Anh Vinh thân quý,
Dear Mr. Vinh,
I hope your life is flowing peacefully and gently.
I am writing to let you know that my translation of Lĩnh Nam Chích Quái has now been published in the journal Rising Asia:
Warm regards,
Your friend
ISSN 2583-1038
PEER REVIEWED | MULTI-DISCIPLINARY | EASTERN FOCUS
Latest Issue
VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2
(SUMMER) MAY TO AUGUST 2026
Editorial Board & Journal Information
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
HARISH C. MEHTA
TALES OF PLUCK, MAGIC, AND DYNASTIES
From Vietnam’s Prehistory To The 14th CenturySupport Rising Asia Foundation
Note on the Authors
Contents
ROAD TO MALAYA
THE PLANTATION WITHOUT CHAINS
Malaya, The Caribbean And the System We Still Live Inside
INTRODUCTION
THE NATURE OF THE WORK
Using Magic to Overcome AdversityBOOK ONE
FOUNDATIONAL LEGENDSBOOK TWO
HISTORICAL LEGENDSBOOK THREE
SUPPRESSING MONSTERS AND SPIRITSBOOK FOUR
HOMEGROWN CONQUERORS, RULERS, AND RESISTANCE LEADERSBOOK FIVE
BUDDHIST ADEPTS WITH SUPERNATURAL POWERSBOOK SIX
SAGAS WITH MULTIPLE EPISODESBOOK SEVEN
SUPERNATURAL MILITARY ASSISTANCEBOOK EIGHT
ORIGINS OF NAMES AND CUSTOMSBOOK NINE
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF TEMPLES
WATCHING THE FAR NORTH
Economy, Science, Strategy, And The Politics Of “Observation” In Asian Arctic EngagementTHE ART OF BUDDHISM IN THE KHMER EMPIRE AND BEYOND
And Present-day Thai-Cambodia Border ConflictTHE CONTRADICTIONS OF OTHERNESS
The Other in I, I and the Other
MUSIC FOR COEXISTENCE IN JAPANESE DOMESTIC AND DIASPORIC SOCIETIES
Race, Tolerance, and Xenophobic Barriers
About the Journal
Rising Asia is a scholarly publication and journal of record with a multidisciplinary orientation. It serves as a resource for the study, investigation, and teaching of Asian societies. Each volume of the journal contains interpretive essays on all aspects of Asian history, economy, diplomacy, literature, health, science, military affairs (war, peace and society or WPS) and culture.
Its coverage spans the humanities and social sciences, incorporating various thematic approaches—historical, economic, foreign policy, military, literary and theoretical that explore issues of grand strategy, ideology, ethnicity, race and gender, diasporic and indigenous communities, and colonialism and postcolonialism. The journal also publishes research articles in the field of Film Studies, as well as commentaries on museum exhibits and resource guides, provided all of them are scholarly in nature.
Journal Information
| Title: | Rising Asia Journal |
|---|---|
| Frequency: | Three times a year |
| ISSN: | ISSN 2583-1038 |
| Publisher: | Rising Asia Foundation |
| Chief Editor: | Harish C. Mehta |
| Copyright: | Rising Asia Foundation |
| Starting year: | January 2021 |
| Subject: | Multidisciplinary subjects |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Format: | Online |
| Phone No: | 91-9830721954 |
| Email id: | harishcmehta1968@gmail.com |
| Website: | www.rajraf.org |
| Address: | 32 T, New Road, Alipore, Kolkata 700 027, West Bengal, India |
Editorial Board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
HARISH C. MEHTA
PhD, McMaster University, Canada;
former Lecturer at University of Toronto, McMaster,
and Trent University;
and former Senior Indochina Correspondent,
The Business Times of Singapore.
harishcmehta1968@gmail.com
harish.mehta@utoronto.ca
PRESIDENT
DEB A. MUKHERJEE
St. Stephen's College; University of Delhi;
Managing Director, Cenergist Energy Private Limited;
Chairperson, The Delhi Council of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry; former President, BCC&I.
