Eurozine Timeline since 1983

14 November 2020

31st European Meeting of Cultural Journals
Watch your mouth! Journalism now and tomorrow

Debates with Lukáš Fila, András Földes, Anna Lengyel and Boris Vezjak
Location: Budapest, Hungary & Online
Organized by: Eurozine, ELTE Média and the Center for Media, Data and Society at Democracy Institute of Central European University (CEU CMDS)

15 September 2020

New Partner: Irish Pages

3 August 2020

Launching Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast

14 May 2020

New Partner: De Nederlandse Boekengids (The Dutch Review of Books)

28 April 2020

New Partner: Baggrund 

24 February 2020

New Associate: VoxEurop

4 December 2019

New Associate: Public Seminar 

11 November 2019

New Partner: Rekto:verso

1-3 November 2019

30th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
Europe ’89: The promise recalled.

Keynote debate: Aleida Assmann & Durs Grünbein
Location: Berlin, Germany
Organized by: Eurozine, and partner journals Blätter and Osteuropa 

22 October 2019

New Partner: Positionen

21 October 2019

New Partner: Leviathan

19 September 2019

New Partner: Culture&Démocratie

12 June 2019

New Partner: K24

16 April 2019

New Partner: O’r Pedwar Gwynt

14 November 2018

Eurozine publishes Widening the Context: A Eurozine Anthology

2-4 November 2018

29th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
MIND THE GAP
ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION

Keynote debate: Claus Leggewie & Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Location: Vienna, Austria
Organized by: Eurozine, partner journals dérive, L’Homme, springerin and Wespennest

1 November 2018

Eurozine launches an anthology: Widening the Context: A Eurozine Anthology , featuring articles by: Slavenka Drakulić, Jan-Werner Müller, Ida Börjel, Jacques Rupnik, Timothy Snyder, Barys Piatrovich, Tatiana Zhurzhenko, Marci Shore, Kenan Malik, Nilüfer Göle, Kathrin Passig and Achille Mbembe. With a short history of Eurozine by its co-founders Carl Henrik Fredriksson and Klaus Nellen. Edited and commented by Carl Henrik Fredriksson, Simon Garnett and Klaus Nellen.

1 November 2018

Réka Kinga Papp assumes the post of Eurozine’s editor-in chief

20 March 2018

New Associate: Internazionale

11 April 2018

New Partner: Atlas

20-22 October 2017

28th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
DEMOCRACY DELIVERED? EUROPE BETWEEN DIGITAL SALVATION AND POST-TRUTH RESIGNATION

Keynote speech: Vladan Joler
Location: Tartu, Estonia
Organized by: Eurozine, partner journal Vikerkaar, the Institute of Social Studies at the University of Tartu and the Estonian cultural organisation SA Kultuurileht

September 2017

New Associate: Arbeitskreis Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschriftenforschung

1 June 2017

James Thomson assumes the post of Eurozine’s editor-in-chief

2 June 2017

New Partner: La Punkt

31 January 2017

Eurozine launches new website and logo design

4-6 November 2016

27th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
MOBILIZING FOR THE COMMONS
10th Conference On Solidarity

Keynote speech: Ugo Mattei
Location: Gdańsk, Poland
Organised by: Eurozine, Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk and Res Publica Foundation

1 August 2016

New Partner: Symbol

4 April 2016

New Partner: Ny Tid (Norway)

3 Dec 2015

New Partner: Czas Kultury

4 Aug 2015

New Partner: Poeteka

2 July 2015

New Partner: Revue Projet

1 May 2015

Wojciech Przybylski, of longstanding Eurozine partner Res Publica Nowa, assumes post of editor-in-chief

30 Apr 2015

Carl Henrik Fredriksson steps down as editor-in-chief, after more than a decade at the helm of Eurozine

23 Mar 2015

New Partner: Vagant

25 Feb 2015

New Partner: Razpotja

3-6 Oct 2014

26th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
LAW AND BORDER. HOUSE SEARCH IN FORTRESS EUROPE
Opening speech: Carlo Galli
Keynote speech: Serge Weber
Location: Conversano
Organized by: Eurozine, Lettera internazionale and the Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vagno

24 Jun 2014

New Partner: Frakcija

23 Jun 2014

New Partner: A 2

28 May 2014

New Partner: Kultura Liberalna

2 Apr 2014

New Partner: pARTisan

29 Nov – 2 Dec 2013

25th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: OPINION, DEBATE AND ACTIVISM IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Opening address: Jean-Louis Fabiani
Keynote speech: Jill Cousins
Location: Oslo
Organized by: Eurozine, Syn og Segn and the Norwegian Association of Journals

