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The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS), the premier academic journal dedicated to Armenian Studies in the Western Hemisphere, recently entered a new stage in its history.

JSAS will be published by a highly professional and prominent academic press – the University of Nebraska Press (UNP), https://nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/journal/journal-of-the-society-for-armenian-studies/, which for over two decades has been the publishing home for some of the most important scholarly journals in the fields of Native American studies, women’s studies, literature, regional studies, and more. It is the largest university press between Chicago and California, with more than 6,000 titles in print.

“The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies was established by the Society for Armenian Studies in 1984,” said SAS President Barlow Der Mugrdechian. “The Society is pleased that JSAS is now partnering with the University of Nebraska Press, which will bring JSAS to a new level of excellence.”

JSAS publishes peer-reviewed scholarship from all disciplinary and comparative perspectives relating to Armenians and the field of Armenian Studies. Committed to making the field relevant to a broad interdisciplinary audience, it aims to foster new directions in the field, encouraging global, cross-cultural, and multidisciplinary submissions that align with cutting-edge scholarly research across periods and research areas.

Prof. Bedross Der Matossian (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), who played a key role in facilitating the transition of JSAS to the University of Nebraska Press (UNP), expressed his enthusiasm for the new partnership. “I am truly honored to see JSAS find a new home at UNP. The global reputation and reach of UNP will undoubtedly enhance JSAS’s stature and place it among the most prestigious in the field. The team at UNP is eager to collaborate with SAS on this exciting new chapter, and we are all confident that this partnership will bring tremendous opportunities for growth and innovation in the journal’s future.”

The new editorship is led by Editors-in-Chief Houri Berberian (Professor of History and Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies at UC Irvine) and Talinn Grigor (Professor of Art and Architectural History at UC Davis) and Book Review Editor Tsolin Nalbantian (Associate Professor of Modern Middle East History at Leiden University).

“With a history of collaboration and a record of publication – two coauthored articles and a forthcoming book with Stanford University Press in March 2025 – we are enthusiastic to bring the same teamwork, dedication, and multidisciplinary rigor and excellence to JSAS,” stated co-editors Berberian and Grigor.

JSAS will continue to publish research articles, book reviews, and review essays and encourage reviews of works published in languages other than English. JSAS will also feature forums dedicated to critical discussions around select topics in Armenian Studies.

Among the innovations in JSAS:

• JSAS will be available electronically through Project MUSE, a top digital humanities and social science content provider for the scholarly community worldwide.
• JSAS will employ a leading cloud-based manuscript submission and peer review system, thus streamlining the submission and double-anonymized review process.
• Each JSAS issue will have a unique cover that visually echoes its content.

The new covers will begin with the next two issues of JSAS, which will be dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Society for Armenian Studies and will be published as special double issues, one in 2025 and the other in 2026.

The Society of Armenian Studies, https://societyforarmenianstudies.com/, is an international body composed of scholars and students. It aims to promote the study of Armenian culture and society, including history, language, literature, and social, political, and economic questions; facilitate the exchange of scholarly information about Armenian studies worldwide; and sponsor panels and conferences on Armenian studies.