Explorations is a student production of the Southeast Asian Studies Student Association in association with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and with financial assistance provided by the Associated Students at the University of Hawaii.

 

Following are some important general guidelines to consider before submitting your paper to explorations:

1. Completed papers only (no first drafts)

2. MS Word documents only (.doc)

3. 35 pages or less, inclusive of references

4. Double-spaced

5. 12 pt. font in Times New Roman

6. Margins no less than: 1.25" right and left margins; 1" top and bottom

7. Remove all headers and footers, table of contents is not necessary

8. If headings are used within the paper, they should be consistent and not numbered

9. Include a 100-150 word abstract

10. If submitting images, tables or charts, include captions and source information. Images should be in jpegformat. Original photographs will not be returned.

11. Author's name, current status (i.e. PhD student), department and university/college affiliation, mailing address, phone and email should be included on a cover-page. Author's name should not appear anywhere else in the paper, to allow for blind review.

12. References (following the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Sections 16.90- 16.120) and the Journal of Asian Studies (Michigan):

13. In-text references must include: author's last name, year of publication and page number for given information. If the author's name is in the text, follow it with the year in parentheses, e.g.: Woo (1968). If the author's name is not in the text, the reference should include it: (Woo 1968). If the author's name is in the text, the page number follows the year of publication after a colon, e.g.: Woo (1968:23), or with the author's name if not in the text, e.g.: (Woo 1968:23). Give both last names for works with two authors, e.g.: (Woo and Lee 1999); for works with more than two authors, cite all names in the first reference, and thereafter use "et al.," e.g.: (Woo, Lee and Wang 1999:23) (first time); thereafter (Woo et al. 1999:24). Separate series of references with semi-colons and enclose them within a single pair of parentheses, e.g.: (Anderson 1991; Quincy 1999; Zinoman 2000).

14. Endnotes may be used where necessary, not footnotes. Number endnotes using Arabic numerals and include all necessary reference information. Avoid excessive abbreviation.

15. References should be included after endnotes, on a separate page entitled "References." Full citation information of all references used should be provided, following the "Author-Date system" as outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style, sections 16.90-120. For example:

References

Andaya, Barbara Watson. 1993. "Upstreams and Downstreams in Early Modern Sumatra." Historian 57(3):537-52.

Gladney, Dru C. 1991. Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

For questions on style and submissions, contact us by email. Completed papers should be sent by email to explore@hawaii.edu