Typing: Contributors should submit three copies of their papers, which should be typed in double spacing with good margins. Papers should also be submitted in electronic format, either on diskette or by e-mail attachment, using Microsoft Word. The author's name, address and, where appropriate, institutional affiliation should be provided on a cover page and excluded from the main text, so as to ensure anonymity. Manuscripts will not be returned to authors. Section and subsection headings should be bold and left justified. Double quotation marks should be used for main quotations, single marks for any included within the main quotation. Quotations of more than forty words should be indented. Foreign words (except proper names) should be italicised. Dates should be given as 24 May 1991, the 1950s, 1941-52; numerals up to ninety-nine should be spelt out but all other numbers given in figures, for example 30-35%; initials of institutions, countries or movements should be given without stops - EPLF, OAU, USA.

Footnotes and references: Footnotes and references should be double-spaced. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively and placed together at the end of the paper. References to publications should be placed in the text, in parentheses, and a bibliography provided at the end of the article. References in the text should be in the form
(Trevaskis 1960: 48). References in the bibliography should be in the form:

1. For books: Keller, E. 1988. Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic. Bloomington, Indiana University Press.
2. For articles: Young, J. 1996. The Tigray and Eritrean Peoples' Liberation Fronts: a History of Tensions and Pragmatism. Journal of Modern African Studies 34 (1): 105-120.
3. For chapters in books: Cliffe, L. 1988. The Eritrean Liberation Struggle in Comparative Perspective. In The Long Struggle of Eritrea for Independence and Constructive Peace, eds. L.Cliffe & B.Davidson .87-103. Trenton, Red Sea Press.

Tables, maps, diagram and figures should be placed at the end of the article, each on a separate sheet of paper and numbered. The number should also be placed in the margin of the text where the author wishes the table, diagram, etc., to appear. They should be clearly drawn so that they are suitable for photocopying as submitted. Sources must be duly acknowledged.

Abstracts: Each article should have an abstract, of not more than 400 words.

The College of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce the release of the first issue of its research journal, the Journal of Eritrean Studies (JERS). Being the first research journal of the University of Asmara, it marks an important milestone in the history of the College and the University as a whole. Full text...

The First Issue of JERS

"Education must, then, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.