Disputatio is an international transdiciplinary
annual of the late middle ages (ca. 1300-1550) published by
Northwestern University Press. Each issue provides exhaustive and
diverse treatments of one significant example of late medieval
culture by scholars representing various nations, approaches, and
disciplines. We feature scholary articles, inclusive review essays,
and bibliographies on the topic of each issue.
Preferred length for scholary articles is 4,000-12,000 words and for
research notes under 2,500 words. Review essays will be assigned by
the editors; please contact us if you might wish to be assigned a
topic. We are also very committed to publishing bibliographies;
please contact us if you are interested in compiling one.
For review essays, inquiries from younger scholars or those working
on dissertations in the field are particularly welcome. Although the
preferred language of Disputatio is English, we
will consider articles in all major European languages and Latin. All
articles not in English must be accompanied by a substantial abstract
in English (c. 250-300 words).
Manuscripts must conform to the manual of style of the Modern
Language Association of America. Thus, please provide endnotes and a
'Works Cited' page, as does the journal PMLA, which can
serve as a model. Although contributors are requested to use hardcopy
for initial submission of manuscripts, final copies of accepted
manuscripts must be submitted on diskette (Microsoft Word for
Windows). Authors should send three copies of the manuscript when
submitting work. All articles will receive blind review by
specialists in the field; final decisions concerning publication,
however, rest exclusively with the editors.