Search for New Co-Editor of the Women in German Yearbook

Once again we announce a search for a new co-editor of the WiG Yearbook, as Katharina Gerstenberger will be stepping down this fall after the WiG annual conference. She has brought energy, wisdom and great commitment to her work as co-editor, and we will miss her effective participation in this important WiG enterprise. We all thank her for her efforts and wish her all the best!

A search committee has been appointed to find a new co-editor. The members of the search committee are Claudia Breger, Barbara Kosta, and Katharina Gerstenberger as former co-editor. I will chair the committee as a non-voting member.

If you would like to be a candidate for this position or would like to nominate another WiG member, please consider the following information:

The new co-editor will serve a three-year term, working with Patricia Simpson, who is beginning her second year as WiG Yearbook co-editor. The three-year term as co-editor may be renewed once. co-editors share responsibilities and work collaboratively in close contact with each other. Some adjustment of the co-editor’s teaching load, or/and funding for a graduate or undergraduate assistant, is also desirable.

Over the years, discussions of the editorship have consistently stressed the advantages of having both co-editors tenured. The substantial time commitment can place undue pressure on an untenured faculty member just when her own publication is of utmost importance. Tenured applicants are also likely to have had greater experience and wider professional contacts. It is therefore preferable for both co-editors to hold the rank of full professor.

If you wish to apply, please send a letter citing your experience and qualifications, a statement of your vision of what the WiG Yearbook is/should be, and what you hope to contribute to the editorship. Your letter should be accompanied by a CV and a statement from your department chair or dean confirming institutional support. Please send materials by July 1 to me as Search Committee chair

Nora Alter
Department of Film and Media Arts
Temple University

(direct questions to: nalter(AT)temple.edu).

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