Journal of Indo-European Studies

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The Journal of Indo-European Studies (JIES) is a journal of Indo-European studies, established in 1973. It aims to serve "as a medium for the exchange and synthesis of information relating to the anthropology, archaeology, mythology, philology, and general cultural history of the Indo-European speaking peoples."

The journal has been criticized by some for alleged connections with right-wing circles or ideologies.^[1] The founder of the journal and one of its former editors, eugenicist Roger Pearson, is said to be a well-known fascist and white supremacist.^[2] However, others of the journal such as head editor JP Mallory^[3] have expressed their dismay of how racism entered the Indo-European debate. Moreover, the journal currently has many well qualified and scholarly associate editors who typically lack political/racial agendas. Much of what has been contributed over the years has been fair and scientific studies within the field of Indo-European studies. Such is evident from JIES Volume 31 which showcases both sides of the Indo-Aryan migration debate.

1 Editors
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Editors

Roger Pearson (founder and former editor)
David Anthony (Oneonta), Vyacheslav Ivanov (UCLA), Douglas Adams (Idaho), Peter Schrijver (Munich), Scott Littleton (Occidental), Nicolas Allen (Oxford).

JIES is currently head edited by JP Mallory.

[edit] See also

Mankind Quarterly (journal that was also founded and edited by Pearson)

[edit] References

^ "The Pioneer Fund has financed the research of Dr. Roger Pearson and others whose articles have appeared in the racialist Journal of Indo-European Studies..." Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort by Chip Berlet, Matthew N. Lyons. The Guilford Press 2000. ISBN: 1572305622 p.281
^ Most notable is perhaps that no one reacted to the fact that the editor of the world-leading journal for research on the Indo-Europeans, Journal of Indo-European Studies, Roger Pearson,.. has been "one of America's foremost Nazi apologists and quite clearly a racist with one of the world's best web of contacts." Arvidsson (2006)
^ (In Search of the Indo-Europeans)

Arvidsson, Stefan (2006), Aryan Idols: Indo-European Mythology as Ideology and Science, translated by Sonia Wichmann, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.