British American Nineteenth-Century Historians (BrANCH) announces a search for new co-editors of its journal, American Nineteenth Century History, which was established in 2000 and appears three times a year from Taylor & Francis. To apply, please send a brief (no more than 5-page) c.v. and a 1-2 page letter of intent that discusses (a) your vision for the journal and (b) why this service would fit well with the current stage of your career, to ANCH co-editor, and incoming BrANCH Chair, David S. Doddington (doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk) by June 1, 2026.

 

Past practice, which has been effective, has been to have one editor based in the UK and one in the US, and for both to be of at least mid-career status (i.e.: senior lecturer in the UK/associate professor in the US). We welcome both individual applications and applications from prospective duos.

 

The new editorial team will begin their work on 1 January 2027, and the usual term of appointment is three-to-five years. The new editors will receive training (in person or via Zoom) from the current team and from Taylor & Francis staff. Editors will receive a modest annual stipend from T&F for their work, and will be ex officio members of the BrANCH Committee.

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Soliciting, acknowledging, and reading all submissions and deciding whether to desk-reject them or to send them to readers;
• Recruiting two readers to evaluate each approved submission, editing their reports for clarity, and communicating their decisions to the author(s);
• Working with authors who have been invited to revise and resubmit their manuscripts to ensure that they have responded effectively to the readers’ comments;
• Editing the revised manuscripts for clarity and in line with T&F house style;
• Responding to queries from T&F editorial and production staff;
• Working with colleagues who are interested in serving as editors of special issues of the journal;
• Liaising with the journal’s book review editors (currently David Ballantyne of Keele University and Chelsea McNutt of Cornell University);
• Replacing members of the editorial board with new recruits, as needed;
• For the UK-based editor, attending the annual BrANCH conference (September or October) and the BrANCH Committee meeting (January); the latter is usually held online;
• Serving each year as a judge on BrANCH’s dissertation prize committees.

 

If you are interested in this opportunity but not sure if it’s for you, feel free to contact the current editors, David S. Doddington (doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk), Margot Minardi (minardi@reed.edu) and Jonathan Daniel Wells (jonwells@umich.edu).