The journal is linked to Manazir – Swiss Platform for the Study of Visual Arts, Architecture and Heritage in the MENA, a platform of exchange that aims to connect researchers interested in these themes in Switzerland. The term “Manazir” refers to landscape, perspective, and point of view in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Persian. Thus, Manazir Journal is oriented toward a diversity of transcultural and transdisciplinary “landscapes” and “points of views” and open to a multiplicity of themes, epochs, and geographical areas. It is a non-hierarchical platform that connects scholars, PhD candidates and art professionals to give higher national and international visibility to a rich yet relatively unknown field. The Platform disseminates information regarding conferences, workshops, publications, and exhibitions taking place in Switzerland and is associated with the Swiss Society Middle East and Islamic Civilization (SSMOCI/SGMOIK), which is a member of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (ASSH/SAGW).
Manazir Journal is Platinum/Diamond Open Access journal (BOAI) and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). It is hosted by Bern Open Publishing (BOP). Manazir Journal endeavors to ensure the high quality of its content (COPE) and is committed to publish only original material. All articles undergo a peer review process. You can find the past issues of Manazir Journal on its website: bop.unibe.ch/manazir.
Editors-in-Chief: Laura Hindelang (University of Bern), Silvia Naef (University of Geneva)
Editorial Team: Alessandra Fedrigo (University of Bern), Joan Grandjean (University of Geneva), Johanna Sluiter (University of Bern)
Scientific Committee: Tom Avermaete (ETH Zurich), Leïla El-Wakil (University of Geneva), Francine Giese (Vitrocentre/Vitromusée Romont), Sandra Gianfreda (Kunsthaus Zürich), Kornelia Imesch-Oechslin (University of Lausanne), Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel (University of Geneva), Bärbel Küster (University of Zurich), Axel Langer (Rietberg Museum, Zurich), Estelle Sohier (University of Geneva)
International Advisory Board: Asseel Al-Ragam (Kuwait University), Éloïse Brac de la Perrière (Sorbonne University, Paris), Clare Davies (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), Yasser Elsheshtawy (Columbia University, New York), Samia Henni (McGill University, Montreal), Hamid Keshmirshekan (University of London), Vasif Kortun (Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha), Anneka Lenssen (University of California, Berkeley), Alain Messaoudi (University of Nantes), Salwa Mikdadi (New York University Abu Dhabi NYUAD), Ceren Özpinar (University of Brighton), Robert Parthesius (New York University Abu Dhabi NYUAD), Kirsten Scheid (American University of Beirut AUB), Bahia Shehab (The American University in Cairo AUC), Ilse Sturkenboom (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich LMU), Suheyla Takesh (Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah)
Manazir Journal
Institute of Art History
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