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INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Manuscript preparation

Manuscripts should be unpublished texts that present findings of completed historical research, discussion papers using research findings, or review papers that present thorough historiographical and bibliographical systemizations. Papers that are being reviewed or considered for acceptance by other publications may not be submitted for publication in Memoria y sociedad. Additionally, the journal will consider publishing Spanish translations of papers published in foreign journals. These translations should include the title and publication date of the original text, the journal’s title, the editor’s address and a letter from the author or the editor in which the reproduction in Spanish is authorized. Reviews of books related to the contemporary discussion of historical knowledge should have a maximum length of seven (7) pages, double spaced, and should follow the structure described below.

Manuscripts should be sent in a Word file to Memoria y Sociedad’s e-mail address: memoria.sociedad@javeriana.edu.co , along with a separate sheet with the following information about the author(s): full name, nationality, postal address, e-mail, level of education, name of the university where the most recent grade was obtained, current affiliation, recent publications and subject areas of interest. Additionally, if the paper reports findings of original research, this sheet should include title, dates and sponsors of the research project in question.

Once Memoria y Sociedad receives the manuscript, the author will be notified and the editing process will begin. The manuscript will be sent to the editorial board for a first selection round. The selected papers will be subjected to a double-blind peer review. Reviewers will fill out an evaluation form established by the journal. Once the articles are reviewed, they will be sent back to the authors for corrections according to the remarks of the reviewers. Authors will have a limited amount of time to send the revised version of their manuscripts. During the review and editing processes, contact between the journal and the authors will be via e-mail. The authors of the papers that are accepted to be published will sign a letter in which they state that the article is original, unpublished, and is not participating in other review or publishing processes.

The journal reserves the right to make style corrections, that the editorial team finds relevant. The content of articles is the exclusive responsibility of their authors, who guarantee that during its creation the Colombian law was not violated, and does not represent opinions of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Any use or exploitation of the content will respect Colombian legislation and the licenses or authorizations granted by the authors, and will serve the purpose of facilitating, disseminating and promoting research, learning and teaching.

General structure of manuscripts

Articles should include a title that represents its content and an abstract of no more than 150 words, which should offer information about the principles of the study and its aims, methodology, results and main conclusions. The abstract should be accompanied by four to six key words, and both abstract and key words should be sent in both in English and Spanish. Authors should also include their names, as they wish to appear in the publication, and the institution to which they are linked to, with its city, country and corresponding e-mail.

Titles and subtitles must be numbered (1, 2, 3, 3.1, 3.2, etc.) and in bold font, while introduction and conclusions should not be numbered.

Manuscripts should be no more than thirty five (35) pages in length (letter sheet size), double spaced with normal margins ( 2.5 cm top and bottom, and 3 cm in both sides), and should use Spanish quotation marks («»). This extension includes footnotes —which are single spaced— and a bibliography at the end of the text in which primary and secondary sources should be separated (ca. 9.000 words). Font should be Times New Roman, size 12 for the text body and size 10 for footnotes.

Literal quotes that exceed four lines should form a new paragraph, single spaced, font size 11, with no quotation marks, and with reduced margins (1.5 cm in both sides).

Tables, charts, diagrams, and photographs should be sent separately with a minimal resolution of 300 dpi, in JPG or TIFF file formats along with their respective descriptions which should state source, title, and their place in the text. Authors must verify that when these items are inserted, the text cannot exceed forty (40) pages. To check the amount of dpi of an image, the following procedure is required. For Windows: right-click the image and select «Properties». In the “Details” tab, the third element corresponds to “Image”. The fifth and sixth elements in the tab´s list are «horizontal resolution» and «vertical resolution», in which the amount of dpi is stated. For Macintosh, after opening the image in Preview, the «Tools» tab should be selected and the information should appear in the «Show Inspector» option.

Rules for quotation

The journal’s rules for quotation are an adaptation of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, Humanities Style version. In the text, a footnote’s number should be put right behind the word or when the quotation ends, without additional spacing. All and only the quotations used in footnotes should be included in the bibliography at the end of the manuscript. In the following list of examples, the different quotations rules for footnotes and bibliography are marked with an (F) or a (B), respectively:

Books (one to three authors):
F:
Javier Sáenz Obregón; Óscar Saldarriaga y Armando Ospina, Mirar la infancia: pedagogía, moral y modernidad en Colombia, 1903-1946 (Bogotá: Colciencias, 1997), 34.
B:
Sáenz Obregón, Javier; Óscar Saldarriaga y Armando Ospina. Mirar la infancia: pedagogía, moral y modernidad en Colombia, 1903-1946. Bogotá: Colciencias, 1997.

