History in Africa Call for Associate Editors
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History in Africa invites expressions of interest for Associate Editors to join the incoming editorial team. The Editorial Collective is committed to inclusivity and diversity. We are seeking to appoint up to three new editors to begin their work January 2026.
The HiA is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original research and review essays on methodological and historiographical matters growing out of the histories of Africa and its diasporas. It has been at the forefront of critical discussion of these topics for more than four decades.
Ideal candidates should be published scholars of history, either tenured professors or lecturers with workplace security, comfortable reading and engaging with scholarship beyond their areas and regions of expertise. Bilingual candidates are particularly welcome. Editors should have a working command of scholarly English; a familiarity with French modes of scholarship would be a significant asset. Applicants may reside in any part of the world.
The position of Associate Editor is entirely voluntary and comes with no remuneration. Associate Editors do receive travel stipends and hotel nights to facilitate their participation in the ASA Annual Meeting. Current Associate Editors incorporate the position within their annual plans-of-work at their home institutions.
Associate Editors report directly to the Editor-in-Chief (EIC). In consultation with the EIC and Managing Editor, the chief responsibilities of the Associate Editor are reviewing submissions to the HiA for their scholarly potential consistent with the goals and mission of the journal; identifying potential reviewers for submissions; drafting letters of response to contributors; reviewing and commenting on revisions; be available periodically, and no less regularly than once per month for remote editorial meetings; completing assignments and tasks within the ScholarOne online journal management software; communicating via SLACK; attending and participating in other journal activities, including, but not limited the Annual General Meeting, held yearly at the ASA Annual Meeting.
Expressions of interest in the form a single-page letter and complete curriculum vitae should be sent by email to Tracey Anderson (managingeditor@historyinafrica.org) copying the ASA Executive Director (asaed@africanstudies.org) with the subject “HiA Associate Editor Application,” no later than Monday, March 31, 2025. Review of applications will commence April 1.
