Updated on July 6, 2021, with correction to term dates. Please see below.
The Society of Architectural Historians (av福利社) invites nominations and self-nominations for a new position of Associate Editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (Jav福利社). The Associate Editor will serve a two-year term: January 1, 2022–December 31, 2023. Following this appointment, the Associate Editor will serve as Jav福利社 Editor for a two-year term beginning on January 1, 2024, until December 31, 2025.
The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians is a quarterly, blind-peer reviewed international journal devoted to all aspects of the history of the global built environment and spatial practice, including architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and city planning. Published since 1941, Jav福利社 has defined the field of architectural history, and is a pioneer in digital publication. Articles published in Jav福利社 are historically rigorous, conceptually sophisticated, and theoretically innovative. The Jav福利社 Editor and Jav福利社 Associate Editor work closely as a team, and together are responsible for the content and focus of the journal, which is published simultaneously in print and digital formats (Jav福利社 Online).
av福利社 seeks a Jav福利社 Associate Editor who will embrace a broad view of architectural history as described above. Candidates should be scholars of the history of the built environment with stature in the field and experience in editing book and/or exhibition reviews; institutional affiliation is not required. Candidates should be published authors of at least one peer-reviewed book.
The Jav福利社 Associate Editor will assist the Editor in reviewing submitted manuscripts, securing blind peer reviews of submitted manuscripts, communicating decisions to authors, solicit content, and preparing material for four issues per year. The Editor is responsible for final decisions regarding content and focus of the journal; design and production are coordinated with staff at the University of California Press.
The Jav福利社 Associate Editor will assist the Editor in supervising the Jav福利社 Book, Exhibition, and Multimedia Review Editors, the Jav福利社 Managing Editor, and a professional copy editor. The Jav福利社 Associate Editor will assist the Editor in working with av福利社 staff, and with the production, marketing and technical staff at University of California Press, to ensure timely quarterly publication and to promote the journal.
From time to time the Jav福利社 Editor and Jav福利社 Associate Editor also will curate selections of articles already published in the Journal to release a special online virtual issues through the University of California Press. Past virtual issues of this type have commemorated World Architecture Day and architectural anniversaries of international importance.
The Jav福利社 Editor and Jav福利社 Associate Editor will submit semi-annual written updates and attend av福利社 Executive Committee and Board meetings (April, summer, and November). Periodic meetings with the Jav福利社 Editorial Advisory Committee, whose eight members advise and assist the Editor and Associate Editor and serve as ambassadors for the Jav福利社, will take place by conference call and at the av福利社 annual conference in April.
The work of the Jav福利社 Editor and Associate Editor represents a very significant time commitment. If the Jav福利社 Associate Editor works at an academic institution, av福利社 encourages the Associate Editor to seek a course release, but the av福利社 is not able to provide compensation for such a release.
Candidates must be current av福利社 members and should not be serving as Editor of, or on the editorial board of, a competitive journal. av福利社 seeks applications from colleagues who will contribute to the diversity of perspectives on the Jav福利社 Editorial Board and who will engage actively with conversations about the discipline’s engagements with differences of culture, religion, nationality, race, gender, sexuality, and access. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name; self-nominations are also welcome.
Required Application Materials:
With each nomination, please send a 500-word statement describing qualifications for appointment, a CV, and the name and full contact information of at least one reference through the av福利社 Online Portal.
For full consideration, please upload nominations by August 31, 2021, through the av福利社 Online Portal.
Selection of the Jav福利社 Associate Editor will be made by a committee appointed by the av福利社 President of selected past editors from all aspects of the journal and editorial advisory committee members. Candidates will be notified by October 10, 2021, and will be invited to attend the November Executive Committee and Board meetings as their term begins January 1, 2022.
