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New Journal on East Asian Publishing

With pleasure, Brill announces the 2011 launch of East Asian Publishing and Society, a brand-new journal dedicated to the study of the publishing of texts and images in East Asia, from the earliest times up to the present. The journal will provide a platform for multi-disciplinary research by scholars addressing publishing practices in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam.

New Series: Japanese Visual Culture

Japanese Visual Culture is a new academic series devoted to Japan’s visual culture: art, decorative arts, performing arts, architecture, cinema, manga and anime, and other manifestations of visual and material culture of all eras. Produced in an attractive format and richly-illustrated, this series will present both object-focused studies, and studies on the history and methodology of art history and art sociology in the Japanese context.

The Japanese Visual Culture series recognizes the crucial need for continued research on individual Japanese artists, or previously-neglected categories of art, to build the foundation for further development of the field. It will also actively seek interdisciplinary or theoretical approaches to archaeology, religion, literature, and the social sciences. Though all volumes will be published in English, the series will encourage submission by scholars based in Europe.