ESPRit online seminars Autumn 2021

ESPRit online seminars, Autumn 2021: ‘Crossover influences and local identities of the popular illustrated periodicals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries’

In order to build our online ESPRit community, we are organising a series of one-hour online seminars in collaboration with the ETMIET/KENI team from Panteion University (Athens). The first series was held in the Spring of 2021. Recordings are available here. You are now invited to the second series:

November 5, 3PM CET: Keynote lecture by Evanghelia Stead (Institut Universitaire de France / Université de Versailles), Exploring Periodicals through Images and Networks

Supported by individual investigation and collaborative work, the presentation offers a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to periodicals. It broaches the beneficial effects of collective exchange, and flags up some of the counter-productive effects and burdens. It embraces not so much strict methodologies as tactics and ploys to variously approach such a varied and complex field. The talk first discusses visual studies and interdisciplinarity. There follows an overview of group work on periodical networks, stressing the importance of relational dynamics. It further shows the preconceptions and limitations behind such expressions as “little magazine” and the recurrent split separating big mags from small reviews. Its conclusion reasons why periodicals are so fascinating and invites further discussion.

The recording of this session is not available

November 19, 3PM CET:

1) Susann Liebich (Heidelberg University), A New Zealand ‘quality magazine’: The Monocle, 1937-1939

2) Felix Larkin, Periodicals and Journalism in Twentieth-Century Ireland

10 December, 3-4 PM CET:

1) Yelizaveta Raykhlina (New York University), From Paris to the Russian Provinces: Russian-language Fashion Magazines of the late 1830s and 1840s as Domains of Cultural Adaptation and Women’s Entrepreneurship.

2) Effrosyni Zacharatou (Athens School of Fine Arts), From Europe to Greece: The illustrated magazine as a distinct form

9th International ESPRit Conference

Periodical Formats in the Market: Economies of Space and Time, Competition and Transfer / Periodische Formate auf dem Markt: Ökonomien von Raum und Zeit, Konkurrenz und Transfer

1–17 June 2021

organised by the DFG Research Unit 2288 Journal Literature

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 9^th conference of the European Society for Periodical Research at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, will be held online. The virtual event aims to bring scholars together, to present and discuss recent work on periodicals, to meet in virtual coffee breaks, to get in touch, and to keep in touch. We welcome proposals from researchers at all stages of their careers from various disciplines.

1-13 June 2021:

Watch and comment pre-recorded presentations at the conference website

11 June 2021:
Postgraduate Workshop

14–17 June 2021:

Online conference with live sesssins: Keynotes, Plenary Panels, Roundtable
ESPRit Annual Business Meeting (for paying members of ESPRit - to register, click here)

We look forward to welcoming you to this virtual ESPRit conference! Watch the conference trailer here:

For more information, please go to the conference website: esprit2021.blogs.ru

For more information, please go to the conference website: esprit2021.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de, or consult the Conference Programme: ESPRit2021_Conference_Programme.pdf

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ESPRit Postgraduate Workshop on Periodical Studies

(plus preceding Workshop on Academic Poster Presentations)

11 June 2021

(15 & 22 April 2021)

Deadline for 500-word abstracts: 28 February 2021

In conjunction with the virtual 9th ESPRit Conference “Periodical Formats in the Market”, a virtual postgraduate workshop will be held on 11 June 2021. The workshop is open to postgraduate students working on any topic with regard to periodicals from any historical period, geographical origin, and cultural context. Personalised feedback will be offered by a committee comprising ESPRit members and members of the DFG Research Unit 2288 Journal Literature.

In addition to the virtual workshop an 11 June 2021, there will be an online workshop on 15 & 22 April 2021 where all workshop participants will get a professional training on the concept and design of academic posters (15 April) and their effective presentations (22 April).

This workshop will be held in English by a communication designer and trainer via ZOOM.

To apply, please send a 500-word abstract of the thesis to be presented in a poster presentation and a short CV (150 words) including name, institutional affiliation, and email address to the organisers no later than 28 February 2021 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We look forward to welcoming you to the virtual workshop!

Conferences and seminars

Seminar: Taking the Magazine out of the Metropolis
Online, 12 January 2024

Séminaire Pélias: Les périodiques comme médiateurs culturels
Paris, 7 February 2024

Periodicals and the Law: seminar 3
Online, 24 April 2024

Periodicals and the Law: seminar 4
Online, 28 May 2024

12th International ESPRit Conference: Periodicals: S.T.E.A.M. Ahead!
Urbino, 11-13 September 2024