CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion advances peer-reviewed scholarship across disciplines into caste systems in South Asia and beyond and considers the marginalization and inter-generational oppression of religious, racial and cultural minorities throughout the world.
J-CASTE assesses social policies meant to counter exclusion in multiple spheres and intolerance in multi-faith democracies. Our authors come from varying disciplines including philosophy and ethics, theology and culture, sociology and anthropology, economics, law, health, literature and art among others. We welcome critical reviews of our papers, as well as book and film reviews and commentaries.
2026-02-25
We are pleased to announce the results of the international competition for the Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize for 2026. The journal received outstanding submissions from South Asia, North America, the UK, and Europe. Our jury, consisting of respected scholars from South Asia and the USA, deliberated together over a period of six weeks.
2025-09-11
The Joint Editors-in-Chief of J-CASTE announce the 2025-26 Bluestone Rising Scholar Competition in Caste Studies. The Award recognizes individuals who show great promise for outstanding scholarly contributions in their future careers to the study of caste. The 2025-26 Prize will be awarded to an early career scholar or professional for the study of caste in South Asia or diaspora communities. Papers submitted for consideration may be on any aspect of Caste Studies and be written from the perspective of any discipline including but not limited to the social sciences, humanities and the arts, gender, history, philosophy, theology, medicine, or law.
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025): RETHINKING IDENTITY with A Symposium on Caste in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Diaspora (Part II)
Published: 2025-10-30