Academic Studies Press
PUBLISHING WITH ASP
About ASP Academic Studies Press is an independent scholarly publisher devoted to advancing knowledge and understanding in the humanities and social sciences, with an emphasis on Jewish Studies and Slavic Studies. Through our outstanding, opinionleading authors and series editors, we continuously strive to enhance understanding through our monographs and critical companions, improve the accessibility of classic works through our translations, and inspire dialogue through our scholarly commentaries. We champion innovative ideas and new, creative interpretations.
First Book Program Publication with a respected scholarly press like ASP will help you to advance your academic career. ASP can help you turn your doctoral dissertation into an impressive scholarly monograph. Our peer review process for young scholars includes reports from two of your senior colleagues, one of which will focus specifically on structural and editorial recommendations. At your request, ASP can also offer in-house developmental editing of your manuscript prior to its submission for peer review. Developmental editing will enhance the likelihood of the recommendation to publish your manuscript as well as improve the academic quality and scholarly reception of your published monograph.
Why Publish with Academic Studies Press? Professionalism ASP is committed to publishing the most thought-provoking scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. We place a strong emphasis on quality and have experience publishing both the seasoned scholar and the first-time author. Our publishing program is consistent and credible. ASP is also pleased to provide a number of services not always offered by academic presses, including copyediting, proofreading, index creation, and attractive cover art design.
Peer Review ASP is committed to ensuring that every manuscript we publish contributes to the knowledge of the subject and its field and comprises overall sound scholarship. Submissions are first vetted by our Series Editors and, if met with approval, are sent through rigorous peer review. Depending on the series and type of manuscript under consideration, we typically require two double-blind peer reviews. Reviewers are always well-respected scholars in the field familiar with the monograph format.
Copyediting Our network of trained copyeditors are well-versed in the ASP style guide. Throughout the copyediting stage, ASP encourages open communication between the author and designated copyeditor to ensure that the manuscript is strengthened and representative of the authorial voice.
Collaboration We are happy to help our authors secure copyright permissions for illustrations or the republication of articles, and to assist our authors in putting together documentation to obtain research grants for their publications with us. In cases when a subvention is necessary, we work to keep costs as low as possible.
Production ASP Open Open Access expands readership beyond the printed page and democratizes the distribution of research around the globe. ASP is pleased to offer authors the opportunity to publish their manuscript as part of our ASP Open program. Learn more about ASP Open at: academicstudiespress.com/aspopen
Our experienced Production staff is ready to move any manuscript through the publication process in a timely and professional manner. We pride ourselves on having one of the fastest production timelines in the academic publishing business.
Typesetting & Design Our authors' scholarship deserves to be presented in a professional manner. From the attractive cover art to the clear typographical layout, our volumes are frequently complimented on their design quality in both print and digital formats.
Printing
Review Copies
To ensure that our volumes will always remain available in print format, ASP has teamed up with a leading print-on-demand supplier known for its exceptional quality and efficiency.
Publications that regularly review our titles include:
Promotion Our Sales & Marketing team works closely with authors to determine the best marketing strategies for each book. At the minimum, all titles receive: accurate profiling and data distribution through data agencies inclusion in catalogs sent to lecturers, libraries, library suppliers, sales representatives, and bookshops inclusion in subject-specific promotional pieces taken to conferences and events advertising in relevant print journals and publications inclusion in relevant subject-specific emails sent to our email databases review copy mailing to appropriate journals and publications promotion through social media platforms a full catalog page on www.academicstudiespress.com a dedicated and experienced team ready to answer your questions and eager to market your volume
Conferences ASP recognizes the importance of displaying published volumes in print format to its intended audience. Whether through our distributors, third-party book exhibitors, or direct representation, ASP makes every attempt to display your book at all relevant academic meetings. Each year, our books are represented at over twenty conferences.
International Distribution ASP maintains close relations with major vendors and distributors and strives to keep libraries, scholars, and the general reader well-informed of our catalog offerings. We are represented in the North American market by Ingram Academic and overseas by Ingram International.
Digital Distribution All ASP titles are available digitally through a number of online ebook platforms. This includes major library subscription services such as De Gruyter, JSTOR, Proquest, and Ebsco as well as customer-facing platforms such as Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple Books, Google Books, and more. ASP makes great efforts to present a variety of digital formats to customers to ensure that all purchasing preferences are met.
