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
Nineteenth-Century Synergies: Ventures at Home and (Ad)Ventures Abroad hosted by the Department of English, at Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India took place on the 22nd and 23rd of February, 2018. Professors Joanne Shattock and Linda Hughes, gave papers entitled “Journalism and Literature: … 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
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
CFP: Special issue of Victorian Periodicals Review: The Strand Magazine Described by Reginald Pound as a ‘national institution’, the Strand Magazine (1891–1950) was the foremost British New Journalistic fiction paper of the 1890s. This heavily illustrated monthly promised its readers … Continue reading
Registration is now open for ‘Editing the 20th Century’ As part of the British Academy funded project, ‘Editing the Twentieth Century’, a one-day conference will take place at the British Library on 5 September 2017 exploring the key role played … Continue reading
The Material Culture of Victorian Domestic Life and the Press The Victorian press actively shaped Victorians’ notions of domestic life around several topics: material culture, architecture, interior design, and the gendering of domestic space. In addition to the many studies … Continue reading
Call for papers: Magazines on the Move: North American Periodicals and Travel A one-day seminar hosted by the Centre for Travel Writing Studies, Nottingham Trent University, in collaboration with the Network for American Periodical Studies. Friday 22nd September 2017, Nottingham … Continue reading
Congratulations to Ian Haywood, Professor of English at the University of Roehampton, UK, who has been awarded the second Linda H. Peterson Fellowship for his project: “The Rise of Victorian Caricature: Satirical Periodicals 1830-1850”. Further details of Professor Haywood’s project can … Continue reading
