Guidelines to contributors
Individual submissions and proposals for thematic issues can be sent to the journal’s editors and the director of the research unit VALE:
Charlotte Ribeyrol: charlotte.ribeyrol[at]sorbonne-universite.fr
Juliana Lopoukhine: juliana.lopoukhine[at]sorbonne-universite.fr
Juliette Utard: juliette.utard[at]sorbonne-universite.fr
Articles must be presented according to the norms of the journal and will be peer-reviewed.
Please submit your articles as a word document (docx), double-spaced in Times New Roman, 12.
Your manuscript should include the following elements:
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a title and subtitle, and unnumbered intertitles for sections;
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the full name of the author, his/her academic affiliation and email address;
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footnotes, which do not have bibliographical data (we use parenthetical referencing. Ex. Riley 1965, 142).
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two abstracts, one in French and one in English, recommended length is no more than 150 words
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up to 8 indexable keywords in French and in English
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a short bio in French and in English (200 words).
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a list of works cited at the end. For bibliographical references, we use the MLA Handbook (8th édition, 2016). For the final bibliography, use small caps for the authors’ names.
Ex : Benjamin, Walter. The Arcades Project. Trans. Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.
Bratu, Hansen, Miriam. “Benjamin’s Aura.” Critical Inquiry 24 (Winter 2008): 336-375.
Lanone, Catherine. “Emily Carr’s Controversial Inner Journey: From France to First Nations Totems.” In The Memory of Nature in Aboriginal, Canadian and American Contexts. Ed. Françoise Besson, Héliane Ventura, and Claire Omhovère. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. 340-352.
Maldiney, Henri. “La rencontre et le lieu.” In Henri Maldiney. Philosophe, art et existence. Ed. Chris Younès. Paris : Editions du Cerf, 2007. 163-180.
Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. Ed. Michael Hattaway. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Do not use personal style sheets.
Color illustrations and visual documents are accepted and should be inserted in the text proper by the author who will include the adequate caption and credits. Visuals need to be accompanied with their proper authorizations (abiding by existing copyright laws).
Manuscripts will conform to the current MLA Handbook guidelines.
All articles are double-blind peer-reviewed within 3 months.





