Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief of ASAP/Journal (apply by November 1, 2025)
ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present seeks applications for the next editor(s)-in-chief of the award-winning ASAP/Journal. Elizabeth Ho will complete her term as Editor-in-Chief of ASAP/Journal at the end of production for Volume 11.2 (2026). To assure a smooth transition, the ASAP Motherboard has initiated the search for her successor(s), whose appointment will be announced in spring 2026 in advance of a five-year term beginning June 1, 2026.
Position Description: The Editor or Editors of ASAP/Journal give leadership to the organization and production of the scholarly journal of ASAP, in collaboration with the ASAP/Review editors and the editorial team of ASAP/Journal. Individuals or groups of two or more are welcome to apply for the editorship; the editor(s) fill one voting position on the ASAP Motherboard.
Application: If you are interested in this position, please submit a letter that addresses your qualifications and vision for editing ASAP/Journal, as well as a copy of your CV.
All applications are due by November 1, 2025. We strongly encourage candidates to discuss their intentions with their academic administrators (deans, department chairs, etc.) in advance of applying for the position. The search committee will ask about what kinds of institutional support the applicants will receive if appointed to the editorship (for example, course releases, graduate and/or other student or staff support, any additional financial contribution). The new Editor(s) will be expected to be in regular contact with the current Editor during the winter and spring of 2025-26 to ensure an orderly transition, taking over full responsibility on June 1, 2026.
All queries and application packets (in PDF format) should be sent to:
An informational Zoom meeting will be held during ASAP/16 for all interested candidates.
For more information, download the PDF Call for Applications.
We are actively seeking pitches for two new review formats: Provocations and Uncanny Juxtapositions.
Provocations brings together multiple scholars and/or artists to consider a recent scholarly monograph or edited volume by situating it within a field and posing questions for future inquiry. Provocations approach a chosen book with a focus on what comes next: what lines of thought are opened up by the book, and what questions does it leave for future research in the field? A prospective guest editor should pitch a title to the Reviews Editors as well as the names of 3–4 other scholars they have invited to join the conversation. In its final, published form, a Provocation will include an approximately 300-word capsule summary of the book written by the guest editor followed by a similar-length paragraph from each of the invited provokers.
In an Uncanny Juxtaposition, a reviewer puts together two very recent works of art, creative production, or literature—or two scholarly monographs on arts of the present—that would otherwise seem to have no connection, traversing the so-called high/low divide, and transcending medium. The review brings out unexpected intimacies and resonances between them. How does a new pop song re-frame a recent gallery exhibit at MoMA and vice versa? How does a book in media studies and a book in architectural theory—two books with minimal overlap in citation networks—work toward a common thesis or intervention? Uncanny Juxtapositions should be 1,500 to 2,000 words.
Please contact the Reviews Editors at reviews [at] asapjournal.com to inquire about either of these formats. There is no deadline to pitch these formats. In your email, indicate the format you are interested in and please include a brief bio (50 words), including prior publications. ASAP/Review is committed to boosting the voices of emerging and contingent students and scholars; if you don’t have prior publications, please just tell us why you think you’re the right person for this particular review.