Railway History Congress
            Palma de Mallorca - 2009

 

Submitting Papers

 

Submitting proposals for papers

 

Those interested in submitting papers to this congress shall send a one page (as a maximum) summary of their proposal before 31 May, 2008, headed by the title and the name/s of the author or authors of the paper. This text shall be sent in a Word file to the following electronic address:                                   documentacion@ffe.es

 

The proposals received will be assessed by the Scientific Committee to ensure that they conform to the congress contents and theme areas. All authors will be informed, before 31 July, 2008, about the acceptance or rejection of the paper proposal submitted.

Submitting the final paper

Once acceptance of the paper proposal is known, a new period will commence for submitting the final paper, which will end on March 31, 2009. The texts shall be sent to the same email address for their final assessment and classification by the Scientific Committee. The final paper shall not exceed 20 pages, including footnotes, tables and charts and the bibliography used by the author or authors. The work, as well as academic requirements of originality and scientific accuracy, shall be submitted in Word format with 12 Point Times New Roman font, single-spaced, no indentations and with pictures and charts inserted in the text. Any work that does not fulfil these conditions will be rejected. The congress website, www.ffe.es/congreso_palma/, will include a section with a detailed explanation of these rules.

 

All work accepted and submitted in the time period will be published on the official congress CD which will be given out to all those assisting.