The Journal of Sortition (the act of selection by the drawing of lots) is dedicated to the exploration of all aspects of sortition, particularly as a contribution to democratic reform. The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate, including sceptical voices. Above all, it seeks to clarify the role of sortition in public life, in full recognition of both its virtues and its limitations. The journal will be of extensive use in teaching and relevant to research projects undertaken in Classics studies, but it will also be of relevance to others in the Politics and Philosophy areas of the University.
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Classica et Mediaevalia encourages scholarly contributions covering the fields of Greek and Latin languages and literature up to, and including the late middle ages as well as Graeco-Roman history and traditions as manifested in general history, history of law, history of philosophy and ecclesiastical history. General linguistics, archaeology and the history of art are not usually dealt with.
Classica et Mediaevalia is a peer-reviewed annual online journal (January) which provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge (Provided by Publisher).
Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (DAACH) is an on-line, peer-reviewed journal which publishes innovative research, applications and projects related to digital technologies in archaeology and cultural heritage. Scholars can publish 3D digital models of the world's cultural heritage sites, monuments, and palaeoanthropological remains, accompanied by associated academic articles.
The journal aims both to preserve digital cultural heritage models and to provide access to them for the scholarly community to facilitate the academic debate. DAACH offers scholars the opportunity of publishing their models online with full interactivity so that users can explore them at will. It is unique in that its focus is on the application of 3D modeling to cultural heritage. DAACH will provide full peer-review for all 3D models, not just the text, 2D renderings or video fly-throughs, and requires all models to be accompanied by metadata, documentation, and a related article, explaining the history of the subject and its state of preservation, as well as an account of the modeling project itself. The journal focuses on scholarship that either promotes the application of 3D technologies to the fields of archaeology, art and architectural history, and palaeoanthropology or uses 3D technology to make a significant contribution to the study of built structures, works of art or palaeoanthropological remains (Provided by Publisher).
Hieroglyphs: Studies in Ancient Hieroglyphic Writing
Hieroglyphs is an internationally peer-reviewed open access e-journal aiming to promote the academic study of hieroglyphs in all their dimensions in Egyptology and with a comparative angle extending to other hieroglyphic traditions and writing systems with a strongly iconic component. The journal provides a dedicated home for studies of hieroglyphs in all their semiotic, linguistic, cognitive, aesthetic, cultural, and material aspects (Provided by Publisher).
Old world : journal of ancient Africa and Eurasia
Old World publishes contributions in all the humanities which deal with different aspects of the African and Eurasian past. It aims to enrich the academic discourse by promoting high-quality research that moves beyond the conventional Eurocentric paradigms. To achieve this goal, Old World particularly endorses two methodological approaches. On the one hand, the journal is interested in contributions that examine Africa and Eurasia as a networked space, prioritizing connections and exchange over the geographically constrained studies related to political and cultural 'centres' in the past or present. On the other, the journal encourages authors to creatively incorporate into their research elements of ontological frameworks and insightful concepts from the cultures of their study.
Old World's emphasis on the study of premodern Africa and Eurasia as a networked space takes methodological inspiration from the Global History approach, which views the world in the past as an inter-connected area, without imposing on it the perspective of Western Europe or other hegemonistic areas. The editors of Old World believe that the insights of Global History apply to a broader range of disciplines, and they encourage authors to focus on the connections and exchange in their studies of such fields as Art History, Philosophy, Archaeology, Linguistics, and Literature. By encouraging the creative use of premodern ontological systems, Old World aims to overcome some of the constraints related to the imposition of the Eurocentric discourse on the study of historical societies. The ontological and terminological systems employed in premodern sources may reflect a more adequate way of explaining the realities of the time than what can be achieved using the conventional academic vocabulary. Therefore, Old World welcomes contributions that thoroughly examine and explain useful concepts from premodern cultures and adopt them as an analytical tool, and not merely as an object of study. Such concepts can be used to elucidate the societies where they had been conceived, as well as to explain realities of other regions and historical periods (Provided by Publisher).
The Journal of Ancient History aims to provide a forum for scholarship covering all aspects of ancient history and culture from the Archaic Period to Late Antiquity (roughly the ninth century BCE through the eighth century CE). The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles concerning the history and historiography (ancient and modern) of the ancient Mediterranean world and of neighboring civilizations in their relations with it (Provided by Publisher)
Journal of Archaeological Research
Journal of Archaeological Research publishes the most recent international research summaries on a broad range of topics and geographical areas. The articles are intended to present the current state-of-the-discipline in regard to a particular geographic area or specific research topic or theme (Provided by Publisher)
The Journal of Egyptian History aims to encourage and stimulate a focused debate on writing and interpreting Egyptian history ranging from the Neolithic foundations of Ancient Egypt to its modern reception. It covers all aspects of Ancient Egyptian history (political, social, economic, and intellectual) and of modern historiography about Ancient Egypt (methodologies, hermeneutics, interplay between historiography and other disciplines, and history of modern Egyptological historiography).
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International Journal of the Classical Tradition
The first journal exclusively dedicated to the reception of Greek and Roman antiquity by other cultures, from the ancient world to the present time, International Journal of Classical Tradition's primary focus is on the creative use of the ancient Greco-Roman heritage in a broad range of scholarly endeavors. Articles are published in five languages. The journal includes articles, short notes, research reports, review articles, and news of the field. The official journal of the International Society for the Classical Tradition (Provided by Publisher).
The University of Manchester Library provides full access to this journal from 1994 (Volume 1, Issue 1) to the present day.
This journal focuses on prehistory, including the beginnings and early development of complex societies. Coverage extends to locales not normally available to American or West European archaeologists, including the Far East, parts of the Third World, and Eastern Europe (Provided by Publisher).
The University of Manchester Library provides full access to this journal from 1987 (Volume 1, Issue 1) to the present day.
The Journal of Roman Studies (JRS) has appeared annually for a century, and is recognised internationally as one of the premier journals in its field. The Journal publishes papers in the wide field which the Roman Society was established to promote, namely ‘the study of the history, archaeology, literature, and art of Italy and the Roman Empire, from the earliest times down to about A.D. 700’. JRS welcomes submissions from across the full range of that field, including interdisciplinary approaches and reception. The key criterion for publication is that papers make a fresh and significant contribution to the understanding of the Roman world, and have the potential to stimulate further discussion. JRS also publishes Review Articles, surveying recent developments, and reviews of a wide selection of important new books in all scholarly languages (Provided by Publisher).
The University of Manchester Library provides full access to this journal across a number of platforms from 1911 (Volume 1, Issue 1) to the present day. Please take note of the specific date ranges associated with each platform.
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) is a leading international journal for the publication of Egyptological research. The journal publishes scholarly articles (main articles and brief communications), fieldwork reports, and reviews of Egyptological books. It is published twice a year (Provided by Publisher).
The University of Manchester Library provides full access to this journal across a number of platforms from 1914 (Volume 1, Issue 1) to the present day. Please note the specific date ranges associated with each platform.
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Relevant ejournals relating to Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology:
The list of journals above was compiled using Scopus and comprises some of the top titles relating to 'Classics' and 'Archaeology' based on Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) ranking as well as publishing data from the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology (sourced from Pure - the University's institutional repository). For more information on the SNIP ranking metric, please visit Elsevier's Measuring a Journal's Impact page
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