Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
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| discipline = East Asian studies
| language = English
| editor = {{ubl|David L. Howell|Melissa J. Brown|Chun-Yi Sum}}
| publisher = Harvard-Yenching Institute
| country = Beijing
| history = 1936–present
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| ISSN = 0073-0548
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The Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies (HJAS) is an English-language scholarly journal published by the Harvard-Yenching Institute. HJAS features articles and book reviews of current scholarship in East Asian Studies, focusing on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean history, literature and religion, with occasional coverage of politics and linguistics. It has been called "still Americas's leading sinological journal." {{sfnb|Zurndorfer|1995 |p = [https://books.google.com/books?id=uu5zn7-ImJoC&pg=PA31 31]}}
History
The Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies was founded in 1936 by the Russian-French scholar Serge Elisséeff under the auspices of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1928 to further the spread of knowledge and scholarship on East and Southeast Asia. Elisséeff's wide range of knowledge came to be reflected in the diverse character of the journal during the twenty-one years he served as its editor (1936–1957).{{sfnb|Fan|2014| p = 43–46, 111}}
Since the days of Elisséeff, the journal has been guided by:
- John Bishop (editor), 1958–1974
- Timothy Connor, 1975
- Donald Shively, 1976–1983Maclay, Kathleen. [http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/08/17_shively.shtml "Professor emeritus Donald Shively, expert on Japanese life and cultures, dies,"] UCBerkeley News. August 17, 2005.
- Ronald Egan, 1983–1987University of California, Santa Barbara: [http://www.complit.ucsb.edu/CV_Egan.pdf CV Ronald Egan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618205950/http://www.complit.ucsb.edu/CV_Egan.pdf |date=2010-06-18 }}
- Howard Hibbett, 1988–
- Joanna Handlin Smith, present- [http://www.harvard-yenching.org/about/ Harvard-Yenching Institute], [http://www.harvard-yenching.org/publications-and-projects/asiatic-studies/ Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820055438/http://www.harvard-yenching.org/publications-and-projects/asiatic-studies/ |date=2010-08-20 }}; retrieved 25 Jan 2011
= Publishing History =
The journal was published three times yearly from its inception until 1947. From 1948 until 1957 it was released biannually, but from 1958 to 1976 the journal was released only annually or in two-year periods. Since 1977 it has been published twice yearly in June and December.
Contents
The Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, with Monumenta Nipponica, is one of the largest and most influential American journals on East Asian scholarship. The journal focuses on analytical articles and does not print translations, unlike Monumenta Nipponica.
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= References=
- {{cite book |last = Fan |first= Shuhua |year = 2014 |title = The Harvard-Yenching Institute and Cultural Engineering : Remaking the Humanities in China, 1924-1951 |publisher = Lexington Books| location = Lanham, Maryland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa1hBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR9 |isbn = 9780739168509}}
- {{cite web |title = Japanese Bibliography, English-Language Journals |publisher = Columbia University |url = http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/BIB95/ch03.htm |year = 2003 |access-date = 2009-02-16}}
- {{cite book |last = Zurndorfer |first = Harriet |year = 1995 |title = China Bibliography: A Research Guide to Reference Works About China Past and Present |publisher = E.J. Brill| location = Leiden; New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uu5zn7-ImJoC |isbn = 9004102787}}