About the Journal
- Publishing
Publisher
University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of History, Department of Medieval and Early Modern History
Office: H-7624 Pécs, Rókus utca 2., Hungary
Responsible for publishing: Gergely Bálint Kiss
Responsible for editing: Gergely Bálint Kiss
- Short history of the review
The lengthy title of our review originates from the winding history of the University of Pécs. We inherited the name, Specimina dissertationum ex Instituto Historico Universitatis Quinqueecclesiensis from the Elizabeth University (1923–1950). This was altered to Specimina Nova and launched to its new journey in 1985. The university level history education was reorganized in 1983. Together with the structural implementation of the program – namely the evolvement of the ‘educator and researcher background – only one volume seemed to be insufficient. The series, therefore, was first divided into two parts. The Pars Prima was designed to cover topics from ancient, medieval and early modern history, while the Pars Secunda concentrated on matters from the 18-20th-century history. From the very beginnings, the volumes aimed to publish studies exclusively in foreign languages in order to facilitate international representation. This approach led to the decision to further narrow and specify the thematic frames of the Pars Prima. In this spirit, the Sectio Mediaevalis was created, the publication of the University of Pécs, Department of Medieval and Early Modern History.
- Aims & Scope
Our review is intended for the public interested in medieval and early modern history and auxiliary studies. It focuses primarily on the history of Europe, with an emphasis on the history, society, culture and civilisation of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The majority of our authors are primarily from this region, but of course colleagues from Western Europe and overseas are also represented. The journal is committed to providing an opportunity for this broadly defined Central and Eastern European region to be represented, through the leading international languages (English, German, French). Alongside colleagues who are at an advanced stage in their professional careers, younger colleagues will of course also find a place in the journal's pages, as will PhD students. In the current issues, you will find the table of contents of previous issues and an overview of publications by members of the department.
- Open acces statement
The present platform provides a full open acces opportunity to all readers, authors via Open Journal System (OJS/PKP).
The Specimina Nova Pars Prima Sectio Mediaevalis is a peer-reviewed, open access periodical. Accordingly, papers submitted and accepted for publication will be published online on an ongoing basis. There is no charge for submitting articles or for accessing them. Articles and studies published on the website may be freely downloaded, copied, distributed, searched, cited and referenced, with full acknowledgement of the original source.
- Copyright
The copyright of the articles published in the journal remains with the author. The journal has the right of first publication. All published material is subject to the Creative Commons License "Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International" (CC BY-NC 4.0). That is, the reproduction, retransmission, use, adaptation and incorporation of elements of the published work for any purpose other than commercial use is permitted, provided that the author is duly acknowledged, the licence is indicated and any modifications are properly noted.
- Archiving policy
In addition to the current issue of the journal, previous issues are still available in open access under the Archive menu.
- Plagiarism detection exercise
The journal is committed to avoiding potential cases of plagiarism. To this end, the editorial team and double-blind peer-review of submitted manuscripts is carried out using the most comprehensive up-to-date plagiarism search databases available. In case of plagiarism, the manuscript will of course not be published.
