The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals in conjunction with the European Society for Periodical Research is excited to announce
Multilingualism and Periodical Studies
A Half-day Virtual Workshop
31 March 2022
3pm-6pm (BST/CET)
This two-part online workshop brings together scholars and researchers on the topic of
multilingualism in periodicals scholarship. It seeks to spotlight ongoing projects in academic
research across languages, as well as to ask questions about the challenges and possibilities that pertain to multilingual approaches.
Because of their generic hybridity and varying circulations, periodicals have always invited interdisciplinary methods, which our participants expand into the study of periodicals’ linguistic richness. Periodicals define far more intricate political imaginaries and publics than just the nation. Their linguistic complexity and language circulation work within as well as across political formations at various scales. And the geographic and generic reach of periodicals calls for scholars to research them with just as capacious an approach.
“Multilingualism and Periodicals Studies” brings together representatives from multiple
disciplines and international arenas. The half-day workshop includes two 90-minute virtual
sessions. It begins with a session of research presentations about active projects in the field,
followed by a roundtable discussion among participating scholars and our audience. The
workshop is jointly hosted by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) and the
European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit).
The event is free and open to anyone interested in attending either one or both sessions. Membership in RSVP and ESPRit is not required, though advance registration is needed. Register for the event here.
Confirmed Speakers
Research Presentations
- Dr. Lucía Campanella, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
- Dr. Eloïse Forrestier, Ghent University, Belgium
- Sara Hernández Angulo, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
- Jana Keck, German Historical Institute, Washington, USA
- Dr. Sara Marzagora, King’s College London
- Dr. Lindsay Wilhelm, Oklahoma State University, USA
Roundtable
- Dr. Meghan Forbes, University of Iowa, USA
- Prof. Aled Gruffydd Jones
- Prof. Sukeshi Kamra, Carleton University, Canada
- Assoc. Prof. Klaudia Lee, City University of Hong Kong
- Prof. Michelle Prain Brice, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
- Prof. Marianne Van Remoortel, Ghent University, Belgium