Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Editor Search
The current Editor of the Journal of the History
of Economic Thought, Steven Medema, will be
stepping down as of July 2008. The new Editor is
expected to take office on July 1st 2008, with
responsibility for issues from March 2009
onward. There is currently a good backlog of accepted papers.
The History of Economics Society has established
a search committee to recommend a new Editor (or
Editorial Team) to the Executive Committee at the
Annual Meeting in June 2007. The Committee is
Malcolm Rutherford (Chair), Sandra Peart, and Bob Dimand.
The Search Committee invites inquiries and
expressions of interest from individuals or teams
concerning the Editorship of the Journal. The
Committee is open to various different
arrangements concerning the Editorship, including
a single Editor, an Editor with Assistant
Editors, or two or more joint Editors.
The current arrangements for the publishing of
the Journal are under review and a change of
publisher is possible. This may allow for a
variety of different arrangements with respect to
the financing of the editorial office of the
Journal. Under the existing arrangements the
Editor's own institution does contribute to the
cost of the editorial office and copy-editing is
done by that office. Other arrangements are
possible; copy-editing is often done by the publisher of academic journals.
The term of the Editor is five years, with the
expectation of renewal for another five year term
on the mutual agreement of the Editor(s) and the
Executive Committee. The Editor is a non-voting
member of the Executive Committee of the Society.
At this time the Search Committee encourages
inquiries and expressions of interest even if
tentative. Society members are also invited to
suggest names to the Committee. Any names suggested will be contacted.
More formal submissions will be requested from
those who are (or become) seriously
interested�including CVs, statement of Editorial
philosophy, and preferred funding
arrangements. The deadline for such formal submissions is March 31st 2007.
Communications should be addressed to Malcolm
Rutherford, Department of Economics, University
of Victoria, PO Box 1700, Victoria, BC, Canada,
V8W 2Y2. Phone 250 595 4982, fax 250 721 6214,
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Malcolm Rutherford
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