1 Jul 2013

Return of Partner: Nuori Voima

22 Apr 2013

New Partner: Prostory

8 Feb 2013

New Partner: New Eastern Europe

4 Feb 2013

New sister online platform: Time to Talk

21 Dec 2012

New Partner: Spilne

5 Nov 2012

New Partner: Il Mulino

14-16 Sep 2012

24th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES: EUROPEAN HARBOUR CITIES
Opening address: Jan Philipp Reemtsma
Keynote speech: Saskia Sassen
Location: Hamburg
Organized by: Eurozine, Mittelweg 36 and Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung

30 Jul 2012

New Partner: Schweizer Monat

26 Jun 2012

New Partner: Krytyka Polityczna

26 Apr 2012

New Partner: Zarez

26 Apr 2012

New Associate: Free Speech Debate

20 Feb 2012

New Partner: RozRazil

19 Jan 2012

New Associate: Dublin Review of Books

1 Dec 2011

New Partner: Letras libres

17 Oct 2011

New Partner: La Revue nouvelle

13-16 May 2011

23rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals
CHANGING MEDIA, MEDIA IN CHANGE
Opening speech: Khaled Hroub (director of the Cambridge Arab Media Programme, Centre of Islamic Studies, UK)
Location: Linz
Organized by: Eurozine and Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz

26 Apr 2011

New Partner: Beton

24 Mar 2011

New Associate: Einstein Forum

15 Feb 2011

New Partner: GAM

10 Jan 2011

New Associate: Transfer

6 Aug 2010

New Associate: ICORN

31 May 2010

New Partner: New Literary Observer

11 May 2010

New Partner: Syn og Segn

19 Apr 2010

New Partner: Studija

25 Feb 2010

New Partner: Sarajevo Notebook

10 Feb 2010

New Partner: Dziejaslou

17 Dec 2009

New Associate: NAQD

8 Oct 2009

New Associate: openDemocracy

29 Sep 2009

New Partner: Soundings

18 Sep 2009

New Partner: Intellectum

8-11 May 2009

22nd European Meeting of Cultural Journals
EUROPEAN HISTORIES
Opening address: Valdas Adamkus, Antonin Liehm
Keynote speech: Timothy Snyder
Location: Vilnius
Organized by: Eurozine and Kulturos barai

4 May 2009

New Partner: Polar

3 Apr 2009

New Associate: Historein

3 Feb 2009

New Partner: Revue Internationale des Livres et des Idées

26-29 Sep 2008

21st European Meeting of Cultural Journals
crosswords X mots croisés [multilingualism and networking]
Opening address: Michel Deguy, Overture to mono/multilingualism
Location: Paris, France
Organized by: Eurozine, Sens Public, Multitudes, and Esprit in cooperation with Ent’revues

5 Sep 2008

New Partner: Dilema veche

30 Jun 2008

New Partner: Res publica nowa

20 Feb 2008

New Partner: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik

31 Jan 2008

New Partner: The Hungarian Quarterly

20 Dec 2007

New Associates: Sens public and Caffè Europa

13 Nov 2007

New Partner: New Humanist

21-24 Sep 2007

20th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
CHANGING PLACES (WHAT’S NORMAL ANYWAY?)
Keynote speech: Mircea Vasilescu (Bucharest), Normality or normalities? From one transition to another
Location: Sibiu, Romania
Organized by: Eurozine, Euphorion, and Lettre International Romania

Mircea Vasilescu’s opening speech “Normality or normalities? From one transition to another” confirms that Eurozine has become an all-European network.

25 May 2007

New Partner: A Prior Magazine

8 May 2007

New Partner: Krytyka

4 May 2007

New Partner: Mute

2 May 2007

New Partner: Artistas Unidos Revista

2 Apr 2007

New Partner: Lettera internazionale

31 Jan 2007

New Partner: Edinburgh Review

26 Jan 2007

New Partner: 2000

11 Dec 2006

New Partner: Fronesis

27-30 Oct 2006

19th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
FRIEND AND FOE – SHARED SPACE, DIVIDED SOCIETY
Keynote speech: Kenan Malik (London), Free speech in a plural society
Location: London, UK
Organized by: Eurozine, Index on Censorship, and the European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam

Kenan Malik, who had addressed the issue of multiculturalism already in Copenhagen 1996, provokes many of the participants with his radical defence of “Free speech in a plural society”.