AJL News & Reviews Canadian Slavonic Papers CHOICE European History Quarterly H-Net Reviews International Journal of Russian Studies Jewish Book World Jewish Quarterly Journal of Modern Jewish Studies Middle East Quarterly Modern Language Review Revue des Études Juives Slavic and East European Journal Slavic Review Slavonic and East European Review The Russian Review The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review Times Literary Supplement
Awards Our titles have received many awards, including the National Jewish Book Award, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, the AATSEEL Book Award for Best Literary Translation into English, the American Association for Ukrainian Studies Best Book in Language, Literature, and Culture, and others, including many honorable mentions. ASP actively works with our atuhors to determine what prizes their volume may be eligible for.
Praise for ASP “Academic Studies Press makes possible the publication of a large range of valuable monographs and has established itself as a major force in scholarship of Eastern Europe and Russia. All the books it publishes are subjected to a rigorous process of evaluation and editing, which ensures the academic integrity of the project.”
Series
ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA
Series Editor: Eunice Pollack (University of North Texas, Denton, Texas)
ANTISEMITISM STUDIES
Series Editor: David Patterson (University of Texas at Dallas)
ARS ROSSICA
Series Editor: David Bethea (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
CENTRAL ASIAN LITERATURES IN TRANSLATION
Series Editor: Rebecca Ruth Gould (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES
Series Editor: Timothy May (University of North Georgia)
COMPANIONS TO RUSSIAN LITERATURE
— Antony Polonsky, Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University; Chief Historian, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw; “Jews of Poland” Series Editor
Series Editor: Thomas Seifrid (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
CRITICAL CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITISM STUDIES
Series Editor: Charles Asher Small (Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy)
CULTURAL REVOLUTIONS: RUSSIA IN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES “Speed and reliability of turnaround, astute advice, and beautiful book production values make working with ASP a pleasure.” — Richard Wortman, Bryce Professor Emeritus of European Legal History, Columbia University; Author of Russian Monarchy and Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration
Series Editor: Boris Wolfson (Amherst College)
CULTURAL SYLLABUS
Series Editor: Mark Lipovetsky (Columbia University)
EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN ECOLOGIES Series Editor: Jenifer Presto (University of Oregon)
EMUNOT: JEWISH PHILOSOPHY AND KABBALAH Series Editor: Dov Schwartz (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan)
EVOLUTION, COGNITION, AND THE ARTS Series Editor: Brian Boyd (University of Auckland)
“Submissions to Academic Studies Press are peer-reviewed. Utmost care is devoted to ensuring that the final draft of the publication is free of errors and that the book cover is attractive, interesting and appropriate to the publication. Manuscript reviews are conducted in a time-sensitive manner. The relationship with authors is greatly valued and many authors have more than one publication with ASP.” — Roberta Resenberg Farber, Yeshiva University, “Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society” Series Editor
FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
Series Editor: Alexander Prokhorov & Elena Prokhorova (College of William & Mary)
THE HOLOCAUST: HISTORY AND LITERATURE, ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY Series Editor: Michael Berenbaum (American Jewish University)
IMMIGRANT WORLDS & TEXTS
Series Editor: Maxim D. Shrayer (Boston College)
IMPERIAL ENCOUNTERS IN RUSSIAN HISTORY Series Editor: Michael Khodarkovsky (Loyola University, Chicago)
IRANIAN STUDIES
Series Editor: Sussan Siavoshi (Trinity University)
ISSUES IN THE TEACHING OF EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES Series Editor: Benjamin Rifkin (Fairleigh Dickinson University)
ISRAEL: SOCIETY, CULTURE AND HISTORY Series Editor: Yaacov Yadgar (University of Oxford)
JEWISH IDENTITIES IN POST-MODERN SOCIETY
Series Editor: Roberta Rosenberg Farber (Yeshiva University, New York)
JEWISH LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Series Editor: Darrell B. Lockhart (University of Nevada, Reno)
JEWISH THOUGHT, JEWISH HISTORY: NEW STUDIES Series Editor: Gregg Stern, PhD
JEWS OF POLAND
Series Editor: Antony Polonsky (Brandeis University)
JEWS OF RUSSIA & EASTERN EUROPE AND THEIR LEGACY Series Editor: Maxim D. Shrayer (Boston College)
JUDAISM AND JEWISH LIFE
Series Editor: Simcha Fishbane, PhD (Touro College)
THE LANDS AND AGES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE Series Editor: Ira Robinson (Concordia University)
LIBER PRIMUS
Series Editor: David Bethea (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
LITHUANIAN STUDIES WITHOUT BORDERS
Series Editor: Darius Staliunas (Lithuanian Institute of History)
MODERN BIOGRAPHIES
Series Editor: Angela Brintlinger (Ohio State University)
MYTHS AND TABOOS IN RUSSIAN CULTURE
Our Trade Imprint
CHERRRY ORCHARD BOOKS Cherry Orchard Books, an imprint of Academic Studies Press, is committed to publishing exceptional writing by today’s leading thinkers and authors to inform and inspire a global audience. Our publications include memoirs, biographies, essays, translations, historical nonfiction, commentaries, and literary fiction.
