Name, surname (with e-mail address next to it)
Title of article
Key words (in the language of the article): 5–6, without repeating the words in the title of the article.
Article, an account of the results of your research (from 5000 to 9000 words). The entire article must be in the Latin alphabet. Text that is in a different script (including citations and works cited) must be transliterated into the Latin alphabet using the online tool Translit (available: http://translit.cc/).
Citations are formatted according to the Harvard system (see further down) – citation information is presented in parentheses in the main text.
Necessary notes are presented at the bottom of the page (footnotes).
Bibliography – a list of the literature used in the article in alphabetic order.
Title of article in English (if the main text is in Latvian) and in Latvian (if the main text is in a different language).
Key words in English and Latvian (if the main text is in a different language): 5–6, without repeating the words in the title of the article.
Summary in English and Latvian (if the main text is in a different language): 150–300 words. The main idea of the article, research sources, research methods used, main conclusions etc.
Formatting citations and works cited
Book by one author
Example citation
(Rimmon-Kenan 2002)
Example reference
Rimmon-Kenan, Shlomith (2002). Narrative Fiction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge.
Book by two authors
Example citation
(Sproģe, Vāvere 2002: 25–28)
Example reference
Sproģe, Ludmila, Vāvere, Vera (2002). Latviešu modernisma aizsākumi un krievu literatūras “sudraba laikmets”. Rīga: Zinātne.
Book by three or more authors
Example citation
(Kaprāns u. c. 2012)
(Torrington et al. 2014)
Example reference
Kaprāns, Mārtiņš, Procevska, Olga, Uzule, Laura, Saulītis, Andris (2012). Padomju deportāciju pieminēšana Latvijā: atmiņu politika un publiskā telpa. Rīga: Mansards.
Torrington, Derek; Hall, Laura; Taylor, Stephen; Atkinson, Carol (2014). Human Resource Management. 9th ed. Harlow: Pearson.
Translated works
Example reference
Dumézil, Georges (1986). Verhovnye bogi indoevropejcev. Perev. Tatjany Tsivjan. Moskva: Nauka.
Kristeva, Julia (1984). Revolution in Poetic Language. Transl. by Margaret Waller. New York: Columbia University Press.
Merlo-Pontī, Moriss (2018). Uztveres fenomenoloģija. Tulk. Rinalds Zembahs. Rīga: LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts.
Article in a book
Example citation
(Hobson 2010: 110)
Example reference
Hobson, Marian (1987). History Traces. Attridge, Derek; Bennington, Geoff; Young, Robert (eds.). Post-Structuralism and the Question of History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 101–115.
Article in scholarly journal
Example citation
(Ķencis 2019: 52)
(Ross 2015: 270)
Example reference
Ķencis, Toms (2019). Radošais pagrieziens latviešu folkloristikā. Letonica, Nr. 39, 40.–58. lpp.
Ross, Nathan (2015). On Truth Content and False Consciousness in Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory. Philosophy Today, No. 59(2), pp. 269–290.
Article in a newspaper
Example citation
(Devlin 2011: 32)
(Pezold 1932: 3)
(Berelis 2001: 5)
Example reference
Devlin, Marcia (2011). Keys found to success by the less privileged. The Australian, 16 November, p. 32.
Pezold, Hans von (1932). Leopold von Pezold, zum hundersten Geburtstag. Rigasche Rundschau, Nr. 148, 7. Juli, S. 3.
Berelis, Guntis (2001). Heidegera kungam patīk kaķi. Literatūra un Māksla Latvijā, 29.03., 4.–6. lpp.
Archival materials
Example citation
(Eglītis [bez dat.])
Example reference
Eglītis, Viktors [bez dat.]. Vēstule Marijai Stalbovai. V. Egl. R3/18. RTMM inv. nr. 12345.
Materials online
Example citation
(Arnava 2020)
(Harris 2015)
Example reference
Arnava, Zanda (2020). Attālinātais darbs ir sadarbība un uzticēšanās. Delfi. 13.04. Pieejams: https://www.delfi.lv/news/versijas/zanda-arnava-at... [sk. 13.04.2020.].
Weisman, Jonathan (2015). Deal Reached on Fast-Track Authority for Obama on Trade Accord. The New York Times, 16.04. Available: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/business/obama-... [Accessed 13.04.2020.].