Call for Papers: Periodicals In-Between (27-29 June 2018, Paris)
Periodicals in the Ecology of Print and Visual Cultures
7th International Conference of the European Society for Periodical Research
27–29 June 2018 in Paris
(French version below)
The 7th annual conference of the European Society for Periodical Research will explore how periodicals from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century function as mediators of alternative or experimental forms of publication and as springboards for other publishing and cultural activities. Many periodicals gave birth to publishing houses by using their printers’ networks and by treating their issues as experimental or more conventional test cases and economic drivers both in the book and the print industry and in the arts and crafts. Often, the periodical is a vehicle for science enthusiasts, trade or professional organisations, literature and arts connoisseurs: volumes of aggregated materials published over the year, then bound in hard covers to resist time, respond to the needs of such readers. Or the opposite may be the case: publishers or galleries issue a periodical or magazine to underpin their publication list, to foster their artists, to test new formulas or to retain their audience. The phenomenon extends to prints, both as bonuses to subscribers and as original works. The study of such a phenomenon in its international scope would highlight the relations of periodicals with the world of publishing, art galleries, various salons and circles of influence, as well as with several alternate forms of publication, of new ideas, trends, and manifestos.
How is the standard history of book and print publishing extended by more nuanced considerations of media structures – economic and symbolic – that focus on the role of periodicals? What questions emerge when we consider periodicals as key drivers of print and visual cultures, the materiality of publications, their exchange value, and their function as cultural operators? We invite papers, panels, round table proposals that address these issues.
Topics could include but are not limited to:
- Periodicals and publishing houses
- Periodicals and galleries or salons
- Periodicals and print networks
- Periodical economies
- Periodicals and intertextuality; hybridization; remediation
- Parts; instalments; supplements; annuals
- Periodicals and prints for subscribers
- Periodicals and print-outs
- Periodicals and albums
- Periodicals as bound volumes/“books”
- Quotidian periodical cultures
- Alternative periodical cultures
LES PERIODIQUES COMME MEDIATEURS
Les périodiques dans l’écosystème de la culture imprimée et visuelle
7e Colloque International de la European Society for Periodical Research
27–29 Juin 2018 à Paris
Le 7e colloque international de la European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit) abordera les périodiques comme médiateurs de publications alternatives ou expérimentales et comme tremplins vers d’autres activités éditoriales et culturelles du XVIIIe au XXIe siècle. De nombreux périodiques ont en effet donné naissance à des maisons d'édition en recourant aux réseaux de leurs imprimeurs, en testant dans leurs livraisons des formules expérimentales ou plus conventionnelles, et en devenant des moteurs économiques dans les domaines du livre, de l’imprimé, des arts, de l’artisanat et des métiers. Souvent, le périodique est un véhicule pour les amateurs de sciences, les organisations professionnelles ou commerciales, les amateurs de littérature et d’art : ses matériaux, égrenés tout au long de l'année, puis réunis en volumes sous reliure ou cartonnage pour résister au temps, répondent aux besoins de tels lecteurs. Ou l’inverse : les éditeurs ou les galeries publient un périodique ou un magazine pour soutenir leur catalogue, promouvoir leurs artistes, tester de nouvelles formules ou fidéliser leur public. Le phénomène s'étend aux estampes, à la fois comme prime aux abonnés et comme œuvres originales. L'étude d'un tel phénomène dans son envergure internationale mettrait en lumière les relations des périodiques avec le monde de l'édition, les galeries d'art, divers salons et cercles d'influence, ainsi qu’avec plusieurs formes alternatives de publication, de nouvelles idées, tendances et manifestes.
Comment l'histoire canonique de l'édition de livres et d’estampes s’amplifie-t-elle dès lors qu’on prend en compte les structures médiatiques – économiques et symboliques – qui accentuent le rôle des périodiques? Quelles questions émergent lorsqu’on considère les périodiques comme des moteurs clés de la culture de l’imprimé et de la culture visuelle, de la matérialité des publications, de leur valeur d'échange, et de leur fonction d'opérateurs culturels? Nous invitons à des communications, à des panels, et à des tables rondes autour de ces questions.
Les propositions pourraient inclure, sans s'y limiter:
- Périodiques et maisons d'édition
- Périodiques et galeries ou salons
- Périodiques et réseaux d'imprimeurs
- Économies des périodiques
- Périodiques et intertextualité ; hybridation ; réinterprétation en un autre médium (remediation)
- Parties; livraisons; suppléments; volumes annuels
- Périodiques et estampes pour les abonnés
- Périodiques et tirés à part
- Périodiques et albums
- Les périodiques comme volumes reliés/“livres”
- Cultures périodiques quotidiennes
- Cultures périodiques alternatives
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