Journal of European Periodical Studies New Online Webinar Series
JEPS in Conversation, a new online webinar series and ESPRit
initiative to spotlight new research in Periodical Studies.
The Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) is launching an
online webinar series to accompany each new issue, offering a space for
editors and authors to engage directly with readers and spotlight new
research in the field.
Join us for the first event on Friday, 20 June 2025, 15:00 CET
Online: https://rb.gy/vuthf2 <https://rb.gy/vuthf2>
To launch the initiative, 10.1 Special Issue editors Mary Ikoniadou,
Andrew Hobbs and Annemarie McAllister, will be in conversation with
contributing authors Stefano Locati and Inés Molina-Agudo to explore
the theme of Periodicals & Belonging.
By centering the concept of belonging, while remaining attentive to its
complexities and contradictions, this special issue wants to open up new
possibilities for understanding how periodicals have constructed,
maintained, and at times, challenged communities, something which in our
increasingly disconnected contemporary world is more important than ever
for fostering human resilience and wellbeing.
Periodicals & Belongings in conversation:
‘The Post-War Construction of a Sense of Belonging in Italian Film
Criticism (1943–53)’ by Stefano Locati, a researcher in cinema at IULM
University of Milan, with expertise in East Asian cinemas and media
studies. Stefano is the author of Sistema media mix (2022) and co-editor
of volumes on Italian illustrated periodicals and book reviewing
practices across centuries.
and
‘On Post-Dictatorship, Popular Loquacity and Marginal Periodicals:
Bananas, a Free Creation Magazine Based in Valencia (1979–1980)’ by,
Inés Molina-Agudo, who holds a PhD from the Autonomous University of
Madrid and researches the marginal press in post-Franco Spain. Inés is
part of the Decentralised Modernities project and has held visiting
fellowships at NYU and the Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.
All are welcome.
