Recent Publications
Explore recent scholarship in periodical studies. This selection brings together monographs and edited collections connected with ESPRit’s activities or contributing to research across the wider scholarly community. It also highlights recent issues of the Journal of European Periodical Studies and will be updated as new publications become available.
From ESPRit and the Wider Research Community

Edinburgh Companion
Edited volume by Elke D’hoker and Phyllis Boumans, bringing together thirty contributions exploring the pivotal role of periodicals in shaping, mediating, circulating, and transforming Irish literature from the 19th century to the present.

The Edinburgh History
The first comprehensive study of the English-language press published in non-Anglophone countries, exploring transnational networks, circulation and cultural exchange across Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and Latin America.

J.M.P.S. 2026
This special issue of the Journal of Modern Periodical Studies examines how periodical studies have developed in Serbia and Italy, exploring the ways in which local academic, archival and disciplinary contexts reshape global theoretical approaches.

'Four Quartets' in Italy
This study by E. Gallitelli traces the Italian reception of Eliot’s Four Quartets, from the earliest translations published in wartime and postwar literary periodicals to the poem’s canonization and later multimodal reinterpretations.

A Mixed Picture
This edited volume brings together contributions from the 9th ESPRit Conference, examining media transfer and competition in illustrated periodicals from the 1840s to the 1960s. The book is available in print and Open Access.

Investigating Conflict
This edited collection, by Giuliana Garzone, Mara Logaldo & Francesca Santulli, examines representations of conflict in the periodical press through approaches drawn from linguistics, discourse analysis, and Periodical Studies.
Latest from the Journal of European Periodical Studies

JEPS 10.2 (2025)
The latest open issue of JEPS brings together a transnational selection of articles exploring how periodicals shape value, borders, networks, and participation across languages, regions, and media cultures.

JEPS 10.1 (2025)
This special issue examines how periodicals construct and question ideas of belonging. It considers forms of community ranging from regimental and activist networks to literary and cultural outsiders.