CALL FOR PAPERS
The Once and Future Classroom (formerly Scientia Scholae) is dedicated to the scholarship and teaching of Medieval Studies, including K-12, college and post-college levels of instruction. It is peer-reviewed and published electronically several times a year.
The Once and Future Classroom publishes work of five general types: (1) reports on promising new classroom techniques, educational programs, curricula, and methods of evaluating instructional effectiveness; (2) accounts of recent trends in any fields of research related to Medieval Studies; (3) lesson plans; and (4) critical reviews of audiovisual materials, textbooks, and other secondary works suitable for classroom use — in particular, OFC seeks assessments of their scholarly reliability, formats, and effectiveness of presentation; and (5) annotated bibliographies in specific fields relevant to teachers of Medieval Studies. Critical reviews are commissioned in advance. Readers interested in contributing reviews are asked to advise the Editor of their qualifications and special interests.
Manuscripts for consideration should be submitted electronically in Microsoft WORD. Submissions should be double-spaced, including all quotations and footnotes in 12-point type in Times New Roman font. They must be paginated and formatted according to guidelines in the most recent MLA style. The essays should adhere to standard American English spelling and usage. We accept papers of between 8 and 25 pages. We also now accept shorter works such as:
- Lesson plans, study guides, syllabi and other teaching materials.
- Critical reviews of web resources, audiovisual materials, and other secondary works suitable for classroom use
- Reports on promising new classroom techniques, educational programs, curricula, digital innovations, and methods of evaluating instructional effectiveness
- Accounts for teachers of emerging work in fields of research related to medieval studies
- Annotated bibliographies on medieval studies themes
- Responses to previous articles
- Reviews of literature and films related to medieval studies and directed at children, young adults, and college level adults
We take submissions on a rolling basis for our spring and fall issues.
The editors are the final arbiters of grammar, usage, and other conventions and edit contributions to conform to the style of presentation in OFC. Submissions may be retained for use in future issues.
Manuscripts should be emailed to the Managing Editor, Deborah Sinnreich-Levi at profsinnreichlevi@gmail.com.