Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Comitatus, published annually under the auspices of the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, invites the submission of research articles (8,000–13,000 words) and shorter papers (3,500–7,000 words) by graduate students and recent PhDs in any field of late antique, medieval, Renaissance, early modern, or early global studies. We particularly welcome articles that integrate or synthesize disciplines, as well as short but critical reflections on the future of pre- and early modern studies, interviews, conversations, translations, field notes, archive reports, and catalogues.
Short articles are intended to make the process of academic publishing more inclusive and accessible to a wider range of graduate students at different stages of their careers. They must adhere to the Comitatus submission guidelines, but they may engage more summarily with secondary literature, in the style of public-facing writing for a non-specialist audience.
Translations, interviews, field notes, archive reports, and catalogues should prioritize readability in their layout and critical apparatus. They should also include a short introduction outlining the text’s potential significance and/or usefulness to scholars. These articles should be aimed at graduate students with a general knowledge and engage wider narratives in the field.
Submissions of all lengths and formats will be reviewed by the Comitatus Editorial Board. Those submissions judged to be exceptional by the Board will be invited for inclusion in the yearly volume.
Double-spaced manuscripts should not exceed forty pages in length. Please send submissions in the form of email attachments in MS Word file format (.doc or .docx). Include the author’s name, affiliation, academic history, and an email address at the top of the document. Papers do not need to conform to the Comitatus style guide at the time of submission, but footnotes should be formatted according to chapters 13 and 14 of the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Any images should be embedded within the document and accompanied by numbered captions.
Authors whose papers have been accepted should refer to the Comitatus style guide when preparing their final manuscripts.
Send Comitatus submissions to:
Dr. Allison McCann, Managing Editor, allisonmccann@humnet.ucla.edu
The deadline for submissions is in early March each year. To receive our annual call for papers with the exact submission deadline, write to cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu to be added to the CMRS-CEGS mailing list.