WELCOME TO WACANA SENI JOURNAL OF ARTS DISCOURSE

Wacana Seni Journal of Arts Discourse, a refereed journal of the School of Arts, published by Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, is for the advancement of scholarly knowledge about the arts in Malaysia and Asia. The journal publishes articles and reviews of books, recordings, exhibitions, and performances from different points of view with approaches from various disciplines.

The Editorial Board is drawn from staff members of the University. The Board is assisted by panel of distinguished scholars from local and foreign universities.

The journal has a bilingual publishing policy (Bahasa Malaysia and English) and is published once a year. Wacana Seni is accepted and will be indexed in Scopus and listed in ERA Ranked Journal List.

Wacana Seni is currently headed by a new Chief Editor Assoc. Prof. Hasnul Jamal Saidon with the following line up of editorial.

Editorial members:

1. Assoc. Prof. Shanti Balraj, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia
2. Dr. Mohd. Kipli A. Rahman, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia
3. Dr. Mumtaz P.V. Aboo Backer, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia
4. Dr. Jason Tye Kong-Chiang, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia
5. Dr. Sarena Abdullah, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia
6. Dr. Muhizam Mustaffa, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia
7. En. Safrizal Shahir, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia

We are pleased to announce that commencing 20 April 2011 onwards, Wacana Seni Journal of Arts Discourse will use ScholarOne Manuscripts, a web based system for the submission and reviewing processes of articles. This is the web based system used by many leading publishers. Essentially, the system will handle all major steps involved in the publication of articles and these include submissions, selection of reviewers, reviewing processes, feedback to authors, etc.

Researchers interested in submitting their papers must first register at the website at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wacanaseni. Please take note that all manuscripts submitted via the online submission system will only be considered for publication.

Meanwhile for further inquiries please email to Chief Editor: dir_muzium@usm.my / wseni@usm.my, Nor Laila: nor_laila@usm.my, Safinawati: safinawati@usm.my.