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General Series

General Series seminars feature keynote lectures, panel discussions, and individual presentations that explore the historical, cultural, and social significance of periodicals across different periods and regions.

Sessions in this series are designed to engage a broad audience, fostering discussions that contribute to the evolving field of periodical research.

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Seminar recordings

Recordings of past seminars are available below, organized by date, allowing you to explore topics of interest at your convenience.

You may also watch them on YouTube.

Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge transfer and materiality in and around avant-garde journals Gábor Dobó (Kassák Museum–Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest), ‘Comrades and censors: Tracing implied and actual readers of radical periodicals during the interwar period’ Merse…

Spaces of Translation

03 February 2023

Spaces of Translation: European Magazine Culture, 1945-1965 The members of the research group Spaces of Translation share some of the results from the project. Alison E. Martin (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) Marina Popea…

Computational Approaches

20 January 2023

New Computational Approaches to Periodical Studies Thomas Smits (Antwerp University): 'Distant Viewing the Illustrated World of the Illustrated London News, 1842-1900' Kaspar Beelen (Alan Turing Institute, UK), 'Mining Victorian Metadata. A…

Joint Seminar

08 December 2022

Joint RSVP/Esprit Online Seminar on The Foreign Language Press With speakers from TransfoPress, the Transnational network for the study of foreign language press from the 18th-20th century: Diana Cooper-Richet (Université…

Sources pt. 3

Sources beyond the Periodical Text Nora Ramtke (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), ‘Europa (1835-1844) and its Supplements: Archiving the Abundance’ Hannah Connell (King’s College London and British Library), ‘Uncovering the relationships…

Sources pt. 2

Sources beyond the periodical text Zsuzsa Török (Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute for Literary Studies, Budapest), ‘Sources for Anonymous Contributors to Periodicals: The Case of the Hungarian Stephanie Wohl and The…

Sources pt. 1

Sources beyond the Periodical Text Filippos Tsiboglou (Director General of the National Library of Greece), ‘Expanding the services of the National Library of Greece to researchers, public, libraries, society and next generations’ …

Crossover influences 2

10 December 2021

Crossover influences and local identities of the popular illustrated periodicals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Yelizaveta Raykhlina (New York University), 'From Paris to the Russian Provinces: Russian-language Fashion Magazines…

Crossover influences 1

19 November 2021

Crossover influences and local identities of the popular illustrated periodicals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Susann Liebich (Heidelberg University), 'A New Zealand ‘quality magazine’: The Monocle, 1937-1939' Felix…

Keynote by E. Stead

05 November 2021

Keynote Lecture Evanghelia Stead (Institut Universitaire de France / Université de Versailles), 'Exploring Periodicals through Images and Networks' Supported by individual investigation and collaborative work, the presentation offers a…

Crossover influences

Crossover influences and local identities of the popular illustrated periodicals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Júlia Fazekas (ELTE University, Budapest), “Popularity of Hungarian and European fashion magazines in the 1840s” …

Keynote by V. Kuttainen

Keynote Lecture Victoria Kuttainen (James Cook University, Australia): “Portholes, Channels, and Seductions: The Messy Affordances of Antipodean Periodical Scholarship” Chair: Peter Buse, University of Liverpool University