Proposal Form – New Directions in Hellenic Studies

Title

Subtitle

Author(s)/Editor(s)

Section I: The Author

Name

First Name

Last Name

Address

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal

Country

Current academic affiliation/position:

Please upload a current CV

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Section 2: The Manuscript

Probable length (number of words):

Special typesetting required (i.e., languages using alphabets other than Latin and Greek, mathematical characters, large tables, or side-by-side parallel text and translation):

Would you envision a trim size larger than 6”x9”? Do you project a length greater than 500 pages?

How many illustrations in the book, and of what sort (color and/or black-and-white photographs, line drawings, charts/graphs, etc.)?

What is the current permission status of your illustrations?

Do you currently have high-resolution versions of these illustrations in hand? (Preferably .tif files; for print publication, photographs must have a resolution of at least 300dpi at print size (usually about 5×7, depending on the usage and placement of the image and the trim size of the volume); for line art, 300dpi is the minimum resolution, but we prefer 600–1200dpi, if possible.)

Yes

No

Partially

If partially, please explain.

Do you currently have, or have you applied for, any subventions or other types of funding to support your research on, or publication of, this book?

Yes

No

If yes, please explain.

Completion status of manuscript (estimated percentage complete, and summary of remaining work, projected submission date):

Is the manuscript currently under review by another publisher?

Yes

No

If yes, please explain.

Section 3: The Book

Audience: (expected level of experience with ancient Greek language, literature, and culture, including interdisciplinary readers from other disciplines)

Relevant background for the project: Is this book based on a dissertation? Is it an expansion of elements of the author’s previously-published work?

What previous scholarship does the book build upon and engage with? Are there particular foundational works the book intends to reexamine? Are there more recent books or articles that are of specific relevance to this work?

How does this book contribute to and further the stated aims of the New Directions in Classical Studies series?

Names and affiliations of several leading scholars in this field who would be qualified to provide peer evaluation: (Anonymous evaluations by unbiased experts with no personal or professional relationship to the author are a critical part of the CHS editorial evaluation.)

Please provide a 1–2 page synopsis of the book, including any relevant context not already included above:

Please upload an annotated Table of Contents, with a short summary of the aims and content of each section.

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