From the Editor

The first year of our new collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University Press has opened up new possibilities and brought growing visibility to the journal. In January at the Modern Language Association Annual Convention, German Studies Review received the annual award for Best Journal design by CELJ (Council of Editors of Learned Societies). I hope you share my excitement about such public recognition of the journal’s more contemporary look and its signal function in the larger project of German Studies.

But changes are not limited to appearances. Beginning in this issue, we will have regular forums on current issues such as the present one on the Euro crisis. The next issue will also bring another new feature: snapshots from the annual German Studies Association conferences. They will include papers from panels or round tables on topics relevant to the core constituencies of the GSA and usually publish the presidential address given at the banquet. Two figures central to the changing debate on German literature, politics, history, and public intellectuals will be featured in this year’s GSA snapshot: Christa Wolf and Günter Grass. Going forward, I invite all GSA members to consider proposing topics for future conference snapshots by either talking to me at the conference or sending an e-mail to editor@thegsa.org. The intention behind these new initiatives is to develop further what I consider the two core functions of any association journal: to establish a platform for key issues and debates within the GSA while continuing to provide the best possible peer-review process for the interdisciplinary project of German Studies.