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Length
Research articles should be no longer than 6000 words, including endnotes.
Review articles should be no longer than 1500 words.
Submission Format
Submissions are to be in English.
All articles are to be electronically submitted in Rich Text Format (rtf) via an email to the editor (xroadsjournal@gmail.com).
Any foreign fonts employed (e.g. Sanskrit, Coptic, Runic) are to be included as a separate file.
Images, if clearly mentioned in the argument and referenced within the article, are also to be submitted as separate electronic files (high resolution jpg, gif, and bitmap are acceptable image formats).
Style
All articles submitted must follow these guidelines to be considered for publication.
All text is to use Times New Roman font only.
All text is to be left justified AND single line spaced.
Emphasis and foreign words are to be indicated by italics.
All titles to be indicated by italics.
Do NOT double space between sentences.
Do NOT indent paragraphs. Paragraphs should be double spaced from each other.
Endnotes only to be used and numbered in Roman numerals (see below).
Text Font Sizes
Body text: 10 point.
Headings within the body of the text: 11 point, bold, and small capitals.
Subheadings: 10 point, and italicised.
Quotations
Quotations of less than five lines: Marked by SINGLE quotation marks only within the text.
Quotations of more than five lines: Indented both sides of text and spaced from preceding text, 9 point font, and NO quotation marks.
Referencing
Endnotes are to be used in accordance with the Chicago style (if using citations management programs such as Endnote, select "Chicago 14th A"). Basic examples are reproduced below, but for full details, please refer to the most recent edition of the The Chicago Manual of Style.
- Book - 1 Antoine Faivre, The Eternal Hermes : From Greek God to Alchemical Magus (Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1995), 77-9.
- Journal article - 2 Herman te Velde, "The God Heka in Egyptian Theology," Jaarbericht ex Oriente Lux 21 (1970): 175-86.
Abstract and Biographies
When submitting, please include an abstract of 150 - 200 words and a biography of between 50 - 75 words.
The abstract and biography should be included in a separate Rich Text Format (rtf) file from the submission document file.
News
Crossroads welcomes announcements of upcoming conferences and other events relevant to the academic study of history, philosophy, religion and classics. Short presentations of academic dissertations, not exceeding 500 words, are also welcome. Books received will be mentioned in Crossroads.
Editorial Address
Crossroads c/o School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics. University of Queensland, St. Lucia Q 4072, Australia.
Email: xroadsjournal@gmail.com.
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