Lundi, c'était jour d'élection au Québec. Tout comme aux dernières élections, un parti a obtenu 13% des suffrages, mais aucun siège à l'Assemblée nationale. 👇Mes réactions aux visualisations de ces distorsions, avec la palme revenant à un graphique à flèches qu'@essia.bsky.social a ajouté à sa page

Essi Parent@essia.bsky.social · last mo.

Mes prédictions pour les élections québécoises 2026 - pas ce que je souhaite, mais ce que disent les données. Open source. Si la tendance se maintient... #polqc essicolo.github.io/silatendance... @338canada.bsky.social

⚠️ 2027 CONFERENCES UPDATE! ⚠️ #RSVP2027 Ottawa🇨🇦 24–26 June “Structures” ⏰ 1 Nov 2026 #ESPRit2027 Utrecht🇳🇱 30 June–2 July “Periodicals and Personae” ⏰ 18 Dec 2026 #SHARP2027 Pretoria🇿🇦 7–9 July “Opening (up) the Book” ⏰ 30 Jan 2027 @bavs-uk.bsky.social are still looking for a host, it seems?

Marie Léger-St-Jean@marielsj.bsky.social · 4w ago

Oh, looky looky there! The #RSVP2027 CFP is out! Deadline: 1 Nov 2026 #ESPRit2027 CFP will come out soon—Utrecht, I forget the exact dates, but straight after RSVP Still waiting for CFPs👇 @sharpweb.org—South Africa, dates @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social? @bavs-uk.bsky.social—@vicmanch.bsky.social?

Hello again #DH #DigitalHumanities Bluesky hivemind! Since you're reactive, another question... When converting my spreadsheet to CSV, do I still need to replace the spaces in my field names by "_", or is it now fine to leave them in there?

Dear #DH #DigitalHumanities Bluesky hivemind, I'm soon going to deposit datasets to accompany an article in Zenodo, @datadryad.bsky.social, @figshare.com, and HCommons. Which license should I select? I just want the normal scholarship etiquette of citation when reusing...

The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) —Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB) in German— @sortingpeople.bsky.social responded to my question about how collaborative research actually works on the ground in Germany! It sounds like proper multidisciplinarity, maybe even interdisciplinarity! Nice to see!

Humandifferenzierung@sortingpeople.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi Marie, I just saw your question here and as you posted about one of "our" projects, I thought I might answer: A CRC/SFB is founded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and some are associated to one university, some to several unis, and some - like ours - to a uni and a research institute.

Oh, looky looky there! The #RSVP2027 CFP is out! Deadline: 1 Nov 2026 #ESPRit2027 CFP will come out soon—Utrecht, I forget the exact dates, but straight after RSVP Still waiting for CFPs👇 @sharpweb.org—South Africa, dates @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social? @bavs-uk.bsky.social—@vicmanch.bsky.social?

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · last mo.

It was brought to our attention that our CFP image included a small but VERY important typo. Proposals will be accepted 1 Sept-1 Nov ✨2026! That will teach us to do graphic design in the wee hours 🙄 Corrected image attached. Full CFP still on our website: rs4vp.org/rsvp-confere...

I'm intrigued by this set-up with a "Sonderforschungsbereich"—DeepL tells me it means "collaborative research centre"—affiliated to both a university & a research institute Looks really good on "paper"—❤️ the classification of projects on the "Research" page—but is it as collaborative as it sounds?

Marie Léger-St-Jean@marielsj.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sabina Fazli is part of the project "Self-Formation and Categorical Concept Entrepreneurs in Zine Media": - led by Oliver Scheiding, who presented after her at #ESPRit2026 - hosted by the collaborative research centre @sortingpeople.bsky.social based at @unimainz.bsky.social @ieg-mainz.bsky.social

Had a 💥 at #ESPRit2026! Thanks to Julien Schuh, I met Bianca da Luz, who told me the *Deutsche Zeitungsportal* is where the digitized German newspapers live Why wasn't I able to find that using Google? Now—in the interest of closing tabs—I'll finish 2 threads for which I still have links to share😛

Kenyan-born Christopher Ouma closes #ESPRit2026 w/ 1950s and 1960s African small magazines and civil rights & anti-Apartheid imagination He opens his keynote with a personal archival vignette: he found a letter to a friend's father in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Archive in @bostonu.bsky.social😲

Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS)@esprit-jeps.bsky.social · 4w ago

After a final coffee break we'll close the conference with a keynote from the brilliant Christopher Ouma (Duke Uni), entitled: 'Black Possibility: Small Magazines & Pan-African Imagination'. The session will be chaired by none other than @esprit-jeps.bsky.social's editor-in-chief Cedric Van Dijck!

