Colloquium: The Political Science Journal of Boston College

Welcome to Colloquium, Boston College’s premier source of undergraduate political science scholarship. Although Colloquium is supported and managed by Boston College students, it provides the opportunity for undergraduates across the world to contribute to international political science discourse. Whether you are an author, researcher, librarian, or otherwise interested reader, we hope Colloquium is an engaging source for further study and conversation.

The guidelines for submitting a paper are listed below.

1. Paper should be between 1,500 and 5,000 words in length
2. Paper should be in .doc or .docx format
3. Submission Title should be formatted as follows: title of paper (please do not include your  name or identifying information in the title) 
4. Please remove identifying information from your paper (i.e. name, class title, etc) 
5. Please format your paper using consistent, footnote citations in the Chicago Manual Style and include a Work-Cited page. If your paper is not formatted in the Chicago Manual Style it will not necessarily disqualify the paper from being accepted, but if it is accepted you will be asked to reformat the paper. 
6. The deadline to submit is March 13th.

Questions regarding the Journal can be directed towards the Co Editors-In-Chief, Jessica Orrell and Joseph Murphy. Their emails are orrellj@bc.edu and murpbdg@bc.edu, respectfully.