The New Zealand Slavonic Journal

The New Zealand Slavonic Journal (ISSN 0028-8683) is a refereed annual which publishes original contributions relating to all aspects of Slavonic studies, including, but not limited to, literature, linguistics, folklore, history, and political science. We also welcome articles on comparative topics and especially contributions dealing with Russian-New Zealand and Russian-Australasian affinities and links.

The NZSJ is edited by the staff of the Russian Programme at the University of Canterbury and has an international advisory board. Between 1982 and 2003 it was edited by Irene Zohrab and between 1974 and 1982 it was edited by Patrick Waddington.

History

The New Zealand Slavonic Journal was launched in 1967 by the Russian Section at Victoria University of Wellington as a biannual publication. It became an annual publication in 1982 published by the Department of Russian in conjunction with the Victoria University Press and printed by its printing department. Since 2004 the NZSJ has been published by the Russian Programme of the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Canterbury (from 2009 to 2012 called the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics and now part of the School of Language, Social and Political Sciences).

Special issues

From time to time it has published special issues on the following:

• Contributions to mark Pushkin's Bicentenary in 1999
• An Eighteenth Century issue of 1998
• Gender studies of 1997
• New Zealand-Russian Affinities and Links of 1996
• A Dostoevsky issue of 1995
• The Festschrift in honour of Patrick Waddington of 1994
• Serbo-Croatian Colloquium Papers of 1988
• A Turgenev issue of 1983

Supplements

• 1998 A Brief History of the Composition of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons (Ottwy i Deti) by Patrick Waddington
• 1975-7, 1982, 1988, 1990-1 A Introduction and Commentary to Sholokyov's Tikhiy Don edited by A B Murphy in association with M Duncan, V Swoboda and V P Butt
• An Index for the NZSJ for 1967-1973
• An Index for the NZSJ for 1974-1983

Material offered for publication

These should be e-mailed with an abstract and accompanied by a typescript with a postal address. Presentation should be in accordance with the style page. All material offered for publication will be acknowledged and returned as soon as possible if it is not acceptable. Authors of articles published receive ten free offprints; reviewers are sent two free copies of their contribution.

Price

For New Zealand Subscribers: $50 (includes postage and GST)
For Overseas Subscribers: NZ$65 (includes NZ$10 postage)

Subscriptions should be paid in advance. Some past issues are still available.

Editors

Professor Henrietta Mondry
henrietta.mondry@canterbury.ac.nz
University of Canterbury

Dr Evgeny Pavlov
evgeny.pavlov@canterbury.ac.nz
University of Canterbury

David Wells (Associate Editor for Reviews)
D.Wells@curtin.edu.au
Curtin University of Technology

Alexander Trapeznik Associate Editor (History)
alexander.trapeznik@otago.ac.nz
University of Otago

Irene Zohrab Associate Editor (Australasian Affinities and Links)
irene.zohrab@vuw.ac.nz
Victoria University of Wellington

Editorial Advisory Board

• Joe Andrew, Keele University
• Caryl Emerson, Princeton University
• Alexandr Etkind, Central European University, Vienna
• Arnold McMillin, University of London, SSEES
• Alexander Maxwell, Victoria University of Wellington
• Marko Pavlyshyn, University of Monash
• Alexandra Smith, University of Edinburgh
• Dmitry Tokarev, University of Marseille
• Emma Widdis, University of Cambridge

2019-2020, vol. 53-54 : Special Issue

30 Years After The Breakup of the USSR: Russia And Post-Soviet Europe, Narratives and Perceptions

Edited by Natalia Chaban, Henrietta Mondry, and Evgeny Pavlov

NZ Slavonic Journal Vol. 53-54 | 2019 - 2020 (PDF, 4MB, 232 pages)

Back issues of The Slavonic Journal are held in the University of Canterbury Library.

To aid the editing of material offered for publication please refer to the guidelines in the New Zealand Style Book and adhere to the following:

• Send by e-mail with an abstract to evgeny.pavlov@canterbury.ac.nz, as well as a typescript written in English with a postal address.
• Use one of the following formats: Microsoft Word for Mac or Rich Text.
• Cyrillic font: contact the above e-mail address for details.
• Paper Size: A4
• Page Layout: Double spacing
• Generous margins
• Indent first line of paragraphs
• One space between words and after all punctuation (including full stops/periods).
• Use full stops/periods for the end of sentences not abbreviations.
• British spelling.
• Italics (not underlining) for titles of books, newspapers, magazines, ballets, plays, long poems, foreign words and phrases (which have not become anglicised).
• Single inverted commas for titles of articles, short stories, unusual or highlighted words, etc.
• Double inverted commas for quotations from authors.
• References must be numbered consecutively in the text and placed together at the end of the article. Please use Word's endnotes.
• Titles of Russian works must be transliterated and capitalised. The first time one is given it should be accompanied in brackets by its standard English rendering, eg: Voina i mir (War and Peace).
• Formal transliteration (including names) should use Library of Congress system, eg: -skii (except linguistic topics, which should use the ISO system, eg: -skij).
• Informal transliteration should use an anglicised style, eg: -sky.
• Full references should not be transliterated.

The New Zealand Slavonic Journal is committed to publishing and widely disseminating high-quality content. Our policies are closely aligned with COPE’s (Committee on Publication Ethics) Core Practices document, which can be accessed at: COPE Core Practices

Responsibility of the Editor

The editor’s chief responsibility is to determine which submissions to the journal will be published. He/she must ensure that decisions are made on the basis of the manuscript’s merit and that the author’s race, gender, religious or political beliefs, ethnicity, or citizenship are not considered.

Confidentiality

Information concerning a submitted manuscript should only be revealed to the corresponding author, reviewers, editorial board members, or the publisher as is required or otherwise appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Reviewers will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the authors’ explicit written consent. Reviewers will recuse themselves from reviewing manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Responsibility of Reviewers

Purpose of peer review

The peer review process is a crucial component in helping the editor and/or editorial board reach editorial or publishing decisions and may also serve the author in improving the quality of the submission.

Promptness

A potential reviewer should withdraw from the review process if he/she feels unqualified to assess the contribution or cannot provide an assessment in a timely manner as defined by the editor.

Confidentiality

Manuscripts for review must be considered confidential documents. Information concerning the manuscripts should not be discussed with others without the approval of the editor. 

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Editors and editorial board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the authors’ explicit written consent. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers; instead, they will ask another member of the editorial board to handle the manuscript.

Objectivity

Reviewers should strive to be objective in their assessments. Reviewers’ comments should be clearly expressed and supported by data or arguments. Personal criticism of the author(s) is not appropriate. 

Acknowledgment of sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge. 

Responsibility of the Author

Originality, plagiarism, and acknowledgment of sources

Authors will submit only entirely original works and will appropriately cite or quote the work and/or words of others. Publications that have been influential in determining the approach and the argument of the work should also be cited.

Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publication

Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same paper to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. Manuscripts which have been published as copyrighted material elsewhere cannot be submitted. In addition, manuscripts under review by one journal should not be submitted to other publications while the manuscript is under review. Journals that publish creative works may make exceptions to the previously published rule; please consult the editor.

Acknowledgment of sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the argument and evidence presented. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

Authorship of the paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed to the editor at the earliest stage possible. Readers should be informed about who has funded research and on the role of the funders in the research.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or to provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

Email: evgeny.pavlov@canterbury.ac.nz or henrietta.mondry@canterbury.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 369 5190 or +64 3 369 5213

Postal Address
New Zealand Slavonic Journal
Russian Programme
School of Language, Social and Political Sciences
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand