[Dear Colleagues, I'm editing an encyclopedia of the Ancient World to be
published by Facts on File. While a number of top scholars have signed on
to cover topics in their areas, there are still a number of topics that
require coverage urgently. Marcia Merryman Means of the Schlager Group is
coordinating this effort, and she has asked me to post the following
message. Please feel free to forward to other relevant listservs that are
read by professional archaeologists and ancient historians. Anyone
interested should contact Marcia at [log in to unmask], and she will
provide the list of unassigned topics. Many thanks, --Peter Bogucki]
Schlager Group (http://www.schlagergroup.com) is looking for writers to
contribute to The Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World.
This four-volume set will be published by Facts On File in conjunction with
another four-volume set, The Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the
Medieval World. Writing for the Ancient World set will take place under the
direction of the editor in chief, Peter Bogucki, with the aid of a board of
editorial advisers for separate regions of the world (listed below).
The four-volume Ancient World set covers prehistory to the fall of Rome (476
CE), arranged A to Z by 69 headwords, from “adornment” through “writing” and
including such topics as art, death and burial practices, education, natural
disasters, science, and trade and exchange. Each entry (headword) is
composed of an introduction that outlines the major developments in
chronological sequence, followed by subsections on eight major regions:
Mesopotamia and the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Europe, Africa, Asia and
the Pacific, and the Americas. The regional subsections under most of the
entry terms will be 1,100 words in length. The regional subsections for
fourteen major topics (such as “art” and “social organization”) will be
covered in 4,000 words. The set is meant for high-school or
community-college use and for the general public.
Please write to Marcia Merryman Means at [log in to unmask] if you
have an interest in participating in this project. Be sure to include your
résumé and a writing sample.
--Peter Bogucki
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