Dante Studies

New Submissions

Dante Studies invites submissions of original scholarship between 7,000 and 10,000 words (including notes and any appendices) in English and Italian on subjects connected with Dante's life, works, sources, influence, and critical reception. The Editorial Board welcomes all methodological and theoretical approaches. Submissions must include an abstract in English of 100 to 150 words. Please send submissions by email attachment in MS Word format to [email protected]. 

Dante Studies features articles that have not been published elsewhere (including in languages other than English). Essays are initially reviewed by the editor, and those within scope are sent to reviewers (those out of scope are rejected without review). The journal follows a double-blind peer review of all submissions accepted for review. A third peer reviewer may be sought out in select cases, which will be communicated with the author. Articles are typically reviewed within 6 to 8 weeks of submission. Authors should avoid self-references in the title page, prose, and endnotes. Please also omit acknowledgments, which can be added pre-publication for accepted articles.

Digital images should not be embedded in manuscript submissions. Please submit digital images as separate, low-resolution files with new submissions. Image files should be titled by figure (e.g., Figure 1_Title). Please use the same titles when referring to the image content in the article: E.g., In Simone Martini’s Maestà… (Figure 1_Title). Images in accepted articles will appear in black-and-white in the print publication and in color in the digital publication on Project Muse (high-resolution images will be requested for accepted manuscripts). Authors are responsible for securing permissions for images. Additional information about formatting captions and submitting images for publication can be found in the journal Style Guide. 

Dante Studies is published once annually by Johns Hopkins University Press in print and on Project Muse in digital format. Contributing authors will receive one print author copy of the journal in which their essay appears. Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the managing editor ([email protected]) with questions about submission guidelines, formatting, and any other queries ahead of submitting a manuscript for consideration. 

Revised and Resubmitted Manuscripts

Authors invited to revise and resubmit their manuscripts may be asked to do so for the current or next publication cycle of the journal. All revised and resubmitted manuscripts should be accompanied by a response that outlines how the peer review comments have been addressed in the revisions (not to exceed one page). Only authors who are invited to revise and resubmit their manuscript following the initial peer review may do so. 

Revised and resubmitted submissions are typically reviewed in 3 to 4 weeks and are sent to the original reviewers when possible. If the original readers are unavailable, a third reader may be asked to evaluate the revised manuscript.

Forum

Inaugurated in 2018, the Forum is a special feature of Dante Studies consisting of a collection of short essays in dialogue with one another on a contemporary question or topic relevant to the life, works, sources, influence, and critical reception of Dante. Forums are typically coordinated by a guest editor(s) charged with writing and introduction and inviting a select number of contributors to write essays related to the Forum topic. Additional essays for the Forum may be accepted through a call for abstract proposals. In addition to the publication, the Forum editor(s) may convene a virtual roundtable discussion on the Forum topic with the contributing authors as participants. 

Forum essays of original scholarship should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words (including notes and appendices) and can be submitted in English or Italian. Otherwise, essays in the Forum should follow normal Dante Studies submission and style guides. All essays must be accompanied by a 100 to 150-word abstract in English. Additional submission guidelines may be added by the Forum editor(s). Forum essay proposals are evaluated by the Forum editor(s) and Dante Studies Editorial Board.

Forums typically appear in alternating volumes of Dante Studies and are proposed by an editor or a coediting team on a topic relevant to the journal. If interested in proposing a Forum for a future volume of Dante Studies, please reach out to the Managing Editor at [email protected] for additional information.

Forums published in Dante Studies include: 

• Vol. 144/2026: “Women Scholars in Dante Studies,” coordinated by Gaia Tomazzoli (Forthcoming)

• Vol. 140/2022: “Dante and Cosmology,” coordinated by Theodore J. Cachey Jr., Anna Pegoretti, and Chiara Sbordoni

• Vol. 138/2020: “Dante and Economics,” coordinated by Antonio Montefusco and Filippo Petricca

• Vol. 137/2019: “Dante and Pedagogy,” coordinated by Kristina M. Olson

• Vol. 136/2018: “Dante and Biography,” coordinated by Elisa Brilli

Lectura Dantis

Lecturae on a specific canto of Dante’s Commedia may be invited or proposed for any volume of Dante Studies. Lecturae should be original scholarship in English or Italian not published elsewhere, with a maximum length of 10,000 words (including notes and appendices). 

Lecturae are evaluated by the Dante Studies Editorial Board ahead of publication. The Editorial Board review typically completes this review in 3 to 4 weeks. Submissions of lecturae should follow normal Dante Studies submission and style guidelines and be accompanied by a 100 to 150-word abstract in English. 

Keynote Lectures

Keynote lectures given in the Dante Society’s annual symposium may be invited or proposed for publication in Dante Studies. The lectures should be revised for print publication in English or Italian with a maximum word length of 10,000 words (including notes and appendices). 

Keynote lectures are evaluated by the Dante Studies Editorial Board ahead of publication. The editorial typically completes this review in 3 to 4 weeks. Submissions of keynote lectures should follow normal Dante Studies submission and style guidelines and be accompanied by a 100 to 150-word abstract in English.

You can access and download the Dante Studies Style Guide in English and Italian.

Access to Dante Studies

Dante Studies is published by Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP). In addition to publishing Dante Studies in print, JHUP also provides online access via its Project MUSE platform. 

Institutions that wish to subscribe to Dante Studies may place their order online via the JHUP journals website. Inquiries about subscriptions and orders for back issues should be addressed via email to [email protected] or P.O. Box 19966, Baltimore, MD 21211-0966. Individual subscriptions are available only through membership in the Society.

If you need assistance, you may contact Johns Hopkins University Press customer service at [email protected] or call toll free at (800) 548-1784 (or 410-516-6987 outside the USA and Canada) during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00am until 5:00pm EST.

Access via Project MUSE (all issues since 2015)

Beginning with the 2015 issue (volume 133), all new issues are added to MUSE as they are published. If your library subscribes to Project Muse you may use your institutional proxy settings to access Dante Studies content. 

If it does not, and you are a current member of the Dante Society, simply point your web browser to the following link (https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/dante_studies/) to access the Dante Studies "landing page" on Project MUSE. Next, click on the white "Log In" button in the top right corner of the web page. Enter your Dante Society username and password in the boxes provided and click "Log In." Upon successful login, your username will appear in the top right corner. You can then use the listing of available issues to select the issue you would like to view. Additional information about using your MUSE personal library can be found at https://about.muse.jhu.edu/individuals/my-muse-account/.

If you have forgotten your Dante Society login credentials, please use the following options to recover them:

• Recover/reset your password
• Recover forgotten username/membership number

Access via JSTOR (all issues prior to last 5 years)

The Dante Society has arranged with JSTOR to archive electronic copies of all issues of Dante Studies since the very first in 1882. In addition to preserving the content, JSTOR also makes it available for access to institutions and individuals.

If your institution subscribes to JSTOR you can use your institutional proxy settings to access Dante Studies content on JSTOR just like other online journal subscriptions. If it does not, and you are a current member of the Dante Society, you can access Dante Studies content through the free but limited JSTOR Register & Read program or via a paid JPASS monthly or annual subscription, which includes unlimited online reading and limited, but generous, download access to Dante Studies and more than 2,000 other digitized and electronic journals. 

NOTE: All articles in JSTOR published before 1923, including those in Dante Studies, are in the public domain, and are now freely available via JSTOR through its Early Journal Content program without need for an account or subscription. 

JSTOR Register & Read (free)

Using JSTOR's Register & Read program, you can create a free account and read up to 6 articles every 30 days, from Dante Studies or any of the more than 2,600 academic journals currently available via JSTOR.

First, you need to register for a free MyJSTOR account. Once your account is ready, you can then browse and select the content you wish to read. To browse issues of Dante Studies through its various title changes over the course of its publication history, you can use the following links:

• Dante Studies, with the Annual Report of the Dante Society (1966–2011; no. 84 – vol. 129)
• Annual Report of the Dante Society, with Accompanying Papers (1955–1965; no. 73 – no. 83)
• Annual Reports of the Dante Society (1882–1954; no. 1 – no. 68–72)

JPASS (discounted subscription)

If your institution does not subscribe to a JSTOR package that includes Dante Studies, you can take advantage of JSTOR's JPASS program for individual access to JSTOR content.

JPASS offers both monthly and annual subscription options that provides individuals with unlimited online reading access to more than 2,000 journals, including Dante Studies, as well as up to 120 free article downloads per year.

Dante Society members are eligible to receive a 50% discount on JPASS. Please contact the Secretary of the Dante Society for the special discounted subscription link at [email protected].