ANOR is an open access peer reviewed book series edited by Manja Stephan-Emmrich and Jeanine
Dagyeli who took over in Autumn 2021 from the previous editorial team Ingeborg Baldauf and
Jürgen Paul. The series features original research in the Humanities and Social Sciences on
Muslim Central Asia and adjacent regions. ANOR aims at a shift of perspective: By taking the
historically consolidated region of Central Asia with its five former Soviet republics
Xinjiang and Afghanistan including its multiple diasporas as its focus and point of departure
for analysis ANOR employs area as a method. The series publishes empirically and
linguistically grounded research from the Humanities and Social Sciences on and from the
region. The Editorial Board of ANOR invites proposals for small to medium-length monographs
(including outstanding MA theses) collaborative writing projects or collected volumes that are
based on original research and profound regional expertise. ANOR especially seeks contributions
from Anthropology History Area Studies Literary Studies Linguistics the History of Ideas
Digital Humanities and Human Geography that tackle relevant issues in the field of Central
Asian Studies and or explore novel methodologies approaches and theories. Potential authors
should consult the ANOR Mission Statement.
