Tuesday, November 7, 2017

LHR seeks Assoc. Editor for Digital Projects

We have the following call for applications (which includes an exciting announcement about a new digital platform for legal-historical work):
Law and History Review, a leading journal of legal history, seeks an Associate Editor for Digital Projects to manage its new digital imprint, The Docket. The ideal candidate has a thorough knowledge of legal history and a strong grasp of communication through social media and other digital forums. Public historians are especially encouraged to apply. The Associate Editor will be responsible for publishing articles, interviews, and other items that mirror and expand on the content of issues of Law and History Review, as well as participating in editorial deliberations of the journal. Editor-in-Chief Gautham Rao, and Associate Editors Angela Fernandez, Elizabeth Papp Kamali, and Jedidiah Kroncke will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2017 and expect to make an appointment by January 15, 2018.

To apply, please send a cover letter that explains your credentials, a C.V., and a list of three references (with name, position, mailing address, email address, and phone number) to lhrsearch1@gmail.com. Please direct any inquiries about the position to Gautham Rao at grao@american.edu.

Law and History Review is published quarterly by Cambridge University Press for the American Society for Legal History.