American Journal of Classical Reception
Where Modern Meets Ancient
The American Journal of Classical Reception publishes original, substantive, peer-reviewed scholarship on the reception and afterlife of Classical antiquity in all its forms.
We welcome articles that explore how ancient texts, ideas, and artifacts are reimagined, reinterpreted, and redeployed across diverse media for today's audience.
We encourage work by creators, critics, scholars, and students that is innovative, interdisciplinary, and attentive to complex dialogues between antiquity and the modern world.
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press
Sponsored by The Classical Association of the Midwest and South (CAMWS)
Editors:
- Christopher M. McDonough | Sewanee - The University of the South
- Monica S. Cyrino | University of New Mexico
Editorial Board:
- Antony Augoustakis | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Alastair Blanshard | University of Queensland, Australia
- Daniel E. Curley | Skidmore College
- Hunter Gardner | University of South Carolina
- Stacie Raucci | Union College
- Alex McAulery | University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Jaclyn Neel | Carleton College, Canada
- Patrice Rankine | University of Chicago
- Emma Stafford | University of Leeds, United Kingdom
- Rocki Wentzel | Augustana College
Partners
Together, we are advancing understanding and appreciation of Classical Studies in the modern world.
JHU Press
Founded in 1878, Hopkins Press is one of the world's most accomplished publishers of scholarly journals. Hopkins Press currently publishes 114 peer-reviewed periodicals in the arts and humanities, technology and medicine, higher education, history, political science, and library science. Hopkins Press, in collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at the Johns Hopkins University, was instrumental in founding Project MUSE®, a leader in electronic academic and scholarly publishing.
CAMWS
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South is an organization for Classics (Latin and Greek) teachers at all levels, undergraduate and graduate students, and anyone else who enjoys learning about the world of classical antiquity. While the geographic range of CAMWS includes 32 U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces, the organization welcomes members from anywhere in the world. An individual subscriber to The Classical Journal is automatically a member of CAMWS.
AJCR
The American Journal of Classical Reception, published by The Johns Hopkins University Press and sponsored by CAMWS, is committed to advancing high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship on the afterlife of Classical antiquity. Under the editorial guidance of Christopher M. McDonough and Monica S. Cyrino, AJCR fosters innovative, interdisciplinary research and spirited discussion that bridges ancient and modern worlds while building and supporting a global community.
Author Guidelines
JHU Press will publish AJCR in Spring and Fall of each year. The first journal is scheduled for Spring 2027. Submissions for the first journal may be by invitation as AJCR establishes its editorial scope. We are now inviting and welcoming open submissions for subsequent issues per our author guidelines.