Nice discussion in the Q&A following Gary Kelly's declared political opposition to the *Chester Life* @drewhobbs.bsky.social points out that we should study the techniques of all print, inc. fascist magazines The actual editors' views don't necessarily align with those in the magazines #ESPRit2026

Marie Léger-St-Jean@marielsj.bsky.social · 4w ago

Matt Davies leads the Cheshire Life Digitisation Project & ties the magazine's success to how it: 1️⃣exudes positivity 2️⃣unites disparate elements of the county 3️⃣asserts uniqueness without putting other counties down 4️⃣claims to be the epitome of Englishness 5️⃣constructs an imagined community #ESPRit2026

We're closing with a deep-dive into the *Cheshire Life* Loving how Matt Davies is situating us (and his own life trajectory) on a map of Cheshire! He hesitates to say he's from Cheshire because people will tend to this of 👇 TV show, which premiered in 2015 & is into its 19th season... #ESPRit2026

Next up is @drnaomiwalker.bsky.social about Beatrice Tunstall (1889-1966): "Born and grew up in in Grappenhall. As a best selling novelist she based herself in Cheshire. Her subject matters were Cheshire customs, local histories and the countryside." —Warrington Women: An Historical A-Z #ESPRit2026

Oh, I didn't realize this project had its own Bluesky handle! Follow at @placeperiodical.bsky.social 🥳 For more information about the upcoming *Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine* (2027) the 3 panelists are editing, you can read their call for chapters 👇 (deadline past) #ESPRit2026

Marie Léger-St-Jean@marielsj.bsky.social · 4w ago

I've been looking forward to this panel! "Provincialising the World: How Twentieth-Century English County Magazines Constructed Their Worldview" @drewhobbs.bsky.social has really taken the theme at heart and shows how the world is represented in *Chester Life*, *Sussex Life Magazine* #ESPRit2026

I've been looking forward to this panel! "Provincialising the World: How Twentieth-Century English County Magazines Constructed Their Worldview" @drewhobbs.bsky.social has really taken the theme at heart and shows how the world is represented in *Chester Life*, *Sussex Life Magazine* #ESPRit2026

Oh, Andrew's back live-posting! Sabina Fazli's research is rooted in Indiemags + Zines Mainz (IZM). "Das IZM ist weniger eine Bibliothek als eine Arbeitsplattform für Nutzer:innen, die zu zeitgenössischen angloamerikanischen Zeitschriften forschen oder an Magazinen interessiert sind." #ESPRit2026

Andrew Hobbs@drewhobbs.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sabina Fazli on indie magazines, e.g. Sirene magazine, printed on paper made from algae growing in the Venice lagoon #ESPRit2026

What a wonderful project, this *Index of Modernist Magazines*! It's described in: “The Digital Database: a Model of Student, Staff, and Faculty Collaboration” Case study #5 in *Making the Connection: Six Studies of Technology and Collaboration in Liberal Arts Institutions* (2014) #ESPRit2026

Marie Léger-St-Jean@marielsj.bsky.social · 4w ago

*Exile: A Literary Quarterly* was founded in 1972 by Barry Callaghan (born in 1937). He is the son of Morley Callaghan (1903–1990) who founded with Ezra Pound (1885–1972) the short-lived 4-issue little magazine *The Exile* (1927–1928)👇 Barry's quarterly is thus referencing his father's #ESPRit2026

It's a funny feeling to be hearing about the Toronto-based *Exile: A Literary Quarterly* (1972-today) in Brussels from German scholar Jutta Ernst! 👇 First issue exilequarterly.com #ESPRit2026

