INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES

 

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES

[IRJAH][ISSN 1016-9342]

Faculty of Arts, University of Sindh, Jamshoro

 

 

Dear Scholars, 

We are pleased to inform all the concerned that since the announcement of publication of International Research Journal of Arts and Humanities (IRJAH) by Faculty of Arts, University of Sindh on various websites including Higher Education Commission and broadened its scope. We have been receiving large number of articles from all corners of the world. 

We therefore request the scholars, researchers and experts in the field of Arts and Humanities to kindly offer their services to work as an expert on any field of their choice given below to review/evaluate the articles received for publication: Anthropology, Pakistan studies, Archeology Architecture, Art, Art History, English, Ethnic Studies, Dance, Film, Folk Lore, Geography, Geographic Design, History Landscape Architecture, Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Postcolonial Identities, Product Design, Religion, Second Language Studies, Speech/Communication, Theater, Visual Arts, other Areas of Arts and Humanities and cross disciplinary areas of the above related to each other. 

Names of the experts will be incorporated in the Scientific Committee of the Research Journal.  

Looking forward to hear from interested scholars. 

Sincerely  

 

Dr. M. Qasim Bughio

Editor, IRJAH

Dean, Faculty of Arts

 

Dear Scholars 

University of Sindh publishes various research journals covering a number of disciplines, such as: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Business related fields. Until recently we used to publish ‘The University of Sindh Arts Research Journal’ that now has been renamed as “International Research Journal of Arts and Humanities” (IRJAH) Faculty of Arts, University of Sindh, ISSN 1016-9342. 

We are pleased to inform you that 34th Vol. of the Research Journal has been prepared according to criteria for HEC recognized journals and is under process of publication under the new editorial board given below:

Patron:

Mr. Mazhar-ul-Haq Siddiqui

Vice Chancellor, University of Sindh

 

Editorial Board:

1.      Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Bughio, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Sindh, Pakistan (Editor).

2.      Prof. Dr. T.Y. Oksun, Justice Studies: Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, USA.

3.      Prof. Dr. Nor Faridah, English Language and Literature: International Islamic University, Malaysia.

4.      Prof. Dr. Muhammad Memon, Institute for Educational Development, Agha Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

5.      Prof. Fabio Maniscalco, Director, Observatory for the protection of Cultural and Environmental Patrimony in Areas of Crisis, University “L’Orientale” of Naples, Italy.

6.      Professor Asif Ali Suhag, Visiting Professor, Department of English, University of Sindh.

Secretary, Editorial Board:

Dr. Rafique Ahmed Memon, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Sindh.

On behalf of the editorial board, I invite you to kindly contribute your research articles and book reviews on Arts and Humanities related fields for next issues and help us produce a journal of international repute from this part of the world. 

Guidelines for authors are attached herewith. 

Regards 

Dr. Rafique Ahmed

Guidelines for Authors

 

The International Research Journal of Arts and Humanities (IRJAH) carries articles dealing with Arts and Humanities related fields. 

 

Manuscript Submission

 

· All research articles should be sent as electronic attachments to the Editor or Secretary, Editorial Board for International Research Journal of Arts & Humanities, University of Sindh, Pakistan, on any of the e-mail addresses given below.

1. dean@arts.usindh.edu.pk    2. irjah@usindh.edu.pk                                  

OR

·  On a 3˝" floppy diskette or CD-ROM in MS Word for Windows or PDF format to the following address:

Secretary, Editorial Board IRJAH, Department of English, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76080, Pakistan. 

· Please include your phone, fax numbers, e-mail and postal addresses on the title page.

· Article should be typed double-spaced throughout (including footnotes, quotations and reference list) with no less than one inch margin on all four sides.

· "Times New Roman" font must be adopted with 12-pt.

· All the headings and sub-headings should be in 14-pt.  

Abstract: :

· Article submitted for publication should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 250 words, summarizing the overall concept of the article.   

Quotations  

· While making reference to someone else's idea through a direct quote, the author's name along with the year of publication and page number must be provided.  For example;  

Efficient reading does not result from precise perception and identification of all elements, but from skill in selecting the fewest, most productive cues necessary to produce guesses’ (Goodman 1967:127)

 

References

 

· All sources included in the ‘References’ must be cited in the body of the paper and all sources cited in the article must be included in the ‘Reference’ section, arranged in alphabetical order in the following manner;

 

Chaudron, C. (1988) Second language classrooms: research on teaching and learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

· Inside the body of the text, while referring to the book written by two authors, the names of both authors should be provided. For example; Allwright and Bailey (1995)

However, while listing them in the reference section, complete details of both authors should be provided. For example;

Allwright, R. and Bailey K.  (1991) Focus on the language classroom: An introduction to classroom research for language teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge

· Inside the body of the text, while referring to a book or article written by more than two authors, reference should be made as Wood et al. (1976)

 

However, while listing them in the reference section, complete details of the all authors should be provided as;   

Wood, D., Bruner, J., and Ross, G. (1976) The role of tutoring in problem solving’ Journal of Child Psychology and Child Psychiatry 17: 89-100 

· To cite chapters or articles from an edited or a compiled book, the reference should be made in the following way;

Coleman, H. (1996) Shadow puppets and language lessons: Interpreting classroom behaviour in its cultural context. (64-85).  In Coleman, H. (ed.) Society and the Language Classroom Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

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