CfP: Journal of Sinographic Philologies and Legacies
Journal of Sinographic Philologies and Legacies (JOSPL) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of the humanistic heritage of East Asia’s Sinographic sphere, a cultural region where Literary Sinitic (漢文) and Sinographs (漢字) functioned as the cosmopolitan language of government, religious institutions, scholarship, and belles-lettres. JOSPL invites submissions that engage critically with this legacy from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives.
This is the first journal that provides an academic platform for researchers around the world to develop and debate cross-disciplinary, cross-regional, and cross-cultural approaches to the vast humanistic heritage of East Asia. We invite submissions that discover, reexamine, or newly analyze any aspect of East Asia’s intellectual, literary, religious, artistic, or scientific legacies and chart the way for a new paradigm of East Asian Studies in a global and comparative key.
JOSPL is an online publication. Please visit our website at jospl.org for submission guidelines, current and past issues, and more information. The Table of Contents for the inaugural issue is available at jospl.org/newsletter/TOCAlert.php.
Each issue will consist of three parts: a special theme section; individual research articles, reviews of relevant new publications in major languages; plus occasional essays and brief notices.
Featured Theme: Overseas Hanmun Education
December 2025 issue will explore the theme “Overseas Hanmun Education.” This issue aims to explore the multifaceted history and contemporary practices of hanmun education outside of its traditional centers in East Asia.
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions must be original, unpublished work that is not under consideration for publication elsewhere during the review process. Manuscripts should be submitted in English through the journal’s online submission system and adhere to the journal’s submission guidelines. Submissions should be between 10,000 and 20,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography. Please include a 150-250 word abstract.
Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis
Peer Review Process
All research articles undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. After an initial editorial screening, submissions are reviewed anonymously by at least two expert referees.
For more information, please see a detailed section on submission guidelines on our website.
We encourage scholars from around the world to engage with East Asia’s humanistic heritage, contributing fresh perspectives and innovative methodologies that promote new interpretations of traditional East Asia, challenge established nation-state-centered narratives, and advocate for studying the region through a broader comparative and global lens. We are especially interested in work that highlights the distinctive practices of creating, transmitting, and preserving humanistic knowledge across the Sinographic sphere.
More information at https://www.jospl.org/.