This is Part 2 of our three-part inaugural Interview Series, continuing a conversation between GRIPS representative Matthew Stephens and past RSVP president and long-time supporter of all things periodicals, Patrick Leary. […]
Join us June 8–12 (Week 1 of the Digital Humanities Summer Institute) for a workshop on “DH Leadership” with Katherine D. Harris (San Jose State University), Glen Layne-Worthey (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), and Ray Siemens (University of Victoria). The Foundations in Digital Humanities Leadership workshop at DHSI 2026 addresses the leadership challenges facing scholars and administrators working with digitally driven periodicals research.
Behind the Scenes at the British National Newspaper Collection RSVP is thrilled to welcome Beth Gaskell (British Library) as the first speaker of our 2026 Digital Events series on Friday, January 23, 2026. In a talk entitled, “Yesterday’s News: Behind the Scenes at the British National Newspaper Collection,” Beth will share about her work managing the British National Newspaper Collection …
Patrick Leary in Conversation with Matthew Stephens – This interview is the first in a series in which representatives from RSVP’s graduate student community talk to established, senior periodicals scholars about their respective journeys in periodicals research, focusing on how they got started, challenges they overcame and what advice they would want to pass on to researchers relatively new to the study of Victorian periodicals. …
The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Martin Hewitt as the new Editor of the Curran Index. On the unanimous recommendation of the RSVP Board of Directors, Professor Hewitt will assume the editorship for a five-year term beginning 1 January 2026. RSVP extends its sincere thanks to both outgoing editors, Lars Atkin and Emily Middleton, for …
Attend Our Panel on Jan. 9 – RSVP members attending the 2026 Modern Language Association conference in Toronto are warmly welcome at RSVP’s sponsored panel, “Materials and Methods in Periodical Studies,” organized and chaired by Tina Choi (York University) on Friday 9 January, starting at 5:15 p.m. (downtown Metro Convention Centre, Toronto). What new insights emerge from a methodology centered on the materiality of the periodical? This panel considers the periodical’s existence as an object in nineteenth-century culture, and examines …
