How Has the Field of Middle East Studies Changed in the Last Five Years? An Ijmes Retrospective
Pensée 1: From the Catbird Seat
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965056 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith E Tucker (Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-5 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743809990481 |
| OpenAlex | W2107825678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
As editor of IJMES from 2004 to 2009, I spent the last five years in the catbird seat of Middle East studies, where I had the privilege of reading well over 500 article submissions that flowed into the editorial office, some 100 of which were ultimately destined for publication. I characterize the experience as very gratifying on the whole; ours is a field that has attracted talented and skilled scholars who are doing some very creative work—this is not a change per se, although it can be argued that we have a new generation involved in increasingly more theoretically informed projects. Have there been other, more tangible, developments in the field as reflected in submissions to IJMES ? I mention four trends I have spotted over time that may suggest some of the recent shifts—in region, topic, scope, and critical engagement—in research foci
Archaeology · Field (mathematics · Media studies · Middle East · Middle Eastern studies · Political science · Privilege (computing · Reading (process · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Work (physics · African history and culture analysis · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |