
    P.O. Box 9515 / 2300 RA Leiden / the Netherlands
    T +31-71 527 2227; F +31-71 527 4162
    iiasnews@let.leidenuniv.nl
    www.iias.nl/iiasn