This is an exciting opportunity to join Professor Dean Sutcliffe (University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand) as Co-Editor of Eighteenth-Century Music when Co-Editor Professor David Irving (ICREA & Institució Milà i Fontanals de Recerca en Humanitats (IMF), CSIC, Spain) steps down from the journal at the end of this year. We are inviting applications by 30^th November 2026.

Eighteenth-Century Music is a Research Open, online-only journal published twice a year by Cambridge University Press. The journal is well established and covers all areas of research into music of the long eighteenth-century (c1660-1830). Alongside articles and essays from both leading and emerging scholars, it also includes a wide range of reviews (books, editions and recordings) and a communications section that reports on conferences and other items of interest from around the world.

It is expected that the Co-Editor will be part of the ECM team - Dean Sutcliffe, Paul Newton-Jackson (Reviews Editor) and Satyanita Emma Sohlgren (Editorial Manager).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Working alongside the rest of the Editorial team, and the wider Editorial Board, responsibilities will include:

• Shaping the strategic direction of the journal, in cooperation with Cambridge
• Organizing and managing the editorial office, with support from Cambridge
• Managing the peer review process (using the ScholarOne system), alongside the rest of the team
• Making final article acceptance decisions
• Working with Cambridge Production to ensure articles and issues are published on time
• Editing and proofing articles for the journal
• Proposing and working with members of an active Editorial Board
• Attending relevant conferences

The position will commence officially on 1^st January 2027 with training and a transitional handover beginning in January. We propose an initial term of three years and there is a small honorarium attached to the role.

HOW TO APPLY

Please include a curriculum vitae and cover letter along with an abbreviated development plan (not to exceed two pages) and the names and addresses of two referees. Applications will be reviewed by the current editorial team and the publisher. Final appointment decisions will be made by the Syndicate of Cambridge University Press.

In your application, please indicate:

• Experience publishing in the field
• Editorial experience, ideally with an academic journal
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and work as part of a team
• Strong professional and academic links
• Organisational, communication and IT skills
• If the applicant has provision for Institutional support, financial or otherwise, to aid their work on the journal, this should be outlined in the cover letter
• Proposed plan for development, including areas such as:

1. Engagement with the changing landscape of academic publishing
2. Journal metrics

Interested candidates should apply by 30^th November 2026 to Emily Redican-Bradford, Publisher, Journals at Cambridge University Press: emily.bradford@cambridge.org. Please use ‘ECM Call for Editor’ as your email subject line.