ESPRit Postgraduate Workshop on Periodical Studies

Call for Papers

13^th International ESPRit Conference (Málaga, 2025)

3 September 2025

Universidad de Málaga

Deadline for applications: 17 February 2025

We are pleased to announce that a postgraduate workshop will be held on 3 September 2025 alongside the 13^th ESPRit Conference “Periodicals as Cultural Assemblages”.

The workshop is open to all postgraduate students working on any topic related to periodicals from any historical, geographical or cultural perspective.

Candidates should provide the following documents:

1. An academic CV showing your studies, scholarly interests, and any other important merits/publications.

2. A 500-word formal abstract for the Workshop. Please avoid case studies. Focus instead on specific methodological approaches pertaining to periodical studies. Workshops presentations should last 10 minutes.

3. A statement specifying how your proposal relates to periodical studies. Please indicate if this area of study is not familiar to you.

4. A one-page outline of your on-going research or PhD thesis (in the latter case specify: title, supervisor, affiliation, and approximate date of completion).

If you want to submit a proposal, please send these documents to the organisers (Subject: “ESPRit Postgraduate Workshop on Periodical Studies”) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 17 February 2025. The main working language of the conference is English, but proposals for papers in other languages will be taken into consideration as long as they are presented according to specific instructions agreed upon with the organizers.

We hope to see you in Málaga!

Selecting Committee:

Rosario Arias, University of Málaga
Sara Robles Ávila, University of Málaga
Evanghelia Stead, UVSQ Paris-Saclay
Gábor Dobó, Kassák Museum (PIM–MNMKK)
Laurel Brake, Birkbeck, University of London
Sophie van den Elzen, Utrecht University