[Commlist] Calls of the European Society for Periodical Research (conference; workshop; prize)

Please find below the current calls of the European Society for 
Periodical Research. We invite you to consider the call for papers for 
the 1) Periodicals beyond Hierarchies: Challenging Geopolitical and 
Social “Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press ESPRit conference 
to be held in Budapest between 8– 9 September 2022; the 2) call for 
papers for the ESPRit Postgraduate Workshop on Periodical Studies 
(Budapest, 7 September 2022); and the 3) call for nominations for the 
first ESPRIT PRIZE of 500 Euros.

1. CfP: Periodicals beyond Hierarchies: Challenging Geopolitical and 
Social “Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press (ESPRit conference, 
Budapest, 8– 9 September 2022)

For the first time in East-Central Europe, the European Society for 
Periodical Research (ESPRit) convenes its 2022 (10th) international 
conference in Budapest, Hungary, to focus on the following theme: 
Periodicals beyond Hierarchies: Challenging Geopolitical and Social 
“Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press.

The conference should reflect on how periodicals challenge, transform or 
interpret the notion of “centres” and “peripheries” in a context of 
permanently shifting and historically unstable situations. Papers should 
investigate these questions through essential forums of the public 
sphere, namely periodicals, from the mid-18th century to the present 
day. The generation of knowledge, social dialogue, and transnational 
communication (both textual and visual) hosted by periodicals gave 
visibility and platforms to politically and economically “peripheral” 
areas, as well as socially marginalized groups. At the same time, other 
journals provided means to maintain cultural and political hegemony of 
“central” social classes or global powers.
We invite scholars to reflect on the ways periodicals represented, 
created, maintained, or challenged, even deconstructed the notions of 
“centre” and “periphery” as related to the status of their community, 
audience, editorial board or geographical areas.
We are particularly interested in encounters, and negotiations between 
geopolitical or social “centres” and “peripheries” taking place in 
periodicals. The conference should focus on matters, including but not 
limited to, such as:

- Theoretical reflections on “centres” and “peripheries” and the 
possible contribution of Periodical Studies to define the shifting 
meaning of this conceptual model
- Circulation, adaptability and reworking of periodical models and 
genres, including the mainstream press; middlebrow periodicals and 
“little magazines”
- Hybridity, performativity, materiality – how researching periodicals 
opens up new perspectives in literary, art and media history?
- Shifting, emerging, and declining geopolitical centres and the press, 
from the Napoleonic wars to the end of the Cold War and beyond
- Challenging the concept of “Eastern”, “Western”, “Southern” and 
“Central” – the periodicals in the entangled history in Empires – from a 
post-Empire perspective
- Colonization, decolonization, and the periodicals – a postcolonial 
perspective
- The effect of dominant discourses on 
marginal/”peripheral”/”provincial”/local contexts – and vice versa.
- The role of journals in social conversation, including the voice of 
marginalized groups in/out of/against the mainstream press: the rise of 
counter-publics in periodicals
- The diachronic and political dimension of artistic canons, and the 
role of periodicals in canonizing, theorizing, and financing art and culture
- De-centring established cultural “centres” through a transnational 
network of “little magazines”. Establishing “imagined communities” (a 
term coined by Benedict Anderson) in periodicals

The working language of the conference is English. We welcome proposals 
from researchers at all stages of advancement. Proposals of around 250 
words (references not included) for 20-minute papers and a short CV (no 
more than 200 words) should be sent to (2022esprit /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(2022esprit /at/ gmail.com)> by February 28 2022. We also welcome 
proposals for joint panels of three papers. Please include a brief 
rationale for the panel along with an abstract and CV for each 
presenter. Updates can be found on the 10th ESPRit Conference website, 
forthcoming.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Central European Research 
Institute for Art History, Budapest!

