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Journal of the Medieval Association of the Midwest
Enarratio publishes articles on all fields of medieval studies, including but not limited to archaeology, art, bibliography, history, language, literature, music, philosophy, religion, and science. Enarratio is published annually and is available as an open-access publication via Ohio State University Library’s Knowledge Bank platform.
Accepted articles generally range from 5000-9000 words. We also publish focused, short research notes of 1,500-3,000 words. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field. All papers are judged by at least two peer reviewers.
As a matter of policy, Enarratio does not consider essays that are under review by other journals/publishers.
Contributors to Enarratio should follow the conventions of the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style with footnotes. Images in JPEG or TIF format are acceptable. All quotations in Old English, Middle English, Old French, etc., should be translated by the author (or published translations included and cited) into Present-Day English for accessibility; verse can be translated into prose. Discursive notes should be held to a minimum to facilitate an easily readable text. Papers should be submitted blind, without the author's name appearing and without embedded comments from other reviewers. Electronic submissions are preferred. Contributors are expected to join MAM upon acceptance of an article.
Scholarship is a uniquely a human endeavor, and as such Enarratio requires authors to affirm that material they submit for consideration is fully their own work. The use of Large Language Models (LLMs), Small Language Models (SLMs), and Neural Networks (machine learning) in the creation, revision, and editing of the article will not be permitted. Authors may use AI-generated content from an outside source if that work is being used as textual support in the article, is properly cited in Chicago Style, and they have sought appropriate permission from the creator to reuse the work. An example of this would be an author using an AI-generated image in their article that a third party created to support the article’s argument, or the use of AI-generated image to reproduce material that is no longer known to exist. Standard grammatical aid tools that automate general spelling and grammar, such as Word’s spelling/grammar check (as opposed to Grammerly) are not considered AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) and are not required to be listed. If an author discovers sources through the use of AI tools, the author must access those sources directly in order to use and cite them in their manuscripts. If authors have questions about allowable appropriate use, we encourage them to reach out to editorial staff before submitting their materials for consideration. Additionally, the editing staff of Enarratio affirms that AI tools will not be used in editorial decisions, by either the editor(s) or assigned peer reviewers, aside from grammatical aid tools.
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Submissions
Article submissions may be addressed to both editors of Enarratio:
Dr. Emilee Howland, Writing, Language & Literature, University of Wisconsin-Superior
Dr. Alexander L. Kaufman, Honors College, Ball State University
Book Reviews
Books on subjects germane to medieval studies are welcome for review for MAM members. If you have a book you would like reviewed or would like to write a review of a book, please contact the current editors of Enarratio.
Recent Editors of Enarratio -
Alison Langdon, Department of English, Western Kentucky University
Kristin Bovaird-Abbo, Department of English, University of Northern Colorado
Kristen Figg, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Ohio State University
History of the Journal
1991: First issue of MAM's proceedings is published. Today this journal is known as Enarratio.
Enarratio was originally Proceedings of the Medieval Association of the Midwest (vols. 1-4, 1991-97), published every other year. Then it was Publications of the Medieval Association of the Midwest (vols. 5-12, 1998-2005). It became Enarratio: Publications of the Medieval Association of the Midwest with vol. 13 in 2006.Past editors:
John McCully
Mel Storm
Karen Moranski
Kristin Figg
Kristin Bovaird-Abbo
Special issues were edited by Carlos Hawley-Colón, Edward Risden, and Kristen Figg (2007); William Hodapp, Edward Risden, and Mel Storm (2009); and Peter Goodrich and Kristen Figg (2013).