Journal of Near and Middle Eastern Studies: open-access journal

The Journal of Near and Middle Eastern Studies is a new annual, open-access publication from the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Students' Union at the University of Toronto.
It showcases undergraduate academic papers on all aspects of the history and culture of the region from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day.
Content of the 2010 issue ranges from "Death and the netherworld in ancient Mesopotamian thought" (Nisa Soeherman) to "The duality of structure between the IDF and Israeli society" (Matthew Ianucci)

Asian Perspectives: open-access journal

The journal Asian Perspectives (published by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa) is  now available on open-access from Vol.1 (1957) to Vol.47 (2008).
The journal looks at the archaeology and prehistory of the Asia-Pacific region

N.B. the Library also has access to Vol.39 (2000) onwards via EBSCOHost as well as print holdings from Vol.1(1957) onwards at Per 103 / 137833

Two new open-access journals of interest to historians

Two new open-access journals with a wide historical (and thematic) range

Hallesche Beitrage zur Orientwissenschaft

This academic journal published by the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (frequently in monograph format) covers a wide range of topics and countries (ancient history, archives, religions, Middle Eastern studies etc.)
It is currently available as digitized open-access texts from Vol.1 (1979) to Vol.44 (2007).

The current link address is via AWOL (Ancient World Online blog)

'Atiqot (Journal of the Israeli Antiquities Authority)

This journal covers the archaeology of "the land of Israel" from prehistory to Ottoman times. Open access coverage begins with Vol.60 (2008). You need to register first, but after that you will be able to login to view and share journal content.

Sasanian Empire: website and open-access e-journals

Sasanika is hosted by the University of California at Irvine. The website features resources on the geography, history and archaeology of the Sasanian Persian Empire

The website also gives open-access to:

e-Sasanika (a collection of open-access academic papers) 

Name-ye Iran Bastan (International journal of ancient Iranian studies) : the project to make all content for this title is a work in progress and only 2001 is currently available. The journal is in Persian and English

The site also aims to give access to the Persian language title Bulletin of Ancient Iranian History, which looks at the Iranian world prior to the coming of Islam. Only Vol.5 (2009) is available at present.

Open Access journals in Ancient Studies

700 open access journals on all aspects of the ancient world (including Africa, South Asia and the Middle East, and Hebraic studies as well as the "Ancient Near East") are currently available through this alphabetical list on the AWOL (Ancient World Online blog) from the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University

Click here to link to the AWOL blog and keep up to date with new open access journals online and newly released networked content on the Ancient World