European Medieval Drama

European Medieval Drama (EMD) is an annual journal published by Brepols. It was launched in 1997 in association with the International Conferences on Medieval European Drama organised at the University of Camerino, Italy, by Sydney Higgins between 1996 and 1999. The first four volumes of European Medieval Drama (1997-2000) published the Acts of these conferences. This series of conferences was suspended for the foreseeable future in 1999. At the Tenth Triennial Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l'étude du Théâtre Médiéval (SITM), held in Groningen, the Netherlands, in August 2001, it was proposed that EMD should be published in association with SITM. This proposal has now been approved by all interested parties, and comes into effect as of spring 2002.

Subject matter
The journal publishes original research in all aspects of the drama of medieval Europe. In particular, it welcomes work on medieval drama written in languages other than English, and comparative studies linking English and continental material. Each volume consists of approximately 250 pages. Articles are accepted in either English or French; exceptionally, articles may be published in other languages, if accompanied by a brief résumé in English or French. EMD also occasionally publishes translations into modern English of medieval plays in other languages, subject to the constraints of space. The journal carries notices relevant to members of SITM, as well as other information of interest to all scholars in the field of medieval drama, e.g. recently-published books, forthcoming conferences, etc. EMD publishes occasional book-reviews, but does not set out to review all recent publications in the field of medieval drama.

Administration
EMD is managed by two boards. The Editorial Board consists of four people: a representative of Brepols (at present Dr Simon Forde), the President of SITM (at present Professor Pamela King), the General Editor (at present Alan Hindley), and one other member of SITM (at present Lenke Kovacs). The Advisory Board is made up of 12 - 15 distinguished scholars, chosen to represent the full range of specialisms with the general field of medieval drama. The day-to-day management of the journal is handled by the General Editor, in consultation with the other members of the Editorial Board. The main task of the Advisory Board is to assess and evaluate submitted articles.

Submission and Publication of Articles
Articles must be posted in the first instance to the General Editor:

Alan Hindley
a.hindley@hull.ac.uk

They must conform in their presentation to the rules of the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) style book, and must be submitted in the form of a PC Windows computer file using [preferably] Rich Text Format (rtf) or Word for Windows 7 (or earlier) on a floppy disk, accompanied by a print-out. Authors are required not to attach their name to the text of their articles, in order to facilitate objective assessment by members of the Advisory Board. Both contributors and Advisory Board members remain anonymous. Corrections and other modifications are handled via email. Contributors correct proofs made available to them on the internet by Brepols. Although exceptions may occasionally be made for contributors who do not use computers, EMD's aim is to achieve speed, efficiency and economy by the minimal use of postal systems and by the maximal use of electronic communications.

Subscriptions
The normal annual subscription rate (for individuals and libraries) is (approximately) €50. Paid-up members of SITM benefit from a preferential rate of (approximately) €30. Information about membership of SITM can be obtained from the SITM secretary, at present Jesse Hurlbut jesse_hurlbut@byu.edu. Information about subscriptions to EMD for non-SITM members can be obtained direct from Brepols info.publishers@brepols.com.

Forthcoming volumes

EMD 4 (2000) contains the acts of the last (1999) Camerino Conference. [see supra]

EMD 5 (2001) edited by Jelle Koopmans and Bart Ramakers, it includes a selection of papers read at the 2001 Groningen Colloquium of SITM.

EMD 6 (2002), also edited by Jelle Koopmans and Bart Ramakers, will contain a second selection of papers from the 2001 Groningen Colloquium.

EMD 7 (2003) will therefore be the first volume produced under the new arrangements.