In 2019 RSVP has awarded two Linda H. Peterson Fellowships, to Alexis Easley (University of St. Thomas) for New Periodical Print Media and the Rise of the Popular Woman Poet, 1830-50 and to Lorraine Janzen Kooistra (Ryerson University) for The … Continue reading
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The spring issue of Victorian Periodicals Review is here! Check out the table of contents. … Continue reading
We are excited to announce a second edition of the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse). Funded by King’s College London, and Birkbeck, University of London, it has been upgraded by King’s Digital Lab to survive the challenges of its second decade. … Continue reading
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
Curran Fellowships support various kinds of research into primary sources for the history of the 19th-century British press. This year’s competition supports research to be undertaken in 2019. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2018. Details can be found … 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
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
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