12th International ESPRit Conference (Urbino, 2024): Periodicals: S.T.E.A.M. AHEAD!
From 11-13 September 2024, ESPRit will convene its Twelfth International Conference at the Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo to focus on the theme of PERIODICALS: S.T.E.A.M. AHEAD!
In periodicals, the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (“S.T.E.M.”) and the Arts are imbricated with one another (“S.T.E.A.M.”) in both material and theoretical terms. The history of journals and magazines runs parallel to the industrial and scientific revolutions. These revolutions have found a privileged place of diffusion in periodicals thanks to the timeliness of information, flexibility of content, easy diffusion and prompt response to the dialogues and controversies reflected within them. Technological progress has shaped the materiality of periodicals, including the type of paper, graphic design and technologies for the reproduction of both text and images.
This international conference will bring together academics from universities around the world from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives to reflect on how periodicals represent, create, maintain, or challenge, the notions of “techniques”, “sciences”, and “art” within the contexts of their localities, their communities of production, their readerships, and their editorial boards.
The event begins with a training day for postgraduate students, followed by two days of presentations by academics from different countries. Extra activities include guided walking tour of the city and visits to museum.
For more information, please go to the conference website or contact the organisers at
Scientific Committee:
Carlotta Castellani (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo), Contact person
Oliver A. I. Botar (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada)
Caterina Caputo (Università degli studi di Venezia "IUAV")
Gábor Dobó (Kassák Museum, Budapest)
Giovanna Perini Folesani (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo)
Venanzio Raspa (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo)
Salvatore Ritrovato (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo)
Isabel Wünsche (Constructor University, Bremen)
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 9th 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
Contact:
(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 (
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