Projects and networks
The following is a growing selection of research projects, networks and websites related to (primarily European) periodical research. If you have any suggestions, please send an e-mail to
Research networks, societies and centres:
- History in Popular Cultures of Knowledge, University of Freiburg (English site)
- Institut Deutsche Presseforschung (Institute for the Study of the Historical German Press; in German)
- Middlebrow Network, focused on research on the term "middlebrow" (includes a mailing list)
Research projects and databases:
- Chinese Women's Magazines from the Late Qing and Early Republican Periods, database providing access to Chinese women's magazines from the first half of the 20th century
- Magazines, Travel and Middlebrow Literature in Canada 1925 - 1960; research project on Canadia, but with a focus on the representation of European cities
- Modernist Journals Project, aims to provide digital editions of significant Modernist magazines
- History in German Illustrated Magazines of the 19th Century (ca. 1850-1914/18), University of Freiburg
- Project on Victorian Periodicals "Histories for the Many: Historical Lifeworlds in Victorian Family, Women’s and Children’s Periodicals", University of Freiburg
- The Curran Index (Identifying the men and women whose stories, poems, and articles appeared anonymously in nineteenth-century British periodicals.)
- NoRMMA: Network of Research: Movies, Magazines, Audiences. (A research network situated at the University of Kent but open to all scholars interested in fan and film magazines and their position as a meeting ground between industry and audiences.)
- WeChangEd: Agents of Change: Women Editors and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Europe, 1710-1920, Ghent University
- SpaTrEM: Spaces of Translation: European Magazine Culture 1945 – 1965, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and Nottingham Trent University
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KYPSELI: database on Ottoman Women's Press (19th century - 1923), University of Crete.
Other websites of interest:
- Book History and Print Culture Network, blog on Interdisciplinary Perspectives from German-Area Scholars
- Europeana, site dedicated to the digitilisation of European cultural heritage
- At the Free University Berlin several researchers are concerned with periodical research; see the Institute for Media and Communication Studies and the Institute for Arts and Media Management
- Magazine Modernisms, blog dedicated to Modern Periodical Research
- Mapping the Magazine 3, papers presented at the Mapping the Magazine 3 Conference, held at Cardiff University 7 and 8 July 2011
- Nineteenth Century Index, source for nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers and archives
- Research cluster Asia and Europe in a Global Context at the University of Heidelberg, includes research on public spheres and periodicals
- Weimar Studies Network, resources on the history, culture and society of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933); includes links to German periodicals online
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