Welcome to RSVP

An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire in the long 19th century

  • Join the #RSVPDigEv team on November 1 for a conversation on "Publishing Academic Research: Top Tips from a Publisher" where we will hear from two publishers from Edinburgh UP!

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, familiarly known as RSVP, is an interdisciplinary and international association of researchers dedicated to the study of the nineteenth-century press from Britain and its colonies. Members approach periodicals as an object of study and examine their contents and contexts — news and reviews; history, advertisements, illustrations, and visuals; literature, poetry, and gags; circulation and circuits;  correspondents and editors; and more — from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and approaches, including book history, media history, print culture, and digital humanities.

News, Announcements & Tidbits

Our Activities

Awards, Grants & Prizes
Our Annual Conference
Victorian Periodicals Review