Aims and Scope
The Journal of Indonesian and Malay World Studies is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research in cultural studies related to the Indonesian and Malay worlds. The journal promotes interdisciplinary scholarship on cultural heritage, indigenous knowledge, religious life, and community traditions, with particular emphasis on understanding cultural continuities and transformations across Indonesian and Malay societies within regional and global contexts.
The journal welcomes contributions from scholars and researchers worldwide, particularly those undertaking interdisciplinary and comparative studies that make original theoretical, empirical, or methodological contributions to Indonesian and Malay world studies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Political Identity, Ethnicity, and Community Life
- Cultural Heritage, Manuscripts, and Local Languages
- Religion, Rituals, and Indigenous Knowledge
- Lived Traditions, Social Transformation, and Cultural Resilience
Manuscripts that do not fall within the journal's aims and scope will not be considered for peer review.
