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Guidelines

Instructions for Contributors

1. Submissions must:

  • a. be the original work of the author
  • b. not be under consideration for publication elsewhere
  • c. not have been published before, even in part, in print or electronically.

2. Submissions should be made online through our website. You will need to create an account if you do not have one. (If you are unsure if you have an account, or have forgotten your password, use the password help function.)

3. This journal accepts articles from interdisciplinary perspectives, as long as the focus and approach to the article remains historical. We do this to allow for diverse subject matter and to not disqualify articles which might fall under cross-listings.

4. Aside from the main text, you will need to provide with your submission:

  • an abstract of not more than 200 words
  • a single title which clarifies the subject matter of your paper, and which is no more than 20 words long.

5. Texts must be completely anonymous to allow double-blind reviewing; reviewers consider PDF versions of texts, hence your PDF submission should NOT include your name or any identifying marks. Your identification information will be asked for at a separate part of the submission. Acknowledgements and the like can be added later to submissions which are accepted for publication.

6. Do not include a title page, your name, or abstract in your submission document. (Begin the document with the introduction. A title page, including your name and the abstract, will be added to your paper by the editors if your work is published.)

7. Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers.

8. Font:

  1. Main Body— Double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt font
  2. Footnotes— Single-spaced, Times New Roman, 10 pt font, Hinu-Arabic (not Roman) numerals, and no endnotes
  3. Block quotes— Single-spaced and indented 1 inch, not italicized

    4. 9. We encourage the use of illustrations, graphs, and tables where they present essential material or aid understanding. Authors are responsible for obtaining necessary permissions for illustrations.

    10. While much of the content we publish rests on original research and specialist knowledge, contributions should be accessible and stimulating to the non-specialist. It is vital that you provide sufficient historiographical context and make clear the wider significance of your submission in the collection of pre-existing scholarship.

    Additional Recommendations

    Indenting, Line Spacing, and Justification

    Indent all paragraphs. An indent should be at least 2 em-spaces.

    Do not insert extra space between paragraphs of text with the exception of long quotations, theorems, propositions, special remarks, etc. These should be set off from the surrounding text by additional space above and below.

    Don't "widow" or "orphan" text (i.e., ending a page with the first line of a paragraph or beginning a page with the last line of a paragraph).

    All text should be left-justified (i.e., flush with the left margin—except where indented). Where possible, it should also be right-justified (i.e., flush with the right margin). "Where possible" refers to the quality of the justification. For example, LaTeX and TeX do an excellent job of justifying text. Word does a reasonable job. But some word processors do a lousy job (e.g., they achieve right justification by inserting too much white space within and between words). We prefer flush right margins. However, it is better to have jagged right margins than to have flush right margins with awkward intra- and inter-word spacing. Make your decision on whichever looks best.

    Please note that we capitalize the term "Black" when referring to racial or ethnic identity.

    Article Length

    Because this journal publishes electronically, page limits are not as relevant as they are in the world of print publications. We are happy, therefore, to let authors take advantage of this greater "bandwidth" to include material that they might otherwise have to cut to get into a print journal. This said, authors should exercise some discretion with respect to length. We prefer not to publish works longer than 50 pages in length.

    Emphasized text

    Whenever possible use italics to indicate text you wish to emphasize rather than underlining it. The use of color to emphasize text is discouraged.

    Foreign terms

    Whenever possible, foreign terms should be set in italics rather than underlined.

    Headings

    Headings (e.g., start of sections) should be distinguished from the main body text by their fonts or by using small caps. Use the same font face for all headings and indicate the hierarchy by reducing the font size. There should be space above and below headings.

    References

    It is the author's obligation to provide complete references with the necessary information. After the last sentence of your submission, please insert a page break and begin your bibliography on the next page. The bibliography should have margins that are both left and right- justified. You may choose not to right-justify the margin of one or more references if the spacing looks too awkward. Please reference the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition online guide to help you format your footnotes and bibliography. You must obtain permission for all graphics or images used.

    If the Journal agrees to publish your work, in order to enable the Journal to circulate your work to the fullest extent, you must agree that upon publication, the following work will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. If you have questions or concerns about this, please contact the site administrator.