Series Editor: Alyssa Dinega Gillespie (Independent Scholar)
NEW PERSPECTIVES IN POST-RABBINIC JUDAISM Series Editor: Shaul Magid (Indiana University, Bloomington)
NORTH AMERICAN JEWISH STUDIES Series Editor: Ira Robinson (Concordia University)
OTTOMAN AND TURKISH STUDIES
Series Editor: Hakan T. Karateke (University of Chicago)
PERSPECTIVES IN JEWISH INTELLECTUAL LIFE
Series Editor: Giuseppe Veltri (University of Hamburg & University of Leipzig)
Praise For Our Recent Publications “This heart-wrenching recollection views the traumatic events and close calls that punctuate the author’s memories… A brief, rare, and powerful testimony.” — Library Journal
POLISH STUDIES
Series Editor: Andrzej Karcz (Polish Academy of Science)
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND JEWISH LIFE Series Editor: Jess Olson (Yeshiva University)
THE REAL TWENTIETH CENTURY
Series Editor: Thomas Seifrid (University of Southern California, Los Angeles
RUSSIAN THOUGHT IN CONTEXT
Series Editor: Daniel Beer (Royal Holloway, University of London)
STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
“Gold... collects a remarkably diverse array of translated Jewish stories and novel excerpts... This broad and wide-ranging anthology is a fitting ode to the ‘nearly inexhaustible richness and strength’ of the Jewish multilingual tradition.” — Publishers Weekly
Series Editor: Galin Tihanov (Queen Mary, University of London)
STUDIES IN THE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC Series Editor: Olga Manulkina (Saint Petersburg University)
STUDIES IN ORTHODOX JUDAISM
Series Editor: Marc B. Shapiro (University of Scranton)
STUDIES IN RUSSIAN AND SLAVIC LITERATURES, CULTURES AND HISTORY Series Editor: Lazar Fleishman (Stanford University)
THE UNKNOWN NINETEENTH CENTURY
Series Editor: Joe Peschio (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
UKRAINIAN STUDIES
Series Editor: Vitaly Chernetsky (University of Kansas)
“This standout survivor’s account will move and inform even those well versed in the inhumanity of the Shoah.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Though a relatively new press, ASP has already published a large number of innovative and fundamental books in Russian studies, books written by acknowledged and young scholars alike. What distinguishes ASP from other presses is its openness for innovative approaches to scholarship and a readiness to explore subjects that other academic presses might find too ‘esoteric’ and ‘unpopular’. At the same time, for a peer-review press, it works with incredible efficiency. The process of the book publication from the submission of a manuscript to the final product appears to be two or even three times shorter than in the university presses. But most importantly, it is our press: Slavic and Russian studies constitute one of the main directions in the work of ASP, which certainly differs it from other US academic presses where our field is pushed into a back row.” —Mark Lipovetsky, University of Colorado, Boulder, “Cultural Syllabus” Series Editor
“Academic Studies Press has grown into a serious alternative to many university presses. Along with issuing extremely valuable monographs on Jewish Studies, it has established several important series devoted to Russian and Slavic literatures and cultures that present the works by the most prominent scholars in the field. The Press also seeks to create most favorable conditions for the younger scholars’ first monographs.” —Lazar Fleishman, Stanford University, “Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History” Series Editor
Contact ASP
Acquisitions Team
Academic Studies Press 1577 Beacon Street Brookline, Massachusetts 02446 United States of America
Daniel Frese Acquisitions Editor, Slavic Studies dfrese@academicstudiespress.com
Tel: +1 (617) 782-6290 press@academicstudiespress.com
Alessandra Anzani Editorial Director, Jewish Studies, Evolutionary Studies, Ottoman and Turkish Studies, Central Asian Studies aanzani@academicstudiespress.com
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Igor Nemirovsky Publisher & Director inemirovsky@academicstudiespress.com