The Area Studies Initiative is the Global Press Archive program’s newest collaborative engagement with academic libraries to support the production of a diverse range of global newspaper archives that align with the collection goals and strategies of librarians from the five major area studies disciplines – African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic.

The hallmarks of the Area Studies Initiative include:

  • An annual offer of Open Access and in-copyright newspaper archives, including content that serves the needs of each of the five major area studies disciplines. See below for information on the 2024 Offer and 2025 Offer.
  • A discount program for accounts that participate in the annual offer, to defray the costs of acquiring other in-copyright newspaper archives that are not part of the Area Studies Initiative program by area studies librarians.
  • Additional offers released on a regular basis, also including a mix of Open Access and in-copyright newspaper archives, curated around the needs of specific area studies disciplines.

The Area Studies Initiative also supports the Global Press Archive program’s existing goal of creating the most comprehensive and accessible collection of digital newspaper content from around the world.


Want to learn more?

We will be holding a webinar in November, dates to be determined.

Or register here to watch a video on the GPA Area Studies Initiative.

2025 Offer
2024 Offer

Area Studies Initiative Offers feature:

  • Mix of in-copyright and out-of-copyright content
  • Delivery via the GPA platform
  • MARC records included
  • SERU licensing available to any institution participating in SERU
  • A discount program for other in-copyright newspaper archives that are not part of the Area Studies Initiative program

Contact your East View representative or use the form below to request more details, quotes, and trial access.

GPA Area Studies Initiative Offers

New Nigerian (OPEN ACCESS)
Africa | Kaduna, Nigeria | in English | 1966–2001
Regional daily coinciding with the end of the first Nigerian republic and subsequent military juntas.


L’Essor du Congo (OPEN ACCESS)
Africa | Elisabethville, Congo | in French | 1930–1960
National daily founded by colonial authorities of the Belgian Congo; went defunct following Congolese independence.


Independence Evening Post (OPEN ACCESS)
Asia | Taipei, Taiwan | in Chinese | 1947–1995
The only pro-Independence Taiwanese newspaper during the period of the Kuomintang regime.


El Comercio
Latin America | Lima, Peru | in Spanish | 1839–1928
Deep historic archive of Peru’s newspaper of record, covering the end of the early modern period.


Jornal de Debates (OPEN ACCESS)
Latin America | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | in Portuguese | 1946–1949
Political and cultural weekly featuring long form articles on topics including the nationalization of oil.


Akhbar Filastin (OPEN ACCESS)
Middle East | Gaza, Palestinian Territories | in Arabic | 1963–1967
One of the first Gazan newspapers; published during the tumultuous period of Egyptian and Israeli occupations.


El Moudjahid (OPEN ACCESS)
Middle East/North Africa | Algiers, Algeria | in Arabic and French | 1957–1962
One of the founding documents of independent Algeria; published continuously during the Algerian war.


Estoniia (OPEN ACCESS)
Slavic | Tallinn, Estonia | in Russian | 1991–2001
Successor title to Sovetskaia Estonia, chronicling the early history of independent Estonia.


Svobodné slovo (OPEN ACCESS)
Slavic | Prague, Czech Republic | in Czech | 1945–1967
National daily surviving the collapse of the Austro-Hungary, as well as Nazi and Soviet occupations.

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Die Transvaler (OPEN ACCESS)
Africa | Johannesburg, South Africa | in Afrikaans | 1938–1985
The ideological mouthpiece of the Transvaal branch of South Africa’s National Party; it was an influential newspaper among apartheid regime proponents.
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Choya Shinbun (OPEN ACCESS)
Asia | Tokyo, Japan | in Japanese | 1875–1889
An influential newspaper during the Meiji period; it was best known for supporting the socialist Freedom and People’s Rights movement.
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El Imparcial (OPEN ACCESS)
Latin America | San Juan, Puerto Rico | in Spanish | 1918–1972
An influential conservative, pro-independence tabloid in Puerto Rico; it is best known for its reportage on political corruption in the 1940s.


Noticias Graficas (OPEN ACCESS)
Latin America | Buenos Aires, Argentina | in Spanish | 1943–1950
A popular evening newspaper in Buenos Aires, notable for its illustrated center pages; it was shut down during the dictatorship of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu.
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Al Madina
Middle East | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | in Arabic | 1959–2001
One of the oldest newspapers in Saudi Arabia; it is best-known for covering national politics from a pro-government viewpoint, while providing more critical coverage of non-political news.


Al-Ba’ath
Middle East | Damascus, Syria | in Arabic | 1949–1997
The ideological mouthpiece of the ruling Ba’ath party in Syria; it is best known for its coverage of the split within the original Ba’ath Party, as well as the 1970 Syrian coup.


Nowy Dziennik
Slavic | New York, USA | in Polish | 1971–2022
The largest independent Polish-language newspaper in the United States; it is best known for its coverage of Polish independence movements in the 1980s.


V Novom Svete
Slavic | New York, USA | in Russian | 1995–2022
A popular newspaper among the fourth generation of Russian immigrants to the USA; it was best known for its striking interviews with contemporary political and cultural leaders in Russia.

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