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  • Letter from the Editor
  • Christa Davis Acampora, Executive Editor

Dear Readers,

This issue marks a milestone in the history of the Journal of Nietzsche Studies—we have just celebrated our fifteenth anniversary. And there are some exciting changes that lie ahead as we look to the future.

One new development is that the journal is now owned by Pennsylvania State University Press. Readers will not notice any obvious changes as a result from this shift. What it will mean is that the journal will have a solid supporter that should see us through the decades to come. Members and officers of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society will continue to play important roles in contributing to the journal, participating in the review process, and recommending topics for special theme issues.

To further strengthen the journal, we will create an Editorial Review Board. When announced in our next issue, the roster will include the names of the most interesting and knowledgeable scholars in Nietzsche studies. The founders of the society and the previous editors are heartily thanked for creating what has become the world's leading English-language journal for research relating to Nietzsche.

Some changes that readers will notice are already apparent in this issue, including the revival of a section titled "Philologica," which in this issue includes interesting biographical material and details about the ongoing project to produce the first English translation of the Kritische Studienausgabe. This issue also includes a page identifying standardized abbreviations. We hope that this will streamline the journal to allow us to include even more content in each issue and make the journal easier to read and use in research. Authors should refer to the revised submission guidelines on the journal website for more details on appropriate manuscript preparation.

In the future, readers may expect that we will produce more special issues. In years past, these issues have made significant contributions to defining (and in some cases settling) the most pressing problems and setting the future course of Nietzsche studies. We will also continue to work to include relevant translations as well as reviews and discussions of works in languages other than English in order to facilitate research on a global scale. There is a good deal of interest in Nietzsche's relation to problems in contemporary philosophy these days, and the journal will actively seek submissions that reflect the absolute best work with this focus. [End Page 3]

Finally, there is the matter of a new editorial home for the journal, which is now Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). I am grateful for the confidence of Director Sandy Thatcher at Penn State University Press, the outgoing editor Brian Domino, and the Executive Committee of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society, who all played a role in my appointment as the new editor for the journal. And I am particularly grateful for the support of Frank Kirkland, chair of the Hunter Philosophy Department, and Acting Provost Vita Rabinowitz for their substantial support for the journal and its activities. I am ably assisted by Adam Israel, editorial assistant, and several students at the CUNY Graduate Center. Joining the staff of the journal as North American book review editor is Paul S. Loeb, whose work should be familiar to readers of the journal. Carol Diethe has generously agreed to continue in her role as the U.K. book review editor.

I look forward to meeting many of the journal's readers and contributors at professional meetings and public events. There are exciting opportunities ahead of us, and I look forward to collaborating with you to make the most of them.

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