To close the day, art historian Samuel Bibby discusses cut-outs in British feminist periodicals in the 1970s-80s. He coined the term "paracodical objects" as an analogy to Gérard Genette's "paratextual", but he centres the material nature and physical (visual) qualities. #ESPRit2026

I've had a hard time finding digitizations or photos of Alice Morin's materials: photography magazines. 👇 U.S. Camera #ESPRit2026

Translation of the title by DeepL: *A Separate Library, or Sufficient Information and Impartial Reviews of Several, for the Most Part, New Books and Other Scholarly Matters* (1718) Nora is interested in the supplement being "abgesonderte", or "separate" #ESPRit2026

Marie Léger-St-Jean@marielsj.bsky.social · last mo.

Nora Ramtke discusses periodical supplements from the 1710s to the 1830s in the German states. 👇 the fronspiece of the *Abgesonderte Bibliothec oder zulängliche Nachrichten und unpartheyische Gutachten von einigen mehrenteils neuen Büchern und andern gelehrten Materien* (1718) #ESPRit2026

Nora Ramtke discusses periodical supplements from the 1710s to the 1830s in the German states. 👇 the fronspiece of the *Abgesonderte Bibliothec oder zulängliche Nachrichten und unpartheyische Gutachten von einigen mehrenteils neuen Büchern und andern gelehrten Materien* (1718) #ESPRit2026

💥 Blast from the past! 💥 Gary Kelly is closing the panel by talking about George Berger (1796-1868)! My bibliographic database of penny weekly numbers *Price One Penny* contains 6 works that he published. #ESPRit2026

Helen Craske studied the recirculation of texts and images of the saucy Parisian magazine *Fin de siècle* (1890-1910) and its spin-offs, i.e. almanachs and albums. She found that the albums are almost entirely constituted of recycled material whereas the almanachs are half original. #ESPRit2026

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Starting the afternoon of #ESPRit2026 Day 2 is Stephen Donovan presenting his work with Matthew Rubery (on this year's short list for RSVP's Colby Prize) on undercover journalism. He discusses the reporting series ‘In Queer Places’ which ran in the Dublin penny newspaper *Sport* in 1888.

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · 4mo ago

We are delighted to announce the SHORTLIST for the 2026 Colby Prize, which recognizes book-length scholarship on #19thC British/empire periodicals. Many congratulations to our 3 semifinalists! Watch this space for more on each book + the winner, who will be announced at the #RSVP2026 AGM on 25 July!

Day 2 starts with Barbara Mittler and a look back to her keynote at the keynote of ESPRit's very first conference in 2011. It dealt with the satirical press of the 19th century in China and Europe. Two years later, a collection of essays she co-edited appeared. #ESPRit2026

Anyone at #ESPRit2026 into karaoké 🎤 ? If you are, add me on here and send a private message with the best way to contact you (WhatsApp? Signal? Bluesky DMs?)

Oh, cool, Maria Paganpoulou presented her research in a 2-minute video on YouTube! *Πόλη γυναικών*—the title of this Greek feminist magazine—translates to "City of Women". Part of the way feminist magazines were interconnected was through reviewing one another's issues... #ESPRit2026

Poli Gynaikon (1982-85): Introducing a Greek Feminist Magazine. Maria Paganpoulou introduces her PhD

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Lena Sophie Voß proposes ‘close aisthesis‘ as an embodied approach analogous to close reading. The Greek word "αἴσθησις" refers to the perception from all the senses Her research concentrates on small illustrated German-language Jewish magazines in the Interwar Period in Berlin & Vienna #ESPRit2026

Her name is Anita-Apollónia Nagy! She was scheduled this morning... #ESPRit2026

Marie Léger-St-Jean@marielsj.bsky.social · last mo.

Walked in late and the presenter is talking about the Hungarian Catholic youth magazine *Zaszlónk* (1902-48)—"Our Flag"—but can't find it in on the programme, so I can't tell you her name🫣 It has been digitized by Arcanum Newspapers, Eastern Europe's largest digital periodical database #ESPRit2026

I'm discovering new digitized newspapers and periodicals databases at #ESPRit2026 (BelgicaPress, Arcanum Newspapers), and according to Google, the only place they appear together is the "Databases" tab in this guide by the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 👇