{"pk":40241,"title":"Editors' Introduction","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The beginnings of \nNew Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession\n are found in many energetic conversations about the state of our field and our profession at the New Chaucer Society’s 2018 Congress in Toronto. Concerned about the sustainability of medieval studies, the editors imagined a journal that not only addressed these pressing issues but also helped diminish the isolation many medievalists feel.  Most of all, they sought to rethink how different forms of academic labor are defined and valued. The resulting journal rests on two pillars of accessibility: \nopen access\n and \npeer review\n. Available through the University of California’s eScholarship publishing platform, the journal is freely available regardless of institutional affiliation. And by encouraging a peer-review process of constructive criticism and intellectual dialogue, the journal promotes fresh perspectives. The journal’s first issue presents timely and thoughtful contributions by Anthony Bale, Andrew James Johnston, Dan Kline, and Carolyn Dinshaw.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-ND 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/55j996hh","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Lisa","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lampert-Weissig","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California-San Diego","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Katie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Little","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Colorado Boulder","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Eva","middle_name":"","last_name":"von Contzen","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Freiburg","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Candace","middle_name":"","last_name":"Barrington","name_suffix":"","institution":"Central Connecticut State University","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-11-01T18:20:12-08:00","date_accepted":"2020-11-01T18:20:12-08:00","date_published":"2019-12-31T16:00:00-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ncs_pedagogyandprofession/article/40241/galley/30266/download/"}]}