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Upcoming Digital Events in June

From Thomas Hardy, &#8220On the Western Circuit,” English Illustrated Magazine (Dec. 1891): 281. Image courtesy of Philip V. Allingham, Victorian Web.

Join us for an action-packed month of digital fun in June! We’re kicking off summer with a series of digital events throughout the month, including a few pre-conference panels and a collaborative event co-hosted with the Empire & Colonialism Caucus of the North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA). Details and registration links for each event are listed below.

Pre-Conference Events

RSVP’s annual conference looms on the mid-summer horizon, but you don’t need to wait until July to start learning about the “Movements and Migrations in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press.” We invite you to join us on June 5 and June 26 for the following pre-conference panels:

Art in the Victorian Press

Friday, June 5
8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET / 4 p.m. UK / 5 p.m. CET

In this panel, art historians Julie Codell, Anne Helmreich, and Lindsay Wells explore changes, movements, and migrations through the topics of tariffs and the mobility of art works, the art press promotion of replicas, and images of imperial plants and botany in the horticultural press.

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Migrations Through the Local Press

Friday, June 26
8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET / 4 p.m. UK / 5 p.m. CET

During this panel, Lisa Peters, Andrew Hobbs, and Simon Young explore the way that local pride (profitable, yet deeply felt) influenced coverage of both literal and metaphorical migrations, thanks to the explicit geographical worldview of the local press.

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Important Details About These Events

More robust descriptions of these panels and their speakers can be found on the conference website. As with all of our digital events, these panels are free and open to all; you do not need to be registered for the conference to attend. However, you must register for each individual event (here or on the conference site) to receive the Zoom link(s).

Please note that because these are conference-related digital events, they will not be recorded. Please join us if you can!

From The Story of “South Africa” Newspaper, [and] Its Founder, published by the head office of South Africa (London, 1903). Image Courtesy of the Internet Archive and the University of Toronto.

Collaborative Event on
South Africa, 1904

Friday, June 12

8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 4 p.m BST / 5 p.m. CET

RSVP is thrilled to co-host a joint Pick-a-Periodical / Caucus Salon event with NAVSA’s Empire & Colonialism Caucus on Friday, June 12. During this event, Dr. Gigi Tang will introduce participants to the periodical South Africa: A Weekly Journal for All Interested in South African Affairs (1889–1961). Founded by Edward P. Mathers, this weekly was established to promote British investment in South African mining — gold and diamonds — and to serve as the link of communication between European capital and South Africa.

Registered participants will receive early access to the 1904 issue (forthcoming), which covers a critical moment in South African history:  the importation of indentured Chinese labourers to the Witwatersrand gold mines, one of the most controversial labour schemes in the history of South African and imperial mining. After opening remarks from Dr. Tang, we should have plenty of time to discuss your own findings from the issue and the thoughts it evokes on the wider landscape of the global periodical press during the long nineteenth century.

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