The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals is pleased to announce the call for papers for our next annual conference. The conference, entitled ‘Work/Leisure, Duty/Pleasure’, will be hosted by the University of Brighton, UK, and will take place 25-27 July 2019. Proposals are … Continue reading
The ongoing effort to identify the writers of articles, stories, and poems in the Victorian press that is the Curran Index is getting a new look, and new super-powers! With the support of RSVP, our intrepid editor, Gary Simons, is … Continue reading
PhD Studentship: The People’s Friend? Recovering Scottish Popular Magazine Culture – with National Library of Scotland and the University of Strathclyde. Deadline for applications 17 May 2018 Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded collaborative PhD to research Scottish popular magazine … Continue reading
Dr. Karen Bourrier shares her Victorian Bestsellers class, comparing All the Year Round installments of The Moonstone with the ones in Harper’s Weekly here at her blog: … Continue reading
Melodee Beals has kindly shared her latest talk on scissors-and-paste in the 19th-century British Empire with us on Youtube: … Continue reading
RSVP is giving away copies of the Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism (DNCJ) free to new and renewing subscribers to the Victorian Periodicals Review! (If you renewed recently, just add another year to your renewal and you’re good to … Continue reading
CFP: Special Issue of Victorian Periodicals Review Essays in Honor of Sally Mitchell Proposals due March 1, 2018 Completed Essays due September 1, 2018 Sally Mitchell (1937-2016) was a pioneering feminist scholar and teacher in the field of Victorian … Continue reading
Registration is now open for ‘Women in Punch 1841 – 1920’, 02 Nov 2017, Senate House, London. Punch: or the London Charivari first appeared in 1841, published as a weekly magazine with a strong political agenda. Although some work has … Continue reading
Congratulations to RSVP member Dr. Paul Fyfe winner of this year’s Donald Gray Prize for the best essay published in the field of Victorian studies. Dr. Fyfe’s article ‘An Archaeology of Victorian Newspapers‘ was published in the Winter 2016 edition of Victorian … Continue reading
Jennifer Wood recently finished her Masters degree and is hoping to begin a PhD in 2018 to continue her work. She is researching the history of divorce in Victorian literature and its role in pushing the boundaries of decency … Continue reading
