Author Guidelines

Before submitting your article, please consult the journal's editorial policy. By submitting their articles to the journal, authors indicate their agreement to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

The journal accepts articles (5000-8000 words including references), book reviews (up to 3000 words), and translations (provided that copyright is obtained). All submissions must be original and must not have been previously published, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Languages of publication: English, Belarusian, and Russian. 

Submissions should include two files uploaded via the website form:

1. Full version (SurnameName_Year) 
2. Anonymised version (ShortTitle_Topos_Year) – for blind review.

Manuscript structure

1. Title (in the original language + English translation); 
2. Author(s) first and last name in the original language (if the manuscript is not in English); Author(s) first and last name, academic position, affiliation, e-mail, ORCID, if available (in English).
3. Abstract (200-300 words) and 4–7 keywords (in English); 
4. Main text with clear structure (introduction, methodology, analysis, conclusion); 
5. References; 
6. Appendices, tables, illustrations (if any).

Formatting: Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt; line spacing 1.5; margins 2 cm, Paragraph indent: 1–1.25 cm.

Tables, figures, appendices: Tables/figures placed near first mention in text; Table captions above: Table 1. Title (10 pt); Figure captions below: Figure 1. Title; Formats: TIFF, JPG, PNG.

Citation  

In-text citations: (Author Year, Page): (Toulmin 1992, 65), (Heidegger 1997, 320)

For  text by two authors: (Josephson and Kasperski 2014, 39), (Josephson & Kasperski 2014, 39).

For the text by three and more authors: (Gapova et al. 2002).

To list authors, put them alphabetically and separate them with a semicolon: (Keynes 1930; Marx 1867; Simmel 1900).

For a source with no author: (Research Division 2017).

If the bibliography contains more than one work of an author in one year, the year of publication adds the letters a, b, etc.: (Bauman 1992a).

Footnotes

Please use footnotes only if you cannot express something in the main text; please do not use footnotes for references.

References 

The list of references must be organized in alphabetical order, with Latin sources appearing first and Cyrillic sources appearing subsequently. Please do not transliterate Cyrillic texts into Latin in the list of references.

Please use the following style for bibliography formulations:

— book: Arendt, H. (2006). On Revolution. London: Penguin Classics.

— article: Klein, M., Abrams, M. & Manno, R. (2009). U.S. Constitution on the rights of minorities. Journal of Law 2(13): 34–45.

Бортнік, I. (2025). Паняцце справядлівасці ў грамадска-палітычнай думцы Вялікага Княства Літоўскага другой паловы XVI – пачатку XVII ст. Беларускі гістарычны агляд, 31(1-2): 53-81.

— chapter in book: Hall, S. (1992). The question of cultural identity. In: Hall, S., Held, D. & McGrew, T., ed. Modernity and Its Futures: Understanding Modern Societies. Cambridge: Polity Press, 596–634.

— electronic source:

— article: Armstrong, S. (2015). The Future of Money. Raconteur, 31 May, 2015. http://raconteur.net/technology/digital-money-is-on-the-rise-but-cash-is-kicking (accessed 24 August 2017).

Мацкевич, В. (1994). Думать Беларусь. EuroBelarus, 12 декабря, 1994. https://eurobelarus.info/news/society/1994/12/12/dumat-belarus.html (дата обращения: 20 февраля 2022).

— online news source: Christou, W. (2025). Belarus releases 123 prisoners including opposition leaders after US lifts sanctions, The Guardian, 13 December 2025.  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/13/belarus-releases-123-prisoners-including-opposition-leaders-after-us-lifts-sanctions (accessed 20 Jan. 2026).

У Беларусі абмежавалі для ўсіх мабільны інтэрнэт. 30 гігабайтаў на месяц на максімальнай хуткасці, а пасля абмежаванні (2026), Наша Ніва, 22 студзеня 2026. https://nashaniva.com/386244 (accessed 22 Jan. 2026).

— official information, law, or other document: European Parliament (2023). Resolution on further repression against the people of Belarus, including the cases of Andrzej Poczobut and Ales Bialiatski (P9_TA(2023)0075), European Parliament, 15 March 2023. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/268017/TA-9-2023-0075_RU.pdf (accessed 2 Feb. 2026).