Introducing the AJEC Blog!

Academic Research in the Anthropology of Europe

Berghahn Journals is delighted to announce the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (AJEC) Blog! This blog will highlight the research of authors published in AJEC by giving them space to reflect on different aspects of their research and include photos and stories not included in their scholarly journal article. It will additionally introduce readers to the editors of the Journal by way of short interviews, giving readers insight into the AJEC and giving the editors opportunity to offer sage advice on the submission process, particularly for early career anthropologists. Read More

To kick off the blog, the first post is an interview with Ullrich Kockel. Professor Kockel has been an editor of AJEC for over a decade. In this interview, he reflects on his experience editing AJEC.

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AJEC @ 21: Editor Ullrich Kockel Reflects on 21 Years of Scholarship

In the latest issue of the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, Ullrich Kockel opens the discussion on the 21 years of AJEC‘s history with his own reflections:

 

“As I settle down to put together this issue, it occurs to me that the development of AJEC in its various phases displays an uncanny correspondence with my personal professional trajectory so far. Its inception and first volume happened during my postdoctoral fellowship when I was happy to place one of my first (coauthored) academic articles in its inaugural issue. The remainder of AJEC’s first approximate decade coincides with my time as a lecturer. At the time I took up my first chair, the format of AJEC changed, eventually turning it, for a while, into a Yearbook rather than a journal. And in the year I moved to my second chair, I was invited to take on the editorship of AJEC, which would now be published by Berghahn and returning to the format of two issues per year. This correspondence raises a curious question: What significant turning point for the journal will correspond with my own as I am becoming an emeritus professor?”

 

To continue reading a free PDF of his editorial in its entirety, click here.