Submission Guidelines
The editors welcome submissions from multiple theoretical perspectives, regions, and disciplines that correspond to the journal's mission. The editors strongly encourage the use of electronic means for submission and correspondence. If you are submitting a manuscript to a special issue, please send formatted submissions by email attachment directly to the special editor. If you are submitting a manuscript for a general issue, please send your formatted submission by email attachment to the editor, Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi . Please do not send manuscripts in the body of an email. If you do not have access to an email attachment function, manuscripts may be mailed to:
Dr. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Editor-In-Chief
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto
4 Bancroft Avenue
Toronto, ON
Canada M5C 1C1
Manuscript Preparation Style (download pdf 
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1. Manuscripts (text, quotations, and endnotes) should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words, double-spaced, and in 12-point type.
2. The style of the manuscripts should first adhere to the rules in the CSSAAME style guide. For issues not covered in the style guide
, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. 3. Transliterations should be provided and follow the Library of Congress system for romanization, without diacritical marks, except ‘ (‘ayn) and ’ (hamza). See www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html.
4. All citations should be verified for accuracy and should adhere to the Documentation guidelines in the CSSAAME style guide .
The editorial board makes every attempt to expedite the review process. We endeavor, whenever possible, to render a decision within two months of receipt of a manuscript and to publish an article within one year of acceptance.
Art Guidelines
1. All graphics should be submitted as individual, production-quality
files. Download CSSAAME's art guidelines here .
2. Continuous tone images should be should be submitted as TIFF or EPS
files with a 300-900 dpi resolution.
3. Charts, graphs or schema (lineart) should ideally be submitted as
TIFF or EPS files with a 1200 dpi resolution.