[Commlist] Call for papers - Special Issue of Early Popular Visual Culture

*Call For Papers for Special Issue of /Early Popular Visual Culture/*

*Cosmoramas and Other Peep Practices 1800-1880*

Before virtual reality, peeping has long been a widespread media 
practice. Since the 18^th century, the world has been presented in 
lensed and boxed apparatuses that aroused wonder and seduced audiences. 
Our contemporary culture of immersion was initially launched by 
peepshows and cosmoramas: one of the earliest media systems in Europe 
that produced and distributed views.


The cosmorama was one of the major formats in the evolving diversity of 
19^th -century peep practices, evident in telescopic paper versions, 
peep eggs, polyorama panoptiques, graphoscopes and many other optical 
toys. The first Cosmorama was an elegant picture gallery in Paris in 
1808; cosmorama exhibitions soon proliferated across Europe, fashioning 
one of the first networks for the distribution and exhibition of images. 
These shows have remained an invisible and neglected part of the 
evolution of optical media and exhibition practices.

Articles are invited for a special issue of /Early Popular Visual 
Culture/ on the cosmorama or other types of peep practise in the period 
1800-1880. Potential topics include: exhibition networks and audiences; 
transnational and global shows; optical toys; immersive experience and 
viewing practices; showmanship; genre and subject matter; showbox 
design. Articles should be 5-7,000 words and follow recommended 
guidelines for submissions 
<https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=repv20>. 


The special issue is one of the outputs from the project, Curiositas: 
Peeping Before Virtual Reality <https://curiositas.ulusofona.pt/>, which 
is mapping the transnational circulation of the cosmorama and examining 
its cultural impact on other peep media such as stereoscopic photography.

Any scholar wishing to contribute to this special issue is advised to 
contact the co-editors to discuss their proposals: Professor Victor 
Flores, (victor.flores /at/ ulusofona.pt) <mailto:(victor.flores /at/ ulusofona.pt)>; 
Professor Susana Martins, (susana.martins /at/ fcsh.unl.pt) 
<mailto:(susana.martins /at/ fcsh.unl.pt)>; Professor John Plunkett, 
(j.plunkett /at/ exeter.ac.uk) <mailto:(j.plunkett /at/ exeter.ac.uk)>.

No author processing charges or other payment from authors will be required.


Expressions of Interest should be made to the editors by 15 October. 
Drafts of articles will be due 1 March 2025; final versions will be due 
by 31 July 2025, for publication in the final issue of 2025.


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