In recognition of the journal’s commitment to expanding the fields of knowledge and geographies it represents, postmedieval welcomes applications from scholars to take part in a mentorship programme to support them in publishing their first article in English. Applicants should be working within the field of premodern studies, broadly defined and in any geographical context, including the period’s legacies in later centuries.

While we recognise that the hegemony of English as an academic lingua franca amounts to a form of ongoing epistemic violence, the material reality of global academia unfairly discriminates against those working in other language traditions, and as an Anglophone journal we believe we have a responsibility to make our publication process accessible to scholars globally.

We also recognise and support a diversity of academic frames and styles. This scheme is not prescriptive in the form that prospective articles should take, and we explicitly do not privilege Anglophone academic frameworks and writing styles. While this programme is intended to support authors as they work their ideas into the English language, they are not expected to translate them into the dominant epistemological frameworks of Anglophone academia, unless they would like to.

This programme is intended for scholars who have not yet published in English in peer-reviewed publications, including books and journals, and whose first language is not English. Preference may be given to early career academics and those from the Global South.

 Applicants should send the following documents (written in English) to postmedievaled@gmail.com by 31/03/2025:

• An anonymised abstract (no more than 250 words) and skeleton article structure, including a primary material, an argument/overall concept, subheadings where applicable, and possible conclusions 

• Bibliography (no more than 1 page)

• CV (no more than 2 pages)

Each applicant’s article plan will be anonymously reviewed by members of our editorial board, and those accepted will then be paired with a peer reviewer with whom they would work at a series of group workshops before the article goes out for final review. These workshops will assist authors to structure, draft, and revise their ideas and arguments, as well as write in academic English. Please note proposals to translate work already published in another venue will not be accepted. At this pilot stage, 5 proposals will be accepted, while those not accepted may be retained on file for a future iteration of the programme (at the authors’ discretion).

Through this programme we hope to facilitate a collaborative, ethical, and open editorial process whereby scholars whose first language is not English are supported in sharing their work in English. For informal enquiries, please feel free to reach out directly to the editors-in-chief or send an email to postmedievaled@gmail.com.

Please note that we envisage future iterations of this scheme to support both early career scholars working in any language and scholars from the Global South whose first language is English.

We look forward to receiving your applications.