Submissions

Author Guidelines

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

GENERAL PROVISIONS

The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series: History publishes research dedicated to current issues in Ukrainian history, ancient and medieval history, archaeology, modern and contemporary history, historiography, and source studies.

Manuscripts are accepted in electronic form and should be submitted via email to the editorial board of the journal at: journal.history@karazin.ua

Manuscripts that do not comply with the submission guidelines will not be considered for review. Authors are not remunerated for published articles.

Manuscripts in Ukrainian and English are accepted for publication. Materials in other official languages of the European Union may be accepted at the discretion of the journal's editorial board. If the manuscript contains special fonts or words with diacritical marks, a sample clearly and correctly indicating these words must be included.

Only original materials are accepted for publication. Authors bear full responsibility for the content of their publication. The journal's editorial board reserves the right to edit the submitted manuscript. Authors have the opportunity to discuss changes with the editorial board during the proofreading stage.

The artificial intelligence tools used in the research or preparation of the manuscript must be acknowledged in the text or in the notes of the manuscript. Editors may reject manuscripts due to improper use of AI.

MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE

• The manuscript should be submitted as a separate file in .doc, .docx, or .odt format.
• Font: Times New Roman or Aptos. Font size: 12.
• Line spacing: 1.5. Margins: 2 cm on each side.

1. Author(s) information
2. Title
3. Abstract
4. Keywords
5. Main text
6. References
7. Bibliography
8. List of abbreviations
9. Tables and illustrations

1. AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION

The information should be formatted in both Ukrainian and English at the beginning of the article. Each author's information should be provided separately.

Example of formatting author information: 

2. TITLE

They should be formatted in both Ukrainian and English using uppercase letters and bold font.

Example of formatting the manuscript title:

PROTECTION OF UKRAINE’S CULTURAL HERITAGE DURING THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR

ОХОРОНА КУЛЬТУРНОЇ СПАДЩИНИ УКРАЇНИ ПІД ЧАС РОСІЙСЬКО-УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ВІЙНИ

3. ABSTRACT

They should be formatted in both Ukrainian and English and italicized.

The length of each abstract for an article should be no less than 1,800 characters (including spaces) but no more than 2,000 characters (excluding the title and keywords).

The length of each abstract for a review, overview, or paper should be no less than 600 characters (including spaces) but no more than 1,000 characters (excluding the title and keywords).

4. KEYWORDS

They should be formatted in both Ukrainian and English in bold font, with a maximum of 12 words in each language.

Examples of formatting keywords:

Keywords: cultural heritage, Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine.

Ключові слова: культурна спадщина, російсько-українська війна, Україна.

5. MAIN TEXT 

All foreign-language excerpts in a Ukrainian manuscript must be translated into Ukrainian, while those in an English manuscript must be translated into English.

Translated quotations in Ukrainian or English must include the following notes:

• At the end of the translated quotation, include (trans. from Russian).
• After the first translated quotation, there should be a note (asterisk) about the translator: *Here and thereafter, unless otherwise stated, all translations are by the author(s) of the article.

6. REFERENCES

Sources. Sources are to be cited exclusively in footnotes and formatted according to the DSTU 8302:2015 standard. There is no need to include sources in the bibliography. Sources written in Cyrillic do not need to be transliterated.

In references to archival sources, if it is not possible to indicate the title of the archival file, the name of the relevant collection (fond) should be provided.

Examples of source citations:

¹ Конституція України : офіційний текст. Київ : КМ, 2013. 96 с.

² Про затвердження Вимог до оформлення дисертації : наказ Міністерства освіти і науки від 12.01.2017 р. № 40. Офіційний вісник України. 2017. № 20. С. 136–141.

³ Лист Голови Спілки «Чорнобиль» Г. Ф. Лєпіна на ім’я Голови Ради Міністрів УРСР В. А. Масола щодо реєстрації Статуту Спілки та сторінки Статуту. 14 грудня 1989 р. ЦДАГОУ (Центральний державний архів громадських об'єднань та україніки). Ф. 1. Оп. 32. Спр. 2612. Арк. 63, 64 зв.

⁴ «Борщ наш». ЮНЕСКО визнав борщ українським. BBC News Україна : вебсайт. URL: https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-62008936 (дата звернення: 30.10.2024).

⁵ Browse the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage : website. URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists (accessed: 22.05.2024).

⁶ Strabo IX, 1, 2

⁷ Arr. Anab. I, 5, 2

Literature. References to literature should be cited in parentheses within the main text. Authors' names should be written in Latin characters according to transliteration rules.

Examples of reference formatting: 

• (Bauman 1989, 159)
• (Bauman 1995, 300, fig. 2)
• (Bauman 1989, 67–68; Kots 2008, 54)

• два автори − (Petrenko, Kots 1990, 374)
• три автори − (Petrenko, Kots, Melʹnyk 2013, 189)
• чотири і більше авторів − (Bauman et al. 1998)
• один автор, різні роки, в хронологічному порядку − (Kots 2007; 2010)
• один автор, один рік, в алфавітному порядку − (Kots 2007a; 2007b)

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY

The bibliography is placed at the end of the manuscript. The literature in the list is not numbered; instead:

1. It is arranged in alphabetical order by authors' surnames and titles.
2. If citing multiple works by the same author, they should be listed in chronological order (by year of publication, starting with the earliest).
3. If citing multiple works by the same author published in the same year, they should be arranged alphabetically by title, and a lowercase Latin letter (a, b, c) should be added to the publication year.

