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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As of January 2022, the  European Society for Periodical Studies will award an honorary prize of 500 EURO once every two years to a project that has made a substantial contribution to the field of European periodical studies.

Criteria

Eligible projects can include, but are not limited to, monographs, edited collections, exhibitions, reference works, the publication of a series, editorships of a journal devoted to periodicals, websites and databases. In the spirit of ESPRit eligible projects are not restricted to the English language, but need to have made a strong impact on the field of European periodical studies beyond the national context in which it was initiated.

Nominations

To be eligible for nomination, projects need to have been completed within a period of two years before the submission date. Nominees do not have to be ESPRit members, but the project should contribute clearly to research that is in line with ESPRit’s scope (see: espr-it.eu/about-us). Candidates can either submit their own work or nominate the projects of fellow researchers. Jury members can also suggest nominations for the prize.

Submission

To submit, those who nominate a project need to write a proposal of 500 words which includes a description of the eligible project and a motivation for the nomination. The submission deadline is January 31, 2022. Nominations can be sent via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Award ceremony

The ESPRit Prize will be handed out during the Annual Meeting. Winners can also be invited to present their projects during the next ESPRit conference and on the ESPRit website. As part of the prize, they will receive free membership of ESPRit for one year.

 

ESPRit online seminars on Popular Magazines

In order to build our online ESPRit community, we are starting a series of monthly 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). Recordings of all contributions are available on our YouTube Channel.

We are pleased to announce that the ESPRit seminar series will shortly enter its second cycle. The theme of the second series will continue ESPRit’s exploration of transnational illustrated periodicals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The seminars will be held on Friday afternoons in the Autumn of 2021, and will broadly follow the same model as the Spring series, with an opening keynote plenary followed by two monthly seminars consisting of two, or possibly three, 15–20-minute papers.

Colleagues are invited to submit proposals for the second and third seminars, in November and December 2021. Proposals may consist of individual papers, or indeed of a combined panel, with a chair, on research areas that include transnational or multilingual dimensions. 

You may recall that the purpose of the ESPRit seminar series is to continue, through the pandemic, to build the ESPRit community, and to provide for its members a forum in which to share ideas, discuss methods and sources, and present research currently in progress. 

Please email your proposals to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 6 September.