Iyengar, Sujata
TBA
No Classroom Required
I am no longer able to offer this course in Spring '22, but hope to be able to offer a section in Fall 2022.
Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation, the award-winning born-digital multimedia scholarly Shakespeare periodical, now supported by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and by UGA’s Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, is pleased to be able to offer a for-credit undergraduate internship in scholarly journal editing under the supervision of Professor Sujata Iyengar at the University of Georgia.
The intern will take, possibly along with undergraduate interns and graduate interns from UGA or other institutions, a one-credit-hour semester-long experiential learning course in digital scholarly journal publishing that will train the intern in the subfield of Shakespearean appropriation and in principles of scholarly publishing (including principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in scholarly publishing), citation- and fact-checking, line- and copy-editing, multimedia acquisition and remediation, open-access digital publishing (including Creative Commons licensing and seeking image permissions), using the Chicago Manual of Style Online, using Open Journal Systems to manage editorial workflows (via the open-access PKP school), and (depending on student and supervisor interest and ability) xml archiving, digital archiving, social media marketing and related areas. A laptop may available for the intern’s use.
Prerequisites:
Demonstrated interest in Shakespeare, theatre, or literary theory; excellent grasp of US Edited Standard Written English (ESWE), or willingness to learn; familiarity with Microsoft Word, or willingness to learn; familiarity with remote meeting platform Zoom, or willingness to learn; familiarity with file-sharing services such as WeTransfer, or willingness to learn; willingness to learn how to use Open Journal Systems
Nice-to-haves:
Grade B+ or higher in a Shakespeare or Literary Theory class at the undergraduate or graduate level at an accredited institute of higher education; familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style Online; “power user” of Microsoft Word; “power user” of Zoom; familiarity with Open Journal Systems
Physical demands include the ability to work accurately and at length at a computer; to work in a professional office environment; to retrieve and carry library books or office materials (which might weigh from 20-40 lb); to document one’s work, and to be able to communicate so as to be understood by Dr. Iyengar, other team members, and authors, whether in person, using video-conferencing technology, telephone, or other methods of electronic communication. Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified candidates.
We encourage applications from students who belong to groups currently under-represented in academic publishing, including but not limited to: Black, Indigenous, and of Color students; first-generation students; rural students; sexual and gender minorities; and students from the Global South.
Required Reading:
Carol Fisher Salley, The Subversive Copy-Editor (buy or rent this; used is fine)
Chicago Manual of Style Online (access through UGA Libraries)
Christy Desmet and Sujata Iyengar, "Adaptation, Appropriation, or What You Will," Shakespeare 11.1 (2015): 10-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450918.2015.10125 (access through eLC and UGA Libraries)
Sujata Iyengar and Miriam Jacobson, "Introduction," Routledge Handbook to Shakespeare and Global Appropriation (London and New York: Routledge, 2020), pp. 1-11. (access through eLC and UGA Libraries)
Sujata Iyengar, "Copyright, Copyleft, and Shakespeare After Shakespeare," Proceedings of the French Shakespeare Society 35 (2017): https://journals.openedition.org/shakespeare/3852
Issues of Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation (updated link to new server will be forthcoming)
Required Activities:
Timely completion of online course modules (reading, assignments, discussion posts, Zoom discussions with the instructor) on a schedule agreed upon with the instructor (and, if appropriate, with the other interns) at the beginning of the semester; bi-weekly attendance via Zoom at the B&L General Editors' meeting; monthly Zoom meetings with the full B&L editorial team; occasional check-ins with other interns, as appropriate; completion of a short social media bio.
This course requires permission of department; interested students should write to Dr. Iyengar with their credentials.