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We are pleased to announce our 2023 Emerging Scholars Competition in Indigenous Studies
2023 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Indigenous Studies
As part of our expanding publishing program in Indigenous Studies, we are pleased to announce that our 2023 Emerging Scholars Competition will be held in this field. For the first time, winning authors will be supported with Gold Open Access publication.
Peter Lang Publishing is delighted to announce the 2023 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Indigenous Studies.
Proposals are invited from emerging scholars in Indigenous Studies for single-author books to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board.
Proposals should be submitted to editorial@peterlang.com or via our webform by 30 September 2023 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 Gold Open Access contract for their book. Winning book(s) will be made available for free digital download as part of our efforts to increase accessibility. Planned manuscripts should be from 40,000 to 80,000 words in length and written in English. Authors will be expected to prepare the manuscript in accordance with the style guidelines provided.
Decisions will be made by 1 December 2023 and the winners will be notified shortly thereafter.
For more information, please contact Phil Dunshea (p.dunshea@peterlang.com) or Laurel Plapp (l.plapp@peterlang.com).
Read more about the participating book series here:
Australian Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Critical Indigenous and American Indian Studies
Indigenous Cultures of Latin America
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 over the years, and we’re pleased to feature some of our winning books. Please watch the interviews with three winners of our 2019 French Studies competition – Polly Galis, Mathew Rickard, and Natalie Berkman – to learn what winning the competition has meant to them.
Contacts
For questions about submitting to the 2023 competition, please contact our competition coordinators, Phil Dunshea (p.dunshea@peterlang.com) or Laurel Plapp (l.plapp@peterlang.com). We look forward to hearing from you!
Participating Editors
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, plant and animal studies, and future studies. She is delighted to speak with scholars about new book and series proposals.
LAURENCE PAGACZ
ACQUISITIONS EDITOR, LATIN AMERICA
LAURENCE PAGACZ
ACQUISITIONS EDITOR, LATIN AMERICA
Laurence Pagacz is responsible for Peter Lang’s Latin American list. She is committed to supporting authors to publish their projects from and/or on Latin America in this highly ranked publishing house (5th position, SPI ranking). Previously, she was with Peter Lang as publishing director of the Brussels office. She holds a Ph.D. in Latin American literature from the UCLouvain university and is a scientific collaborator at the same university. Languages: Spanish, French, English.
DR. PHIL DUNSHEA
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR (AREA STUDIES: HUMANITIES)
DR. PHIL DUNSHEA
SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR (AREA STUDIES: HUMANITIES)
Philip Dunshea is Senior Acquisitions Editor for the Humanities at Peter Lang, managing series on History, Literature, Culture and Religious Studies. Philip has an MA (Hons) in History from the University of St Andrews and an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge. Newly arrived in North America from Scotland, he is based in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. Previous roles include Acquisitions Editor for History and the Social Sciences at Peter Lang.