Letter from the Book Series Editor

Aleksandar Bošković
Aleksandar Bošković

After taking over as EASA Book Series Editor at the last year’s EASA conference in Milan, the work on the series follows the already established procedures for evaluating book proposals and book manuscripts, by the previous Book series editors. There is currently one book (Volume 31) of the series in press (with July 2017 as the publication date – please see http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/BrkovicManaging ), and eight volumes under consideration. A couple of these volumes are authored ones – in line with both my intention and the intention of the publisher, Berghahn Books. I can express my gratitude to a number of scholars who agreed to review proposals and book manuscripts. Reviews also follow the procedures and the guidelines already in place.

Following the suggestion of the previous EASA Executive, an Advisory Board for the Series was established, with Eeva Berglund, Andre Gingrich, Maja Petrović Šteger and Nigel Rapport as its members. The discussion with the members of the Board focused on several things (readership, possibility of the OA, etc.), and there was also a proposal to change the cover. A new cover design was proposed, and it will refresh the look of the future books in the series, while also keeping the series’ recognizable logo and identity.

The main problem so far seems to be that the reviewers frequently exceed the deadlines that they themselves had agreed upon. There is no easy way around it, and I anticipate continuing struggles on this front. On the other hand, some of the proposals currently under contract (and at least one almost at the completion stage), promise that the Series is alive and well, and that new research of top quality is going to enrich the way in which anthropology is practiced, as well the EASA Book Series as a whole.

I would like to use this opportunity to acknowledge the valuable input of all the staff at Berghahn involved with EASA’s anthropology titles. I also want to thank the following people, including the members of the editorial board, without whom the editorial review process could not function:
John Eidson, Jane Guyer, Robert Hayden, Peter Hervik, Tim Ingold, Michael Jackson, David O’Kane, Patrick Laviolette, Jeremy MacClancy, Matan Shapiro, Cris Shore and Salma Siddique.

Aleksandar Bošković,
Professor of Anthropology, University of Belgrade