General interest posts
RSVP is pleased to announce Mary Shannon as the 2021-2022 recipient of the Peterson Fellowship for her project on “Billy Waters, Periodicals, and Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture.” Committee members lauded her work on Billy Waters, a Black entertainer who received coverage in the transatlantic periodical press, as “a fascinating and timely project.” […]
We have a number of exciting announcements regarding our annual prizes and awards. Read on for project details for our Field Development Grant, Colby Book Prize, and inaugural Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize. Congratulations to all our winners and many thanks to all who submitted projects for consideration! Congrats to Our […]
How can I keep up with my research if I pursue an “alt-ac” career? How would I do research without access to my institution’s library databases and subscriptions? Where can I find like-minded scholars who share my interests if I’m not pursuing higher education as a career? What does it […]
Join us on 10 May 2021 at 6 pm UK / 12 pm CT for the first in a series of RSVP workshops on race and trans-imperialism, titled, Returning Citation: The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Natural Science and Indigenous Agents. In this one-hour workshop, Dr. Megan Kuster will talk through questions about […]
12 April 2021 at 1pm EST / 6pm UK (12pm CST, 7pm Central Europe) Do you keep hearing about the importance of using a reference management software? Are you concerned you’re not using yours to its full potential? This workshop will give an overview of the basics of Zotero. You […]
22nd April 2021, 6 pm UK / 12 pm CT With research libraries around the world closed to readers due to the pandemic, many researchers have struggled to access primary sources necessary to the study of Victorian periodicals. At the same time, it is a truth universally acknowledged that since […]