1 Oct 2006

New Partner: Greek Political Science Review

18 Sep 2006

New Partner: Host

15 Sep 2006

New Partner: dérive

22 July 2006

New Partner: Cogito (Greece)

7 June 2006

New Partner: Revolver Revue

12 Apr 2006

New Partner: L’Espill

28 Mar 2006

New Partner: Lettre Internationale, Denmark

10 Mar 2006

New Partner: Merkur

1 Dec 2005

New Partner: Le Monde diplomatique (Oslo)

29 Nov 2005

New Partner: Akadeemia

4-7 Nov 2005

18th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
NEIGHBOURHOODS
Keynote speech: Orhan Pamuk (Istanbul), Neighbourhoods
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Organized by: Eurozine, Cogito, and Varlik

A few months before Orhan Pamuk is awarded the Nobel Prize, he delivers the keynote speech in Istanbul: “There is nothing I like more than to grab two or three new issues of cultural journals, withdraw into my study and start to read…”

3 Oct 2005

Eurozine‘s new design goes online

10 Oct 2004

New Partner: Rigas Laiks

8 Jun 2004

New Partner: Gegenworte

27 May 2004

New Partner: Krasnogruda

20 May 2004

New Partner: Osteuropa

14-17 May 2004

17th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS? CULTURAL JOURNALS IN A EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPACE
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Organized by Eurozine and Vikerkaar

Eurozine’s Carl Henrik Fredriksson opens up for a new line of cooperation: “Instead of regarding their little siblings, i.e. the journals, with an odd mixture of envy and disdain, the national newspapers throughout Europe might take the initiative for a collaborative effort that would begin opening the gates to a wider world.”

27 Apr 2004

New partner: Multitudes

15 Apr 2004

New Partner: Genero

2 Apr 2004

New Partner: Diwan

17 Mar 2004

New Partner: springerin

27 Jan 2004

New Partner: Esprit

9 Jan 2004

New Partner: Cogito

6 Jan 2004

New Partner: The New Presence

24-27 Oct 2003

16th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
POLITICS OF TRANSLATION – EUROPE AND THE BALKANS
Location: Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Organized by Eurozine, Belgrade Circle, and the Belgrade Womens’ Studies Center

Russell Jacoby and Dusan Bjelic are among the speakers in the “Center for cultural decontamination”. However, the most momentous speech turns out to be António Sousa Ribeiro’s “The reason of borders or a border reason”.

7 Oct 2003

New Partner: Roots

24 Sep 2003

New Partner: L’Homme

27 Jun 2003

New Partner: Arche

5 Mar 2003

New Partner: Balcanis

28 Jan 2003

New Partner: Sodobnost

15 Jan 2003

New Partner: Nuori Voima

10 Jan 2003

New Partner: Kulturos barai

21 Sep 2002

New Partner: Reset

18-22 Sep 2002

15th Meeting of European Cultural Magazines
SOLIDARITIES – OLD AND NEW
Keynote speech: Saskia Sassen (Chicago), Guests and Aliens
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Organized by Eurozine and Journal 2000

28 Aug 2002

New Partner: Samtiden

23 Aug 2002

New Partner: Vikerkaar

7 Jun 2002

New Partner: Neprikosnovennij Zapas

29 Jan 2002

New Partner: Zeszyty Literackie

3 Oct 2001

New Partner: Passage

1 Oct 2001

Eurozine‘s new design goes online

14 Sep 2001

New Partner: Nova Istra

20 Jul 2001

New Partner: Index on Censorship

15 Feb 2001

New Partner: Critique & Humanism

12 Jan 2001

New Partner: Varlik

9 Jan 2001

New Partner: Lateral

3 Jan 2001

New Partner: Kulturbuch quadratur

9 -12 Nov 2000

14th Meeting of European Cultural Magazines
POLITICS AND CULTURES IN EUROPE: NEW VISIONS, NEW DIVISIONS
Keynote speech: Slavenka Drakulic (Stockholm / Vienna): Who is Afraid of Europe? Between Xenophobic Populism and Multicultural Citizenship
Location: Vienna, Austria / Bratislava, Slovakia
Organized by Eurozine and Kritika & Kontext

Slavenka Drakulic’s keynote speech “Who’s afraid of Europe?” is reprinted throughout the network and in newspapers all over Europe. Print run: well over two million.

6 Sep 2000

New Partner: Mehr Licht!

5 Aug 2000

New Partner: Arena

Aug 2000

Due to the growing number of articles and partners, the first redesign became neccessary – the portal and links are introduced to the site, as well as the “focal points” section.

13 Jun 2000

New Partner: Ji

12 Apr 2000

New Partner: Glänta

27 Mar 2000

New Partner: Magyar Lettre Internationale

3 Mar 2000

New Partner: du

6 Oct 1999

New Partner: Helicon

30 Sep 1999

New Partner: Semicerchio

28 Sep 1999

Partner section for Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, one of the co-founders of Eurozine, available online

8-12 Sep 1999

13th Meeting of European Cultural Magazines
TEN YEARS AFTER 1989 – EUROPEAN IDENTITY REVISITED: THE CONTRIBUTION OF CULTURE TO THE NEW EUROPE
Location: Lipica / Ljubljana, Slovenia

1 Apr 1999

New Partner: Dialogi

24 Mar 1999

Partner section for Kritika & Kontext, one of the co-founders of Eurozine, available online

23 Mar 1999

New Partner: Le Monde Diplomatique (Berlin)

15 Mar 1999

New Partner: Euphorion

12 Mar 1999

New Partner: FA-art

10 Mar 1999

New Partner: Ny Tid

17 Feb 1999

New Partner: Belgrade Circle Journal

Dec 1998

First Eurozine homepage available online. Founding partner magazines Mittelweg 36, Ord&Bild, Transit, and Wespennest are the first partner sections.

27 Aug 1998

Establishment of the registered society “Eurozine” in Vienna.

12-15 Jun 1998

12th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
WRITERS AND INTELLECTUALS IN ALGERIA – FROM MEETINGS TO NETWORKS: DO WE NEED AN INTERNATIONALE OF JOURNALS?
Location: Caen/Paris, France
Organized by L’Association Entírevues, La Revue des Revues, the Revues Parlées du Centre Pompidou, and the IMEC

“Existe t-il un ‘espace européen’ des revues?” and “Les revues aux prises avec Internet” are among the passionately debated issues.

5-6 Sep 1997

11th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
LITERATURE IN THE CONTEXT OF ELECTRONIC MASS MEDIA
Location: Moscow, Russia
Organized by the European Commission, the Embassy of Lithuania to Russia, the Cultural section of the Embassy of Sweden to Russia, the newspaper Delo

The concept for “Eurozine”, a European network of cultural journals and online magazine, is first presented at the meeting by Walter Famler and Klaus Nellen – and future editor-in-chief Carl Henrik Fredriksson delivers a speech on “World Brains and Super Encyclopedias”.

21-24 Nov 1996

10th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
UNDERSTANDING/MISUNDERSTANDING – MULTICULTURALISM IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Organised by Hug Magazine and Tiderne Skifter Publishers

The idea of a joint publication is first discussed among the editors. First suggested working title: “Euro”.

14-17 Sep 1995

9th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
FIN DE SIÈCLE: KULTURZEITSCHRIFTEN AM ENDE DES JAHRHUNDERTS – STANDORTBESTIMMUNGEN
Location: Vienna, Austria
Organized by Wespennest and Transit

The first collective publication is presented: the so-called “Red issue”, including David Applefield’s prophetic contribution “fan duh see-ek’luh. From Vienna to the Web”.

20-23 Oct 1994

8th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
L’IDENTITÉ MÉDITERRANÉENNE
Location: Lisbon, Portugal

1993

7th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
Location: Brussels, Belgium

1992

6th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Organized by Ord&Bild

1-2 June 1991

5th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
LES REVUES, AVANT-GARDE D’UNE CULTURE EUROPÉENNE?
Location: Strasbourg, France
Organized by L’association Entírevues and les Musées de Strasbourg

1990

4th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
EXILZEITSCHRIFTEN / GEFAHREN EINES NEUEN RASSISMUS
Location: Budapest, Hungary

March 1989

3rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals
Location: Berlin, Germany

“Dort trat nun zum ersten Mal der Osten in Ersheinung … Die Verzwicktheit der Situation kam am deutlichsten im Beitrag von Sebastian Kleinschmidt zutage. Ich weiss nur dass damals alle †bersetzer vor soviel Hegel die Segel strichen.” (Hans-Götz Oxenius)

1985

2nd European Meeting of Cultural Journals
ZEITSCHRIFTEN ALS KINDER DER HISTORISCHEN AUFKLÄRUNG: AUFTRAG IN DER GEGENWART
Location: Urbino, Italy

1983

1st European Meeting of Cultural Journals
VERHÄLTNIS VON ZEITSCHRIFTEN ZU ANDEREN PRINTMEDIEN
Location: Bossey, Switzerland
Initiator: Hans-Götz Oxenius

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