Call for Papers: Backroom Business: The Production of Periodicals 10-11 April 2014
Call for Papers: Backroom Business: The Production of
Periodicals
10-11 April 2014 | Radboud University, Nijmegen, The
Netherlands Proposals deadline: October 1, 2013
This conference seeks to explore every aspect related to
the production of European periodicals, from the early eighteenth century to
the present day. Papers could address issues of financing, sponsoring, editing,
designing, advertising, printing and digitization. We are for instance
interested in what Barbara Onslow called the “back-room
workersâ€:
the printers, typesetters, engravers and illustrators who are often invisible
in periodical histories. We invite scholars to send in proposals for 15 to 20
minute talks on the above themes, both dealing with individual magazines and
discussing wider trends, such as the evolutions in the production of
periodicals. We especially look for papers that reach beyond national borders
and challenge traditional literary-historical boundaries. Topics may include,
but are not limited to:
·Editors and editing
·Financing and sponsoring
·Printing and digitization practices
·Photography, illustrations, and advertising
·Periodicals as producers of culture
Please send a 250 word proposal for a 15 to 20 minute
presentation by August 15 to the conference organizers at esprit@let.ru.nl. A selection of papers will be published in a
special issue of the future ESPRit e-journal.