Job advertisement: assistant managing editor (student assistant)

2026-03-13

The Journal for the History of Knowledge is looking for an assistant managing editor (0.1 fte) to start on 1 June 2026 (or as close as possible to this date) for 6 months. The position can be prolonged depending upon positive evaluation and your continued registration as a student. You are expected to be available for a total of 0.5 day per week, to take part in the monthly editorial team meeting remotely, or occasionally on site, and to perform your tasks during weekdays while efficiently managing your own schedule.

 

Journal for the History of Knowledge

The Journal for the History of Knowledge is an open access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the history of knowledge in its broadest sense. JHoK is affiliated with Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for History of Science and Universities. It is supported by the Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, the Huygens Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Vossius Centre for the History of Humanities and Sciences, and the Stevin Centre for History of Science and Humanities. JHoK’s editorial team consist of two editors-in-chief (Sven Dupré and Simone Schleper), one managing editor (Wouter Egelmeers) and one assistant managing editor, as well as one blog editor (Hannah Booth).

For more information on the journal, please see https://journalhistoryknowledge.org.

 

Place of employment

The position is open to all (R)MA students based in the Netherlands. The assistant editorial manager will by hired at Maastricht University, which is the seat of one of the journal’s editors-in-chief. While most editorial meetings take place online, occasional on-site meetings will likely take place in Amsterdam.

 

Function

As assistant managing editor, you will assist the editors-in chief in managing the review process of articles submitted to the Journal for the History of Knowledge. Your tasks consist of:

  • receiving and acknowledging articles and special issue proposals
  • keeping track of the review and revision workflow and correspondence, including contacting reviewers, and sending reminders to reviewers and authors
  • anonymizing submitted manuscripts and reviews
  • checking articles for compliance to JHoK’s style sheet
  • and, in general, managing all communication with authors, reviewers and advisory board members

 

Profile and Qualifications

  • You are registered as a (R)MA student for the academic year 2026-27 (at least until the end of your contract, 6 months after the starting date);
  • You are a student in the humanities (e.g. history and philosophy of science, cultural history) and have a proven affinity with the history of knowledge;
  • You have an active command of English;
  • You have the capacity to work in a diligent and reliable way;
  • You can work independently and as part of a team;
  • You have facility with IT and are willing to learn to work with journal management systems.

 

How to apply?

Please send your letter of motivation (max. 1 page) and curriculum vitae to both editors-in-chief (s.g.m.dupre@uu.nl and simone.schleper@maastrichtuniversity.nl) before 10 April. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed online in the week of 20 April. We highly value diversity in all respects and especially encourage all candidates that contribute to a most diverse composition of the Editorial Team to apply.