Letter from the Book Series Editor

Aleksandar Bošković

I just took over from Eeva Berglund as the new Series editor on 1 August, and I hope to continue the tradition of helping excellent anthropological works reach as wide audience as possible. At the same time, the challenges of multiculturalism and globalization are more pronounced than ever, with the rise of xenophobic and insular sentiments throughout Europe. The fact that EASA’s partner in the Book Series is one of the premier contemporary publishers, Berghahn Books, certainly helps.

The EASA book series has been showcasing the work of the Association’s members since 1992. The series has been published by Berghahn Books since 2003 and includes both edited collections and monographs. I would like to see more monographs published in the future, as I believe that they tend to be more persuasive, and tend to be read more, but this will obviously depend on the quality of proposals that reach me. I also look forward to seeing more proposals that engage with new technologies and new forms (new media) of presenting ethnographic research.

In order to try to diversify and further strengthen the book series, and taking into account new developments in our discipline, an Advisory Board has been established. It comprises of four excellent scholars specializing in different areas of social anthropology:

• Dr Eeva Berglund (Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland);

• Professor Andre Gingrich (Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria);

• Dr Maja Petrović Šteger (Scientific Research Centre, Slovenian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia);

• Professor Nigel J. Rapport (Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews, UK).

I expect that, with their input and advice, and with continuous flow of high quality proposals from EASA members, this series will continue to promote the most interesting and innovative work that will offer answers to the challenges of the world we live in.

Aleksandar Bošković
Professor of Anthropology, University of Belgrade and Director of Research, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade