Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word or Open Office format.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines
All references to your name, university affiliation, or any other identifying markers have been removed from your writing. Be careful to ensure that any identifying metadata or document property has also been removed from the file you submit. Google instructions for the specific software you're using if you're unsure how to do this.

Author Guidelines

We welcome articles and research notes from emerging scholars in all historical disciplines.

Authors have the option of submitting articles in one of two formats:

1. Research Articles

based on original primary source research and grounded in the relevant literature
approx. 5,000-6,500 words

2. Critical Commentaries

reflective essays and “think pieces”
not necessarily based on primary source analysis, but must demonstrate an element of originality
approx. 1,000-2,500 words

Both types of submissions are peer-reviewed.

Blind Submissions

To ensure that your submission is reviewed anonymously, please remove all references to your name, university affiliation, or any other identifying markers from your writing. Be careful to ensure that any identifying metadata or document property has also been removed from the file you submit. Google instructions for the specific software you're using if you're unsure how to do this.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Please adhere to the following guidelines:

include a title and abstract
use footnotes (not endnotes)
format citations, quotations, and numbers according to the guidelines found in The Chicago Manual of Style
include source materials' Digital Object Identifier (DOI) when available
in references to archival material, entries move from large (repository) to small (individual item)
insert page numbers, but do not insert any other headers or footers
submit in 12-point font, double-spaced, with margins of 2.54 centimeters
figures, illustrations, charts, and tables should be formatted in black & white, and embedded in the text

Articles

Articles are 5,000-6,000 words (20-25 pages) in length and are based on original historical research. All articles are peer-reviewed.

Critical Commentaries

Critical commentaries are 1,000 to 2,500 words in length and are peer-reviewed. They are designed to allow scholars to feature reflective essays and "think pieces" on the discipline.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

b. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

c. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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