CFA: Senior Editor of /Aspasia/

Deadline: October 1, 2018

/Aspasia,/ an international, peer-reviewed annual of women’s
and gender history of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
(CESEE) published by Berghahn Journals, invites applications for
a new senior editor or team of co-editors. Founded in 2007,
/Aspasia/ was created to help move the European history of
women and gender beyond the Western European perspective.
For over a decade, the journal has been dedicated to furthering
historical research on women and gender in CESEE. It has
emphasized research that examines the ways gender intersects
with other categories of social organization and has advanced
work that explores transnational aspects of women’s and
gender histories within, to, and from CESEE. Throughout its
existence, /Aspasia/ has provided an important venue for
scholars working in CESEE itself to publish their research for
a wide audience.

/Aspasia/’s approach to women’s and gender history has been
purposefully eclectic. The journal’s scope extends from the
former Habsburg Monarchy to the former Soviet Union, from
the Baltics to the Balkans and to all time periods. Articles
published in /Aspasia/ have covered a rich variety of topics
and historical eras, as well as a wide range of methodologies
and approaches to the history of women and gender. Past
themes for issues have included: the history of feminism,
gender history and everyday life, gendering spiritualities and
spiritualisms, women’s autobiographical writing, rethinking
empire, gendering the Cold War, and women and violence.
In addition to formal articles, /Aspasia/ has published forums
with leading scholars working on the CESEE region on topics
such as Communism and feminism, the state of women’s
and gender history in CESEE and the development of
women’s and gender studies as an interdisciplinary field
in CESEE.

We seek a new senior editor or team of co-editors who will
bring new and innovative ideas to the journal and work with
continuing members of the current editorial team to further
/Aspasia/’s work as a leading force in the field of women’s
and gender history in and about CESEE. The new senior
editor will begin work immediately on volume 14, which will
come out in 2020.

Applications to edit /Aspasia/ should include 1) a written
proposal explaining your vision for Aspasia and detailing
your editorial philosophy and editorial experience 2) a
curriculum vitae for the proposed editor and all co-editors.

Completed applications are due by October 1, 2018. They
should be sent via email to Professor Francisca de Haan at
Dehaanf@ceu.edu