Books (more than three authors):
F:
Edward O. Laumann et al., The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994).
B:
Laumann, Edward O. et al. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Edited books:
N:
César Torres y Saúl Rodríguez, ed., De milicias reales a militares contrainsurgentes. La institución militar en Colombia del siglo XVIII al XXI (Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2008).
B:
Torres, César y Saúl Rodríguez, ed. De milicias reales a militares contrainsurgentes. La institución militar en Colombia del siglo XVIII al XXI. Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2008.

Chapter in an edited book:
F:
Santiago Castro-Gómez, «Señales en el cielo, espejos en la tierra: La Exhibición del Centenario y los laberintos de la interpelación», en Genealogías de la colombianidad. Formaciones discursivas y tecnologías de gobierno en los siglos XIX y XX, ed. Santiago Castro-Gómez y Eduardo Restrepo (Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2008), 223.

B:
Castro-Gómez, Santiago. «Señales en el cielo, espejos en la tierra: La Exhibición del Centenario y los laberintos de la interpelación». En Genealogías de la colombianidad. Formaciones discursivas y tecnologías de gobierno en los siglos XIX y XX, editado por Santiago Castro-Gómez y Eduardo Restrepo, 222-253. Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2008.

Book by an institutional author:
F:
Ministerio de Fomento, Colombia, Informe del Ministro de Fomento al Congreso de la República de Colombia en sus sesiones ordinarias de 1890 (Bogotá: Imprenta de Antonio María Silvestre, 1890), 45.
B:
Ministerio de Fomento, Colombia. Informe del Ministro de Fomento al Congreso de la República de Colombia en sus sesiones ordinarias de 1890. Bogotá: Imprenta de Antonio María Silvestre, 1890.

Journal article:
F:
Juan Manuel Dávila Dávila. «La sensación es el principio del pensamiento. La introducción de la filosofía experimental en Colombia en el siglo XIX», Memoria y Sociedad 11, no. 23 (2007): 75.
B:
Dávila Dávila, Juan Manuel. «La sensación es el principio del pensamiento.La introducción de la filosofía experimental en Colombia en el siglo XIX». Memoria y Sociedad 11, no. 23 (2007):73-92.

Newspaper article:
F:
Jineth Bedoya Lima, “En el Vaupés se levanta la primera hidroeléctrica en medio de la selva”, El Tiempo [Bogotá], 18 de junio, 2007, 2.
B:
Bedoya Lima, Jineth. “En el Vaupés se levanta la primera hidroeléctrica en medio de la selva”. El Tiempo [Bogotá], 18 de junio, 2007, 1-5.

Thesis or dissertations:
F:
Amada Carolina Pérez, «Nosotros y los otros. Las representaciones de la nación y sus habitantes. Colombia, 1880 – 1910» (Tesis doctoral, Colegio de México, 2011), 10-12, 25.
B:
Pérez. Amada Carolina. Nosotros y los otros. Las representaciones de la nación y sus habitantes. Colombia, 1880 – 1910”. Tesis doctoral, Colegio de México, 2011.

Interviews:
F:
Jaime Jaramillo Uribe, interviewed by the author, Bogota, June 15th, 2007.
B:
Jaramillo Uribe, Jaime. Interviewed by the autor. Bogota, June 15th, 2007.

Archives:
For archive references and quotations, and any other document deposits, the structure of the archive should be followed. For example, the Colombian General Archive of the Nation:

F:
AGN, Colonia section, Tributos, vol. 4, exp. 12, f. 123.
B:
General Archive of the Nation (AGN), Bogotá-Colombia, Colonia section, Tributos, vol. 4, exp. 12, f. 123.

Electronic sources:
F:
Norman R. Yetman, “An Introduction to the WPA Slave Narratives”. Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html (accessed June 3rd, 2008).
B:
Yetman, Norman R. “An Introduction to the WPA Slave Narratives”. Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html.

Note:
After the first reference, the following form should be used: last name, two or three words of the title, page numbers. Ibid, ibidem, op.cit should not be used.
Example:
Dávila, «La sensación es el principio del pensamiento », 88.
Sáenz Obregón; Saldarriaga y Ospina, Mirar la infancia, 78.