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publications
Journal of Moravian History
The editors invite submissions of original articles in all areas of the history of the Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church, Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine). We also welcome (translations of) primary source materials, research notes, as well as book reviews.
All articles deemed appropriate for JMH are sent out anonymously for peer review by scholars who are experts in the author’s particular field.
We cannot accept or review articles that have been published elsewhere or are under consideration by any other journal or publisher.
Each author will receive one copy of the issue in which the article appears and ten offprints.
Articles can be submitted at all times of the year. JMH only accepts submissions in electronic form (Word or WordPerfect). An accompanying hard copy (printout) is not necessary. All submissions should be formatted according to The Chicago Manual of Style, latest edition.
All quotations must be translated into English, with the original text provided in a footnote.
For editing original source materials and translations, click here for the guidelines JMH follows.
The preferred length for articles is between 6,000 and 11,000 words or 20 and 35 pages.
A separate title page should include the title of the article and the author’s name, affiliation and address. In order to protect anonymity, the author’s name should not appear on the manuscript; all identifying references and footnotes will be masked for the review process. Please number the manuscript pages consecutively in the upper-right corner.
Illustrations (mostly black and white, sometimes color), tables, and maps are welcome. Electronic submissions should attach scanned versions of all illustrations (at least 300 dpi, JPEG or TIFF).
Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions for illustrations after the article has been accepted for publication. You must provide the editors with copies of letters of permission from the copyright holders or from the individual or institutional owners of uncopyrighted illustrations.
Please do not place digital images in the text of the manuscript. Submit any images separately (on cd-rom or glossy photos) along with suggestions for placement location.
One or more members of the editorial board will read each contribution. If they decide that an essay warrants further consideration, the editor may ask one or more anonymous reviewers to offer a written assessment of it. When the reviewers return their assessments, the editorial board confers about the essay and makes a decision. This process generally takes a few months. The editorial board reserves the right to accept or reject any manuscript, even contrary to the recommendation of a reviewer or without any external review whatsoever.
After the editorial staff copyedits your manuscript (according to The Chicago Manual of Style, latest edition), they will return it to you for review. This will be the final stage at which you may make changes. Later the editorial staff will send you one set of page proofs, at which time you will have two days to mark any typographical errors. If you do not respond by fax, e-mail, or telephone within two days, the editors may not be able to incorporate your corrections into the printed version of your essay.
For submission, please send the following to the address below:
* an electronic copy of the essay by email attachment or on a cd-rom
* a 200-word abstract of the essay.
For any questions, please contact the editor:
Dr. Paul M. Peucker
Moravian Archives, Northern Province
41 W. Locust Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018.
USA
tel. 610.866.3255
fax 610.866.9210
email: jmh@moravianchurcharchives.org
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