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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The work complies with the characteristics of its typology, established in the section Section Policy.
  • It will be possible to present works whose themes correspond to the different categories of research and study that the History provides. While interdisciplinarity will be considered, it is essential to emphasize that the substantial basis of the work must be subject to an interest in criticism, research or historical reflection. Such contents may cover the following fields: Political history, Social history, Military history, Historiography, History of mentalities, History of art, Theory of history, History
    economic, History of women, History of daily life, Cultural history, among others.
  • The participating works must be written in Spanish or English, be original and unpublished.
  • Incomplete versions of the work will not be accepted unless it is specified that they constitute research advances. The original texts received will be considered as the final version.
  • All works must be cited and referenced according to edition number 17 of the Chicago style format.
  • The authors of the sections: research articles, essays, monographs, research advances, biographies and transcripts of manuscripts must also send a separate document containing a biographical sketch of approximately six lines, accompanied by a recent photograph of themselves and looking straight ahead.
  • The author's name, the institution to which he/she belongs and his/her ORCID number must be included in the document containing the portrait and photograph.
  • All texts will include an abstract in Spanish and English of between 100 to 250 words. The summary should state (if possible) the objectives of the work, the sources used and the contributions made. Along with the abstract, five keywords must be included, separated by semicolons.
  • The file containing the text of the article should not include the author's name -in order to ensure double-blind peer review-. All the information of the author will be in the file where the semblance and photograph of the author is attached.
  • In the case of images (maps, graphs, illustrations, photographs), a file with a resolution of 300 dpi must be submitted separately.
  • Charts, tables, maps, graphs, illustrations and photographs will be numbered consecutively and must be referred to in the text.

Author Guidelines

• All works to be published in the Student History Journal Bloch must be original and unpublished and will be received and processed through the Open Journal System software.
• The types of publicable texts are research articles, essays, monographs, research advances, reviews, works of historical literature, biographies, interviews, photographs of historical heritage and transcripts of manuscripts. The particular features of each of these possibilities are developed in the Section Policy tab.
• Academic texts (research articles, essays, monographs, research advances, biographies and manuscript transcripts) should include a brief summary of the objectives and contributions of the work in question, consisting of 150 to 250 words; Also, five key words should be incorporated concerning the subject matter addressed in the work. For these two aspects, it will be necessary to make a version in both Spanish and English.
• The identification data of the authors (full name and institution) should not be included in the text file submitted to the journal, but should be registered through the platform at the time of sending, or attach them in the file containing the semblance and photograph.
• All works applicable to the Journal will be required to be in Times New Roman font, size 12, with a spacing of 1.5 and margins of 2.5 by 3 centimeters. There should be no page breaks or empty spaces throughout the text.
• The authors of the sections of research articles, essays, monographs, research advances, biographies and manuscript transcripts should also send a separate document containing a semblance of approximately six lines, accompanied by a photograph of him, recent and looking towards the front.

• All material that is not of own authorship of the collaborator or collaborator must be properly referenced through the format of style Chicago, edition number 17. Below is a general guide on the use of this citation system.
• NOTE: It should be noted that the following section has the sole purpose of providing those interested in publishing in the Journal essential notions on the handling of this citation format; Therefore, for the realization of works that require of this structure, the collaborators will have the responsibility to investigate in an exhaustive way on specific requirements of the same in specialized sources.
Book
Footnotes
1. Zadie Smith, Swing Time(New York: Penguin Press, 2016), 315-16.
2. Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman, A Curious Mind: The Secret of a Bigger Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015), 12.
Short notes
3. Smith, oscillation time, 320.
4. Grazer and Fishman, Curious Mind, 37.
Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order)
Grazer, Brian and Charles Fishman. A curious mind: the secret to a bigger life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Smith, Zadie. Swing Time. New York: Penguin Press, 2016.

Chapter or other part of an edited book
In a footnote, cite specific pages. In the bibliography, include the page range of the chapter or section.
Footnote
1. Henry David Thoreau, "Walking", in The Making of the American Essay, ed. John D'Agata (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 177-78.
Short note
2. Thoreau, "Walking", 182.
Bibliography entry
Thoreau, Enrique David. "Para caminar." In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D'Agata, 167-95. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.
In some cases, you may want to cite the collection as a whole.
Footnote
1. John D'ágata, ed., The Making of the American Essay(Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 177-78.
Short note
2. D'ágata, American essay, 182.
Bibliography entry
D'agata, John, ed. Performing the American Essay. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.

