Blog Submissions

We warmly welcome Blog submissions on topics broadly relevant to Medieval and Early Modern Orients. We seek engaging and accessible write-ups for an audience that includes non-specialist readers as well as researchers.

Blog entries should:

1. Be 400 words or more in length.

2. Please adhere to UK English spelling conventions.

3. Images are more than welcome! Please ensure they do not conflict with copyright laws.

4. If quoting medieval and early modern texts, it is preferred that the original spelling is maintained. Modern spellings can be included in square brackets.

5. If transliterating Arabic, Persian or Turkish terms, we prefer following the IJMES transliteration guidelines where possible.

6. If referencing, we prefer Chicago style referencing.

If you need help getting started, check out the useful tips at ‘How to write an engaging blog’ by the University of Edinburgh.

Use of AI in blog posts

Please note that we do not accept submissions written using any form of artificial intelligence. By submitting a blog, you confirm that you did not use artificial intelligence to write or edit your work. The MEMOs team offers editorial support to everyone who submits a blog, especially academics for whom English is not a first language.

Please send your submissions to [email protected] with ‘Blog Submission’ in the subject line.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Announcement Submissions

We warmly welcome announcement submissions for our Events and News pages.

Please send your event details and a suitable high resolution image to [email protected] with ‘Event Announcement’ in the subject line.

Please send announcement details for jobs, funding opportunities, new publications, awards, etc with a suitable high resolution image to [email protected] with ‘News Announcement’ in the subject line.

Thank you!