Politics and Periodicals

The 4th International Conference of the
European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit)
10-11 September 2015
Stockholm, Sweden

The European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit) will hold its 4th international conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10-11 September 2015.

Its theme of Politics and Periodicals seeks to bring together current research on the connections between politics - most concretely, political or social movements - and individual groups of periodicals. We welcome comparative cross-national perspectives as well as more local studies of European periodicals of any period on topics which may include but are not limited to

• Periodicals started by social or political movements
• Social or political movements invigorated by periodicals
• Periodicals devoted to political theory/political science; that is, periodicals explicitly about politics
• Periodicals as party organs
• Periodicals as editors/contributors
• Periodicals and political reputations
• Politicised conflict and controversy between periodicals

We are keen to bring together postgraduates and early-career researchers with more experienced scholars, and aim to present a programme that includes various modes of engagement with research in the field: panels, round tables, workshops, etc.

Please send proposals for 20-minute papers, panels of three or four papers, round tables, one-hour workshops or other suitable sessions and short biogs by 17 March 2015 to esprit@oru.se.