debamukherjee59@gmail.com
CONSULTING EDITOR
GURJIT SINGH
Former Ambassador of India to Germany, Indonesia, ASEAN, Ethiopia and the African Union; currently honorary Professor of Humanities, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (Japan, Indonesia, ASEAN, Africa and Europe),
ambassadorgurjitsingh@gmail.com
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
ANG CHENG GUAN
Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore. (International History and Politics of Southeast Asia),
iscgang@ntu.edu.sg
JANGKHONGAM DOUNGEL
Professor, Department of Political Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl (Local/Regional Politics & Socio-Economic Development of Mizoram, and Autonomy Movements in the North East),
jdoungel@gmail.com
MANAGING EDITORS
MANASHJYOTI KARJEE
MA, International Relations & Area Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, and BA, Political Science, Ramjas College, University of Delhi; former positions: Assistant Professor, SGT University, and Researcher of Security & Society at Advanced Study Institute of Asia (Security Dynamics, Arctic Geopolitics, Global Geopolitical Shifts),
manashjrkarjee@gmail.com
AURKO CHAKRABARTI
BA, Media & Communications, Swansea University; former positions: Editor of Decypher Journal, and Narrative Designer, and Geopolitical Research Analyst at Advanced Study Institute of Asia (Media and Political Communication, Visual Culture and Narrative Politics, Media Systems and Public Discourse),
aurko.chakrabarti@gmail.com
BOARD OF EDITORS
Julie Banerjee Mehta
Former Lecturer, University of Toronto and York University, currently Guest Faculty Professor, Loreto College, Calcutta (Postcolonial and Gender Theory, World Literatures, Diaspora Studies and Southeast Asian Culture),
juliemehta57@gmail.com
Suchorita Chattopadhyay
Professor, Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University (Comparative Literature, Japan, and Asian Diasporas),
suchoritachattopadhyay@yahoo.com
Craig Etcheson
PhD (International Relations), University of Southern California; former Visiting Scientist at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2017 through June 2022 (Transitional Justice, Genocide Studies, and Cambodia),
etcheson@ix.netcom.com
Lalnundika Hnamte
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Pachhunga University College, A Constituent College of Mizoram University (Peace and Conflict Resolution; Northeast Indian politics; Sixth Schedule and Tribal Autonomy; Migration and Citizenship;
Look East/Act East Policy),
lalnundika@jbc.edu.in
Tuan Hoang
Professor of Great Books and Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California (Modern Vietnamese Intellectual and Religious History, Vietnamese American History, and Vietnamese Catholicism),
tuan.hoang@pepperdine.edu
Sanjay Kathuria
PhD (Economics), University of Oxford; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and Ashoka University, Sonipat, India; Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and former Lead Economist, World Bank (South Asian Trade and Investment, India's North East, Global Economy, Economic Growth, and Competitiveness),
sanjay@cprindia.org
Veronica Khangchian
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Dhanamanjuri University, Imphal, Manipur;
she formerly taught in the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, and at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi (Ethnicity & Conflict, Migration, and Peace Processes in Northeast India),
verokarujiliu@gmail.com
Vimal Khawas
Professor, the Special Centre for the Study of North East India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (the Himalayan region, Sikkim, Nepal, Environmental Studies/Security, Development Studies, Urban and Regional Planning),
vimalkhawas@mail.jnu.ac.in
Siddharth Mallavarapu
Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University (Disciplinary histories of International Relations, Theories of IR in the Global South, Asia in World Affairs, Comparative Political Thought, and Critical Security Studies),
siddharth.m@snu.edu.in
Medha
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University (South Asian Historical International Relations, Postcolonial and Decolonial approaches, Identities, Ideologies and Religion, and Discourse Theory),
medha@snu.edu.in
Biswajit Mohapatra
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (Politics, International Relations and Foreign Policy; and India's North East),
biswajitm1@gmail.com
Nguyet Nguyen
Assistant Professor of History, Department of Social Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Alaska, Southeast, Juneau, Alaska (Vietnam War, U.S. Foreign Relations, Imperialism and Decolonization, and Gender Politics),
ntnguyen2@alaska.edu
Por Heong Hong
Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (Malaysia's healthcare policy, biopolitics, politics of memory, politics of heritage),
porheonghong@usm.my
Salikyu Sangtam
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Tetso College, Dimapur, Nagaland, India (Politics of Knowledge, Political Thought, Political Philosophy),
salikyu.sangtam@gmail.com
Vu Duong Luan
Senior Lecturer, Department of Heritage Studies, and Head of Office of Research Affairs and International Cooperation, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (Transnational History of Sino-Vietnamese Early Modern Borderlands, Comparative Studies of Social and Economic Institutions of Imperial China and Vietnam, and the Politics of Heritage in Chinese and Vietnamese societies).
luanvuduong@gmail.com
ASSISTANT EDITORS
BOOKS
Mohini Maureen Pradhan
mohinipcal53@gmail.com
FILM STUDIES
Raka Mukherjee
rakamukherjeeofficial@gmail.com.
RESEARCH
Hemalatha Sridhar
tatsugarde@gmail.com
Hussena Calcuttawala
hussenacal@gmail.com
COLUMNS
Valentina Notts
valentinanotts@gmail.com
PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE
Roshni Subramani
sales.risingasia@gmail.com
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