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New West Indian Guide (NWIG)

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Published continuously since 1919, the New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids (NWIG) is the oldest scholarly journal on the Caribbean.

Abstract

Published continuously since 1919, the New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids (NWIG) is the oldest scholarly journal on the Caribbean, featuring English-language articles in the fields of anthropology, art, archaeology, economics, geography, geology, history, international relations, linguistics, literature, music, political science and sociology, and includes the world's most complete review section on Caribbean books - covering some 150 books each year. 

Peer reviewed

NWIG is a peer-reviewed journal and regularly publishes contributions by authors in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, England, Germany, Guyana, the Netherlands, Suriname, the United States, and Venezuela, as well as every part of the insular Caribbean.

Open access

As the journal receives a subvention for publication from the learned society Vereniging KITLV (NL), the Article Processing Charge (APC) is waived and all articles are published in Open Access at no cost to the author. For more information visit the Brill Open dedicated webpage.

Web of Science

New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids is indexed by Web of Science.

Publisher

Published by Brill Academic Publishers in collaboration with KITLV.

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Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies