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From J. Moyr Smith, Album of Decorative Figures (1882). Photo by K. Newman, courtesy of the British Library

Announcing Our Spring #DigiEvents Line-Up

We’re gearing up for a series of exceptional Digital Events this season! For those who like to plan ahead, this round-up of events allows you to register early, mark your calendar/diary, and then eagerly anticipate this slate of upcoming events.

All events take place once per month on a Friday (dates below), and at our normal time: 8 a.m. Pacific / 11 a.m. Eastern / 4 p.m. British / 5 p.m. Central European time.

RSVP’s Digital Events are free to attend and open to all, even to those who are not (yet) members of the Society (though we hope you will join us!). That said, you will need to register for each individual event so you receive the Zoom link. Please also note that many of our events are recorded and posted to our YouTube channel. By registering, you agree to be included in our recordings.

Details of our upcoming events are as follows:

Roundtable on the Transnational British Press in Non-Anglophone Countries

Friday, February 27

During this roundtable event, the co-editors and contributors to The Edinburgh History of the Transnational British Press in Non-Anglophone Countries, 1800-1914 (2025) will share their insights on this recently published volume. After an introduction to the project by the editors, six contributors will give brief “lightning talks” on their chapters, followed by Q&A.

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Pick-a-Periodical: The Forget Me Not for 1825 & 1833

Friday, March 6

In this “Pick A Periodical” event, Katherine D. Harris invites us to consider “The Racial Anxieties of Polite Culture in the Forget Me Not British Literary Annual” for the volumes 1825 and 1833. As “periodical[s] masquerading as luxury” items, these two volumes offer a view of empire as a benevolent global order, though both the editor and publisher of Forget Me Not were German immigrants.

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“Commissioned Letters to the Editor of The Times"
A Talk by Graham Law

Friday, April 17

In this talk, Graham Law illuminates The Times’s occasional practice of commissioning letters to the editor during the late 1850s, drawing upon his archival research on the Times Editorial Diaries held in the News UK Archive in Essex. The talk will demonstrate the newspaper’s efforts to maintain its quasi-monopolistic position within a media landscape transformed by financial and editorial competition through two case studies of such “compensated” correspondence.

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Roundtable with Past Winners of Victorian Periodical Review's Expanding the Field Prize

Friday, May 15

This roundtable event welcomes past winners of Victorian Periodical Review‘s Expanding the Field Prize. Sourav Chatterjee, Tarini Bhamburkar, and Nilkantha Pal will discuss how their articles expand the scope of Victorian periodical studies and speculate on where the field could go next. This digital event will be chaired by VPR Editor Katherine Malone.

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