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We are pleased to announce our 2022 Emerging Scholars Competition in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
2022 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
At a time when women’s and LGBTQ+ rights are very much in the news, we are pleased to support research in the important field of women, gender and sexuality studies through our annual competition. Let’s continue the conversation.
Peter Lang Publishing is delighted to announce the 2022 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Proposals are invited from emerging scholars in Women’s Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Sexuality Studies for single-author books to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board. Proposals may be interdisciplinary or in any of the following disciplines: Cultural Studies, Education, Film, History, Law & Economics, Literature, Media & Communication, or Politics. We also welcome projects representing regional perspectives (e.g. Irish or Swiss).
Proposals should be submitted to editorial@peterlang.com with the subject line ‘Emerging Scholars Competition’ (or via the entry form below) by 15 October 2022 and consist of an abstract (including chapter synopses), a sample chapter (5,000 to 10,000 words in length), a CV, and a statement describing how you are an emerging scholar, in separate Microsoft Word documents. Proposals under review elsewhere should not be submitted.
The winner(s) will be offered a contract for a book with this distinction. Planned manuscripts should be from 60,000 to 100,000 words in length and written in English, French, Spanish or German. Authors will be expected to prepare the manuscript in accordance with the style guidelines provided.
Decisions will be made by 1 December 2022 and the winners will be notified shortly thereafter.
History
The Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition (previously known as the Young Scholars Competition) is an annual competition for early career researchers in selected fields. It has been held every year since 2011, in fields such as Black Studies, Irish Studies, Women’s Writing, Education, French Studies and more.
In each competition, book proposals for monographs are invited from emerging scholars to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board. Winners receive a contract for a fully funded book and the title of winner. Runners-up and other participants may also have opportunities to publish.
We’re proud to have a community of over 30 winners of the competition from over the years, and we’re pleased to feature some of our winning books. Please watch the interviews with two winners of our 2019 French Studies competition, Mathew Rickard and Natalie Berkman, to learn what winning the competition has meant to them.
Contacts
For questions about submitting to the 2022 competition, please contact our competition coordinators, Dani Green (d.green@peterlang.com) or Laurel Plapp (l.plapp@peterlang.com). For questions about specific regions, languages or disciplines within the competition, please contact the relevant editor below. We look forward to hearing from you!
Participating Editors
Dani Green
ACQUISITIONS EDITOR
Dani Green
ACQUISITIONS EDITOR
Dani Green holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Notre Dame and is Associate Editor acquiring for Peter Lang Inc’s Education list. Dani is interested in continuing to develop the Education list’s inclusive, intersectional, and interdisciplinary scope with attention to equity and access. Some areas of interest include gender studies, race studies, social justice and anti-oppression work, curriculum design and pedagogy, LGBTQ+ and queer studies, and history of institutions.
Dr. Laurel Plapp
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR
Dr. Laurel Plapp
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR
Laurel is Senior Acquisitions Editor for the Language, Literature and Culture list. She began working in the publishing industry in 1995 and joined Peter Lang in 2010, after completing a PhD in Literature with a focus in French and German. Her core commissioning areas are modern languages and literatures, cultural studies and visual culture. She manages specialized series in memory studies, cultural history, women and gender studies, genre fiction, comparative literature, film studies, art history and translation studies, among others. She has recently launched new series in critical race studies, medical humanities, disability studies, and plant and animal studies. She is delighted to speak with scholars about new book and series proposals.
Benjamin Kloss
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR (ROMANCE STUDIES / PHILOSOPHY / EDUCATION)
Benjamin Kloss
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR (ROMANCE STUDIES / PHILOSOPHY / EDUCATION)
Benjamin Kloss has been working at Peter Lang since 2004. After studying Hispanic language & literature, English language & literature and psychology at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Salamanca, he worked as a research fellow at the Free University of Berlin from 1999 to 2004, where he was awarded a PhD in Romance studies. As a senior acquisitions editor at Peter Lang, he is responsible for Romance studies, Slavic studies, philosophy and education.
Ulrike Döring
SENIOR COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Ulrike Döring
SENIOR COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Ulrike Döring studied German Language and Literature and Pedagogy at the University of Stuttgart and graduated with a master’s degree. Before joining Peter Lang, she has worked as an editor for a German specialist book publisher for many years. Since December 2018, she is responsible for the German and Linguistics program at Peter Lang’s Bern office and looks forward to discussing book and series proposals, particularly on linguistic and literary topics.
Thierry Waser
DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR AND SENIOR COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Thierry Waser
DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR AND SENIOR COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Thierry Waser holds an MA in French literature and contemporary history from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He started working for Peter Lang in 2008, first in the Bern office, before joining the Brussels office in 2015, where he works as the deputy managing director and senior commissioning editor. He speaks French, German and English. Subject areas: History, sociology, linguistics, philosophy, law, ecology and environmental studies.
Tony Mason
SENIOR COMMISSIONING EDITOR (IRELAND)
Tony Mason
SENIOR COMMISSIONING EDITOR (IRELAND)
Tony has been working in publishing since the early 1990s and is Senior Commissioning Editor, Ireland and the UK. He commissions books in the fields of Irish studies, education, and international relations. Tony is very interested in receiving book proposals and series ideas in these areas. He previously worked for Manchester University Press, Kogan Page and Prentice Hall among others. He has a particular interest in commissioning books on Ireland and has vast experience in that area.
Niall Kennedy
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR
Niall Kennedy
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR
Niall Kennedy is Senior Acquisitions Editor for Media and Communication at Peter Lang. He is acquiring titles in all areas of Communication, Journalism, Public Relations and Media Studies. He has worked in academic publishing for 12 years. He has experience of commissioning a wide range of titles, including textbooks, professional texts, and scholarly research publications in the areas of Media and Cultural Studies and Business and Management for leading academic publishers. He graduated with an MA in Journalism in 2008.
Anja Lee
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR (LAW)
Anja Lee
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR (LAW)
Anja Lee studied business management in Berlin. Prior to joining Peter Lang, she has worked for the editorial office of a journal specialized in the field of foundation law and for various academic publishers as an acquisitions editor focusing on economics and the social sciences. Since March 2018, she is responsible for the law program at Peter Lang’s Berlin office.