Sagar seeks innovative academic writings on the history, society, culture, literature, religion, economics, technology and media of South Asia. The journal was established in 1993 and is published annually online and in print by The South Asia Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. As of August 2012, we have made the transition to peer-reviewed status. Submissions are now coordinated by an editorial collective of UT graduate students and blindly evaluated by an editorial board of advanced scholars in the field.
Bhānḍs in Hardyal Singh’s, Report on the Census of 1891, Vol. II: The Castes of Marwar Illustrated (1894: 76). (c) The British Library Board. (Photo 991/[76]) – Image featured in Pamment article, SAGAR 19.In all cases, we encourage writings that are theoretically driven and empirically grounded and take advantage of our online format through hyperlinks, color images, and embedded video and audio.
We accept submissions for our annual issues every October and essays for online publication throughout the year. All manuscripts should follow the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and full citation information should be included in footnotes. Entire essays, including block quotations and notes, should be double-spaced. Please remove any identifying information so that submission is suitable for anonymous review.
(1) Full-length research articles: full-length-articles should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words and should include a one-paragraph article abstract.
(2) Original translations: translations should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words and should be preceded by a 1300-1600-word introduction that contextualizes the text or excerpt. Please send a scanned copy of original source text along with your submission. If your submission is accepted, you will be asked to type the original source text for publication on our website.
(3) Online essays: online essays should be 1500 words or less, and where applicable should include images and or links to relevant images and re- cordings.
Please submit electronic copies of papers saved as Microsoft Word file and include a 150-word biography and publishable images with credits, where applicable. Submissions of articles and translations received after October will be considered for the following year’s issue of Sagar. In the case of on- line essays, we will continue to publish them throughout the year. Send all electronic manuscripts and questions to sagarjournal@ gmail.com.
Annual subscriptions to Sagar (print edition) are $25 (payable by check to South Asia Institute): Sagar: A South Asia research Journal; Sagar Editorial Collective ; c/o South Asia institute, University of Texas at Austin; WCH 4.132, Mailcode G9300 Austin, TX 78712; ph: 512-471-3550
