Change of Publication Date

Since its creation in 2020, Meldar: Revista internacional de estudios sefardíes has published one issue per year, specifically on December 15. This was the case from issue 1 in 2020 through issue 5 in 2024. However, issue 6, planned for December 15, 2025, could not be published on the scheduled date. While the editorial team was engaged in the evaluation and editing process, the journal platform of Universidad Pablo de Olavide suffered a cyberattack that prevented access to the system for several months. Once the platform was restored, a significant amount of work remained, and in order to maintain the quality of the journal, it was not possible to publish the issue on December 15.

Moreover, it should be noted that since its inception, Meldar: Revista internacional de estudios sefardíes had published its annual issue at the end of the year. However, with a view to promoting knowledge transfer in the field of Sephardic studies and facilitating more agile scientific communication, it is more appropriate to publish the annual issue in the first half of each calendar year, rather than at the very end.

Thus, as a result of these two factors (the delay in the publication of issue 6 and the intention to move future publications to earlier in the year) the editorial team has decided to publish issues 6 and 7 simultaneously, corresponding to the years 2025 and 2026. These issues coincide in time due to the delay affecting the 2025 issue and the advancement of the 2026 issue. With this change, the publication date of the annual issue of Meldar: Revista internacional de estudios sefardíes is hereby modified: starting in 2026, a new issue will be published each March 31.

Finally, we would like to note that the newly chosen date is not arbitrary. On March 31, 1492, the Catholic Monarchs signed in Granada the Edict of Expulsion, which ended centuries of Jewish presence on the Iberian Peninsula and gave rise to the Sephardic diaspora. Therefore, March 31 has always been a particularly significant date in the field of Sephardic studies, and we wish for the annual publication of each issue of Meldar: Revista internacional de estudios sefardíes to coincide, from now on, with this meaningful date.

The Editorial Team