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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

We are no longer accepting submissions for VHR's annual, 2022–2023 issue.

For additional inquiries, please contact: vanderbilt.historicalreview@gmail.com

We are excited to announce our call for submissions is now open. This year, we are publishing a special issue for the first time. This special issue calls for substantive articles and book reviews that concern feminism. The gains in gender equity drawn back by the pandemic and the threat on reproductive rights from the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade have brought questions about the state of the feminist movement for equality to the forefront of cultural and political discourse, and we feel it is more important now than ever to share, promote, and learn feminist histories. 

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Feminist topics include but are not limited to:

 Feminist movements

Feminist leaders

Underrepresented feminist theory

Intersectional feminism

Black feminist thought

Community intellectuals

Feminist theory

 The nuclear family

Reproductive rights

Gender equity

Roles of women

Sexual liberation

Ecofeminism

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Our first special welcomes submissions that discuss feminism from all time periods and geographic locations. 

*Authors are limited to one substantive article or book review submission per journal cycle* 

Vanderbilt Historical Review welcomes submissions from undergraduates of both national and international four-year institutions. The author must have graduated no earlier than the spring of 2023.

 

SUBSTANTIVE ARTICLES

In order to be considered for publication, substantive article submissions must meet the following requirements:

 

  • Authors must submit their work via Google Form, linked here.

    • NOTE: Google Form will ask for identifying information, but the author’s name and university MUST BE removed from the pages of the article in the Word Document. This is to uphold the integrity of the double-anonymous review process.

  • Submissions must be in Word Document format, not PDF.

  • Articles must be no longer than 8,000 words, including references..

  • Authors must be willing, upon acceptance, to participate in the publication process, which can take three months to complete. 

  • Submissions should adhere to the rules outlined in the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Notes/Bibliography Style. Articles written using MLA or APA should be converted to Chicago before submission. A quick guide is linked here: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

  • Submissions must have a main title (up to 50 characters) and subtitle (up to 125 characters). For example, “Art as Power: The Medici Family as Magi in the Fifteenth Century.”

  • Submissions must be accompanied by an abstract of 50-100 words at initial submission.

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BOOK REVIEWS

 

In order to be considered for publication, book review submissions must meet the following requirements:

 

  • Authors must submit their work via Google Form, linked here.

    • NOTE: Google Form will ask for identifying information, but the author’s name and university MUST BE removed from the pages of the review in the Word Document. This is to uphold the integrity of the double-anonymous review process.

  • Submissions must be in Word Document format, not PDF.

  • Reviews must be no longer than 4,000 words, including references.

  • Authors must be willing, upon acceptance, to participate in the publication process, which can take three months to complete. 

  • Submissions should adhere to the rules outlined in the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Notes/Bibliography Style. Articles written using MLA or APA should be converted to Chicago before submission. A quick guide is linked here: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

  • Reviews must have a main title (up to 50 characters) and subtitle (up to 125 characters). For example, “Art as Power: The Medici Family as Magi in the Fifteenth Century.”

  • Reviews must point out the importance of the book and its contribution to historical scholarship. 

  • Reviews must provide critical analysis of the book’s content and significance to historical scholarship.

  • Books published within the last five years will be given priority in an effort to highlight current trends in scholarship. 

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