JEPS in Conversation

 

Launched in 2025, JEPS in Conversation is a new online initiative designed to accompany each issue of the Journal of European Periodical Studies.

The series offers a space for editors and authors to engage directly with readers, discuss their research, and reflect on key questions shaping the field of periodical studies today. Each webinar highlights selected articles from the current issue and invites the audience into a live conversation on emerging themes, new methodologies, and collaborative directions in periodical research.

This is an open, informal space for dialogue—everyone interested in periodical studies is warmly welcome to attend.

Upcoming Event

Periodicals & Belonging
📅 Friday, 20 June 2025
🕒 15:00 CET
📍 Online | Free access

Speakers:

  • Mary Ikoniadou, Andrew Hobbs, Annemarie McAllister (Issue Editors)

  • Stefano Locati (IULM University of Milan)

  • Inés Molina-Agudo (Autonomous University of Madrid)

Articles in focus:

  • “The Post-War Construction of a Sense of Belonging in Italian Film Criticism (1943–53)” – Stefano Locati

  • “On Post-Dictatorship, Popular Loquacity and Marginal Periodicals: Bananas, a Free Creation Magazine Based in Valencia (1979–1980)” – Inés Molina-Agudo

This first event explores how periodicals have historically constructed, maintained—or resisted—notions of community and identity, and what that means in today’s global context.

About the Series

➡️ JEPS in Conversation is part of ESPRit’s broader mission to support and disseminate cutting-edge research in periodical studies.

Each session is recorded and made available for later viewing.