Seeking an editor (or co-editors) for the proposed online, refereed publication, The Journal of the Aphra Behn Society.

The Journal of the Aphra Behn Society will publish selected papers from the biannual Aphra Behn Society conference and will also attempt to bring together a variety of interdisciplinary, multimedia projects directly and indirectly related to women and the arts 1660 to 1830. Of special interest will be essays and projects that utilize technology in innovative ways (i.e. including performance arts; digital images; links to online projects including the Orlando Project, EBOO, and the Brown Women Writers Project; and other features that demonstrate the emerging importance of humanities computing to the ways in which we read women’s writing).

The journal’s contents will include selected conference papers, the graduate paper award winner, book reviews, reviews of women writers in performance, and international news, as well as a bookstore and a collection of related sites.

The editor or co-editors will be responsible for selecting and soliciting members of the editorial board, a book review editor, and a web designer/web content editor. The editor or co-editors will also establish submission guidelines, a refereeing process, and a publication schedule. If the editors would like to pilot a non-refereed version with selected papers from the recent conference in Albuquerque, we could try to have a version online by next fall and perhaps use this to solicit board members, book review editors, and other core staff for the journal. The editor or co-editors should have a strong sense of institutional support and backing for this project, which may (but does not necessarily need to) include graduate assistants, course reductions, and server space (alternately, the journal may be housed at a website with a domain name like “aphrabehn.org” for abut $20 a year).

In keeping with the mission of the Aphra Behn Society, the journal will strive to uphold principles of inclusiveness, expansiveness, creativity, and collegiality to position of women and minorities in the academy.

If you are interested in the position of editor or co-editor, please contact:Emily Bowles-Smith or Aleksondra Hultquist