George and Ann RichardsCivil War Era Center

In “Academic Publishing in the Wake of COVID: What’s Changed, and What Hasn’t,” Robert Lockhart will share the detailed ins and outs of publishing in our current situation. As we begin to emerge from the pandemic and its related campus shutdowns and conference cancellations, what’s changed in how authors approach publishers and how publishers do their work, and what hasn’t? Topics to be discussed include how to approach prospective publishers and pitch your work, how to talk to an editor and what to talk about, and what happens after submission of a book proposal and after submission of a manuscript, among others. Attendees are encouraged to bring questions, both general and specific. This event is open to Richards Center affiliated graduate students, pre-docs, post-docs, and faculty. 

Robert Lockhart is Senior Editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press, where, for more than 20 years, he has acquired books in U.S. history. Areas of particular interest include Atlantic history, politics and culture, and African American studies. Books he has published have won awards from numerous professional associations, most recently the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, the Western History Association, and the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.