Editing for art historians, by art historians

We have guided academic art historians through every stage of the publishing process, from PhD theses and academic book proposals to papers now published in top-tier journals, including British Journal of AestheticsKonsthistorisk tidskrift, Journal of Medieval History, Oxford Art JournalArtibus et Historiae, and Journal of Hellenic Studies.

We are uniquely positioned to offer rigorous art history proofreading, copy-editing, indexing, and translation. We have guided academic art historians through every stage of the publishing process, from PhD theses and academic book proposals to papers now published in top-tier art history journals, including British Journal of AestheticsKonsthistorisk tidskrift, Journal of Medieval History, Oxford Art JournalArtibus et Historiae, and Journal of Hellenic Studies. We have recently edited manuscripts (including multi-authored edited volumes) for Peeters, Peter Lang, De Gruyter, Oxford University Press, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Brill, and Routledge.

Our clients have won impressive grants with the European Research Council and the British Academy. We understand the nature of academic competition and what it takes to succeed. With decades of experience (both professional and editorial), we have what it takes to steer academic art historians towards publication and career success. Our service is discreet and all work is anonymised before being assigned to a specialist.

With a global team of over 50 rigorously tested, PhD-educated art history editors from the world’s top universities, Lex Academic are the only author services company who will assign your art history manuscript to the perfect sub-specialist who understands the relevant literature, debates, and terminology. Whether you are working on the depiction of witchcraft in Northern Renaissance art, Michelangelo’s architecture of faith, the role of imitation in Roman visual culture, Renaissance sculpture, early Greek art, or the history of architecture, your work will be in the hands of experts.

With editors well-versed in Latin, ancient Greek, Quranic Arabic, French, German, Italian, as well as other languages, we guarantee that your work will be copy-edited by the appropriate expert. We are also able to extensively index Italian, French, and Spanish terms, providing separate indexes and/or glossaries for names, sources, regions, and topics. All our editorial work is finalised in-house by PhD-educated professional copy editors who will ensure your work is immaculately formatted for your target publication. Our powerful conjunction of academic research expertise and the most exacting linguistic standards constitutes a proven formula in getting your work accepted for publication the first time around.

Get in touch

To enquire about our art history proofreading services, as well as translation and indexing, please email editor@lexacademic.com or complete our short contact form. Your enquiry will be treated with the utmost confidence and we endeavour to reply within two hours.

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Ensure your manuscript is submission-ready with our bespoke Indexing services. We are famous for purveying extraordinary academic proofreading, copy-editing, and substantive editing. Our impeccable author services include correcting all typographical, spelling, and grammatical errors. Where desired, we can make stylistic and substantive changes to your work that promise a powerful first impression with major publishers. Our authors have published with all of the top-tier publishing houses, including Bloomsbury, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Penguin, Peter Lang, Princeton University Press, and Routledge.

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Academic Proofreading

Proofreading is for those clients who need the peace of mind of knowing that their manuscript is absolutely fault-free.

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Academic Copy-Editing

Copy-editing is for those clients who are hoping to improve the overall style and concision of their writing, while making a guaranteed impression with academic journals.

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Substantive Academic Editing

Substantive editing is for those clients whose writing expects to reach a wider public, owing to which it needs to be truly extraordinary.

Book Indexing Services

Lex Academic crafts dedicated indexes for personal names (index nominum), places (index locorum), and words (index verborum).

“Lex Academic’s copyediting and indexing is brilliant. They took so much time with my manuscript—bonding with the subject matter and creating both flow and meaning. I have been so lucky to find them. I would choose Lex Academic for all my projects. They are champions!”

Dr. Barbara Hales (German Studies, University of Houston - Clear Lake)