Graeco-Latina Brunensia
Scholarly journal published at Faculty of Arts, Masaryk university. ISSN 1803-7402
Upcoming
Complete 16th volume of Graeco-Latina Brunensia is now available. The first number of volume 17 has been delivered in the printing office. We would like to express our gratitude to all the contributors for their copious and superior contributions.
About Graeco-Latina Brunensia
Graeco-Latina Brunensia, published since 2009, is a continuation of the separate Series classica (N) of Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis Brunensis, which was published since 1996 under the title Graeco-Latina Brunensia. Before that, Series archeologico-classica (E) was published from 1956 to 1995.
It is published twice a year and includes contributions form the fields of Classical Philology, Classical Archeology, Ancient History, Medieval Studies, as well as Byzantine Studies and the later development of the Greek language.
ISSN
ISSN 1803-7402
(ISSN of the original Series classica: 1211–6335)
Editorial board
Chair
Prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (Masarykova univerzita, Institute for Classical Studies)
Editor-in-chief
Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (Masarykova univerzita, Institute for Classical Studied): maternity leave
PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D.: deputy editor
Scholarly editors
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heiner Eichner (Universität Wien, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft)
Prof. Dr. Werner Schubert (Universität Heidelberg, Institut für klassiche Philologie)
Prof. PhDr. Daniel Škoviera, PhD. (Komenského univerzita, Katedra klasickej a semitskej filologie)
External scholarly cooperators
Dr. Matjaž Babič (redni profesor, Universa Ljubljana); priv.-doz. dr. Bernd Roling (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Thomas-Instituts, Universität zu Köln; Universität Münster; Lehrstuhlvertretung an der Universität Göttingen); dr. phil. Dirk-Uwe Hansen (Universität Greifswald); dr. Wojciech Sowa (Uniwersytet Jagelloński w Krakowie); dr. László Takács (Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem, Piliscsaba).
Contacts
Editor: urbanova@phil.muni.cz
Tel.: (++420) 549 497 647
Postal address:
Ústav klasických studií FF MU
Arna Nováka 1
602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
Distributor
Knihkupectví Hana Smílková
Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity
Arna Nováka 1
602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
e-mail: knihysmilkova@atlas.cz
Guidelines for contributors
Submission Criteria
Graeco-Latina Brunensia is published by Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. It welcomes contributions in all the fields mentioned above.
Submissions may be in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian or Latin, alternatively in Czech and Slovakian (only in case of medieval and neolatinistic texts of Bohemian provenience). Submissions have to be formated in .doc or .rtf format and also in PDF, and - if sended only in text format - they should be accompanied by two hard copies. Using Greek or special signs please send also a printed version. Articles should not exceed 27,000 characters (if your submission does exceed this limit, please consult the editors); this figure includes endnotes/footnotes. Reviews, reports and information should not exceed 7,000 characters. Submissions should be accompanied by an abstract (in English, event. ger, fre, ita, spa) and key words in Czech and English with a maximum length of 1,800 characters. The journal retains the right to make language corrections and formal modifications to all texts. All changes are subject to the author's approval.
Anonymous submissions are not accepted. All submissions must include the sender’s complete name, address, and contact information (telephone number, fax number, e-mail, etc.)
Formal requirements
Line Spacing: 1; paragraph formatting: use the Paragraph Style feature if possible; separating paragraphs with ENTER is sufficient.
Font size: 12 pts.; font face: "UNICODE" Times New Roman; the same font should be used for Classical Greek (using TAVULTESOFT KEYMAN DESKTOP 7.0 Professional Edition Software is possible, as well as the fonts available at http://litterae.phil.muni.cz); / or the font Greek, available in the redaction); using special fonts please send also a printed version and the fonts.
Figures and graphics: ideally in separate files; please mark the desired layout in the hard copy. Abbreviated citations of Classical works: we recommend the lists published in Thesaurus Linguae Latinae and in the Greek dictionary LIDDELL-SCOTT; for medieval works with no fixed usage, we recommend that the authors introduce their own abbreviations.
Citations: we recommend short citations given in footnotes (e.g. CANFORA (2001: 45-58); CANFORA (2001a: 58n.): names in small capitals).
Abstract and summary: each submisson should include an abstract in English at the beginning, and a summary in Czech at the end. Works Cited should be found at the end in the following form:
- monographs and primary sources (names in small capitals):
VERNER, MIROSLAV ― BAREŠ, LADISLAV ― VACHALA, BŘETISLAV. 1997. Ilustrovaná encyklopedie starého Egypta. Praha.
SEECK, OTTO [ED.]. 1883. Q. Aurelii Symmachi quae supersunt. (Monumenta Germaniae historica.) Berlin. - paper in a journal (names in small capitals):
TANSEY, PATRICK. 2000. „The inauguration of Lentulus Niger.“ American Journal of Philology, 121, 237–258. - part/chapter in of a book/proceedings (names in small capitals):
MORGAN, TERESA. 2004. „Educational Values“. In HOLFORD-STREVENS, LEOFRANC ― VARDI, AMIEL [EDS.]. The Worlds of Aulus Gellius. Oxford, 187–205. - internet resource (names in small capitals):
OIKONOMOPOULOU, K. [REC.]. 2005: „Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Aulus Gellius — An Antonine Scholar and his Achievement.“ BMCR [serial online], 2005.01.29. Available from URL <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-01-29.html> [cit. 2007–07–09]. - quotations of latins texts, literary works and books write in italics
Review reporting process
Every submission, when recieved, is reviewed by two independent scholars in the field. Review reporting process is supposed to be anonymous for both sides and contains of two parts: a "signed" report adressed to the editorial board (answering the question of originality and quality of the submission), and anonymous notes adressed to the author of the submission (evaluating the way of argumentation, the quality of used language, the conciseness of the abstract and key words, bibliography etc.). On the basis of these notes, the contributor is asked for the revision of the submission, in case he/she refuses to revise the paper, this cannot be accepted.
Review-report forms available (in Czech: recenzni-posudek-glb.doc, in English: review-report-glb.doc)
Conditions for publishing manuscripts
Graeco-Latina Brunensia is a reviewed scholarly journal. All contributions must therefore meet its established formal and academic criteria. The editorial board of Graeco-Latina Brunensia makes decisions on publication and scheduling. No financial compensation for publication in this journal is available. The final decision on publication lies with the Editor of Graeco-Latina Brunensia.