The Annals of the Ovidius University of Constanta – the History Series Volume 8 / 2011 invites professors, researchers and graduate students to submit their research articles and reviews for publication by 30 November 2011.

Our journal is indexed in the Scipio, Index Copernicus and CEEOL databases.

We publish in English, Russian, Spanish, German and French.

Received articles or reviews will be subject to a double-blind peer review process which lasts a maximum of 4 weeks.

We accept papers in all the periods of history and its related fields: archaeology, cultural studies, international relations, political science, European studies, security studies etc.

Articles need to have at least 5,000 words (footnotes included). Reviews can range from 500 words to 2,000 and need to deal with volumes published either in 2010 or 2011. If the submitted article has been published before, this needs to be clearly mentioned in the first footnote.

Only on-line submissions are accepted to facilitate rapid publication. Please submit your articles and reviews to auocsi@yahoo.ro by 30 November 2011.

Initially we will publish an on-line issue of the A.U.O.C.S.I. which will be shortly followed by a publication in paperback.

These are our author’s guidelines:

-Font: Times New Roman, size 12, spacing 1.5 lines

-Notes: according to the Romanian Academy’s system

-Author’s name, book’s title (italic), place of publication, Publishing House, year of publication, page (p.)

-Author’s name, article’s title (italic), „Magazine’s title (between quotation marks)”, year, vol, number, p.

-For contribution in collective volume: Author’s name, article’s title (italic), „Volume’s title (between quotation marks)”, place of publication, Publishing House, year of publication, page (p.)

-For a paper previously cited: Author’s name, op. cit. ; or art. cit. (if it is an article)

-Citations for the previously cited source: Ibidem

-Citations for the previously cited author, with a different paper: Idem (Eadem for women), title, etc.

-The authors need to clearly mention their institutional affiliation, e-mail address and land address.

Our Scientific Council is the following:

Iordan Gheorghe BĂRBULESCU (National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest),

Ion BULEI (Bucharest University),

Vladimir BURKOV (History Faculty of Saint-Petersburg, State University, Russian Federation),

Daniela BUŞĂ („Nicolae Iorga” Institute of the Romanian Academy),

Gheorghe BUZATU („Ovidius” University of Constanta),

Ioan CHIPER („Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Romania),

Valentin CIORBEA („Ovidius” University of Constanta),

Adriana Cîteia ("Ovidius" University of Constanta)

Marian COJOC („Ovidius” University of Constanta),

Harry T. DICKINSON (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom),

Mihail DOBRE (Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs),

Daniel FLAUT („Ovidius” University of Constanta),

Flavia Daniela Freidenberg (University of Salamanca, Spain),

Dinu C. GIURESCU (Romanian Academy),

Alexey Gromyko (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russkiy Mir Foundation, Russian Federation),

Gelina HARLAFTIS (Ionian University, Greece),

Constantin HLIHOR („Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Romania),

Adrian IVAN (Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca),

Jane MCDERMID (University of Southampton, United Kingdom),

Paul MICHELSON (Huntington University, U.S.A),

Ioan HORGA (Oradea University),

Eduardo Araya Leüpin (Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile),

Luigi Mascili Migliorini (University “L' Orientale” Napoli, Italia),

Lara Nelson Vásquez (Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile),

Ioan SCURTU (Bucharest University),

Valentin STAN (Bucharest University, Romania),

Cecilia TOHĂNEANU („Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Romania),

Vladimir VASILIK (Sankt Petersburg State University, Russian Federation),

María Alejandra Vizcarra (Guadalajara University, Mexico),

Laurenţiu VLAD (Bucharest University)

For any queries send an e-mail to auocsi@yahoo.roand visit our website: www.auosi.wikispaces.com .

We are looking forward to receiving your entries