The Classical Journal (ISSN 0009–8353) is published by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), the largest and oldest regional classics association in the United States and Canada.[1]
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CAMWS members receive the journal as a benefit of membership; non-member and library subscriptions are also available. CJ appears four times a year (October–November, December–January, February–March, April–May); each issue consists of about 96 pages.[1] The journal currently has about 2300 subscribers, including approximately 700 libraries and research institutions.
CJ has entered into a relationship with the digital journal archive JSTOR to store all back issues, with a moving wall of 3–4 years.
As described by JSTOR:[2]
The Classical Journal publishes scholarly articles on Greek and Latin language and literature and on all other aspects of classical studies, together with book reviews. Its Forum section features articles devoted to pedagogy. The journal has been published continuously since 1905; over the years the number of issues per volume has varied, but it is now fixed at four.
The editor in chief of the journal is elected by the membership of the organization for a five-year term (renewable once). As of July 2010, the current editor in chief is Laurel Fulkerson. Previous editors have been: Arthur Fairbanks (University of Chicago) 1905-7; Gordon J. Laing (University of Chicago) 1905-8; A. G. Laird (University of Wisconsin) 1907-9; Frank J. Miller (University of Chicago) 1908-28; Arthur T. Walker (University of Kansas) 1909-32; Roy C. Flickinger (University of Iowa) 1928-33; J. O. Lofberg (Oberlin College) (died November 10, 1932); Walter Miller (University of Missouri) 1933-35; Eugene Tavenner (Washington University) 1935-45; Norman J. DeWitt (Washington University) 1945-50; Clyde Murley (Northwestern University) 1950-55; Phillip DeLacy (Washington University) 1955-56; Norman T. Pratt, Jr. (Indiana University) 1956-61; W. Robert Jones (Ohio State University) 1961-68; Roy Arthur Swanson (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) 1968-73; Harold D. Evjen (University of Colorado) 1973-77; Ernst A. Fredricksmeyer (University of Colorado) Coeditor 1973-76; Hunter R. Rawlings, III (University of Colorado) 1977-83; W. W. de Grummond (Florida State University) 1983-; John Miller (University of Virginia); Peter Knox (University of Colorado);[3] S. Douglas Olson (University of Minnesota) 2005-10.
The current Book Review editor is Charles McNelis (Georgetown University). The current Forum editor is Emily B. West (College of Saint Catherine).
CJ 104.4 contains:
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FORUM
BOOK REVIEWS
In May 2007, The Classical Journal began delivering online-exclusive book reviews, professional announcements, and supplemental material through the University of Minnesota's listserv. Subscription to the listserv is free and is offered automatically to CAMWS members; an archive can be found here, while book reviews and the Online Forum are indexed at the official website, classicaljournal.org.
A large collection of links to on-line educational resources related to the ancient world is posted at http://classicaljournal.org/links-online.php
The website hosts annual survey responses from graduate-level Classical Studies departments across the United States and Canada. The survey responses along with a selection of Frequently Asked Questions and advice on presenting at professional conferences are designed to concentrate information useful to prospective and current graduate students.[2]
The website also houses DIADOCHOI, a Wiki-style searchable website dedicated to the ancestry of doctoral degrees in Classical Studies and closely related fields.[3]