The fundamental information about the conference is the following:

- Conference theme: Periodicals beyond Hierarchies: Challenging 
Geopolitical and Social “Centres” and “Peripheries” through the Press
- Time and venue: 8– 9 September 2022, Museum of Fine Arts – Central 
European Research Institute for Art History (KEMKI) – Artpool, Budapest, 
Hungary. The hybrid event is co-organized with the Petőfi Literary 
Museum (PIM) – Kassák Museum.
- Scientific committee: Gábor Dobó (PIM–Kassák Musem); Dávid Fehér 
(KEMKI); Emese Kürti (KEMKI – Artpool); Eszter Őze (KEMKI – Artpool); 
Evanghelia Stead (UVSQ Paris-Saclay); Merse Pál Szeredi (PIM – Kassák 
Musem).
- Contact persons: Gábor Dobó ((dobo.gabor /at/ pim.hu) 
<mailto:(dobo.gabor /at/ pim.hu)>), Merse Pál Szeredi ((szeredi.merse.pal /at/ pim.hu) 
<mailto:(szeredi.merse.pal /at/ pim.hu)>), and Eszter Őze 
((eszter.oze /at/ szepmuveszeti.hu) <mailto:(eszter.oze /at/ szepmuveszeti.hu)>).

2. CfP: ESPRit Postgraduate Workshop on Periodical Studies (Budapest, 7 
September 2022)

In conjunction with the 10th international conference of the European 
Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit), entitled Periodicals beyond 
Hierarchies: Challenging Geopolitical and Social “Centres” and 
“Peripheries” through the Press (Budapest, 8–9 September 2022, see the 
corresponding CfP at http://www.espr-it.eu/ <http://www.espr-it.eu/>), a 
hybrid postgraduate workshop will be held on 7 September 2022. We seek 
applications from graduate students working on any topic with regard to 
periodicals from any historical period, geographical origin, and 
cultural context. The workshop is open to postgraduate students working 
in any discipline in the humanities and social sciences and using any 
methodology or approach. Priority will be given to advanced doctoral 
students, but applications by graduate students at any stage of 
preparation of their dissertation will also be considered. Personalised 
feedback will be offered by a committee comprising ESPRit members and 
members of the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute 
for Art History (KEMKI) – Artpool and the Kassák Museum. Participants of 
the workshop will have their conference fee waived. Further funding for 
travel expenses and accommodation will be taken into consideration, 
under request.

To apply, please send:
- a 500-word abstract of the thesis to be presented. Workshop 
presentations last generally 10 minutes. In order for the Workshop to be 
useful to all participants what should be stressed is specific 
methodological points pertaining to periodical studies, rather than just 
case studies. These can of course be an outcome of the PhD candidate’s 
research area or PhD subject.
- a short CV (150 words) including name, institutional affiliation, and 
year of PhD. The academic CV should include the candidate’s studies, 
interests, and possible distinctions and publications.

Proposals should be received by the organisers no later than 28 February 
2022.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Central European Research 
Institute for Art History, Budapest!
Contact: (2022esprit.workshop /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(2022esprit.workshop /at/ gmail.com)>

3. Announcement: The first ESPRIT PRIZE of 500 Euros is now open for 
nominations. The deadline for submissions is 31 Jan 2022

The European Society for Periodical Studies (ESPRIT) invites nominations 
for this new prize for a substantial contribution to the field of 
European periodical studies completed within the last two years. 
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.  Projects are not restricted to the English language. They 
need to have made a strong impact on the field of European periodical 
studies beyond the national context in which it was initiated.  The 
project should contribute clearly to research that is in line with 
ESPRit’s scope (see: espr-it.eu/about-us <http://espr-it.eu/about-us>).
The Prize will be awarded during the Annual Meeting of ESPRIT at the 
conference following the award. Winners may be invited to present their 
projects at the conference, and on the ESPRit website. Membership in the 
organisation for one year accompanies the prize.

Nominations
Candidates can either submit their own work or nominate the projects of 
fellow researchers. Those who nominate a project should submit a 
proposal of 500 that which includes a description of the eligible 
project and a motivation for the nomination. The submission deadline is 
January 31, 2022. Nominations should be submitted via email to: 
(info /at/ espr-it.eu) <mailto:(info /at/ espr-it.eu)>.


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