IIAS Book Series

We publish several monographs and/or edited volumes each year across our four book series. If you are interested in submitting a book proposal for any of these series or have any questions, we invite you to send your proposal (as an attachment in Word) or queries to the Publications Officer, Mary Lynn van Dijk, at m.l.c.van.dijk@iias.nl.

Proposals should include the following:

• Project Title; 
• A summary of the book of up to 1,000 words; 
• A brief description of the intended audience(s); 
• A list of 3–5 titles (and their authors or editors) of comparable books on the market;  
• A Table of Contents with a one-paragraph description of each chapter;
• Manuscript Specifications: word count, number and type of images, etc. 

IIAS has started publishing a selection of our books in Open Access. Funding for Open Access publishing is limited, therefore if you have access to any subvention funds, we encourage you to include this information in your proposal.

Please submit your proposals on or before 31 August 2023. 

For more information about our Book Series, and to find out whether the topic of your proposal is within the scope of a particular Series, please view the following: 

Global Asia Series, which addresses contemporary issues related to transnational interactions within the Asian region, as well as Asia's projection into the world through the movement of goods, people, ideas, knowledge, ideologies, etc. 

Asian Cities Series, which focuses on three avenues of inquiry: (a) evolving and competing ideas of the city across time and space, (b) urban residents and their interactions in the production, shaping and contestation of the city, and (c) urban challenges of the future as they relate to human well-being, the environment, heritage, and public life. 

Asian Heritages Series, which explores the notions of heritage as they have evolved from European based concepts, mainly associated with architecture and monumental archaeology, to incorporate a broader diversity of cultural forms and value. This includes a critical exploration of the politics of heritage and its categories, such as the contested distinction between "tangible" and "intangible" heritage; the analysis of the conflicts triggered by competing agendas and interests in the heritage field; and the productive assessment of management measures in the context of Asia. 

Humanities Across Border (HAB) Methodologies Series, which aims to trigger discussions on the relevance of normative, top down, and institutionalized standards of knowledge production and transmission in the academy, and which focuses on methodological experiments and reflections across disciplinary, institutional, ideological, national, and sectoral borders. 

Our Latest Publications include: 

Music Worlding in Palau. Chanting, Atmospheres, and Meaningfulness (Open Access) 
By Birgit Abels (for Global Asia) 

River Cities in Asia. Waterways in Urban Development and History (Open Access) 
By Rita Padawangi, Paul Rabé and Adrian Perkasa (eds) (for Asian Cities) 

Designs on Pots. Ban Chiang and the Politics of Heritage in Thailand (Open Access, Forthcoming)
By Penny Van Esterik (for Asian Heritages)