Manuscript Workshops

See below for publications by faculty.

Manuscript Workshops at the Stanford Humanities Center are designed to provide timely feedback to faculty members and full-time lecturers who are preparing manuscripts for submission for publication. 

A three-hour seminar forms the heart of the program. In consultation with the author the Humanities Center  invites two external reviewers and several Stanford faculty members from different disciplines to read the work in advance. The Humanities Center gathers the author and reviewers for an in-depth three-hour conversation about the manuscript. Reviewers provide collegial, constructive criticism to help the author strengthen the work and place it for publication.

Currently workshops are held in a hybrid format: internal reviewers attend in person at the Humanities Center; external reviewers participate remotely.

Eligibility 

The program is open to Stanford faculty in the humanities and interpretive social sciences whose work is near completion and is still in a position to benefit substantially from review. Preference is given to untenured, tenure-track faculty whose work has not already undergone a formal external review process (e.g., by a potential press). Because of limited resources, postdoctoral fellows, emeriti, and visiting scholars are not eligible.

Application Process

Individuals who are interested in applying should submit a letter of inquiry including:

• Brief description of the project (1,000 words)
• Timeline for completion
• Short list of possible external reviewers
• External and internal funding received thus far
• Whether manuscript has undergone review process; if yes, please elaborate
• Curriculum vitae

Please submit your application to Svetlana Turetskaya by email or call (650) 690-0763.