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Modern Art Asia invites graduate students and recent PhDs working on the arts and material cultures of Asia from the eighteenth century to the present to submit previously unpublished papers of 4,500-10,000 words for peer-review. Modern Art Asia aims to take an interdisciplinary and innovative approach to the study of Asia, and will consider papers on media and experiments that stretch the parameters of ‘fine art’. Deadline for submissions to our next issue is September 1st. We are also seeking students and journalists interested in becoming regular correspondents or in submitting shorter journalistic pieces.

Word limits: Academic papers: 4,500-10,000 (excl. endnotes) / Correspondence and opinion pieces: 500-2,500 words / Exhibition, book, performance reviews: 500-1000 words

Students submitting academic papers who wish to include image reproductions are responsible for  obtaining these and necessary copyright permissions. Up to four accompanying images should be sumitted as .jpgs at a resolution of 300dpi. Authors of successful submissions will be notified 5-6 weeks ahead of publication, allowing time to obtain image permissions. Copyright remains with the author and authors may re-publish papers with acknowledgement of Modern Art Asia as the original site of publication. Include an abstract  (250 words) and biography (150 words) with submissions over 2,000 words.

Articles should be submitted in plain text or .doc formats, with bibliographic citations, if required, given as endnotes.  Text should be unformatted, single spaced, with titles of texts and art works in italics. Non-roman characters should not be used.

Contact contribute@modernartasia.com to submit articles and for further information.

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