CASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion

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.

J-CASTE announces the Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize 2025-26 Competition

2025-08-19

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.

Call for Submissions: Caste in Sri Lanka issue

2024-05-05

Compared to the expanding body of literature on caste in the Indian subcontinent, caste in Sri Lanka has received only sporadic academic attention and has been largely ignored in policy debates and social development interventions on the island. Read the full Call for Proposals. Read the full Announcement.

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): VARIETIES OF CASTE CONSCIOUSNESS with A Symposium on Caste in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan Diaspora (Part 1)