The bibliography must not exceed 1/5 of the total manuscript length:

• For articles – no more than 8,000 characters (including spaces)
• For reviews, overviews, or reports – no more than 3,000 characters (including spaces)

The bibliographic description of works published in Cyrillic languages consists of two parts: transliteration and the original description. The bibliographic description should not be translated. Only the titles of academic journals published after 1945 should be translated into English. The titles of such periodicals are provided in square brackets after the original title.

Recommended online transliterators:

Ukrainian − http://litopys.org.ua/links/intrans.htm

Russian − https://translit.net/

Bulgarian − https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/bulgarian_conversion.htm

It is necessary to provide the DOI (digital object identifier) for all articles and books that have a digital object identifier.

Examples of bibliographic formatting:

Список літератури / References

Aikawa-Faure N. From the Proclamation of Masterpieces to the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Intangible Heritage / eds. L. Smith, N. Akagawa. London and New York : Routledge, 2009. PP. 13–44.

Antolohiia ukrains'koi literaturno-krytychnoi dumky pershoi polovyny XX stolittia / uporiad. V. Aheieva. Kyiv : Smoloskyp, 2016. 904 s. (In Ukrainian)
Антологія української літературно-критичної думки першої половини ХХ століття / упоряд. В. Агеєва. Київ : Смолоскип, 2016. 904 с.

Antonovych M. Zhertvy henotsydiv pershoi polovyny XX stolittia: porivnial'no-pravovyj analiz. Holodomor 1932–1933 rokiv: vtraty ukrains'koi natsii : materialy mizhnarodnoi naukovo-praktychnoi konferentsii, m. Kyiv, 4 zhovtnia 2016 r. Kyiv, 2017.S. 133–136. (In Ukrainian)
Антонович М. Жертви геноцидів першої половини ХХ століття: порівняльно-правовий аналіз. Голодомор 1932–1933 років: втрати української нації : матеріали міжнародної науково-практичної конференції, м. Київ, 4 жовтня 2016 р. Київ, 2017.С. 133–136.

Entsyklopediia istorii Ukrainy : u 10 t. / red. rada : V. M. Lytvyn (holova) ta in. ; NAN Ukrainy, Instytut istorii Ukrainy. Kyiv : Nauk. dumka, 2005. T. 9. 944 s. (In Ukrainian)
Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / ред. рада : В. М. Литвин (голова) та ін. ; НАН України, Інститут історії України. Київ : Наук. думка, 2005. Т. 9. 944 с.

Ihnatusha O. M. Pravoslavni tserkvy Ukrainy v stani rozkolu ta poshukakh iednosti (20–30-ti rr. XX st.) : navchal'nyj posibnyk. Zaporizhzhia : ZNU, 2008. 250 s. (In Ukrainian)
Ігнатуша О. М. Православні церкви України в стані розколу та пошуках єдності (20–30-ті рр. ХХ ст.) : навчальний посібник. Запоріжжя : ЗНУ, 2008. 250 с.

Kas'ianov H. V. Teorii natsii ta natsionalizmu. Kyiv : Lybid', 1999. 352 s. (In Ukrainian)
Касьянов Г. В. Теорії нації та націоналізму. Київ : Либідь, 1999. 352 с.

Kuders'ka I. O. Administratyvno-pravove zabezpechennia okhorony nematerial'noi kul'turnoi spadschyny v Ukraini : dys. … doktora filosofii : 081 «Pravo» / Instytut derzhavy i prava imeni V. M. Korets'koho NAN Ukrainy. Kyiv, 2021. 253 s. (In Ukrainian)
Кудерська І. О. Адміністративно-правове забезпечення охорони нематеріальної культурної спадщини в Україні : дис. … доктора філософії : 081 «Право» / Інститут держави і права імені В. М. Корецького НАН України. Київ, 2021. 253 с.

Nora P. L’avènement mondial de la mémoire. Eurozine : website. URL: https://www.eurozine.com/lavenement-mondial-de-la-memoire/ (accessed: 22.05.2024).

Rachkov Ye. Nematerial'na kul'turna spadschyna Ukrainy pid chas vijny: problemy zberezhennia, upravlinnia ta populiaryzatsii. Visnyk Kharkivs'koho natsional'noho universytetu imeni V. N. Karazina. Seriia «Istoriia» [The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series: History]. 2024. Vyp. 65. S. 228–256. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.26565/2220-7929-2024-65-10. (In Ukrainian)
Рачков Є. Нематеріальна культурна спадщина України під час війни: проблеми збереження, управління та популяризації. Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія «Історія». 2024. Вип. 65. С. 228–256. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.26565/2220-7929-2024-65-10.

Research Perspective Ukraine at the GHI Warsaw. Niemiecki Instytut Historyczny w Warszawie. URL: https://www.dhi.waw.pl/en/news/detail/research-perspective-ukraine-at-the-ghi-warsaw/ (accessed: 01.12.2023).

8. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

After the bibliography, a list of abbreviations is added in alphabetical order. Abbreviations in Cyrillic should be listed first, followed by those in Latin script.

9. TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Total number of tables and illustrations: up to 10 in total.

Illustrations (photographs, maps, drawings, diagrams, etc.):

• Must be submitted as separate files in .jpeg, .jpg, .tif, or .png Each file should be at least 300 KB in size.
• Each illustration should have a sequential number (Fig. 1.) and a caption provided below the illustration.
• The rights holder of each illustration must be indicated (museum, archive, author, etc.). In the event of copyright infringement, the authors of the publications will bear full responsibility.

Tables:

• Each table should have a sequential number (Table 1.) and a title (provided above the table).
• Notes and references for the table should be formatted as citations to sources.