The MAGAZINE MATTER research group regularly organises workshops, seminars, and conference panels to foster collaboration and exchange among scholars working on illustrated magazines and periodical culture.

Selected activities include:

• 30 April – 9 May 2025
  Workshop “Periodical Studies and Visual Culture”, Urbino.
  Organized by Carlotta Castellani, Vincent Fröhlich (DFG Research Unit “Journal Literature”, Germany) and Mary Ikoniadou.
• 11–13 September 2024
  ESPRit Conference – “Periodicals: S.T.E.A.M. Ahead!”, Urbino.
  Organizing Committee: Carlotta Castellani, Caterina Caputo, Giulia Letizi.
• 19 December 2022
  Workshop “Avanguardismi, tradizione e italianità: riviste a confronto 1917–1922”, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze.
  Organized by Carlotta Castellani and Giovanna Lambroni.
• 13 May 2022
  Online Seminar/Workshop “The Politics of the Page”, organized by Vincent Fröhlich and Mary Ikoniadou.

These events bring together researchers from different institutions and disciplines to discuss new approaches to the study of illustrated magazines.