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Qalamos Heritage Studies is a semi-annual, peer-reviewed journal devoted to advancing rigorous and innovative scholarship in Heritage Studies. Inspired by the shared symbolism of the qalam and kalamos—the reed pen as an instrument of knowledge—Qalamos promotes research that not only documents the past, but also critically interprets and rethinks heritage as a living field shaped by memory, ethics, politics, and cultural transformation.

The journal’s geographic horizon is anchored in the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, understood as an interconnected cultural landscape formed through long histories of exchange, conflict, mobility, and creativity. Qalamos welcomes interdisciplinary work that bridges methods and perspectives across history, archaeology, art and architecture, ancient languages, heritage management, and heritage sciences.

We invite scholars and practitioners to submit original contributions that are methodologically robust, theoretically alert, and committed to scholarly clarity. Whether analysing material culture, interpreting archival and epigraphic records, or examining the governance and social life of heritage, Qalamos offers a platform for research that pushes disciplinary boundaries and opens new intellectual pathways.