{"id":4685,"date":"2017-07-17T23:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2017-07-17T23:30:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:30:59","slug":"job-opening-reviews-editor-gaskell-journal-9152017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/2017\/07\/17\/job-opening-reviews-editor-gaskell-journal-9152017\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Opening: Reviews Editor, <em>Gaskell Journal<\/em> (9\/15\/2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<em>Gaskell Journal<\/em>\u00a0seeks a new Reviews Editor. As well as publishing peer-reviewed articles, this annually produced academic journal features 2-4 book reviews, of works focused on Elizabeth Gaskell but also on Victorian literature and culture more generally. The reviews editor\u2019s role is to identify suitable books for review, contact publishers to request a complimentary review copy, and appoint appropriate reviewers. As well as engaging with our regular reviewers, this also involves making new contacts in relevant scholarly fields. The reviews editor must then keep in contact with the reviewer to ensure that the review is completed in good time, and meets house requirements, to be forwarded to the journal editor. This role might particularly appeal to research postgraduates or early career scholars in the field of Victorian studies, as a way to gain editorial experience and build academic contacts. Some familiarity with Gaskell\u2019s works is an advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Please send your 250-word statement of interest to Dr Rebecca Styler,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rstyler@lincoln.ac.uk\">rstyler@lincoln.ac.uk<\/a>, no later than September 15,\u00a02017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Gaskell Journal\u00a0seeks a new Reviews Editor. As well as publishing peer-reviewed articles, this annually produced academic journal features 2-4 book reviews, of works focused on Elizabeth Gaskell but also on Victorian literature and culture more generally. The reviews editor\u2019s role is to identify suitable books for review, contact publishers to request a complimentary review copy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[1180,1007,1156,1235],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4686,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685\/revisions\/4686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}