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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Programme of the 10th International ESPRit Conference and Postgraduate Workshop 

For the first time in East-Central Europe, the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit) convenes its 2022 (10^th) international conference on 7-9 September 2022 in Budapest, Hungary, to focus on the following theme: Periodicals beyond Hierarchies: Challenging Geopolitical and Social “Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press. Click here to go to the conference website. The Conference will be preceded by a Postgraduate Workshop on 7 September.  YouTube streaming links are now available on this page. 

 

ESPRit, the European Society for Periodical Research, is pleased to announce the winners for this new prize for digital projects and/or print research on periodicals in Europe published 2020/2021. The Prize has been awarded to Marianne Van Remoortel and her team (University of Ghent), for Agents of Change: Women Editors and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Europe, 1710-1920’ / WeChangEd  (www.wechanged.ugent.be); and to Clare Pettitt (King’s College London) for Serial Forms. The Unfinished Project of Modernity 1815-1848 (Oxford University Press). Read more about the winners and shortlist.

 

ESPRit online seminars

In order to build our online ESPRit community, we are organising a series of one-hour online seminars. The first series was held in the Spring of 2021. It took as its focus popular Magazines, and was co-hosted by the ETMIET/KENI team from Panteion University (Athens). For an overview of past seminars and to watch the recordings, please click here. Proposals proposals for the fourth seminar series (Spring 2022) are welcome via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..