Electronic book
For books consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database. For other types of e-books, name the format. If there are no fixed page numbers available, cite a section title or a chapter or other number in the notes, if any (or just edit them).
Footnotes
1. Herman Melville, Moby Dick; or The Whale(New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851), 627, http://mel.hofstra.edu/moby-dick-the-whaleproof-s.html.
2. Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders' Constitution(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), chap. 10, doc. 19, http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
3. Brooke Borel, The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016), 92, ProQuest Ebrary.
4. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (New York: Penguin Classics, 2007), chap. 3, Kindle.
Short notes
5. Melville, Moby Dick, 722-23.
6. Kurland and Lerner, Constitution of the founders ,chap. 4, doc. 29
7. Borel, Fact-Checking, 104-5.
8. Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chap. 14
Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order)
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics, 2007. Kindle.
Borel, Brooke. The Chicago Data Verification Guide. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. ProQuest Ebrary.
Kurland, Philip B. and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders' Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick; or, The Whale . New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. http://mel.hofstra.edu/moby-dick-the-whale-proofs.html.

Journal article
In a note, cite specific page numbers. In the bibliography, include the page range for the entire article. For articles viewed online, include a URL or database name. Many journal articles include a DOI. A DOI forms a permanent URL that starts at https://doi.org/. This URL is preferable to the URL that appears in your browser’s address bar.
Footnotes
1. Susan Satterfield, "Livy and the Pax Deum", Classical philology 111, no. 2 (April 2016): 170.
2. Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin and Peter F. Orazem, "Expanding University Access in Taiwan, 1978-2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality", Journal of Human Capital11, no. 1 (spring 2017): 9-10, https:/doi.org/10.1086/026935.
3. Peter LaSalle, "Enigma: A Story of Reading", New England Review 38, no. 1 (2017): 95, MUSE Project.
Short notes
4. Satterfield, "Livio", 172-73.
5. Keng, Lin and Orazem, "Expanding Access to University", p. 23.
6. LaSalle, "Enigma", 101.
Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order)
Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin and Peter F. Orazem. "Expanding University Access in Taiwan, 1978-2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality". Human Capital Magazine 11, no. 1 (spring 2017): 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
La Salle, Peter. "Enigma: a story about reading". New England magazine 38, no. 1 (2017): 95-109. MUSE project.
Saterfield, Susan. "Livio y la Pax Deum ". Classical philology 111, No. 2 (April 2016): 165-76.
Journal articles often list many authors, especially in the sciences. If there are four or more authors, list up to ten in the bibliography; in a note, list only the first, followed by et al. ("and others"). For more than ten authors (not shown here), list the first seven in the bibliography, followed by et al.

Footnotes
7. Rachel A. Bay et al., "Predicting Responses to Contemporary Environmental Change Using Evolutionary Response Architectures", American Naturalist189, no. 5 (May 2017): 465, https:/doi.org/1086/691233.
Short note
8. Bay et al., "Prediction of responses", 466.
Bibliography entry
Bay, Rachael A., Noah Rose, Rowan Barrett, Louis Bernatchez, Cameron K. Ghalambor, Jesse R. Lasky, Rachel B. Brem, Stephen R. Palumbi and Peter Ralph. "Predicting responses to contemporary environmental change using evolutionary response architectures". American naturalist 189, no. 5 (May 2017): 463-73. https://doi.org/10.1086/691233.
Magazine article or news item
Articles from newspapers or news sites, magazines, blogs and the like are cited in a similar manner. Page numbers, if any, can be cited in a note, but are omitted from a bibliography entry. If you viewed the article online, include a URL or database name.
Footnotes
1. Rebecca Mead, "The Prophet of Dystopia", New Yorker, 17 April 2017, p. 43.
2. Farhad Manjoo, "Snap makes a bet for the cultural supremacy of the camera", New York Times, March 8, 2017, https:/www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes- a-bet-for-the-cultural-supremacy-of the-camera.html.
3. Rob Pegoraro, "Apple’s iPhone is smart, smart and simple", Washington Post, July 5, 2007, LexisNexis Academic.
4. Tanya Pai, "The Squishy, Sugary History of Peeps", Vox, 11 April 2017, http://www.vox.com/culture/7/4/11/15209084/peeps-easter.
Short notes
5. Mead, "Dystopia", 47.
6. Manjoo, "snap".
7. Pegoraro, "Apple iPhone".
8. Pai, "History of the Pious".

Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order)
Manjoo, Farhad. "Snap bets on the cultural supremacy of the camera". New York Times , March 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html .
Mead, Rebecca. "The prophet of dystopia". New Yorker, 17 April 2017.
Pai, Tanya. "La historia blanda y azucarada de los píos". Vox , 11 April 2017. http:////www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/11/15209084/peeps-easterer.
Pegoraro, Rob. "Apple’s iPhone is sleek, smart and simple". Washington Post, July 5, 2007. LexisNexis Academic.
Readers' comments are cited in the text or in a note, but are omitted from the bibliography.
Footnotes
9. Eduardo B (Los Angeles), March 9, 2017, comment on Manjoo, "Snap".
Book review
Footnotes
1. Michiko Kakutani, "Friendship Takes a Path That Diverges", Swing Time review, by Zadie Smith, New York Times, November 7, 2016.
Short note
2. Kakutani, "Friendship".
Bibliography entry
Kakutani, Michiko. "Friendship takes a path that diverges". Review of Swing Time , by Zadie Smith. New York Times , November 7, 2016.
Interview
Footnotes
1. Kory Stamper, "From 'F-Bomb' to 'Photobomb', How the Dictionary Keeps Up with English", interview by Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, April 19, 2017, audio, 35:25, http:/ //www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524618639/from-f-bomb-how-the-dictionary-keeps-with-english up.
Short note
2. Stamper, interview.
Bibliography entry
Stamper, Kori. "From 'F-Bomb' to 'Photobomb', how the dictionary keeps up with English". Terry Gross interview. Fresh Air, NPR, April 19, 2017. Audio, 35:25. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524618639/from-f-bomb-to-photobomb-how-the-dictionary-keeps-up-with-english.

Thesis or dissertation
Footnotes
1. Cynthia Lillian Rutz, "King Learand Its Folktale Analogues" (PhD thesis, University of Chicago, 2013), 99-100.
Short note
2. Rutz, "King Lear", 158.
Bibliography entry
Rutz, Cynthia Lillian. "King Lear and his folk tale analogues". PhD thesis, University of Chicago, 2013.
Website content
Often, it is enough to simply describe the web pages and other website content in the text ("As of May 1, 2017, the Yale homepage appeared..."). If a more formal appointment is needed, it can be designed as the examples below. For a source that does not include a publication or revision date, include an access date (as in the example in note 2).
Footnotes
1. "Privacy Policy", Terms and Privacy, Google, last modified on April 17, 2017, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
2. "About Yale: Yale Facts", Yale University, retrieved 1 May 2017, https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts.
3. Katie Bouman, "How to take a picture of a black hole", filmed in November 2016 at TEDxBeaconStreet, Brookline, MA, video, 12:51, https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_bouman_what_does_black_a_hole_look_like.
Short notes
4. Google, "Privacy Policy".
5. "Yale data".
6. Bouman, "Black Hole".
Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order)
Bouman, Katie. "How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole". Filmed in November 2016 at TEDxBeaconStreet, Brookline, MA. Video, 12:51. https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_bouman_what_does_a_black_hole_look_like.
Google. "Privacy Policy." Terms and Privacy. Last modified 17 April 2017. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Yale University. "About Yale: Yale Data". Retrieved May 1, 2017. https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts.

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Los artículos de investigación publicables en Bloch. Revista Estudiantil de Historia, al igual que todo el material aplicable a sus convocatorias, habrán de ser completamente inéditos; deberán de abordar metodológicamente un tema académico, de tal manera que el escrito constituya un aporte original a la construcción del conocimiento en el área de estudio en cuestión. Se recomienda que los trabajos de esta índole incluyan una introducción donde se planteen los objetivos, las preguntas de investigación y las justificaciones del estudio realizado; un desarrollo en el que se desenvuelvan congruentemente los aspectos planteados en la introducción; y, finalmente, una conclusión en donde se retomen las metas planteadas en la introducción y se les dé un cierre pertinente. La necesidad de incluir apartados específicos para detallar antecedentes, metodologías utilizadas, discusiones de resultados y demás secciones quedará a consideración del autor. La extensión de los artículos será de  8000 a 11000 palabras, sin incluir resumen, palabras clave, referencias y apéndices. 

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