ESPRit and the Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) are proud to launch JEPS in Conversation, a new online webinar series designed to spotlight innovative research and connect the periodical studies community.

Each JEPS in Conversation event will coincide with the publication of a new journal issue, offering an open space for editors and authors to engage directly with readers, discuss their contributions, and explore key themes emerging from current scholarship.

First Webinar: Periodicals & Belonging

Friday, 20 June 2025
15:00 CET
Online | Free and open to all upon registration

The inaugural session will feature a discussion of JEPS 10.1: Special Issue on Periodicals & Belonging, hosted by issue editors Mary Ikoniadou, Andrew Hobbs, and Annemarie McAllister. They will be joined by contributing authors Stefano Locati and Inés Molina-Agudo, who will share insights from their original articles.

The issue explores how periodicals construct, maintain, and challenge ideas of community and belonging—an especially timely theme in today’s fragmented world.

Featured Articles in Conversation:

📰 Stefano Locati
“The Post-War Construction of a Sense of Belonging in Italian Film Criticism (1943–53)”
Stefano is a researcher in cinema at IULM University of Milan, with expertise in East Asian cinemas and media studies. He is the author of Sistema media mix (2022) and co-editor of volumes on Italian illustrated periodicals and book reviewing practices across centuries.

📰 Inés Molina-Agudo
“On Post-Dictatorship, Popular Loquacity and Marginal Periodicals: Bananas, a Free Creation Magazine Based in Valencia (1979–1980)”
Inés holds a PhD from the Autonomous University of Madrid and researches the marginal press in post-Franco Spain. She is part of the Decentralised Modernities project and has held visiting fellowships at NYU and the Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

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