Advice to authors on preparing articles for Home Cultures Style guide Please follow The Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition) Running heads (verso; ranged left) AUTHOR NAME (recto; ranged right) SHORT ARTICLE TITLE

For reviews only: (verso; ranged left) BOOK/EXHIBITION REVIEW (recto; ranged right) BOOK/EXHIBITION REVIEW Title BOLD ALL CAPS Sub-title smaller below, bold, first word and proper nouns cap only. [Don’t use colon in article title – split into article title and subtitle] Authors AN AUTHOR AND ANOTHER AUTHOR Affiliation SHORT BIOGRAPHY INCLUDING E-MAIL ADDRESS Abstract ABSTRACT This is the abstract Keywords KEYWORDS: word, another word, lower case except names Headings A. BOLD ALL CAPS B. Bold Initial Cap on All Main Words C. Italic initial cap only D. Italic initial cap only. Text runs on All ranged left in wider , numbers to be included if supplied, no indent below. Indented Tables (Table 1) in text. Table 1. Title initial cap only. (ranged left above table) Note: This is a note. (ranged left under table) Table centred on , 1st column left-aligned, remainder centre-aligned Figures (Figure 1) in text. Figure 1 Caption initial cap only. (figure in wider column (or spanning both columns); caption in narrower column, ranged left) Permissions statement If the rightsholder has supplied text for this purpose, use their text. for third-party figure Otherwise, insert the rightsholder’s name within the square brackets: and table captions © [Rightsholder]. Reproduced by permission of xxx. Permission to reuse must be obtained from the rightsholder. Displayed quotations Indented left, smaller (over 40 words, or when appropriate) Lists 1. for numbered lists Bullets if wanted Notes A HEADING 1. This is a note. 2. This is another note. Indicator in text is superscript. Spelling preferences US spelling. Webster’s Dictionary is the arbiter.

In any language but English capitalise only the first word and any words that would be capitalised in normal prose. In German capitalise common as well as proper nouns, in Dutch capitalise all proper adjectives too, but not common nouns.

Foreign organisations: The first substantive only is capitalised in the name of a French organisation, for German organisations all nouns and words used as nouns are capitalised.

Storey not story As – not since (example: As everyone has a house)

The names of exhibitions should be in roman with no quotation marks US style punctuation.

No full points after upper-case abbreviations such as ‘US’ or ‘UK’, CE or BCE. (CE and BCE should be set as .) Full after abbreviation but not contraction, thus Mr but Esq., Dr, but PhD : George W. Bush (i.e. follow by a point and ). Keep space between initials, e.g. T. R. Marsh.

No accents on commonly used anglicized words such as cafe, fiance, etc., but include in foreign names, unusual words and where there may otherwise be confusion. No accents on capital letters.

The names of paintings, pieces of sculpture and other artwork should be italicised.

Serial comma to be used

Ellipsis…not spaced

Following a quotation use, if needed, (original ) or (my emphasis) following the entire quotation or immediately following the incidence if there are conflicting examples.

Double quotes, single within Numbers and units Written out up to and including one hundred (however 14 million etc.); commas in thousands.

Measurements should be written in figures (e.g. 45 metres).

Numbers in ranges: Use the least possible number of figures to clearly express your meaning, e.g. 10–14, 15–17, 20–1, 329–30, 420–2.

In non scientific or mathematical contexts use percent (not per cent) rather than %. Dates October 28, 2005 in the twenty-first century in the 1970s; mid-1990s sixties not Sixties