Welcome to ESPRit

Welcome to the European Society for Periodical Research. Since its inception in 2009, ESPRit has proven its value as an international network for periodical researchers. We are proud of our inspiring annual conferences which bring together scholars from inside and outside of Europe and of the peer-reviewed Open Access Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) which has entered its fifth year. 

Until recently, ESPRit membership has been informal, consisting mainly of a subscription to our mailing list. As from July 2019, a paid membership system is being put into place. Periodical scholars who wish to support the Society, participate in its annual meetings, and benefit from discounts at future events, are kindly invited to register their membership by clicking on the button below.

 

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Call for Papers of the 11th International ESPRit Conference: Periodicals and Belonging

The 11th International ESPRit conference will be held from 27-29 June 2023 in Leeds, UK, on the theme of Periodicals and Belonging. This fruitful and timely theme is designed to encourage discussions and collaborations on the ways that ideas, emotions, declarations and imaginings, of belonging or not belonging, manifest in relation to periodical production and reception. Read the Call for Papers here.

In order to build our online ESPRit community, we are organising a series of one-hour online seminars. For an overview of past seminars and to watch the recordings, please click here. The programme for 2022-2023 is as follows: 

• 8 December 2022, 6pm CET: RSVP/ESPRit Online Seminar on The Foreign Language Press More information
• 20 January 2023, 3pm CET: New Computational Approaches to Periodical Studies More information
• 3 February 2023, 3PM CET: Spaces of Translation: European Magazine Culture, 1945-1965 More information
• 3 March 2023, 4pm CET: Knowledge transfer and materiality in and around avant-garde journals More information

 

Migration from Listserv tot Google Groups

In December 2022, the European Society for Periodical Research will move its news and mailing list service to Google Groups. The Listserv mailing list will no longer be active. Please join our Google Group if you wish to receive information about our annual conferences, new issues of the Journal for European Periodical Studies and other news concerning ESPRit. Subscribers can also use the Google Group service to exchange information, ask questions, or share new publications with the periodical research community. More information.