Call for Proposals for the third round of the publishing series will be in 2026
The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand will be calling for proposals for book publications from recently completed doctorates in the fields of art history, art theory, art curatorship or art practice in 2026.
This initiative has been developed by AAANZ in association with publishing house Taylor & Francis, with the intention of publishing a series of five monographs. The series has been divided into three rounds, with proposals for the first two monographs selected during the first round in 2022, the third and fourth monographs selected during the second round in 2024.
A Committee comprising of senior and early career art historians will select a further one to two recently completed PhD theses to be revised and published in 2026. Selected writers will work with the series editors, Rex Butler and Anthony White, who will assist in the development of a manuscript suitable for publication.
Early Career Publishing Program Recipients Round 1
Early Career Publishing Program Recipients Round 2
Deadline: To be announced in 2026
Eligibility and Criteria
To be eligible for publication the thesis should address some aspect of art or culture in Australia or New Zealand.
You must have been awarded your PhD after January 2021.
You must be a current AAANZ member. You can join ore renew your membership here
A short 2-3 page proposal together with examiners’ reports are to be submitted electronically. Please use this form and you will need to include the following:
- Author details
- Name your AAANZ membership is under
- Year PhD completed
- Title of thesis
- Statement of aims
- Quite simply, what is your book about?
- What are its main themes and objectives?
- What are the conceptual and methodological issues that form the basis for the book?
- What are you doing differently, or in a more innovative way, or better than existing literature?
- Does your book break new ground? What is its conceptual, intellectual, cultural or social significance?
- Book blurb and keywords
- Write a brief blurb (approx. 250 to 400 words) which would effectively describe your book to an interested reader who may not have a background in the discipline
- Provide 5-10 keywords for your book. Ensure that they are commonly used within your discipline
- Table of contents
- Provide a simple (at-a-glance) table of contents including chapter headings
- Chapter abstracts and key words
- List working chapter headings and provide a paragraph explanation about what will be covered in each chapter
- Adaptation from PhD thesis
- Which parts will you cut or modify?
- How will you draw out and expand the main findings and conclusions?
- What specifically are the aspects of the work as it stands which are designed to satisfy your examiners, but which you think are not suitable for a book and which you plan to change?
- How will you be adapting the language and style, as well, as annotation and references?
- Is the thesis in an area of increasing academic and research interest?
- Curriculum vitae
- List your academic qualifications and publications and any professional posts you have held
- Third party material
- Give a clear indication of content to be included in the book which will come from another source i.e. previously published material or illustrations or chapters that will be published as a journal article
- Confirmation of PhD
- Letter from the University stating all the requirements of the PhD have been satisfied and the degree has been conferred
- Examiners’ reports
- Provide copies of the examiner’s reports with this proposal
For enquiries please contact AAANZ admin@aaanz.info or Rex Butler: Rex.Butler@monash.edu