Jeremy Prestholdt, Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego, and founding co-editor of Monsoon: Journal of the Indian Ocean Rim, was a guest on a recent episode of The Indian Ocean World Podcast. Prestholdt joined Dr. Philip Gooding to go behind the scenes of the new journal.
Listen to their full discussion here.
Monsoon: Journal of the Indian Ocean Rim, a new interdisciplinary journal introduced in 2023, publishes original and innovative research that analyzes the cultural, historical, and political circumstances that have shaped—and currently affect—the coastal societies of the Indian Ocean. Monsoon aims to raise the profile of IO studies, bringing research on the societies, arts, and cultures of the basin to a wide audience. It also fills a glaring gap in the extant literature on the IO region, which has sidelined African and Gulf societies. With an eye cast toward expanding knowledge on the connections forged across diverse environments and cultures, the journal is a critical resource among, and in conversation with, other journals on oceanic and global studies.
Monsoon, published in collaboration with The Africa Institute, is co-edited by Jeremy Prestholdt, Professor of History, University of California, San Diego; and Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Professor of Anthropology, Georgetown University of Qatar. Volume 1, Issues 1 and 2, are now available.
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