Author guidelines
Review Essays
We typically do not consider unsolicited review essays. If you would like to be considered as a potential review essay author, you may submit your CV to historyandtheory@wesleyan.edu.
Our reviews are essays rather than topical notices, and they are meant to be read for their own sake. They usually begin with a brief description of the reviewed book’s content before launching into a discussion of whatever particularly interests the reviewer.
Review essays are generally between 4,000 and 6,000 words, including title, notes, 200- to 300-word abstract, and 6 to 8 keywords
For questions about style, punctuation, and spelling not covered in the journal’s style guide, please consult a recent issue of History and Theory, the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.), and Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary. Please note: the journal does not maintain a CSL style for use with Zotero or any other similar service.
Questions about manuscript submissions, production workflow, and more may be sent to the journal’s editorial office (historyandtheory@wesleyan.edu).
Image: Double exposure: Day's mother in hat, over boy standing on wooden bridge at Little Good Harbor, by F. Holland Day (1900-1910), from The Louise Imogen Guiney Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.