The geographical scope of the Journal of Asian History is as vast as Asia itself. Its historical scope encompasses all periods, yet with a focus on the time before 1900. It is the editors’ hope that contributors will freely develop the “Through the Looking-Glass” aspect of history by implementing a variety of methodological approaches and utilizing a wide range of textual and non-textual sources. In particular, they welcome explorations of particular phenomena or events that provide insight into the dynamics of historical processes, elucidate historical change at turning points of history, and illuminate the conditions of all things that follow them. The journal publishes contributions in English and German.

From the contents (altogether 15 contributions):
Graeme Ford, The Persian Translating College and Ming Tributary Communications with the Western Ocean
Chen Boyi, The Hokkien in Hội An, 1500s–1800s: Methods of Integration in the Chinese Diaspora
Fang Xuan & Dorothee Schaab-Hanke, Circulation that Had Its Price: Roussier and His Role as an Early Recipient and Disseminator of Amiot’s Knowledge about Chinese Music
Julia C. Schneider, Non-Chinese Peoples in Chinese Republican Historiography: Beasts, Non-Historic Peoples, Homines Sacri
Howard Kahm & Lee Sinwoo, A Capital Idea: Social and Economic Implications of Ritual Space in Kaegyŏng during the Early Koryŏ Period